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The Hume Football Netball League (HFNL) is an Australian rules football and netball competition containing thirteen clubs based in the South West Slopes and southern Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia. The league features four grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade, Under 17s and Under 14s. In the netball competition, there are six grades, with these being A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, C-Reserve Grade, Intermediates and Juniors. Currently a home and away season consisting of 20 rounds is played. The best six teams then play-off according to the McIntyre System, culminating in the HFNL Grand Final, which is traditionally hosted by Walbundrie. ==History== Prior to the formation of the Hume Football League, various football associations and leagues had been organised in the southern Riverina area since the late 19th century, including the ''Central Hume Football League'', the ''Albury and District Football League'' and the ''Riverina Football Association''. The latter was organised in the 1920s amongst clubs in towns that lay on the railway spur from the main Sydney-Melbourne line at Culcairn as far west as Balldale, as in the years pre-World War II cars were still a relatively uncommon form of transport, horses still being prevalent in the area. Appropriately, it was over concerns about travel times that caused the formation of the Hume Football League. The league was formed in 1933 by Jindera, Lavington, Gerogery and Border United (from Albury), who were disgruntled about the amount of travel required in the existing Central Hume League. Gerogery won the inaugural season, winning the deciding Grand Final against Jindera. In 1934, Border United withdrew after one season to be replaced by Bethanga, and Gerogery won their second premiership in a Grand Final against Lavington. In 1935 Walla Walla, Walbundrie and Burrumbuttock joined from the Central Hume League, which was dissolved. The league's roster was relatively unstable in early years as clubs transferred from one local league to another, or formed or disbanded. *1936: Wagga Road joined. *1939: Wagga Road and Bethanga left. *1940: Lavington withdrew. *1941–1944: Recess due to World War II. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hume Football League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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