Balranald Football Club

The Balranald Football Club are an Australian football club competing in the Central Murray Football League. The club is based in the town of Balranald in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The club was founded in 1887 and their home ground is called Greenham Park.

Balranald
Names
Full nameBalranald Football Netball Club Inc
Nickname(s)Kangaroos
Club details
Founded1887 (1887)
Colours   
CompetitionCMFNL
Premierships1924, 1925, 1930, 1954, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2009
Ground(s)Greenham Park , Balranald
Uniforms
Home

An early report of a match between the Balranald Football Club and the Mechanics Institute occurred in 1887.[1] The club, because of its isolation spend a lot of time playing scratch matches amongst themselves. As was the nature of the time the club secretary would write to other clubs in a bid to organise a game of football.

After reforming after the WW2, the club played invitational games against towns outside its district. This continued until 1950 when it entered the Northern Murray Valley Football League that included 3 clubs around Robinvale. Improvement of the road system allowed the club to travel further and safer to other towns.

In 1955 the club was admitted into the Mid Murray FL.[2] In its second year it made the finals and two years later the club won its first final.

Premierships
  • Balranald-Moulamein Football Association
    • 1924, 1925
  • Kyalite Football Association
    • 1930
  • Northern Murray Valley FL
    • 1954
  • Mid Murray FL
    • 1989, 1990, 1994
  • Central Murray FL
    • 2006 and 2009[3]

VFL/AFL Players

Former VFL players that had played for the club include

Further reading

References
  1. "Football". Riverina Recorder. 12 October 1887.
  2. "Balranald in new league". Argus. 25 March 1955.
  3. McNicol, Adam (16 April 2011). "Balranald takes a long road to success". smh.com.au. Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. "Gunbower & Balranald" (PDF). news.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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