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The Ovens & King Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in Northeastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla.
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History
The Ovens & King Football League was formed on the 13th of June 1903, after a handful of men met at The Bulls Head Hotel in Wangaratta to consider forming a football competition. One week later, the first matches of the Ovens & King Football Association were played. The competition changed its name to the Ovens and King Football League after the 1928 season.
Today, more than 100 years later, teams from Benalla, Bright, Greta, Glenrowan, King Valley, Milawa, Moyhu, North Wangaratta, Tarrawingee and Whorouly participate in seniors, reserves and five netball grades.
Located in the rich Ovens Valley and King Valley of northeast Victoria, the league has produced a number of elite football who have gone on to play in the AFL, including the cousins Nigel (Brisbane Lions) and Matthew Lappin (St Kilda/Carlton), ruckman Mark Porter (Kangaroos/Carlton) and most recently Michael Newton (Melbourne), Barry Hall St Kilda/Sydney/Western Bulldogs and Brendan Fevola Carlton and Brisbane Lions.
Community support is strong in the Ovens and King districts with crowds attending games usually greater than most neighbouring competitions. The local football is an important social outlet for many local communities and finals matches draw especially strong crowd numbers.
In 2010, the league added Tatong, Swanpool, Goorambat and Bonnie Doon, who had previously played in the now-defunct Benalla & District Football League. After four years of heavy losses, Swanpool and Tatong were thrown out of the competition by AFL County Victoria, ending nearly 100 years of tradition. A two-way merge proposed by the clubs was rejected, as was a transfer to the Picola District FL.
Current
Since the 2011 season most clubs have fielded joint teams in the Thirds competition, while still remaining as independent clubs at both Senior & Reserves level.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2007 Ladder
FINALS
2008 Ladder
FINALS
Note: Moyhu lost fifteen points in the First Semi-Final against Whorouly after a head count.
2009 Ladder
FINALS
League Hall Of Fame
League Life Members
Charlie H. Butler (Sec)
G. Ray Barker (Pres)
Ron Marks (Tribunal)
John Keogh (Auditor)
Cyril C. Johnson (Tribunal)
Harold H. Wellington (Tribunal)
Bert H.G. Harman (Reporter)
J R Mummery (Delegate)
William Smith (Sponsor etc.)
Clyde Baker (Sec)
Albert (Bert) A. Clarke (Pres)
Jack M. Wood (Tribunal)
D.P. Jones (Auditor)
H. Peter Nolan (Pres)
Ken Stewart (Delegate)
Angry J.A. Ferguson (Auditor)
Fred Jensen (Delegate)
E.J (Ted) Lester (Delegate)
Fred Baker (Sec)
Vin Shelley (Pres)
D.R. (Toby) Schultz (Tribunal)
Les O`Keefe (Tribunal)
Bill Lowen (300 games) Bright
William. O`Brien (300 games) Greta
Rob Forrest (300 games) Beechworth
Rowdy Lappin (300 games) Chiltern
Rick Walter (300 games) North Wangaratta
Ross Nightingale (300 games) Bright
Gary Bussell (300 games) King Valley
Trevor Blair (300 games) Tarrawingee
Mark Allan (300 games) Milawa
Brendan Allan (300 games) Milawa
Lionel Schutt (300 games) Moyhu
Allan Dickson (League President)
Andrew Smith (300 games) Glenrowan
Mal Dinsdale (400 games) Tarrawingee
Geoff Robinson (400 games) Milawa
Russell Ferguson (400 games) Milawa
Steve Masin (300 games) Whorouly
Peter Hawkins (400 games) Moyhu
Bruce Nightingale (300 games)
Ab (Alan) Gillett (300 games) Bright
John Munari
Patrick O'Shea (Bright)
Peter Jones (Bright)
Scott Douglas (Moyhu)
Robert Burrowes (King Valley)
Paul Hogan (Greta)
Senior B&F medal Winners
1932 Ron Black (Whorouly)
1933 Keith Parris (Beechworth)
1934 Arthur Mills (Waratahs)
1935 Ron Black (Whorouly)
1936 Jack Parrish (Eldorado)
1937 Maurie Valli (Milawa)
1938 Ron Reah (Moyhu)
1939 Len Ablett and Frank Hill (Both Myrtleford)
1940 Lionel Wallace (Moyhu)
1946 Jock Gardner (Milawa)
1947 Jock Gardner (Milawa)
1948 Ian Thomas (King Valley)
1949 Jack Sullivan (Tarrawingee)
1950 A. `Mick` Jess (Whorouly)
1951 Jock Gardner (Milawa)
1952 Doug Ferguson (Eldorado)
1953 Ray Warford (Moyhu)
1954 Tim Lowe (Beechworth)
1955 Ray Warford (Moyhu)
1956 Ray Warford (Moyhu), Tim Lowe (Beechworth) and Greg Hogan (Moyhu)
1957 Bill Pinder (King Valley)
1958 Clem Goonan (Whorouly)
1959 K. Spink (Whorouly)
1960 Colin Barnes (Greta)
1961 Colin Barnes (Greta)
1962 Ken Dixon (Chiltern)
1963 Ron Critchley (Whorouly)
1964 Eddie Hooper (Greta)
1965 Rob Comensoli (Moyhu)
1966 Les Butler (Bright)
1967 Rob Comensoli (Moyhu)
1968 Bill McAuliffe (Whorouly) FIRST CLYDE BAKER MEDAL
1969 Alan McDonald (Moyhu)
1970 Stuart Elkington (Whorouly)
1971 Garry Holmes (King Valley)
1972 Mick Lloyd (Moyhu)
1973 Eddie Flynn (North Wangaratta)
1974 John Lappin (Chiltern)
1975 Rob Parolin (Whorouly)
1976 Vic Christou (King Valley)
1977 John Rutten (Beechworth)
1978 Neville Pollard (Milawa), John Lappin (Chiltern) and Terry Wadley (Greta)
1979 Con Madden (Beechworth)
1980 Neville Pollard (Milawa)
1981 Richie Allen (King Valley)
1982 John Lappin (Chiltern)
1983 Neale McMonigle (North Wangaratta) and Neil Ferguson (Bright)
1984 Geoff Lacey (Greta) and Greg Taylor (Bright)
1985 Con Madden (Beechworth)
1986 Peter Duncan (Whorouly)
1987 Mark Ottery (Moyhu)
1988 Tony Gleeson (Greta)
1989 Peter Lappin (Chiltern)
1990 Tony Gleeson (Greta)
1991 Fred Pane (North Wangaratta)
1992 Laurie Larsen (Whorouly)
1993 Mark Johns (North Wangaratta)
1994 Mark Porter (King Valley)
1995 Paul Hogan (Greta)
1996 Tony Gayfer (Rutherglen)
1997 Des Smith (Moyhu)
1998 Colin McClounan (Whorouly)
1999 Rod Milthorpe (Rutherglen)
2000 Shane Driscoll (North Wangaratta)
2001 Scott Francis (Rutherglen) and Andy Mihaljevic (Beechworth)
2002 Adam Clarke (Tarrawingee) and John Allen (Beechworth)
2003 Ty Baxter (Bright)
2004 Steve Cooper (King Valley)
2005 Richard Bull (Milawa)
2006 Tom Hazell (Greta)
2007 Anthony Welsh (Moyhu)
2008 Mathew Kelly (Bright) & Finton Eames (Tarrawingee)
2009 Steve Nightingale (Bright)
2010 Steve Nightingale (Bright)
2011 Nathan Waite (Moyhu)
2012 Adam Williams (King Valley)
2013 Adam Williams (King Valley)
2014 Daniel Godsmark (Bonnie Doon)
2015 Ben Bond (Bright)
2016 Kaine Herbert (Bonnie Doon)