- History
- Premierships
- Individual awards
- 1987 Ladder
- Notes
- External links
- See also
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}{{Use Australian English|date=January 2018}} Western Tasmanian Football Association | | General Information |
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| Founded | 1963 | | Former names | Queenstown FA (founded in 1924) | | Closed | 1994 | | Final clubs | Lyell Gormanston Lions
Queenstown Blues
Strahan Seals
Zeehan Bulldogs
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| Former clubs | City Magpies
Gormanston Blues
Lyell Maroons
Mines United
Smelters Robins
Railway
Rosebery Saints
Rosebery-Toorak Hawks
Toorak Tigers
Tullah-Savage River
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| Stadiums | Queenstown Oval
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| Premiers | Lyell-Gormanston | | Minor Premiers | Lyell-Gormanston | | Wooden spoon | Strahan. | | Bartram Medalist | Not available. | | Leading Goalkicker | P Schleigh (Lyell-Gormanston) 53 | The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast. Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast. HistoryThere was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.[1] - The League began in 1924 as the Queenstown Football Association.
- The League underwent a name change to the Western Tasmanian Football Association in 1963.
In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association. The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club. - In 1977, the Smelters Football Club and the City Football Club Merged and formed the Queenstown Football Club.
Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club.[2] - Rosebery-Toorak Football Club leave the WTFA and join the NWFA to start in 1990.
- In 1991, the Strahan Football Club re-formed and entered the WTFA, they last played in the Murchison FA in 1958.
- The WTFA closed down at the end of 1993. The Queenstown Crows were formed in 1994 and are still playing in the Darwin Assoc
PremiershipsQueenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963 {{col-start}}{{col-break}}- 1924 ― Smelters
- 1925 ― Railway
- 1926 ― City
- 1927 ― Smelters
- 1928 ― Smelters
- 1929 ― Smelters
- 1930 ― Smelters
- 1931 ― Smelters
- 1932 ― Mines United
- 1933 ― Mines United
- 1934 ― City
- 1935 ― Mines United
- 1936 ― Gormanston
- 1937 ― City
- 1938 ― Smelters
- 1939 ― City
- 1940 ― City
- 1941 ― City
- 1942 ― Lyell
- 1943 ― Lyell
{{col-break}}- 1944 ― Lyell
- 1945 ― Lyell
- 1946 ― Lyell
- 1947 ― City
- 1948 ― City
- 1949 ― Gormanston
- 1950 ― Gormanston
- 1951 ― Lyell
- 1952 ― City
- 1953 ― City
- 1954 ― Smelters
- 1955 ― Smelters
- 1956 ― Smelters
- 1957 ― City
- 1958 ― Lyell
- 1959 ― Smelters
- 1960 ― City
- 1961 ― Lyell
- 1962 ― Lyell
- 1963 ― City [3]
{{col-break}}WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993- 1964 ― Lyell 15.17 (107) v Gormanston 9.5 (59)
- 1965 ― Gormanston 9.10 (64) v Lyell 4.14 (38)
- 1966 ― Gormanston 16.11 (107) v Lyell 13.9 (87)
- 1967 ― Toorak 8.9 (57) v Rosebery 6.17 (53)
- 1968 ― Gormanston 10.16 (76) v Toorak 8.12 (60)
- 1969 ― Gormanston 12.14 (86) v Rosebery 8.5 (53)
- 1970 ― Gormanston 19.11 (125) v Toorak 16.13 (109)
- 1971 ― Rosebery 20.18 (138) v Toorak 19.12 (126)
- 1972 ― Rosebery 11.12 (78) v Toorak 10.10 (70)
- 1973 ― Smelters 15.13 (103) v Toorak 12.14 (86)
- 1974 ― Rosebery 16.17 (113) v Smelters 7.12 (54)
- 1975 ― Rosebery 15.17 (107) v Toorak 15.13 (103)
- 1976 ― Lyell-Gormanston 26.25 (181) v City 8.12 (60)
- 1977 ― Toorak 15.21 (111) v Lyell-Gormanston 12.18 (90)
- 1978 ― Queenstown 16.26 (122) v Toorak 14.15 (99)
- 1979 ― Rosebery 15.12 (102) v Toorak 13.12 (90)
- 1980 ― Rosebery 12.17 (89) v Toorak 10.12 (72)
- 1981 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.18 (138) v Rosebery 13.13 (91)
- 1982 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98) v Toorak 9.17 (71)
- 1983 ― Queenstown 7.13 (55) v Lyell-Gormanston 4.4 (28)
- 1984 ― Queenstown 15.19 (109) v Lyell-Gormanston 7.21 (63)
- 1985 ― Zeehan 22.10 (142) v Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98)
- 1986 ― Lyell-Gormanston 12.15 (87) v Queenstown 12.14 (86)
- 1987 ― Lyell-Gormanston 9.16 (70) v Tullah-Savage River 7.14 (56)
- 1988 ― Lyell-Gormanston 11.18 (84) v Zeehan 7.9 (51)
- 1989 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.22 (106) v Queenstown 16.8 (104)
- 1990 ― Lyell-Gormanston 22.21 (153) v Queenstown 16.8 (104)
- 1991 ― Lyell-Gormanston 18.18 (126) v Strahan 14.7 (91)
- 1992 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.19 (139) v Zeehan 13.12 (90)
- 1993 ― Lyell-Gormanston 17.19 (121) v Queenstown 12.12 (84)
{{col-end}}Individual awards- The senior B&F was the Bartram Medal.
- The reserves B&F was the ALB. Broadby Trophy.
- Seniors and reserves both had leading goalkicker awards.
1987 Ladder| West Tasmanian FA | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
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| Rosebery-Toorak | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1403 | 1071 | 131.00% | 42 | | Lyell-Gormanston | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1447 | 1336 | 108.31% | 36 | | Tullah-Savage River | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1264 | 1220 | 103.61% | 36 | | Zeehan | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1210 | 1473 | 82.15% | 28 | | Queenstown | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1387 | 1611 | 86.10% | 18 | |
FINALS| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts |
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| 1st Semi | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 11 | 89 | Zeehan | 9 | 14 | 68 | | 2nd Semi | Lyell-Gormanston | 14 | 16 | 100 | Rosebery-Toorak | 12 | 8 | 80 | | Preliminary | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 17 | 95 | Rosebery-Toorak | 10 | 8 | 68 | | Grand | Lyell-Gormanston | 9 | 16 | 70 | Tullah-Savage River | 7 | 14 | 56 |
Notes1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79702879 |title=Western Tasmanian Football Association. |newspaper=Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Hobart, Tas. : 1890 - 1922) |location=Hobart, Tas. |date=13 July 1894 |accessdate=5 July 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
2. ^http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34349/20030911-0000/www.footypedia.com/00004242.htm see for 1979-1980's merges and participants
3. ^"King Football" - Hobart Mercury - Monday, 28 May 1973 (page 29)
External links{{Empty section|date=March 2013}}See also- Australian rules football in Tasmania
- Leven Football Association
- Darwin Football Association
- North Western Football Association
{{Aussie Rules in Tasmania}} 2 : Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania|Western Tasmania |