LAKE BOGA
Current Affiliation: Central Murray Football League (CMFL) since 1997
Club Address: P.O. Box 207, Lake Boga, Victoria 3584
Colours: Black and white
Emblem: Magpies
Senior Premierships: Mid Murray Football League (MMFL) - 1951, 1953-4, 1967, 1975 (5 total); CMFL - 2003 (1 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Player Awards: MMFL - G.Carmichael 1953; D.Kelly 1954 & 1956; R.Kreymborg 1978; G.Free 1983 (4 Winners/5 Wins); CMFL - R.Lee 2000; B.Parsons 2005 (2 total)
Lake Boga has a long, proud history which since the end of the second world war has seen the club annex a total of half a dozen senior premierships. The Magpies were particularly strong during the 1950s, when they competed in the Mid Murray Football League. They contested the grand final five times during the decade for three wins. Another highlight was Stan Finn's achievement in kicking 105 goals in 1950 to become the MMFL's first ever century goal kicker. Three seasons later clubmate Dick O'Bree established a new benchmark with a tally of 118 goals for the year. Further MMFL flags followed in 1967, when Tooleybuc was edged out in the grand final by a single straight kick, and 1975 at the expense of Swan Hill.
The 1980s and 1990s proved to be difficult times for the club, and it was not until 2003 that senior premiership glory was again attained. Swan Hill provided the grand final opposition, but the Magpies proved comfortably superior, triumphing by 43 points, 19.10 (124) to 11.15 (81).
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