Northern Mallee Football League

The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the now defunct Tyrrell Football League with the Mallee Football League

History

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The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the now defunct Tyrrell Football League with another local Mallee League.

The competition that finished in 1996 with only five clubs based that area, with the Tempy, Gorya Patchewallock Football Club and the Ouyen Rovers would merge in early 1997, which left the NMFL with only four remaining clubs and eventually the NMFL merged with the Southern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League (Victoria).[1]

The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s.[2]

Clubs

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Final Clubs

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in NMFL NMFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Manangatang
Saints Manangatang Rec. Reserve, Manangatang TFL 1900s 1979-1996 3 1989, 1994, 1996 Formed Mallee FL in 1997
Ouyen Rovers
Rovers Blackburn Park, Ouyen 1982 1982-1996 5 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993 Merged with T-G-P to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997
Sea Lake-Nandaly
Swans Sea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake 1994 1994-1996 1 1995 Formed Mallee FL in 1997
Tempy-Gorya-

Patchewollock (T-G-P)

Tigers Tempy Memorial Park, Tempy

Patchewollock Recreation Reserve, Patchewollock

1971 1979-1996 4 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984 Merged with Ouyen Rovers to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997
Walpeup-Underbool
Roos Underbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool 1982 1982-1996 0 - Formed Mallee FL in 1997

Former Clubs

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in NMFL NMFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Kiamal
Magpies MFL 1919 1979-1981 0 - Merged with Tiega to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
Nandaly
Bombers Nandaly Rec. Reserve, Nandaly TFL 1919 1979-1993 1 1979 Merged with Sea Lake to form Sea Lake-Nandaly in 1994
Ouyen
Demons Blackburn Park, Ouyen SFNL 1937 1983-1984 0 - Folded in 1984
Sea Lake
Seagulls Sea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake TFL 1894 1979-1993 4 1982, 1988, 1991, 1992 Merged with Nandaly in 1994 to form Sea Lake-Nandaly
Tiega
Tigers MFL 1910s 1979-1981 0 - Merged with Kiamal to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
Underbool
Roos Underbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool MFL 1910s 1979-1981 0 - Merged with Walpeup to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982
Walpeup
Roos Walpeup Rec. Reserve, Walpeup MFL 1910s 1979-1981 0 - Merged with Underbool to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982

Football Premierships

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Seniors
Year Premier Score Runner-up Score
1979 Nandaly 18.20.128 Manangatang 14.13.97
1980 T-G-P 21.22.148 Manangatang 12.13.85
1981 T-G-P 21.13.139 Manangatang 18.9.127
1982 Sea Lake 21.24.150 T-G-P 20-9-129
1983 T-G-P 22.11.143 Manangatang 13.7.85
1984 T-G-P 19.12.126 Sea Lake 18.13.121
1985 Ouyen Rovers 23.12.150 Sea Lake 17.11.113
1986 Ouyen Rovers 15.20.110 Manangatang 15.15.105
1987 Ouyen Rovers 11.13.79 Sea Lake 8.7.55
1988 Sea Lake 13.6.84 T-G-P 6.9.45
1989 Manangatang 12.17.89 Walpeup-Underbool 11.08
1990 Ouyen Rovers 16.13.109 Manangatang 14.19.103
1991 Sea Lake 16.12.108 Manangatang 12.12.84
1992 Sea Lake 16.18.114 Ouyen Rovers 7.9.51
1993 Ouyen Rovers 13.12.90 Sea Lake 12.11.83
1994 Manangatang 19.22.136 Walpeup-Underbool 11.10.76
1995 Sea Lake-Nandaly 13.18.96 T-G-P 11.10.76
1996 Manangatang 9.12.66 Walpeup-Underbool 8.16.64

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Merged Clubs still manage to struggle on". Country Footy Scores. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. ^ Peter Lenaghan (4 May 2015). "Country Footy: Crisis? What crisis?". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

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