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Merrigum Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Merrigum in the Goulburn Valley region, Victoria, Australia. The club is known as The Bulldogs.




History


The first evidence of football in the Merrigum area was in 1902, when the football club applied to the Park Trustees to erect goals on the local oval.
In 1905, Merrigum hosted Cooma in a game and won by one point.
Merrigum lost their 1932 Goulburn Valley Central Junior Football League 1st semi final to Stanhope prior to joining the Kyabram & District Football League in 1933.




Football Timeline


1902 - 1908: No official competition matches, but did play against other local football sides.
1909 - East and West Goulburn Football Association
1910 - 1911: Kyabram Junior Football Association
1912 - Club in recess, insufficient number to enter a team in the Kyabram Junior Football Association.
1913 - Kyabram Junior Football Association
1914 - Club in recess
1915 - Kyabram District Football Association. Merrigum withdrew from the KDFA in July, 1915.
1916 - 1920: Club in recess due to WW1
1921 - Kyabram Junior Football Association
1922 - Club in recess
1923 - 1924: Ardmona Central Junior Football Association
1925 - Kyabram Junior Football Association
1926 - 1929: Northern Goulburn Valley Football League
1930 - 1932: Central Goulburn Valley Junior Football League
1933 - Kyabram District Football Association
1934 - Kyabram District Football Association In 1934, Merrigum merged with Byrneside to form Merrigum-Byrneside FC.
1935 - 1939: Kyabram District Football Association. In 1935 Merrigum FC reformed under their old name.
1940 - 1943: Club in recess due to WW2.
1944 - 1945: Kyabram District Patriotic Football League. In 1944, Merrigum FC reformed.
1946 - 2024: Kyabram District Football League.




Football Premierships


Seniors
Kyabram District Junior Football Association
1910 - Merrigum: 9.23 - 77 d Lancaster: 4.2 - 26
Northern Goulburn Valley Football League
1928 - Merrigum: 5.9 - 39 d Moama: 2.10 - 22
Kyabram District Football League
1949 - Merrigum: 8.15 - 63 d Kyabram Imperials: 7.5 - 47
1950 - Merrigum: 10.10 - 70 d Lancaster: 6.12 - 48
1951 - Merrigum: 14.12 - 96 d Girgarre: 10.6 - 66
1953 - Merrigum: 24.11 - 155 d Kyabram Boy's Club: 11.15 - 81
1957 - Merrigum:
1986 - Merrigum: 24.12 - 156 d Avenel: 9.9 - 63
1987 - Merrigum: 16.16 - 112 d Lancaster: 12.6 - 78
1990 - Merrigum:
2015 - Merrigum: 11.9 - 75 d Stanhope: 8.2 - 50
Reserves
Kyabram District Football League
1981 - Merrigum: 10.9 - 69 d Avenel: 3.6 - 24
1986 - Merrigum: 17.7 - 109 d Avenel: 10.7 - 67
1990 - Merrigum:
Thirds
Kyabram District Football League
1988
1989
1991
2002
2003
2016




Football Runner Up


Seniors
Cooma Football Association (1922)
1922 - Stanhope: 3.14 - 32 d Merrigum: 2,4 - 16
Kyabram District Football League
1947 - Undera: 10.8 - 68 d Merrigum: 7.16 - 58
1948 - Kyabram Imperials: 12.14 - 86 d Merrigum: 9.14 - 68
1952 - Girgarre: 8.12 - 60 d Merrigum: 4.9 - 33
1956 - Comgupna: 10.10 - 70 d Merrigum: 9.4 - 58
1964 - Murchison: 14.14 - 98 d Merrigum: 3.7 - 25
Reserves
Kyabram District Football League
1980 - Lancaster: 8.4 - 52 d Merrigum: 6.6 - 42
1996
Thirds
Kyabram District Football League




Football Best and Fairest winners


Seniors
Kyabram District Football League
1949: Ian Greening
1955: Peter Fry
1970: K Chapman
1987: P White
2013: J Pell




References






External links


Official Kyabram and District Football League Website

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• List of Australian rules football clubs in Victoria
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