- Source: Murchison-Toolamba Football Netball Club
Murchison-Toolamba Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Grasshoppers, is an Australian Rules Football and Netball club that plays its home games in the small north eastern Victoria town of Murchison. Its name also recognises the initial 1952 merger with nearby town of Toolamba.
It now competes in the Kyabram District Football League, where they field four teams in four grades of football (Seniors, Reserves, Under 18's & Under 12's), and 13 teams across 10 grades of Netball (KDNL; A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, C Reserve, Under 17's, Under 15's, Under 13's and Under 11's. TNA Div 1 - Murchison Green, Murchison Gold, TNA Div 2 - Murchison, Toolamba Pink, Toolamba Black).
History
The Murchison FC was established in 1881 and began in the Upper Goulburn Football Association in 1897.
Toolamba, which has a population of about 900, had its own football club for the first half of the 20th century. But the club, which played in various district leagues, ended up merging with nearby Murchison. The merged entity was initially known as Murchison-Toolamba, and evidence of this, in the form of a team photo, still hangs in the Junction Hotel in Toolamba.
However, the Toolamba name was dropped when the club joined the Kyabram District league in 1964. For the next five decades the club was simply known as the Murchison Grasshoppers. The name Murchison-Toolamba was reinstated following a member vote on 14 April 2016
The club's current colours are bottle green with a gold sash, with some white highlights being added in 2012 to reduce the clashing with opposition clubs Rushworth and Lancaster.
The green with gold sash have been the colours of the club since 1910, before that the club wore black & white stripes with a green sash (1908–1909), Green & Gold Stripes with a Red Sash (1895–1907) and a Navy Jumper with Navy Knickerbockers, Red hose & Cap (1881–1894).
The 2018 senior football coach was Nick Iorianni, A Grade netball coach was Jenni McCluskey and the 2018 President was Craig Thompson.
The 2022 season saw Murchison-Toolamba FNC entered every possible KDL grade and all teams made finals. The Senior team went down in the decider by 10 points to Lancaster in torrential conditions.
Football Premierships
1st XVIII
Upper Goulburn Football Association
1897 - Murchison: 5.8 - 38 d Nagambie: 5.7 - 37
Waranga Football Association
1904 - Murchison: 1.3 - 9 d Rushworth: 1.1 - 7
Goulburn Valley Football League
1910 - Murchison: 13.9 - 87 d Echuca: 3.7 - 25
Waranga-North East Football League
1914 - Murchison: 7.5 - 47 defeated Nagambie: 4.8 - 32
Euroa District Football Association
1945 - Murchison: 26.17 - 173 d Euroa: 9.9 - 63
Kyabram & District Football League
1964 - Murchison: 14.14 - 98 d Merrigum: 3.7 - 25
1966 - Murchison: 10.15 - 75 d Nagambie: 8.15 - 63
1982 - Murchison: d Avenel
2013 - Murchison: 16.19 - 115 d Stanhope: 12.12 - 84
2024 - Murchison-Toolamba 13.13 - 91 d Shepparton East 6.8 - 44
Premierships 2nd XVIII
Kyabram & District Football League
1967, 1972, 1982, 2001, 2024
2024 - Murchison-Toolamba 9.9 - 63 def Stanhope 3.3 - 21
Premierships 3rd XVIII
1970, 1980, 2010
Netball Premierships
A Grade
Nil
B Grade
Nil
C Grade
2012, 2013, 2014
C Reserve
Nil
17 & Under
Nil
15 & Under
2024
13 & Under
Nil
11 & Under
Nil
References
= Sources
=Grass Boots: It started as a hoot, but neglected Toolamba reclaims its history
External links
Official Kyabram and District Football League Website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Murchison-Toolamba Football Netball Club
- Nagambie Football Club
- Goulburn Valley Football Netball League
- List of Australian rules football clubs in Victoria
- Kyabram District Football Netball League
- Shepparton
