Sunday's event, a joint effort of Marong's sporting clubs and community groups, has raised money for the Lions Club to assist those affected by fires in the north and east of the state.

Scores of people turned out to Malone Park on the mild summer day to enjoy the game, as well as a sausage sizzle, music, jumping castles and face painting.

Maiden Gully-Marong Lions Club president Ross Wood said money raised through the event would be split between two Lions districts that cover bushfire-ravaged communities on the border and in the east, including Corryong, Jingellic, Mallacoota and Bright.

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Lions Club had no administration fees, Mr Wood said, so 100 per cent of money raised would go to where it was needed.

Lee Walkington, cabinet secretary of the V6 district that covers the Upper Murray, said the funds would help people start to rebuild their lives, with many losing their homes and livelihoods.

Mrs Walkington said funds were desperately needed.

Norm Walkington, past V6 district governor, said the effort to help these communities would be ongoing and Lions would be around as long as it took.

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Mrs Walkington stressed that funds were desperately, rather than goods: there were items in storage currently, and businesses in affected towns needed people to shop with them.

Marong Football Netball Club president Dallas Coghill said the fundraiser began as a 20/20 match between the football club and the cricket club, but grew into a wider community event.

"It's been great to see the community come together," Mr Coghill said.

There was also some good-natured rivalry propelling the event.

"The football club has some pretty good cricketers, so we wanted to show up the cricket club," Mr Coghill said.