Millewa Football League

The Millewa Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league with teams based in the Sunraysia region of north-western Victoria and south-western New South Wales, Australia, around the towns of Mildura, Victoria and Robinvale.

The clubs are mostly based within the same area as the clubs in the major Sunraysia Football League, but generally represent smaller towns and communities. Clubs only field one senior football team and up to five netball teams.

History

The Millewa Football League was formed in 1926. Due to World War II, the League went into recess between 1942 and 1945. Media coverage of this league was non-existent between 1940 and 1960. Regular scores did not start appearing in the press until the mid-1970s.^[1] Meringur went into recess prior to the 2012 season due to lack of players attributed to the population decline in the district, however returned in 2013. Euston merged with Robinvale of the Sunraysia Football League before the beginning of the 2015 to play in that competition.

Clubs

Current

Jumper	Club	Nickname	Years in comp	MFL Premierships	Premiership Years
	Bambill	Saints	1927-	24	1935, 1938-39, 1949, 1965-66-67-68, 1970-71, 1976, 1980, 1985-86-87-88, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
	Cardross	Lions	1962-	3	1962-63, 1972
	Gol Gol (formerly Alcheringa)	Hawks	1980-	11	1982-83-84, 1991-92, 1999, 2001, 2004-05-06, 2010
	Meringur	Kangaroos	1926-36, 1949-2011 (in recess)	9	1950, 1952, 1956-57-58-59, 1960-61, 1964
	Nangiloc	Demons	1975-	6	1978, 1989, 1990, 1993-94-95
	Werrimull	Magpies	1926-	19	1926-27-28-29, 1930, 1947-48, 1951, 1954-55, 1973-74-75, 1977, 1979, 1981, 2003, 2012-13

Past Clubs

• Benetook 1931
• Coomealla 1981-1989
• Euston 1999-2014 (1 Premiership - 2008)
• Karawinna 1926-1936
• Karween 1932-1934
• Karween-Morkalla 1935-1953 (1 Premiership - 1953)
• Karween-Karawinna Tigers 1954-1998 (1 Premiership - 1997)
• Merinee 1928-1949 (9 Premierships - 1931-2-3-4, 1936-7, 1940-1, 1946)
• Meringur-South Merbein 1988-1995
• Nicholls Point 1975-1977
• Pirlta 1929-1932
• South Merbein Swans 1960-1987 (1 Premiership - 1969)
• Yarrara 1926-1937

Leading Goal Kickers

Year	Player	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1976	Ian Hobbs (Bambill)	60	4	64
1977	Les Hazel (Nangiloc)	75	10	85
1978				0
1979
1980
1981	Owen Evans (Werrimull)	73	5	78
1982	John Sheahan (Werrimull)	106	15	121
1983	Rex Handy (Coomealla)	107	0	107
1984	Geoff Lucas (Alcheringa)	118	0	118
1985	Ron Jackson (Bambill)	139	9	148
1986	Rex Handy (Coomealla)	120	29	149
1987
1988	Jerry Vuik (Bambill)	79	2	81
1989	Jerry Vuik (Bambill)	89	3	92
1990
1991	Frank Oldfield (Alcheringa)	123	0	123
1992	Frank Oldfield (Alcheringa)	108	0	108
1993	Grenville Dietrich (KK)	118	7	125
1994	Grenville Dietrich (KK)	123	0	123
1995	Grenville Dietrich (KK)	105	0	105
1996	Grenville Dietrich (KK)	112	3	115
1997	Brett Robertson (Bambill)	55	0	55
1998	Daryl Fisher (Cardross)	73	0	73
1999	David McDonnell (Gol Gol)	51	0	51
2000	Brett Haase (Euston)	103	5	108
2001	Matt Leeder (Werrimull)	105	1	106
2002	Mark Fitzgerald (Mer)	81	0	81
2003	Shane Ruyg (Werrimul)	83	11	94
2004	Bradley Brooks (GG)	90	16	106
2005	Bradley Brooks (GG)	85	2	87
2006	Mark Duscher (Werrimull)	76	0	76
2007	David Hall (Bambill)	71	7	78
2008	Mahino Paola(Euston)	71	0	71
2009	Kaleb Sherwell (Gol Gol)	81	7	88
2010	Brett Haase (Bambill)	92	0	92
2011	Jason Bell (Gol Gol)	83	19	102
2012	Robert Lindsey (Gol Gol)	117	16	133
2013	Luke Stanbrook (Bambill)	69	9	78
2014	Isaiah Johnson (Werrimull)	79	5	84

Recent Premierships

• 1960 Meringur 11 13 79 Defeated Werrimull 4 6 30
• 1961 Meringur 8 15 63 Defeated Werrimull 8 4 52
• 1962 Cardross 11 12 78 Defeated Meringur 11 9 75
• 1963 Cardross 10 10 70 Defeated Meringur 10 9 69
• 1964 Meringur 13 21 99 Defeated Bambill 13 3 81
• 1965 Bambill 8 10 58 Defeated Meringur 5 10 40
• 1966 Bambill 14 13 97 Defeated Cardross 14 4 88
• 1967 Bambill 9 13 67 Defeated Meringur 5 15 45
• 1968 Bambill 12 10 82 Defeated Werrimull 7 10 52
• 1969 South Merbein 11 11 77 Defeated Karween-Karawinna 6 11 47
• 1970 Bambill 13 8 86 Defeated Cardross 8 12 60
• 1971 Bambill 14 15 99 Defeated Karween-Karawinna 11 12 78
• 1972 Cardross 17 14 116 Defeated Werrimull 12 18 90
• 1973 Werrimull 9 11 65 Defeated Bambill 7 6 48
• 1974 Werrimull 17 18 120 Defeated South Merbein 17 11 113
• 1975 Werrimull 15 18 108 Defeated Bambill 14 10 94
• 1976 Bambill 14 12 96 Defeated Nangiloc 4 17 41
• 1977 Werrimull 15 15 105 Defeated Nangiloc 13 13 91
• 1978 Nangiloc 19 10 124 Defeated Meringur 18 9 117
• 1979 Werrimull 16 22 118 Defeated Bambill 16 18 114
• 1980 Bambill 15 12 102 Defeated Werrimull 11 11 77
• 1981 Werrimull 19 12 126 Defeated Alcheringa 12 11 83
• 1982 Alcheringa 31 21 207 Defeated Cardross 14 8 92
• 1983 Alcheringa 27 10 172 Defeated Bambill 14 10 94
• 1984 Alcheringa 18 17 125 Defeated Bambill 15 10 100
• 1985 Bambill 15 11 101 Defeated Alcheringa 11 9 75
• 1986 Bambill 15 8 98 Defeated Alcheringa 13 10 88
• 1987 Bambill 26 14 170 Defeated Alcheringa 15 8 98
• 1988 Bambill 7 18 60 Defeated Meringur South Merbein 3 9 27
• 1989 Nangiloc 17 18 120 Defeated Alcheringa 13 12 90
• 1990 Nangiloc 15 15 105 Defeated Alcheringa 10 13 73
• 1991 Alcheringa 16 11 107 Defeated Bambill 9 8 62
• 1992 Alcheringa 12 7 79 Defeated Bambill 7 13 55
• 1993 Nangiloc 13 8 86 Defeated Bambill 8 17 65
• 1994 Nangiloc 14 16 100 Defeated Bambill 12 8 80
• 1995 Nangiloc 15 16 106 Defeated Bambill 10 10 70
• 1996 Bambill 15 19 109 Defeated Nangiloc 11 11 77
• 1997 Karween-Karawinna 16 10 106 Defeated Bambill 14 12 96
• 1998 Bambill 20 12 132 Defeated Werrimull 6 9 45
• 1999 Gol Gol 17 15 117 Defeated Nangiloc 13 14 92
• 2000 Bambill 18 19 127 Defeated Gol Gol 11 10 76
• 2001 Gol Gol 19 16 130 Defeated Werrimull 5 8 38
• 2002 Bambill 24 11 155 Defeated Euston 5 10 40
• 2003 Werrimull 19 12 126 Defeated Gol Gol 18 17 125
• 2004 Gol Gol 12 12 84 Defeated Bambill 6 10 46
• 2005 Gol Gol 20 15 135 Defeated Meringur 4 8 32
• 2006 Gol Gol 22 18 150 Defeated Cardross 1 12 18
• 2007 Bambill 19 13 127 Defeated Cardross 4 9 33
• 2008 Euston 13 10 88 Defeated Gol Gol 6 12 48
• 2009 Bambill 13 14 92 Defeated Gol Gol 11 5 71
• 2010 Gol Gol 14 15 89 Defeated Bambill 5 18 48
• 2011 Bambill 24 14 158 Defeated Werrimull 14 5 89
• 2012 Werrimull 20 23 143 Defeated Gol Gol 4 5 29
• 2013 Werrimull 18 16 124 Defeated Bambill 13 8 86
• 2014 Bambill 19 21 135 Defeated 9 8 62

2010 Ladder

Millewa	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Bambill	14	3	2	0	1750	1003	174.48%	68		1st Semi	Cardross	7	10	52	Werrimull	6	10	46
Gol Gol	13	3	3	0	1776	972	182.72%	64		2nd Semi	Gol Gol	10	8	68	Bambill	3	13	31
Werrimull	10	3	6	0	1532	1404	109.12%	52		Preliminary	Bambill	10	10	70	Cardross	6	9	45
Cardross	9	3	7	0	1378	1132	121.73%	48		Grand	Gol Gol	14	5	89	Bambill	5	18	48
Meringur	5	3	11	0	1099	1440	76.32%	32
Nangiloc	4	3	12	0	995	1514	65.72%	28
Euston	1	3	15	0	952	2017	47.20%	16

2011 Ladder

Millewa	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Bambill	15	3	1	0	2328	1116	208.60%	72		1st Semi	Gol Gol	17	14	116	Euston	12	17	89
Werrimull	10	3	6	0	1646	1655	99.46%	52		2nd Semi	Bambill	21	8	134	Werrimull	5	14	44
Euston	9	3	7	0	1769	1458	121.33%	48		Preliminary	Werrimull	18	7	115	Gol Gol	15	9	99
Gol Gol	7	3	9	0	1695	1671	101.44%	40		Grand	Bambill	24	14	158	Werrimull	14	5	89
Nangiloc	7	3	9	0	1568	1687	92.95%	40
Cardross	6	3	10	0	1395	1739	80.22%	36
Meringur	2	3	14	0	1097	2172	50.51%	20

2012 Ladder

Millewa	Wins	Forfeits	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Werrimull	13	1	2	0	1943	1292	150.39%	56		1st Semi	Bambill	16	14	110	Cardross	12	11	83
Gol Gol	12	0	4	0	2093	1419	147.50%	48		2nd Semi	Werrimull	16	13	109	Gol Gol	11	7	73
Bambill	9	0	7	0	1707	1464	116.60%	36		Preliminary	Gol Gol	22	12	144	Bambill	11	17	83
Cardross	8	0	8	0	1574	1750	89.94%	32		Grand	Werrimull	20	23	143	Gol Gol	4	5	29
Euston	5	0	11	0	1313	1850	70.97%	20
Nangiloc	0	0	16	0	1124	1979	56.80%	0

• Note: Nangiloc forfeited their Round 15 match with Werrimull.

2013 Ladder

Millewa	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Bambill	14	0	2	0	1923	902	213.19%	56		1st Semi	Werrimull	17	11	113	Gol Gol	16	6	102
Euston	12	0	4	0	1559	924	168.72%	48		2nd Semi	Bambill	20	13	133	Euston	11	12	78
Werrimull	9	0	6	1	1444	1407	102.63%	38		Preliminary	Werrimull	23	11	149	Euston	8	8	56
Gol Gol	9	0	7	0	1599	1392	114.87%	36		Grand	Werrimull	18	16	124	Bambill	13	8	86
Cardross	8	0	8	0	1496	1462	102.33%	32
Nangolic	2	0	14	0	1013	2023	50.07%	8
Meringur	1	0	14	1	995	1919	51.85%	6

References

External links

• Full Points Footy -Millewa Football League

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