# Central Great Southern Football League

The Central Great Southern Football League (CGSFL) was based in and around the Shire of Katanning. Initially known as the Central Great Southern National Football League, it was formed at a meeting at Tambellup in December 1959 as the result of an amalgamation of the Katanning and Tambellup associations. There were eight participating clubs in the first season – Australs (Katanning), Broomehill, Gnowangerup, Kent District, Kojonup, Ongerup, Tambellup and Wanderers (Katanning). The Australs club was formed as the result of a merger of Imperials and Rovers prior to the 1960 season.
Broomehill and Ongerup departed at the end of the 1961 season to reduce the competition to six clubs. Cranbrook crossed over from the Southern Districts National Football League in 1970 but struggled and disbanded after the 1976 season, while Kent District moved to the Ongerup association in 1972.
The CGSNFL’s catchment area stretched further northwards with the admission of Dumbleyung in 1973 and Kukerin in 1983. The competition, which dropped ‘National’ from its title in 1981, consisted of seven clubs for most of the 1980s – Australs, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Kojonup, Kukerin, Tambellup and Wanderers – until Dumbleyung left at the end of the 1987 season.
After the 1990 season, the CGSFL merged with the Southern Districts league to create the Great Southern Football League (GSFL). Australs, Kojonup, Tambellup and Wanderers all joined the new league while Kukerin joined the Upper Great Southern Football League as Kukerin-Dumbleyung.
Kojonup was the most successful club in the competition’s history with 11 premierships, including a hat-trick between 1964 and 1966, while Wanderers (six), Australs (five), Kukerin and Tambellup (four) and Dumbleyung all enjoyed premiership success.
The 1968 grand final between Kojonup and Wanderers was abandoned at half-time due to a severe hail storm, with Kojonup leading Wanderers 1.0 to 0.5. Kojonup captain-coach Graham Zilko was hospitalised due to hypothermia.

## Clubs
### Final

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CGSFL | CGSFL Premierships | CGSFL Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CGSFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Australs | | Lions | Kupara Park, Katanning | – | 1960 | 1960–1990 | 5 | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1978 | Formed Great Southern FL in 1991 |
| Kojonup | | Magpies | Kojonup Oval, Kojonup | KFA | 1923 | 1960–1990 | 11 | 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1988 | Formed Great Southern FL in 1991 |
| Kukerin | | The Big K, Kats | Nenke Oval, Kukerin | LGKDFL | | 1983–1990 | 4 | 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990 | Merged with Dumbleyung to form Kukerin-Dumbleyung in the Upper Great Southern FL in 1991 |
| Tambellup | | Demons | Tambellup Oval, Tambellup | TFA | | 1960–1990 | 4 | 1960, 1962, 1980, 1982 | Formed Great Southern FL in 1991 |
| Wanderers | | Tigers | Quartermaine Oval, Katanning | KFA | 1923 | 1960–1990 | 6 | 1963, 1967, 1968, 1983, 1985, 1986 | Formed Great Southern FL in 1991 |

### Former

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CGSFL | CGSFL Premierships | CGSFL Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in CGSFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Cranbrook | | Blues | Cranbrook Showgrounds, Cranbrook | SDFL | | 1970-1978 | 0 | - | Folded in 1978 |
| Dumbleyung | | | Stubbs Park, Dumbleyung | DLGFA | | 1960–1988 | 1 | 1977 | Entered recess after 1988. Merged with Kukerin in 1991 to form Kukerin-Dumbleyung |
| Gnowangerup | | Bulldogs | Gnowangerup Sporting Complex, Gnowangerup | TFA | 1917 | 1960–1986 | 0 | - | Moved to Ongerup FA in 1987 |
| Kent Districts | | Hawks | Nyabing Oval, Nyabing | KFA | 1954 | 1960–1971 | 0 | - | Moved to Ongerup FA in 1972 |

## Grand final results

| Year | Premiers | Score | Runners up | Score |
| 1960 | Tambellup | 9.16 (70) | Wanderers | 8.19 (67) |
| 1961 | Kojonup | 14.10 (94) | Wanderers | 7.13 (55) |
| 1962 | Tambellup | 14.15 (99) | Kojonup | 9.10 (64) |
| 1963 | Wanderers | 13.12 (90) | Tambellup | 11.9 (75) |
| 1964 | Kojonup | 9.9 (63) | Wanderers | 7.7 (49) |
| 1965 | Kojonup | 14.20 (104) | Wanderers | 7.9 (51) |
| 1966 | Kojonup | 6.8 (44) | Wanderers | 3.6 (24) |
| 1967 | Wanderers | 11.13 (79) | Kojonup | 11.11 (77) |
| 1968 | Wanderers | 15.6 (96) | Kojonup | 10.10 (70) |
| 1969 | Kojonup | 13.13 (91) | Australs | 11.9 (75) |
| 1970 | Australs | 23.25 (163) | Cranbrook | 12.5 (77) |
| 1971 | Australs | 17.9 (111) | Kojonup | 10.12 (72) |
| 1972 | Australs | 12.6 (78) | Kojonup | 10.13 (73) |
| 1973 | Kojonup | 10.14 (74) | Australs | 8.11 (59) |
| 1974 | Kojonup | 13.10 (88) | Australs | 9.13 (67) |
| 1975 | Australs | | Kojonup | |
| 1976 | Kojonup | 16.14 (110) | Australs | 13.12 (90) |
| 1977 | Dumbleyung | 20.14 (134) | Australs | 9.12 (66) |
| 1978 | Australs | 17.4 (106) | Kojonup | 13.12 (90) |
| 1979 | Kojonup | 15.19 (109) | Australs | 11.10 (76) |
| 1980 | Tambellup | 15.3 (93) | Kojonup | 12.13 (85) |
| 1981 | Kojonup | 15.20 (110) | Tambellup | 11.3 (69) |
| 1982 | Tambellup | 16.7 (103) | Gnowangerup | 12.14 (86) |
| 1983 | Wanderers | 8.11 (59) | Kojonup | 6.4 (40) |
| 1984 | Kukerin | 19.19 (133) | Tambellup | 8.12 (60) |
| 1985 | Wanderers | 15.15 (105) | Tambellup | 12.14 (86) |
| 1986 | Wanderers | 17.12 (114) | Kojonup | 14.12 (96) |
| 1987 | Kukerin | 22.15 (147) | Tambellup | 14.19 (103) |
| 1988 | Kojonup | 15.16 (106) | Kukerin | 8.8 (56) |
| 1989 | Kukerin | 24.12 (156) | Kojonup | 12.5 (77) |
| 1990 | Kukerin | 19.10 (124) | Tambellup | 15.10 (100) |