Northern Mallee Football League

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The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the now defunct Tyrrell Football League with another local Mallee League.

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The Northern Mallee Football League (NMFL) was an Australian rules football formed in 1979 from the merging of the now defunct Tyrrell Football League with another local Mallee League.

The competition that finished in 1996 with only five clubs based that area, with the Tempy, Gorya Patchewallock Football Club and the Ouyen Rovers would merge in early 1997, which left the NMFL with only four remaining clubs and eventually the NMFL merged with the Southern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League (Victoria). [1]

The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s. [2]

Clubs

ColoursClubYears in compNMFL PremiershipsMoved to
AFL Collingwood Icon.jpg
Kiamal1979-19810Merged with Tiega to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
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Manangatang1979-19963 Mallee Football League (Victoria)
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Nandaly1979-19931Merged with Sea Lake in 1994
Melbourne Football Club colours.jpg
Ouyen Rovers*1982-19965 Mallee Football League (Victoria)
Clarence Football Club colours.jpg
Sea Lake1979-19934Merged with Nandaly in 1994
Clarence Football Club colours.jpg
Sea Lake-Nandaly1994-19961 Mallee Football League (Victoria)
RichmondDesign.svg
Tempy-Gorya-Patchewollock* (T-G-P)1979-19964 Mallee Football League (Victoria)
Lalor Football Club.jpg
Tiega1979-19810Merged with Kiamal to form Ouyen Rovers in 1982
Murrumbeena Football Club colours.jpg
Underbool1979-19810Merged with Walpeup in 1982
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg
Walpeup1979-19810Merged with Underbool in 1982
AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg
Walpeup-Underbool1982-19960 Mallee Football League (Victoria)

(*) Ouyen Rovers and Tempy-Gorya-Patchewollock merged at the end of the 1996 season to form Ouyen United before starting in the Mallee Football League (Victoria) in 1997.

Football Premierships

Seniors
YearPremierScoreRunner-upScore
1979Nandaly18.20.128Manangatang14.13.97
1980T-G-P21.22.148Manangatang12.13.85
1981T-G-P21.13.139Manangatang18.9.127
1982Sea Lake21.24.150T-G-P20-9-129
1983T-G-P22.11.143Manangatang13.7.85
1984T-G-P19.12.126Sea Lake18.13.121
1985Ouyen Rovers23.12.150Sea Lake17.11.113
1986Ouyen Rovers15.20.110Manangatang15.15.105
1987Ouyen Rovers11.13.79Sea Lake8.7.55
1988Sea Lake13.6.84T-G-P6.9.45
1989Manangatang12.17.89Walpeup-Underbool11.08
1990Ouyen Rovers16.13.109Manangatang14.19.103
1991Sea Lake16.12.108Manangatang12.12.84
1992Sea Lake16.18.114Ouyen Rovers7.9.51
1993Ouyen Rovers13.12.90Sea Lake12.11.83
1994Manangatang19.22.136Walpeup-Underbool11.10.76
1995Sea Lake-Nandaly13.18.96T-G-P11.10.76
1996Manangatang9.12.66Walpeup-Underbool8.16.64

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References

  1. "Merged Clubs still manage to struggle on". Country Footy Scores. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. Peter Lenaghan (4 May 2015). "Country Footy: Crisis? What crisis?". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

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