# Mount Noorat Football League

The Mount Noorat Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The competition ran from 1932 until 1991.

## History

The Mount Noorat Football League was formed in 1932 and lasted until 1991 when the league merged with the Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League.
In 1968 when the VFL introduced zoning, the Mt Noorat FL was zoned to Collingwood.

## Final clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in MNFL | Premierships | Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in MNFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Ecklin | | | Ecklin Recreation Reserve, Ecklin South | HDFA | | 1937-1985, 1987-1991 | 5 | 1953, 1960, 1967, 1977, 1990 | Folded in 1991 |
| Glenormiston | | Bombers | | NDFA | 1910s | 1932-1991 | 10 | 1937, 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1985 | Merged with Noorat and Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992 |
| Glenormiston College | (1978)(1987) | The College | Glenormiston College, Glenormiston South | – | 1971 | 1971-1991 | 2 | 1982, 1986 | Moved to Western Plains FL in 1992 |
| Kolora | | Magpies | Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat | NDFA | 1910s | 1932-1991 | 13 | 1947, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984 | Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992 |
| Noorat | | Swans | Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat | HDFA | 1900s | 1932-1991 | 9 | 1932, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1988, 1989, 1991 | Merged with Glenormison and formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992 |
| Panmure | | Blues | Panmure Recreation Reserve, Panmure | PDFA | 1919 | 1937-1941, 1948–1991 | 2 | 1968, 1979 | Moved to Heytesbury FL after WW2, returned in 1948. Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992 |

## Former clubs

| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in MNFL | Premierships | Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in MNFL | Total | Years | Fate |
| Brucknell | | | Brucknell Recreation Reserve, Brucknell | PCFA | 1920s | 1938-1941 | 0 | - | Moved to Heytesbury District FA in 1945 |
| Ellerslie | | | | HDFA | 1890s | 1955-1957 | 0 | - | Folded in 1958 |
| Framlingham | | | Framlingham Recreation Reserve, Framlingham | PDFA | | 1948-1950 | 0 | - | Folded in 1951 |
| Garvoc | | | Garvoc Recreation Reserve, Garvoc | PDFA | | 1936-1941, 1948–1955 | 4 | 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941 | Folded in 1956 |
| Hexham | | Tigers | Hexham Recreation Reserve, Hexham | HDFA | c.1880s | 1953-1984 | 1 | 1981 | Folded in 1985 |
| Purnim | | Bears | Purnim Recreation Reserve, Purnim | – | 1987 | 1987 | 1 | 1987 | Voted out of league following 1987 season |
| Terang Seconds | | Bloods | Terang Recreation Reserve, Terang | CDFL | 1879 | 1935-1936 | 2 | 1935, 1936 | Moved to Campderdown District FL in 1937 |
| The Sisters | | | The Sisters Recreation Reserve, The Sisters | BC | | 1932-1962 | 4 | 1933, 1934, 1948, 1950 | Folded in 1963 |
| Woorndoo | | Tigers | Woorndoo Recreation Reserve, Woorndoo | MDFA | 1880s | 1956-1986 | 2 | 1969, 1972 | Moved to Mininera & District FL in 1987 |

## Grand Finals

* 1932 – Noorat 8.15 (63) def. Kolora 6.10 (46)
* 1933 – The Sisters 7.19 (61) def. Kolora 4.14 (38)
* 1934 – The Sisters 15.24 (114) def. Glenormiston 11.6 (72)
* 1935 – Terang 2nds 12.7 (79) def. The Sisters 8.13 (61)
* 1936 – Terang 2nds 9.7.61 def. Glenormiston 5.12.42
* 1937 – Glenormiston 10. 17 (77) def. Noorat 8.16 (64)
* 1938 – Garvoc 11.7 (73) def. Glenormiston 10.11 (71)
* 1939 – Garvoc 5.6 (36) def. Noorat 5.4 (34)
* 1940 – Garvoc 14.7 (91) def. Noorat 11.10 (76)
* 1941 – Garvoc 12.9 (81) def. Noorat 5.11 (41)
* 1942-1945 – League in recess due to WWII
* 1946 – Glenormiston 12.10 (82) def. Noorat 10.10 (70)
* 1947 – Kolora 10.15 (75) def. Glenormiston 11.8 (74)
* 1948 – The Sisters 12.14 (86) def. Glenormiston 9.9 (63)
* 1949 – Noorat 12.13 (85) def. Kolora 9.9 (63)
* 1950 – The Sisters 15.12 (102) def. Glenormiston 11.3 (69)
* 1951 – Noorat 9.9 (63) def. The Sisters 4.6 (30)
* 1952 – Noorat 17.8 (110) def. Ecklin 13.5 (83)
* 1953 – Ecklin 12.3 (75) def. Glenormiston 10.11 (71)
* 1954 – Glenormiston 10.12 (72) def. Panmure 8.19 (67)
* 1955 – Glenormiston 8.10 (58) def. Kolora 7.9 (51)
* 1956 – Glenormiston 13.14 (92) def. Noorat 7.5 (47)
* 1957 – Glenormiston 10.11 (71) def. Noorat 3.11 (29)
* 1958 – Noorat 8.11 (59) def. Ecklin 8.9 (57)
* 1959 – Glenormiston 13.14 (92) def. Kolora 12.12 (84)
* 1960 – Ecklin 13.12 (88) def. Kolora 12.12 (84)
* 1961 – Noorat 6.13 (49) def. Kolora 4.12 (36)
* 1962 – Kolora 10.11 (71) def. Noorat 8.3 (51)
* 1963 – Kolora 9.11 (65) def. Ecklin 9.8 (62)
* 1964 – Kolora 10.14 (74) def. Ecklin 9.3 (57)
* 1965 – Kolora 4.9 (33) def. Ecklin 4.4 (28)
* 1966 – Kolora 8.5 (53) def. Ecklin 7.5 (47)
* 1967 – Ecklin 9.8 (62) def. Panmure 9.6 (60)
* 1968 – Panmure 16.13 (109) def. Ecklin 9.13 (67)
* 1969 – Woorndoo 10.8 (68) def. Kolora 10.7 (67)
* 1970 – Glenormiston 11.8 (74) def. Panmure 6.13 (49)
* 1971 – Kolora 14.5 (89) def. Noorat 9.9 (63)
* 1972 – Woorndoo 13.8 (86) def. Glenormiston 10.9 (69)
* 1973 – Kolora 13.6 (84) def. Woorndoo 8.17 (65)
* 1974 – Kolora 15.8 (98) def. Woorndoo 11.5 (71)
* 1975 – Kolora 15.16 (106) def. Noorat 10.6 (66)
* 1976 – Kolora 7.6 (48) def. Ecklin 5.13 (43)
* 1977 – Ecklin 9.5 (59) def. Kolora 7.12 (54)
* 1978 – Glenormiston 11.7 (73) def. The College 5.18 (48)
* 1979 – Panmure 14.17.101 def. Glenormiston 14.10.94
* 1980 – Glenormiston 17.12 (114) def. Panmure 12.10 (82)
* 1981 – Hexham 18.8 (116) def. Panmure 13.22 (100)
* 1982 – The College 10.11 (71) def. Kolora 9.14 (68)
* 1983 – Kolora 19.15 (129) def. Glenormiston 7.8 (50)
* 1984 – Kolora 14.11 (95) def. Noorat 9.12 (66)
* 1985 – Glenormiston 14.7 (91) def. Noorat 11.9 (75)
* 1986 – The College 18.10 (118) def. Kolora 11.16 (82)
* 1987 – Purnim 20.14 (134) def. Noorat 13.13 (91)
* 1988 – Noorat 11.9 (75) def. Kolora 7.7 (49)
* 1989 – Noorat 13.1 (79) def. Kolora 13.0 (78)
* 1990 – Ecklin 13.11 (89) def. Kolora 12.11 (83)
* 1991 – Noorat 14.12 (96) def. Kolora 8.9 (57)

## VFL/AFL players From MNFL

Kolora
* Ray Anderson - South Melbourne
* Bernie Harris - Fitzroy, Brisbane Bears, St Kilda
* Leon Harris - Fitzroy
* Stan Howard - Geelong
* Alan McConnell - Footscray
Noorat
* Ronnie Wearmouth - Collingwood
* Cliff Goldstraw - St Kilda
* Daryl Griffiths - St Kilda
* Charlie Payne - Essendon
* Ian Payne - Essendon
Ecklin
* Daryl Salmon - Collingwood

## Book

* Playing Footy and Milking Cows: The Mt Noorat Football League by Robert McLaren ISBN 9780977554201
* History of Football in the Western District by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 – ISBN 9780957751590