WIMMERA DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUE

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Formed:  1902

Name History:  1902-20 Wimmera Football League (WFL); 1921-7 Wimmera Football Association (WFA); 1928-36 Wimmera District Football League (WDFL)

Disbanded:  1936, having effectively been in recess between 1933 and 1936 while its four member clubs (Ararat, Horsham, Stawell and Warracknabeal) combined with Ballarat, Ballarat Imperial, Golden Point and South Ballarat from the Ballarat Football League (BFL) to form the short-lived Ballarat-Wimmera Football League (BWFL).  In 1937, the WDFL's four clubs joined the five clubs of the Mid Wimmera Football League (MWFL) to form a new top level competition covering the entire Wimmera region, the Wimmera Football League (WFL).

Participating Clubs:  Dimboola, Jeparit, Minyip, Murtoa and Nhill competed every year.  Rupanyup competed from 1933 to 1935.

Premiers 1902-14 (where known):  1902 Murtoa   1903 Ararat   1904  Ararat   1905 Ararat   1906 Unknown   1907 Unknown   1908 Ararat   1909 Unknown   1910 Stawell   1911 Ararat   1912 Ararat   1913 Horsham   1914 Ararat   The 1915 season was started but not completed, and league competition was suspended owing to the war between 1916 and 1919.

Grand Final Results 1920 to 1933:

Year Winning Team G B Pts Runner-up G B Pts
1920 Ararat 6 13 49 Stawell 4 8 32
1921 Warracknabeal 14 9 93 Horsham 6 15 51
1922 Minyip 8 6 54 Warracknabeal 7 11 53
1923 Warracknabeal 4 15 39 Stawell 2 6 18
1924 Horsham 12 9 81 Warracknabeal 10 15 75
1925 Stawell 13 10 88 Horsham 10 13 73
1926 Stawell 10 19 79 Warracknabeal 7 15 57
1927 Warracknabeal 10 7 67 Dimboola 8 15 63
1928 Dimboola 9 16 70 Horsham 8 11 59
1929 Dimboola 9 9 63 Nhill 5 13 43
1930 Stawell 11 10 76 Nhill 9 16 70
1931 Stawell 18 15 123 Ararat 10 16 76
1932 Horsham 15 15 105 Ararat 13 9 87
1933 Stawell 12 11 83 Ararat 11 12 78

Summary Of Premierships 1920 to 1933:  5 Stawell; 3 Warracknabeal; 2 Dimboola, Horsham; 1 Ararat, Minyip

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