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* 1936 – Berrybank 8.5 (53) def Lismore 4.5 (29)<ref>{{cite web |title=1936 – FOOTBALL IN COUNTRY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11919465 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=14 |date=28 September 1936}}</ref>

* 1936 – Berrybank 8.5 (53) def Lismore 4.5 (29)<ref>{{cite web |title=1936 – FOOTBALL IN COUNTRY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11919465 |publisher=The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=14 |date=28 September 1936}}</ref>

* 1937 – Beeac 7.8 (50) def Cressy 5.9 (39)

* 1937 – Beeac 7.8 (50) def Cressy 5.9 (39)

* 1938 – Beeac 9.5 (59) def Illabarook 6.10 (46)<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 – Lismore: Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22994404 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=1 |date=15 September 1938}}</ref>:Beeac fielded an ineligible player, Illabarook premiers<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 – Football Sensation |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22994542 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=1 |date=22 September 1938}}</ref>

* 1938 – Beeac 9.5 (59) def Illabarook 6.10 (46)<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 – Lismore: Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22994404 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=1 |date=15 September 1938}}</ref>:Beeac ineligible player, Illabarook premiers<ref>{{cite web |title=1938 – Football Sensation |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22994542 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=1 |date=22 September 1938}}</ref>

* 1939 – Beeac 10.17 (77) def Derrinallum 10.9 (69)<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 – PREMIERSHIP TO BEEAC |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27399085 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=2 |date=12 September 1939}}</ref>

* 1939 – Beeac 10.17 (77) def Derrinallum 10.9 (69)<ref>{{cite web |title=1939 – PREMIERSHIP TO BEEAC |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/27399085 |publisher=Camperdown Chronicle (Vic. : 1875 – 1954) |access-date=4 October 2025 |page=2 |date=12 September 1939}}</ref>

* 1940 – Season abandoned in June 1940 due to [[WW2]]

* 1940 – Season abandoned in June 1940 due to [[WW2]]

Revision as of 07:39, 5 October 2025

The Western Plains Football League was an Australian rules football League based in Victoria.

History

In July, 1920, Melbourne played the Western Plains FA in a match at Cressy.[1]

The Western Plains Football Association was reformed in 1930,[2] from the following clubs – Berrybank, Cressy, Derrinallum and Lismore, with precursor league the Lismore District Football Association finishing.

The Western Plains Football League commenced the season on Saturday 11th May 1940, but at a league meeting in late June it was decided to abandon the season, mainly due to the number of player enlistments into the various Australian Armed Forces due to World War Two.[3]

The league continued until 1998 when the VCFL forced it to merge with the Lexton Football League to create the Lexton Plains Football League.[4]

Some notable players from the Western Plains are Carji Greeves, Reg Hickey, Allan Everett, John Northey and Gerard FitzGerald are among 30 VFL / AFL players who commenced their football journey in the Western Plains FL.[5]

Timeline

Clubs

Final Clubs in 1998

Club Jumper Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in WPFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Carngham Linton
Saints Carngham Recreation Reserve, Snake Valley – 1968 1969-1998 12 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998 Formed Lexton Plains FL in 1999
Cressy
Demons Cressy Recreation Reserve, Cressy 1907[6] 1920, 1930-1998 8 1920, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1970 Folded in 1999
Illabarook

(1940s-60s)

(1960s-98)

Bulldogs Illabarook Recreation Reserve, Illabarook 1919 1937-1998 4 1938, 1946, 1988, 1991 Formed Lexton Plains FL in 1999
Lismore
Lions Lismore Recreation Reserve, Lismore 1880s 1920-1924, 1930–1998 10 1921, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1973, 1986 Renamed Lismore-Derrinallum and moved to Mininera & District FL in 1999
Rokewood- Corindhap
Hoppers Rokewood Recreation Reserve, Rokewood 1931 1935-1998 9 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1994 Formed Lexton Plains FL in 1999
Skipton
Emus Skipton Recreation Reserve, Skipton 1870s 1953-1998 0 – Formed Lexton Plains FL in 1999

Previous clubs

Club Jumper Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in WPFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Beeac
Magpies Beeac Recreation Reserve, Beeac 1889[7] 1935-1940,
1950-1951 		3 1937, 1939, 1950 Moved to Polwarth FL in 1952
Berrybank 1920-1924, 1930-1936 1 1936 Folded in 1937
Bradvale
Magpies Bradvale Recreation Reserve, Bradvale 1949-1982 1 1965 Folded in 1983
Carngham Carngham Recreation Reserve, Snake Valley 1919 1953-1961 0 – Moved to Ballarat District FL in 1962
Darlington Darlington Recreation Reserve, Darlington 1950-1960 3 1955, 1956, 1958 Folded in 1961
Derrinallum
Tigers Derrinallum Recreation Reserve, Derrinallum 1880s 1920-1926, 1930–1997 9 1930, 1931, 1960, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1996 Merged with Mortlake to form Western Lions in Hampden FNL in 1998
Glenormiston College
The College Glenormiston College, Glenormiston South MNFL 1971 1992-1993 0 – Withdrew mid-season in 1993 and subsequently folded
Linton
Linton Recreation Reserve, Linton 1919 1953-1968 1 1962 Merged with Carngham to form Carngham Linton in 1969
Mingay 1920-1924 1 1924 Folded in 1925

Grand Finals

  • 1920 – Cressy 5.9 (39) def Lismore 4.10 (34)[8][9]
  • 1921 – Lismore 5.5 (35) def Derrinallum 4.8 (32)[10]
  • 1922 – Derrinallum 13.8 (86) def Mingay 3.3 (21)[11]
  • 1923 – Berrybank 2.14 (26) def Lismore 3.3 (21)[12]
  • 1924 – Mingay 5.3 (33) def Lismore 3.8 (26)[13][14]
  • 1925-1929 – League in recess
  • 1930 – Derrinallum-Bradvale 11.10 (76) def Cressy 7.13 (55)[15]
  • 1931 – Derrinallum-Bradvale 7.9 (51) def Cressy 4.8 (32)[16]
  • 1932 – Lismore 7.15 (57) def Derrinallum-Bradvale 8.6 (54)[17]
  • 1933 – Lismore 7.16 (58) def Derrinallum-Bradvale 6.13 (49)[18][19]
  • 1934 – Lismore 8.11 (59) def Cressy 9.2 (56)[20]
  • 1935 – Lismore 12.7 (79) def Beeac 7.10 (52)[21]
  • 1936 – Berrybank 8.5 (53) def Lismore 4.5 (29)[22]
  • 1937 – Beeac 7.8 (50) def Cressy 5.9 (39)
  • 1938 – Beeac 9.5 (59) def Illabarook 6.10 (46)[23]:Beeac had a ineligible player, Illabarook premiers[24]
  • 1939 – Beeac 10.17 (77) def Derrinallum 10.9 (69)[25]
  • 1940 – Season abandoned in June 1940 due to WW2
  • 1941 – 1944: WPFL in recess due to WW2
  • 1945 – Derrinallum 14.13 (97) def Lismore 8.12 (60)[26][27]
  • 1946 – Illabarook 8.9 (57) def Rokewood-Corindhap 4.7 (31)
  • 1947 – Rokewood-Corindhap 9.13 (67) def Lismore 9.9 (63)
  • 1948 – Lismore 22.12 (144) def Illabarook 6.14 (50)
  • 1949 – Cressy 11.7 (73) def Lismore 8.21 (69)
  • 1950 – Beeac 10.7 (67) def Rokewood-Corindhap 5.13 (43)
  • 1951 – Cressy 11.14 (80) def Beeac 10.11 (71)
  • 1952 – Lismore 10.8 (68) def Illabarook 8.15 (63)
  • 1953 – Cressy 15.16 (106) def Lismore 8.9 (57)
  • 1954 – Lismore 13.17 (95) def Derrinallum 7.15 (57)
  • 1955 – Darlington 20.11 (131) def Derrinallum 6.12 (48)
  • 1956 – Darlington 13.4 (82) def Rokewood-Corindhap 6.13 (49)
  • 1957 – Rokewood-Corindhap 14.8 (92) def Lismore 7.11 (53)
  • 1958 – Darlington 13.8 (86) def Linton 9.12 (66)
  • 1959 – Cressy 10.8 (68) def Derrinallum 8.18 (66)
  • 1960 – Derrinallum 10.10 (70) def Cressy 7.12 (54)
  • 1961 – Cressy 8.9 (57) def Derrinallum 5.16 (46)
  • 1962 – Linton 13.7 (85) def Derrinallum 8.10 (58)
  • 1963 – Rokewood-Corindhap 18.9 (117) def Cressy 11.13 (79)
  • 1964 – Lismore 11.12 (78) def Cressy 9.4 (58)
  • 1965 – Bradvale 14.14 (98) def Derrinallum 7.6 (48)
  • 1966 – Cressy 15.10 (100) def Rokewood-Corindhap 4.12 (36)
  • 1967 – Rokewood-Corindhap 14.14 (98) def Derrinallum 14.11 (95)
  • 1968 – Derrinallum 9.13 (67) def Cressy 7.15 (57)
  • 1969 – Cressy 17.7 (109) def Derrinallum 10.17 (77)
  • 1970 – Cressy 17.6 (108) def Lismore 9.11 (65)
  • 1971 – Derrinallum 7.11 (53) def Lismore 3.6 (24)
  • 1972 – Derrinallum 15.21 (111) def Illabarook 14.8 (92)
  • 1973 – Lismore 18.9 (117) def Derrinallum 13.15 (93)
  • 1974 – Carngham-Linton 7.4 (46) def Lismore 5.15 (45)
  • 1975 – Derrinallum 13.15 (93) def Cressy 10.12 (72)
  • 1976 – Carngham-Linton 18.10 (118) def Cressy 9.20 (74)
  • 1977 – Derrinallum 11.12 (78) def Carngham-Linton 9.12 (66)
  • 1978 – Rokewood-Corindhap 14.19 (103) def Cressy 15.8 (98)
  • 1979 – Rokewood-Corindhap 8.12 (60) def Carngham-Linton 7.11 (53)
  • 1980 – Derrinallum 14.11 (95) def Carngham-Linton 12.12 (84)
  • 1981 – Derrinallum 23.14 (152) def Lismore 10.9 (69)
  • 1982 – Carngham-Linton 17.17 (119) def Illabarook 9.14 (68)
  • 1983 – Carngham-Linton 15.23 (113) def Lismore 11.12 (78)
  • 1984 – Carngham-Linton 25.19 (169) def Derrinallum 16.8 (104)
  • 1985 – Carngham-Linton 22.7 (139) def Derrinallum 15.8 (98)
  • 1986 – Lismore 14.14 (98) def Carngham-Linton 1.6 (12)
  • 1987 – Carngham-Linton 10.22 (82) def Illabarook 9.11 (65)
  • 1988 – Illabarook 16.16 (112) def Cressy 9.11 (65)
  • 1989 – Carngham-Linton 22.13 (145) def Illabarook 4.10 (34)
  • 1990 – Carngham-Linton def Illabarook
  • 1991 – Illabarook 14.12 (96) def Carngham-Linton 8.7 (55)
  • 1992 – Rokewood-Corindhap 17.10 (112) def Derrinallum 6.6 (42)
  • 1993 – Rokewood-Corindhap 17.11 (113) def Carngham-Linton 13.13 (91)
  • 1994 – Rokewood-Corindhap 17.14 (116) def Carngham-Linton 13.8 (86)
  • 1995 – Carngham-Linton 22.17 (149) def Rokewood-Corindhap 12.8 (80)
  • 1996 – Derrinallum 8.10 (58) def Skipton 8.4 (52)
  • 1997 – Carngham-Linton 18.11 (119) def Derrinallum 12.9 (81)
  • 1998 – Carngham-Linton 17.14 (116) def Rokewood-Corindhap 10.8 (68)

References

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