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.

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.

Football Premierships

;Seniors
Complete list of premierships won by the club in the different leagues where it played:
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year
North Eastern Football Association31895, 1896, 1897
Moira Football Association21904, 1905
Benalla Yarrawonga Line Football Association21909, 1920
Benalla Mulwala Football League21928 -, 1935
Benalla Tungamah Football League11939
Goulburn Valley Football League21940, 2015
Ovens and Murray Football League41953, 1962, 1963, 1973

;Reserves
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year
Benalla Tungamah Football League21950, 1952
Ovens and Murray Football League31955, 1972, 1978.
Goulburn Valley Football League12003.

;Thirds
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year
Ovens and Murray Football League21974, 1997.
Goulburn Valley Football League41998, 2004, 2014, 2015.

Netball Premierships

Goulburn Valley Football Netball League: 1998 to present day
;A. Grade
;B. Reserve
;17 and Under
The list includes the following players:
; Seniors - Morris Medal
;Reserves - Howard Marks Medal
;Thirds
The list includes the following players:
;Seniors - Morrison Medal
;Reserves - Abikhair Medal
;Thirds - Pattison Medal
The following 29 players played with Benalla, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.