Kyabram & District Football League

**Kyabram District Football League**
General Information

Founded	1932
Current clubs	Ardmona Avenel Girgarre Lancaster Longwood Merrigum Murchison Nagambie Rushworth Stanhope Tallygaroopna Undera Violet Town
Records
Highest Score	358 – Violet Town 56.22.358 (v Ardmona 2.5.17) – 2012
Most goals in a game	34 - Craig Whelan - Violet Town v Ardmona - 2012
Most goals in a season	173 - Perry Meka - Ardmona - 1992
Most wins in a row	35 - Lancaster 2001-2002
Most losses in a row	36 - Tallygaroopna 1977-1979
Most flags in a row	4 - Shepparton East 1958- 1961

The Kyabram District Football League (KDFL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria. It is made up of 13 teams, following Yea's departure in 2007 to join the Yarra Valley Mountain Football League, and Longwood's admission in 2010 following the collapse of the Benalla District Football League. The KDFL is made up of smaller country town football clubs in the Goulburn Valley. The majority of these towns have a population base of around 500 people, each of these clubs fields three football sides in the Senior, Reserve and Under 18 divisions of the KDFL as well as five netball sides in A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, Under 17 and Under 15 divisions of the KDNL.

The KDFL season is made up of 20 rounds in the home and away season, with each side playing 18 games, at the conclusion of the home and away season, the top five teams in each division face off in the finals series. The top three teams in this series are assured a second chance at making the Grand Final, however the fourth and fifth placed teams have no such luxury and are eliminated after any loss, this system works to reward the teams who have performed better over the home and away season.

During the season, each club will play nine home games and nine away games, in finals however, venues are designated to different clubs on a cycle. In 2007, for the first time, the grand final was staged in the larger Goulburn Valley Football League ground, Mooroopna in the hope that it would attract a larger crowd, in excess of 3,000 people turned up to watch the game.

History

The Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1932, changing its name to Kyabram District Football League in 1960.^[1]

Current Clubs

Club	Nickname	Years in comp	KDFL Premierships	Premiership Years
Ardmona	Cats	1957-	5	1993, 1995–96, 2002, 2006
Avenel	Swans	1976-	6	1978-79, 1985–86, 1989, 1994
Girgarre	Kangaroos	1932-	4	1952, 1976, 1983, 1991
Lancaster	Wombats	1932-	7	1932, 1980–81, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2011
Longwood	Redlegs	2010-	-	-
Merrigum	Bulldogs	1946-	9	1949-50-51, 1953, 1957, 1986–87, 1990, 2015
Murchison	Grasshoppers	1964-	4	1964, 1966, 1982, 2013
Nagambie	Lakers	1965-	10	1965, 1967, 1969–70, 1975, 1977, 1998–99, 2010, 2014
Rushworth	Tigers	1998-	1	2004
Stanhope	Lions	1995-	4	2000, 2003, 2007–08
Tallygaroopna	Redlegs	1958-	5	1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 2005
Undera	Lions		8	1946-47, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1997, 2009
Violet Town	Towners	2006-	1	2012

Former Clubs

Tongala (1932-1945)
Wyuna (1932-1952)
Kyabram (1932-1958)
Corop (1936)
Camp 1 (1946)
Cooma (1949-1954)
Miepoll (1945-1952)
Congupna (1956-1961)
Shepparton East (1956-1961)
Yea (1986-1997) & (2006-2007)

Awards

Premierships

Year	Seniors	Reserves	Under 18's
2015	Merrigum	Lancaster	Lancaster
2014	Nagambie	Rushworth	Ardmona
2013	Murchison	Undera	Lancaster
2012	Violet Town	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
2011	Lancaster	Lancaster	Tallygaroopna (Premiers & Champions)
2010	Nagambie	Stanhope	Murchison (Premiers & Champions)
2009	Undera	Undera	Rushworth
2008	Stanhope	Stanhope	Nagambie
2007	Stanhope	Lancaster	Violet Town
2006	Ardmona	Ardmona	Avenel
2005	Tallygaroopna	Stanhope	Avenel
2004	Rushworth	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
2003	Stanhope (Premiers & Champions)	Stanhope	Merrigum
2002	Ardmona	Avenel	Merrigum
2001	Lancaster	Murchison	Stanhope
2000	Stanhope	Lancaster	Avenel
1999	Nagambie (Premiers & Champions)	Rushworth	Stanhope
1998	Nagambie	Rushworth	Lancaster
1997	Undera	Ardmona	Stanhope
1996	Ardmona	Ardmona	Stanhope
1995	Ardmona	Lancaster	Girgarre
1994	Avenel	Tallygaroopna	Avenel (Premiers & Champions)
1993	Ardmona	Ardmona	Yea
1992	Lancaster	Lancaster	Yea
1991	Girgarre	Tallygaroopna	Merrigum
1990	Merrigum	Merrigum	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1989	Avenel	Girgarre	Merrigum
1988	Lancaster	Yea	Merrigum
1987	Merrigum	Lancaster	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1986	Merrigum	Merrigum	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1985	Avenel	Avenel	Undera
1984	Avenel	Tallygaroopna	Avenel
1983	Girgarre	Nagambie	Avenel
1982	Murchison	Murchison	Nagambie
1981	Lancaster	Merrigum (Premiers & Champions)	Nagambie
1980	Lancaster	Lancaster	Murchison
1979	Avenel	Avenel	Avenel
1978	Avenel	Avenel	Lancaster
1977	Nagambie	Lancaster	Undera
1976	Girgarre	Ardmona	Nagambie (Premiers & Champions)
1975	Nagambie	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre
1974	Tallygaroopna	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
1973	Tallygaroopna	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre
1972	Undera	Murchison	Ardmona
1971	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre	Ardmona
1970	Nagambie	Girgarre	Murchison
1969	Nagambie	Ardmona
1968	Undera	Ardmona
1967	Nagambie	Murchison
1966	Murchison
1965	Nagambie
1964	Murchison
1963	Tallygaroopna
1962	Undera
1961	Shepparton East
1960	Shepparton East
1959	Shepparton East
1958	Shepparton East
1957	Merrigum
1956	Congupna
1955	Undera
1954	Kyabram Youth Club
1953	Merrigum
1952	Girgarre
1951	Merrigum
1950	Merrigum
1949	Merrigum
1948	Kyabram Imperials
1947	Undera
1946	Undera
1932	Lancaster

Best & Fairest Winners

1946- K.Dunstall (Girgarre)
1947- B.Tyndall (Undera)
1948- K.Betson (Kyabram Imperials)
1949- P.Humphrey (Kyabram Imperials)
1950- J.Brown (Girgarre)
1951- L.Pell (Wyuna)
1952- E.Wade (Lancaster)
1953- I.Perry (Cooma)
1954- L.Doolan (Girgarre)
1955- P.Fry (Merrigum)
1956- F.Salmon (Lancaster) & D.McKenna (Shepparton East)
1957- W.Roe (Congupna)
1958- I.Hughes (Miepoll)
1959- G.Arthur (Girgarre)
1960- J.Sellwood (Undera)
1961- K.James (Miepoll)
1962- J.Neal (Undera)
1963- R.Doolan (Girgarre)
1964- G.Cross (Murchison)
1965- R.Moore (Nagambie)
1966- A.Carson (Girgarre)
1967- P.Sleeth (Undera)
1968- C.Barnes (Ardmona)
1969- M.Varcoe (Girgarre) & N.Hosie (Tallygaroopna)
1970- K.Chapman (Merrigum)
1971- N.Langley (Girgarre)
1972- D.McKellar (Ardmona)
1973- P.Sleeth (Undera)
1974- M.Black (Nagambie) & P.Sleeth (Undera)
1975- B.Finnigan (Nagambie)
1976- K.Atkinson (Murchison)
1977- T.Gallagher (Nagambie)
1978- L.Casey (Girgarre)
1979- G.Saunders (Ardmona)
1980- C.Gundrill (Undera)
1981- N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
1982- G.Wallis (Girgarre)
1983- W.Lee (Tallygaroopna)
1984- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
1985- M.Black (Nagambie)
1986- E.Shiels (Nagambie) & N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
1987- M.Rijs (Murchison) & P.White (Merrigum)
1988- R.Aldous (Avenel)
1989- M.Power (Tallygaroopna)
1990- P.Cunningham (Yea)
1991- P.Thorpe (Avenel)
1992- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
1993- E.Shiels (Nagambie)
1994- R.Demarte (Lancaster)
1995- R.Martin (Yea)
1996- R.Martin (Yea)
1997- L.O'Brien (Undera)
1998- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
1999- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
2000- R.Aldous (Nagambie)
2001- A.Thomas (Lancaster)
2002- J.Waasdorp (Rushworth)
2003- D.Harrison (Stanhope)
2004- T. Sidebottom (Tallygaroopna)
2005- B. Lowe (Ardmona)
2006- A. Molisak (Tallygaroopna)
2007- M. Shiels (Nagambie)
2008- C. Eddy (Lancaster)& M. Young (Ardmona)
2009- P. Burnett (Lancaster)
2010- T. Snelson (Girgarre)
2011- S. Thompson (Lancaster)
2012- R. Lee (Violet Town)
2013- J. Pell (Merrigum)
2014- M. Shiels (Nagambie)
2015- D. Stirling (Avenel)

Leading Goal Kickers

Year	Player	Club	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1958	R Adams	Miepoll	60		60
1959	Jim Baker	Cogupna Road	104	9	113
1960	William Tyquin	Shepparton East	67	1	68
1961	W Betson	Cogupna Road	87	4	91
1962	J Corken	Tallygaroopna	71	8	79
1963					0
1964	Jim Tweedle	Murchison	57	6	63
1965	Jim Tweedle	Murchison	85	10	95
1966	Dick Moore	Nagambie	135	0	135
1967	Brian Lodding	Nagambie	43	6	49
1968	Peter Mark	Undera	58
1969	Stan Atkinson	Ardmona	97	3	100
1970	Brian Lodding	Nagambie	67	2	69
1971	Col Jones	Tallygaroopna	76	1	77
1972	Rex Wright	Tallygaroopna	58	11	69
1973	Rex Wright	Tallygaroopna	47	6	53
1974	Stuart Florence	Ardmona	89	12	101
1975	Wayne Leppard	Merrigum	52	5	57
1976	Andrew Jones	Girgarre	87	7	94
1977	Murray Kick	Murchison	73	2	75
1978	Dennis Patterson	Merrigum	72	1	73
1979	Barry Freer	Undera	65	8	73
1980	Peter Law	Merrigum	71	8	79
1981	Peter Law	Merrigum	57	5	62
1982	Trevor Coulstock	Lancaster	79		79
1983	Trevor Coulstock	Lancaster	65		65
1984	William Hannam	Avenel	83	4	87
1985	Brian MacGibbon	Tallygaroopna	73		73
1986	Richard Ivey	Yea	120	6	126
1987	Robert Walters	Murchison	118	14	132
1988	Robert Walters	Murchison	84	11	95
1989	Robert Walters	Murchison	95	10	105
1990	Robert Walters	Murchison	100	12	112
1991	Darren Turner	Tallygaroopna	115	5	120
1992	Perry Meka	Ardmona	151	22	173
1993	Perry Meka	Ardmona	143	28	171
1994	Darren Block	Avenel	77		77
1995	Shane Loveless	Ardmona	125	27	152
1996	Shane Loveless	Ardmona	140	8	148
1997	David Giles	Undera	117	9	126
1998	Jodie Canavan	Stanhope	116		116
1999	Danny Irwin	Rushworth	119	19	138
2000	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	104	20	124
2001	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	112	23	135
2002	Damien Yze	Ardmona	129	25	154
2003	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	115	11	126
2004	Jodie Canavan	Rushworth	98	10	108
2005	Travis Wayman	Tallygaroopna	109	10	119
2006	Perry Meka	Ardmona	134	15	149
2007	Perry Meka	Ardmona	98	9	107
2008	Adrian Meka	Ardmona	97	6	103
2009	Sam LaPorta	Undera	88	22	110
2010	Sam LaPorta	Undera	111	12	123
2011	Sam LaPorta	Undera	96	14	110
2012	Brent Arho	Tallygaroopna	125	–	125
2013	Anthony Mellington	Murchison	75	7	82
2014	Patrick Rattray	Nagambie	100	15	115
2015	Matt Forys	Stanhope	110	23	133

1982- Peter Ewart 69 (Murchison) and 11 in finals
1988- Brett Barnes 84 (Nagambie)and 3 goals in finals
1997- Shane Loveless 111 (Ardmona) and 28 goals in finals

2006 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Stanhope	17	2	1	0	2517	1086	231.77%	76
Lancaster	15	2	2	1	2393	1061	225.54%	70
Ardmona	14	2	4	0	2756	1242	221.90%	64
Yea	13	2	5	0	2190	1477	148.27%	60
Rushworth	12	2	6	0	2187	1455	150.31%	56
Violet Town	11	2	6	1	2034	1549	131.31%	54
Tallygaroopna	9	2	9	0	1515	1661	91.21%	44
Undera	8	2	10	0	1861	1854	100.38%	40
Murchison	5	2	13	0	1714	2011	85.23%	28
Girgarre	4	2	14	0	1234	2345	52.62%	24
Merrigum	4	2	14	0	936	2229	41.99%	24
Avenel	2	2	16	0	1244	2741	45.38%	16
Nagambie	2	2	16	0	886	2756	32.15%	16

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Yea	8	14	62	Rushworth	7	7	49
Qualifying	Ardmona	16	11	107	Lancaster	9	14	68
1st Semi	Lancaster	21	10	136	Yea	8	4	52
2nd Semi	Stanhope	13	11	89	Ardmona	9	10	64
Preliminary	Ardmona	16	17	113	Lancaster	17	10	112
Grand	Ardmona	15	9	99	Stanhope	14	13	97

2007 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Stanhope	17	2	1	2156	885	243.62%	76
Violet Town	15	2	3	2096	1174	178.53%	68
Ardmona	14	2	4	2089	1255	166.45%	64
Tallygaroopna	12	2	6	1911	1130	169.12%	56
Undera	12	2	6	1718	1161	147.98%	56
Rushworth	11	2	7	1694	1242	136.39%	52
Avenel	11	2	7	1725	1418	121.65%	52
Lancaster	9	2	9	1627	1401	116.13%	44
Girgarre	6	2	12	1319	1781	74.06%	32
Nagambie	5	2	13	1197	1995	60.00%	28
Murchison	2	2	16	750	2231	33.62%	16
Merrigum	2	2	16	660	2067	31.93%	16
Yea	1	2	17	884	2086	42.38%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Tallygaroopna	15	3	93	Undera	13	10	88
Qualifying	Ardmona	16	13	109	Violet Town	9	8	62
1st Semi	Tallygaroopna	17	14	116	Violet Town	8	9	57
2nd Semi	Stanhope	18	13	121	Ardmona	10	4	64
Preliminary	Ardmona	12	13	85	Tallygaroopna	12	11	83
Grand	Stanhope	18	13	121	Ardmona	4	10	34

2008 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Stanhope	18	0	2312	902	256.32%	72
Ardmona	16	2	2201	1465	150.24%	64
Lancaster	14	4	2173	1034	210.15%	56
Undera	13	5	2071	1131	183.11%	52
Nagambie	8	10	1964	1710	114.85%	32
Avenel	8	10	1664	1766	94.22%	32
Girgarre	8	10	1411	1806	78.13%	32
Tallygaroopna	7	11	1416	1603	88.33%	28
Murchison	7	11	1232	2033	60.60%	28
Violet Town	4	14	1302	2063	63.11%	16
Rushworth	4	14	1294	2156	60.02%	16
Merrigum	1	17	909	2280	39.87%	4

^[2] FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Undera	15	15	105	Nagambie	7	5	47
Qualifying	Ardmona	13	11	89	Lancaster	12	14	86
1st Semi	Lancaster	12	12	84	Undera	9	16	70
2nd Semi	Stanhope	24	15	159	Ardmona	9	9	63
Preliminary	Ardmona	16	11	107	Lancaster	14	9	93
Grand	Stanhope	17	14	116	Ardmona	10	6	66

2009 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Nagambie	17	0	1	2368	853	277.61%	70
Lancaster	15	3	0	1964	1139	172.43%	60
Undera	14	3	1	2051	947	216.58%	58
Stanhope	11	7	0	1663	1457	114.14%	44
Murchison	10	8	0	1462	1440	101.53%	40
Violet Town	9	9	0	1696	1651	102.73%	36
Rushworth	9	9	0	1398	1550	90.19%	36
Merrigum	7	11	0	1421	1592	89.26%	28
Tallygaroopna	6	12	0	1288	1549	83.15%	24
Ardmona	4	14	0	1265	2010	62.94%	16
Avenel	4	14	0	1165	2074	56.17%	16
Girgarre	1	17	0	697	2176	32.03%	4

^[3] FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Stanhope	13	4	82	Murchison	8	6	54
Qualifying	Lancaster	14	11	95	Undera	11	8	74
1st Semi	Undera	18	13	121	Stanhope	15	18	108
2nd Semi	Nagambie	18	13	121	Lancaster	11	7	73
Preliminary	Undera	15	8	98	Lancaster	13	10	88
Grand	Undera	16	13	109	Nagambie	13	14	92

2010 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lancaster	16	2	0	1939	945	205.19%	64
Undera	15	3	0	2509	871	288.06%	60
Nagambie	15	3	0	2109	1172	179.95%	60
Stanhope	14	4	0	1747	1002	174.35%	56
Violet Town	12	6	0	1835	1037	176.95%	48
Murchison	9	9	0	1725	1350	127.78%	36
Tallygaroopna	8	10	0	1691	1610	105.03%	32
Rushworth	8	10	0	1521	1643	92.57%	32
Avenel	7	11	0	1327	1711	77.56%	28
Girgarre	6	11	1	1230	1533	80.23%	26
Merrigum	3	14	1	972	2139	45.44%	14
Longwood	2	16	0	581	2453	23.69%	8
Ardmona	1	17	0	972	2692	36.11%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Stanhope	15	13	103	Violet Town	9	8	62
Qualifying	Nagambie	15	15	105	Undera	14	10	94
1st Semi	Undera	12	12	84	Stanhope	10	13	73
2nd Semi	Nagambie	4	6	30	Lancaster	3	4	22
Preliminary	Undera	14	10	94	Lancaster	8	12	60
Grand	Nagambie	12	17	89	Undera	10	14	74

2011 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Lancaster	17	1	2602	751	346.47%	68
Violet Town	16	2	2136	1128	189.36%	64
Stanhope	13	5	2139	1074	199.16%	52
Undera	13	5	2270	1223	185.61%	52
Rushworth	12	6	2220	1073	206.90%	48
Tallygaroopna	11	7	1865	1375	135.64%	44
Murchison	10	8	1938	1405	137.94%	40
Nagambie	10	8	1943	1532	126.83%	40
Ardmona	6	12	1378	2365	58.27%	24
Avenel	4	14	1176	2121	55.45%	16
Longwood	3	15	890	2587	34.40%	12
Girgarre	2	16	749	2570	29.14%	8
Merrigum	0	18	609	2711	22.46%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Rushworth	19	6	120	Undera	14	7	91
Qualifying	Stanhope	12	6	78	Violet Town	6	10	46
1st Semi	Rushworth	10	9	69	Violet Town	7	5	47
2nd Semi	Lancaster	10	8	68	Stanhope	5	15	45
Preliminary	Rushworth	19	12	126	Stanhope	9	16	70
Grand	Lancaster	17	9	111	Rushworth	9	13	67

2012 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Violet Town	18	0	0	2889	1128	256.12%	72
Undera	15	3	0	2204	1143	192.83%	60
Nagambie	13	5	0	2157	1092	197.53%	52
Murchison	11	7	0	2074	1242	166.99%	44
Rushworth	10	7	1	2057	1334	154.20%	40
Lancaster	9	8	1	1922	1298	148.07%	38
Avenel	9	8	1	1596	1536	103.91%	38
Tallygaroopna	9	9	0	1987	1355	146.64%	36
Stanhope	8	10	0	1696	1572	107.89%	32
Merrigum	8	10	0	1596	1547	103.17%	32
Girgarre	3	14	1	1299	1966	66.07%	14
Longwood	2	16	0	746	2715	27.48%	8
Ardmona	0	18	0	360	4655	7.73%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Rushworth	14	11	95	Murchison	15	8	98
Qualifying	Nagambie	16	13	109	Undera	10	14	74
1st Semi	Undera	15	18	108	Murchison	10	14	74
2nd Semi	Violet Town	21	15	141	Nagambie	10	7	67
Preliminary	Undera	20	7	127	Nagambie	6	17	53
Grand	Violet Town	23	18	156	Undera	11	14	80

Cited references

External links

Official Kyabram and District Football League Website

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Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Mallee (1997-2015) Riviera (1986-2003) Tyrrell (1945-1978) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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