Australian Football

The dissolution of the Mid Murray Football League at the end of the 2009 season was in part precipitated by the decision of the Sedan Cambrai Football Club to ‘jump ship’ and join the Hills Football League. Thus, the somewhat convoluted nature of the club’s history continues. Originally known as Cambrai Sedan the club won premierships in the Murray Ranges Football Association in each of its first three seasons, beating Springton in the 1922 grand final and Eden Valley in those of 1923 and 1924. A fourth MRFA flag, once again achieved at the expense of Eden Valley, followed in 1927.

In 1936 the MRFA disbanded and Sedan Cambrai as the club had by this time become known went into recess. On reforming ten years later the Magpies affiliated with the Barossa and Murray Valley Football Association and reached the grand final only to lose in both 1947 and 1948. Between 1951 and 1954 Sedan Cambrai again went into recess. There followed losing grand finals in the BMVFA in 1955 and 1956 and in the Torrens Valley Football Association’s A2 Grade competition in 1965. The Magpies won the premiership of this latter competition the following year, downing Heathfield Aldgate B in the grand final by 49 points.

Between 1967 and 1975 Sedan Cambrai competed in the Hills Football League, claiming a Division Two premiership in 1974. Between 1976 and 1985 the club merged with the Mount Torrens Football Club to form the Mount Torrens Cambrai Football Club. The merged entity reached grand finals in 1982 and 1985 but lost them both.

Upon reforming as a standalone club after the 1985 season the Magpies joined the Mid Murray Football League in which they would compete for the next twenty-four seasons. They reached the senior grade grand final half a dozen times for two wins but as already intimated after the 2009 season they moved again, this time back to the HFL . After six seasons in the HFL (2010 to 2015) the Magpies crossed to the Riverland Independent Football League where they enjoyed a solid first season, winning 7 and drawing 1 of 14 fixtures to finish fifth out of eight clubs. A year later they qualified for the finals and ultimately finished third before qualifying for the 2018 grand final only to suffer a shock 2 point loss to Paringa.