The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club is an

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 ...

and

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club and was formed in 1918 and currently competes in 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 ...

. The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of

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. Several Lavington footballers have gone on to play in the

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, including Darren Holmes,

Hamish McIntosh Hamish McIntosh (born 4 September 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life From Lavington, New Sou ...

, Allan Murray, Derek Murray and Mark Powell.

League honours: Football

Albury & Border Football Association (1921–1927)

* Senior premierships (2): ** 1922 (Div.2), 1924

Central Hume Football Association (1928–1932)

* (No listed honours)

HFL/Hume Football League (1933–1939)

* Senior premierships (1): 1938 * Senior runners-up (2): ''1934, 1939'' * Senior HFL Best & Fairest winners (1): 1934 - Harold McIntosh

Albury & Border Football Association (1945)

* Finished 5th of six in 1945 3 wins, 6 losses, 1 draw

Chiltern & District Football Association The Chiltern & District Football Association was first established in 1912 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Barnawartha, Chiltern, Chiltern Valley, Christmastown, Southern and Wodonga, in North Eastern Victoria, Australia and w ...
(1946–1956)

* Senior runners-up (2): ''1955, 1956.'' * Senior CDFL Best & Fairest winner - "Huggins Medal" (1): 1947 - Brian O'Shaughnessy

TDFL / Tallangatta & District Football League (1958–1976)

* Senior premierships (3): 1965, 1966, 1971 * Senior runners-up (7): ''1960, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974'' * Senior TDFL Best & Fairest winners (1): 1973 -

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* Senior TDFL Leading Goal Kickers (2): 1963 -

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, 1976 - Russell Sawyer * Reserves premierships (5): 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975 * Thirds premierships (3): 1974, 1975, 1976

HFL / Hume Football League (1975–1976)

* (No listed honours)

Farrer Football League (1977–1978)

* (No listed honours)

OMFL / Ovens & Murray Football League (1979–present)

* Senior premierships (5): 1983, 1986, 2001, 2005, 2019 * Senior runners-up (10): ''1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2008, 2015, 2016'' * Senior OMFL Best & Fairest winners - "Morris Medal" (2): 1985 - Ralph Aalbers, 1987 - Richard Hamilton * Senior OMFL Leading Goal Kickers - "Doug Strang Medal" (5): 1996 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1997 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1998 - Chris Stuhldrier, 1999 - Chris Stuhldrier, 2015 - Adam Prior * Reserves premierships (2): 1982, 2015 * Thirds premierships (2): 1993, 2009

Honour boards: Football (1921–present)

References

External links

Official website1938 - Hume FL Premiers: Lavington FC - team photo1945 - Lavington FC - team photo
{{Tallangatta & District Football League Ovens & Murray Football League clubs 1880s establishments in Australia Sport in Albury, New South Wales Netball teams in New South Wales Australian rules football clubs in New South Wales