Merrigum Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Merrigum in the Goulburn Valley region, Victoria, Australia. The club is known as The Bulldogs.
History The first evidence of football in the Merrigum area was in 1902, when the football club applied to the Park Trustees to erect goals on the local oval.
In 1905, Merrigum hosted Cooma in a game and won by one point.
Merrigum lost their 1932 Goulburn Valley Central Junior Football League 1st semi final to Stanhope prior to joining the Kyabram & District Football League in 1933.
Football Timeline 1902 - 1908: No official competition matches, but did play against other local football sides. 1909 - East and West Goulburn Football Association 1910 - 1911: Kyabram Junior Football Association 1912 - Club in recess, insufficient number to enter a team in the Kyabram Junior Football Association. 1913 - Kyabram Junior Football Association 1914 - Club in recess 1915 - Kyabram District Football Association. Merrigum withdrew from the KDFA in July, 1915. 1916 - 1920: Club in recess due to WW1 1921 - Kyabram Junior Football Association 1922 - Club in recess 1923 - 1924: Ardmona Central Junior Football Association 1925 - Kyabram Junior Football Association 1926 - 1929: Northern Goulburn Valley Football League 1930 - 1932: Central Goulburn Valley Junior Football League 1933 - Kyabram District Football Association 1934 - Kyabram District Football Association In 1934, Merrigum merged with Byrneside to form Merrigum-Byrneside FC. 1935 - 1939: Kyabram District Football Association. In 1935 Merrigum FC reformed under their old name. 1940 - 1943: Club in recess due to WW2. 1944 - 1945: Kyabram District Patriotic Football League. In 1944, Merrigum FC reformed. 1946 - 2024: Kyabram District Football League.
Football Premierships Seniors Kyabram District Junior Football Association 1910 - Merrigum: 9.23 - 77 d Lancaster: 4.2 - 26 Northern Goulburn Valley Football League 1928 - Merrigum: 5.9 - 39 d Moama: 2.10 - 22 Kyabram District Football League 1949 - Merrigum: 8.15 - 63 d Kyabram Imperials: 7.5 - 47 1950 - Merrigum: 10.10 - 70 d Lancaster: 6.12 - 48 1951 - Merrigum: 14.12 - 96 d Girgarre: 10.6 - 66 1953 - Merrigum: 24.11 - 155 d Kyabram Boy's Club: 11.15 - 81 1957 - Merrigum: 1986 - Merrigum: 24.12 - 156 d Avenel: 9.9 - 63 1987 - Merrigum: 16.16 - 112 d Lancaster: 12.6 - 78 1990 - Merrigum: 2015 - Merrigum: 11.9 - 75 d Stanhope: 8.2 - 50
Reserves Kyabram District Football League 1981 - Merrigum: 10.9 - 69 d Avenel: 3.6 - 24 1986 - Merrigum: 17.7 - 109 d Avenel: 10.7 - 67 1990 - Merrigum:
Thirds Kyabram District Football League 1988 1989 1991 2002 2003 2016
Football Runner Up Seniors Cooma Football Association (1922) 1922 - Stanhope: 3.14 - 32 d Merrigum: 2,4 - 16 Kyabram District Football League 1947 - Undera: 10.8 - 68 d Merrigum: 7.16 - 58 1948 - Kyabram Imperials: 12.14 - 86 d Merrigum: 9.14 - 68 1952 - Girgarre: 8.12 - 60 d Merrigum: 4.9 - 33 1956 - Comgupna: 10.10 - 70 d Merrigum: 9.4 - 58 1964 - Murchison: 14.14 - 98 d Merrigum: 3.7 - 25
Reserves Kyabram District Football League 1980 - Lancaster: 8.4 - 52 d Merrigum: 6.6 - 42 1996
Thirds Kyabram District Football League
Football Best and Fairest winners Seniors Kyabram District Football League 1949: Ian Greening 1955: Peter Fry 1970: K Chapman 1987: P White 2013: J Pell
References
External links Official Kyabram and District Football League Website