Upper Great Southern Football League

Upper Great Southern
Football League
Established 1959
Teams 8
2011 Premiers Williams Cats
Reserves Premiers Williams Cats
Thirds Premiers Katanning Wanderers

The Upper Great Southern Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the state of Western Australia, incorporating teams from towns located within the Great Southern, Wheatbelt and Peel regions. The league was formed in 1959 from a merger of the town competitions in Wagin and Narrogin. There are currently 8 teams covering all tiers of the league.

The representative side from the league won the 2009 WA Country Football Championships, A-Section, defeating the Avon Football Association.[1]

Contents

Current Clubs

Club Nickname Jumper Years in Competition UGSFL premierships UGSFL Premiership years
Boddington Eagles 1959-
(Founding Club)
5 1989-90-91, 1995, 2002
Brookton/Pingelly Panthers 1997- 1 2003
Katanning Wanderers Tigers 1994- - -
Kukerin/Dumbleyung Cougars 1992-
(merger)
7 1992-93, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005-06
Narrogin Hawks 2004-
(merger)
- -
Wagin Bulldogs 1985- 5 1985, 1994, 1999-2000, 2004
Wickepin Warriors 1959-
(Founding Club)
7 1965, 1967, 1974-75, 1981, 2007-08
Williams Cats 1959-
(Founding Club)
7 1982-83, 1987, 1997, 2009-10-11

Previous

Club Time in league UGSFL premierships UGSFL Premiership years Notes
Cuballing 1959 (Founding Club) - 1980 9 1961, 1963, 1966, 1968-69-70-71, 1973, 1977 Club may be in recess.
Narrogin Imperials 1959 (Founding Club) - 1960 - - Defunct, could have possibly folded anywhere up until 1998.
Narrogin Railways 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 2 1972, 1978 Renamed Narrogin Eagles in 2001.
Merged with Narrogin Lions in 2004 to form the Hawks.
Narrogin Towns 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 4 1959, 1960, 1986, 1988 Renamed Narrogin Lions in 2001.
Merged with Narrogin Eagles in 2004 to form the Hawks.
Pingelly 1971 - 1991 2 1979, 1984 Joined from the Avon Football Association in 1971.
Entered recess in 1991.
Merged with Brookton FC (also from the Avon FA) in 1996/97.
Wagin Federals 1959 (Founding Club) - 1985 - - Merged with Wagin Rovers to become the Wagin Magpies.
Wagin Rovers 1959 (Founding Club) - 1985 1 1980 Merged with Wagin Federals to become the Wagin Magpies.
West Arthur Bulldogs 1959 (Founding Club) - 2004 3 1962, 1964, 1976 Merged with Wagin Magpies to become the Wagin Bulldogs

2011 Ladder

Upper Great Southern Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Williams 16 0 0 0 2077 973 213.46% 64
Boddington 12 0 4 0 1821 1114 163.46% 48
Wanderers 11 0 5 0 1889 1423 132.75% 44
Kukerin/Dumbleyung 10 0 6 0 1909 1387 137.64% 40
Narrogin 6 0 10 0 1310 1690 77.51% 24
Wagin 5 0 11 0 1145 2038 56.18% 20
Wickenpin 2 0 14 0 1101 1855 59.35% 8
Brookton/Pingelly 2 0 14 0 1061 1990 53.32% 8

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1st Semi Kukerin/Dumbleyung 18 16 124 Wanderers 14 9 93
2nd Semi Williams 17 16 118 Boddington 10 9 69
Preliminary Boddington 21 8 134 Kukerin/Dumbleyung 16 11 107
Grand Williams 19 10 124 Boddington 9 14 68

Premiers of the League [2]

1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Narrogin Towns Narrogin Towns Cuballing West Arthur Cuballing West Arthur
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Wickepin Cuballing Wickepin Cuballing Cuballing Cuballing
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Cuballing Narrogin Railways Cuballing Wickepin Wickepin West Arthur
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Cuballing Narrogin Railways Pingelly Wagin Rovers Wickepin Williams
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Williams Pingelly Wagin Narrogin Towns Williams Narrogin Towns
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Boddington Boddington Boddington Kukerin-Dumbleyung Kukerin-Dumbleyung Wagin
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
Boddington Kukerin-Dumbleyung Williams Kukerin-Dumbleyung Wagin Wagin
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Kukerin-Dumbleyung Boddington Brookton-Pingelly Wagin Kukerin-Dumbleyung Kukerin-Dumbleyung
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Wickepin Wickepin Williams Williams Williams

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