Goldfields Football League
Formerly | Hannans District Football Association (1896–1901) Goldfields Football Association (1901–1907 and 1920–1925)Goldfields National Football League (1926–1987) |
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Sport | Australian rules football |
Founded | 1896 |
First season | 1896 |
Owner(s) | West Australian Football Commission |
No. of teams | 5 |
Country | Australia |
Venue(s) | Digger Daws Oval
Sir Richard Moore Oval Kambalda Oval |
Most recent champion(s) | Kalgoorlie Railways |
Most titles | Mines Rovers (43) |
Official website | [1] |
The Goldfields Football League is an
The league currently has two teams based in Kalgoorlie, two teams based in Boulder, and one in Kambalda.
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
Colours | Club | Nickname | Location | Home ground (capacity) | First season | Premierships | Premiership years |
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Boulder City Football Club | Tigers
|
Boulder, Western Australia | Digger Daws Oval
(4500) |
1896 | 28 | 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, 2023 | |
Kalgoorlie City Football Club known as Hannans from 1896–99 |
Kangaroos
formerly the Magpies |
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | Sir Richard Moore Oval
(6000) |
1896 | 15 | 1897, 1927, 1930, 1941, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2013, 2019, 2021 | |
Kalgoorlie Railways Football Club | Panthers
|
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia | Sir Richard Moore Oval
(6000) |
1900 | 33 | 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, 2022 | |
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 |
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1896 | Boulder City | |
1897 | Hannans | |
1898 | Boulder City | |
1899 | Boulder City | |
1900 | Mines Rovers | |
1901 | Mines Rovers | |
1902 | Mines Rovers | |
1903 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1904 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1905 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1906 | Mines Rovers | |
1907 | Boulder City | |
1908 | Boulder City | |
1909 | Boulder City | |
1910 | Boulder City | |
1911 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1912 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1913 | Boulder City | |
1914 | Mines Rovers | |
1915 | Mines Rovers | |
1916–17 | (No competition due to World War I)
| |
1918 | Mines Rovers | |
1919 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1920 | Kalgoorlie Railways | |
1921 | Mines Rovers | |
1922 | Mines Rovers | |
1923 | Mines Rovers | |
1924 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1925 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1926 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1927 | Kalgoorlie City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1928 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
1929 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
1930 | Kalgoorlie City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1931 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kalgoorlie City |
1932 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
1933 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1934 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie City |
1935 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
1936 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie City |
1937 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie City |
1938 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1939 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1940 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1941 | Kalgoorlie City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1942–44 | (No competition due to World War II)
| |
1945 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1946 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1947 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1948 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1949 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1950 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
1951 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1952 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kalgoorlie City |
1953 | Kalgoorlie City | Mines Rovers |
1954 | Kalgoorlie City | Mines Rovers |
1955 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie City |
1956 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1957 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie City |
1958 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
1959 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1960 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1961 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1962 | Kalgoorlie City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1963 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
1964 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1965 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1966 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
1967 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1968 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1969 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1970 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1971 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1972 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1973 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1974 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kambalda |
1975 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1976 | Kambalda | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1977 | Boulder City | Kambalda |
1978 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kambalda |
1979 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1980 | Kalgoorlie City | Kambalda |
1981 | Kambalda | Kalgoorlie City |
1982 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1983 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kambalda |
1984 | Kalgoorlie City | Kambalda |
1985 | Kambalda | Mines Rovers |
1986 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1987 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
1988 | Kalgoorlie City | Mines Rovers |
1989 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1990 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1991 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1992 | Kalgoorlie City | Mines Rovers |
1993 | Mines Rovers | Kambalda |
1994 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
1995 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1996 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
1997 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
1998 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
1999 | Kalgoorlie City | Mines Rovers |
2000 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
2001 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2002 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
2003 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
2004 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
2005 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie City |
2006 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
2007 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2008 | Mines Rovers | Kambalda |
2009 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2010 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2011 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
2012 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kalgoorlie City |
2013 | Kalgoorlie City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2014 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Kalgoorlie City |
2015 | Mines Rovers | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2016 | Boulder City | Mines Rovers |
2017 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Mines Rovers |
2018 | Mines Rovers | Boulder City |
2019 | Kalgoorlie City | Boulder City |
2020 | (No competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
| |
2021 | Kalgoorlie City | Boulder City |
2022 | Kalgoorlie Railways | Boulder City |
2023 | Boulder City | Kalgoorlie Railways |
2012 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Railways | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1781 | 837 | 212.78% | 64 | 1st semi | Mines | 19 | 15 | 129 | Boulder | 18 | 7 | 115 | |
Kalgoorlie | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1413 | 1360 | 103.90% | 34 | 2nd semi | Railways | 19 | 9 | 123 | Kalgoorlie | 10 | 11 | 71 | |
Mines | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1582 | 1427 | 110.86% | 32 | Preliminary | Kalgoorlie | 14 | 8 | 92 | Mines | 11 | 12 | 78 | |
Boulder | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1375 | 1389 | 98.99% | 26 | Grand | Railways | 14 | 11 | 95 | Kalgoorlie | 7 | 8 | 50 | |
Kambalda | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 866 | 2004 | 43.21% | 4 |
2013 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Railways | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1654 | 821 | 201.46% | 52 | 1st semi | Mines | 18 | 10 | 118 | Kambalda | 5 | 9 | 39 | |
Kalgoorlie | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1817 | 898 | 202.34% | 48 | 2nd semi | Railways | 12 | 10 | 82 | Kalgoorlie | 8 | 12 | 60 | |
Mines | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1600 | 1082 | 147.87% | 40 | Preliminary | Kalgoorlie | 11 | 12 | 78 | Mines | 8 | 4 | 52 | |
Kambalda | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1068 | 1489 | 71.73% | 20 | Grand | Kalgoorlie | 10 | 5 | 65 | Railways | 7 | 2 | 44 | |
Boulder | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 669 | 2518 | 26.57% | 0 |
2014 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Railways | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1420 | 753 | 188.58% | 56 | 1st semi | Mines | 10 | 15 | 75 | boulder | 6 | 6 | 42 | |
Kalgoorlie | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1200 | 977 | 122.82% | 40 | 2nd semi | Railways | 7 | 6 | 48 | Kalgoorlie | 6 | 2 | 38 | |
Mines | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1284 | 1144 | 112.24% | 24 | Preliminary | Kalgoorlie | 16 | 7 | 103 | Mines | 12 | 10 | 82 | |
Boulder | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 983 | 1307 | 75.21% | 20 | Grand | Railways | 17 | 9 | 111 | Kalgoorlie | 9 | 9 | 63 | |
Kambalda | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 828 | 1534 | 53.98% | 20 |
2015 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mines | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1787 | 764 | 233.90% | 56 | 1st semi | Railways | 13 | 6 | 84 | Kalgoorlie | 10 | 8 | 68 | |
Boulder | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1442 | 1065 | 135.40% | 46 | 2nd semi | Mines | 14 | 14 | 98 | Boulder | 6 | 8 | 44 | |
Railways | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1201 | 1126 | 106.66% | 34 | Preliminary | Railways | 10 | 17 | 77 | Boulder | 5 | 4 | 34 | |
Kalgoorlie | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1091 | 1606 | 67.93% | 12 | Grand | Mines | 19 | 9 | 123 | Railways | 9 | 5 | 59 | |
Kambalda | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 879 | 1839 | 47.80% | 12 |
2016 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boulder | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1945 | 685 | 283.94% | 56 | 1st semi | Railways | 10 | 8 | 68 | Kalgoorlie | 9 | 9 | 63 | |
Mines | 9 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1592 | 787 | 202.29% | 40 | 2nd semi | Mines | 18 | 5 | 113 | Boulder | 12 | 9 | 81 | |
Kalgoorlie | 9 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1216 | 996 | 122.09% | 38 | Preliminary | Boulder | 15 | 13 | 103 | Railways | 7 | 10 | 52 | |
Railways | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1360 | 1015 | 133.99% | 26 | Grand | Boulder | 12 | 6 | 78 | Mines | 8 | 7 | 55 | |
Kambalda | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 262 | 2966 | 8.83% | 0 |
2017 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Boulder | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1618 | 842 | 192.16% | 48 | 1st semi | Railways | 13 | 10 | 88 | Kalgoorlie | 6 | 3 | 39 | |
Mines | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1615 | 773 | 208.93% | 44 | 2nd semi | Mines | 10 | 18 | 78 | Boulder | 8 | 7 | 55 | |
Kalgoorlie | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1189 | 1117 | 106.45% | 28 | Preliminary | Railways | 11 | 13 | 79 | Boulder | 9 | 13 | 67 | |
Railways | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1262 | 858 | 147.09% | 40 | Grand | Railways | 10 | 9 | 69 | Mines | 9 | 10 | 64 | |
Kambalda | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 392 | 2486 | 15.77% | 0 |
2018 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mines | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1562 | 874 | 178.72% | 48 | 2nd semi | Mines | 13 | 9 | 87 | Boulder | 12 | 7 | 79 | |
Boulder | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1491 | 890 | 192.16% | 44 | 1st semi | Kalgoorlie | 12 | 11 | 83 | Railways | 9 | 4 | 58 | |
Kalgoorlie | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1082 | 996 | 106.45% | 40 | Preliminary | Boulder | 8 | 15 | 63 | Kalgoorlie | 5 | 8 | 38 | |
Railways | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1137 | 1308 | 147.09% | 24 | Grand | Mines | 21 | 5 | 131 | Boulder | 7 | 5 | 47 | |
Kambalda | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 634 | 1838 | 34.49% | 4 |
2019 ladder
Goldfields | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
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Kalgoorlie | 11 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1258 | 964 | 130.50% | 46 | 1st semi | Kambalda | 9 | 10 | 64 | Mines | 10 | 6 | 66 | |
Boulder | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1245 | 1046 | 119.02% | 40 | 2nd semi | Kalgoorlie | 9 | 7 | 61 | Boulder | 2 | 5 | 17 | |
Kambalda | 8 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1277 | 1025 | 124.59% | 34 | Preliminary | Boulder | 13 | 12 | 90 | Mines | 8 | 9 | 57 | |
Mines | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1232 | 1149 | 107.32% | 32 | Grand | Kalgoorlie | 17 | 6 | 108 | Boulder | 10 | 7 | 67 | |
Railways | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 837 | 1665 | 50.27% | 0 |
2020 (no season due to COVID-19 restrictions)
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Notable players
- Hugh Gavin (Boulder City/Boulder Stars/Mines Rovers) – captained Essendon in 1904.
- Swan Districtsin 1936.
- Claremont in 1949 and a Simpson Medalin 1951.
- Phil Matson (Boulder City) – captained WA at the 1914 Sydney Carnival.
- Stephen Michael (Boulder City) – won the 1980 and 1981 Sandover Medals, and the 1983 Simpson Medal. Inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
- Bert Renfrey (Boulder City) – Captain of the undefeated 1911 South Australian state team.
- Alec Robinson(Boulder City)
- Frank Hailwood (Boulder City) – 150 games for Collingwood (1894–1904)
- Jack Rocchi (Boulder City) – won the 1928 Sandover Medal for South Fremantle.
- Dave Cuzens (Kalgoorlie City) – won Richmond's best & fairest in 1958 and 1959.
- Jerry Dolan (Kalgoorlie City)
- Ted Holdsworth (Kalgoorlie City) – named at full-forward in the Swan Districts Team of the Century.
- Jim Gosnell (Kalgoorlie Railways) – won the 1924 Sandover Medal.
- Dean Kemp (Kalgoorlie Railways) – won a Norm Smith Medal for West Coast and played in two premierships.
- Steve Marsh (Kalgoorlie Railways) – 1952 Sandover Medallist and West Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend.
- Alexander McKenzie (Kalgoorlie City) – Four time Port Adelaide leading goal-kicker. Played for South Australia in 1892 and 1894.
- Ted Rowell (Kalgoorlie Railways)
- Charlie Tyson (Kalgoorlie Railways) – played 144 games in the VFL for Collingwood and North Melbourne, captaining both teams.
- John Quinn Sr. (White Feather/Kanowna) – Port Adelaide captain in 1904-1905, father of champion players Tom Quinn and Bob Quinn.
- John Woollard (Mines Rovers/Kalgoorlie City) – Port Adelaide captain in 1910.
- Subiaco.
- Alec Epis (Mines Rovers)
- Jaymie Graham (Mines Rovers) – played for West Coast.
- Tom Outridge(Mines Rovers) – inaugural winner of the Sandover Medal in 1921.
- "Nipper" Truscott (Mines Rovers) – inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
- Eddie Betts (Mines Rovers) – Carlton's leading goalkicker in 2010 and 2012.
- Dom Sheed (Mines Rovers) – West Coast premiership player.
- Joe Fanchi (Mines Rovers) – Premiership player for West Perth kicked the winning goal for WA against Victoria 1961 National Carnival
See also
- Western Australian Football: The Clubs, Competitions and Premiers (1885-1945) - Derek Mott
- Australian rules football in the Goldfields region of Western Australia
References
- ^ Brett Northey (2006). "Timeline – the Growth of Australian Rules Football around the World". History of World Footy. Retrieved 17 October 2006.
- ^ "Western Australian State Premiership – Full Points Footy". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- ^ Mines Rovers History – Full Points Footy
- ^ "Premiership results - Seniors - Goldfields Football League".