Central Highlands Football League (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :

1979 - Clunes. 1980 - Ballan. 1981 - Ballan. 1982 - Waubra. 1983 - Wendouree. 1984 - Darley. 1985 - Hepburn. 1986 - Hepburn. 1987 - Creswick. 1988 - Gordon. 1989 - Hepburn. 1990 - Springbank. 1991 - Bungaree. 1992 - Newlyn.

1993 - Clunes. 1994 - Dunnstown. 1995 - Beaufort. 1996 - Beaufort. 1997 - Clunes. 1998 - Dunnstown. 1999 - Dunnstown. 2000 - Springbank. 2001 - Springbank. 2002 - Buninyong. 2003 - Newlyn. 2004 - Hepburn. 2005 - ?.

Timeline :
1979 :
The Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh FL and the Clunes FL merged to form the Central Highlands FL.
Starting teams included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree (made finals),
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown (made finals),
 - Gordon,
 - Korweinguboora,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Clunes 11.13.79 defeated Ballan 11.10.76.

1980 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes (made finals),
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Korweinguboora,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Ballan 16.11.107 defeated Dunnstown 12.12.84.

1981 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (made finals),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown (made finals),
 - Gordon,
 - Korweinguboora,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra (made finals) and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Ballan 20.24.144 defeated Springbank 18.11.119.

1982 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes (made finals),
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon (made finals),
 - Hepburn,
 - Korweinguboora,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Waubra 16.14.110 defeated Dunnstown 15.17.107.

1983 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan (made finals),
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Wendouree 20.6.126 defeated Dunnstown 16.15.

1984 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree (made finals),
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra (made finals) and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Darley 15.12.102 defeated Dunnstown 11.19.85.

1985 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong (made finals),
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Darley (final season),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Hepburn 14.12.96 defeated Bungaree 14.10.94.

1986 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree,
 - Creswick (made finals),
 - Hepburn,
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Hepburn defeated Bungaree.

1987 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong (made finals),
 - Creswick,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Hepburn (made finals),
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Creswick defeated Dunnstown.

1988 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Dunnstown (made finals),
 - Gordon,
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Gordon defeated Bungaree.

1989 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth (made finals),
 - Newlyn (made finals),
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Hepburn defeated Springbank.

1990 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree (made finals),
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Hepburn (made finals),
 - Gordon (made finals).
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Springbank defeated Newlyn.

1991 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan (made finals),
 - Bungaree,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Dunnstown (made finals),
 - Learmonth (made finals),
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank,
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Bungaree defeated Newlyn.

1992 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bungaree (made finals),
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners),
 - Gordon (made finals),
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank (made finals),
 - Waubra and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - Newlyn defeated Clunes.

1993 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (not wooden spooners, nor did they make the finals),
 - Dunnstown (made finals),
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Springbank (made finals) and
 - Newlyn (made finals) and
 - Waubra.
Grand Final - Clunes 14.14.98 defeated Ballan 12.12.84.

1994 :
Participating clubs included (in ladder order after H&As where known) :
 1. Dunnstown (premiers & champions),
 2/3. Beaufort,
 2/3/4/5. Ballan,
 2/3/4/5. Clunes,
 4/5. Learmonth,
 ?. Bungaree,
 ?. Creswick,
 ?. Springbank,
 ?. Waubra and
 Last. - Buninyong (0 wins).
Finals Series :
(If Ballan were 2nd or 3rd after H&As, Clunes were 4th or 5th. Vice versa also applies. One was beaten in the Elimination Final and the other was further up the ladder.)
 - Elimination Final - Learmonth were victorious, defeating either Ballan or Clunes.
 - Qualifying Final - Beaufort were defeated.
 - First Semi Final - Learmonth defeated Beaufort.
 - Preliminary Final - Learmonth were victorious, defeating either Ballan or Clunes.
 - Grand Final - Dunnstown defeated Learmonth.

1995 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. Dunnstown,
 2. Ballan,
 3. Beaufort,
 4. Hepburn,
 5. Learmonth,
 6. Bungaree,
 7. Newlyn,
 8. Clunes,
 9. Buninyong,
 10. Gordon,
 11. Waubra,
 12. Springbank and
 13. Creswick (first wooden spoon in this league).
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Hepburn defeated Learmonth.
 - Qualifying Final - Beaufort defeated Ballan.
 - First Semi-Final - Ballan defeated Hepburn.
 - Second Semi-Final - Dunnstown defeated Beaufort.
 - Preliminary Final - Beaufort defeated Ballan.
 - Grand Final - Beaufort defeated Dunnstown.

1996 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Creswick (did not make finals),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Grand Final - Beaufort 11.19.85 defeated Dunnstown 9.11.65.

1997 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (did not make finals),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Details of a home and away round, played on the weekend of April 28,1997 :
 - Waubra 17.12.114 defeated Springbank 12.19.91.
 - Buninyong 34.13.217 defeated Ballan 12.19.91.
 - Gordon 21.15.141 defeated Beaufort 16.14.110.
 - Learmonth 11.15.81 defeated Clunes 10.13.73.
 - Bungaree 20.19.139 defeated Creswick 10.2.62.
 - Dunnstown 15.9.99 defeated Hepburn 12.15.87.
Grand Final - Clunes defeated Dunnstown.

1998 :
Participating teams included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (did not make finals),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Grand Final - Dunnstown 17.16.118 defeated Bungaree 6.5.41.

1999 :
Participating clubs include :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (did not make finals),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Creswick did not make the finals.
Grand Final : Dunnstown 14.11.95 defeated Beaufort 9.11.65.

2000 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick (did not make finals),
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Grand Final - Springbank 20.9.129 defeated Clunes 9.12.66.

2001 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth (6th),
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Dunnstown 13.8.86 defeated Clunes 5.4.34.
 - Qualifying Final - Bungaree 14.9.93 defeated Springbank 14.7.91.
 - First Semi-Final - Springbank 16.10.106 defeated Dunnstown 7.13.55.
 - Second Semi-Final - Buninyong 14.14.98 defeated Bungaree 9.7.61.
 - Preliminary Final - Springbank 7.8.50 defeated Bungaree 5.7.37.
 - Grand Final - Springbank 12.12.84 defeated Buninyong 9.7.61.

2002 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Learmonth 16.12.108 defeated Bungaree 9.7.61.
 - Qualifying Final - Beaufort 16.16.112 defeated Newlyn 12.10.82.
 - First Semi-Final - Newlyn 23.17.155 defeated Learmonth 8.13.61.
 - Second Semi-Final - Beaufort 23.16.154 defeated Buninyong 8.6.54.
 - Preliminary Final - Buninyong 9.17.71 defeated Newlyn 9.6.60.
 - Grand Final - Buninyong 15.13.103 defeated Beaufort 7.12.54.

2003 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Finals Series :
 - Elimination Final - Dunnstown 4.10.34 defeated Ballan 2.2.14.
 - Qualifying Final - Buninyong 12.10.82 defeated Beaufort 3.5.23.
 - First Semi-Final - Beaufort 6.7.43 defeated Dunnstown 1.13.19.
 - Second Semi-Final - Newlyn 9.12.66 defeated Buninyong 6.6.42.
 - Preliminary Final - Buninyong 23.9.147 defeated Beaufort 9.15.69.
 - Grand Final - Newlyn 8.10.58 defeated Buninyong 3.3.21.

2004 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballan,
 - Beaufort,
 - Bungaree,
 - Buninyong,
 - Clunes,
 - Creswick,
 - Dunnstown,
 - Gordon,
 - Hepburn,
 - Learmonth,
 - Newlyn,
 - Springbank and
 - Waubra.
Grand Final - Hepburn 11.7.73 defeated Clunes 4.7.31.

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