Murray Kangaroos Football Club
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{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox australian football club
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| clubname = Murray Kangaroos
| image = Image:Murray.png
| fullname = Murray Kangaroos Football Club
| nicknames = MKs, Kangas, Roos, Rooboys
| founded = {{Start date and age|2000}}
| dissolved = {{Start date and age|2002}}
| colours = {{color box|Blue}} Royal Blue and {{color box|White}} White
| league = Victorian Football League
| ground = Coburg City Oval
| ground2 = Lavington Oval
| capacity = 15,000
| capacity2 = 20,000
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The Murray Kangaroos Football Club, officially nicknamed the Kangaroos, was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Victorian Football League between 2000 and 2002. The football club was a joint venture between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Ovens and Murray Football League and served as North Melbourne's reserve side.
The Ovens and Murray region was formerly zoned towards North Melbourne, and the club enjoys good support in the area.
History
Following season 1999, the AFL reserves competition was terminated leaving AFL clubs without a place to field their reserves players. The Kangaroos, together with the Ovens and Murray Football League launched their own stand-alone VFL club in the Victorian Football League called the Murray Kangaroos. The club's home games were split between Coburg City Oval in Melbourne, and Lavington Oval in Albury-Wodonga./www.footballvic.com.au/vfl/vfl_clubs.htm
The side was made up with players from the Kangaroos, topped up with players from the Ovens and Murray League, and offering a second chance to players from the statewide under-18s Murray Bushrangers team who had missed out on the draft.
At the end of 2002, the Kangaroos disbanded the club citing pressure from the AFL, and cost-cutting measures (the club cost around $100,000 a year to field). North Melbourne instead decided to align with the Port Melbourne Football Club in a short-term deal.http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/footy/common/story_page/0,8033,5287609%255E20322,00.html{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Honour roll
=Club records=
| class="wikitable"
|Highest Score |26.18 (174) v Essendon, Round 9, 2002, Windy Hill |
| Lowest Score
|5.9 (39) v Sandringham, Round 16, 2000, Lavington Sports Ground |
| Greatest Winning Margin
|96 points v Essendon, Round 9, 2002, Windy Hill |
| Greatest Losing Margin
|93 points v Coburg, Round 20, 2001, Coburg City Oval |
| Lowest Winning Score
|13.10 (88) v Preston 9.12 (66), Round 16, 2001, Lavington Sports Ground |
| Highest Losing Score
|17.14 (116) v Box Hill 22.13 (145), Round 5, 2002, Box Hill City Oval |
Seasons
| class="wikitable"
| style=background:#F0E68C|Premiers | style=background:#C0BFBD|Grand Finalist | style=background:#D0E7FF|Minor premiers | style=background:#96CDCD|Finals appearance | style=background:#FFCCCC|Wooden spoon | style=background:#FAECC8|VFL leading goalkicker | style=background:#DDFFDD |VFL best and fairest |
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| style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Year
!style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|League !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|{{Tooltip|Finish|Finishing position on the ladder after the home-and-away season}} !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}} !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}} !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Coach !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Captain !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Best and fairest !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Leading goalkicker !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|Goals !style="background:#2F54A5; color:#FFFFFF; border:solid #FFFFFF 2px"|{{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}} |
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| align="center" | 2000
| align="center | VFL | align="center" | 14th | align="center | 6 | align="center | 13 | align="center | 0 | | align="center | 34 | align="center | |
| align="center" | 2001
| align="center | VFL | style=background:#96CDCD; align="center" | 4th | align="center | 13 | align="center | 7 | align="center | 0 | | Mark Hilton | align="center | 53 | align="center | |
| align="center" | 2002
| align="center | VFL | style=background:#96CDCD; align="center" | 7th | align="center | 10 | align="center | 9 | align="center | 1 | | align="center | 54 |
References
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{{North Melbourne Football Club}}
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Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 2000
Category:North Melbourne Football Club
Category:Former Victorian Football League clubs
Category:Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne
Category:Australian rules football clubs disestablished in 2002