The Dederang Mount Beauty Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Dederang, Victoria. Dederang teams currently play in the Tallangatta & District Football League.
Individual Club Histories
Below are brief histories of each club's football competition timelines, grand finals results, league best and fairest winners and some links to team photos from the following clubs - Dederang, Tawonga, Bogong, Bogong / Tawonga and Dederang / Mount Beauty.
There was a Dederang & District Football Association that ran from 1932 to 1939, with the grand final results listed below.
When Dederang FC left the Dederang & DFA in 1940, the Association changed its name at their AGM to the Kiewa & Mitta Football League.
Dederang Football Club (1891 - 1975)
Football Timeline 1891-1911: Club formed in 1891. No official competition football until 1912. 1912: Yackandandah Football Association 1913-1915: Kiewa Valley Football Association 1916-1918: Club in recess due to World War One 1919: No official competition, but Dederang won eight and lost one game. 1920: Kiewa Valley Football Association 1921 - 1922: No official competition, but several friendly matches were played. 1923: Allans Flat & District Football Association 1924–1926: Kiewa & District Football Association 1927–1931: ? Dederang applied to play in the Bright District Football Association in 1931, but were refused entry. 1932-1937: Dederang & District Football Association 1938: Club in recess 1939: Dederang & District Football Association 1940: Yackandandah & District Football League 1941 - 1945: ? In recess > World War Two 1946–48:Yackandandah & District Football League 1949: No senior team 1950-1953: Yackandandah & District Football League 1954: No senior team, but Dederang Juniors played a number of matches against other local teams. 1955–1975: Tallangatta & District Football League 1976 - Merged with the Bogong-Tawonga FC to form the Dederang / Mt. Beauty FNC
Football Premierships / Runners Up (Grand Finals) Yackandandah Football Association 1912 - Dederang:4.7 - 31 d Yackandandah: 1.6 - 12 Kiewa Valley Football Association 1913 - Mongan's Creek: 3.5 - 23 d Dederang: 2.6 - 18 1914 - Dederang: 3.9 - 27 d Running Creek: 2.8 - 20 Dederang wore blue, white and red colours in this match. 1920 - Dederang: 4.7 - 31 d Gundowring: 2.5 - 17 Allans Flat & District Football Association 1923 - Allan's Flats: 3.5 - 23 d Dederang: 0.6 - 6 Kiewa & District Football Association 1924 - Dederang: 7.14 - 54 d Tangam Rovers: 4.10 - 34 1924 - Dederang Juniors: 7.11 - 53 d Kiewa Juniors: 4.8 - 32 1925: Dederang & District Football Association 1933 - Dederang: defeated Mudgegonga: by two points Tallangatta & District Football League 1958 - Dederang: 11.3 - 69 d Mitta United: 10.7 - 67 1962 - Dederang: 5.7 - 37 drew with Bogong: 4.13 - 37 1962 - Dederang: 10.13 - 73 d Bogong: 8.10 - 58 (Grand Final replay) 1967 - Mitta United: 11.9 - 75 d Dederang: 8.6 - 54 1968 - Mitta United: 11.9 - 75 d Dederang: 11.8 - 74 at Sandy Creek
Dederang & District Football Association (1932 to 1939) Grand Finals 1932 - Tawonga: 7.9 - 51 d Mudgegonga: 3.11 - 29 at Dederang 1933 - Dederang: defeated Mudgegonga: by two points at Tawonga 1934 - Tawonga: 1935 - Eskdale: defeated Tawonga: by 4 goals at Sandy Creek. 1936 - Tawonga: 12.5 - 77 d Yackandandah: 9.13 - 67 at Sandy Creek. 1937 - Kiewa: 11.8 - 74 d Kergunyah: 10.5 - 65 at Sandy Creek. 1938 - Eskdale: 16.14 - 110 d Kiewa: 5.6 - 36 at Sandy Creek. 1939 - Tallangatta: 6.12 - 48 defeated Kiewa: 2.9 - 21
Kiewa & Mitta Football League (1940) 1940 - Mitta Valley: 14.7 - 91 d Kiewa: 6.7 - 43
League Best & Fairest Awards Senior Football Tallangatta & District Football League 1961 - Errol Barton 1967 - Geoff Doubleday 1969 - Geoff Doubleday: Tied with the winner on 20 votes, but finished as runner up on the old countback system and has never received a retrospective medal from the T&DFNL.
Tawonga Football Club (1891 - 1963)
Timeline 1891 - Tawonga FC v Freedom Brothers FC 1901 - Bright & District Football Association 1902 - Kiewa Valley Football Association 1912 - Club active. Won all the games in 1912. 1913 - 1914: Kiewa Valley Football Association 1915 - 1919: Club in recess due to World War One 1920: Club active, but no official competition matches. 1921: ? Football Association involving - Dederang, Gundowring and Tawonga, but no records of match results in local papers. 1922 - 1925: club appears to be in recess. 1926 - 1928: Bright District Football League 1929 & 1930: Yackandandah & District Football League 1931: Bright District Football Association 1932 - 1938: Dederang & District Football Association 1939 – 1940: Myrtleford-Bright Football League 1941 - 1945: Club in recess > World War Two 1946 – 1953: Yackandandah & District Football League 1954 – 1963: Tallangatta & District Football League
Football Premierships / Runners Up (Grand Finals) Dederang & District Football Association 1932 - Tawonga: 7.9 - 51 d Mudgegonga: 3.11 - 29 1934 - Tawonga 1935 - Eskdale: defeated Tawonga: by 4 goals 1936 - Tawonga: 12.5 - 77 d Yackandandah: 9.13 - 67 Myrtleford & Bright District Football Association 1940 - Tawonga: 12.15 - 87 d Beechworth Wanderers: 12.12 - 84 Yackandandah & District Football League 1946 - Kiewa: 4.13 - 37 d Tawonga: 4.9 - 33 1947 - Tawonga: 16.5 - 101 d Kiewa: 5.10 - 40 1950 - Bogong: 8.17 - 64 d Tawonga: 6.4 - 40 1952 - Tawonga: 10.5 - 65 d Bogong: 7.5 - 47 This was Bogong's only loss for the season! 1953 - Bogong: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tawonga: 6.9 - 45
League Best & Fairest Myrtleford & Bright District Football Association 1940 - Jim Bishop - Tawonga FC Yackandandah & District Football League 1950 - Jim Mooney - Tawonga FC
VFL Players 1956 - George Barton 1956 - John Cooper
Bogong Football Club (1947 - 1963)
Timeline 1947–1953: Yackandandah & District Football League 1954–1959: Ovens & King Football League 1960–1963: Tallangatta & District Football League
Football Premierships / Runners Up Yackandandah & District Football League 1948 - Kiewa: 9.10 - 64 defeated Bogong: 4.14 - 38 1950 - Bogong: 8.17 - 65 defeated Tawonga: 6.4 - 40 1951 - Bogong: 18.11 - 119 defeated Kiewa: 11.15 - 81 1952 - Tawonga: 10.5 - 65 defeated Bogong: 7.12 - 54 1953 - Bogong: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tawonga: 6.9 - 45 Ovens & King Football League 1955 - Bogong: 6.12 - 48 d Beechworth: 5.16 - 46 at Tarrawingee Tallangatta & District Football League 1962 - Dederang: 5.7 - 37 drew with Bogong: 4.14 - 37 at Tallangatta 1962 - Dederang: 10.13 - 73 d Bogong: 8.10 - 58 (grand final replay) at Tallangatta 1963 - Mitta United: 6.14 - 50 d Bogong: 7.7 - 49 at Sandy Creek
League Best & Fairest Yackandandah & District Football League 1947: Jim Bishop - Bogong FC 1948: Jim Bishop - Bogong FC 1952: Ray Braham - Bogong FC Tallangatta & District Football League 1960 - Eric Tye - Bogong FC 1962 - George Barton: Bogong FC 1963 - George Barton: Bogong FC
Bogong - Tawonga Football Club (1964 - 1974)
The Tawonga F.C. & the Bogong F.C. merged in 1964 and played in the Tallangatta & District Football League. Football Timeline Tallangatta & District Football League 1964 - 1975
Premierships / Runners Up (Grand Finals) Tallangatta & District Football League 1965 - Lavington: 8.6 - 54 d Bogong/Tawonga: 6.14 - 50 at Sandy Creek 1966 - Lavington: 9.13 - 67 d Bogong/Tawonga: 9.6 - 60 at Tallangatta
League Best & Fairest 1971 - George Barton: Bogong Tawonga FC
Mt. Beauty Football Club (1975) The Bogong Tawonga Football Club changed their name to Mt. Beauty Football Club in 1975 and played in the Tallangatta & District Football League in 1975, then in 1976, the Dederang FC and the Mt. Beauty FC merged to form the Dederang Mt. Beauty Football Club.
Dederang - Mount Beauty Football Club (1976 - 2024)
The Bogong-Tawonga F.C. & Dederang F.C. merged in 1976 and formed the Dederang-Mt Beauty Football Club and have played in the Tallangatta & District Football League continuously since 1976.
Timeline Tallangatta & District Football League 1976 - 2024
Football Premierships / Runners Up Tallangatta & District Football League Seniors 1998 - Tallangatta Valley: 10.16 - 76 d Dederang - Mount Beauty: 4.4 - 28 at Sandy Creek 1999 - Dederang - Mount Beauty: 15.13 - 103 d Kiewa Sandy Creek: 13.9 - 87 at Sandy Creek 2001 - Dederang - Mount Beauty: 17. 9 - 111 d Barnawartha: 12.13 - 85 at Sandy Creek 2003 - Dederang - Mount Beauty: 19.10 - 124 d Mitta United: 9.10 - 64 at Sandy Creek 2005 - Mitta United: 11.15 - 81 d Dederang - Mount Beauty: 6.8 - 44 at Sandy Creek 2008 - Kiewa Sandy Creek: 14.28 - 112 d Dederang - Mount Beauty: 11.12 - 78 at Sandy Creek
Reserves 1976 - Dederang - Mount Beauty: 8.10 - 58 d Kiewa Sandy Creek: 8.5 - 53 1999 - Dederang - Mount Beauty: 7.6 - 48 d Yackandandah: 6.4 - 40
Thirds Nil
Fourths / Under 14's 1998, 1999, 2003; 2013; 2023
League Best & Fairest 1990 - Laurie Larsen: Dederang - Mount Beauty FC
Netball Premierships No records on the internet of Tallangatta & DFL netball premierships, league best & fairests, etc
VFL Players 1986 - Darren Handley
References
External links
Yackandandah & District Football League 1912 - Yackandandah FA Premiers: Dederang FC team photo 1919 & 1923 - Dederang FC team photos 1950 - Yackandandah & DFA Runners Up: Tawonga FC team photo
1953 - Yackandandah & DFA Premiers & Runners Up: Bogong FC & Tawonga FC team photos 1965 - Tallangatta & DFL Runners Up: Bogong Tawonga FC team photo 1948 - Yackandandah & DFA Runners Up: Bogong FC team photo 1949 - Bogong FC team photo 1949 - Yackandandah & DFA Premiers: Bogong GV team photo 1951 - Bogong FC team photo 1953 - Yackandandah & DFA Premiers & Runners Up: Bogong FC & Tawonga FC team photos