Western Tasmanian Football Association

The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.

Western Tasmanian Football Association
General Information
Founded 1963
Former names Queenstown FA (founded in 1924)
Closed 1994
Final clubs Lyell Gormanston Lions
Queenstown Blues
Strahan Seals
Zeehan Bulldogs
Former clubs City Magpies
Gormanston Blues
Lyell Maroons
Mines United
Smelters Robins
Railway
Rosebery Saints
Rosebery-Toorak Hawks
Toorak Tigers
Tullah-Savage River
Stadiums Queenstown Oval
1993 WTFA Season
Premiers Lyell-Gormanston
Minor Premiers Lyell-Gormanston
Wooden spoon Strahan.
Bartram Medalist Not available.
Leading Goalkicker P Schleigh (Lyell-Gormanston) 53

Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.

History

There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.[1]

In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association. The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club.

  • In 1977, the Smelters Football Club and the City Football Club Merged and formed the Queenstown Football Club.

Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club.[2]

  • Rosebery-Toorak Football Club leave the WTFA and join the NWFA to start in 1990.
  • In 1991, the Strahan Football Club re-formed and entered the WTFA, they last played in the Murchison FA in 1958.
  • The WTFA closed down at the end of 1993. The Queenstown Crows were formed in 1994 and are still playing in the Darwin Assoc

Premierships

Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963

Individual awards

  • The senior B&F was the Bartram Medal.
  • The reserves B&F was the ALB. Broadby Trophy.
  • Seniors and reserves both had leading goalkicker awards.

1987 Ladder

West Tasmanian FA Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Rosebery-Toorak 1005114031071131.00%42
Lyell-Gormanston 907014471336108.31%36
Tullah-Savage River 907012641220103.61%36
Zeehan 70901210147382.15%28
Queenstown401111387161186.10%18

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st SemiTullah-Savage River131189Zeehan91468
2nd SemiLyell-Gormanston1416100Rosebery-Toorak12880
PreliminaryTullah-Savage River131795Rosebery-Toorak10868
GrandLyell-Gormanston91670Tullah-Savage River71456

Notes

  1. "Western Tasmanian Football Association". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 13 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  2. http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20030911-0000/www.footypedia.com/00004242.htm see for 1979-1980's merges and participants
  3. "King Football" - Hobart Mercury - Monday, 28 May 1973 (page 29)

See also

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