Wimmera Football League
Encyclopedia
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1937 |
| Records | |
| Highest Score | 304 - Ararat 46.28.304 (v Jeparit 2.2.14) - 1989 |
| Most goals in a game | 22 - Brad Miller – Horsham United (v Nhill) – 2004 |
| Most goals in a season | 153 - John Hotker - Minyip - 1989 |
| Most flags in a row | 9 – Horsham – 2003-2011 |
| Most wins in a row | 41 – Horsham – 2004-2007 |
| Most losses in a row | 33 - Nhill – 1990-1992 |
The Wimmera Football League is based in Western Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
, with clubs located in towns in the Wimmera
Wimmera
The Wimmera is a region in the west of the Australian state of Victoria.It covers the dryland farming area south of the range of Mallee scrub, east of the South Australia border and north of the Great Dividing Range...
region. The regional centres along the Western Highway from Ararat
Ararat, Victoria
Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera...
to Nhill as well as Minyip-Murtoa and Warracknabeal.
The league is a major country league.
History
A Wimmera Football Association was first formed in 1902. Teams from Ararat, Horsham and Stawell were the founding clubs. In 1921 the Wimmera District Football League was formed. The seven clubs were Ararat, Horsham, Minyip, Murtoa, Rupanyup, Stawell and Warracknabael. Dimboola joined in 1923 and Nhill in 1925. Ararat spent six years in the Ballarat Football LeagueBallarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
from 1924 to 1929.
In 1932 during the height of the Great depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
the small town clubs suffering from financial pressures tried to get the league to change the way the gate taking were distributed to the clubs. The larger town clubs, knowing that they would be disadvantaged, blocked the motion. Nhill and Dimboola both went into recess while Minyip and Murtoa replaced their junior sides in the Dunmunkle FL.
The WDFL approached the Ballarat Football League
Ballarat Football League
The Ballarat Football League is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.The competition formed in 1893 as the Ballarat Football Association and was renamed Ballarat Football League in 1908 and was briefly known as the Ballarat-Wimmera...
to merge hoping that greater interest and better football would cause larger gate takings, so in 1934 the Wimmera FL and the Ballarat FL merged to form the Ballarat Wimmera FL. After three years in which the Wimmera clubs faced with greater costs and constantly losing on the footy field, feelers were put out to the smaller clubs, now playing in the Mid Wimmera FL. A peace deal was settled in September 1936 and the Wimmera Football League was reformed in 1937 making it a nine team competition.
Current
| Jumper | Club | Nickname | Years in comp | Total Flags | WFL Premierships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ararat Ararat Football Club The Ararat Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Wimmera Football League . They are based in the city of Ararat, Victoria.... |
Rats | 1937- | 11 | 1949, 1951, 1955-6-7-8, 1971, 1975, 1986, 1999, 2001 |
| Dimboola | Roos | 1937- | 4 | 1937, 1946, 1959, 1985 | |
| Horsham Horsham Football Club The Horsham Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Wimmera Football League . They are based in the city of Horsham, Victoria.... |
Demons | 1937- | 23 | 1938, 1960, 1962, 1967-8, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981-2, 1989-90, 2003-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11 | |
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Horsham Saints | Saints | 1993- | - | - |
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Horsham United | Diggers | 1983- | 1 | 1988 |
| Murtoa | Kookaburras | 1995- (merger) | 3 | Minyip: 1952-53-54, 1984, 1991-92-93 Murtoa: 1980 Minyip-Murtoa: 1996-97-98 |
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| Nhill | Tigers | 1937- | 4 | 1964-5, 1969, 1983 | |
| Stawell Stawell Football Club The Stawell Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Wimmera Football League . They are based in the town of Stawell, Victoria.... |
Warriors | 1937- | 8 | 1939-40, 1948, 1950, 1978, 1987, 1995, 2000 | |
| Warrack Eagles | Eagles | 1937- as Warracknabeal 2001- (absorbed Brim Brim, Victoria Brim is a small town in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The town is located north west of the state capital, Melbourne, in the Shire of Yarriambiack local government area. At the 2006 census, Brim had a population of 240.-History:... to become Warrack Eagles) |
5 | Warracknabeal: 1947, 1966, 1977, 1994 Warrack Eagles: 2002 |
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Recent Premierships
- 1997 - Minyip-Murtoa
- 1998 - Minyip-Murtoa
- 1999 - Ararat
- 2000 - Stawell
- 2001 - Ararat
- 2002 - Warrack Eagles
- 2003 - Horsham Demons
- 2004 - Horsham Demons
- 2005 - Horsham Demons
- 2006 - Horsham Demons
- 2007 - Horsham Demons
- 2008 - Horsham Demons
- 2009 - Horsham Demons
- 2010 - Horsham Demons
- 2011 - Horsham Demons
2008 Ladder
| Wimmera FL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2370 | 1166 | 203.26% | 64 |
| Stawell | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2038 | 1067 | 191.00% | 60 |
| Warrack Eagles | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1487 | 1322 | 112.48% | 52 |
| Ararat | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1755 | 1365 | 128.57% | 48 |
| Horsham Saints | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1467 | 1457 | 100.69% | 40 |
| Dimboola | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1400 | 1650 | 84.85% | 32 |
| Nhill | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1258 | 1594 | 78.92% | 32 |
| Horsham Diggers | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1277 | 2139 | 59.70% | 16 |
| Minyip Murtoa | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 908 | 2200 | 41.27% | 16 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Horsham Saints | 20 | 12 | 132 | Ararat | 15 | 4 | 94 |
| Qualifying | Stawell | 22 | 10 | 142 | Warrack Eagles | 6 | 13 | 49 |
| 1st Semi | Horsham Saints | 12 | 16 | 88 | Warrack Eagles | 6 | 6 | 42 |
| 2nd Semi | Horsham | 9 | 13 | 67 | Stawell | 8 | 9 | 57 |
| Preliminary | Horsham Saints | 17 | 11 | 113 | Stawell | 12 | 11 | 83 |
| Grand | Horsham | 19 | 14 | 128 | Horsham Saints | 9 | 8 | 62 |
2009 Ladder
| Wimmera FL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2248 | 928 | 242.24% | 72 |
| Horsham Saints | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1639 | 980 | 167.24% | 60 |
| Warrack Eagles | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1385 | 1472 | 94.09% | 44 |
| Nhill | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1613 | 1417 | 113.83% | 40 |
| Stawell | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1332 | 1450 | 91.86% | 36 |
| Minyip Murtoa | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1149 | 1417 | 81.09% | 32 |
| Horsham Diggers | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1153 | 1660 | 69.46% | 32 |
| Ararat | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1154 | 1670 | 69.10% | 28 |
| Dimboola | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 866 | 1545 | 56.05% | 16 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Nhill | 22 | 16 | 148 | Stawell | 10 | 5 | 65 |
| Qualifying | Warrack Eagles | 11 | 11 | 77 | Horsham Saints | 9 | 21 | 75 |
| 1st Semi | Horsham Saints | 11 | 7 | 73 | Nhill | 10 | 11 | 71 |
| 2nd Semi | Horsham | 19 | 13 | 127 | Warrack Eagles | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| Preliminary | Warrack Eagles | 13 | 13 | 91 | Horsham Saints | 11 | 15 | 81 |
| Grand | Horsham | 16 | 14 | 110 | Warrack Eagles | 13 | 8 | 86 |
2010 Ladder
| Wimmera FL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2067 | 919 | 224.92% | 68 |
| Horsham Saints | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1526 | 1111 | 137.35% | 60 |
| Nhill | 10 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1508 | 1360 | 110.88% | 48 |
| Warracknabeal Eagles | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1261 | 1211 | 104.13% | 44 |
| Ararat | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1398 | 1458 | 95.88% | 40 |
| Stawell | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1275 | 1348 | 94.58% | 32 |
| Minyip Murtoa | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1103 | 1259 | 87.61% | 28 |
| Dimboola | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 977 | 1349 | 72.42% | 28 |
| Horsham Diggers | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 930 | 2030 | 45.81% | 12 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Warracknabeal Eagles | 15 | 6 | 96 | Ararat | 9 | 14 | 68 |
| Qualifying | Nhill | 11 | 16 | 82 | Horsham Saints | 12 | 7 | 79 |
| 1st Semi | Warracknabeal Eagles | 16 | 11 | 107 | Horsham Saints | 9 | 12 | 66 |
| 2nd Semi | Horsham | 19 | 18 | 132 | Nhill | 11 | 8 | 74 |
| Preliminary | Nhill | 9 | 10 | 64 | Warracknabeal Eagles | 4 | 11 | 35 |
| Grand | Horsham | 17 | 16 | 118 | Nhill | 8 | 12 | 60 |
2011 Ladder
| Wimmera FL | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsham | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2445 | 973 | 251.28% | 72 |
| Warrack Eagles | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1815 | 1234 | 147.08% | 64 |
| Dimboola | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1328 | 1276 | 104.08% | 46 |
| Stawell | 7 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1393 | 1526 | 91.28% | 38 |
| Horsham Saints | 7 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1405 | 1470 | 95.58% | 36 |
| Minyip Murtoa | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1185 | 1394 | 85.01% | 32 |
| Ararat | 6 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 1202 | 1565 | 76.81% | 32 |
| Nhill | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1573 | 1885 | 83.45% | 28 |
| Horsham Diggers | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1155 | 2178 | 53.03% | 12 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination | Horsham Saints | 9 | 16 | 70 | Stawell | 10 | 7 | 67 |
| Qualifying | Warrack Eagles | 17 | 27 | 129 | Dimboola | 6 | 8 | 44 |
| 1st Semi | Horsham Saints | 12 | 4 | 76 | Dimboola | 10 | 7 | 67 |
| 2nd Semi | Horsham | 26 | 11 | 167 | Warrack Eagles | 12 | 10 | 82 |
| Preliminary | Warrack Eagles | 15 | 23 | 113 | Horsham Saints | 9 | 9 | 63 |
| Grand | Horsham | 15 | 7 | 97 | Warrack Eagles | 12 | 13 | 85 |