KERANG
Current Affiliation: Central Murray Football League (CMFL) since 1997
Club Address: P.O. Box 230, Kerang, Victoria 3579
Formed: after the 1996 season, through the merger of the Kerang Rovers and Appin Football Clubs
Colours: Navy blue and white
Emblem: Blues
Senior Premierships: 2004 (1 total)
Senior CMFL Best and Fairest Player Awards: S.Filo 2004; B.Forsyth 2005 (2 total)
Kerang's heritage is, by any standards, remarkably convoluted. The club was formed in 1996 through the merger of Kerang Rovers and Appin. The new club was known initially as Kerang Rovers-Appin before changing its name to Kerang in 2000. Prior to the merger, Appin had been a member of the Kerang and District Football League (KDFL) since 1945, claiming two senior flags.
Kerang Rovers had been established in 1991 when Northern and Echuca Football League rivals Kerang and Kerang Rovers amalgamated, with the resultant club retaining Kerang Rovers name and navy blue and white colours. Much of the original Kerang Rovers club's history had been spent in the KDFL alongside Appin. In 1954, 1971 and 1975 the club won senior premierships. Kerang had also briefly been a member of the KDFL, and had won the 1946 premiership in that competition. However, between 1953 and 1989 the club had competed in the Northern District Football League, claiming senior premiership success on four occasions. In 1990 Kerang reached the grand final of the Northern and Echuca Football League, but lost to Union.
Today's Kerang Football Club has twice reached the CMFL grand final, defeating Tooleybuc-Manangatang in 2004 and going down by just 2 points against Balranald two seasons later. Kerang's colts side went top in 1999 and 2003.
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