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The Walla Walla Football Club was an Australian rules football club that played in the Hume Football League in southern New South Wales. The club's nickname is the Hoppers (short for grasshopper), the guernsey design consisted of green and white stripes on the front with an all green rear. Their home ground was the Walla Walla Sportsground in Walla Walla.
The club was originally formed in 1903 and played ad hoc matches against other clubs in the district. However it did not participate in regular competition until 1910, when it began to compete in various associations against other local clubs.
In 1917-18 the club went into recess due to World War I, before resuming in 1919. It joined the Hume Football League in 1935, where it fielded teams (aside from a recess due to World War II) through to 2015.
During the 2015/16 off season both the Walla Hoppers and Rand-Walbundrie Tigers football clubs entered merger talks for 2016 Hume Football League season. The draw for the 2016 season is umlauted but the Hume league has reportedly release a provisional draw for all clubs in the league should the merger go ahead. Voting for the proposed merger took place on Monday March 7 (2016). The Walla Walla Hoppers members voted 100 per cent in favour of the joint venture; while The Rand-Walbundrie Tigers voted 83 per cent in favour of the joint venture. The club's new name and colours will be discussed at a committee meeting at Walbundrie on the night of Tuesday March 8 (2016). The Hume league is expected to release the revised draw to the public with-in the next week. [1]
The Walla Walla Football Association was formed in 1915 from the following clubs - Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Jindera and Walla. [2] This competition ran from 1915 & 1916, in recess in 1917 and 1918, due to World War One, then re-formed from 1919 to 1921.
In 1922, there was a move to form a line association, but it fell through [3] . Then former Walla Walla FA clubs - Brocklesby, Burrumbuttock and Walbundrie and Walla Walla joined the new Hume Football Association in 1922.
Walla Walla played in six consecutive grand finals from - 1915 to 1922, excluding 1917 and 1918 when they were in recess due to World War One, winning three premierships.
Merged Clubs
1959, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987.
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