Australian Football

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KEY FACTS

Official name
Mersey Football Club

Known as
Mersey

Formed
1894

Affiliations (Historical)
North Western Football Association (NWFA) 1894–1909; North West Football Union (NWFU) 1910–1915

Senior Premierships
North Western Football Association - 1898-9, 1901-2, 1904-5, 1908-9, 1923-4, 1927-8, 1932 (13 total, but records are incomplete); North Western Football Union - 1911-12 (2 total)

Mersey



Formed in 1894, the Mersey Football Club competed with success (seven premierships) in the North West Football Association prior to becoming a founder member of the North West Football Union in 1910. The club reached a grand final in its debut season, but lost to Ulverstone. It then beat Latrobe 7.8 (50) to 1.9 (15) in the 1911 grand final, and Ulverstone 2.8 (20) to 1.7 (15) in the following year’s premiership decider. Between the wars it again competed in the NWFA obtaining another half a dozen senior grade flags.

Source

John Devaney - Full Points Publications


 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.