Wangaratta Rovers Football Club

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Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
Names
Full nameWangaratta Rovers Football / Netball Club Incorporated.
NicknameHawks
MottoThe Family Club
2025 season
After finals1st (Premiers)
Home-and-away season1st
Leading goalkicker49: Will Christie
Bob Rose Medal Sam Murray
Club details
Founded1922;103 years ago (1922) (entered O&MFL in 1950)
Colours  Brown   Gold
Competition Ovens and Murray Football League
PresidentWalter Pasquali/Wendy Lester
Coach Sam Murray
CaptainXavier Allison/Tom Boyd
Premierships17: O&MFL
Ground W. J. Findlay Oval (capacity: 10,000)
 (1953 to 2024)
Training ground W. J. Findlay Oval
Uniforms
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Home
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Official website wangrovers.com.au
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The Wangaratta Rovers Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football club based in the Victorian city of Wangaratta.

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History

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Club Jumper: 1950 - 55

Wangaratta Rovers were initially formed in 1922 and competed in the Wangaratta District Football Association (WDFA) from 1922 to 1924, [1] then moved across to the Ovens and King Football League (O&KFL) from 1925 to 1929. Wangaratta Rovers lost both the 1922 [2] and the 1923 [3] WDFA grand finals to Milawa.

Wangaratta Rovers actually merged with the Wangaratta Football Club in 1930, who then entered one team in the Ovens and Murray Football League and one team in the O&KFL.

The Wangaratta Rovers re-formed in 1945 and competed in the O&KFL from 1945 to 1949, winning the 1948 premiership [4] and losing to Myrtleford in the 1949 O&KFL grand final, [5] before joining the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1950. [6]

Football Premierships

Seniors
Reserves
Under 18 / Thirds

Netball Premiership

A. Grade
B. Grade
C. Grade
17 & Under

League Best & Fairest Award Winners

Seniors
Reserves
Thirds / Under 18's

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with Wangaratta Rovers, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Wangaratta Rovers with the year indicating their first season at WRFNC.


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Bob Rose: Captain/Coach - 1956 to 1962

References

  1. ↑ "1923 - Wangaratta". The Argus. 16 April 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "1922 - Country Matches: Wangaratta". The Argus. 4 September 1922. p. 12. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "1923 - Matches in the Country: Wangaratta". The Age. 24 September 1923. p. 15. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "1948 - Wang Rovers win premiership by 20 points". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 29 September 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "1949 - Myrtleford defeats Rovers in grand final". Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic). 28 September 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "1950 - Two more teams?". Rutherglen Sun and Chiltern Valley Advertiser (Vic). 7 February 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "1948 - Rovers well won premiership". The Myrtleford Times. 29 September 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 5 September 2023.


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