Wimmera Football Association / Wimmera District Football League (Vic)
General :
This league was a Wednesday competition.
Quick Premiers List :
1920 - Ararat.
1921 - Warracknabeal.
1922 - Minyip.
1923 - Warracknabeal.
1924 - Horsham.
1925 - Stawell.
1926 - Stawell.
1927 - Warracknabeal.
1928 - Dimboola.
1929 - Dimboola.
1930 - Stawell.
1931 - Stawell.
1932 - Horsham.
1933 - Stawell.
1945 - Warracknabeal.
Timeline :
1920 (Wimmera FA) :
The Wimmera FL was replaced by the Wimmera FA.
Participating clubs included :
- Ararat,
- Horsham,
- Murtoa and
- Stawell.
Grand Final - Ararat 6.13.49 defeated Stawell 4.8.32.
1921 (Wimmera FA) :
The Borung & Dunmunkle Shire FL absorbed the Wimmera DFL.
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Ararat,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Warracknabeal 14.9.93 defeated Horsham 6.15.51.
1922 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Ararat,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Minyip 8.6.54 defeated Warracknabeal 7.11.53 @ Stawell.
1923 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Ararat (final season),
- Dimboola (debut),
- Horsham,
- Minyip (lost a 1st semi-final this year, it was probably in the Wimmera FA),
- Murtoa,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Warracknabeal 4.15.39 defeated Stawell 2.6.18 @ Minyip.
1924 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip (lost a 1st semi-final this year, it was probably in the Wimmera FA),
- Murtoa,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Horsham 12.9.81 defeated Warracknabeal 10.15.75.
1925 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill (debut),
- Rupanyup (4th after H&As),
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Finals Series :
- Final - Stawell defeated Rupanyup by 12 pts.
- Grand Final - Stawell 13.10.88 defeated Horsham 10.13.73 @ Murtoa.
1926 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Stawell 10.19.79 defeated Warracknabeal 7.15.57.
1927 (Wimmera FA) :
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Warracknabeal 10.7.67 defeated Dimboola 8.15.63 @ Murtoa.
1928 (Wimmera DFL) :
This might have been the year of a name change from Wimmera FA to Wimmera DFL.
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill,
- Rupanyup,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal (made final 4).
Grand Final - Dimboola 9.16.70 defeated Horsham 8.11.59.
1929 (Wimmera DFL) :
Participating clubs included :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill,
- Rupanyup (final season),
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Dimboola 9.9.63 defeated Nhill 5.13.43.
1930 (Wimmera DFL) :
Participating clubs included :
- Ararat (rejoined),
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip,
- Murtoa,
- Nhill,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Stawell 11.10.76 defeated Nhill 9.16.70.
1931 (Wimmera DFL) :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Ararat,
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Minyip (final season),
- Murtoa (final season),
- Nhill (final season),
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Stawell 18.15.123 defeated Ararat 10.16.76.
1932 (Wimmera DFL) :
Participating clubs included :
- Ararat,
- Horsham,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal.
Grand Final - Horsham 15.15.105 defeated Ararat 13.9.87 @ Stawell.
1933 (Wimmera DFL) :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Ararat (final season),
- Horsham,
- Stawell and
- Warracknabeal (did not make final 4, yet there were only 4 teams!).
Grand Final - Stawell 12.11.83 defeated Ararat 11.12.78.
1934 - The Ballarat-Wimmera FL was more or less merger of the Ballarat FL fand the Wimmera DFL.
1945 :
There was a reprise of the Wimmera FA in 1945.
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Dimboola,
- Horsham,
- Jeparit,
- Nhill,
- Nhill Air Force and
- Warracknabeal.
Warracknabeal were premiers.