# Kowree Naracoorte Football League

The Kowree Naracoorte Football League was an Australian rules football competition based around Naracoorte, South Australia and the Kowree region of Victoria.

## History

Prior to the Kowree Naracoorte Football League, Naracoorte had a team in the South Eastern Football Association which was based in Mount Gambier however this competition declined and the Naracoorte side split into Naracoorte North and South.
This saw the Naracoorte Football Association revived for 1935 but it was short lived as the next year Lucindale left to the Southern Ports Football League leaving Kybybolite, North and South Naracoorte to join the Kowree Football Association based around Edenhope, Victoria.
After a successful 1936 season it was suggested that the league would be renamed the Kowree Naracoorte Football League.
The league continued until 1993 when the KNFL merged with the Tatiara Football League to create the Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League. All the KNFL clubs joined this new league.

## Final clubs in 1992

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | KNFL Senior Premierships | KNFL Senior Premierships |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years |
| Apsley | | Magpies | Apsley Recreation Reserve, Apsley | KFA | 1890 | 1937–1992 | 7 | 1945, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1955, 1965, 1985 |
| Border Districts | | Eagles | Frances Recreation Reserve, Frances and Minimay Recreation Reserve, Minimay | – | 1951 | 1951–1992 | 8 | 1962, 1967, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1991 |
| Edenhope | | Bombers | Edenhope Showgrounds, Edenhope | KFA | c.1910s | 1937–1992 | 9 | 1944, 1946, 1950, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1986, 1987, 1988 |
| Kingston | | Saints | Gall Park Oval, Kingston SE | – | 1966 | 1966–1992 | 3 | 1982, 1983, 1984 |
| Kybybolite | | Tigers | Kybybolite Oval, Kybybolite | NFA | 1906 | 1937–1992 | 8 | 1939, 1951, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1973, 1974 |
| Lucindale | | Kangaroos | Lucindale Oval, Lucindale | SPFL | 1895 | 1946–1992 | 3 | 1947, 1969, 1970 |
| Naracoorte | | Demons | Naracoorte Sporting Complex, Naracoorte | – | 1946 | 1946–1949, 1951–1992 | 7 | 1953, 1954, 1963, 1964, 1977, 1978, 1992 |
| Padthaway | | Lions | Padthaway Oval, Padthaway | – | 1967 | 1967-1992 | 0 | - |
| Penola | | Eagles | Penola Oval, Penola | WBFL | 1865 | 1988–1992 | 2 | 1989, 1990 |

## Previous clubs

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | KNFL Senior Premierships | KNFL Senior Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years | Fate |
| Frances | | Eagles | Frances Recreation Reserve, Frances | KFA | 1905 | 1937–1950 | 1 | 1937 | Merged with Minimay from the North Kowree FA in 1951 to form Border Districts |
| North Naracoorte | | | Naracoorte Showgrounds, Naracoorte | NFA | 1936 | 1937–1945, 1950 | 1 | 1940 | Merged with South Naracoorte after WWII, returned for 1950 then merged again |
| South Naracoorte | | | Naracoorte Showgrounds, Naracoorte | NFA | 1936 | 1937–1945, 1950 | 2 | 1936, 1938 | Merged with North Naracoorte after WWII, returned for 1950 then merged again |