Nhill Football Club (Vic)
Guernseys & Nicknames :
1880s - Nhill began as a football team, wearing red and white guernseys.
1904 - Nhill's guernsey at this time involved vertical stripes.
1925 - Nhill adopted black and gold colours.[source]
1938 - Nhill changed their guernseys to either royal blue and gold, or navy blue and gold, and were known as the Tigers.
Timeline :
-->1887 - Nhill absorbed the old Lawloit Football Club.
1889 - Nhill participated in a league covering the western Wimmera.
1890 - James Laing Trophy : Nhill participated.
1893 - Nelson Trophy : Nhill participated.
1898 - Wimmera DFA : Nhill participated. (This may have been merely an affiliation with a body, not a competition)
1904 - ? FA Grand Final : Nhill defeated Kaniva.
1906 - Scratch Match : Nhill v Broughton.
1910 - Rowe Trophy : Nhill participated.
1919 - West Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1920 - West Wimmera FL Grand Final : Dimboola 8.19.67 defeated Nhill 3.8.26.
1921-22 - West Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1923 - West Wimmera FL Grand Final : Kaniva 16.7.103 defeated Nhill 5.14.44.
1924 - Nhill FC was in recess for a year.
1925 - Wimmera DFL : Nhill commenced.
1926 (Wimmera DFL) :
Nhill were 3rd after H&As.
Second Semi-Final - Stawell v Nhill @ Stawell.
1927-28 - Wimmera DFL : Nhill participated.
1929 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Dimboola 9.9.63 defeated Nhill 5.13.43.
1930 (Wimmera DFL) :
Nhill were 2nd after H&As.
Semi-Final - Nhill 15.13.103 defeated Horsham 13.20.98.
Final - Stawell & District 11.10.76 defeated Nhill 9.16.70.
1931 - Wimmera DFL : Nhill's final season in this league.
1932 - West Wimmera FL Grand Final : Nhill 16.10.106 defeated Dimboola 13.11.89.
1933 - Mid-Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1934 - Mid Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Murtoa 13.13.91 defeated Nhill 11.7.73 @ Dimboola.
1935-36 - Mid-Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1937-38 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1939 (Wimmera FL) :
Preliminary Final - Nhill defeated Warracknabeal @ Horsham.
Grand Final - Stawell 13.21.99 defeated Nhill 8.20.68 @ Horsham.
1940 - Wimmera FL : Nhill withdrew midseason due to WW2.
1941-44 - Nhill failed to feature in a grand final.
1945 (Wimmera FA) :
Dimboola participated.
Nhill failed to feature in a grand final.
1946 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1947-51 - Wimmera FL : Nhill failed to feature in a grand final.
1952 - Wimmera FL Preliminary Final : Warracknabeal defeated Nhill.
1953-54 - Wimmera FL : Nhill failed to feature in a grand final.
1955 - Wimmera FL : Nhill finished 6th.
1956 - Wimmera FL : Nhill failed to feature in a grand final.
1957-60 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1961 (Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Rupanyup defeated Nhill at Warracknabeal.
Preliminary Final - Stawell 15.9.99 defeated Nhill 13.18.96 at Horsham.
1962 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Warracknabeal defeated Nhill by 2 pts.
1963 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Rupanyup defeated Nhill.
1964 (WFL) :
Grand Final - Nhill drew with Ararat.
Grand Final Replay - Nhill 10.10.70 defeated Ararat 9.14.68, the match played at Horsham.
1965 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Nhill 10.13.73 defeated Warracknabeal 8.11.59.
1966-68 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1969 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Nhill defeated Horsham.
1970 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1971 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Warracknabeal 13.8.86 defeated Nhill 5.14.44.
1972-80 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1981 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Nhill 15.12.102 defeated Horsham 15.8.98 @ Warracknabeal.
1982 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1983 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Nhill defeated Horsham @ Warracknabeal.
1984-85 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1986 - Wimmera FL : Nhill were 8th after H&As.
1987-92 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1993 - Wimmera FL Elimination final : Minyip 28.11.179 defeated Nhill.
1994 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
1995 - Wimmera FL : Nhill finished 7th.
1996-99 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
2000 (WFL) :
Gerang-Kiata had merger talks with Nhill before voting to go into recession for this season.
August 12 - Nhill 19.9.123 defeated Horsham United 12.11.83.
Nhill finished 8th in the WFL.
2001 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
2002 (Wimmera FL) :
Elimination Final - Nhill 19.14.128 defeated Stawell 11.16.82.
First Semi-Final - Horsham 17.13.115 defeated Nhill 10.16.76.
2003-05 - Wimmera FL : Nhill participated.
Nearby, Like-Named or Otherwise Related Clubs & Leagues :
- Nhill Seconds FC.