# Yackandandah & District Football League

The Yackandandah & District Football Association was a minor rural Australian Rules Football competition in North Eastern Victoria. The competition ran from 1928 to 1932, 1940, then from 1946 to 1953, when it folded in early 1954.

## History

There was a Yackandandah Football Association established in 1912 amongst the following clubs - Dederang, Yackandandah and Tawonga - with Dederang taking out the premiership.
in 1928, the Yackandandah & District Football Association was formed and Mr. Fred Malcomson, from the Star Hotel, Yackandandah, decided to donate a trophy to the premiers.
In 1933, the Yackandandah & DFA disbanded and the Tallangatta & District Football Association was formed from the following clubs - Bethanga, Granya, Kiewa Valley, Mitta Valley and Tallangatta.
The competition re-formed in 1940 for one year, before going into recess due to World War Two. It then re-formed in 1946 and was active up until April, 1954 when it went into recess.
In 1947, the Y&DFA had nine local football clubs playing in its competition.
In 1952, Bogong FC changed it club colours to yellow and black.
In 1953, Bogong FC won the minor premiership, with Beechworth Reserves finishing last out of six sides.
All up the Yackandandah & DFA played fifteen season of football, with Bogong FC and Kiewa FC both winning three premierships.
Bogong FC played in five grand finals in their seven years in the Yackandandah & DFA.
In 1954, the competition went into recess. In February 1955, the Yackandandah & DFL officially disbanded.

## Clubs
### Final

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | CDFA Senior Premierships | CDFA Senior Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years | Fate |
| Beechworth Reserves | | Bombers | Baarmutha Park, Beechworth | MBFL | 1861 | 1952-1953 | 0 | - | Moved to Chiltern & District FA in 1954 |
| Bogong | | Tigers | Mount Beauty Recreation Reserve, Mount Beauty | – | 1946 | 1947-1953 | 3 | 1950, 1951, 1953 | Moved to Ovens & King FL in 1954 |
| Bright | | Mountain Men | Pioneer Park, Bright | MBFL | 1913 | 1952-1953 | 0 | - | 1954 unknown. Moved to Ovens & King FL in 1955 |
| Dederang | | | Dederang Recreation Reserve, Dederang | D&DFL | 1906 | 1912, 1940, 1946-1948, 1950-1953 | 1 | 1912 | Entered recess in 1954, re-formed in Tallangatta & District FL in 1955 |
| Tawonga | | | Tawonga Recreation Reserve, Tawonga | BDFA, MBFL | 1927 | 1929-1930, 1946-1953 | 2 | 1947, 1952 | Moved to Bright FA in 1931. Moved to Tallangatta & District FL in 1954 |
| Yackandandah | | Magpies | Butson Park, Yackandandah | K&DFA, D&DFL | 1884 | 1912, 1928-1932, 1940, 1946-1953 | 2 | 1928, 1940 | Moved to Chiltern & District FA in 1954 |

### Former

| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | CDFA Senior Premierships | CDFA Senior Premierships | Fate |
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in comp | Total | Years | Fate |
| Allans Flat | | | Allans Flat Recreation Reserve, Allans Flat | K&DFA | 1880s | 1929-1931 | 0 | - | Folded |
| Base Workshops | | | Bandiana Recreation Reserve, Bandiana | C&DFA | 1947 | 1951 | 0 | - | Moved to Tallangatta & District FL in 1952 |
| Bethanga | | | Bethanga Recreation Reserve, Bethanga | K&DFA | 1904 | 1928-1932 | 2 | 1929, 1931 | Moved to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933 |
| Bullioh | | Canaries | Bullioh Recreation Reserve, Tallangatta Valley | – | 1928 | 1928 | 0 | - | Recess in 1929-1930, re-formed in Tallangatta & District FA in 1931 |
| Granya | | | Bungil Park, Granya | T&DFA | 1886 | 1932 | 0 | - | Returned to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933 |
| Kergunyah | | Demons | Kergunyah Recreation Reserve, Kergunyah | AFFA, D&DFL | 1923 | 1928-1932, 1946-1951 | 1 | 1930 | 1933-1935 unknown. Played in Dederang & District FA from 1936. Entered recess in 1952 but re-formed in Tallangatta & District FL in 1953 |
| Kiewa | | Rovers | Kiewa Memorial Park, Kiewa | K&DFA, K&MVFL | 1895 | 1929-1932, 1946-1951 | 3 | 1946, 1948, 1949 | Returned to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933. Moved to Tallangatta & District FL in 1952 |
| Mitta Mitta | | | Magorra Park, Mitta Mitta | T&DFA | 1885 | 1932 | 0 | - | Returned to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933 |
| Mudgegonga | | | | – | | 1940, 1946-1948 | 0 | - | Moved to Myrtleford Bright FL in 1949 |
| Sandy Creek | | | Sandy Creek Recreation Reserve, Sandy Creek | K&DFA, T&DFL | 1894 | 1928-1932, 1947-1949 | 0 | - | Returned to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933. Moved to Tallangatta & District FL in 1950 |
| Stanley | | | Stanley Recreation Reserve, Stanley | – | | 1947 | 0 | - | Folded |
| Talgarno | | | Talgarno Recreation Reserve, Talgarno | K&DFA | 1896 | 1929-1931 | 1 | 1931 | Folded |
| Tallangatta | | Magpies | Rowen Park, Tallangatta | T&DFA | 1885 | 1932 | 0 | - | Returned to Tallangatta & District FA in 1933 |
| Tangambalanga | | | Coulston Park, Tangambalanga | – | | 1931 | 0 | - | Folded |
| Wandiligong-Harrietville | | | Pioneer Park, Bright | MBFL | 1879 | 1952 | 0 | - | Folded after 1952 season |

#### Teams in Association per football season.

* 1912 - 3: Dederang, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1928 - 5: Bethanga, Bullioh, Kergunyah, Sandy Creek, Yackandandah.
* 1929 - 8: Allan's Flats, Bethanga, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Sandy Creek, Talgarno, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1930 - 8: Allan's Flats, Bethanga, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Sandy Creek, Talgarno, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1931 - 8: Allan's Flats, Bethanga, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Sandy Creek, Talgarno, Tangambalanga, Yackandandah.
* 1932 - 7: Bethanga, Kergunyah, Kiewa Rovers, Mitta Mitta, Sandy Creek, Tallangatta, Yackandandah.
* 1940 - 3: Dederang, Mudegonga, Yackandandah.
* 1946 - 6: Dederang, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Mudgegonga, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1947 - 9: Bogong, Dederang, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Mudgegonga, Sandy Creek, Stanley, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1948 - 8: Bogong, Dederang, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Mudgegonga, Sandy Creek, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1949 - 6: Bogong, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Sandy Creek, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1950 - 6: Bogong, Dederang, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1951 - 7: Base workshops, Bogong, Dederang, Kergunyah, Kiewa, Tawonga, Yackandandah.
* 1952 - 7: Beechworth Reserves, Bogong, Bright, Dederang, Tawonga, Wandiligong, Yackandandah.
* 1953 - 6: Beechworth Reserves, Bogong, Bright, Dederang, Tawonga, Yackandandah

## League Best & Fairest

* 1940: J Nutt - Mudegonga FC
* 1941 - 45: Yackandandah & DFA in recess due to WW2.
* 1946:
* 1947: Jim Bishop - Bogong FC
* 1948: Jim Bishop - Bogong FC
* 1949: Albert "Bert" Kemp - Sandy Creek FC
* 1950: Jim Mooney - Tawonga FC
* 1951: R Newton - Kiewa FC
* 1952: Ray Braham - Bogong FC
* 1953: Jim Mooney - Dederang FC

## Football Premierships
### Grand Final Scores & venues

* 1912 - Dederang:4.7 - 31 d Yackandandah: 1.6 - 12
* 1928 - Yackandandah: 7.16 - 58 defeated Kergunyah: 8.3 - 51 at Sandy Creek.
* 1929 - Bethanga: 5.15 - 45 defeated Yackandandah: 4.7 - 31 at Sandy Creek.
* 1930 - Kergunyah: 11.6 - 72 defeated Bethanga: 6.16 - 52 at Yackandandah Showgrounds.
* 1931 - Bethanga: 8.6 - 54 drew with Talgarno: 8.6 - 54
* 1931 - Talgarno: 11.14 - 80 defeated Bethanga: 10.8 - 68. (Grand final replay).at Kiewa.
* 1932 - Mitta Mitta: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tallangatta: 8.4 - 52 at Sandy Creek.
* 1933 - Yackandandah & DFA disbanded in April 1933, reformed in 1940.
* 1940 - Yackandandah: 13.12 - 90 defeated Mudgegonga: 5.9 - 39 at Mudgegonga
* 1941 - 1945: Yackandandah & DFA in recess due to World War Two
* 1946 - Kiewa: 4.13 - 37 defeated Tawonga: 4.9 - 33
* 1947 - Tawonga: 16.5 - 101 defeated Kiewa: 5.10 - 40
* 1948 - Kiewa: 9.10 - 64 defeated Bogong: 4.14 - 38
* 1949 - Kiewa: 7.8 - 50 defeated Yackandandah: 5.9 - 39
* 1950 - Bogong: 8.17 - 65 defeated Tawonga: 6.4 - 40 at Yackandandah.
* 1951 - Bogong: 18.11 - 119 defeated Kiewa: 11.15 - 81
* 1952 - Tawonga: 10.5 - 65 defeated Bogong: 7.12 - 54 at Yackandandah. This was Bogong's only loss for the season.
* 1953 - Bogong: 12.9 - 81 defeated Tawonga: 6.9 - 45 at Yackandandah.
* 1954 - The Yackandandah & DFL went into recess in April 1954.
* 1955 - The Yackandandah & DFL officially disbands in February 1955.

## Most Premierships / Runners Up

| Club | Most Premierships | Runners Up | Draw | Grand Finals |
| Bogong | 3 | 2 | | 5 |
| Kiewa | 3 | 2 | | 5 |
| Tawonga | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Yackandandah | 2 | 3 | | 5 |
| Bethanga | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Talgarno | 1 | | 1 | 2 |
| Kergunyah | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| Mitta Mitta | 1 | | | 1 |
| Dederang | 1 | | | 1 |
| Mudgegonga | | 1 | | 1 |
| Tallangatta | | 1 | | 1 |
| Total | 15 | 15 | 2 | 32 |

## Office Bearers

| Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer |
| 1928 | | | |
| 1929 | Reg G. Evans | Edgar Hadley | |
| 1930 | Reg G. Evans | G Wynack | G Wynack |
| 1931 | Reg G. Evans | F Grant | L Matthews |
| 1932 | E Butson | | |
| 1933-39 | Y&DFA in | recess | |
| 1940 | | | |
| 1941-45 | Y&DFA in | recess. WW2 | |
| 1946 | | | |
| 1947 | G Kelly | | |
| 1948 | G Kelly | | |
| 1949 | G Kelly | | |
| 1950 | G Kelly | | |
| 1951 | G Kelly | E Butson | E Butson |
| 1952 | G Kelly | E Butson | |
| 1953 | T Agnew | E Butson | E Butson |
| 1954 | | | |
| 1955 | | E Butson | |

## Links

* Tallangatta & District Football League
* Chiltern & District Football Association
* List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
* 1946 - Rode eight miles to watch football match
* 1946 - Kiewa FC team photo
* 1946 - Yackandandah & DFL Preliminary Final: Yackandandah FC team photo
* 1947 - Yackandandah FC team photo
* 1948 - Yackandandah & DFL Premiers: Kiewa FC team photo
* 1948 - Yackandandah & DFL Runners Up: Bogong FC team photo
* 1949 - Bogong FC team photo
* 1949 - Sandy Creek FC team photo
* 1949 - Yackandandah & DFL Premiers: Kiewa FC team photo
* 1950 - Kiewa FC team photo
* 1950 - Yackandandah & DFL Premiers: Bogong FC team photo
* 1950 - Yackandandah & DFL Runners Up: Tawonga FC team photo
* 1950 - Yackandandah & DFL Best & Fairest Winner: Jim Mooney: Tawonga FC
* 1951 - Bogong FC team photo: April, 1951
* 1951 - Yackandandah & DFL Premiers: Bogong FC team photo
* 1951 - Yackandandah & DFL Runners Up: Kiewa FC team photo
* 1951 - Albert Kemp photo: Sandy Creek FC
* 1953 - Yackandandah & DFL Premiers & Runners Up: Bogong FC & Tawonga FC team photos
* 1953 - Yackandandah & DFL Best & Fairest Winner: Jim Mooney: Dederang FC