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| league    = [[Central Murray Football League|CMFNL]] 
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The '''Balranald Football Club''' are an [[Australian football]] club competing in the [[Central Murray Football League]].  The club is based in the town of [[Balranald, New South Wales|Balranald]] in the [[Riverina]] region of [[New South Wales]].  The club was founded in 1887 and their home ground is called Greenham Park.

An early report of a match between the Balranald Football Club and the Mechanics Institute occurred in 1887.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/137554277?searchTerm=balranald%20football&searchLimits=l-decade=188|title = Football|newspaper = Riverina Recorder|date = 12 October 1887}}</ref> The club, because of its isolation spend a lot of time playing scratch matches amongst themselves. As was the nature of the time the club secretary would write to other clubs in a bid to organise a game of football.

After reforming after the [[WW2]], the club played invitational games against towns outside its district. This continued until 1948 when it entered the Northern Murray Valley Football League that included 3 clubs around Robinvale. Improvement of the road system allowed the club to travel further and safer to other towns.

In 1955 the club was admitted into the Mid Murray FL.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71641019?searchTerm=balranald%20football&searchLimits=l-decade=195|title = Balranald in new league|newspaper = Argus|date = 25 March 1955}}</ref> In its second year it made the finals and two years later the club won its first final.

== Premierships ==
* Balranald-Moulamein Football Association
** 1924, 1925
* Kyalite Football Association
** 1930
* Northern Murray Valley FL
** 1948, 1953, 1954
* Mid Murray FL
** 1989, 1990, 1994
* Central Murray FL
** 2006 and 2009<ref>{{cite web |last1=McNicol |first1=Adam |title=Balranald takes a long road to success |url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/balranald-takes-a-long-road-to-success-20110416-1dj44.html |website=smh.com.au |date=16 April 2011 |publisher=Sydney Morning Herald |accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref>

==VFL/AFL Players==

Former VFL players that had played for the club include
* Nathan Ablett (AFL Geel)
* Lindsay Gilbee (AFL WBD) 
* [[Jim Jess]] - {{AFL Ric}}
* [[Mark Lee (Australian rules footballer)|Mark Lee]] - {{AFL Ric}}
* [[Ron Andrews]] - {{AFL Ess}}, {{AFL Col}}
* [[Jeff Fehring]] - {{AFL Gee}}, {{AFL StK}}
* [[David Simpson (footballer, born 1963)|David Simpson]] - {{AFL Ric}}
* [[Peter Laughlin]] - {{AFL Ric}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunbower & Balranald |url=http://mp3.news.com.au/hwt/cfpdf/Central%20Murray%20FL/Gunbower%20&%20Balranald.pdf |website=news.com.au |accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref>
* [[Merv Neagle]] - {{AFL Ess}}, {{AFL Syd}}

==Further reading==
* [https://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/balranald/1853 Balranald Football Club Information]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

{{Central Murray Football League}}

[[Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1949]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 1949]]
[[Category:1949 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:Netball teams in New South Wales]]
[[Category:Central Murray Football Netball League]]
[[Category:Australian rules football clubs in New South Wales]]