Yarrawonga Football Club
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The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football
club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League
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The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria
located on the Murray River
.
Yarrawonga joined the Ovens & Murray Football League
in 1930. Prior to this the club played in a line association that was based along the Benalla to Yarrawonga
railway line. This association had frequent name changes dating back to 1889.
Yarrawonga forfeited the 1923 grand final because it clashed with a horse racing carnival.
's Tom Lonergan
played for Yarrawonga before moving to Melbourne and being drafted into the Australian Football League
.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
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The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria
Yarrawonga, Victoria
Yarrawonga is a town in the Shire of Moira Local Government Area in the Australian state of Victoria. The town is situated on the south bank of the Murray River, the border between Victoria and New South Wales and is located approximately north-east of the state capital, Melbourne. Yarrawonga's...
located on the Murray River
Murray River
The Murray River is Australia's longest river. At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between New South Wales and Victoria as it...
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Yarrawonga joined the Ovens & Murray Football League
Ovens & Murray Football League
The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional Australian rules football league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League...
in 1930. Prior to this the club played in a line association that was based along the Benalla to Yarrawonga
Oaklands railway line, Victoria
The Oaklands railway line is a freight only railway line in north eastern Victoria, Australia. The line branches from the main North East railway at Benalla station until it connects with the New South Wales railway network at Oaklands, New South Wales....
railway line. This association had frequent name changes dating back to 1889.
Yarrawonga forfeited the 1923 grand final because it clashed with a horse racing carnival.
's Tom Lonergan
Tom Lonergan
Tom Lonergan may refer to:*Tom and Eileen Lonergan, divers*Tom Lonergan , Australian rules footballer with the Geelong Football Club...
played for Yarrawonga before moving to Melbourne and being drafted into the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
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Premierships
- Ovens & Murray Football League
- 1959, 1989, 2006,
- Benalla-Yarrawonga Line Football Association
- 1907, 1908, 1910, 1919, 1921, 1925, 1926, 1927