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The '''Polwarth Football League''' (PFL) was an [[Australian rules football]] competition based in south-west rural [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. Named for the [[electoral district of Polwarth]], which encapsulated numerous competing clubs, the league was established as the '''Polwarth Football Association''' (PFA) in 1922, before it was renamed as the Polwarth Football League in 1950.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Polwarth League Reunion 1950–1970 |publisher=Birregurra Football Netball Club |year=2015 |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=Kirsty}}</ref>
The '''Polwarth Football League''' (PFL) was an [[Australian rules football]] competition based in south-west rural [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]]. Named for the [[electoral district of Polwarth]], which encapsulated numerous competing clubs, the league was established as the '''Polwarth Football Association''' (PFA) in 1922, before it was renamed as the Polwarth Football League in 1950.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |title=Polwarth League Reunion 1950–1970 |publisher=Birregurra Football Netball Club |year=2015 |editor-last=Roberts |editor-first=Kirsty}}</ref>


The league's final season took place in 1970; six of the league's eight teams then migrated to the newly formed [[Bellarine Football Netball League|Bellarine & District Football League]] for 1971, with the remaining two (Apollo Bay and Lorne) commencing in the [[Colac & District Football Netball League|Colac & District Football League]].

== Premiers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Season
!Premiers
!Runners-up
!Score
!Ref.
|-
!1922
|{{Data missing|?|date=June 2024}}
|{{Data missing|?|date=June 2024}}
|{{Data missing|?|date=June 2024}}
|
|-
!1923
|Memorial Rooms
|Colac
|9.20 (74) d. 1.5 (11)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=23 August 1923 |title=COUNTRY NEWS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2020555 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=24,039}}</ref>
|-
!1924
|[[Winchelsea Football & Netball Club|Winchelsea]]
|Colac
|5.8 (38) d. 3.6 (24)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=25 August 1924 |title=POLWARTH ASSOCIATION |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211549984 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=24,094}}</ref>
|-
!1925
|Forrest
|Deans Marsh
|{{Data missing|?|date=June 2024}}
|<ref>{{cite news |date=5 August 1925 |title=POLWARTH ASSOCIATION |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209610814 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=24,386}}</ref>
|-
!1926
|Winchelsea
|[[Inverleigh Football Club|Inverleigh]]
|6.8 (44) d. 3.4 (24)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=14 August 1926 |title=Winchelsea Wins Premiership |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223335740 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Weekly Times]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=79 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=2702}}</ref>
|-
!1927
|Birregurra
|Forrest
|7.14 (56) d. 8.6 (54)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=12 September 1927 |title=POLWARTH ASSOCIATION. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232309864 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[Geelong Advertiser]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=, |issue=25036}}</ref>
|-
!1928
|Birregurra
|Deans Marsh
|13.9 (87) d. 12.13 (85)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=20 August 1928 |title=FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205469929 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=22892}}</ref>
|-
!1929
|Deans Marsh
|Birregurra
|3.10 (28) d. 3.6 (24)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=5 August 1929 |title=Other Matches. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204107095 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=23,190}}</ref>
|-
!1930
|Birregurra
|Deans Marsh
|7.16 (58) d. 8.8 (56)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=1 September 1930 |title=OTHER GAMES. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202251398 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=23,524}}</ref>
|-
!1931
|Forrest
|Lorne
|9.7 (61) d. 6.10 (46)
|<ref>{{cite news |date=31 August 1931 |title=FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203028818 |accessdate=14 June 2024 |newspaper=[[The Age]] |location=Victoria, Australia |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia |issue=23,834}}</ref>
|-
!1932
|Winchelsea
|
|
|
|-
!1933
|
|
|
|
|-
!1934
|Forrest
|
|
|
|-
!1935
|
|
|
|
|-
!1936
|
|
|
|
|-
!1937
|Winchelsea
|
|
|
|-
!1938
|Winchelsea
|
|
|
|-
!1939
|Winchelsea
|
|
|
|-
!1940
|Lorne
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="4" align="center" |''No competition 1941–1944 due to [[World War II]]''
!
|-
!1945
|
|
|
|
|-
!1946
|Lorne
|
|
|
|-
!1947
|Lorne
|
|
|
|-
!1948
|Lorne
|
|
|
|-
!1949
|Lorne
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="4" |'''Polwarth Football League name adopted'''
!
|-
!1950
|Lorne
|Winchelsea
|15.8 (98) d. 10.7 (67)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1951
|Winchelsea
|Birregurra
|9.12 (66) d. 6.8 (44)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1952
|Forrest
|Lorne
|15.19 (109) d. 7.6 (48)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1953
|Coragulac
|Forrest
|14.8 (92) d. 10.11 (71)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1954
|Forrest
|Winchelsea
|7.10 (52) d. 7.8 (50)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1955
|Birregurra
|Coragulac
|6.9 (45) d. 4.9 (33)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1956
|[[Irrewarra-Beeac Football Netball Club|Beeac]]
|Birregurra
|5.7 (37) d. 3.4 (22)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1957
|Winchelsea
|Forrest
|11.15 (81) d. 10.17 (77)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1958
|Coragulac
|Winchelsea
|9.16 (70) d. 8.16 (64)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1959
|Coragulac
|Queenscliff
|9.16 (70) d. 8.7 (55)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1960
|Winchelsea
|Lorne
|17.16 (118) d. 16.10 (106)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1961
|[[Queenscliff Football Netball Club|Queenscliff]]
|Winchelsea
|9.24 (78) d. 9.6 (60)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1962
|Queenscliff
|Apollo Bay
|8.16 (64) d. 8.9 (57)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1963
|Queenscliff
|Apollo Bay
|12.8 (80) d. 10.14 (74)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1964
|Queenscliff
|[[Torquay Football Club|Torquay]]
|10.14 (74) d. 1.4 (10)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1965
|Queenscliff
|Winchelsea
|9.13 (67) d. 6.8 (44)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1966
|Forrest
|Queenscliff
|8.13 (61) d. 5.14 (44)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1967
|Queenscliff
|Torquay
|9.23 (77) d. 5.12 (42)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1968
|Queenscliff
|Winchelsea
|11.16 (82) d. 10.9 (69)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1969
|Winchelsea
|Queenscliff
|21.15 (141) d. 6.16 (52)
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!1970
|Winchelsea
|[[Leopold Football Netball Club|Leopold]]
|14.9 (93) d. 8.12 (60)
|<ref name=":0" />
|}

<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-11-21 |title=Polwarth Football League / Polwarth Football Association (Vic) |url=http://www.footypedia.com/00003131.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20081121015144/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20081121-0032/www.footypedia.com/00003131.html |archive-date=2008-11-21 |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=Footypedia}}</ref>
== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

Revision as of 13:30, 14 June 2024

Polwarth Football League
FormerlyPolwarth Football Association (1922–1949)
SportAustralian rules football
Gegründet1922 (1922)
Ceased1970
LandAustralien
Last
champion(s)		Winchelsea (1970)
Related
competitions		Bellarine FL
Colac & District FL

The Polwarth Football League (PFL) was an Australian rules football competition based in south-west rural Victoria. Named for the electoral district of Polwarth, which encapsulated numerous competing clubs, the league was established as the Polwarth Football Association (PFA) in 1922, before it was renamed as the Polwarth Football League in 1950.[1]

The league's final season took place in 1970; six of the league's eight teams then migrated to the newly formed Bellarine & District Football League for 1971, with the remaining two (Apollo Bay and Lorne) commencing in the Colac & District Football League.

Premiers

Season Premiers Runners-up Score Ref.
1922 [?] [?] [?]
1923 Memorial Rooms Colac 9.20 (74) d. 1.5 (11) [2]
1924 Winchelsea Colac 5.8 (38) d. 3.6 (24) [3]
1925 Forrest Deans Marsh [?] [4]
1926 Winchelsea Inverleigh 6.8 (44) d. 3.4 (24) [5]
1927 Birregurra Forrest 7.14 (56) d. 8.6 (54) [6]
1928 Birregurra Deans Marsh 13.9 (87) d. 12.13 (85) [7]
1929 Deans Marsh Birregurra 3.10 (28) d. 3.6 (24) [8]
1930 Birregurra Deans Marsh 7.16 (58) d. 8.8 (56) [9]
1931 Forrest Lorne 9.7 (61) d. 6.10 (46) [10]
1932 Winchelsea
1933
1934 Forrest
1935
1936
1937 Winchelsea
1938 Winchelsea
1939 Winchelsea
1940 Lorne
No competition 1941–1944 due to World War II
1945
1946 Lorne
1947 Lorne
1948 Lorne
1949 Lorne
Polwarth Football League name adopted
1950 Lorne Winchelsea 15.8 (98) d. 10.7 (67) [1]
1951 Winchelsea Birregurra 9.12 (66) d. 6.8 (44) [1]
1952 Forrest Lorne 15.19 (109) d. 7.6 (48) [1]
1953 Coragulac Forrest 14.8 (92) d. 10.11 (71) [1]
1954 Forrest Winchelsea 7.10 (52) d. 7.8 (50) [1]
1955 Birregurra Coragulac 6.9 (45) d. 4.9 (33) [1]
1956 Beeac Birregurra 5.7 (37) d. 3.4 (22) [1]
1957 Winchelsea Forrest 11.15 (81) d. 10.17 (77) [1]
1958 Coragulac Winchelsea 9.16 (70) d. 8.16 (64) [1]
1959 Coragulac Queenscliff 9.16 (70) d. 8.7 (55) [1]
1960 Winchelsea Lorne 17.16 (118) d. 16.10 (106) [1]
1961 Queenscliff Winchelsea 9.24 (78) d. 9.6 (60) [1]
1962 Queenscliff Apollo Bay 8.16 (64) d. 8.9 (57) [1]
1963 Queenscliff Apollo Bay 12.8 (80) d. 10.14 (74) [1]
1964 Queenscliff Torquay 10.14 (74) d. 1.4 (10) [1]
1965 Queenscliff Winchelsea 9.13 (67) d. 6.8 (44) [1]
1966 Forrest Queenscliff 8.13 (61) d. 5.14 (44) [1]
1967 Queenscliff Torquay 9.23 (77) d. 5.12 (42) [1]
1968 Queenscliff Winchelsea 11.16 (82) d. 10.9 (69) [1]
1969 Winchelsea Queenscliff 21.15 (141) d. 6.16 (52) [1]
1970 Winchelsea Leopold 14.9 (93) d. 8.12 (60) [1]

[1][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Roberts, Kirsty, ed. (2015). Polwarth League Reunion 1950–1970. Birregurra Football Netball Club.
  2. ^ "COUNTRY NEWS". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 24, 039. Victoria, Australia. 23 August 1923. p. 14. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "POLWARTH ASSOCIATION". Geelong Advertiser. No. 24, 094. Victoria, Australia. 25 August 1924. p. 8. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "POLWARTH ASSOCIATION". Geelong Advertiser. No. 24, 386. Victoria, Australia. 5 August 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Winchelsea Wins Premiership". Weekly Times. No. 2702. Victoria, Australia. 14 August 1926. p. 79. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "POLWARTH ASSOCIATION". Geelong Advertiser. Vol. , , no. 25036. Victoria, Australia. 12 September 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  7. ^ "FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS". The Age. No. 22892. Victoria, Australia. 20 August 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Other Matches". The Age. No. 23, 190. Victoria, Australia. 5 August 1929. p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "OTHER GAMES". The Age. No. 23, 524. Victoria, Australia. 1 September 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "FINALS AND SEMI-FINALS". The Age. No. 23, 834. Victoria, Australia. 31 August 1931. p. 13. Retrieved 14 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Polwarth Football League / Polwarth Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. 21 November 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
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