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Warrnambool District Football League

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Founded
  
1946

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

Warrnambool District Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the region of rural of Warrnambool. It is a twelve team competition starting in April and finishing in September. The league was founded in 1946. This year (2016) nirranda broke a 17 year drought beating old collegians by 7 points and they did it from 5th position

Contents

Founding

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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 1959

  • Bushfield
  • Grassmere

    • 1965

  • East Stars become East Warrnambool

    • 1970

  • West End and Allansford merged

    • 1977

  • W.I.A.E.

    • 1981

  • Yambuk

    • 1984

  • Tower Hill folded

    • 1986

  • Northern Districts (merger of Bushfield and Grassmere)

    • 1988

  • Yambuk folded

    • 1992

  • Nirranda

    • 1997

  • Northern Districts joined the Hampden League as North Warrnambool
  • Panmure

    • 2003

  • Timboon Demons
  • Kolora-Noorat

    • 2006 Ladder


    FINALS

    2007 Ladder


    FINALS

    FINALS

    2009 Ladder

    ' FINALS'

    2010 Ladder

    FINALS

    2011 Ladder

    FINALS

    References

    Warrnambool District Football League Wikipedia
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