Granya is a town in northeastern Victoria, Australia on the Murray arm of Lake Hume in the Towong Shire local government area, northwest of the state capital, Melbourne.
History The town was established in the 1860s following a gold rush.
In 1920 a huge monument was erected in honour of local fallen soldiers who died in the Great European War between 1915 and 1919.
Granya is situated right on the edge of Lake Hume and provides a base for many tourists sightseeing, fishing and water skiing.
Sport & Recreation
The Granya Football Club was formed in September 1886 at a meeting a Legges Hotel and a match against Tallangatta soon followed.
Former St Kilda Football Club player, Wally Scott played in Granya's 1912 premiership win and was later wounded in World War One at the Dardanelles.
In 1937, Granya applied to join both the Dederang & District Football League & Upper Murray Football Association, but were refused, so they went into recess in 1937 and 1938. Granya joined the Dederang & District Football League in 1939.
The backbone of the Granya Football teams in the 1930's and 1940's were the eight Webb brothers, six Star brothers and four Gard brothers who were all very good footballers.
Former Granya footballers, Norm Webb, Don Star and Bill Barton all played senior VFL football.
Football timeline 1886 - 1903: Club active, but no competition football 1904 - 1905: Mitta Valley Football Association 1906 - Club active, but no competition football 1907 - 1908: Tallangatta Football Association 1909 - Club active, but no competition football 1910 - Mitta Valley Football Association 1911 - 1912 - Mitta Valley Football Association 1913 - Granya, Wymah & Bethanga Football Association 1914 - Applied to enter the Wodonga Football Association, but were rejected. 1915 - 1918: Club in recess. World War One 1919 - Mitta Valley Football Association (Khone Trophy) 1920 - 1921 - 1923: Tallangatta & District Football Association 1924 - 1928: Kiewa & District Football Association 1929 - 1931: Tallangatta & District Football Association 1932 - Yackandandah & District Football League 1933 - 1934: Tallangatta & District Football League 1935 - 1936 - Chiltern & District Football Association 1937 - 1938: Club in rescess 1939 - Dederang & District Football Association 1940 - Kiewa & Mitta Valleys Football Association 1941 - 1944: Club in recess. World War Two 1945 - 1954: Tallangatta & District Football League 1958 - 1959: Merged with Bethanga FC to form Murray United FC 1960 - Club folds.
Premierships / Runners Up Tallangatta Football Association 1907 - Granya: 7.8 - 50 defeated Sandy Creek: 3.10 - 28 1908 - Sandy Creek: 1.5 - 11 defeated Granya: 1.3 - 9 Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Orr & Patterson Trophy) 1912 - Granya: 6.12 - 48 defeated Mitta Mitta: 2.4 - 16 Tallangatta & Mitta Mitta Football Association (Blair Trophy) 1912 - Granya: 2.7 - 21 defeated Mitta Mitta: 1.7 - 13 Tallangatta & District Football Association 1922 - Tallangatta: 6.7 - 43 defeated Granya: 4.8 - 32 1923 - Kiewa: 2.16 - 28 defeated Granya: 3.9 - 27 Kiewa & District Football Association 1926 - Granya: 4.18 - 42 defeated Bethanga: 5.8 - 38 1927 - Granya: 8.11 - 59 defeated Bethanga: 3.1 - 19 1928 - Mitta Valley: 12.8 - 80 d Granya: 4.11 - 35 Tallangatta & District Football Association 1929 - Granya: 9.14 - 68 defeated Albury Rovers: 8.12 - 60 1930 - Mitta Mita: 5.11 - 41 defeated Granya: 4.14 - 38 1933 - Granya: 14.13 - 97 defeated Mitta Mitta: 76 Chiltern & District Football Association (Zone A) 1936 - Kiewa: 9.18 - 72 defeated Granya: 6.7 - 49 Tallangatta & District Football League 1946 - Granya: 12.8 - 80 defeated Mitta / Eskkdale: 8.7 - 55 1947 - Granya: 8.8 - 56 defeated Tallangatta: 7.10 - 52 1950 - Bullioh Valley: 9.9 - 63 d Granya: 9.8 - 62 1951 - Granya: 12.20 - 92 defeated Tallangatta: 9.16 - 72 1953 - Mitta United: 6.9 - 45 defeated Granya: 3.7 - 25 Tallangatta Knock Out Competition 1951 - Granya / Tallangatta: 8.12 - 60 defeated Beechworth: 6.6 - 42
References
Links Tallangatta & District Football League Yackandandah & District Football League 1946 - Tallangatta & DFL Premiers: Granya FC team photo Jim Star video about playing with Granya FC