Undera Football Club

Undera Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Undera, Victoria.[1]

Undera
Names
Full nameUndera Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)The Lions
Club details
Founded1888
Colours  Maroon  Blue
CompetitionKyabram DFL since 1953
Premierships1891,1906, 1908, 1925, 1930, 1946, 1947, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1997, 2009.
Ground(s)Undera Recreation Reserve

History

The first recorded football matches for Undera Football Club were in 1888, when Undera played several matches against Kyabram.[2]

Undera competed in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1890 to 1893[3] and defeated Mooroopna in the 1891 – Grand Final for the Elder's Hotel (Undera) Elder Medals.[4] In one match in 1891, Undera defeated Mooroopna by scoring the only goal in wet and wild weather.[5]

Undera played in the Goulburn Valley District Football Association from 1894 to 1900.[6][7]

There is very little football information available on the Undera FC between 1901 and 1912.

Undera played in the Kyabram District Junior Football Association from 1913 to 1922.[8]

Undera were defeated by the Kyabram Imperials the 1913 Kyabram District Junior Football Association grand final.[9]

In July 1915, the Kyabram District Junior Football Association was abandoned due to World War II.[10]

In 1920, Undera, minor premiers, were to have played Tongala in the grand final, but floods prevented this match.[11] Tongala apparently won this match?

In 1922, Undera lost the Kyabram District Junior Football Association to Wyuna, but Undera then won a protest for a replay, in which Wyuna won the match again, and again Undera appealed to the VFL. Finally the grand final was ordered to replayed for the third time on Saturday, 23 December 1922, in which Undera officials stated that it would not be possible.[12]

Undera played in the Ardmona Junior Football Association from 1923 to 1925.[13]

Undera FC won the 1925 Ardmona Junior Football Association premiership.[14]

A senior football team was entered in the newly formed Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association in 1926[15] and played in this competition until 1936.[16]

Undera played in the Goulburn Valley Football Association from 1937 to 1939.

Undera withdrew from the GVFA at their 1940 AGM[17] and entered the Kyabram & District Football League in 1940.[18]

Undera FC went into recess between 1941 and 1945, due to World War II.

Undera played in the Kyabram & District Football League in 1946 and 1947, winning back to back senior football premierships.

Undera played in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League Seconds competition in 1948 (minor premiers)[19] and 1949 (minor premiers),[20] but failed in the finals in both seasons.

Undera played in the Central Goulburn Valley Football League Senior competition between 1950 and 1952.

In early 1953, after the Central Goulburn Valley Football League folded, Undera sold all their jumpers and property and amalgamated with Mooroopna Football Club.[21][22]

Undera joined the Kyabram & District Football Association in 1954.

The Undera Football Club's nickname is "The Lions".

2019 Executive Committee
  • President: Corey Turvey
  • Vice President: Bart Van Ruiswyk
  • Secretary: Simon Delahenty
  • Treasurer: Sherryn Wall
  • Football Director: Glenn Campbell
  • Netball Director: Simone Elder

2019 General Committee
  • Julie Batey
  • Jonno Holthuisen
  • Jordan Jondahl
  • Thomas LaPorta
  • Myles Nicholl
  • Jack O'Brien

Football Premierships
Seniors
Reserves
Under 18's

Football League – Best & Fairest Winners
Seniors
  • Kyabram District Football League – McNamara Medal
    • 1947: Bryan Tyndall[25]
    • 1960: J Sellwood
    • 1962: J Neal
    • 1967: P Sleeth
    • 1973: P Sleeth
    • 1974: P Sleeth
    • 1980: C Gundrill
    • 1997: L O'Brien

References
  1. Australian rules football clubs in Australia
  2. "1888 - Undera v Kyabram". Kyabram Union. 22 June 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  3. "1891 - Goulburn Valley FA - Draw". Kyabram Union. 29 May 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  4. "1891 - Football Banquet". Kyabram Union. 20 November 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  5. "1891 - Undera v Mooroopna". Kyabram Union. 25 September 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. "1900 - Goulburn Valley DFA - AGM". The Age. 1 June 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. "1900 - GVFL - match results". The Age. 28 July 1900. p. 10. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. "1914 - Kyabram & District Junior FA - Ladder". Kyabram Free Press and Rodney and Deakin Shire Advocate. 4 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  9. "1913 - Kyabram District Junior FA - Grand Final match review". The Argus. 15 September 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  10. "1915 - Kyabram District Football Association". Kyabram Free Press. 16 July 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  11. "Life Saving Instead of Football". Ballarat Star. 14 September 1920. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove.
  12. "1922 - Kyabram District Junior FA". The Argus. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  13. "1923 - Undera FC - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 30 April 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  14. "1925 - Ardmona JFA Premiers - Undera FC". Shepparton Advertiser. 12 October 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  15. "1926 - GVSEFA Competition formed". Shepparton Advertiser. 10 May 1926. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  16. "1936 - GVSEFA - Final Round Draw". Shepparton Advertiser. 5 September 1936. p. 1. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  17. "1940 - Undera FC - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 15 April 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  18. "1940 - Undera join the Kyabram & DFA". Shepparton Advertiser. 6 May 1940. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  19. "1948 - CGVFL 2nds 2nd Semi Final". 17 September 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  20. "1949 - CGVFL - 2nds Ladder". Shepparton Advertiser. 6 September 1949. p. 2. Retrieved 25 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  21. "1953 - Undera & Mooroopna merge". Shepparton Advertiser. 27 January 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  22. "1953 - GVFL - AGM". Shepparton Advertiser. 17 March 1953. p. 8. Retrieved 23 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  23. "1925 - Ardmona Central Junior FA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 21 August 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 28 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  24. "1930 - GVSEFA - Grand Final match review". Shepparton Advertiser. 1 September 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
  25. "1947 - Kyabram & District FA - Best & Fairest Award". Shepparton Advertiser. 17 October 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
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