Warrnambool District Football League

**Warrnambool District Football League**
General Information
Founded	1946
Records
Highest Score	360 – Dennington 56.24.360 (v Bushfield 1.2.8) – 1985
Most goals in a game	24 – Anthony Kelly – Dennington (v Bushfield) – 1985
Most goals in a season	165 – Tony Russell – South Rovers 1993
Most losses in a row	79 – East Warrnambool – 2007–2011
Most flags in a row	8 – West End – 1948–1955

Last updated May 21, 2024

Warrnambool District Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the region of rural of Warrnambool. It is a ten team competition starting in April and finishing in September. The league was founded in 1946.^[1]

History

While the history of Warrnambool & District FL commenced in 1946 there were several other leagues that fulfilled the needs for senior age players before the WW2.

When the Warrnambool DFA merged with the Corangamite FA in 1924 to form the Western District FL it created a void for young footballers who were not able to play for the major town teams.

In 1924 they organised ward football, Warrnambool was divided into four wards, Albert, Merri, Hopkins and Victoria wards.this lasted four years before being replaced by Warrnambool City Association. In 1931 the Warrnambool Junior Football Association came into being and lasted until the hostilities of WW2

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Est.	Joined	WDFL Premierships	Years
Allansford (West End-Allansford until 2002)	Cats	Allansford Recreation Reserve, Allansford	1971	1971	7	1971, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987
Dennington	Dogs	Dennington Recreation Reserve, Dennington	1900s	1953	4	1966, 1982, 1988, 2015
Kolora Noorat	Power	Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat	2003	2003	5	2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2019
Merrivale	Tigers	Merrivale Recreation Reserve, Warrnambool	1931	1946	7	1958, 1979, 1991, 1996, 2003, 2006, 2014
Nirranda	Blues	Nirranda Recreation Reserve, Nirranda	1900s	1992	5	1999, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2023
Old Collegians	Warriors	Davidson Oval, Warrnambool	1951	1951	8	1956, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1984, 1989, 1992
Panmure	Bulldogs	Panmure Recreation Reserve, Panmure	1919	1997	5	1997, 2001, 2002, 2012, 2013
Russells Creek	Kangaroos	Mack Oval, Warrnambool	1931	1946	9	1946, 1947, 1957, 1963, 1973, 1974, 1990, 1998, 2000
South Rovers	Lions	Walter Oval, Warrnambool	1919	1946	5	1975, 1985, 1986, 1993, 2007
Timboon	Demons	Timboon Recreation Reserve, Timboon	2002	2003	1	2008

Former

Club	Nickname	Home Ground	Est.	Years in comp	WDFL Premierships	Premiership Years	Notes
Allansford (Original)	Cats	Allansford Recreation Reserve, Allansford	1900s	1941–1945	0	-	Merged with West End in 1970 to form West End-Allansford
Bushfield		Bushfield Recreation Reserve, Bushfield	1900s	1959–1985	1	1977	Merged with Grassmere to form Northern Districts in 1986
Deakin University	Sharks	The Pond, Warrnambool DC Farran Oval, Mortlake	1977	1977–2016 (Known as W.I.A.E pre 1991)	0	-	Folded in 2017
East Warrnambool	Bombers	Reid Oval, Warrnambool	1900s	1900s–2019	2	1967, 1995	Folded in 2020 due to COVID
Grassmere			1900s	1959–1985	3	1960, 1968, 1972	Merged with Bushfield to form Northern Districts in 1986
Northern Districts	Eagles	Bushfield Recreation Reserve, Bushfield	1986	1986–1997	1	1994	Moved to Hampden Football Netball League in 1997 under the name North Warrnambool
Tower Hill	Demons		1919	1958–1983	2	1959, 1961	Folded in 1984
Wangoom			1919	1949	0	-	Folded in 1950s
West End			1920s	1943–1970	9	1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962	Merged with Allansford to form West End-Allansford in 1971
Yambuk	Blues	Yambuk Recreation Reserve, Yambuk	1920s	1981–1987	0	-	Folded in 1988

Founding

West End (merged with Allansford in 1971)
South Warrnambool Juniors (now known as South Rovers)
Merrivale
Russell's Creek

Notable Players

Dave Hughes Old Collegians

Luke Thompson Timboon

Hugh McCluggage Allansford

Jamarra Ugle-Hagan East Warrnambool

Ben Cross East Warrnambool

Nick Bourke Kolora Norat

Premiers

1946 Russell Creek 9 6 60 def South Juniors 8 8 56
1947 Russell Creek 7 12 54 def West End 6 8 44
1948 West End 8 16 64 def South Rovers 6 12 48
1949 West End 10 4 64 def East Stars 4 12 36
1950 West End 10 12 72 def Merrivale 1 10 16
1951 West End 10 8 68 def Merrivale 7 9 51
1952 West End 8 5 53 def Merrivale 5 15 45
1953 West End 19 7 121 def Russell Creek 8 12 60
1954 West End 13 14 92 def Merrivale 6 18 54
1955 West End 7 8 50 def Old Collegians 4 13 37
1956 Old Collegians 13 16 94 def South Rovers 8 10 58
1957 Russell Creek 10 11 71 def South Rovers 6 2 38
1958 Merrivale 13 15 93 def Russell Creek 13 13 91
1959 Tower Hill 9 10 64 def Grassmere 3 3 21
1960 Grassmere 11 8 74 def South Rovers 9 7 61
1961 Tower Hill 5 12 42 def Old Collegians 3 5 23
1962 West End 7 10 52 def Old Collegians 6 9 45
1963 Russell Creek 9 14 68 def Old Collegians 3 7 25
1964 Old Collegians 7 13 55 def Russell Creek 6 11 47
1965 Old Collegians 8 11 59 def Bushfield 8 9 57
1966 Dennington 12 15 87 def Old Collegians 9 7 61
1967 East Warrnambool 10 12 72 def Old Collegians 10 7 67
1968 Grassmere 7 11 53 def Merrivale 7 8 50
1969 Old Collegians 9 6 60 def Merrivale 7 12 54
1970 Old Collegians 16 10 106 def Dennington 10 14 74
1971 WE Allansford 13 15 93 def Merrivale 12 18 90
1972 Grassmere 15 15 105 def Dennington 11 11 77
1973 Russell Creek 15 11 101 def Dennington 11 12 78
1974 Russell Creek 9 7 61 def Merrivale 5 9 39
1975 South Rovers 15 11 101 def Russell Creek 11 11 77
1976 WE Allansford 16 15 111 def East Warrnambool 12 10 82
1977 Bushfield 12 16 88 def East Warrnambool 9 6 60
1978 WE Allansford 16 14 110 def Dennington 8 14 62
1979 Merrivale 12 10 82 def WE Allansford 10 13 73
1980 WE Allansford 12 18 90 def Dennington 5 9 39
1981 WE Allansford 18 14 122 Defeated Dennington 13 15 93
1982 Dennington 19 14 128 def WE Allansford 16 15 111
1983 WE Allansford 21 19 145 def Dennington 9 7 61
1984 Old Collegians 14 11 95 def WE Allansford 8 13 61
1985 South Rovers 18 11 119 def WE Allansford 8 18 66
1986 South Rovers 14 12 96 def Dennington 4 5 29
1987 WE Allansford 16 12 108 def Old Collegians 13 9 87
1988 Dennington 10 14 74 def Old Collegians 6 8 44
1989 Old Collegians 19 18 132 def Dennington 8 11 59
1990 Russell Creek 12 11 83 def Institute 10 15 75
1991 Merrivale 16 16 112 def Old Collegians 14 9 93
1992 Old Collegians 8 9 57 def Northern Districts 3 10 28
1993 South Rovers 14 10 94 def Nirranda 8 16 64
1994 Northern Districts 19 16 130 def East Warrnambool 9 13 67
1995 East Warrnambool 33 10 208 def Merrivale 10 5 65
1996 Merrivale 24 20 164 def Russell Creek 16 6 102
1997 Panmure 16 8 104 def Merrivale 11 13 79
1998 Russell Creek 15 7 97 def Panmure 11 10 76
1999 Nirranda 10 7 67 def Russell Creek 5 5 35
2000 Russell Creek 10 8 68 def Deakin Uni 9 7 61
2001 Panmure 16 3 99 def Deakin Uni 11 11 77
2002 Panmure 11 8 74 def Merrivale 6 8 44
2003 Merrivale 19 7 121 def Russell Creek 17 8 110
2004 Russell Creek 22 12 144 def Allansford 4 12 36
2005 Russell Creek 19 13 127 def Old Collegians 14 12 96
2006 Merrivale 20 16 136 def Dennington 12 9 81
2007 South Rovers 19 10 124 def Timboon 17 16 118
2008 Timboon 18 12 120 def Kolora-Noorat 17 9 111
2009 Kolora-Noorat 12 11 83 def Timboon 5 3 33
2010 Kolora-Noorat 11 6 72 def Dennington 9 10 64
2011 Kolora-Noorat 15 12 102 def Old Collegians 12 15 87
2012 Panmure 9 4 58 def Kolora-Noorat 7 12 54
2013 Panmure 13 13 91 def Dennington 5 11 41
2014 Merrivale 11 9 75 def Panmure 6 12 66
2015 Dennington 12 15 87 def Merrivale 12 7 79
2016 Nirranda 6 9 46 def Old Collegians 5 8 38
2017 Kolora Noorat 17 7 109 def Old Collegians 8 7 55
2018 Nirranda 10 11 71 def Old Collegians 5 10 40 (3 GFs in a row)
2019 Kolora-Noorat 10 8 68 def Nirranda 3 14 32
2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic
2022 Nirranda 16 22 118 def Panmure 4 7 31
2023 Nirranda 9 8 62 def Merrivale 6 5 41

Changing teams

1947

East Stars
Koroit Seconds (one season only)
South Warrnambool Juniors become South Rovers

1949

Wangoom (one season only)

1951

YCW (renamed Old Collegians in 1953)

1953

Dennington

1957

Tower Hill joined from Port Fairy FL

1959

Bushfield joined from Purnim FL
Grassmere joined from Purnim FL

1965

East Stars become East Warrnambool

1970

West End and Allansford from (Purnim FL) merged to form West End Allansford

1977

W.I.A.E. (Warrnambool Institute of Advanced Education) joined

1981

Yambuk joined

1984

Tower Hill folded

1986

Northern Districts created from (merger of Bushfield and Grassmere)

1988

Yambuk folded

1992

Nirranda
W.I.A.E change name to Deakin University

1997

Northern Districts joined the Hampden League as North Warrnambool
Panmure

2003

Timboon Demons
Kolora-Noorat

2017

Deakin University Folded

2019

East Warrnambool went into recess

2021 Ladder

Warrnambool DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Nirranda	13	0	1687	445	379.10%	52
Kolora-Noorat	12	1	1493	599	249.25%	48
Merrivale	9	4	1280	653	196.02%	36
Panmure	8	5	1245	752	165.56%	32
South Rovers	6	7	1122	891	125.93%	24
Russell Creek	6	7	1079	983	109.77%	24
Old Collegians	5	8	687	1303	52.72%	20
Allansford	4	9	574	1204	47.67%	16
Timboon Demons	2	11	589	1330	44.29%	8
Dennington	0	13	311	1907	16.31%	0

Season incomplete and Finals cancelled due to State Government lockdown

2022 Ladder

Warrnambool DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Nirranda	17	1	1956	628	311.46%	68	Elimination	Merrivale	11	7	73	Russell Creek	7	7	49
Panmure	15	3	2090	963	217.03%	60	Qualifying	Panmure	12	13	85	Kolora-Noorat	9	8	62
Kolora-Noorat	13	5	1497	1030	145.34%	52	1st Semi	Kolora-Noorat	13	14	92	Merrivale	11	2	68
Merrivale	12	6	1676	890	188.31%	48	2nd Semi	Nirranda	11	14	80	Panmure	8	11	59
Russell Creek	12	6	1840	1050	175.24%	48	Preliminary	Panmure	13	13	91	Kolora-Noorat	14	5	89
South Rovers	9	9	1521	1456	104.46%	36	Grand	Nirranda	16	22	118	Panmure	4	7	31
Allansford	4	14	1072	1652	64.89%	16
Dennington	4	14	777	1962	39.60%	16
Old Collegians	3	15	846	1798	47.05%	12
Timboon Demons	1	17	491	2337	21.01%	4

2023 Ladder

Warrnambool DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Merrivale	18	0	2061	528	390.34%	72	Elimination	Kolora-Noorat	11	10	76	Russell Creek	10	11	71
Nirranda	15	3	1811	688	263.23%	60	Qualifying	Nirranda	13	8	86	Panmure	11	8	74
Panmure	13	5	1806	911	198.24%	52	1st Semi	Kolora-Noorat	14	11	95	Panmure	12	7	79
Kolora-Noorat	11	7	1541	859	179.39%	44	2nd Semi	Merrivale	4	7	31	Nirranda	8	8	56
Russell Creek	11	7	1430	1353	105.69%	44	Preliminary	Merrivale	12	10	82	Kolora-Noorat	5	10	40
Allansford	10	8	1372	1153	118.99%	40	Grand	Nirranda	9	8	62	Merrivale	6	5	41
South Rovers	5	13	1013	1722	58.83%	20
Dennington	4	14	782	2031	38.50%	16
Timboon Demons	3	15	639	1548	41.28%	12
Old Collegians	0	18	620	2282	27.17%	0

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References

↑ "Warrnambool & District Football Netball League". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

External links

"Warrnambool & District Football League". Archived from the original on 8 December 2010.
"Warrnambool & District Football League - 2007 Ladder". Archived from the original on 8 December 2010.
Official Warrnambool & District Football League Website
Full Points Footy – Warrnambool & District Football League

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General Information
Founded	1946
Records
Highest Score	360 – Dennington 56.24.360 (v Bushfield 1.2.8) – 1985
Most goals in a game	24 – Anthony Kelly – Dennington (v Bushfield) – 1985
Most goals in a season	165 – Tony Russell – South Rovers 1993
Most wins in a row	39 – Merrivale – 1996–1997
Most losses in a row	79 – East Warrnambool – 2007–2011
Most flags in a row	8 – West End – 1948–1955

v t e Australian rules football in Victoria
Representative side	Victoria
Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (regional)
Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs
Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League Talent League (under-19) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western
Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Outer East Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera
Regional leagues (district)	Central Highlands Colac East Gippsland Ellinbank Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham Kyabram Loddon Valley Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo Ovens & King Picola South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool West Gippsland
Women's leagues	AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition Barwon North East Border Talent League Girls VFLW (2016–present)
Other leagues	Victorian Blind Football League Yarra Junior Football League
Defunct leagues	Alberton (1945–2019) Ararat (1931-1999) Benalla (1946–2009) Benalla Tungamah/Central Goulburn (1938-2005) Central Goulburn Valley (1946-1952) Euroa District (1903-1949) Federal DFA (1897-1902) Federal FL (1909–1981) Goulburn Valley FA (1888-1931) Heytesbury Mount Noorat (1992-2002) Lexton Plains (1999–2010) Mallee (1997–2015) Northern Mallee (1979–1996) Riviera (1986–2003) South East (2015–2018) South Eastern Womens' (2017–2023) Southern Mallee (1932–1996) Tyrrell (1945–1978) VJFA (1883–1932) Victorian Womens' (1981–2016) Walhalla (1888-1913) West Wimmera (1923-1981) Western Plains (1920-1998) Yarra Valley Mountain (1966–2018) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park
Other articles	History (1859–1900)