The Cobram Football Club, nicknamed the ''Tigers'', is an

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and

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club based in the regional city of

Cobram Cobram is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is on the Murray River which forms the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Cobram along with the nearby towns of Numurkah and Yarrawonga is part of Shire of Moira and is the administrative cen ...

located in north east

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. Cobram teams currently compete in the Murray FNL.

History

Formed in 1887, Cobram began in the

Goulburn Valley Football Association The Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA) is an Australian rules football competition that was first established in 1888 in the Goulburn Valley of Victoria, Australia, with the foundation clubs being Cobram, Muckatah, Nathalia, Numurkah ...

(GVFA) in 1888. The club also had short stints in the Murray Border Football Association and Federal District Football Association. Cobram FC also won two additional premierships in 1892 and 1893 as per a letter to the ''Cobram Courier'' by former player, Jack McNamara in 1903, who wrote that he had possession of the actual "Gedye's Victoria Hotel Cup" premiership cups. In 1911, the GVFA's southernmost clubs voted against the entry of Cobram due to what was deemed as excessive travel. Cobram then went into recess in 1911, before returning to the GVFA in 1912. Cobram was a founding member of the

Murray Football League The Murray Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League. The league covers a large area of northern Victoria and southern New South Wales from Shepparton in ...

in 1931 and has remained in this league ever since. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937. The two clubs then reformed as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina Football League in 1937. Cobram Tigers remains as one of the stronger teams in MFL with multiple premierships in Senior and Junior years over the years. Cadeyn Williams was rookie drafted to

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in the 2013 AFL Rookie Draft. Cadeyn played all his juniors at Cobram,

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got drafted to the

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in the 2017 draft at pick 43, after playing thirds and seniors at Cobram. After a promising home and away season for Cobram, the

called time on the 2021 season in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving a young tigers outfit hungrier than ever to bring home their first senior flag since 1998. The 2022 season brought much promise, starting off the season with a dominant 98 point win over the Finley Football Club. The Tigers went on to win 12 straight games before being defeated in a 1 point thriller against the

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. Finishing 15-3 for the home and away season, Cobram were the Minor Premiers for the 2022 season of the

. Cobram would beat 2nd placed Mulwala by 2 goals in the first semi-final, advancing straight to the grand final. The grand final would start well for the Tigers, going into half time with the scores 4.3-27 v 1.3-9 against the Mulwala Football Club. Cobram however would eventually fall to Mulwala in a wet and muddy game that was fought until the very end. Cobram would find success in the 2022 season however, with the fourths taking the ultimate glory (Cobram 3.4-22 def Moama 3.1-19).

Football Leagues Timeline

*1888 to 1891 Gedye's Victoria Hotel Trophy *1892 to 1893 Murray Border Football Association *1894 to 1896 Federal District Football Association *1897 to 1902 Cobram Football Club *1903 – Club in recess

*1904 to 1910 Cobram Football Club *1911 – Club in recess. Refused entry into the GVFA.

*1912 to 1914 Cobram Football Club *1915 to 1918 – Club in recess. World War II

*1919 to 1930

*1931 to present

Football Premierships

;Seniors * Gedye's Victoria Hotel Trophy (2) ** 1892, 1893 * Federal District Football Association (1) ** 1902 *

(6) ** 1907 1909, 1913 1914, 1928, 1929 *

(12) ** 1931, 1947#, 1948, 1955, 1959, 1960, 1961#, 1969, 1974, 1984#, 1995, 1998 ;Reserves * Murray Valley Second Eighteen Football Association ** 1935, 1936- Cobram / Barooga United FC *

(9) ** 1960, 1968, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1988, 1992#, 1994, 1995 ;Thirds *

(10) ** 1960, 1971, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2019. ;Fourths *

(11) ** 1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1995, 2008#, 2015#, 2016#, 2018#, 2022. # - hash means undefeated champions

VFL / AFL Players

The following Cobram footballers have played senior VFL / AFL football or have been drafted to an AFL club. The year below indicates their debut season in VFL / AFL.

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

* 1905 –

Dave McNamara David John McNamara (22 January 1887 – 15 August 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Michael McNamara (1844–190 ...

– St. Kilda * 1920 – Charlie Tuck – Richmond * 1925 – Jack Huggard – Richmond * 1926 – Stuart Russell – Essendon & Hawthorn * 1933 – Harold Dickinson – Essendon * 1945 – Jackie Huggard – Essendon & North Melbourne * 1949 – Ron Simpson – Fitzroy * 1961 – Keith Hollands – North Melbourne * 1965 – Peter Ennals – Footscray * 1974 – Jeff Cassidy – Geelong * 1979 – Greg Nichols – Geelong * 1984 –

Steve Hocking Steven Hocking (born 18 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Hocking became CEO of Geelong after the 2021 season. He is the elder brother of fo ...

– Geelong * 1987 –

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– Essendon & Geelong * 1987 –

Garry Hocking Garry Andrew Hocking (born 8 October 1968) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Tough and skilled in equal measure, Hocking was an integral part of Geelong's ...

– Geelong

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* 1994 – Shane Sikora – West Coast Eagles * 1999 – Robert Forster-Knight – Essendon & Port Adelaide * 2013 – Cadeyn Williams – Richmond.

2012 AFL Draft The 2012 AFL draft consisted of five opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2012/13 Australian Football League off-season. These were: *2012 trade period; which was held between 1 October and 26 October, and for the first time incorp ...

Rookie * 2017 –

– Geelong

References

External links

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Gameday website
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