SOUTH BROKEN HILL (Alma)
Affiliated: BRFA 1900-27; BHFL 1928-present
Formed: 1900
Colours: Red and white
Emblem: Kangaroos
Premierships: 1906, 1919, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1942, 1944, 1952-3, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1967-8-9-70, 1974, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-7, 1999, 2002-3, 2005 (27 total)
League Best and Fairest Awards: L.Cocks 1919; J.Conlon 1923; T.Everuss 1925; T.Parkin 1935; S.Crosland 1939; J.Brown 1940; W.Dolan 1944; O.Dinham 1946; K.Leith 1950; H.Dickerson 1951; P.Campbell 1958; M.Andrich 1961; G.Ford 1979; P.Johns 1980; R.Ellen 1986; A.Murgatroyd 1992, 1997 & 2003; B.Brooks 1994; W.Dolan 2002 (18 winners/20 wins)
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South Broken Hill's BHFL premiership record is bettered only by North Broken Hill and the club has enjoyed flag success in every decade of the league's existence. After struggling to achieve consistent pre-eminence during the first half of the twentieth century the Kangaroos really came into their own during the 1950s and '60s, in both of which decades they procured 4 flags. The club's achievement in winning 4 consecutive premierships between 1967 and 1970 is a record that only Central Broken Hill, with 5 flags in a row from 1981 to 1985, has bettered.
In recent years the Kangaroos have been the benchmark for other BHFL clubs. They won successive flags in 2002-3 and were favoured to win again in 2004, but grand final opponent North Broken Hill found premiership form when it counted, and they had to be content with 2nd place.
The 'Roos again reached the grand final in 2005, with the opposition being provided on this occasion by Centrals. In front of a crowd estimated to be in the region of 2,500 a frenetic encounter ensued. At three-quarter time Centrals led by 18 points, having looked by some measure the better side, but South showed great tenacity and resolve to fight back and snatch a 4 point win thanks to a goal a minute before the siren by triple BHFL best and fairest winner Anthony Murgatroyd. Final scores were South Broken Hill 10.8 (68) to Central Broken Hill 9.10 (64).
South and Central again contested the grand final in 2006, but this time the Magpies proved too strong, running away with the match with 8 last quarter goals to 0 to win easily by 49 points.
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