The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook [1] and folded after the 1957 football season.
The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook. The first season saw 12 games played, plus semi finals and a grand final which was won by Henty.
Brocklesby had a famous grand final victory over Henty to win the 1939 Albury & District Football League premiership after Wally Crooks kicked a goal after the siren, from a free kick to win by two points, under captain / coach, Jim Steigenberger. [2] Henty then lodged an appeal to the Albury & DFL, which was defeated then appealed to the Murray District Football Council, [3] which was then upheld, [4] awarding the premiership to Henty. Brocklesby then appealed that decision to the Victorian Country Football League, which was up held, allowing Brocklesby to finally be declared the 1939 premiers. [5] Brocklesby's full forward, Shadrach "Shady" James kicked 82 goals in the home and away series [6] plus 16 goals in the finals, for a total of 98 goals in 17 games in 1939.
In August 1943, Mr. A D S Vivian, the league's foundation President from 1930 to 1935 passed away in Sydney. Vivian was the driving force behind the Albury Rovers FC and a former club President too. He was the Vice President of the NSW branch of the National Football League. [7]
In 1950 the Albury & District Football League introduced a Reserve Grade Competition, [8]
North Melbourne visited Bolton Park, Wagga in 1952 and defeated a combined Albury & DFL side, [9] with North's Jock Spencer kicking 18 goals. [10]
The 1952 A&DFL Reserves competition was divided into two division – North (Wagga) and South (Albury). [11]
Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston licked 91 goals in the 1953 home and away series, plus 8 more in the finals, to finish on 99 goals! [12]
In June 1954 the Albury & DFL played an inter-league match against the South Western DFL at Wagga, resulting in a win to Albury & DFL, 12.20 - 92 to 10.7 - 67. [13] [14]
Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston kicked 102 goals in 1954, which included the finals series. [15]
In 1955, Ron Clegg was captain-coach of the North Wagga Football Club in the Albury & DFL, [16] winning the £50 - Border Mail Newspaper / Albury & DFL Footballer of the Year Award, before returning to South Melbourne in 1956. [17]
In 1957 the Farrer Football League was first formed as a breakaway from the Albury & District Football League. Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Mangoplah-Cookardinia United competed in the first season. In 1958 all remaining clubs from the Albury & District Football League moved across to the Farrer Football League.
Year | Premiers | Score | Runners Up | Score | Captain | Coach | Venue | Gate | Premiership Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | Henty | 14.12 - 96 | Holbrook | 8.14 - 62 | Culcairn | [31] Kennedy Gold Cup | |||
1931 | Holbrook | 13.11 - 89 | Brocklesby | 5.7 - 37 | Cec Field | Culcairn | [32] Kennedy Memorial Cup | ||
1932 | Holbrook | 9.11 - 65 | Albury Rovers | 8.10 - 58 | Culcairn | [33] Kennedy Memorial Cup | |||
1933 | Albury Rovers | 16.12 - 108 | Henty | 9.10 - 64 | Charlie Kolb | Charlie Kolb | Albury Showgrounds | £40 | [34] Kennedy Memorial Cup |
1934 | Holbrook | 10.11 - 71 | Albury Rovers | 7.14 - 56 | Culcairn | £55 | [35] [36] Kennedy Memorial Cup | ||
1935 | Henty | 18.14 - 122 | Holbrook | 18.12 - 120 | W W Paech | W W Paech | Culcairn | £67 | [37] Ballarat Brewery Cup |
1936 | Culcairn | 12.13 - 85 | Henty | 11.13 - 79 | Jack Clarke | Jack Clarke | Cookardinia | £56 | [38] [39] |
1937 | Henty | 14.12 - 96 | Mangoplah | 11.10 - 76 | W W Paech | W W Paech | Culcairn | £127 | [40] Shugg Cup |
1938 | Mangoplah | 20.10 - 130 | Culcairn | 12.11 - 83 | Russell Madden | Russell Madden | Henty | £120 | [41] [42] [43] Mackie Cup |
1939 | Brocklesby | 14.10 - 94 | Henty | 13.14 - 92 | Jim Steigenberger | Jim Steigenberger | Culcairn | [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] | |
1940 | Mangoplah | 16.18 - 114 | Culcairn | 13.13 - 78 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Cookardinia | [50] Mrs F A Parker Cup | |
1941-5 | In recess - WW2 | ||||||||
1946 | Mangoplah | 12.13 - 85 | Culcairn | 9.20 - 74 | Allan Klimpsch | Ray Roberson | Henty | £184 | [51] [52] |
1947 | Mangoplah | 16.11 - 107 | Holbrook | 14.10 - 94 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Culcairn | £204 | [53] |
1948 | Mangoplah | 18.13 - 121 | The Rock | 11.18 - 84 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Culcairn | £169 | [54] Cannon Cup |
1949 | Mangoplah | 14.15 - 99 | Wagga | 9.18 - 72 | Allan Klimpsch | Allan Klimpsch | Culcairn | £394 | [55] [56] Cannon Cup |
1950 | Mangoplah | 12.9 - 81 | Holbrook | 11.11 - 77 | Allan Klimpsch | Allan Klimpsch | The Rock | £406 | [57] [58] Cannon Cup |
1951 | Holbrook | 12.9 - 81 | Culcairn | 9.8 - 62 | Mangoplah | £400 | [59] | ||
1952 | Culcairn | 8.20 - 68 | Wagga | 9.9 - 63 | Ted Hill | Ted Hill | Mangoplah | £499 | [60] [61] |
1953 | Culcairn | 8.13 - 61 | Wagga | 6.9 - 45 | Frank O'Leary | Frank O'Leary | The Rock | £777 | [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] |
1954 | Culcairn | 19.30 - 144 | Wagga | 4.9 - 33 | Frank O'Leary | Frank O'Leary | Henty | £650 | [67] [68] |
1955 | Holbrook | 11.9 - 75 | M C U | 8.9 - 57 | Stan Rule | Stan Rule | Culcairn | [69] | |
1956 | M C U | 12.11 - 83 | The Rock | 7.13 - 55 | Bill Byrne | Bill Byrne | [70] | ||
1957 | Wagga | 14.14 - 98 | The Rock | 5.12 - 42 |
Club | Most Premierships | Runners Up |
---|---|---|
Mangoplah | 7 | 2 |
Holbrook | 5 | 4 |
Culcairn | 4 | 4 |
Henty | 3 | 3 |
Albury Rovers | 1 | 2 |
Brocklesby | 1 | 1 |
M C U | 1 | 1 |
Wagga | 1 | 4 |
The Rock | 2 | |
Totals | 23 | 23 |
The Albury & DFL Reserves competition ran from 1950 to 1957.
Year | Premiers | Score | Runners Up | Score | Captain | Coach | Venue | Gate | Premiership Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | RAAF Blues | 11.12 - 78 | Henty | 4.11 - 35 | [71] [72] | ||||
1951 | Holbrook | [73] | |||||||
1952 | Marrar | 105 | Army | 66 | [74] | ||||
1953 | Culcairn | v | Holbrook | [75] Unsure who won 2nds G Final | |||||
1954 | Turvey Park | 8.12 - 60 | Culcairn | 4.8 - 32 | [76] [77] | ||||
1955 | Culcairn | 11.4 - 70 | M C U | 7.10 - 52 | |||||
1956 | Wagga | 3.17 - 35 | Culcairn | 4.6 - 30 | |||||
1957 | Wagga | d | The Rock |
Year | Winner | Club | Votes | Runner Up | Club | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | no record of award | |||||
1931 | no record of award | |||||
Stavley Gold Medal | ||||||
1932 | W Carroll | Culcairn | ||||
1933 | Charlie Kolb [80] | Albury Rovers | ||||
1934 | Dinny Ryan [81] | Albury Rovers | ||||
1935 | Tom Eames [82] | Albury Rovers | ||||
Carlton Brewery Medal | ||||||
1936 | Ron Nolan [83] | Cookardinia | Bert Clarke | Brocklesby | ||
1937 | Merv Cooper [84] | Mangoplah | 31 | Vin Smith | Brocklesby | 22 |
1938 | Jim Kendall | Holbrook | 27 | Merv Cooper | Mangoplah | 22 |
Albert Bert Clay * [85] | Henty | 27 | Vin Smith | Brocklesby | 22 | |
1939 | Albert Bert Clay [86] | Henty | 21 | Jim Kendall [87] | Holbrook | 19 |
1940 | A R "Ray" Roberson [88] | Mangoplah | ||||
1941-5 | In recess WW2 | |||||
1946 | Alan Papworth [89] | Culcairn | Charlie Craig [90] | Cookardinia | ||
1947 | Charlie Craig [91] | Cookardinia | G Bedggood [92] | Henty | ||
1948 | J Mullarvey [93] | Woomargrama | ||||
1949 | Brian Brennan [94] | Holbrook | ||||
1950 | Des Donkin | The Rock | 16 | H Clark | Mangoplah | 15 |
Brian Brennan * [95] | Holbrook | 16 | Charlie Craig | Cookardinia | 15 | |
1951 | Jim Stockton [96] | North Wagga | 29 | Brian Brennan & | Holbrook | 18 |
Ron Bunyan | Cookardinia | 18 | ||||
Baz Medal | ||||||
1952 | Ron Bunyan | Cookardinia | ||||
Tim Robb * [97] | The Rock | |||||
1953 | Merv Pieper [98] | North Wagga | Tim Robb | The Rock | ||
1954 | Harry Gardiner [99] [100] | Culcairn | 16 | Neale Rutzou & | Wagga | 14 |
Sid Ruhe | Henty | 14 | ||||
1955 | Len Wornes | Holbrook | 20 | Ron Bunyan | M C U | 17 |
1956 | Hayden Hensel | Culcairn | ||||
1957 | E Feeney | The Rock |
The following footballers from the Albury & DFL went onto to play senior VFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.
Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer |
---|---|---|---|
1930 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | A Smith |
1931 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1932 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1933 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [101] |
1934 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1935 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [102] |
1936 | G A Gray | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1937 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [103] |
1938 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1940 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1941-5 | In recess - WW2 | ||
1946 | J J Newman | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [104] |
1947 | J J Newman | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [105] |
1948 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [106] |
1949 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [107] |
1950 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [108] |
1951 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [72] |
1952 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [73] |
1953 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [109] |
1954 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [110] |
1955 | |||
1956 | |||
1957 |
The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook [1] and folded after the 1957 football season.
The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs - Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook. The first season saw 12 games played, plus semi finals and a grand final which was won by Henty.
Brocklesby had a famous grand final victory over Henty to win the 1939 Albury & District Football League premiership after Wally Crooks kicked a goal after the siren, from a free kick to win by two points, under captain / coach, Jim Steigenberger. [2] Henty then lodged an appeal to the Albury & DFL, which was defeated then appealed to the Murray District Football Council, [3] which was then upheld, [4] awarding the premiership to Henty. Brocklesby then appealed that decision to the Victorian Country Football League, which was up held, allowing Brocklesby to finally be declared the 1939 premiers. [5] Brocklesby's full forward, Shadrach "Shady" James kicked 82 goals in the home and away series [6] plus 16 goals in the finals, for a total of 98 goals in 17 games in 1939.
In August 1943, Mr. A D S Vivian, the league's foundation President from 1930 to 1935 passed away in Sydney. Vivian was the driving force behind the Albury Rovers FC and a former club President too. He was the Vice President of the NSW branch of the National Football League. [7]
In 1950 the Albury & District Football League introduced a Reserve Grade Competition, [8]
North Melbourne visited Bolton Park, Wagga in 1952 and defeated a combined Albury & DFL side, [9] with North's Jock Spencer kicking 18 goals. [10]
The 1952 A&DFL Reserves competition was divided into two division – North (Wagga) and South (Albury). [11]
Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston licked 91 goals in the 1953 home and away series, plus 8 more in the finals, to finish on 99 goals! [12]
In June 1954 the Albury & DFL played an inter-league match against the South Western DFL at Wagga, resulting in a win to Albury & DFL, 12.20 - 92 to 10.7 - 67. [13] [14]
Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston kicked 102 goals in 1954, which included the finals series. [15]
In 1955, Ron Clegg was captain-coach of the North Wagga Football Club in the Albury & DFL, [16] winning the £50 - Border Mail Newspaper / Albury & DFL Footballer of the Year Award, before returning to South Melbourne in 1956. [17]
In 1957 the Farrer Football League was first formed as a breakaway from the Albury & District Football League. Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Mangoplah-Cookardinia United competed in the first season. In 1958 all remaining clubs from the Albury & District Football League moved across to the Farrer Football League.
Year | Premiers | Score | Runners Up | Score | Captain | Coach | Venue | Gate | Premiership Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | Henty | 14.12 - 96 | Holbrook | 8.14 - 62 | Culcairn | [31] Kennedy Gold Cup | |||
1931 | Holbrook | 13.11 - 89 | Brocklesby | 5.7 - 37 | Cec Field | Culcairn | [32] Kennedy Memorial Cup | ||
1932 | Holbrook | 9.11 - 65 | Albury Rovers | 8.10 - 58 | Culcairn | [33] Kennedy Memorial Cup | |||
1933 | Albury Rovers | 16.12 - 108 | Henty | 9.10 - 64 | Charlie Kolb | Charlie Kolb | Albury Showgrounds | £40 | [34] Kennedy Memorial Cup |
1934 | Holbrook | 10.11 - 71 | Albury Rovers | 7.14 - 56 | Culcairn | £55 | [35] [36] Kennedy Memorial Cup | ||
1935 | Henty | 18.14 - 122 | Holbrook | 18.12 - 120 | W W Paech | W W Paech | Culcairn | £67 | [37] Ballarat Brewery Cup |
1936 | Culcairn | 12.13 - 85 | Henty | 11.13 - 79 | Jack Clarke | Jack Clarke | Cookardinia | £56 | [38] [39] |
1937 | Henty | 14.12 - 96 | Mangoplah | 11.10 - 76 | W W Paech | W W Paech | Culcairn | £127 | [40] Shugg Cup |
1938 | Mangoplah | 20.10 - 130 | Culcairn | 12.11 - 83 | Russell Madden | Russell Madden | Henty | £120 | [41] [42] [43] Mackie Cup |
1939 | Brocklesby | 14.10 - 94 | Henty | 13.14 - 92 | Jim Steigenberger | Jim Steigenberger | Culcairn | [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] | |
1940 | Mangoplah | 16.18 - 114 | Culcairn | 13.13 - 78 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Cookardinia | [50] Mrs F A Parker Cup | |
1941-5 | In recess - WW2 | ||||||||
1946 | Mangoplah | 12.13 - 85 | Culcairn | 9.20 - 74 | Allan Klimpsch | Ray Roberson | Henty | £184 | [51] [52] |
1947 | Mangoplah | 16.11 - 107 | Holbrook | 14.10 - 94 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Culcairn | £204 | [53] |
1948 | Mangoplah | 18.13 - 121 | The Rock | 11.18 - 84 | Ray Roberson | Ray Roberson | Culcairn | £169 | [54] Cannon Cup |
1949 | Mangoplah | 14.15 - 99 | Wagga | 9.18 - 72 | Allan Klimpsch | Allan Klimpsch | Culcairn | £394 | [55] [56] Cannon Cup |
1950 | Mangoplah | 12.9 - 81 | Holbrook | 11.11 - 77 | Allan Klimpsch | Allan Klimpsch | The Rock | £406 | [57] [58] Cannon Cup |
1951 | Holbrook | 12.9 - 81 | Culcairn | 9.8 - 62 | Mangoplah | £400 | [59] | ||
1952 | Culcairn | 8.20 - 68 | Wagga | 9.9 - 63 | Ted Hill | Ted Hill | Mangoplah | £499 | [60] [61] |
1953 | Culcairn | 8.13 - 61 | Wagga | 6.9 - 45 | Frank O'Leary | Frank O'Leary | The Rock | £777 | [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] |
1954 | Culcairn | 19.30 - 144 | Wagga | 4.9 - 33 | Frank O'Leary | Frank O'Leary | Henty | £650 | [67] [68] |
1955 | Holbrook | 11.9 - 75 | M C U | 8.9 - 57 | Stan Rule | Stan Rule | Culcairn | [69] | |
1956 | M C U | 12.11 - 83 | The Rock | 7.13 - 55 | Bill Byrne | Bill Byrne | [70] | ||
1957 | Wagga | 14.14 - 98 | The Rock | 5.12 - 42 |
Club | Most Premierships | Runners Up |
---|---|---|
Mangoplah | 7 | 2 |
Holbrook | 5 | 4 |
Culcairn | 4 | 4 |
Henty | 3 | 3 |
Albury Rovers | 1 | 2 |
Brocklesby | 1 | 1 |
M C U | 1 | 1 |
Wagga | 1 | 4 |
The Rock | 2 | |
Totals | 23 | 23 |
The Albury & DFL Reserves competition ran from 1950 to 1957.
Year | Premiers | Score | Runners Up | Score | Captain | Coach | Venue | Gate | Premiership Cup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1950 | RAAF Blues | 11.12 - 78 | Henty | 4.11 - 35 | [71] [72] | ||||
1951 | Holbrook | [73] | |||||||
1952 | Marrar | 105 | Army | 66 | [74] | ||||
1953 | Culcairn | v | Holbrook | [75] Unsure who won 2nds G Final | |||||
1954 | Turvey Park | 8.12 - 60 | Culcairn | 4.8 - 32 | [76] [77] | ||||
1955 | Culcairn | 11.4 - 70 | M C U | 7.10 - 52 | |||||
1956 | Wagga | 3.17 - 35 | Culcairn | 4.6 - 30 | |||||
1957 | Wagga | d | The Rock |
Year | Winner | Club | Votes | Runner Up | Club | Votes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1930 | no record of award | |||||
1931 | no record of award | |||||
Stavley Gold Medal | ||||||
1932 | W Carroll | Culcairn | ||||
1933 | Charlie Kolb [80] | Albury Rovers | ||||
1934 | Dinny Ryan [81] | Albury Rovers | ||||
1935 | Tom Eames [82] | Albury Rovers | ||||
Carlton Brewery Medal | ||||||
1936 | Ron Nolan [83] | Cookardinia | Bert Clarke | Brocklesby | ||
1937 | Merv Cooper [84] | Mangoplah | 31 | Vin Smith | Brocklesby | 22 |
1938 | Jim Kendall | Holbrook | 27 | Merv Cooper | Mangoplah | 22 |
Albert Bert Clay * [85] | Henty | 27 | Vin Smith | Brocklesby | 22 | |
1939 | Albert Bert Clay [86] | Henty | 21 | Jim Kendall [87] | Holbrook | 19 |
1940 | A R "Ray" Roberson [88] | Mangoplah | ||||
1941-5 | In recess WW2 | |||||
1946 | Alan Papworth [89] | Culcairn | Charlie Craig [90] | Cookardinia | ||
1947 | Charlie Craig [91] | Cookardinia | G Bedggood [92] | Henty | ||
1948 | J Mullarvey [93] | Woomargrama | ||||
1949 | Brian Brennan [94] | Holbrook | ||||
1950 | Des Donkin | The Rock | 16 | H Clark | Mangoplah | 15 |
Brian Brennan * [95] | Holbrook | 16 | Charlie Craig | Cookardinia | 15 | |
1951 | Jim Stockton [96] | North Wagga | 29 | Brian Brennan & | Holbrook | 18 |
Ron Bunyan | Cookardinia | 18 | ||||
Baz Medal | ||||||
1952 | Ron Bunyan | Cookardinia | ||||
Tim Robb * [97] | The Rock | |||||
1953 | Merv Pieper [98] | North Wagga | Tim Robb | The Rock | ||
1954 | Harry Gardiner [99] [100] | Culcairn | 16 | Neale Rutzou & | Wagga | 14 |
Sid Ruhe | Henty | 14 | ||||
1955 | Len Wornes | Holbrook | 20 | Ron Bunyan | M C U | 17 |
1956 | Hayden Hensel | Culcairn | ||||
1957 | E Feeney | The Rock |
The following footballers from the Albury & DFL went onto to play senior VFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.
Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer |
---|---|---|---|
1930 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | A Smith |
1931 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1932 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1933 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [101] |
1934 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1935 | A D S Vivian | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [102] |
1936 | G A Gray | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1937 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [103] |
1938 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1940 | T E Kendall | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson |
1941-5 | In recess - WW2 | ||
1946 | J J Newman | Gordon Davidson | Gordon Davidson [104] |
1947 | J J Newman | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [105] |
1948 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [106] |
1949 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [107] |
1950 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [108] |
1951 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [72] |
1952 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [73] |
1953 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [109] |
1954 | David Cox | Alan F Fifield | L Wilksch [110] |
1955 | |||
1956 | |||
1957 |