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The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria,
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie.


History

The Benalla Tungamah Football League (BTFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victorian,
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. This newly formed league came about when
Mulwala Football Club The Mulwala Football Club, nicknamed the ''Lions'', is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Mulwala located in the Riverina district of New South Wales. The first recorded match was Mulwala verses Murray Football ...
left the Benalla Mulwala Football League to join the
Coreen & District Football League The Coreen & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Coreen district of the Riverina in New South Wales, initially formed in 1909. The netball competition commenced in 1972 in line with the football fixture ...
in 1938. The BTFL went into recess from 1940 to 1947 due to World War II and was reformed in March, 1948. In 1951, 12 teams competed in the BTFL. Benalla made six grand finals in their seven years in the BTFL, winning three premierships, before Benalla and Wangaratta reserves sides both entered the
Ovens and Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, Australia, Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, Austral ...
's newly formed seconds competition in 1953. The BTFL changed its name to the Tungamah Football League in 1967. In 1996, the league changed its name to the Goulburn Valley Football League – Division Two competition. The GVFL absorbed the clubs from the Tungamah Football League and had a second division for three years (1996–1998). Then in 1999, the league's name was changed to the Central Goulburn Football Netball League, which lasted until 2005, when club's went into other competitions under the demise of the VCFL. The CGFNL had four grades of football – Seniors, Reserves, Under 17's and Under 14's, plus five grades of netball – A, B, B Reserve, D & E Grade. The Lawless family donated a medal to the senior football best and fairest winners from 1954 to 2005, across the four different football league names. Interestingly, Alexandra's George Steiner won three league best and fairest Lawless Medals, one in each of the following – Tungamah Football League – 1994, Goulburn Valley – Division Two – 1996 and Central Goulburn Football League – 2000.


Clubs

;Benalla Tungamah Football League (1938 to 1966) *
Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative centr ...
Seniors: 1938 & 1939. Joined the
Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian Co ...
in 1940. *
Benalla Benalla is a small city located on the Broken River gateway to the High Country north-eastern region of Victoria, Australia, about north east of the state capital Melbourne. At the the population was 10,822. It is the administrative centr ...
Reserves: 1948 to 1952. Joined the
Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...
in 1953. * Congupna: 1962 to 1966 * Devenish: 1938 to 1952. Joined the
Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...
in 1953. *
Dookie ''Dookie'' is the third studio album and the major label debut by American rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994, by Reprise Records. The band's first collaboration with producer Rob Cavallo, it was recorded in late 1993 at Fantasy ...
: 1949 to 1966 * Dookie College: 1953 to 1966 * Dookie Yabba: 1938 & 1939. Joined 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 1940. *
Invergordon Invergordon (; gd, Inbhir Ghòrdain or ) is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland (council area), Highland, Scotland. It lies in the parish of Rosskeen. History The town built up around the harbour which was establish ...
1952 * Katamatite: 1938 & 1939, 1956 to 1966 * Katrandra: 1953 to 1966 *
Mulwala Mulwala (locally , elsewhere also ) is a town in the Federation Council local government area in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray ...
: 1949 to 1966 * North Wangaratta: 1951 & 1952. Joined the
Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...
in 1953. * St. James: 1938 to 1955. Merged with Devenish to form Devenish United FC & entered the
Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...
in 1955. *
Tungamah Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. Tungamah is situated on the banks of Boosey Creek and at th ...
: 1938 to 1966 *
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a ...
: 1950 to 1966 *
Wangaratta Wangaratta ( ) is a city in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, from Melbourne along the Hume Highway. The city had an estimated urban population of 19,318 at June 2018. Wangaratta has recorded a population growth rate of almost 1% annually ...
Reserves: 1949 to 1952. Joined the
Ovens & Murray Football League The Ovens and Murray Football Netball League (O&MFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing ten clubs based in north-eastern Victoria, the southern Riverina region of New South Wales and the Ovens and Murray are ...
in 1953. * Wilby: 1951 to 1966 ;Tungamah Football League (1967 to 1995) *
Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
: 1986 to 1995 * Benalla All Blacks: 1981 to 1995 * Congupna: 1967 to 1995 *
Dookie ''Dookie'' is the third studio album and the major label debut by American rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994, by Reprise Records. The band's first collaboration with producer Rob Cavallo, it was recorded in late 1993 at Fantasy ...
: 1967 to 1976. Merged with Dookie College to form Dookie United in 1977. * Dookie College: 1967 to 1976. Merged with Dookie to form Dookie United in 1977. * Dookie United: 1977 to 1995 * Katamatite: 1967 to 1994. Joined the
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 ...
in 1995. * Katrandra: 1967 to 1995. Joined the
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 ...
in 1996. *
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
: 1977 to 1995 *
Mulwala Mulwala (locally , elsewhere also ) is a town in the Federation Council local government area in the Riverina district of New South Wales, Australia. The town is situated on Lake Mulwala, an artificial lake formed by the damming of the Murray ...
: 1967 to 1986. Joined the
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 and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the ...
in 1987. * Shepparton East: 1968 to 1995 * Thornton Eildon: 1995 *
Tungamah Tungamah is a town in the Goulburn Valley region of northern Victoria, Australia. The town is located in the Shire of Moira local government area, from the state capital, Melbourne. Tungamah is situated on the banks of Boosey Creek and at th ...
: 1967 to 1994. Joined the
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 ...
in 1995. *
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a ...
: 1967 to 1977. Joined the
Benalla & District Football League The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton. The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War T ...
in 1978. * Wilby: 1967 to 1970. Wilby FC folds up after the 1970 season. ;
Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian Co ...
– Division Two (1996 to 1998) *
Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
: 1996 to 1998 * Benalla All Blacks: 1996 to 1998 * Congupna: 1996 only. Joined the
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 and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the ...
in 1997. * Dookie United: 1996 to 1998 *
Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...
: 1996 & 1997. Entered the GVFNL – Division One in 1998. *
Rumbalara Cummeragunja Reserve or Cummeragunja Station, alternatively spelt Coomeroogunja, Coomeragunja, Cumeroogunga and Cummerguja, was a settlement on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, on the Victorian border near Barmah. It was also refe ...
: 1997 & 1998 * Shepparton East: 1996 to 1998 * Thornton Eildon: 1996 to 1998 *
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a ...
: 1996 to 1998 * Yea: 1998 ;Central Goulburn Football League (1999 to 2005) *
Alexandra Alexandra () is the feminine form of the given name Alexander (, ). Etymologically, the name is a compound of the Greek verb (; meaning 'to defend') and (; GEN , ; meaning 'man'). Thus it may be roughly translated as "defender of man" or "prot ...
: 1999 to 2005. Re-joined the
Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Footbal ...
in 2006. * Benalla All Blacks: 1999 to 2004. Entered the
Ovens & King Football League The Ovens & King Football Netball League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in North-Eastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla. History The ''Ovens & King Football League'' was formed on ...
in 2005. * Dookie United: 1999 to 2005. Joined the
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 ...
in 2006. *
Rumbalara Cummeragunja Reserve or Cummeragunja Station, alternatively spelt Coomeroogunja, Coomeragunja, Cumeroogunga and Cummerguja, was a settlement on the New South Wales side of the Murray River, on the Victorian border near Barmah. It was also refe ...
: 1999 to 2005. Joined the
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 and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in the ...
in 2006. * Shepparton East: 1999 to 2005. Joined the
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 ...
in 2006. * Thornton Eildon: 1999 to 2005. Re-joined the
Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Footbal ...
in 2006. *
Violet Town Violet Town is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia. The town is in the Shire of Strathbogie local government area, northeast of the state capital, Melbourne on the Hume Highway. At the , Violet Town and district (Honeysuckle Ward) had a ...
: 1999 to 2005. Joined the
Kyabram & District Football League The Kyabram District Football League (KDL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 15 teams; the most recent additions include Dookie United in 2018 and Shepparton East in 2019. The KDL is made up of smaller country ...
in 2006. * Yea: 1999 to 2005. Played in the
Kyabram & District Football League The Kyabram District Football League (KDL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 15 teams; the most recent additions include Dookie United in 2018 and Shepparton East in 2019. The KDL is made up of smaller country ...
in 2006 and 2007, then joined the
Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League The AFL Yarra Ranges was an Australian rules football and netball organisation based in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges within Victoria. The organisation operated the Yarra Ranges Senior Football league and the Yarra Ranges Junior Footbal ...
in 2008.


Honourboard

;Benalla – Tungamah Football League: * 1938 to 1966. * Senior Football ;Tungamah Football League: *1967 to 1995 ;Goulburn Valley Football League: Division Two *1996 to 1998 ;Central Goulburn Football League: *1999 to 2005 () - Brackets includes goals kicked in finals. ;Tungamah Football League: * Reserves Grand Finals ;Tungamah Football League: * Thirds / Under 17's Grand Finals ;Tungamah Football League: * Fourths / Under 12's Grand Finals


Senior Football Best & Fairest Awards

;Benalla Tungamah Football League * 1938 to 1966 * The Lawless Family Medal The Lawless Family Medal for the BTFL senior football best and fairest award was first donated in 1954, by John J. Lawless – Senior, with the winner receiving a canteen of cutlery. ;Tungamah Football League * 1967 to 1995 * The Lawless Family Medal
Goulburn Valley Football League The Goulburn Valley Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia. It is a member of the Victorian Country Football League and has won the Victorian Co ...
– Division Two * 1996 to 1998 * The Lawless Family Medal
Central Goulburn Football League Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
* 1999 to 2005 * The Lawless Family Medal


External links


Tungamah Football League

Tungamah Football League - Clubs & Premiership List

It's all over for Central Goulburn FNL. August, 2005

1967 Tungamah Football League Premiers: Wilby FC team photo

2005 - Last year of the Central Goulburn FNL


References

{{reflist 1938 establishments in Australia Sports leagues established in 1938 Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (Australia)