Benalla Football Club

The Benalla Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Benalla, Victoria. Its football and netball teams currently compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.[2]

Benalla
Names
Full nameBenalla Football Club
Nickname(s)Demons (pre-1998), Saints
Club details
Founded1876 (1876)
Colours     Red      White      Black
CompetitionOvens & Murray Football League (1946–1997)
Goulburn Valley Football League
(1940, 1998–)
PresidentLloyd Johnson [1]
Premierships15
Ground(s)Benalla Show Grounds
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitehttps://www.benallasaints.com.au

History

Records available reveal that the 1st football club was formed in Benalla back in the year 1876.

Benalla first entered the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1922 with their association continuing until 1930.

In 1940 Benalla 16. 16-106 defeated Rushworth 11. 16-82 to win their first senior GVFL premiership in their first year in the GVFL.

Originally known as the Demons, the club changed its club colours and guernsey in 1998 when it moved from the Ovens and Murray Football League to the Goulburn Valley Football League, which was to mirror those of the St Kilda Football Club.

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Football Premierships
Seniors

Complete list of premierships won by the club in the different leagues where it played:[4]

LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year(s)
North Eastern Football Association31895[5] , 1896[6] , 1897[7]
Moira Football Association21904[8], 1905[9]
Benalla Yarrawonga Line Football Association21909[10], 1920[11]
Benalla Mulwala Football League21928 - (Benalla Rovers), 1935[12]
Benalla Tungamah Football League11939 [13]
Goulburn Valley Football League21940[14], 2015
Ovens and Murray Football League41953[15] [16], 1962, 1963, 1973
Reserves
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year(s)
Benalla Tungamah Football League21950 [17], 1952 [18] [19]
Ovens and Murray Football League31955, 1972, 1978.
Goulburn Valley Football League12003.
Thirds
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year(s)
Ovens and Murray Football League21974, 1997.
Goulburn Valley Football League41998, 2004, 2014, 2015.

Netball Premierships

Ovens and Murray Football / Netball League: 1993 to 1997

  • No premierships

Goulburn Valley Football Netball League: 1998 to present day

A. Grade
  • 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007
B. Reserve
  • 2001
17 and Under
  • 2008

Ovens and Murray Football League: Best & Fairest Winners

The list includes the following players:[20]

Seniors - Morris Medal
Reserves - Howard Marks Medal
  • 1960 - B Symes
  • 1968 - Norm Hogan
  • 1973 - G Sherwill
Thirds
  • 1973 - P Nolan
  • 1976 - John Martinello. (Martinello also won the 1993 Tungamah Football League senior football, Lawless Medal, with the Benalla All Blacks Football Club.)
  • 1983 - Rod Brewster

Goulburn Valley Football League - Best & Fairest winners

The list includes the following players: [21]

Seniors - Morrison Medal
  • 1999 - Anthony Pasquali. Father of Seb Pasquali - Western United
  • 2008 - Rowan Priest
  • 2013 - Luke Morgan
  • 2014 - William Martiniello
Reserves - Abikhair Medal
  • 1998 - P Warnock
  • 2007 - Chris Dube
  • 2011 - Chris Dube. (Chris Dube also won the 2018 Ovens & King Football League senior football Baker Medal with Greta Football Club.)
Thirds - Pattison Medal
  • 2002 - R Joyce

VFL / AFL Players

The following 29 players played with Benalla, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

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References
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  2. "Benalla". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008.
  3. "Football". Trove Newspapers. The North East Ensign Newspaper.
  4. Devaney, John. "Australian Football - Benalla Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. "1895 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspapers. The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times Newspaper.
  6. "1896 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspapers. The North Eastern Ensign Newspaper.
  7. "1897 - N E Football Association - Premiership". Trove Newspapers. Euroa Advertiser Newspaper.
  8. "1904 - Moira FA - Premiers - Benalla FC". Trove Newspapers. The North Eastern Ensign. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. "1905 - Moiria FA - Premiers: Benalla FC". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Standard. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  10. "1909 - Benalla Mulwala FA - Premiers - Benalla FC". Trove Newspapers. The North Eastern Ensign. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  11. "1920 - Benalla Yarrawonga Line FA Premiers - Benalla FC". Trove Newspapers. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  12. "1935 - Benalla Mulwala Football League". Trove Newspapers. The North Eastern Ensign. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  13. "1939 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  14. "1940 - Benalla wins GVFL Premiership". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  15. "1953 - Ovens & Murray FL - Premiership Team Photo". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  16. "1953 - Benalla wins first O&M premiership". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  17. "1950 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  18. "1952 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  19. "1952 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Premiership Shield". Trove Newspapers. Benalla Ensign. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  20. "O&MFL - Best & Fairest - Morris Medal". Ovens & Murray FNL. Ovens & Murray FNL.
  21. "Goulburn Valley Football League". Goulburn Valley Football League.
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