The Barooga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Hawks'', is an Australian rules football and

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club based in the town of Barooga located in the

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district of

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. The club was formed in 1894 and initially played in the Murray Border Football Association in 1894. When the club won the

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premiership against

Cobram Football Club The Cobram Football Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the regional city of Cobram located in north east Victoria. Cobram teams currently compete in the Murray FNL. History Formed in 188 ...

in 1897, they were known as "The Boomerangs" and wore a red and white uniform. When Barooga FC re-formed in 1907 they wore an all-blue uniform in the

Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah, ...

in 1907 and 1908. In 1911, the Boomanoomana Rovers Junior Football Club was established and played in the official Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association (GVJFA) and played their matches in Barooga and in the maroon and gold colours. The Boomanoomana Rovers won the GVJFA premiership in 1913 and then entered a team in the

senior football competition in 1914, then from 1919 to 1921. Barooga FC were in recess in five separate periods in its early days, until 1929 when it joined the Southern Riverina Football Association for a two-year stint. Barooga FC then became founding member of the new

Murray Football League The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria (Australia), Victoria and southern New South Wales ...

in 1931. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season, before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937. The two clubs then reformed as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina FL. The club moved across to the Picola & District league in 1959. The club re-joined the

in 1989 where it currently fields four football and eight netball teams each week.

Barooga Football Competitions Timeline

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* 1894 ;Barooga Football Club * 1895 and 1896 – club in recess

*1897 ;Barooga Football Club * 1898 and 1899 – club in recess

*1900 ;Barooga Football Club * 1901 – club in recess

*1902 ;Barooga Football Club * 1903 to 1906 – club in recess

*1907 to 1908 ;Barooga Football Club *1909 to 1928 – club in recess Southern Riverina Football Association *1929 to 1930

*1931 to 1935

*1936 (Barooga & Cobram merge for 1936 & finish on the bottom) Southern Riverina Football Association *1937 to 1938 ;Barooga Football Club * 1939 to 1943 – Club in recess

Picola & District Football League The Picola & District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the AFL Victoria Country. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria, Australia, Victoria and southern New South Wales f ...

*1959 to 1988

*1989 to present day

Football Premierships

;Seniors *

(1) ** 1897 *

(9): ** 1960, 1961, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987 *

(4): ** 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997 ;Reserves *Murray Valley Football Second Eighteen Football Association ** 1936 – Cobram / Barooga United FC ** 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 – Barooga FC

VFL / AFL players

The following footballers played with Barooga prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut. * 1926 – Stuart Russell – Essendon & Hawthorn * 1936 – Sam Snell – St. Kilda * 1981 –

Bernard Toohey Bernard Toohey (born 18 February 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played during the 1980s and early 1990s as a defender. Toohey started his career in 1981 with Geelong, where he played for five years. He then moved up to Sydney ...

– Geelong, Sydney Swans & Footscray * 1985 –

Gerard Toohey Gerard Vincent Toohey (born 22 October 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Football Club, Geelong in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Toohey, a recruit from Barooga Football Club ...

– Geelong * 1988 – John Brinkkotter – Sydney Swans * 1990 –

Chris O'Dwyer Chris O'Dwyer (born 27 October 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). O'Dwyer was originally from Barooga in the New South Wales Riverina, but played at Assumptio ...

– Sydney Swans * 2002 –

Chris Hyde Chris Hyde (born 9 August 1982) is a former Australian rules football player for the Richmond Football Club. He retired as an AFL player in 2008 after playing 93 games, and now works for the NSW Game Council as the Game Manager for the Snowy ...

– Richmond

References

External links

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Gameday website
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