Corryong Football Netball Club
Australian rules football and netball club

Australian rules football club
Corryong FNC
Names
Full nameCorryong Football Netball Club
NicknameDemons
Club details
Founded1892; 134 years ago (1892)
Colours  dark blue   claret
CompetitionUMFNL
PremiershipsUMFNL: 32[1]
1893, 1894, 1899, 1903, 1905,
1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912,
1915, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927,
1928, 1930, 1932, 1951, 1964,
1968, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1985,
1987, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2017
GroundCorryong Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteCorryong FNC

The Corryong Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Upper Murray Football League. The club fields all senior and junior sides alongside the Corryong Netball Club. Their players are mainly from the Corryong area and also from Albury/Wodonga.

History

Corryong was a founding member in 1893 of the Corryong Football Association, a precursor of today's Upper Murray Football League, and with a total of thirty-one senior grade premierships to its credit the club is the most successful in the competition's history. That success commenced right away as Corryong won successive flags in 1893 and 1894 and by the time the competition went into recess in 1916 because of World War One it had added another nine, including four in succession between 1907 and 1910.

During the 1920s Corryong was an almost perennial grand finalist, emerging triumphant on five occasions. It was less successful during the 1930s but still managed to claim a couple of flags. Following the second world war the club was consistently in the hunt for premiership honours and between 1948 and 1954 contested every grand final except one. However, it was successful only once, against Federal in 1951. It was a similar story during the late 1950s and the first half of the ensuing decade as, over the course of eight seasons, the Demons managed just a solitary grand final victory from half a dozen attempts.

Corryong ended the 1960s in style, however, overcoming Federal in the grand final of 1968 by 29 points and Cudgewa in the following season's play-off by a bare 2 point margin. Since their 1969 triumph the Demons have continued to amass flags at a steady rate.

2000 and Beyond

The Demons were the powerhouse club of the competition during the first half of the decade. Between 2000 and 2005 Corryong's seniors won premierships in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005. These sides were made up of a strong local talent base combined with some experienced players from stronger district leagues proving the difference between themselves and the rest of the competition. The club also made grand finals in 2006 and 2008 with their last appearance in a grand final resulting in an embarrassing 108-point loss to Bullioh. A combination of the club's older players retiring and a number of locals leaving the area has resulted in the Demon's struggling down the bottom of the ladder for the last three season's with them finishing winless in 2011. Corryong Demons made another appearance against Cudgewa in the 2014 Grand Final, but unfortunately loss. In 2016 there was a three point loss in the Grand Final to rival Federal. However in 2017, Demons came home with the flag smashing Bullioh.

Since 2017, the senior football sides have really struggled and the club is also struggling with volunteer involvement too.

Football Premierships

Senior Football (32)
Reserves Football
  • ?
Thirds Football
  • ?

League Best and Fairest Winners

Senior Football
  • 1949 - Murray Murrell
  • 1964 - Noel Richardson
  • 1972 - John Merrick
  • 1975 - Tony Buscombe
  • 1984 - David Greenhill
  • 1987 - Stephen Brown
  • 1993 - Brendan Attree
  • 2000 - Alby Freijah
  • 2001 - Michael Wild
  • 2006, 2012, 2013 - Evan Nicholas
  • 2014 - Shannon Gilson

League leading goalkickers

Senior Football
  • 1951 - Larry Harris: 103 goals
  • 1952 - Larry Harris: 51
  • 1953 - Larry Harris: 108
  • 1954 - Larry Harris: 59
  • 1955 - Bill Moon: 58
  • 1958 - John Hadley: 52
  • 1960 - Cliff Daly: 64
  • 1962 - Glen Whitehead: 62
  • 1963 - Ian Todd: 82
  • 1964 - Ian Todd: 75
  • 1973 - Chris McInnes: 43
  • 1978 - Chris McInnes: 115
  • 1980 - Chris McInnes: 90
  • 1985 - Brett Richter: 72
  • 1988 - Rod Lees: 119
  • 2002 - Ross Hilliary: 100
  • 2017 - Jarrod Williams: 108

Netball Premierships

The Corryong Basketball Club was formed in 1946 and played in the Upper Murray Basketball (Netball) Association from 1946 to 1970, when the sport of women's basketball name was changed to "netball" in Australia in 1970.

Upper Murray Football Netball League

A. Grade
  • 1950,[4]
B. Grade
  • ?
C. Grade
  • 2015, 2024,
D. Grade
  • ?
14's & Under
  • ?
15's & Under
  • 2017
11's & Under
  • ?

VFL / AFL Players

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Club built on a love of footy
  2. ^ "1894 - Football Club's Ball". Corryong Courier (Vic. : 1894 - 1945). 25 October 1894. p. 5. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  3. ^ "1904 - LAST YEARS' PREMIERSHIP". Corryong Courier (Vic. : 1894 - 1945). 30 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
  4. ^ "1950 - Corryong - Basketball Premiers". The Corryong Courier and Walwa District News (Vic. : 1946 - 1952). 31 August 1951. p. 1. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  • Gameday website
  • 1939 - Upper Murray FL Runner Up: Corryong FC team photo
  • 1950 - Upper Murray FL Runner Up: Corryong FC team photo
  • 1950 - Upper Murray Basketball Association Premiers: Corryong Basketball (Netball) team photo
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