# Tyrrell Football League

The Tyrell Football League (TFL) was an Australian rules football and competition that finished in 1978 with clubs based in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s (starting in 1966).

## History

The Tyrrell Football League was formed in 1946 and competed through to 1978 until the league folded and all clubs joined new and neighbouring leagues in the area.

## Clubs
### Final clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | TFL Senior Premierships | TFL Senior Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years | Fate |
| Berri-Culgoa | | Tigers | Berriwillock Rec. Reserve, Berriwillock; Culgoa Rec. Reserve, Culgoa | – | 1975 | 1975-1978 | 0 | - | Moved to Southern Mallee FL in 1979 |
| Manangatang | | Saints | Manangatang Rec. Reserve, Manangatang | MFL | 1900s | 1958-1978 | 2 | 1963, 1967 | Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979 |
| Nandaly | | Bombers | Nandaly Rec. Reserve, Nandaly | MFL | 1919 | 1952-1978 | 1 | 1974 | Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979 |
| Nullawil | | Maroons | Nullawil Rec. Reserve, Nullawil | WDFA | 1900s | 1946-1978 | 9 | 1964, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 | Moved to Southern Mallee FL in 1979 |
| Sea Lake | | Seagulls | Sea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea Lake | WDFA | 1894 | 1946-1978 | 7 | 1946, 1947, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 | Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979 |
| Ultima | | Roos | Ultima Rec. Reserve, Ultima | MMFL | 1900s | 1955-1978 | 0 | - | Moved to Kerang and District FL in 1979 |

### Former clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | TFL Senior Premierships | TFL Senior Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years | Fate |
| Berriwillock | | Bullfrogs | Berriwillock Rec. Reserve, Berriwillock | WDFA | 1890s | 1946-1974 | 7 | 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 | Merged with Culgoa to form Berri-Culgoa in 1975 |
| Birchip | | Swans | Birchip Recreation Reserve, Birchip | WDFA | | 1946-1952 | 1 | 1950 | Moved to North Central FL in 1953 |
| Chinkapook | | Magpies | | MFL | 1913 | 1958-1970 | 0 | - | Absorbed by Manangatang in 1970 |
| Culgoa | | | Culgoa Recreation Reserve, Culgoa | WDFA | 1890s | 1946-1975 | 1 | 1953 | Merged with Berriwillock to form Berri-Culgoa in 1975 |
| Curyo | | | | NCFL | 1890s | 1946-1957 | 0 | - | Folded |
| Narraport | | | Narraport Recreation Reserve, Narraport | WDFA | 1890s | 1946-1952 | 2 | 1949, 1952 | Moved to North Central FL in 1953 |
| Wycheproof | | Demons | Wycheproof Recreation Reserve, Wycheproof | WDFA | 1890s | 1946-1951 | 2 | 1948, 1951 | Moved to North Central FL in 1952 |

## Premierships

| Year | Premier | Score | Runner-up | Score |
| 1946 | Sea Lake | 17-14-116 | Narraport | 15-15-105 |
| 1947 | Sea Lake | 12-10-82 | Narraport | 10-15-75 |
| 1948 | Wycheproof | | | |
| 1949 | Narraport | 13-11-89 | Sea Lake | 4-9-33 |
| 1950 | Birchip | 8-13-61 | Narraport | 9-6-60 |
| 1951 | Wycheproof | 10-12-72 | Narraport | 10-8-68 |
| 1952 | Narraport | 14-11-95 | Nullawil | 7-8-50 |
| 1953 | Culgoa | 9-10-64 | Berriwillock | 6-5-41 |
| 1954 | Berriwillock | 8-12-60 | Culgoa | 8-7-55 |
| 1955 | Berriwillock | 11-8-74 | Nullawil | 5-14-44 |
| 1956 | Berriwillock | 10-14-74 | Nandaly | 9-8-62 |
| 1957 | Berriwillock | 14-11-95 | Nullawil | 7-8-50 |
| 1958 | Berriwillock | 14-14-98 | Manangatang | 6-13-49 |
| 1959 | Sea Lake | 14-9-93 | Nandaly | 7-11-53 |
| 1960 | Berriwillock | 16-10-106 | Nandaly | 8-11-59 |
| 1961 | Berriwillock | 9-9-63 | Nullawil | 9-8-62 |
| 1962 | Culgoa | 8-10-58 | Nullawil | 6-10-46 |
| 1963 | Manangatang | 9-6-60 | Nullawil | 7-11-53 |
| 1964 | Nullawil | 7-14-56 | Chinkapook | 8-7-55 |
| 1965 | Sea Lake | 7-8-50 | Berriwillock | 6-6-42 |
| 1966 | Nullawil | 14-9-93 | Sea Lake | 9-6-60 |
| 1967 | Manangatang | 11-13-79 | Nandaly | 10-15-75 |
| 1968 | Sea Lake | 10-16-76 | Culgoa | 9-9-63 |
| 1969 | Sea Lake | 7-13-55 | Nullawil | 8-2-50 |
| 1970 | Sea Lake | 10-16-76 | Nullawil | 6-9-45 |
| 1971 | Nullawil | 8-6-54 | Sea Lake | 2-14-26 |
| 1972 | Nullawil | 13-11-89 | Ultima | 7-10-52 |
| 1973 | Nullawil | 19-10-124 | Nandaly | 13-12-90 |
| 1974 | Nandaly | 18-10-118 | Nullawil | 17-14-116 |
| 1975 | Nullawil | 14-15-99 | Ultima | 14-14-98 |
| 1976 | Nullawil | 21-12-138 | Berri-Culgoa | 9-9-63 |
| 1977 | Nullawil | 14-13-97 | Berri-Culgoa | 8-14-62 |
| 1978 | Nullawil | 12-23-95 | Nandaly | 6-14-50 |