Northern Mallee Football League Explained

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

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

Final Clubs

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in NMFLNMFL PremiershipsFate
TotalYears
ManangatangSaintsManangatang Rec. Reserve, ManangatangTFL1900s1979-199631989, 1994, 1996Joined Mallee Football League in 1997
Ouyen RoversRoversBlackburn Park, Ouyen19821982-199651985, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1993Merged with T-G-P to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997
Sea Lake-NandalySwansSea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake19941994-199611995Joined Mallee Football League in 1997
Tempy-Gorya-Patchewollock(T-G-P)TigersTempy Memorial Park, Tempy19711979-199641980, 1981, 1983, 1984Merged with Ouyen Rovers to form Ouyen United in Mallee FL in 1997
Walpeup-UnderboolRoosUnderbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool19821982-19960-Joined Mallee Football League in 1997

Former Clubs

ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in NMFLNMFL PremiershipsFate
TotalYears
KiamalMagpies19191979-19810-Merged with Tiega to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
NandalyBombersNandaly Rec. Reserve, NandalyTFL19191979-199311979Merged with Sea Lake to form Sea Lake-Nandaly in 1994
OuyenBlackburn Park, OuyenSFNL19371983-19840-Folded in 1984
Sea LakeSeagullsSea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea LakeTFL18941979-199341982, 1988, 1991, 1992Merged with Nandaly in 1994 to form Sea Lake-Nandaly
TiegaTigers1910s1979-19810-Merged with Kiamal to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
UnderboolRoosUnderbool Rec. Reserve, Underbool1910s1979-19810-Merged with Walpeup to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982
WalpeupRoosWalpeup Rec. Reserve, Walpeup1910s1979-19810-Merged with Underbool to form Walpeup-Underbool in 1982

Football Premierships

Seniors
!Year!Premier!Score!Runner-up!Score
1979Nandaly18.20.128Manangatang14.13.97
1980T-G-P21.22.148Manangatang12.13.85
1981T-G-P21.13.139Manangatang18.9.127
1982Sea Lake21.24.150T-G-P20-9-129
1983T-G-P22.11.143Manangatang13.7.85
1984T-G-P19.12.126Sea Lake18.13.121
1985Ouyen Rovers23.12.150Sea Lake17.11.113
1986Ouyen Rovers15.20.110Manangatang15.15.105
1987Ouyen Rovers11.13.79Sea Lake8.7.55
1988Sea Lake13.6.84T-G-P6.9.45
1989Manangatang12.17.89Walpeup-Underbool11.08
1990Ouyen Rovers16.13.109Manangatang14.19.103
1991Sea Lake16.12.108Manangatang12.12.84
1992Sea Lake16.18.114 Ouyen Rovers 7.9.51
1993Ouyen Rovers13.12.90Sea Lake12.11.83
1994Manangatang19.22.136Walpeup-Underbool 11.10.76
1995Sea Lake-Nandaly13.18.96T-G-P 11.10.76
1996Manangatang9.12.66Walpeup-Underbool8.16.64

See also

Notes and References

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