Colac & District Football League

**Colac District Football League**
General Information

Founded	1937
Records
Highest Score	376 - Winchelsea 58.28.376 v Forrest 1.4.10 - 1987
Most goals in a game	24 - Wayne Tyquin - Birregurra v Otway Districts - 1993
Most goals in a season	168 - Martin Stewart - Lorne - 1997
Most Flags in a row	4 - Lorne - 1980-1983
Most wins in a row	37 - Lorne - 2000-2001
Most losses in a row	40 - Forrest - 1995-1998

The Colac & District Football Netball League is based in the South West Victoria city of Colac, where the competition provides a sporting outlet for the young people in the region.^[1]

History

The Colac & District Football League was formed in 1937, as a result of a merger of the Colac and District FA (known pre-1936 as the Colac Churches FA) and the Corangamite Farmers FA. It had A Grade and B Grade competitions.^[2]

In 1950 there was a mass exodus of clubs from the CDFL, the cause was that the Colac (Hampden league) team wanted to have the right to pick any player from the Colac DFL without needing a clearance.^[3] The result was Colac Imperials and Coragulac opted to leave and join the Polwarth FL and be away from Colac's reach. Beeac went to the Western Plains FL for two years before also joining the Polwarth FL, and Colac Rovers folded. With only Alvie and Warrion remaining in A Grade the surviving B Grade clubs combined into a single local competition along with Carlisle River from the Otway FA.

Over the years, a number of clubs moved between the CDFL and other local leagues, including the Otway Football Association, Polwarth Football League, and the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League, all of which are now defunct.

The Polwarth Football League folded after the 1970 season, with Lorne and Apollo Bay joining the CDFL and the other clubs moving to the Bellarine FL.

Otway Districts and Simpson joined the CDFL in 2003, after the Heytesbury Mt Noorat FL folded.

Clubs

Current

Club	Nickname	Years in comp	CDFL Premierships	Premiership Years
Alvie	Swans	1937-	12	1950, 1954, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 2000
Apollo Bay	Hawks (or The Bayers)	1971-	6	1984, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2004
Birregurra	Saints	1967-	4	1985, 1990, 1994, 2011
Colac Imperials	Cats	1945-1949, 1955-	12	1945, 1947, 1949, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995
Forrest	Lions	1970-	2	2005, 2012
Irrewarra-Beeac	Bombers	1986-	3	2008, 2009, 2010
Lorne	Dolphins	1971-	11	1974, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2013
Otway Districts	Demons	1982-1993, 2003-	-	-
Simpson	Tigers	2003-	1	2014
South Colac	Kangaroos	1945-	5	1951, 1978, 1988, 1997, 2002
Western Eagles	Eagles	1996-	-	-

Balitore
Carlisle River
Colac Diggers
Colac Rovers
Coragulac Rovers
North Deerite
St Andrews
St Marys
South Purrumbete
Swan Marsh
Warrion
Winchelsea
Yeodene

Mergers

Nalangil and Swan Marsh merged to form Nalangil-Swan Marsh in 1948
Beeac and Irrewarra merged to form Irrewarra-Beeac in 1986
Gellibrand and Otway Rovers merged to form Otway Districts in 1982
Irrewillipe and Pirron Yallock merged to form Western Eagles in 1996

The 1937 Ladder

Club	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Elliminyt	14	1	2	1100	468	237.2	56
Swan Marsh	12	1	4	895	488	183.4	48
Alvie	12	1	4	1080	713	151.5	48
St Andrews	11	1	5	928	571	162.5	44
Warrion	9	1	7	1095	496	220.8	36
Nagangil	8	1	8	755	672	112.4	32
Coragulac Rovers	7	1	9	574	587	97.8	28
St Marys	6	1	10	625	862	72.5	24
Stoneyford	4	1	12	454	1299	34.9	16
North Dreeite	1	1	15	330	1469	22.5	4
Yeodene	1	7	9	222	443	50.1	4

Yeodene withdraw at the end of the first round

Premierships

1937 Swan Marsh 3 5 23 defeated Elliminyt 2 3 15
1938 Warrion 7 6 48 defeated Nalangil 1 7 13
1939 Colac Rovers 7 12 54 defeated Coragulac 3 7 25
1940 Coragulac 6 3 39 defeated Pirron Yallock 5 6 36
1941 to 1944 no play due to war

1945 Colac Imperials 9 10 64 defeated Alvie 7 6 48
1946 Coragulac 7 9 51 defeated Beeac 5 11 41
1947 Colac Imperials 13 8 86 defeated Coragulac 9 4 58
1948 Coragulac 8 9 57 defeated Colac Rovers 7 9 51
1949 Colac Imperials 6 8 44 defeated Alvie 3 9 27
1950 Alvie 8 5 53 defeated Warrion 3 8 26
1951 South Colac 5 7 37 defeated Warrion 3 11 29
1952 Warrion 11 13 79 defeated Irrewillipe 7 13 55
1953 Irrewillipe 11 9 75 defeated Carlisle River 7 16 58
1954 Alvie 16 13 109 defeated South Colac 6 22 58
1955 Irrewillipe 7 12 54 defeated Irrewarra 5 6 36
1956 Irrewarra 6 8 44 defeated Colac Imperials 4 9 33
1957 Otway Rovers 12 10 82 defeated Warrion 5 5 35
1958 Otway Rovers 11 7 73 defeated Colac Imperials 9 8 62
1959 Alvie 10 18 78 defeated Otway Rovers 10 11 71
1960 South Purrumbete 9 12 66 defeated Otway Rovers 6 10 46
1961 Otway Rovers 14 13 97 defeated Alvie 10 19 79
1962 Alvie 7 9 51 defeated Colac Imperials 4 5 29
1963 Colac Imperials 9 13 67 defeated Otway Rovers 8 18 66
1964 Colac Imperials 6 4 40 defeated Alvie 4 8 32
1965 Alvie 13 16 94 defeated Otway Rovers 10 11 71
1966 Alvie 17 7 109 defeated Otway Rovers 10 11 71
1967 Alvie 11 6 72 defeated Otway Rovers 10 10 70
1968 Otway Rovers 10 13 73 defeated Colac Imperials 10 8 68
1969 Alvie 11 17 83 defeated Irrewillipe 4 5 29
1970 Alvie 10 9 69 defeated South Colac 8 6 54
1971 Irrewillipe 11 7 73 defeated Alvie 9 10 64
1972 Irrewarra 13 19 97 defeated Apollo Bay 9 7 61
1973 South Purrumbete 6 7 43 Defeated Lorne 6 5 41
1974 Lorne 7 6 48 defeated Alvie 6 8 44
1975 Alvie 9 12 66 defeated Lorne 6 8 44
1976 Lorne 10 18 78 defeated Colac Imperials 6 10 46
1977 Alvie 11 6 72 defeated Colac Imperials 10 10 70
1978 South Colac 16 9 105 defeated Colac Imperials 15 12 102
1979 Colac Imperials 14 18 102 defeated Lorne 14 11 95
1980 Lorne 13 13 91 defeated Irrewillipe 8 9 57
1981 Lorne 15 12 102 defeated South Colac 12 10 82
1982 Lorne 18 10 118 defeated South Colac 11 10 76
1983 Lorne 17 9 111 defeated South Colac 10 2 62
1984 Apollo Bay 13 12 90 defeated Lorne 9 8 62
1985 Birregurra 22 8 140 defeated Alvie 17 8 110
1986 Colac Imperials 15 7 97 defeated Winchelsea 6 12 48
1987 Winchelsea 19 21 135 defeated Colac Imperials 10 10 70
1988 South Colac 15 6 96 defeated Winchelsea 10 7 67
1989 Colac Imperials 17 11 113 defeated South Colac 9 13 67
1990 Birregurra 14 16 100 defeated South Colac 13 11 89
1991 Colac Imperials 13 16 94 defeated Birregurra 12 13 85
1992 Irrewillipe 11 9 75 defeated Colac Imperials 8 14 62
1993 Apollo Bay 12 11 83 defeated Winchelsea 9 15 69
1994 Birregurra 15 5 95 defeated Winchelsea 13 5 83
1996 Apollo Bay 11 13 79 defeated Lorne 9 8 62
1997 South Colac 16 14 110 defeated Lorne 10 14 74
1998 Lorne 11 9 75 defeated Alvie 6 12 48
1999 Apollo Bay 19 17 131 defeated Alvie 12 8 80
2000 Alvie 13 16 94 defeated Lorne 10 17 77
2001 Lorne 18 18 126 defeated South Colac 6 9 45
2002 South Colac 14 8 92 defeated Lorne 12 11 83
2003 Apollo Bay 5 13 43 defeated Lorne 4 8 32
2004 Apollo Bay 23 17 155 defeated Lorne 12 11 83
2005 Forrest 3 5 23 defeated Alvie 2 4 16
2006 Lorne 21 9 135 defeated Irrewarra-Beeac 10 13 73
2007 Lorne 13 12 90 defeated Irrewarra-Beeac 9 8 62
2008 Irrewarra-Beeac 14 14 98 defeated Lorne 5 7 37
2009 Irrewarra-Beeac 17 18 120 defeated Birregurra 10 8 68
2010 Irrewarra-Beeac 11 10 76 defeated Birregurra 11 8 74
2011 Birregurra 6 10 46 defeated South Colac 6 7 43
2012 Forrest 7 5 47 defeated Lorne 5 12 42
2013 Lorne 15 11 101 defeated Colac Imperials 11 6 72
2014 Simpson 21 13 139 defeated Birregurra 5 6 36

Grand Final Draws

1963 Colac Imperials 3 8 26 Drew with Otway Rovers 3 8 26

2008 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Irrewarra-Beeac	17	2	1	2809	822	341.73%	76
Lorne	14	2	4	2230	1207	184.76%	64
Birregurra	14	2	4	2034	1287	158.04%	64
Alvie	13	2	5	1991	1339	148.69%	60
Forrest	12	2	6	1886	1474	127.95%	56
Apollo Bay	9	2	9	1712	1555	110.10%	44
South Colac	7	2	11	1211	1876	64.55%	36
Otway Districts	7	2	11	1238	2050	60.39%	36
Simpson	3	2	15	1317	2234	58.95%	20
Colac Imperials	2	2	16	1167	2522	46.27%	16
Western Eagles	1	2	17	984	2213	44.46%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Alvie	18	18	126	Forrest	13	11	89
Qualifying	Lorne	17	8	110	Birregurra	8	7	55
1st Semi	Alvie	3	10	28	Birregurra	2	14	26
2nd Semi	Irrewarra-Beeac	11	9	75	Lorne	7	10	52
Preliminary	Lorne	15	10	100	Alvie	11	11	77
Grand	Irrewarra-Beeac	14	14	98	Lorne	5	7	37

2009 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irrewarra-Beeac	15	2	1	2194	593	369.98%	68	Elimination	Alvie	15	15	105	South Colac	9	11	65
Lorne	13	2	3	1717	706	243.20%	60	Qualifying	Birregurra	9	10	64	Lorne	5	11	41
Birregurra	13	2	3	1552	847	183.23%	60	1st Semi	Alvie	7	7	49	Lorne	6	6	42
Alvie	12	2	4	1604	961	166.91%	56	2nd Semi	Birregurra	6	6	42	Irrewarra-Beeac	2	7	19
South Colac	10	2	6	1218	1598	76.22%	48	Preliminary	Irrewarra-Beeac	14	8	92	Alvie	11	8	74
Otway Districts	7	2	9	1035	1518	68.18%	36	Grand	Irrewarra-Beeac	17	18	120	Birregurra	10	8	68
Simpson	5	2	11	1194	1525	78.30%	28
Apollo Bay	4	2	12	935	1617	57.82%	24
Forrest	3	2	13	1093	1806	60.52%	20
Colac Imperials	3	2	13	904	1562	57.87%	20
Western Eagles	3	2	13	904	1617	55.91%	20

2010 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Irrewarra-Beeac	14	2	1	1	1908	746	255.76%	66	Elimination	Simpson	8	11	59	Lorne	7	11	53
Birregurra	13	2	1	2	1650	765	215.69%	64	Qualifying	Birregurra	9	11	65	Alvie	5	4	34
Alvie	12	2	4	0	1694	759	223.19%	56	1st Semi	Alvie	15	18	108	Simpson	8	16	64
Lorne	11	2	5	0	1485	917	161.94%	52	2nd Semi	Birregurra	11	7	73	Irrewarra-Beeac	10	12	72
Simpson	10	2	5	1	1442	913	157.94%	50	Preliminary	Irrewarra-Beeac	10	16	76	Alvie	6	8	44
South Colac	9	2	7	0	1290	1328	97.14%	44	Grand	Irrewarra-Beeac	11	10	76	Birregurra	11	8	74
Apollo Bay	7	2	9	0	1326	1196	110.87%	36
Forrest	6	2	10	0	1019	1683	60.55%	32
Colac Imperials	3	2	13	0	961	1679	57.24%	20
Otway Districts	1	2	15	0	768	1920	40.00%	12
Western Eagles	0	2	16	0	514	2151	23.90%	8

2011 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Birregurra	15	2	1	1783	695	256.55%	68	Elimination	Lorne	15	10	100	Forrest	13	15	93
Simpson	14	2	2	1676	791	211.88%	64	Qualifying	South Colac	10	11	71	Simpson	7	4	46
South Colac	12	2	4	1566	914	171.33%	56	1st Semi	Simpson	12	11	83	Lorne	4	11	35
Forrest	10	2	6	1794	985	182.13%	48	2nd Semi	South Colac	10	17	77	Birregurra	10	12	72
Lorne	10	2	6	1553	1256	123.65%	48	Preliminary	Birregurra	15	14	104	Simpson	7	14	56
Irrewarra-Beeac	10	2	6	1369	1212	112.95%	48	Grand	Birregurra	6	10	46	South Colac	6	7	43
Otway Districts	6	2	10	1277	1250	102.16%	32
Colac Imperials	5	2	11	1106	1288	85.87%	28
Alvie	5	2	11	1053	1343	78.41%	28
Western Eagles	1	2	15	592	2425	24.41%	12
Apollo Bay	0	2	16	664	2274	29.20%	8

2012 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Forrest	13	2	2	1	1296	919	141.02%	62	Elimination	South Colac	13	8	86	Simpson	12	9	81
Lorne	12	2	3	1	1327	923	143.77%	58	Qualifying	Lorne	7	10	52	Birregurra	7	7	49
Birregurra	12	2	4	0	1261	903	139.65%	56	1st Semi	Birregurra	18	5	113	South Colac	9	5	59
Simpson	10	2	6	0	1411	928	152.05%	48	2nd Semi	Lorne	15	11	101	Forrest	5	8	38
South Colac	10	2	6	0	1255	966	129.92%	48	Preliminary	Forrest	21	10	136	Birregurra	12	11	83
Colac Imperials	9	2	7	0	1122	982	114.26%	44	Grand	Forrest	7	5	47	Lorne	5	12	42
Alvie	7	2	9	0	1193	1265	94.31%	36
Irrewarra-Beeac	6	2	10	0	1056	1248	84.62%	32
Apollo Bay	4	2	12	0	1014	1342	75.56%	24
Western Eagles	2	2	14	0	949	1679	56.52%	16
Otway Districts	2	2	14	0	845	1574	53.68%	16

2013 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Lorne	15	2	1	0	1796	739	243.03%	68	Elimination	South Colac	14	6	90	Western Eagles	3	8	26
Colac Imperials	13	2	3	0	1492	965	154.61%	60	Qualifying	Colac Imperials	13	20	98	Apollo Bay	5	5	35
Apollo Bay	12	2	4	0	1376	1186	116.02%	56	1st Semi	South Colac	10	8	68	Apollo Bay	7	10	52
Western Eagles	10	2	6	0	1244	1193	104.27%	48	2nd Semi	Lorne	10	9	69	Colac Imperials	4	15	39
South Colac	8	2	8	0	1343	1239	108.39%	40	Preliminary	Colac Imperials	18	10	118	South Colac	10	8	68
Alvie	7	2	8	1	1126	1283	87.76%	38	Grand	Lorne	15	11	101	Colac Imperials	11	6	72
Birregurra	7	2	9	0	1174	985	119.19%	36
Forrest	5	2	10	1	1120	1406	79.66%	30
Simpson	5	2	11	0	1003	1365	73.48%	28
Irrewarra-Beeac	4	2	12	0	1074	1573	68.28%	24
Otway Districts	1	2	15	0	941	1755	53.62%	12

2014 Ladder

Colac DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts	Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Simpson	14	2	2	1324	873	151.66%	64	Elimination	South Colac	11	8	74	Alvie	9	12	66
Colac Imperials	13	2	3	1593	774	205.81%	60	Qualifying	Birregurra	16	8	104	Colac Imperials	6	8	44
Birregurra	13	2	3	1040	801	129.84%	60	1st Semi	South Colac	16	4	100	Colac Imperials	10	10	70
South Colac	11	2	5	1465	819	178.88%	52	2nd Semi	Birregurra	11	9	75	Simpson	8	10	58
Alvie	10	2	6	1336	900	148.44%	48	Preliminary	Simpson	19	11	125	South Colac	16	8	104
Apollo Bay	8	2	8	1310	1180	111.02%	40	Grand	Simpson	21	13	139	Birregurra	5	6	36
Irrewarra-Beeac	8	2	8	1129	1044	108.14%	40
Forrest	6	2	10	1142	1159	98.53%	32
Western Eagles	3	2	13	782	1708	45.78%	20
Lorne	1	2	15	703	1542	45.59%	12
Otway Districts	1	2	15	711	1735	40.98%	12

Leading Goal Kickers

Year	Player	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1982	Mike Cameron (Beeac)	92	1	93
1983	David Wyles (Lorne)	83	12	95
1984	Guy Permezel (Apollo Bay)	127	17	144
1985	Denis Phelps (Apollo Bay)	101	0	101
1986	Daryl Leak (Winchelsea)	107	0	107
1987	Guy Permezel (Apollo Bay)	104	0	104
1988	Daryl Leak (Winchelsea)	131	0	131
1989	Daryl Leak (Winchelsea)	80	0	80
1990	Brett Dwyer (Lorne)	102	7	109
1991	Stephen Worland (Winchelsea)	101	0	101
1992	Nick Lang (Alvie)	63	0	63
1993	Wanye Tyquin (Birregurra)	130	0	130
1994	Wanye Tyquin (Birregurra)	107	0	107
1995	Michael Coutts (Lorne)	62	14	76
1996	Alan Hoffman (Apollo Bay)	124	0	124
1997	Martin Stewart (Lorne)	153	15	168
1998	Michael Coutts (Lorne)	124	14	138
1999	Dean Holroyd (Lorne)	142	5	147
2000	James Mawson (Winchelsea)	103	0	103
2001	Dean Holroyd (Lorne)	117	7	124
2002	Brook Sheils (Lorne)	56	5	61
2003	Alan Hoffman (Alvie)	68	0	68
2004	Michael Coutts (Lorne)	91	4	95
2005	David Timms (Forrest)	97	5	102
2006	Christian Kelly (Alvie)	81	3	84
2007	David Timms (Forrest)	110	7	117
2008	Mark Whelan (Birreguarra)	85	0	85
2009	Mark Whelan (Birreguarra)	77	5	82
2010	Christian Kelly (Alvie)	98	6	104
2011	Ben Cox (South Colac)	73	12	85
2012	Christian Kelly (Birregurra)	62	10	72
2013	Luke Norton (Lorne)	57	1	58
2014	Christian Kelly (Birregurra)	63	11	74

References

↑ http://www.footballgeelong.com.au
↑ Football Country Style
↑ Evergreen Hampden

External links

Book

Doran, Bill (1974). Football Country Style: A History of Football in the Colac District from 1900 - 1974. Colac, Vic.: The Printing Place. OCLC 801362897.
Stoward, John (2008). Cat Country: History of Football in the Geelong District. History of Australian Rules Football. Drysdale, Vic.: Aussie Footy Books. ISBN 978-0-9577515-8-3. OCLC 277181507.

Clubs in the Colac & District Football League

Alvie Apollo Bay Birregurra Colac Imperials Forrest Irrewarra-Beeac Lorne Otway Districts Simpson South Colac Western Eagles

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