The Southern Mallee Football League (SMFL) was an Australian rules football competition that finished in 1996 based in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s.
The Southern Mallee Football Association (SMFA) was formed in the 1932[1] and continued until 1996 when it merged with the Northern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League (Victoria).
In the 1937 SMFA grand final, E McCarthy kicked 15 goals for Hopetoun Football Club to help them defeat Kenmare.
In April, 1938 the SMFA was renamed the SMF League at its annual general meeting.[2]
A Reserves / Second Eighteen football competition was introduced by the SMFL in 1948.[3]
The thirds competition may of been introduced in 1969 and ran as an under 16 boys competition.
From 1932 to 1937,[4] there was also a Southern Mallee Football League (SMFL).[5]
The SMFL also had a junior competition in 1936.[6]
Prior to the start of the 1937 SMFL season, there was a number of clubs considering moving to another league, which caused a delay to the start of the season.[7]
The SMFL folded prior to the start of the 1938 season, with a number of clubs wishing to move to other neighbouring leagues[8] and with Sea Lake going onto play in the Manangatang Waitchie Football League.[9]
Colors | Club | Nickname | Years in SMFL | Premierships | Moved to |
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Berri-Culgoa | Tigers | 1979-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Beulah | Blues | 1932-1996 | 18 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Brim | Eagles | 1932-1996 | 5 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Hopetoun | Devils | 1936-1996 | 13 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Jeparit*# | Redbacks | 1957–1959, 1990-1996 | 0 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Kenmare | 1932–1940, 1946-1954 | 1 | Disbanded | ||
Lascelles | 1946-1950 | 2 | Merged with Woomelang | ||
Nullawil | Maroons | 1979-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Rainbow* | 1937-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | ||
Rosebery | 1932–1938, 1951-1954 | 1 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | ||
Warracknabeal# | Lions | 1957-1959 | 0 | Wimmera Football League | |
Woomelang[10] | 1940-1950 | 1 | Merged with Lascelles | ||
Woomelang-Lascelles | Cats | 1951-1996 | 6 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) | |
Yaapeet | Purples | 1946-1996 | 4 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
Colors | Club | Nickname | Years in SMFL | Premierships | Runner Up | Moved to |
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Berriwillock | Bullfrogs | 1932 - 1937 | 2 | 2 | Wycheproof District FL in 1938 | |
Birchip | Swans | 1932 - 1933 | North Central FL in 1934[11][12] | |||
Culgoa | 1932 - 1936 | Wycheproof District FL in 1937 | ||||
Lalbert | 1936 - 1937 | 1 | Northern District FL in 1938 | |||
Nullawil | Maroons | 1932 - 1936 | Wycheproof District FL in 1937 | |||
Quambatook | Tigers | 1937 | Wycheproof District FL in 1938 | |||
Sea Lake | 1932 - 1937 | 3 | 3 | Manangatang Waitchie FL in 1938[13] | ||
Ultima | Roos | 1936 - 1937[14] | Northern District FL in 1938 | |||
Woomelang | 1937[15] | North Central FL in 1938 | ||||
Wycheproof | 1932 | 1 | Charlton Wycheproof FL in 1933[16] |
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
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1932 | Brim[17] | 7.12.54 | Beulah | 6.4.40 |
1933 | Beulah[18] | 11.14.80 | Rosebery | 8.4.52 |
1934 | Rosebery[19] | 9.9.63 | Beulah | 8.10.58 |
1935 | Beulah[20] | 10.4.64 | Brim | 4.9.33 |
1936 | Kenmare[21] | 9.20.74 | Brim | 5.8.38 |
1937 | Hopetoun[22] | 21.17.143 | Kenmare | 6.7.43 |
1938 | Hopetoun[23] | 21-11-137 | Rainbow | 11-6-72 |
1939 | Hopetoun | 15-5-95 | Brim | 11-9-75 |
1940 | Woomelang[24] | 18.4.112 | Hopetoun | 11.14.80 |
1941-1945 | Competition in recess due to World War Two | |||
1946 | Lascelles[25] | 14.18.102 | Kenmare | 8.11.59 |
1947 | Beulah[26] | 11.15.81 | Kenmare | 8.23.71 |
1948 | Brim | 8.16.64 | Hopetoun | 8.14.62 |
1949 | Lascelles[27] | 13.11.89 | Beulah | 6.12.48 |
1950 | Beulah | 7.13.55 | Lascelles | 4.12.36 |
1951 | Brim | 13.16.94 | Beulah | 11.15.81 |
1952 | Brim | 14.18.102 | Beulah | 9.11.65 |
1953 | Beulah | 10.18.78 | Hopetoun | 11.10.76 |
1954 | Beulah | 13.19.97 | Hopetoun | 8.13.61 |
1955 | Beulah | 5.14.44 | Hopetoun | 3.9.27 |
1956 | Beulah | 17.12.114 | Yaapeet | 16.4.100 |
1957 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 6.12.48 | Beulah | 6.10.46 |
1958 | Yaapeet | 13.9.87 | Hopetoun | 11.14.80 |
1959 | Rainbow | 14.11.95 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 8.16.64 |
1960 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 5.14.44 | Rainbow | 3.16.34 |
1961 | Beulah | 15.10.100 | Hopetoun | 8.13.61 |
1962 | Beulah | 13.16.94 | Rainbow | 14.8.92 |
1963 | Rainbow | 9.20.74 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 10.12.72 |
1964 | Beulah | 17.11.113 | Yaapeet | 8.8.56 |
1965 | Hopetoun | 14.16.100 | Beulah | 10.13.73 |
1966 | Hopetoun | 14.12.96 | Yaapeet | 9.7.61 |
1967 | Yaapeet | 12.10.82 | Hopetoun | 11.15.81 |
1968 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 13-11-89 | Rainbow | 11-10-76 |
1969 | Hopetoun | 11.12.78 | Rainbow | 7.11.53 |
1970 | Rainbow | 13.12.90 | Hopetoun | 13.10.88 |
1971 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 16.10.106 | Hopetoun | 15.13.103 |
1972 | Hopetoun | 20.19.139 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 9.10.64 |
1973 | Hopetoun[28] | 33.13.211 | Beulah | 13.6.84 |
1974 | Beulah | 10-16-76 | Hopetoun | 9-12-66 |
1975 | Hopetoun | 20.24.144 | Beulah | 12.7.79 |
1976 | Hopetoun | 16.18.114 | Beulah | 14.9.93 |
1977 | Yaapeet[29] | 21.10.136 | Hopetoun | 16.16.112 |
1978 | Yaapeet[30] | 16.11.107 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 10.15.75 |
1979 | Nullawil | 18.15.123 | Beulah | 13.11.89 |
1980 | Nullawil | 15-14-104 | Hopetoun | 11-12-78 |
1981 | Beulah | 17-19-121 | Hopetoun | 17-8-110 |
1982 | Beulah | 13-21-99 | Nullawil | 8-12-60 |
1983 | Hopetoun | 19-14-128 | Nullawil | 11-15-81 |
1984 | Hopetoun | 18-19-127 | Nullawil | 9-9-63 |
1985 | Beulah | 21-14-140 | Yaapeet | 12-10-82 |
1986 | Nullawil[31] | 12-10-82 | Beulah | 10-7-67 |
1987 | Brim | 17.13.115 | Nullawil | 14.10.94 |
1988 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 8-15-63 | Berri-Culgoa | 3-13-31 |
1989 | Beulah | 14-7-91 | Berri-Culgoa | 10-12-72 |
1990 | Beulah | 18-13-121 | Hopetoun | 13-6-84 |
1991 | Hopetoun | 17-16-118 | Beulah | 16-9-105 |
1992 | Beulah | 10.12.72 | Berri-Culgoa | 7.19.61 |
1993 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 15-11-101 | Beulah | 12-11-83 |
1994 | Berri-Culgoa | 24.20-164 | Nullawil | 11-4-70 |
1995 | Berri-Culgoa | 16-19-115 | Jeparit | 7-11-53 |
1996 | Berri-Culgoa | 22-21-153 | Nullawil | 7-10-52 |
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
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1932 | Wycheproof[32] | 14.17 - 10 | Sea Lake[33] | 6.7 - 43 |
1933 | Berriwillock[34] | 10.8 - 68 | Sea Lake | 7.15 - 57 |
1934 | Sea Lake[35] | 14.14 - 98 | Berriwillock | 11.12 - 78 |
1935 | Sea Lake[36] | 8.6 - 54 | Berriwillock[37][38] | 7.11 - 53 |
1936 | Berriwillock[39] | 10.11 - 71 | Sea Lake[40] | 5.29 - 59 |
1937 | Sea Lake | 9.7 - 61 | Lalbert | 8.12 - 60 |
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
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1962 | Rosebery[41] | 9.10.64 | Woomelang - Lascelles | 3.15.33 |
1963 | Rainbow[42] | 7.11.53 | Woomelang - Lascelles | 7.12.54 |
1964 | Hopetoun[43] | 6.18.54 | Beulah | 7.6.48 |
1965 | Woomelang - Lascelles[44] | 20.14.134 | Hopetoun | 9.11.65 |
1966 | ||||
1967 | ||||
1968 | Rainbow[45] | 11.18.82 | Woomelang - Lascelles | 6.9.51 |
1969 | Hopetoun[46] | 11.12.78 | Beulah | 7.3.45 |
1970 | ||||
1971 | ||||
1972 | Hopetoun[47] | 14.15.99 | Brim | 5.9.39 |
1973 | ||||
1974 | Beulah[48] | 12.14.86 | Yaapeet | 8.4.52 |
1975 | Woomelang - Lascelles[49] | 13.13.91 | Hopetoun | 10.11.71 |
1976 | ||||
1977 | ||||
1978 | ||||
1979 | Nullawil | 14.17.101 | Yaapeet | 7.9.51 |
1980 | Brim[50] | 14.11.95 | Beulah | 13.16.94 |
1981 | Brim | 17.9.111 | Beulah | 11.18 - 84 |
1982 | Beulah | 15.15.105 | Berri - Culgoa | 14.14.98 |
1983 | Berri - Culgoa[51] | 23.20.158 | Beulah | 12.8.80 |
1984 | Hopetoun[52] | 13.12.90 | Beulah | 11.13.79 |
1985 | Hopetoun | 18.11.107 | Brim | 15.10.100 |
1986 | ||||
1987 | ||||
1988 | ||||
1989 | Yaapeet | 14.14.98 | Hopetoun | 7.10.52 |
1990 |
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
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1969 | Hopetoun | 7.4.46 | Beulah | 7.3.45 |
1970 | ||||
1971 | ||||
1972 | ||||
1973 | ||||
1974 | ||||
1975 | Rainbow | 12.12.84 | Hopetoun | 5.5.35 |
1976 | ||||
1977 | ||||
1978 | ||||
1979 | Woomelang - Lascelles[53] | 11.5.71 | Hopetoun | 7.9.51 |
1980 | ||||
1981 | Hopetoun[54] | 8.8.56 | Woomelang - Lascelles | 1.3.9 |
1982 | Hopetoun[55] | 13.5.83 | Beulah | 4.7.31 |
1983 | ||||
1984 | Beulah | 7.10.52 | Hopetoun | 5.4.34 |
1985 | Beulah[56] | 10.5.65 | Hopetoun | 5.5.35 |
1986 | ||||
1987 | ||||
1988 | ||||
1989 | Woomelang - Lascelles[57] | 18.5.113 | Hopetoun | 3.0.18 |
1990 |
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
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1984 | Hopetoun | 2.2.14 | Brim | 1.1.7 |
Year | B & F Winner | Club | Votes | Runner Up | Club | Votes | |
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1934 | H Boschen | Rosebery | 17 | W Male | Kenmare | 15[58] | |
1946 | Jim Gull | Kenmare | [59] | ||||
1948 | Jack Kranz | Beulah | |||||
1951 | Bill Heath | Rosebery | |||||
1985 | Leon Krelle | Yaapeet | 20 | G Clayton | Brim | 19 |