General Information | |
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Founded | 1929 as Benalla District Football League [1] |
Known As | |
1929-1931 | Benalla District Football League |
1932-1940 | Thoona & Tatong Football Association |
1946-2009 | Benalla & District Football League |
Folded | 2009 after 78 seasons |
Last clubs |
Bonnie Doon Goorambat & District Longwood Swanpool Tatong |
2009 Season | |
Premiers | Bonnie Doon |
Minor Premiers | Bonnie Doon |
Website | https://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6146-0-0-0&sID=89772 |
The original Benalla District Football League was formed in 1929 [2] from the following clubs - Baddaginnie, Benalla - "B", Swanpool, Tatong, Thoona and Winton.
The Benalla & District Football League (B&DFL) was formed immediately after World War Two in 1946 [3] and an Australian rules football competition based in the Benalla region of Victoria, Australia and ran until 2009.
The B&DFL was formed in 1946 and superseded the former Tatong & Thoona Football Association after World War Two. [4]
In 1968, Benalla All Blacks kicked 45.31 - 301 against Devenish: 1.0 - 6, with All Black's Gavin Cherry kicking 19 goals.
In round thirteen of 1981, Glenrowan: 46.18 - 294 defeated Longwood: 1.1 - 7, with Glenrowan's R Fitzgerald kicking 18 goals.
The Victorian Country Football League shut the competition down at the end of the 2009 season when the VCFL policy of leagues having a minimum of six clubs could not be met.
The five remaining clubs joined the following leagues during the 2009 post-season.
The football association commenced in 1929 and has changed its name several times during their 81 years:
Colours | Club | Mascot | Years in competition | Premierships | Premiership years | Fate |
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Baddaginnie | 1931-1935 | - | - | Folded | ||
Benalla All Blacks | Panthers | 1934-40, 1953-80 | 11 | 1934, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1976 | Moved to Tungamah Football League, currently in Ovens & King Football Netball League | |
Benalla Juniors | 1929-1931 | 2 | 1930, 1931 | Joined Euroa Line Football Association, merged with Benalla in 1934 | ||
Benalla Rovers | Tigers | 1976-1989 | 1 | 1986 | Folded | |
Benalla Seconds | Demons | 1931, 1946 | 1 | 1946 | Moved to Benalla Mulwala Football League following 1931 season | |
Benalla Thirds | Demons | 1947-1952 | - | - | Moved to Benalla Junior Football League following 1952 season | |
Bonnie Doon | Bombers | 1965-2009 | 7 | 1966, 1989, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 2009 season | |
Devenish | Barbers | 1963-2006 | 2 | 2003, 2005 | Folded | |
Dookie Collegians seconds | 1939-1971 | 1 | 1948 | Left competition | ||
Glenrowan | Kelly Tigers | 1946-1991 | 5 | 1955, 1969, 1970, 1980, 1981 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 1991 season | |
Goorambat | Bats | 1931-2009 | 13 | 1935, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1974, 1978, 1979, 2001, 2006, 2007 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 2009 season | |
Glenrowan-Thoona United | 1961-1962 | - | - | De-merged following 1962 season | ||
Longwood | Redlegs | 1970-2009 | 3 | 1977, 1985, 2000 | Moved to Kyabram District Football Netball League following 2009 season | |
Molyullah | 1933-1934 | - | - | Folded | ||
North Wangaratta | Hawks | 1954–1960 | 1 | 1958 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 1960 season | |
Strathbogie | 1962-1986 | 1 | 1983 | Folded | ||
Swanpool | Swans | 1929-2009 | 5 | 1933, 1951, 1957, 1997, 1998 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 2009 season, folded after 2013 season | |
Tatong | Magpies | 1929-2009 | 12 | 1934, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1984, 1988 1994, 1995, 1996 | Moved to Ovens & King Football Netball league following 2009 season, folded after 2013 season | |
Thoona | Maroons | 1931-1967 | 1 | 1932 | Folded | |
Thornton-Eildon | Shinboners | 1986-1994 | 3 | 1991, 1992, 1993 | Moved to Tungamah Football League following 1994 season, now in Outer East Football Netball League | |
Tolmie | Snowmen | 1951-1970 | 1 | 1952 | Folded | |
Violet Town | Towners | 1936-40, 1978-91 | 5 | 1938, 1939, 1982, 1987, 1990 | Moved to Tungamah Football League following 1994 season, now in Kyabram District Football Netball League | |
Winton | 1929-31, 1947-57 | 2 | 1929, 1950 | In recess between 1932 & 1946. Folded |
- In 1934, Benalla All Blacks won the first grand final, then Glenrowan FC protested against an unregistered player. Tatong then defeated Glenrowan in the 2nd grand final. - In 1940 Benalla All Blacks were undefeated Premiers.
Year | B & F Winner | Club | Votes | Runner Up | Club | Votes | |
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1932 | |||||||
1933 | |||||||
1934 [14] | Harry Billman [15] | Glenrowan | 7 | Joe Askew & | Benalla All Blacks | 4 | |
Arthur Hall | Benalla All Blacks | 4 | |||||
1935 | |||||||
1936 [16] | J A Fisher | Tatong | 3 | R Reaper | Thoona | 2 & 1/2 | |
1937 [17] | Larry O'Brien | Glenrowan | 14 | J Byrnes | Benalla All Blacks | 13 | |
1938 [18] | Geoff Peacock & | Violet Town | 11 | Jim Cleary | Thoona | 8 | |
Fred Wallis | Benalla All Blacks | 11 | |||||
1939 | |||||||
1940 |
Year | B & F Winner | Club | Votes | Runner Up | Club | Votes | |
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1947 [19] | Lewis James | Goorambat | 7 | A Hyland & | Benalla | 5 | |
Lewis James | Goorambat | W Murphy | Tatong | 5 | |||
1948 [20] | Jack Andrews & | Benalla | |||||
Dick Joyce & | Winton | ||||||
Jack Saunders | Goorambat | ||||||
1949 [21] | Tom Dempsey & | Goorambat | 3 | ||||
[22] | Charles Tolliday | Swanpool | 3 | ||||
1950 | Lewis James | Goorambat | |||||
1951 [23] | Ken Lakeman & | Winton | |||||
Erin Murray & | Swanpool | ||||||
Athol Sims & | Tatong | ||||||
Frank Saunders | Goorambat | ||||||
1952 [24] | Doug Probyn | Tolmie | 27 & 1/2 | R Symes | Tatong | 27 | |
1953 [25] | Charles Tolliday | Swanpool | Athol Sims | Tatong | |||
1954 [26] | C Brisbane | Tolmie | 22 | Don Matthews | Tatong | 18 | |
Athol Sims | Tatong | 18 | |||||
1955 | |||||||
1956 | |||||||
1957 | John “Mac” Hill | Glenrowan | |||||
1958 | Laurie O'Donnell | Benalla All Blacks | |||||
1959 | |||||||
1960 | Kevin Allan | North Wangaratta | 23 | Barry Mathieson | Swanpool | 20 | |
1961 | Neil Hanlon | Goorambat | |||||
1962 | |||||||
1963 | Alan O'Brien | Glenrowan | 26 | ||||
1964 | Alan O’Brien | Glenrowan | 21 | ||||
1965 | |||||||
1966 | Neil Hanlon | Goorambat | |||||
1967 | Neil Hanlon | Goorambat | 27 | Gary Wilson | Tolmie | 21 | |
1968 | Bryan Gibson | Thoona | 24 | Paul Hooper | Devenish | 19 | |
1969 | Neville Smedley | Glenrowan | 31 | T Dale | Tolmie | 18 | |
1970 | Nick Farrell | Goorambat | 25 | John Foley | Goorambat | 16 | |
1971 | John Burns | Swanpool | 32 | R Houston | Longwood | 25 | |
1972 | Merv Hubbard | Bonnie Doon | 29 | Wayne McIntyre | Goorambat | 16 | |
1973 | |||||||
1974 | Phil Newth | Swanpool | 23 | Malcom Larkin | Bonnie Doon | 16 | |
1975 | John Burns | Benalla All Blacks | 22 | John Booth | Glenrowan | 20 | |
1976 | David McCullough | Glenrowan | |||||
1977 | M Shiell | Benalla All Blacks | 23 | T Harding | Longwood | 19 | |
1978 | Fred Malloy | Glenrowan | 23 | ||||
1979 | Geoff Payne | Bonnie Doon | 23 | R Vance | Violet Town | 18 | |
1980 | David McCann | Devenish | 21 | V Edwards | Strathbogie | 18 | |
Geoff Payne | Bonnie Doon | 18 | |||||
1981 | David McCann | Devenish | 34 | Ian Lee | Goorambat | 22 | |
1982 | Andrew Knowles | Violet Town | 29 | David McCann & | Devenish | 21 | |
David Pallpratt & | Devenish | 21 | |||||
Greg Withers & | Strathbogie | 21 | |||||
1983 | Robert Lowe | Tatong | 23 | Brendan Purcell | Bonnie Doon | 21 | |
1984 | Colin Tatterson | Violet Town | 17 | G. "Jedda" Walker & | Longwood | 16 | |
Greg Withers | Strathbogie | 16 | |||||
1985 | Glen Arndt | Bonnie Doon | |||||
1986 | Robert Johnson | Benalla Rovers | 24 | Ian Saunders | Goorambat | 20 | |
1987 | Andrew Varcoe | Devenish | 25 | Craig Allchin & | Thornton Eildon | 23 | |
Mark Metzner | Thornton Eildon | 23 | |||||
1988 | Phil Job | Bonnie Doon | 23 | Gary Abley | Violet Town | 21 | |
1989 | Andrew Varcoe | Devenish | 23 | Mick Grimes | Bonnie Doon | 21 | |
1990 | Brett Halligan | Thorton Eildon | 22 | Gary Abley | Violet Town | 22 (ineligible) | |
Mark McGuire | Tatong | 15 | |||||
1991 | Chris Pollard | Bonnie Doon | 22 | Gary Gerada | Violet Town | 12 |
Year | Player | H&A goals | Finals goals | Total Goals |
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1950 | Noel Johnson (Winton) | 46 | 8 | 54 |
1951 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | Pat Fitzgibbon (Benalla All Blacks) | 75 | 10 | 85 |
1954 | Pat Fitzgibbon (Benalla All Blacks) | 88 | 10 | 98 |
1955 | O'Brien (North Wagaratta) | 57 | 3 | 60 |
1956 | Pat Fitzgibbon (Benalla All Blacks) | 93 | 11 | 104 |
1957 | Pat Fitzgibbon (Benalla All Blacks) | 57 | 0 | 57 |
1958 | Pat Fitzgibbon (Benalla All Blacks) | 108 | 2 | 110 |
1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1960 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1962 | K Weston (Tatong) | 66 | 0 | 66 |
1963 | Robert Ashton (Goorambat) | 84 | 6 | 90 |
1964 | Robert Ashton (Goorambat) | 86 | 9 | 95 |
1965 | Robert Ashton (Goorambat) | 97 | 3 | 100 |
1966 | Bob Burns (Benalla All Blacks) | 88 | 4 | 92 |
1967 | J Bear (Glenrowan) | 69 | 3 | 72 |
1968 | Gavin Cherry (Benalla All Blacks) | 118 | 4 | 122 |
1969 | Gavin Cherry (Benalla All Blacks) | 114 | 4 | 118 |
1970 | Gavin Cherry (Benalla All Blacks) | 114 | 4 | 118 |
1971 | D Robertson (Swanpool) | 68 | 5 | 73 |
1972 | L Withers (Longwood) | 79 | 5 | 84 |
1973 | M Withers (Longwood) | 70 | 4 | 74 |
1974 | G Joyce (Tatong) | 57 | 3 | 60 |
1975 | S Hales (Benalla All Blacks) | 88 | 5 | 93 |
1976 | Merv Sellars (Tatong) | 92 | 12 | 104 |
1977 | G Trickey (Benalla All Blacks) | 76 | 2 | 78 |
1978 | T Harding (Longwood) | 52 | 2 | 54 |
1979 | P Gipps (Strathbogies) | 67 | 0 | 67 |
1980 | G Payne (Bonnie Doon) | 71 | 0 | 71 |
1981 | R Fitzgerald (Glenrowan) | 102 | 6 | 108 |
1982 | Greg Withers (Strathbogies) | 105 | 8 | 113 |
1983 | Len Holden (Glenrowan) | 86 | 5 | 91 |
1984 | Stephen Judd (Tatong) | 69 | 7 | 76 |
1985 | P Murrell (Glenrowan) | 93 | 0 | 93 |
1986 | Brian Hogg (Benalla Rovers) | 123 | 12 | 135 |
1987 | Philip Job (Boonie Doon) | 112 | 0 | 112 |
1988 | Philip Job (Boonie Doon) | 145 | 4 | 149 |
1989 | Steve Rowe (TED) | 91 | 8 | 99 |
1990 | Chris Hayes (Violet Town) | 114 | 14 | 128 |
1991 | Rodney Webster (Tatong) | 98 | 11 | 109 |
1992 | Rodney Webster (Tatong) | 109 | 0 | 109 |
1993 | Steve Rowe (TED) | 124 | 12 | 136 |
1994 | Les Wallace (Tatong) | 110 | 7 | 117 |
1995 | Geoff Hill (Tatong) | 103 | 8 | 111 |
1996 | Geoff Hill (Tatong) | 91 | 13 | 104 |
1997 | John Byrnes (Longwood) | 85 | 2 | 87 |
1998 | B Groom (Longwood) | 65 | 7 | 72 |
1999 | Ben Vogelzang (Bonnie Doon) | 117 | 18 | 135 |
2000 | Leigh Pollard (Bonnie Doon) | 78 | 3 | 81 |
2001 | Peter Cox (Boonie Doon) | 65 | 5 | 70 |
2002 | Ben Vogelzang (Bonnie Doon) | 111 | 0 | 111 |
2003 | Ben Vogelzang (Bonnie Doon) | 119 | 0 | 119 |
2004 | Ben Vogelzang (Bonnie Doon) | 71 | 20 | 91 |
2005 | David Matheson (Devenish) | 80 | 12 | 92 |
2006 | Heath Martin (Bonnie Doon) | 75 | 0 | 75 |
2007 | Andrew Doxey (Goorambat) | 86 | 16 | 102 |
2008 | Brad Torney (Bonnie Doon) | 62 | 0 | 62 |
2009 | Tom Webster (Bonnie Doon) | 64 | 0 | 64 |
Benalla DFL | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
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Goorambat | 13 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1800 | 1045 | 172.25% | 68 | 1st Semi | Bonnie Doon | 31 | 15 | 201 | Tatong | 7 | 4 | 46 |
Longwood | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1701 | 1316 | 129.26% | 56 | 2nd Semi | Goorambat | 21 | 11 | 137 | Longwood | 8 | 16 | 64 |
Bonnie Doon | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1379 | 1411 | 97.73% | 56 | Preliminary | Bonnie Doon | 20 | 8 | 128 | Longwood | 18 | 16 | 124 |
Tatong | 7 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1526 | 1709 | 89.29% | 44 | Grand | Goorambat | 19 | 10 | 124 | Bonnie Doon | 13 | 11 | 89 |
Swanpool | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 953 | 1878 | 50.75% | 16 |
Benalla DFL | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
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Bonnie Doon | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2691 | 772 | 348.58% | 80 | 1st Semi | Longwood | 5 | 3 | 33 | Tatong | 3 | 11 | 29 |
Goorambat | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1653 | 1302 | 126.96% | 56 | 2nd Semi | Bonnie Doon | 24 | 17 | 161 | Goorambat | 9 | 11 | 65 |
Tatong | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 1513 | 1794 | 84.34% | 52 | Preliminary | Goorambat | 8 | 15 | 63 | Longwood | 7 | 18 | 60 |
Longwood | 4 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1157 | 1948 | 59.399% | 32 | Grand | Bonnie Doon | 10 | 17 | 77 | Goorambat | 11 | 6 | 72 |
Swanpool | 1 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 979 | 2177 | 44.97% | 20 |
Benalla DFL | Wins | Losses | Draws | Byes | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
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Bonnie Doon | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2569 | 382 | 672.51% | 80 | 1st Semi | Goorambat | 12 | 12 | 84 | Longwood | 7 | 3 | 45 |
Swanpool | 12 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2235 | 1017 | 219.76% | 64 | 2nd Semi | Bonnie Doon | 13 | 14 | 92 | Swanpool | 5 | 3 | 33 |
Goorambat | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 1661 | 1258 | 132.03% | 46 | Preliminary | Swanpool | 17 | 17 | 119 | Goorambat | 6 | 3 | 39 |
Longwood | 4 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 983 | 1944 | 44.97% | 20 | Grand | Bonnie Doon | 19 | 12 | 126 | Swanpool | 4 | 9 | 33 |
Tatong | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 316 | 3163 | 9.99% | 16 |