Ararat & District Football Association

Ararat & District Football Association
SportAustralian rules football
Netball
Founded1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Ceased1999
No. of teams6
Country Australia
ConfederationAFL Victoria
Most titlesTrinity, St Andrews/Caledonians, Miners (10)
Level on pyramid2

The Ararat & District Football Association was an Australian rules football League based around Ararat in Western Victoria.

History

The ADFA was the minor league in Ararat with clubs named after churches, mills and mines.[1] The competition was regarded as the minor league of the area, whilst the major club in town, the Ararat Football Club played in the Wimmera Football League.

This association was founded in 1922 and was re-figured and calibrated several times in its first ten years of existence.

  • 1922 Ararat & District Junior Football Association
  • 1927 Dobie Football Association
  • 1928 Ararat Inter-church Football Association
  • 1931 Ararat & District Football Association

Until the mid 1990s, the nine club league had six clubs drawing players out of Ararat and three clubs with predominantly Stawell based players. However during the 90s there was a population decline in Ararat. [2] Aradale Mental Hospital was closed, alongside government bodies which supplied employment for the town, this forced clubs to merge due to low numbers. [3]

The league finished in 1999 which saw teams splitting into the Horsham & District Football League[4] and Mininera & District Football League.[5]

Final Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in ADFA ADFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Caledonians-Miners
Saints Ararat City Band Centre, Ararat – 1996 1996-1999 1 1999 Became Ararat United and moved to Mininera & District FL in 2000
Great Western
Demons Great Western Public Park Reserve, Great Western SWFL 1880s 1922-1925, 1933–1949, 1953–1999 3 1963, 1972, 1983 Moved to Horsham & District FL in 2000
Moyston
Tigers Moyston Recreation Reserve, Moyston – 1890s 1922-1999 5 1967, 1968, 1969, 1990, 1991 Merged with Willaura to form Moyston-Willaura in Mininera & District FL
Prestige-Trinity
Dragons Gordon Street Oval, Ararat – 1996 1996-1999 0 - Merged with St Marys to form Ararat Eagles in Horsham & District FL in 2000
St Marys
Kangaroos Alexandra Oval, Ararat – 1920s 1928-1935, 1938-1999 8 1928, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1970, 1971, 1997, 1998 Merged with Prestige-Trinity to form Ararat Eagles in Horsham & District FL in 2000
Swifts
Baggies North Park, Stawell SWFL 1913 1970-1999 5 1977, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994 Moved to Horsham & District FL in 2000

Previous Clubs

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in ADFA ADFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Ararat Ex Students – 1945 1945-1946 0 - Folded in 1947
Ararat Juniors 1922 1 1922 Folded in 1922
Ararat Imperials 1923-1927 2 1923, 1924 Folded in 1927
Buangor    Ramblers Des Brennan Park, Buangor RFA 1900s 1931, 1937, 1946–1965 0 - Folded in 1966
Caledonians
Demons Ararat City Band Centre, Ararat – 1928-1995 10 1931, 1933, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987 Merged with Miners to form Miners-Caledonians in 1996
Cathcart 1922-1927 0 -
Dobie Dobie Recreation Reserve, Dobie 1927 1 1927 Folded in 1928
Elmhurst LFL 1900s 1949-1950 0 - Folded in 1951
Glenorchy    Glenorchy Recreation Reserve, Glenorchy 1970-1972, 1976 0 - Folded
Halls Gap Halls Gap Recreation Reserve, Halls Gap 1970-1975 0 - Folded in 1976
Joel Joel Rovers SWFL 1890s 1939-1940 1 1939 Folded in 1941
Lake Bolac
Bombers Lake Bolac Recreation Reserve, Lake Bolac WFA 1880s 1926 0 - Moved to Willaura & District FA in 1927
Landsborough
Burras Landsborough Recreation Reserve, Landsborough LFL 1937-1939, 1950-1952, 1957–1964 2 1960, 1961 Returned to Lexton FL in 1965
Miners (Methodists 1928-1972) Miners Kokoda Park, Ararat – 1973-1995 10 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1973, 1974, 1976 Merged with Caledonians to form Caledonians-Miners in 1996
Prestige
Maroona Recreation Reserve, Maroona – 1945 1946-1995 4 1951, 1956, 1966, 1988 Merged with Trinity to form Prestige-Trinity in 1996
Trinity
Bulldogs Gordon Street Oval, Ararat – 1925 1925-1995 10 1929, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1979 Merged with Prestige to form Prestige-Trinity in 1996
Warrak
Warrak Recreation Reserve, Warrak 1931-1937 0 - Folded in 1937
Warriors
Warriors North Park, Stawell SWFL 1890s 1970-1997 8 1940, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1995, 1996 Absorbed by Stawell in the Wimmera FL in 1998
Willaura
Saints Willaura Recreation Reserve, Willaura WFA 1900s 1925-1926 2 1926, 1927 Moved to Mininera & District FL in 1927

Association Football Records

Notable Records
Record Details Year
Highest Score 414 Points St Marys.65.24.414 (v Moyston 3.0.18) 1998
Most Goals in a Match 27 Goals Geoff LePoidevin - St Marys (v Moyston) 1998
Most Goals in a Season 155 Goals Danny Aldersea – Caledonians FC 1975
Most Consecutive Premierships 3 Moyston FC 1967–1969
Warriors FC 1980–1982
Caledonians 1985–1987
Most Consecutive Wins 38 Wins Swifts FC 1993–1995
Most Consecutive Losses 56 Losses Moyston 1996–1999

Premiers

League Best & Fairest

Year Player Club
1950 Eric James Trinity
1951 Reg Bates Methodists
1952 Leon Gibson Landsborough
1953 Alan Grant Methodists
1954 Max Curran Great Western
1955 Les Lugg St Marys
1956 Bruce Dickerson Moyston
1957 Henry Gunstone Great Western
1958 Leo Kranz Buangor
1959 Bruce Graham Prestige
1960 Neil Fenton Trinity
1961 Peter Stainsby Prestige
Stuart Robertson Landsborough
1962 Barry Smart Trinity
1963 Barry Smart Trinity
1964 Ivan Dunne St Marys
1965 Doug Bullen Prestige
1966 Les Peoples St Marys
1967 Alan Smith Methodists
1968 George Dunn Methodists
1969 Terry Davis St Marys
1970 Victor Barwick Prestige
1971 Peter Kaczynski Moyston
1972 Graeme Trickey Halls Gap
1973 Kevin Westrup St Marys
1974 Robert Wilson Moyston
1975 Lex Pritchard Caledonians
1976 Ross Jackson Warriors
1977 Terry Brady Great Western
1978 Wilf Dickeson Great Western
1979 Leo Mooney Great Western
1980 Ian Brilliant Warriors
1981 Peter Cordy Great Western
1982 Ralph Tulloch Swifts
1983 Gary Todd Moyston
1984 Peter Cody Great Western
1985 Des Beaton Warriors
1986 Brian Jenkins Prestige
1987 Brian Jenkins Prestige
1988 John Coole Prestige
1989 Glen Joiner Swifts
1990 Darren Austin Warriors
1991 Tim Purbrick St Marys
Anthony Redford Swifts
1992 Anthony Harrington Caledonians
1993 Andrew Taylor Swifts
1994 Peter Scott Miners
1995 Shane Allgood Caledonians
Noel Jacobs Warriors
1996 Rohan May St Marys
Casper Cossan Warriors
1997 Noel Jacobs St Marys
1998 Matt Jackson Caledonians-Miners
1999 Dale Bligh Great Western

Leading Goal Kickers

Year Player H&A goals Finals goals Total Goals
1940 Gerald Lillis (St Marys) 0 0 0
1953 B Carroll (St Marys) 0 0 0
1954 - 0 0 0
1955 - 0 0 0
1956 Alan Fiscalini (Prestige) 58 3 61
1957 - 0 0 0
1958 - 0 0 0
1959 R Hellyer (Caledonians) 44 5 49
1960 J Sandlant (Landsborough) 47 4 51
1961 Stewart Robertson (Landsborough) 60 3 63
1962 K McKinnis (Moyston) 35 0 35
1963 Fred Locke (Trinity) 58 7 65
1964 - 0 0 0
1965 - 0 0 0
1966 Gary Studd (Prestege) 52 2 54
1967 Gerard Brennan (St Marys) 66 2 68
1968 John Pola (Moyston) 38 7 45
1969 John Pola (Moyston) 31 10 41
1970 Don Sladdin (St Marys) 67 5 72
1971 Don Sladdin (St Marys) 67 8 75
1972 Russell Smyth (Methodists) 84 7 91
1973 David Watson (Caledonians) 68 4 72
1974 Warren Grant (Miners) 85 14 99
1975 Donny Aldersea (Caledonians) 139 16 155
1976 Warren Grant (Miners) 75 10 85
1977 Howard Dunn (Swifts) 58 12 70
1978 Bill Van Der Waal (Warriors) 76 13 89
1979 Leo Mooney (Prestige) 49 0 49
1980 Bill Van Der Waal (Warriors) 68 19 87
1981 Bill Van Der Waal (Warriors) 76 0 76
1982 Graeme Sladdin (St Marys) 126 8 134
1983 Wanye Ford (PrestIge) 109 0 109
1984 Les Brennan (Miners) 96 11 107
1985 Terry Croton (Great Western) 90 18 108
1986 Graeme Sladdin (St Marys) 79 14 93
1987 Darren Borelli (Trinity) 73 5 78
1988 Les Brennan (Caledonians) 0 102 102
1989 Craig Marrow (Warriors) 64 3 67
1990 Mimi Michael (Moyston) 96 19 115
1991 Mimi Michael (Moyston) 102 6 108
1992 Mimi Michael (Moyston) 73 11 84
1993 Dan Grainger (Swifts) 86 7 93
1994 Tim Williams (Warriors) 94 13 107
1995 David Fratin (St Marys) 104 6 110
1996 Graeme Nuske (Swifts) 62 0 62
1997 Tim Williams (Warriors) 63 5 68
1998 Paul Kinna (Great Western) 139 10 149
1999 Leigh Jenkins (Prestige-Trinity) 88 5 93

VFL/AFL Players From ADFA

Caledonians

Great Western

Miners

St Marys

References

  1. ^ McNicol, Adam (2010-07-03). "Setting a town's future free". The Age. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  2. ^ "Ararat | Victorian Places". www.victorianplaces.com.au. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  3. ^ Stoward, John (2008). History of Football in the Ballarat District - Ballarat Football League - Central Highlands Football League - Lexton Plains Football Netball League. p. 108.
  4. ^ "Australian Football - Ararat Eagles Football Club - Info". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
  5. ^ "Australian Football - Moyston Willaura Football Club - Info". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.

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