Dimboola Football Club

Dimboola FNC
Names
Full nameDimboola Football Netball Club Inc
NicknameRoos
2025 season
After finals4th
Home-and-away season5th
Leading goalkickerJackson Calder (62)
Best and fairestBen Miller
Club details
Founded1881 (1881)
Coloursgreen & gold
CompetitionWimmera Football League
PresidentJames Barry
CaptainBen Miller
Premierships(14): 1892, 1893, 1913, 1920, 1921 x2, 1922, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1946, 1959, 1985, 2013
GroundDimboola Recreation Reserve, (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteDimboola FNC

The Dimboola Football Club, nicknamed the Roos, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Dimboola, Victoria. The football team competes in the Wimmera Football League (WFL).[1]

History

The Dimboola FC was founded in 1881 and in 1882 they played a match against the Horsham Union FC in Horsham, which resulted in a draw.[2][3]

In 1921, Dimboola FC played in two local football competitions, the Western Wimmera FA (Wednesday competition) and the Northern Wimmera FA (Saturday competition) and remarkably Dimboola won both association premierships. Details below.

Dimboola joined the Wimmera District Football League in 1923[4] and former Geelong player, Bert Rankin was appointed as captain-coach in 1924.[5]

In 1932 during the height of the Great depression the small town clubs suffering from financial pressures tried to get the league to change the way the gate taking were distributed to the clubs. The larger town clubs, knowing that they would be disadvantaged, blocked the motion. Nhill and Dimboola both went into recess.

In 1933 Dimboola was back, it formed the Mid Wimmera FL with Minyip, Murtoa, Nhill and Rupanyip. It won the 1933 and 1935 premierships.

While the WDFL approached the Ballarat Football League to merge hoping that greater interest and better football would cause larger gate takings, so in 1934 the Wimmera Football League and the Ballarat Football League merged to form the Ballarat Wimmera FL.

After three years in which the Wimmera clubs faced with greater costs and constantly losing on the footy field, feelers were put out to the smaller clubs, now playing in the Mid Wimmera FL. A peace deal was settled in September 1936 and the Wimmera Football League was reformed in 1937 making it a nine team competition, with former Essendon player, Alan Arthur appointed as captain-coach in 1937.[6]

Football Timeline

  • 1881 - 1888: Club active, but no official competition football
  • 1889 - Rauert - Rintoule Trophy (Dimboola, Horsham, Kaniva & Nhill)
  • 1890 - James Laing Trophy (Dimboola, Horsham, Nhill & Stawell)
  • 1891 - Club active, but no official competition football
  • 1892 - Meredith Trophy (Dimboola, Horsham Federals, Jung Jung, Murtoa, Natimuk & Longerenong College)
  • 1893 - J S Nelson Cup (Dimboola, Horsham, Kaniva, Nhill & Stawell)
  • 1894 - 1895: Club active, but no official competition football.
  • 1896 - Father O'Brien Trophy (Dimboola, Horsham Federals, Longerenong College & Natimuk)
  • 1897 - 1900: Club active, but no official competition football

Football Premierships

Seniors
  • Meredith Saloon (Horsham) Trophy
    • 1892 - 1st: Dimboola 2nd: Horsham Federals[7][8]
  • Western Wimmera Football Association
    • 1913 - Dimboola: 4.3 - 27 d Nhill: 3.3 - 21[12],
    • 1920 - Dimboola: 8.19 - 67 d Nhill: 3.8 - 26[13]
    • 1921 - Dimboola: 9.12 - 66 d Kaniva: 8.13 - 61 at Nhill[14]
    • 1922 - Dimboola: 10.14 - 74 d Gerang: 6.11 - 47 at Dimboola[15]
  • Northern Wimmera Football Association
    • 1921 - Dimboola d Gerang at Dimboola[16]
  • Mid Wimmera Football League
    • 1933 - Dimboola: 15.11 - 101 d Murtoa: 9.11 - 65 at Murtoa
    • 1935 - Dimboola: 10.14 - 74 d Minyip: 7.6 - 48 at Dimboola
  • Wimmera Football League
    • 1937 - Dimboola: 15.14 - 104 d Stawell: 13.15 - 93 at Horsham[17]
    • 1946 - Dimboola: 17.16 - 118 d Warracknabeal: 10.13 - 73 at Horsham[18]
    • 1959 - Dimboola: 7.12 - 54 d Warracknabeal: 7.11 - 53 at Horsham[19]
    • 1985 - Dimboola: 11.14 - 80 d Horsham: 9.12 - 66 at Warracknabeal
    • 2013 - Dimboola: 16.15 - 111 d Horsham Saints: 7.13 - 55 at Nhill
Reserves
  • 1983, 1985, 2014,
Thirds - Under 16's
  • 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1981

Netball Premierships

A. Grade
  • ?
B. Grade
  • ?
C. Grade
  • ?
C. Reserve
  • ?

VFL / AFL Players

Tim Watson, 2017

The following footballers played with Dimboola, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Dimboola with the year indicating their first season at DFNC.

Cliff, Teddy & Bert Rankin: Geelong & Victorian footballers

Bibliography

Wheatbelt Warriors. A Tribute To Wimmera Football League.

References

  1. ^ "Official Club Website". Sportingpulse.
  2. ^ "1882 - The Horsham Times". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 18 August 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ "1882 - Local Topics". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 22 August 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  4. ^ "1923 - The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954)". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 2 March 1923. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ^ "1924 - To coach Dimboola". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 22 February 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  6. ^ "1937 - DIMBOOLA'S COACH APPOINTED". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 23 March 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ^ "1892 - Football: Federals v Dimboola". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 5 August 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  8. ^ "1892 - Football". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 6 September 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  9. ^ "1893 - Football". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 10 October 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  10. ^ "1893 - Football". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 7 November 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ^ "1894 - A Dimboola Farewell". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954. 15 June 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ^ "1913 - Country Football: Dimboola". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 8 September 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  13. ^ "1920 - Football". Lawloit Times (Kaniva, Vic. : 1910 - 1929. 14 September 1920. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  14. ^ "1921 - WEST WIMMERA PRIMIERSHIP". Lawloit Times (Kaniva, Vic. : 1910 - 1929). 13 September 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  15. ^ "1922 - FOOTBALL: DIMBOOLA v. GERANG". Lawloit Times (Kaniva, Vic. : 1910 - 1929). 14 September 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  16. ^ "1921 - Matches in the country". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 19 September 1921. p. 14. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  17. ^ "1937 - Dimboola gains 1937 premiership". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 28 September 1937. p. 5. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  18. ^ "1946 - Dimboola's Title At Horsham". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 2 October 1946. p. 36. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  19. ^ "1959 - Country Football". Google. The Age. 21 September 1959. p. 21. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
  20. ^ Geelong Advertiser, 17 April 1924, p. 3.
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