Deniliquin have had a lot of Football clubs over time from junior football to senior football.
This story will be updated over time as more records are looked at and added to the story.
Football Teams
Rovers Football Club (early 1900’s) – called the Magpies in 1910
Deniliquin Football Club ==> Deniliquin Rams (est. 1933 and nicknamed Rams after a name search in 1984)
Deniliquin Rovers (1977 – Present)
Deniliquin Colts (known as Red and Whites)
Railway Football Club (stopped briefly in 1915 and known as Magpies)
Deniliquin Federals (Wore Green & White)
North Deniliquin Football Club
Central
West Deniliquin (nicknamed Wests)
East End (Wore Maroon c1919)
Commonwealth Football Club (c1901-02, worn Red, White and Blue)
South Deniliquin (1931, Maroon jumpers, Blue knickers(shorts)
Imperial Football Club (North Deniliquin)
Local Grand Final clashes
Rovers were Premiers in 1904 vs. Natives
Rovers were Premiers in 1907
Rovers defeated Imperials in 1910
Railway defeated Federals 1914
Federals defeated Railway 1915
Federals defeated Railway 1919 – 5.7 – 37 to 2.8 – 20
Colts defeated East End in 1925
Colts defeated East End in 1926
Colts defeated East in 1927
West Deniliquin defeated North Deniliquin in 1953
East beat West in 1934 (Deniliquin Junior Football)
North defeated East 1935 (Deniliquin Junior Football)
Echuca Football League Premierships won by Deniliquin
1933
1934
1935
Murray Football League Premierships won by Deniliquin
1957
1966
1972
1973
1975
1976
1985
1986
1996
2001
2002
2003
2004
2011
Past and Present Football Leagues
Murray Football League
Echuca League
Edwards River League
Edward River Junior Football League
Picola & District Football League
Deniliquin District Football Association
Deniliquin Football Association
Half-Holiday Football Association
Did You Know?
The Federals, East End and Mathoura were in a league by themselves?
Mr. Harry Alphey captained the Commonwealth Football Club in 1902 and moved to the Rovers in 1903, Captained Deniliquin against Echuca in 1906 and may have continued playing in the 1910’s before becoming an umpire into the 1920’s.
Railway Football Club had a successful party and dance at Town Hall in 1923.
In May 1928, a junior team was said to ‘most probably go under the name of the Deniliquin Rovers’.
The Rams were known simply as Deniliquin Football Club from 1933 to 1984 and a picture of the club logo in the 1950’s had a Magpie in it not the Ram that we know today.
Commonwealth Football Club had a party until 2:30am at the Masonic Hall.
The Independent reported there was a club called the Deniliquin Rovers in 1903.
Rovers were known as the Magpies.
St Kilda’s reserves played against Deniliquin in October 1933, the Saints won the match 11.11 – 77 to 7.5 – 47 and the game was played in Deniliquin.
St Kilda finished runners up in the 1933 VFL seconds season (lost to Melbourne by a point) whilst Deniliquin were Echuca League Premiers.
A Motor Truck carrying members and supporters of the North Deniliquin Football Club overturned outside the Pretty Pine Hotel after hitting water and a hole causing it to overturn.
Deniliquin were the 1933 Echuca League Premiers in their debut season in the competition and were attacked at Mathoura station by egg throwers, one player was face slapped while receiving a handshake from that person.
Deniliquin went back to back in 1934 by defeating Echuca East 14.10 – 94 to 10.14 – 74.
Deniliquin quit the Echuca League for a brief period of time in 1937.
Deniliquin Football Club put in an application to join the Campaspe Valley Football League in 1946 and had a meeting at Lyceum Hall.
Deniliquin Football Club did not move to the Campaspe Valley Football League and stayed in the Echuca Football League in 1946.
A fight caused the abandonment of a match between East End and Mathoura after the fight broke out in the second quarter, East End were leading 3.4 – 22 to 2.3 – 15.
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