South West Football League (New South Wales)

The South West District Football League was a major Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 until 1981 in the Riverina region of New South Wales.^[1][2]

History

The first recorded Australian Rules Football match in the Riverina area was on 1 August 1881 between Wagga Wagga and the more experienced Albury team and was played in Wagga.^[3]

The South West District Football Association (SWDFL) was formed in 1913, when it superseded the Ganmain Football Association, which was formed in 1910, with all clubs moving into play in the SWDFL competition.

In 1924 a South Western District Football League team played Collingwood Football Club at Narrandera with Collingwood winning, 86 to SWDFL 76.^[4]

In May, 1930 the SWDFL competition was abandoned, after Whitton withdrew earlier at the AGM, then both Ganmain and Matong club withdrew due to a lack of players.^[5] In the 1931 SWDFL grand final, Jim Ceely, from Matong FC received a trophy for best player on the ground.^[6]

In August 1933, Melbourne Football Club played a match at Narandrea Park Oval against a SWDFL representative team, with Melbourne: 15.19 - 109 defeating SWDFL: 8.20 - 68.^[7] In 1934, a SWDFL representative team played a match at Leeton against a combined Hawthorn - Footscray team,^[8] with Hawthorn - Footscray: 20.15 - 135 defeating the SWDFL: 6.11 - 47.^[9]

In 1937 and 1938, both Ganmain & Matong football clubs pulled out of the SWDFL and thus the SWDFL went into recess.^[10] In April, 1939, the SWDFL was reformed^[11] with the following seven clubs taking part - Coolamon, Ganmain, Griffith, Grong Grong, Leeton, Matong and Narandera.^[12]

Laurie Taylor and Dudley Smith from Coolamon FC, played for New South Wales against Victoria in July, 1949, at the Sydney Cricket Ground.^{[13][14][15][16]}

In 1953, Ariah Park FC and Mirrool FC merged and entered one senior team & one reserves team in the SWDFL. Ardlethan FC joined the SWDFL in 1954 and wore a jumper featuring three vertical stripes, black, gold and red.

In 1959, former Brownlow Medalist, Grong Grong Matong captain-coach, Peter Box won the Gammage Medal, but SWDFL officials later decide that coaches would be ineligible to win the league award in future years.^[17]

The SWDFL first played in the Victorian Country Football League in 1961 and in 1964, won the Victorian Country Football Championships, with SWDFL: 13.14 - 92 defeating the Hampden Football League: 9.16 - 70^[18] in the grand final, played at Narrandera. In 1969, Ricky Quade and Frank Gumbleton both finished third in the SWDFL best and fairest award, the Gammage Medal,^[19] with both going on to have fine VFL careers.

Mr. Jim Quinn was President of the South Western District Football League for 25 consecutive years, before resigning on Monday 5 April 1976 due to ill health.^[20]

The league was forced to merge with the Central Riverina Football League and the Farrer Football League to form the Riverina Football League and Riverina District Football League in 1982,^[21][22][23] under the recommendations from the VCFL, with the CRDFL changing its name to the Farrer Football League in 1985. It was between 1983 and 1994 that the Riverina District Football League / Farrer Football League maintained a two division system.

Clubs

Final Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in SWDFL	SWDFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Ardlethan		Stars	Ardlethan Sports Ground, Ardlethan	B&DFL	1907	1954-1981	0	-	Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Ariah Park-Mirrool[24]		Brown Bombers	Ariah Park Recreation Reserve, Ariah Park	–	1953	1953-1981	3	1954, 1955, 1962	Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Coolamon Rovers[25]		Hoppers	Kindra Park, Coolamon	GFA, WARFL, C&DFA	1894	1913, 1919-1929, 1931-1932, 1934-1936, 1939-1940, 1946-1981	5	1920, 1922, 1959, 1970, 1973	Played in Coolamon & District FA in 1918 and 1945 and Wagga AFRL in 1937-38. Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Cootamundra		Blues	Clarke Oval, Cootamundra	CRFL	1960	1981	0	-	Moved to Riverina District FL following 1981 season
Ganmain		Maroons	Ganmain Sports Ground, Ganmain	GFA, C&DFA	1893	1913-1914, 1919-1929, 1931-1936, 1946, 1949-1981	13	1925, 1935, 1940, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1976	Played in Coolamon & District FA in 1918 and 1945. Merged with Grong Grong-Matong to form Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong in Riverina FL following 1981 season
Griffith		Swans	Griffith Exies Oval, Griffith	L&DFA	1914	1939-1940, 1946-1981	2	1952, 1968	Played in Leeton & District FA in 1941. Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Grong Grong Matong		Magpies	Grong Grong Sports Ground, Grong Grong and Matong Sports Ground, Matong	–	1952	1952-1981	0	-	Merged with Ganmain to form Ganmain-Grong Grong-Matong in Riverina FL following 1981 season
Leeton		Redlegs	Leeton Showgrounds, Leeton	GFA, L&DFA	1912	1914, 1919-1929, 1931-1936, 1939-1940, 1946-1981	7	1927, 1936, 1939, 1958, 1971, 1975, 1978	Played in Leeton & District FA in 1937-1938 and 1941. Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Narrandera Imperial		Eagles	Narrandera Sports Ground, Narrandera	GFA, L&DFA	1910	1913-1914, 1919-1929, 1931-1934, 1936, 1939-1940, 1946-1981.	15	1913, 1914, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1947, 1948, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1981.	Played in Leeton & District FA in 1935-1938 and 1941. Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season
Turvey Park		Bulldogs	Maher Oval, Wagga Wagga	CRFL	1954	1956-1981	3	1961, 1977, 1980	Moved to Riverina FL following 1981 season

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in SWDFL	SWDFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Darlington Point		Pointers, Riversiders, Blues	Darlington Point Football Ground, Darlington Point	L&DFA	1906	1951-1954	0	-	Moved to Barellan & District FL following 1954 season[26]
Federals		Federals	Rannock Recreation Reserve, Rannock	R&DFA	1923	1952-1955	0	-	Entered recess following 1955 season, re-formed in Central Riverina FL as Rannock in 1962
Grong Grong		Blues	Grong Grong Sports Ground, Grong Grong	GFA, L&DFA	1890s	1913-1914, 1919-1929, 1931-1933, 1935-1936, 1939-1940, 1946-1947, 1951	0	-	Reserves only in 1951. Played in Leeton & District FL between 1948 and 1950. Merged with Matong to form Grong Grong-Matong following 1951 season
Junee		Bulldogs	Laurie Daley Oval, Junee	WARFL	1919	1919-1922, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1949-1952	1	1921[27]	Played in Wagga ARFL between 1937-1940 and 1946-1948. Moved to Wagga Sunday FL in 1953.[28]
Marrar		Bombers	Langtry Oval, Marrar	C&DFA, WARFL,	1918	1919-1926, 1932, 1949-1951	3	1918, 1919, 1923	Moved to Rannock & District FA following 1932 season. Moved to Albury & District FL reserves competition in 1952.[29]
Matong		Magpies	Matong Sports Ground, Matong	GFA, C&DFA	1900s	1913-1914, 1919-1929, 1931-1933, 1935-1936, 1939-1940, 1946-1951	2	1926, 1931	Played in Coolamon & District FA in 1918 Merged with Grong Grong to form Grong Grong-Matong following 1951 season
Whitton[30]		Tigers	Whitton Recreation Ground, Whitton	L&DFA	1890s	1929, 1947-1979	0	-	Moved to Central Riverina FL after Rd.1, 1979.[31]
Yanco		Penguins	Yanco Sportsground, Yanco	L&DFA	1918	1951-1952	0	-	Entered recess following 1952 season, re-formed in Barellan & District FL in 1962

Football Premierships

In 1931, the Page Final Four System was introduced by the VFL.

Seniors

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Venue	Gate	Umpire	Notes
	Ganmain & DFA
1910	Ganmain		Matong		Ganmain			[32]
1911	Matong							Matong were unbeaten in 1911[33]
1912	Matong	27	Ganmain	12				"Final"[34]
	South West DFA
1913	Narrandera	4.7 - 31	Matong	3.8 - 26	Matong			[35]
1914	Narrandera	126	Matong	22	Narandera Park	£8/14s	Pitcher	Roach Guest Cup[36]
1915-17								SWDFL in recess due to WW1
1918	Marrar	7.8 - 50	Ganmain	1.1 - 7	Matong	£35		Coolamon & DFL.[37]
1919	Marrar	37	Narandera	10	Marrar		Harrod	Played 7/11/19.[38]
1920	Coolamon	5.12 - 42	Narandera	3.11 - 29	Ganmain	£78/6s	Norden	Roach Guest Cup[39][40]
1921	Junee	8.12 - 60	Coolamon	3.7 - 25	Junee Park Oval	£60	A Wickham[41]	W Hardingham Cup[42][43]
1922	Coolamon	4.16 - 40	Narandera	3.7 - 25	Coolamon Racetrack	£66	Ayling	W Hardingham Cup[44]
1923	Marrar	9.9 - 63	Narandera	7.9 - 51	Ganmain		H Warren	W Hardingham Cup[45]
1924	Narandera	9.18 - 72	Ganmain	7.9 - 51	Leeton	£95	Ayles	J A Alexander Cup[46]
1925	Ganmain	10.5 - 65	Matong	6.16 - 52	Ganmain	£85		J A Alexander Cup[47]
1926	Matong	10.9 - 69	Leeton	9.3 - 63	Leeton	£100	J Brandon	J A Alexander Cup[48]
1927	Leeton	17.10 - 112	Ganmain	10.17 - 78	Narrandera Park	£178	Arthur Wickham	J A Alexander Cup[49]
1928	Narrandera	15.14 - 104	Leeton	14.5 - 89	Gaimain	£95	Arthur Wickham	John Hunter & Son Cup[50][51][52]
1929	Leeton	13.16 - 94	Matong	9.12 - 66	Narrandera	£150		John Hunter & Son Cup[53]
1930								SWDFL in recess.[54]
1931	Matong	9.7 - 61	Narrandera	7.5 - 47	Coolamon			John Hunter & Son Cup[55]
1932	Narrandera	7.8 - 50	Leeton	7.7 - 49	Matong	£55	L Gillman	John Hunter & Son Cup[56][57]
1933	Narandera	10.13 - 73	Leeton	8.18 - 66	Matong	£68	R Thompson	John Hunter & Son Cup[58][59]
1934	Narrandera	11.12 - 78	Matong	7.9 - 51	Coolamon	£53/8s	E Pawley	Rody Hogan Cup.[60] No premiership awarded > dispute.[61]
1935	Ganmain	13.26 - 104	Matong	15.10 - 100	Ganmain	£78	C Rowe	BOG: Clonnie Heath[62][63]
1936	Leeton	11.7 - 73	Matong	8.11 - 59	Narrandera Park	£80	McLean	[64]
1937								SWDFL in recess[65]
1938								SWDFL in recess.[66]
1939	Leeton	16.13 - 109	Coolamon	7.15 - 57	Narrandera	£122	W Marney	O G Washington Cup[67]
1940	Gamain	22.14 - 146	Coolamon	10.18 - 78	Ganmain	£95	Harry Clayton	Thame & Hinchcliffe Cup[68]
1941-45								SWDFL in recess: WW2
1941	Leeton	9.18 - 72	Narandera	6.12 - 48	Narrandera	£48	Curly Harding	Wartime Competition Kinlock Cup G Final[69]
1946	Ganmain	18.17 - 125	Narrandera	8.6 - 54	Matong		Cleary	[70]
1947	Narrandera	11.16 - 82	Coolamon	6.10 - 46	Narrandera	£150	F H Grant	Bart Nulty Trophy. NFC undefeated in '47.[71][72]
1948	Narrandera	8.11 - 59	Whitton	6.9 - 45	Leeton	2000+ crowd	D Sullivan	Bart Nulty Trophy[73]
1949	Ganmain	12.11 - 89	Narrandera	10.10 - 70	Leeton	£358	Dennis Fricker	Pat F. Withers Trophy[74]
1950	Ganmain	16.12 - 108	Griffith	11.10 - 76	Narrandrea	£474	J Wallmeyer	Pat F. Withers Trophy[75]
1951	Ganmain	7.7 - 49	Whitton	5.14 - 44	Narrandera	£527	Harry Clayton	Narrandera Argus Trophy[76]
1952	Griffith	12.15 - 87	Whitton	6.12 - 48	Narrandera	£686	Peter Watt	Narrandera Argus Cup[77][78]
1953	Ganmain	13.12 - 90	Leeton	13.7 - 85	Narrandera	£965	J Sawyer	Narrandera Argus Cup[79][80]
1954	Ariah Park Mirrool	10.20 - 80	Ganmain	6.7 - 43	Narrandera	£1011	L C Smith	Narrandera Argus Cup[81]
1955	Ariah Park Mirrool	15.8 - 98	Leeton	12.12 - 84	Narrandera	£858	Alan Nash
1956	Ganmain	13.13 - 91	Ariah Park Mirrool	9.10 - 64	Narrandera	£1,023	Bill Barbour
1957	Ganmain	11.19 - 85	Ariah Park Mirrool	8.19 - 67	Narrandera	£1,053	Dudley Ridley
1958	Leeton	15.14 - 104	Coolamon	14.9 - 93	Narrandera	£1,281	Dudley Ridley
1959	Coolamon	13.11 - 89	Turvey Park	11.11 - 79	Narrandera	£1,281	Dudley Ridley
1960	Narrandera	9.18 - 72	Turvey Park	6.8 - 44	Narrandera	£1,881	Ron Brophy
1961	Turvey Park	17.23 - 125	Leeton	12.13 - 85	Narrandera	£1,720	Kevin Jackson
1962	Ariah Park Mirrool	10.20 - 80	Coolamon	11.12 - 78	Narrandera	£1,818	Ron Brophy
1963	Turvey Park	16.12 - 108	Leeton	11.19 - 85	Narrandera	£1,716	Stan Fisher
1964	Ganmain	15.8 - 98	Griffith	13.18 - 96	Narrandera	£1,034	Ron Brophy
1965	Ganmain	12.14 - 86	Griffith	6.12 - 48	Narrandera	£1,548	Jim Brewer
1966	Narrandera	8.15 - 63	Griffith	6.9 - 45	Narrandera	$3,059	Peter Sheales
1967	Narrandera	17.15 - 117	Leeton	10.21 - 81	Narrandera	$3,622	Jim McMaster
1968	Griffith	13.17 - 95	Ariah Park Mirrool	10.11 - 71	Narrandera	$3,542	Peter Sheales
1969	Ganmain	10.16 - 76	Griffith	10.14 - 74	Narrandera	$3,542	Graham Huggins
1970	Coolamon	18.21 - 129	Turvey Park	13.9 - 87	Narrandera	$3,108	Peter Sheales
1971	Leeton	15.18 - 108	Griffith	13.12 - 90	Narrandera	$3,688	Ian Robinson
1972	Narrandera	15.14 - 104	Griffith	7.12 - 54	Narrandera	$2,939	Mike Henry
1973	Coolamon	13.15 - 93	Turvey Park	12.14 - 86	Narrandera	$3,487	Len Sexton
1974	Narrandera	19.17 - 131	Coolamon	19.16 - 130	Narrandra	$3,890	Neville Nash
1975	Leeton	19.14 - 128	Turvey Park	16.14 110	Narrandera	$5,260	Neville Nash
1976	Ganmain	20.8 - 128	Narrandera	14.17 101	Narrandera	$8,130	R H Lyons
1977	Turvey Park	17.14 - 116	Ariah Park Mirrool	14.13 - 97	Narrandera	$6,174	John Morgan	[82]
1978	Leeton	18.16 - 124	Turvey Park	16.15 - 111	Narrandera	$9,400	Glen James
1979	Narrandera	17.17 - 119	Ariah Park Mirrool	15.13 - 103	Narrandera	$8,771	Ken Norris
1980	Turvey Park	14.15 - 99	Coolamon	12.13 - 85	Narrandera	$10,133	Jim Chapman	[83]
1981	Narrandera	14.6 - 90	Ariah Park Mirrool	10.17 - 77	Narrandera	$8,661	Quinn/Russo	[84]

Reserves

• 1980 - Narrandera: 22.11 - 143 d APM: 15.6 - 96

Under 19's

• 1980 - Turvey Park: 16.13 - 109 d Narrandera: 13.12 - 90^[85]

Football Best and Fairest Award

Seniors

WIlliam Gammage Medal (William J. Gammage was the Treasurer of the SWDFL who first donated the medal in 1948)^[86]

Year	Winner	Club	Votes	Runner Up	Club	Votes
1934	Victor Jones	Matong				[87]
	Keith Parris	Narandera
	Maurie Mahony	Coolamon
1939	Ken Brill &	Grong Grong				[88]
	Ray Davis	Matong				[89]
	WIlliam Gammage Medal
1948	Geoff Willis	Griffith	6	Les Main	Leeton	3[90]
				Bluey O'Bryan	Narrandera	3
				Dudley Smith	Coolamon	3
				Jazbo Thompson	Whitton	3
				Terry Woods	Griffith	3
1949	Leo Foley	Narrandera		Lionel Crump	Griffith	[91]
1950	Dudley Mattingly &	Matong	6	Ron Inch	Coolamon	[92]
	Bernie Pattison	Marrar	6			[93]
1951	Peter Curtis	Coolamon	7	Bernie Pattison	Marrar	4[94]
				Len Pedler	Narrandera	4
				Terry Wood	Griffith	4[95]
1952	Jack Pattison &	Coolamon	4	Len Brill	Ganmain	3
	Len Pedler	Narrandera	4	Tom Roulent	Griffith	3
				H Turner	Narrandera	3[96]
1953	Kevin Pleming	Ariah Park - Mirrool	13	Alan Brill	Ganmain	8[97]
				J J Brown	GGMU	8
				Gerald Carroll	Ganmain	8
				Ron Harris	Leeton	8
				Len Pedler	Ariah Park - Mirrool	8
				Rod Walsh	GGMU	8
				Terry Wood	Griffith	8
1954	Joe Mickilson	Ariah Park - Mirrool	6	Jack Tucker	Whitton	4
				Dan Weldon	Leeton	4
1955	Dan Weldon	Leeton	3.5	Arthur Allen	Ardlethan	3
				Len Brill	Ganmain	3
				Tom Dungan	Whitton	3
				Ron Harris	Leeton	3
				Max Kruse	Leeton	3
				Neil Thomson	Ardlethan	3
1956	Jim Stockton	Narrandera	6	Arthur Allen	Ardlethan	4
				Len Brill	Ganmain	4
				Neale Rutzou	Coolamon	4
1957	Vic Hathaway	Griffith	6	Pat Quade	Ariah Park Mirrool	5
				Mervyn Pieper	Grong Grong Matong	5
1958	Des Lyons	Leeton	5	Mervyn Pieper	Grong Grong Matong	4
	Bernie Scully	Ariah Park - Mirrool	5
	Fred Thompson	Ardelthan	5
1959	Peter Box	Grong Grong Matong	27	Ian Gillett	Coolamon	22
1960	Keith Murphy	Turvey Park	21	Vic Hathaway	Griffith	20
1961	Vic Hathaway[98]	Griffith	24	Gerald Carroll	Ganmain	21
				Fred Thompson	Ardlethan	21
1962	Max Kruse Snr	Leeton	18	Jim Bloomfield	Narrandera	17
1963	Des Lyons	Leeton	18	Terry McGee	Grong Grong Matong	17
				Robbie Nolan	Turvey Park	17
1964	Len Sexton	Griffith	34	Bernie Scully	Ariah Park - Mirrool	19
1965	Peter Weidemann	Coolamon	28	Robbie Nolan	Turvey Park	26
1966	Frank Hodgkin	Ganmain	16	Peter Box	Narrandera	15
				Mal Russell	Griffith	15
1967	Robbie Nolan	Turvey Park	17	R "Lou" Alchin	Leeton	15
1968	Ian Crewes	Ardlethan	27	R "Bob" Little	Whitton	24
1969	Alan Hayes	Coolamon	24	Harold Evans	Whitton	19
1970	Alan Hayes	Coolamon	27	Doug Priest	Ariah Park Mirrool	24
1971	Peter Clarke	Whitton	20	Jeff Hemphill	Narrandera	19
1972	Sid Robbins	Griffith	23	A Dudley	Leeton	18
				Jeff Hemphill	Narrandera	18
1973	Barry Day	Ariah Park - Mirrool	23	T McPherson	Ganmain	17
				N Weller	Coolamon	17
1974	Jim Geltch	Whitton	23	Stephen Margosis	Narrandrea	22
1975	Jim Prentice	Ariah Park - Mirrool	26	Joe Darby	Ganmain	23
1976	Wayne Evans	Grong Grong Matong	32	Bruce Stewart	Ardelthan	26
1977	Jim Prentice	Ariah Park - Mirrool	26	Keith Miller	Turvey Park	21
1978	Terry Haddrill	Ariah Park - Mirrool	18	Rod Lawry	Ardelthan	17
	Greg Leech	Ganmain	18
	David Scott	Narrandra	18
1979	Barry Nolan	Ganmain	21	Jim Prentice	Ariah Park - Mirrool	17
1980	Terry Haddrill	Ariah Park - Mirrool
1981	Grant Luhrs	Griffith	20	Alan Hayes	Turvey Park	19
Year	Winner	Club	Votes	Runner Up	Club	Votes

Leading Goalkicker

Seniors

Keisling Trophy Was donated by Mr. Ken Keisling, from E & K Keisling Jewellers, Narrandera.^[99]

Year	Most Goals	Club	Goals	Finals Goals	Total Goals
1953	Clinton Wines	Ganmain	100+		[100] unofficial
1958	Kevin Gleeson	Ganmain	92		[101] unofficial
1959	Geoff Kingston	Turvey Park	100+		[102] unofficial
1960	Tom Carroll	Ganmain	100+		[103] unofficial
	Keisling Trophy
1961	Len Sexton	Griffith	69	1	70
1962	Len Sexton	Griffith	57	N/A	57
1963	Rex Burge	Turvey Park	87	14	101
1964	Tom Carroll	Ganmain	86	16	102
1965	Tom Carroll	Ganmain	90	8	98
1966	Kevin Fruend	Coolamon	93	6	99
1967	Des Lyons	Leeton	67	5	72
1968	Ron O'Neil	Griffith	114	11	125
1969	Ricky Quade	Ariah Park Mirrool	131	N/A	131
	Ron O'Neil	Griffith	124	7	131
1970	Jim Prentice	Ariah Park Mirrool	91	N/A	91
1971	Victor Hugo	Narrandera	72	N/A	72
1972	Phil Gehrig	Ganmain	95	N/A	95
1973	Grant Luhrs	Griffith	78	5	83
1974	B Harrison	Leeton	76	N/A	76
1975	Ralf Robins	Griffith	92	4	96
1976	Russell Campbell	Ganmain	103	8	111
1977	T Stirling	Ardlethan	92	N/A	92
1978	Mark Newton	Ariah Park Mirrool	97	N/A	97
1979	Mark Newton	Ariah Park Mirrool	72	21	93
1980	Greg Nichols	Turvey Park	79	0	79
1981	John Newton	Ariah Park Mirrool	133	9	142[104]

Interleague Football Results

The Neville Nesbitt Trophy

Neville Nesbitt was the donor of a large trophy for interleague matches between the SWDFL and the Farrer Football League.

The SWDFL first played in the Victorian Country Football League inter-league competition in 1961 and in 1964, won the Victorian Country Football Champions, with SWDFL: 13.14 - 92 defeating the Hampden Football League: 9.16 - 70^[105] in the grand final, played at Narrandera.

The SWDFL won the 1977 NSW Country Championships, defeating the Murray Football League in Sydney and the 1979 NSW Country Championships, defeating the Sydney Football League, which was played at Narrandera.

Year	Captain	Coach	Venue	South West Score	Match Result	Opposition	Match Score	Gate	Notes
1912			Ganmain			Ariah Park FA			24/8/12[106]
1924			Narrandera	10.15 - 75	lost to	Collingwood	13.8 - 86		16/7/24[107][108]
1933	L Hastie		Narandera Park	9.19 - 73	lost to	Melbourne	15.19 - 109	£125	12/8/33[109][110]
1934			Leeton Cricket Ground	6.11 - 47	lost to	Hawthorn/Footscray	20.15 - 135		11.8.34
1934			Lockhart, NSW	25.28 - 178	defeated	The Rock & DFL	3.17 - 35		25.8.34[111]
1935						Ariah Park FA
1946			Narrandera	6.14 - 50	lost to	Eastern Suburbs	8.10 - 58		8/6/46[112]
1948	Vic Woolnough		Leeton	11.17 - 83	lost to	VFL	23.19 - 153		8/8/48[113]
1950	Keith Shea		Trumper Park, Sydney	15.22 - 112	lost to	NSWANFL	18.8 - 116		11/6/50[114]
1950	Keith Shea		Ganmain	31.16 - 204	defeated	Ariah Park FA	12.9 - 81		1/7/50[115]
1951	Jack Quinn		Narrandera	6.4 - 40	lost to	VFL	18.24 - 132	£400	27/5/51[116]
1952	Laurie Carroll		Leeton Showgrounds	7.10 - 52	lost to	O&MFL	24.16 - 160	£177	16/6/52[117]
1954	Erwin Dornau		Bolton Park, Wagga	10.7 - 67	lost to	Albury & DFL	12.20 - 92	£524	19/6/54[118][119]
1955			Narrandera	20.17 - 137	defeated	Albury & DFL	13.19 - 97		19.6.55
1957	Clinton Wines		Narrandera	12.8 - 80	lost to	North Melbourne	14.17 - 101	£884	21/7/57
1959	Alex Boyle		Narrandera	14.26 - 110	defeated	Farrer FL	13.10 - 88	£1,044	21/6/59. Nesbitt Trophy
1960			Bolton Park, Wagga	18.16 - 124	defeated	Farrer FL	12.16 - 88		12/6/60. Nesbitt Trophy
1960	Jack Hudson		Narrandera	12.13 - 85	lost to	Collingwood FC	13.28 - 106	£1,202	26/6/60
1961			Narrandera	12.16 - 88	lost to	Geelong FC	12.22 - 94	£886	28/5/61
1961	Peter Box		Narrandera	10.13 - 73	lost to	O&MFL	13.21 - 99	£581	10/6/61. VCFL Country Championships
1961			Coolamon	16.16 - 124	lost to	Farrer FL	19.28 - 142	£760	16/7/61. Nesbitt Trophy
1962	Bernie Scully		Bolton Park, Wagga	22.14 - 146	defeated	Farrer FL	9.13 - 67		20/5/62. Nesbitt Trophy
1962	Bernie Scully		Trumper Park, Sydney	16.15 - 113	defeated	Sydney FL	9.16 - 70		3/6/62
1963	Peter Box	Bernie Scully	Albury	15.18 - 108	defeated	O&MFL	13.12 - 90	£798	8/6/63. VCFL Country Championships Rd.1
1963	Peter Box	Bernie Scully	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton	10.14 - 74	defeated	Waranga Nth Est FL	9.4 - 58	£614	10/6/63. VCFL Country Championships Rd.2. Zone Champions[120]
1963		Bernie Scully	Narrandera	12.16 - 88	lost to	Carlton	18.19 - 127		7/7/63
1963	Peter Box	Bernie Scully	Narrandera	9.20 - 74	lost to	Farrer FL	12.10 - 82	£832	28/7/63. Nesbitt Trophy
1964			Wagga Wagga	12.13 - 85	defeated	Farrer FL	7.13 - 55		31/5/64. Nesbitt Trophy
1964			Narrandera	18.16 - 124	defeated	North Central FL	10.16 - 76		14/6/64. VCFL Country Championships Semi Final
1964	Ian Gillett		Narrandera	13.14 - 92	defeated	Hampden FL	9.16 - 70		11/7/64. VCFL Country Championships Grand Final[121]
1965			Narrandera	20.12 - 132	defeated	Farrer FL	11.19 - 85		23/5/65. Nesbitt Trophy
1965			Seymour	14.14 - 98	drew with	Waranga Nth Est FL	13.20 - 98		13/6/65. VCFL Country Championships Rd. 1
1965			Shepparton	17.19 - 121	defeated	Waranga Nth Est FL	8.13 - 61		15/6/65. VCFL Country Championships Rd. 1 replay
1965			Albury	9.11 - 65	lost to	O&MFL	13.11 - 89		24/7/65. VCFL Country Championships Zone Final
1966			Yerong Creek	12.21 - 93	lost to	Farrer FL	14.13 - 97		29/5/66. Nesbitt Trophy
1966			Narrandera	12.15 - 87	lost to	Canberra ANFL	21.17 - 143		2/7/66[122]
1967			Ganmain	7.16 - 58	lost to	Farrer FL	16.17 - 113		21/5/67. Nesbitt Trophy
1967			Narrandera	14.16 - 100	lost to	Goulburn Valley FL	14.20 - 104		25/6/67. VCFL Country Championships Rd. 1
1968			Yerong Creek	21.12 - 138	defeated	Farrer FL	11.8 - 74		9/6/68. Nesbitt Trophy
1969			Manuka Oval, Canberra	7.20 - 62	lost to	Canberra ANFL	11.12 - 78		1/6/69
1969			Narrandera	18.14 - 122	defeated	Farrer FL No.1	14.11 - 95		15/6/69. VCFL Country Championships Rd.1. Nesbitt Trophy.
1969	Barry Rist		Narrandera	18.19 - 127	defeated	Farrer FL No.2	16.19 - 115		15/6/69.
1969	Jim Hayes		Albury Sportground	10.14 - 74	lost to	O&MFL	19.22 - 136		13/7/69. VCFL Country Championships Rd.2[123]
1970			Yerong Creek	16.16 - 112	lost to	Farrer FL	19.21 - 135		14/6/70. Nesbitt Trophy
1970			Narrandera	5.17 - 107	defeated	Canberra ANFL	14.15 - 99		5/7/70
1971		Warren Roper	Narrandera	18.19 - 127	defeated	Farrer FL	11.13 - 79		30/5/71. Nesbitt Trophy
1971		Warren Roper	Swan Hill	6.17 - 53	lost to	Mid Murray FL	11.18 - 74		12/6/71. VCFL Country Championships Rd. 1
1972			Yerong Creek	10.13 - 73	lost to	Farrer FL	14.17 - 101		28/5/72. Nesbitt Trophy
1973		Jeff Hemphill	Manuka Oval, Canberra	12.9 - 81	lost to	Canberra NFL	12.18 - 90		20/5/73
1973		Jeff Hemphill	Narrandera	15.8 - 98	defeated	Farrer FL	11.10 - 76		10/6/73. VCFL Country Championships Rd. 1. Nesbitt Trophy[124]
1973		Jeff Hemphill	Corowa	11.15 - 81	lost to	O&MFL	15.12 - 102		22/7/73. VCFL Country Championships. Rd. 2.
1974			Robertson Oval, Wagga	12.17 - 89	lost to	Sydney FL	15.13 - 103		18/5/74. NSW Championships. Day 1[125]
1974			Robertson Oval, Wagga	9.11 - 65	lost to	Farrer FL	17.23 - 125		19/5/74. NSW Championships. Day 2[125]
1974			Yerong Creek	15.17 - 107	lost to	Farrer FL	12.11 - 83		Nesbit Trophy. 16/6/74
1975	Graham Miller	Graham Miller	Narrandera	16.16 - 112	defeated	Farrer FL	11.14 - 80		21/6/75. NSW Championships. Day 1.
1975	Graham Miller	Graham Miller	Narrandera	18.21 - 128	lost to	Sydney FL	21.7 - 133		22/6/75. NSW Championships. Day 2. G Final
1976		Tom Carroll	Narrandera	20.19 - 139	defeated	Canberra ANFL	10.13 - 73		16/5/76[126]
1976		Tom Carroll	Finley	19.18 - 132	defeated	Murray FL	7.19 - 61	$1381	26/6/76. NSW Championships. Day 1[127]
1976		Tom Carroll	Finley	14.12- 96	lost to	Farrer FL	16.15-111	$1426	27/6/16. NSW Championships. Day 2. G Final[127]
1977	Greg Leech	Tom Carroll	Ganmain	13.14 - 92	lost to	O&MFL	15.19 - 109		15/5/77. VCFL Country Championships.[128]
1977	Greg Leech	Tom Carroll	Sydney Showgrounds	15.25 - 115	defeated	Sydney FL	12.11 - 83		11/6/77. NSW Championships. Day 1[129]
1977	Greg Leech	Tom Carroll	Sydney Showgrounds	17.6 - 108	defeated	Murray FL	10.15 - 75		12/6/77. NSW Championships. Day 2. G Final[129]
1978	Greg Leech	Greg Leech	Martin Park, Wodonga	11.10 - 76	lost to	O&MFL	18.26 - 134		14/5/78. VCFL Championships. Rd. 1.[130][131]
1978	Greg Leech	Greg Leech	Maher Oval, Wagga	7.18 - 60	lost to	Farrer FL	14.9 - 93		3/6/78. NSW Championships. Day 1[132]
1978	Greg Leech	Greg Leech	Maher Oval, Wagga	18.12 - 120	defeated	Sydney FL	15.10 - 100[133]		4/6/78. NSW Championships. Day 2. 3rd[132]
1979	Jim Prentice	Tom Carroll	Echuca	14.14 - 98	lost to	Goulburn Valley FL	19.19 - 133		20.5.79. VCFL Country Championships[134]
1979		Tom Carroll	Narrandera	20.26 - 146	defeated	Murray FL	12.14 - 86		2/6/79. NSW Championships. Day 1
1979		Tom Carroll	Narrandera	28.17 - 185	defeated	Sydney FL	12.10 - 82		3/5/79. NSW Championships. Day 2. G Final
1980	John Chamberlain	Phil Gehrig	Narrandra	17.15 - 117	lost to	Bendigo FC	22.20 - 152	$2,100	18/5/80. VCFL Country Championships
1980		Phil Gehrig	Deniliquin, NSW	11.9 - 75	lost to	Sydney FL	18.9 - 118		7/6/80. NSW Championships. Day 1[135]
1980		Phil Gehrig	Deniliquin, NSW	12.8 - 80	lost to	Murray FL	16.15 - 111		8/6/80. NSW Championships. Day 2. 4th[135]
1981	Alan Hayes	Alan Hayes[136]	Albury Sportsground	14.19 - 103	lost to	O&MFL	19.11 - 125		10/5/81. VCFL Championships

VFL Players

The following SWDFL footballers went onto play senior VFL football with the following clubs, with the year indicating their VFL debut -

1925 - Joseph Plant - Narrandera to Richmond 1925 - Les Stainsby - Coolamon to Collingwood 1928 - Jack Haw - Leeton to Melbourne 1931 - Geoff Neil - Leeton to St. Kilda 1933 - George Schlitz - Leeton to St. Kilda 1934 - George Pattison - Narrandera to Essendon 1936 - Percy Bushby - Narrandrea to Essendon 1948 - Laurie Carroll - Ganmain to St. Kilda 1948 - Dudley Mattingly - Ganmain to St. Kilda 1955 - Peter Curtis - Coolamon, Griffith to North Melbourne 1957 - Tom Quade - Ariah Park Mirrool to North Melbourne 1958 - Bill Box - Whitton to Essendon 1960 - Des Lyons - Leeton to Carlton 1961 - Jim Carroll - Ganmain to Carlton 1961 - Tom Carroll - Ganmain to Carlton 1966 - Mike Quade - Ariah Park Mirrool to North Melbourne 1968 - Ross Elwin - Leeton to South Melbourne 1968 - Bruce Reid - Leeton to South Melbourne

1970 - Frank Gumbleton - Ganmain to North Melbourne 1970 - Ricky Quade - Ariah Park Mirrool to South Melbourne 1971 - Jim Prentice - Ariah Park Mirrool to South Melbourne 1975 - Rod Coelli - Ardlethan to South Melbourne 1975 - Terry O'Neil - Narrandera to South Melbourne 1976 - Terry Daniher - Ariah Park - Mirrool to South Melbourne 1977 - Wayne Evans - Grong Grong Matong to South Melbourne 1978 - Russell Campbell - Gainmain to South Melbourne 1979 - Wayne Carroll - Ganmain to South Melbourne 1979 - John Durnan - Narrandera to Geelong 1979 - Mark Fraser - Turvey Park to South Melbourne 1979 - Max Kruse - Leeton to South Melbourne 1980 - Stephen Eather - Turvey Park to South Melbourne 1980 - Victor Hugo - Narrandera to South Melbourne 1980 - Greg Smith - Ardlethan to South Melbourne 1981 - Dennis Carroll - Ganmain to South Melbourne 1981 - Anthony Daniher - Turvey Park to South Melbourne 1981 - Jack Lucas - Ariah Park - Mirrool to South Melbourne

The following senior VFL players came to play and or coach in the SWDFL, with the year indicating their first season in the SWDFL.

1914 - Charles Pickerd - St. Kilda to Narrandera 1923 - Jock Doherty - St. Kilda to Ganmain 1934 - Maurie Mahony - Hawthorn to Coolamon 1934 - Leo Nolan - Melbourne to Leeton 1934 - Keith Parris - Essendon to Narrandera 1935 - Jerry McAuliffe - Hawthorn to Leeton 1937 - Roy McEachen - South Melbourne to Narrandera 1940 - Norm Le Brun - Essendon to Ganmain 1947 - Jim Hallahan - Fitzroy to Coolamon 1947 - Les Meek - St. Kilda to Ganmain 1947 - Geoff Willis - North Melbourne to Griffith 1948 - Tom Bush - Melbourne to Coolamon 1948 - Les Main - Collingwood to Leeton 1949 - Kevin Kallady - St. Kilda to Narrandera 1950 - Frank Bourke - Richmond to Ganmain 1950 - George Bennett - Hawthorn to Matong 1950 - Keith Shea - Carlton to Griffith 1950 - Tom Spear - Hawthorn to Matong 1951 - Laurie Taylor - Richmond to Coolamon 1952 - Clinton Wines - Carlton to Ganmain 1952 - Tom Roulent - South Melbourne to Griffith 1953 - Dean Chapman - St. Kilda to Coolamon 1953 - Erwin Dornau - South Melbourne to Leeton 1956 - Mick Grambeau - North Melbourne to Ganmain[137] 1957 - Tom Allen - Richmond to Griffith 1958 - Kevin Gleeson - Richmond to Ganmain 1959 - Peter Box - Footscray to Grong Grong Matong 1959 - Fred Gallagher - Essendon to Turvey Park

1959 - Ian Gillett - South Melbourne to Coolamon 1959 - Don Keyter - South Melbourne to Griffith 1960 - Bill Byrne - Melbourne to Leeton 1962 - Gerald Eastmure - North Melbourne to Leeton 1963 - Fred Mundy - Richmond to Griffith 1964 - Bill Evely - Richmond to Whitton 1964 - Peter Morris - Richmond to Griffith 1964 - Peter Weidemann - Collingwood to Coolamon 1965 - Noel Anderson - Richmond to Whitton 1965 - Barry Connolly - Footscray to Ardlethan 1965 - Ray Dawson - Melbourne to Leeton 1965 - Jim Gutterson - Footscray to Turvey Park 1965 - Kevin Kirkpatrick - Geelong to Griffith 1965 - Barry Rist - Collingwood to Ariah Park - Mirrool 1965 - Bill Thripp - Collingwood to Ardlethan 1966 - Frank Hodgkin - St. Kilda to Ganmain 1967 - Ron Harvey - Fitzroy to Coolamon 1968 - Vern Drake - Fitzroy to Ariah Park - Mirrool 1968 - Barney McKellar - Footscray to Coolamon 1969 - Graham Ion - Footscray to Turvey Park 1970 - Doug Priest - South Melbourne to Ariah Park - Mirrool 1970 - Warren Roper - Collingwood to Narrandera 1971 - Kevin Delmenico - Footscray to Ganmain 1972 - Phil Gehrig - Footscray to Ganmain 1976 - Keith Miller - Geelong to Turvey Park 1979 - Harry Skreja - Footscray to Leeton 1980 - Kevin Grose - Collingwood to Ardlethan 1981 - Brian Symes - North Melbourne to Ganmain

South Australian National Football League

• 1961 - Geoff Kingston - Turvey Park to West Torrens

Officer Bearers

Year	President	Secretary	Treasurer	Notes
	Ganmain & DFA
1910
1911
1912
	South West District FL
1913	R B Burns	D J Thompson		[138]
1914	R D Burns			[139]
1915				SWDFA in recess > WW1
1916				SWDFA in recess > WW1
1917				SWDFA in recess > WW1
1918	SWDFA in recess			Coolamon & DFA formed
1919	W Guest	L Henshaw	E C Podmore	[140]
		W Anderson		W Anderson, Dec'19[141]
1920	W Guest	W Anderson	J Kennedy
1921	W C H Hardingham	D K Frew
1922	F D Inman	W F Inman	J C Little
1923	L Cameron	G G Miller	J C Little
1924	W Nulty	W C H Hardingham	J C Little
1925	W Nulty	W C H Hardingham	J C Little
1926	John Wise
1927	J A Alexander	George Hepburn	J C Little	[142]
1928	J W Ford	George Hepburn	J C Little
1929	J Carroll	C Jack Smith	R Richardson
1930	J Carroll	C Jack Smith	R Richardson	SWDFL in recess
1931	T H Mancy	C Jack Smith	K A Edwards
1932	Leo Smith	C Jack Smith	Len Wilkinson
1933
1934
1935	Maloney	C Jack Smith
1936
1937				SWDFL in recess
1938	H Breaden	C Jack Smith		SWDFL in recess
1939	W J T Morgan	C Jack Smith	George V Stevens
1940	W J T Morgan	C Jack Smith	George V Stevens
1941-45				SWDFL in recess>WW2
1945	G Hinchcliffe	C Jack Smith	George V Stevens	[143]
1946	W Harry Logan	C Jack Smith	George V Stevens	[144]
1948	W Miles	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage	[145]
1949	W Miles	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1950	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1951	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1952	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1953	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1954	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1955	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1956	Jim Quinn	H Doug Roach	William J Gammage
1957	Jim Quinn	A F Elrington	William J Gammage
1958	Jim Quinn
1959	Jim Quinn
1960	Jim Quinn	F H Bratton	K Taylor
1961	Jim Quinn	F H Bratton	H W McKinnon
1962	Jim Quinn	F H Bratton	H W McKinnon
1963	Jim Quinn	F H Bratton	H G Brett
1964	Jim Quinn	Harvey G Brett	C Suttie
1965	Jim Quinn	Harvey G Brett	R J Biggs
1966	Jim Quinn	Harvey G Brett	R J Biggs
1967	Jim Quinn	Harvey G Brett	Peter J Wilson
1968	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	Ron Alston
1969	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1970	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1971	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1972	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1973	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1974	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1975	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1976	Jim Quinn	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough	Quinn resigned in April '76
	J Frank Gaynor			Gaynor appointed in May '76
1977	J Frank Gaynor	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1978	J Frank Gaynor	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1979	J Frank Gaynor	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1980	J Frank Gaynor	N Jack Buchanan	V Vic Woolnough
1981	J Frank Gaynor	John E Trigg	V Vic Woolnough	[146]

Life Members

• 1972 - Jim Quinn^[147]

Links

• History of South West District Football League
• "Swans on Screen": Griffith FNC - Detailed & comprehensive club & SWDFL league history
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• 1928 - South West DFL Premiers: Narrandera FC team photo
• 1948 - South West DFL Premiers: Narrandera FC team photo
• 1962 - South West DFL Premiers: Ariah Park FC team photo
• 1964 - Victorian Country Football Champions: SWDFL Representative team photo
• 1974 - South West DFL Premiers: Narrandera FC team photo