The Elmore Football Club is an

Australian Rules Football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

club which competes in the

Heathcote District Football League The Heathcote District Football League (HDFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Heathcote, Victoria, Heathcote region and major Bendigo area with clubs based in the regions of City of Greater Bendigo, Shire of Campaspe, a ...

(HDFL). The club, known as the Elmore Bloods, is based in

Elmore, Victoria Elmore is a town in Victoria, Australia, north-east of Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west ...

and has participated in the HDFL since 1949. The Bloods have appeared in 14 grand finals, winning five; the most recent in 2007.

Location

History

The Elmore Football Club was formed at Scotts Railway Hotel from a meeting on the April 15, 1882. The original colours chosen were red, white and blue.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/253358601?searchTerm=elmore%20football%20club

Between the wars (1919-1948)

Elmore is situated on the Bendigo to Deniliquin railway line. It was also the start of the Elmore to Cohuna branch line. The club had mobility to play anywhere competition in the surrounding area. * Elmore DFA - (1919-1920) * Rochester FA - (1921-1922) * Elmore and Cohuna FL - (1923-1925) * Bendigo Junior Association - (1926) * Neilborough FA - (1927-1929) * ''Recess'' (1930-1931) * Echuca FL - (1932-1935) * Midland United FA - (1936) * Lockington FA - (1937) * Heathcote DFL - (1938-1939) * Echuca FL - (1944–45) * Bendigo FL - (1946) * Echuca FL (1947-1948)

HDFL (1949 – )

In 1949 Elmore returned to the Heathcote District FL. they had participated in 1938 and 1939 but dropped out because of the war. Elmore have won five premierships, all have come in long awaited years because they have been Runners-up more than they have been Premiers. They have been very unlucky in the past having been Runners-up eight times and been Premiers six times and before the 2007 Premiership they were in a flag drought of twenty two consecutive years, which is the third biggest flag drought in the HDFL after Colbinabbin's (22 years) 1950–1975 flag drought and White Hills (29 years) 1988–Present flag drought.

Rivalries

Because of the small sized football league rivalries are few and far between and most teams aren't overly aggressive towards another team, however Elmore's main rivals are Colbinabbin, Huntly, Mount Pleasant & Heathcote

Honours

HDFL Premierships & Grand Finals

Books

* History of Football in the Bendigo District – John Stoward –

References

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{{Heathcote DFL Australian rules football clubs in Victoria (state)