The Tungamah Football Netball Club Inc, nicknamed the Bears, 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 ...

club playing in 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 ...

. The club is based in the small

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

n town of

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 the ...

, a town of just 300 people located approximately 250 km north of

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

. The earliest recorded match involving Tungamah was a game against Lake Rowan on Saturday, 29 July 1882. In 1883 there was also a Murray District Football Club based in Tungamah. Tungamah FC joined the

Benalla Tungamah Football League The Benalla Tungamah Football League (TBFL) was established in May, 1938, from the following North Eastern Victoria, Australian rules football clubs – Benalla, Devenish, Katamatite, St. James, Tungamah and Yabba – Dookie. History The Benal ...

in 1938. The club changed leagues following an administration disagreement between the AFL Goulburn-Valley and the

in 2019, but returned to the P&DFL for season 2021.

Premierships

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers were either born in Tungamah or played with the Tungamah FC prior to playing VFL / AFL senior grade football. The year indicates their VFL debut. * 1898 –

Matthew Fell Matthew Foster Fell (23 August 1875 – 17 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club during the early years of the Victorian Football League (VFL). Fell came to Collingwood from the town of Tun ...

– Collingwood * 1899 – Wilfred Fell – Collingwood * 1909 – Joe Bourke – Richmond * 1913 – Don Munro – Fitzroy * 1918 –

Claude Fell Claude Allan Fell (6 December 1892 – 11 May 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serv ...

– Richmond * 1920 –

Les Carbarns Leslie John Patience Carbarns (1 April 1891 – 3 May 1970) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life The son of Thomas Carbarns (1855–1909) and Fanny C ...

– St. Kilda & Hawthorn * 1920 – Sir

Albert Chadwick Sir Albert Edward Chadwick, CMG, MSM (15 November 1897 – 27 October 1983) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football League (VFL). Early life The son of Andrew Chadwick (1854-1906), and Georgina Ann Chadwick (186 ...

– Melbourne & Hawthorn * 1924 –

Ted Bourke Edward Arthur Bourke (17 February 1904 – 27 November 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s. Often playing at centre half back, Bourke sp ...

– Richmond & South Melbourne * 1926 – Jack Kidd – Essendon, Carlton & Fitzroy * 1952 - Kevin Bond - Hawthorn * 1933 – Jack Cooper – Carlton * 1980 –

Les Parish Les "Salty" Parish (28 September 1955 – 12 February 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Parish originally played with Yarrawonga, then played with Tungamah i ...

– Fitzroy & Melbourne

References

External links

Official Site1926 Tungamah FC team photo
Picola & District Football League clubs Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state) 1888 establishments in Australia Australian rules football clubs established in 1888 {{AFL-team-stub