Stawell Football Club (Vic)
Guernseys & Nicknames :
1939 - Stawell were known as the Robins.
<--1998 - Stawell were known as the Redlegs.
1998 - Before and after the merger, Stawell wore a red guernsey with a black vee. Their nicknamed changed to 'Warriors'.
Timeline :
1874 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
1877 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
1878 - Scratch match : Ararat played 2 scratch matches against Stawell.
1879 - Scratch match : Ararat played 2 scratch matches against Stawell.
1880 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Horsham, Wanderers, Albion, Skipton, Stawell and Hamilton.
1886 - Scratch match : Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
1887 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Stawell (2), Beaufort and Hamilton Union.
1888 - Sprague Cup : Ararat, Rupanyup and Stawell competed for the Sprague Cup.
1889 - Sprague Cup : Ararat, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Stawell competed for the Sprague Cup.
1891 - Sprague-Gregory Trophy : Ararat, Stawell and Stawell Warriors competed for the Sprague-Gregory Trophy.
1893 - Scratch match : Stawell 1.2 defeated Warracknabeal Imperials 0.2.
1895 :
Scratch match - Stawell 6.8.44 defeated Beulah 3.7.25.
Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell competed for the Sack Trophy.
1896 - McGibbony-Wild Trophy : Ararat, Horsham, Stawell and Stawell Associated contested the McGibbony-Wild Trophy.
1897 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratches against Hamilton, Stawell and Stawell Mercantiles.
1898 :
Boxall Trophy - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Boxall trophy.
Robson Trophy - Ararat, Horsham, Murtoa and Stawell competed for the Robson Trophy.
1899 - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Simpson trophy.
1900 - Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell competed for the Brinkley Trophy.
1902 - Wimmera FL : Stawell were a founding club.
1903-04 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1905 :
Wimmera FL - Stawell participated.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1906 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1907 :
Wimmera FL - Stawell participated.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1908 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1909 :
Wimmera FL - Stawell were premiers.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1910 :
Wimmera FL - Stawell were premiers.
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant.
1911 :
Wimmera FL - Stawell participated.
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant.
1912 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1914 :
Ararat-Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat-Stawell Pennant.
Wimmera FL - Stawell participated.
1915 - Wimmera DFA : Stawell participated. The league was left unfinished due to WW1.
1920 :
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant (Claringbold Trophy).
Wimmera FA Grand Final - Ararat 6.13.49 defeated Stawell 4.8.32.
1921-22 - Wimmera FA : Stawell participated.
1923 - Wimmera FA Grand Final : Warracknabeal 4.15.39 defeated Stawell 2.6.18 @ Minyip.
1924 - Wimmera FA : Stawell participated.
1925 (Wimmera FA) :
Final - Stawell defeated Rupanyup by 12 pts.
Grand Final - Stawell 13.10.88 defeated Horsham 10.13.73 @ Murtoa.
1926 - Wimmera FA Grand Final : Stawell 10.19.79 defeated Warracknabeal 7.15.57.
1927-28 - Wimmera FA : Stawell participated.
1929 - Wimmera DFL : Stawell participated.
1930 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Stawell 11.10.76 defeated Nhill 9.16.70.
1931 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Stawell 18.15.123 defeated Ararat 10.16.76.
1932 - Wimmera DFL : Stawell participated.
1933 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Stawell 12.11.83 defeated Ararat 11.12.78.
1934 - Ballarat-Wimmera FL : Stawell commenced, and finished 6th.
1935 - Ballarat-Wimmera FL : Stawell finished 7th.
1936 - Ballarat-Wimmera FL : Stawell finished 5th.
1937 (Wimmera FL) :
Stawell were a founding club of this league.
Grand Final - Dimboola 15.14.104 defeated Stawell 13.15.93.
1938 - Stawell were Wimmera FL runners-up, losing the Grand Final to Horsham.
1939 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Stawell 13.21.99 defeated Nhill 8.20.68 @ Horsham.
1940 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Stawell 7.12.54 defeated Dimboola 5.15.45 @ Horsham.
1946-47 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1948 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Stawell defeated Minyip.
1949 - Stawell were Wimmera FL runners-up, losing the Grand Final to Ararat, the match played at Horsham.
1950 - Stawell were Wimmera FL premiers, defeating Ararat in the Grand Final at Horsham.
1951-54 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1955 (WFL) :
Stawell finished 8th on the ladder, after the close of the home and away season.
Stawell and Ararat were the only teams not to field a reserve side.
1956-59 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1960 - Wimmera FL : Stawell were runners-up.
1961 :
A practice match between Minyip and Stawell was held at Halls Gap in front of a healthy crowd. It is assumed that the Minyip team was their WFL team.
WFL 1st Semi Final - Stawell 6.18.54 defeated Warracknabeal 6.9.45 at Horsham.
WFL Prelim - Stawell 15.9.99 defeated Nhill 13.18.96 at Horsham.
Stawell 9.13.55 lost the WFL Grand Final to Rupanyup 18.5.113.
1962-63 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1964 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Stawell defeated Warracknabeal.
1965 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1966 (Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Warracknabeal 19.17.131 defeated Stawell 9.6.60.
Grand Final - Warracknabeal 14.15.99 defeated Stawell 12.6.78.
1967-74 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1975 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Stawell.
1976-77 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1978 (Wimmera FL) :
Preliminary Final - Stawell defeated Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Stawell were premiers.
1979 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1980 (Wimmera FL) :
Preliminary Final - Stawell 18.19.127 defeated Warracknabeal 15.15.105.
Grand Final - Murtoa 17.22.124 defeated Stawell 9.15.69.
1981 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1982 - Stawell participated in the Wimmera FL.
1983-85 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1986 - Wimmera FL : Stawell were 3rd after H&As.
1987 - Stawell were Wimmera Football League premiers.
1988-90 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1991 - Stawell, kicking 2.8.20, were Wimmera FL runners-up, losing a low-scoring Grand Final to Minyip.
1992-94 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1995 (Wimmera Football League) :
Stawell were known as the Redlegs.
Stawell finished the home and away season in fourth place on the ladder.
Elimination Final - Stawell defeated Warracknabeal.
First Semi-Final - Stawell defeated Saint Michaels.
Preliminary Final - Stawell defeated Minyip-Murtoa.
Grand Final - Stawell 17.8.110 were premiers, defeating Horsham United 16.11.107, in what was considered to have been the best grand final in the history of the league. Stawell kicked a goal in time on, to win by three points.
1996-97 - Wimmera FL : Stawell participated.
1998 - Warriors left the Ararat And District Football League, and joined forces with Stawell in the Wimmera Football League.
1999 WFL Season :
Qualifying Final : Stawell lost to either Ararat or Minyip-Murtoa.
1st Semi Final : Stawell 13.10.88 defeated St Michaels 12.11.83.
Preliminary Final : Minyip-Murtoa defeated Stawell at Warracknabeal.
2000 WFL Season :
August 12 - Stawell 19.14.128 defeated Dimboola 12.11.83.
Second Semi Final: Ararat 14.16.100 defeated Stawell 10.14.74.
Grand Final September 16 2000 : Stawell 19.11.125 defeated Ararat 16.19.115.
2001 (Wimmera FL) :
Elimination Final - Stawell 15.6.96 defeated Horsham United 9.20.74.
First Semi-Final - Rupanyup 21.17.143 defeated Stawell Swifts 16.11.107.
2002 - Wimmera FL Elimination Final : Nhill 19.14.128 defeated Stawell 11.16.82.
2003 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Horsham 14.16.100 defeated Stawell 11.9.75 @ Warracknabeal.