Goldfields Football League

The Goldfields Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Goldfields region of Western Australia. Founded in 1896 as Hannans District Football Association, the league enjoyed a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919. The first clubs to play Australian football were formed within the region, and the league helped popularise the sport in the region, helping to establish the sport and supplant Rugby in popularity.[1] The GFL was known as the Goldfields Football Association (GFA) from 1901–07 and 1920–25, and as the Goldfields National Football League (GNFL) from 1926–87.

Goldfields Football League
FormerlyHannans District Football Association (1896–1901)
Goldfields Football Association (1901–1907 and 1920–1925)Goldfields National Football League (1926–1987)
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1896
Inaugural season1896
Owner(s)West Australian Football Commission
No. of teams5
CountryAustralia
Venue(s)Digger Daws Oval, Sir Richard Moore Oval, Kambalda Oval
Most recent
champion(s)		Mines Rovers Football Club
Most titlesMines Rovers (43)
Official website

History

The league was formed during a meeting held in the Great Boulder Hotel, Kalgoorlie, on 29 July 1896 as the Hannans District Football Association. The association at this point comprised four teams; Boulder City, based in Boulder; Hannans, now known as Kalgoorlie City and based in Kalgoorlie; Victorians, also based in Kalgoorlie; and White Feather, based in Kanowna. Up until the end of the First World War the GFL was considered equal on ability with the WAFL, and a State Championship was contested 12 times between 1903 and 1924, with Goldfields sides winning twice, in 1903 and 1912.[2] The league also had a seat and full voting rights on the Australian National Football Council until 1919, but participated together with the WAFL as Western Australia in inter-state and inter-colonial matches. The 1904 Western Australian inter-state touring team included seven GFL players, and half of the 1908 Melbourne Carnival team were GFL players, including the captain Billy Trewhella.[3]

Clubs

Current clubs
Club Nickname Location Home ground(capacity) First season Premierships Premiership years
Boulder City Football Club
Tigers
 Boulder, Western Australia
Digger Daws Oval
(4500)
 1896 27 1896, 1898, 1899, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1913, 1924, 1925, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1948, 1950, 1959, 1977, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2016
Kalgoorlie City Football Club
known as Hannans from 1896–99
Kangaroos
formerly the Magpies
 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Sir Richard Moore Oval
(6000)
 1896 13 1897, 1927, 1930, 1941, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2013
Kalgoorlie Railways Football Club
Panthers
 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Sir Richard Moore Oval
(6000)
 1900 32 1903, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1919, 1920, 1929, 1931, 1939, 1945, 1952, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1987, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017
Kambalda Football Club
Eagles
 Kambalda, Western Australia
Kambalda Oval*
(2000)
 1969 3 1976, 1981, 1985
Mines Rovers Football Club
Diorites
 Boulder, Western Australia
Digger Daws Oval
(4500)
 1898 43 1900, 1901, 1902, 1906, 1914, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2018

Former clubs

Former clubs include Victorians (1896–97), White Feather (1896–98; 1903–06), Bulong (1897), Rovers (1897), Britannia (1897), Cementers (1898), Kanowna (1899–1901), Paddington (1899), Coolgardie (1901–03; 1905–06), Trafalgar (1902–05), Horseshoe Warriors (1903–08), City (1903), Boulder Stars (1905–06) and Norseman (1971–72; 1974–82).

Premierships

List of Premiers

The complete list of premiers teams is detailed below.[4]

Year Premiers Runners-up
1896Boulder City
1897Hannans
1898Boulder City
1899Boulder City
1900Mines Rovers
1901Mines Rovers
1902Mines Rovers
1903Kalgoorlie Railways
1904Kalgoorlie Railways
1905Kalgoorlie Railways
1906Mines Rovers
1907Boulder City
1908Boulder City
1909Boulder City
1910Boulder City
1911Kalgoorlie Railways
1912Kalgoorlie Railways
1913Boulder City
1914Mines Rovers
1915Mines Rovers
1916–17
(No competition due to World War I)
1918Mines Rovers
1919Kalgoorlie Railways
1920Kalgoorlie Railways
1921Mines Rovers
1922Mines Rovers
1923Mines Rovers
1924Boulder CityKalgoorlie Railways
1925Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1926Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1927Kalgoorlie CityKalgoorlie Railways
1928Boulder CityMines Rovers
1929Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
1930Kalgoorlie CityKalgoorlie Railways
1931Kalgoorlie RailwaysKalgoorlie City
1932Boulder CityMines Rovers
1933Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1934Mines RoversKalgoorlie City
1935Boulder CityMines Rovers
1936Mines RoversKalgoorlie City
1937Mines RoversKalgoorlie City
1938Mines RoversBoulder City
1939Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1940Mines RoversBoulder City
1941Kalgoorlie CityKalgoorlie Railways
1942–44
(No competition due to World War II)
1945Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1946Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1947Mines RoversBoulder City
1948Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1949Mines RoversBoulder City
1950Boulder CityMines Rovers
1951Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1952Kalgoorlie RailwaysKalgoorlie City
1953Kalgoorlie CityMines Rovers
1954Kalgoorlie CityMines Rovers
1955Mines RoversKalgoorlie City
1956Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1957Mines RoversKalgoorlie City
1958Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
1959Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1960Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1961Mines RoversBoulder City
1962Kalgoorlie CityKalgoorlie Railways
1963Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
1964Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1965Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1966Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
1967Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1968Mines RoversBoulder City
1969Mines RoversBoulder City
1970Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1971Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1972Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
1973Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1974Kalgoorlie RailwaysKambalda
1975Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1976KambaldaKalgoorlie Railways
1977Boulder CityKambalda
1978Kalgoorlie RailwaysKambalda
1979Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1980Kalgoorlie CityKambalda
1981KambaldaKalgoorlie City
1982Boulder CityKalgoorlie Railways
1983Kalgoorlie RailwaysKambalda
1984Kalgoorlie CityKambalda
1985KambaldaMines Rovers
1986Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1987Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
1988Kalgoorlie CityMines Rovers
1989Boulder CityKalgoorlie Railways
1990Boulder CityKalgoorlie Railways
1991Mines RoversBoulder City
1992Kalgoorlie CityMines Rovers
1993Mines RoversKambalda
1994Boulder CityMines Rovers
1995Mines RoversBoulder City
1996Mines RoversBoulder City
1997Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
1998Boulder CityKalgoorlie Railways
1999Kalgoorlie CityMines Rovers
2000Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
2001Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
2002Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
2003Mines RoversBoulder City
2004Mines RoversBoulder City
2005Boulder CityKalgoorlie City
2006Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
2007Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
2008Mines RoversKambalda
2009Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
2010Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
2011Kalgoorlie RailwaysBoulder City
2012Kalgoorlie RailwaysKalgoorlie City
2013Kalgoorlie CityKalgoorlie Railways
2014Kalgoorlie RailwaysKalgoorlie City
2015Mines RoversKalgoorlie Railways
2016Boulder CityBoulder City
2017Kalgoorlie RailwaysMines Rovers
2018Mines RoversBoulder City

|2019 || Kalgoorlie City

2012 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Railways 160001781837212.78%641st SemiMines1915129Boulder187115
Kalgoorlie 807114131360103.90%342nd SemiRailways199123Kalgoorlie101171
Mines 808015821427110.86%32PreliminaryKalgoorlie14892Mines111278
Boulder 60911375138998.99%26GrandRailways141195Kalgoorlie7850
Kambalda10150866200443.21%4

2013 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Railways 130301654821201.46%521st SemiMines1810118Kambalda5939
Kalgoorlie 120401817898202.34%482nd SemiRailways121082Kalgoorlie81260
Mines 1006016001082147.87%40PreliminaryKalgoorlie111278Mines8452
Kambalda 501101068148971.73%20GrandKalgoorlie10565Railways7244
Boulder00160669251826.57%0

2014 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Railways 140201420753188.58%561st SemiMines101575boulder6642
Kalgoorlie 100601200977122.82%402nd SemiRailways7648Kalgoorlie6238
Mines 6010012841144112.24%24PreliminaryKalgoorlie167103Mines121082
Boulder 50110983130775.21%20GrandRailways179111Kalgoorlie9963
Kambalda50110828153453.98%20

2015 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Mines 140201787764233.90%561st SemiRailways13684Kalgoorlie10868
Boulder 1104114421065135.40%462nd SemiMines141498Boulder6844
Railways 807112011126106.66%34PreliminaryRailways101777Boulder5434
Kalgoorlie 301301091160667.93%12GrandMines199123Railways9559
Kambalda30130879183947.80%12

2016 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Boulder 130121945685283.94%561st SemiRailways10868Kalgoorlie9963
Mines 90521592787202.29%402nd SemiMines185113Boulder12981
Kalgoorlie 90611216996122.09%38PreliminaryBoulder1513103Railways71052
Railways 609113601015133.99%26GrandBoulder12678Mines8755
Kambalda0016026229668.83%0

2017 Ladder
Goldfields Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Boulder 120401618842192.16%481st SemiRailways131088Kalgoorlie6339
Mines 110501615773208.93%442nd SemiMines101878Boulder8755
Kalgoorlie 709011891117106.45%28PreliminaryRailways111379Boulder91367
Railways 100601262858147.09%40GrandRailways10969Mines91064
Kambalda00160392248615.77%0

Notable players
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See also

References
  1. Brett Northey (2006). "Timeline – the Growth of Australian Rules Football around the World". History of World Footy. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
  2. "Western Australian State Premiership – Full Points Footy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  3. Mines Rovers History – Full Points Footy
  4. http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3294-0-0-0&sID=208760
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