Nyah Football Club
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| Names | |
| Full name | Nyah Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Bohemians, Bears |
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| Founded | as early as 1899 |
| Dissolved | 1977 |
| Colours | Blue Yellow |
| Competition | Mid-Murray Football League (now CMFL) |
| Premierships | 1946, 1948, 1963 |
| Former ground(s) | Nyah Recreation Reserve, Nyah |
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The Nyah Football Club was a country Australian rules football team from the small Victorian town of Nyah. The team competed in a number of leagues before staying in the Mid-Murray Football League from 1934 onwards. In 1978, the Nyah Football Club merged with the Nyah West Football Club to form the Nyah-Nyah West United Football Club.
The Nyah Football Club first joined a local league with other teams from Lalbert, Lake Boga, and Swan Hill in 1899. Known then as the 'Bohemians', they competed against the other teams in both home and away matches.
In 1901 Nyah played in a league consisting of Lake Boga, Goschen, Swan Hill and themselves, coming last with a total of one win of nine matches for the season. At the end of the season, a match was played between two teams: the combined Swan Hill and Nyah against Lake Boga and Goschen. During this match a collection was taken up in aid of the local hospital.
From 1910 to 1913, Nyah played in a league that went by many names, mainly the Murray River Football Association but occasionally the Wood Wood District Football Association or the River Murray Association. In 1914 they competed in the first and only season of the Nyah & District Association against Tyntynder West, Wood Wood, and Piangil. The team was captained by R J O'Connor. In 1915, the Nyah Football Association (as the league was now known) was disbanded due to WWI. The teams, to some controversy, decided to play some matches when possible to raise money for the Red Cross in aid of those at war. Similar arrangements continued in the following years, such as Nyah playing Wood Wood in July 1916 in aid of the Swan Hill Hospital, Nyah playing Wood Wood in June 1917 in aid of the State School Patriotic Fund, and Nyah playing Yarraby in two home and away matches in September 1917.
In 1918 Nyah began a new private association with Nyah West, taking in turns to play at either's home ground. Collections were made at each match in aid of the Nyah Returned Services. After playing Wood Wood in June of the same year, rumors aroused of a new league opening in the area. The following month, a new football league featuring Nyah, Nyah West and Wood Wood started competing with the intent of 'augment[ing] local patriotic funds'. At the end of the season, Nyah played Nyah West for the Premiership, prevailing by 20 points.
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