Ourimbah Wyoming Magpies

Ourimbah Wyoming RLFC
Club information
Full name Ourimbah Wyoming
Rugby League
Football Club
Colours      Black
     White
Founded 1913
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Bill Sohier Park
Competition Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League
Records
Premierships 12 (1915, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1960, 2010)
Runners-up 11 (1923, 1928, 1936, 1949, 1950, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 2008, 2011)
Minor premiership 15 (1920, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1973, 2010, 2011)

The Ourimbah Wyoming Magpies are an Australian rugby league football club based in the suburb of Ourimbah on the Central Coast of NSW. They have numerous teams competing in competitions run by the Central Coast Division of Country Rugby League, from U/7s through to First Grade. The Magpies' current home ground is Bill Sohier Park and their traditional colours are black and white.

History

Ourimbah cites its establishment date as 1913, when the club competed in Second Grade of the Newcastle Rugby Union. The team were runners-up to North Newcastle, losing the Final by 18 points to nine.[1]

Ourimbah was a founding member of the Central Coast's first organised rugby league competition in 1915, along with Erina, Matcham, Wyong and Yarramalong.[2] At the conclusion to that first season, Ourimbah upset the favourites, Erina, in a final, winning by three points to nil.[3][4]

Competition was suspended after the 1915 season. A few matches were played in 1918 between Gosford, Wyong and Yarramalong. When the Wyong & District Rugby League recommenced competition in 1919, Ourimbah entered a team, finishing fourth behind Jilliby, Wyong and Gosford but above Erina and Yarramalong.[5] They also participated in a knock-out competition that followed the premiership decider.

Ourimbah topped the competition table in 1920, and won a top-two play-off final.[6][7]

From 1921, the premiership was decided without a final, unless the leading teams were tied on competition points at the completion of the rounds. A knock-out competition followed, with all teams eligible to enter. Ourimbah won both competitions in 1921[8] [9] and 1922.[10] [11] The club's next success came in 1925, with a 'double' in Second Grade.[12]

After five seasons with only three or four teams in either grade, the association decided to run combined competition in 1928, with Ourimbah (East and West), and Wyong (North and South) fielding two teams. Ourimbah East defeated Gosford in the knock-out final.[13]

Honours and records

Team

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Rugby Union". The Newcastle Herald. Newcastle: National Library of Australia. 18 Aug 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  2. ↑ "Wyong & District Rugby Football League". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 28 May 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  3. ↑ "Wyong and District Rugby Football League". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 27 Aug 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  4. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 3 Sep 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  5. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 14 Aug 1919. p. 10. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  6. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 19 Aug 1920. p. 10. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  7. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 19 Aug 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  8. ↑ "Final Competition Points". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 18 Aug 1921. p. 9. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  9. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 8 Sep 1921. p. 15. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  10. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 24 Aug 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  11. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 7 Sep 1922. p. 18. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
  12. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 8 Oct 1925. p. 13. Retrieved 11 Jul 2016.
  13. ↑ "Football". Gosford Times. Gosford: National Library of Australia. 27 Sep 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 9 Jun 2016.
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