Barellan & District Football League

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The Barellan & District Football League was an Australian rules football competition played in the vicinity of Barellan, New South Wales from 1911 until 1971. [1] [2]

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The league folded in 1971 after two of its clubs merged and left, another two followed in leaving, and the remaining three folded. [3]

Clubs

Competed in final season in 1971

Competed Prior to 1971

Source: [3] [4] [5]

Premiers

1911-1923 unknown

1924 - Kamarah

1925 - Kamarah

1926 - Kamarah

1927-1928 unknown

1929 - Kamarah

1930 - Kamarah

1931-1949 unknown

1950 - Moombooldool

1951 - Beckom

1952 - Ardlethan

1953 - Ardlethan

1954 - unknown

1955 - Sandy Creek

1956 - unknown

1957 - unknown

1958 - Beckom

1959 - Sandy Creek

1960 - Beckom

1961 - unknown

1962 - unknown

1963 - Sandy Creek 9.13.67 defeated Hay 9.11.6

1964 - Sandy Creek 9.3.57 defeated Barellan-Binya 7.8.50

1965 - Sandy Creek 17.13.115 defeated Barellan-Binya 16.10.106

1966 - Barellan-Binya 16.9.105 defeated Darlington Point 9.9.63

1967 - Barellan-Binya 13.12.90 defeated Yanco 7.14.56

1968 - Yanco 11.11.77 defeated Barellan-Binya 4.9.33

1969 - Yanco 10.17.77 defeated Hay 8.11.59

1970 - Yanco 18.13.121 defeated Barellan United 10.8.68

1971 - Barellan United 16.10.106 defeated Hay 6.14.50

Source: [5]

Aftermath

Coleambally and Barellan United (formed from the merger of Barellan-Binya and Kamarah-Moombooldool) continue to play in the present day in the Farrer Football League. After playing intra-club football from 1971 to 1981, the Hay Rovers joined the Golden Rivers Football League in 1982 as the Hay Lions and play in that continue to play in that competition at present. [3]

After their Australian rules club folded, Darlington Point continued to field teams in the Group 20 Rugby League competition, amalgamating with Coleambally's team in 1973. Meanwhile, following the demise of the Yanco Penguins Australian Football Club, the nearby Wamoon RLFC relocated to the town as Yanco-Wamoon in 1970 and continues to play in the Group 20 competition in that code also.

The locality of Sandy Creek no longer has any sporting teams.

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