Walla Walla Football Club

Walla Walla FNC
Names
Full name	Walla Walla Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Hoppers
Club details
Founded	1903; 122 years ago (1903)
Dissolved	2016
Colours
Competition	Hume Football League
Premierships	(19) 1919, 1920, 1921, 1931, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1953, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987.
Ground(s)	Walla Walla Recreation Reserve

The Walla Walla Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in Walla Walla that played in the Hume Football League in southern New South Wales. The club's nickname is the Hoppers (short for grasshopper), the guernsey design consisted of green and white stripes on the front with an all green rear. Their home ground was the Walla Walla Sportsground in Walla Walla.

In 2016, they merged with the Rand-Walbundrie Football Club to form the Rand Walbundrie Walla Giants.

History

The club was originally formed in 1903 and played ad hoc matches against other clubs in the district. However it did not participate in regular competition until 1910, when it began to compete in various associations against other local clubs.

In 1917-18 the club went into recess due to World War I, before resuming in 1919. It joined the Hume Football League in 1935, where it fielded teams (aside from a recess due to World War II) through to 2015.

During the 2015/16 off season the Walla Walla and Rand-Walbundrie football clubs entered merger talks for the 2016 Hume Football League season. The Walla Walla Hoppers members voted 100 per cent in favour of the merger; while The Rand-Walbundrie Tigers voted 83 per cent in favour of the merger

Walla Walla Football Association

The Walla Walla Football Association was formed in 1915 from the following clubs - Burrumbuttock, Gerogery, Jindera and Walla Walla.[1] This competition ran from 1915 to 1916, then went into recess in 1917 and 1918, due to World War One, then re-formed from 1919 to 1921.

In 1922, there was a move to form a line association, but it fell through.[2] Then former Walla Walla FA clubs - Brocklesby, Burrumbuttock and Walbundrie and Walla Walla joined the new Hume Football Association in 1922.

Walla Walla played in six consecutive grand finals from 1914 to 1921 (excluding 1917 and 1918), winning three premierships.

• Walla Walla FA - Grand Finals
  • 1914 - Bulgandra: 5.4 – 34 defeated Walla: 4.8 – 32 - Walbundrie Football Association[3]
  • 1915 - Burrumbuttock: 5.5 - 35 defeated Walla Walla: 4.7 - 31. Played at Walla Walla.[4]
  • 1916 - Jindera defeated Walla Walla.[5] Played at Burrumbuttock.
  • 1917 & 1918 - In recess due to WW1.
  • 1919 - Walla Walla defeated Bulgandra by 10 points. Played at Walbundrie.[6][7]
  • 1920 - Walla Walla: 8.5 - 53 defeated Bulgandra: 4.5 - 29. Played at Walbundrie. [8]
  • 1921 - Walla Walla defeated Burrumbuttock. Played at Brocklesby.[9]

Competitions

• 1910 - 1913: Culcairn and District Football Association
• 1914: Walbundrie & District Football Association
• 1915 - 1921: Walla Walla District Football Association
• 1922 - 1923: Hume Football Association.
• 1924 - 1929: Riverina Football Association
• 1930 - 1934: Central Hume Football Association
• 1935 – 2015: Hume Football League

Merged Clubs

• 2016-2022: Hume Football League "T.B.D." - Joint Venture Club with the Rand-Walbundrie Tigers.[10]

Football Premierships

Seniors

• Walla Walla Football Association
  • 1919, 1920, 1921
• Hume Football Association:
  • Nil. Runners Up - 1922 Grand Final - Bulgandra: 8.12 - 60 defeated Walla Walla: 6.4 - 40.[11]
• Central Hume Football Association:
  • 1931: Walla Walla: 16.12 - 108 defeated Burrumbuttock: 13.12 - 90.[12] Played at Jindera.
• Hume Football League:
  • 1939: Walla Walla: 10.8 - 68 d Lavington: 4.7 - 31[13][14][15] Played at Burrumbuttock.
  • 1940: Walla Walla: 15.19 - 109 d Walbundrie: 6.7 - 43[16] Played at Jindera.
  • 1948: Walla Walla: 13.20 - 98 d Rand: 8.10 - 58[17] Played at Brocklesby.
  • 1953: Walla Walla: 13.10 - 88 d Brocklesby: 4.6 - 30[18][19] Played at Burrumbuttock.
  • 1959: Walla Walla: 18.20 - 128 d Walbundrie: 14.9 - 93
  • 1965: Walla Walla: d Jindera:
  • 1966: Walla Walla: d Walbundrie
  • 1970: Walla Walla: 13.12 - 90 d Walbundrie: 12.17 - 89
  • 1973: Walla Walla: 9.14 - 68 d Burrumbuttock: 10.7 - 67
  • 1974: Walla Walla: 16.14 - 110 d Jindera: 10.4 - 64
  • 1976: Walla Walla: 12.16 - 88 d Brocklesby: 5.11 - 41
  • 1980: Walla Walla: 21.8 - 134 d Brocklesby: 12.16 - 88
  • 1981: Walla Walla: 11.14 - 80 d Osborne: 8.10 - 58
  • 1983: Walla Walla: 22.11 - 143 d Brocklesby: 14.22 - 106
  • 1987: Walla Walla: 12.21 - 93 d Jindera: 13.10 - 88

Links

• 1939 - Hume FL semi final. Walla Walla FC team photo
• 1939 - Hume FL Grand Final teams. Lavington FC & Walla Walla FC team photos
• 1946 - Walla Walla FC team photo
• 1947 - Walla Walla FC team photo
• 1950 - Walla Walla FC team photo
• 1951 - Hume Junior FL Premiers. Walla Walla FC Juniors team photo
• 1953 - Walla Walla FC team photo

References

1. "1915 - Burrumbuttock". The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW). 10 June 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
2. "1922 - Line association falls through". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 14 April 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
3. "1914 - Bulgandra". The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW). 28 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
4. "1915 - Walla Walla". The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times (Albury, NSW). 15 September 1915. p. 1. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
5. "1916 - Walla Walla". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 1 September 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
6. "1919 - Walla Walla". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 29 August 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
7. "1919 - Walla Walla". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 5 September 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
8. "1920 - Walla District Football Association". The Daily Express (Wagga Wagga, NSW). 27 August 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
9. "1921 - Football". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 23 September 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
10. "Walla Hoppers, Rand-Walbundrie Tigers agree to merge | The Border Mail | Wodonga, VIC". 7 March 2016.
11. "1922 - Bulgandra Premiers". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 15 September 1922. p. 43. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
12. "1931 - Central Hume Final". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express (NSW). 11 September 1931. p. 12. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
13. "1939 - Walla Wins 1939 Premiership Hume League". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 21 August 1939. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
14. "1939 - Sequel to Lavington / Walla match". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 25 August 1939. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
15. "1939 - Walla". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 6 October 1939. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
16. "1940 - Premiership to Walla". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 19 August 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
17. "1948 - Walla are Hume League Premiers". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 13 September 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
18. "1953 - Football: Walla Hume League Premiers". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 1 September 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
19. "1953 - Triple premiership banquet at Walla". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 21 September 1953. p. 6. Retrieved 15 October 2024.