Geelong & District Football League

**Geelong & District Football League**
General Information
G&DFL Logo
Founded	1879
Current Clubs	Anakie Bannockburn Belmont Bell Post Hill Corio East Geelong Geelong West Sports Club Inverleigh North Geelong Thomson Werribee Centrals Winchelsea
2014 Season
Premiers	Bell Post Hill
Minor Premiers	Bell Post Hill
Wooden Spoon	Thomson
League Best & Fairest	Andrew Challis (East Geelong)
Leading Goal Kicker	Thomas Mullane-Grant (Bannockburn) 82

The Geelong & District Football League is the oldest surviving football competition in Victoria . It is one of three Australian rules football leagues in the Geelong area, the others being the Geelong Football League and the Bellarine Football League. There are 12 teams, and the league has produced over 600 VFL/AFL players.^[1]

History

The league was formed in 1879 as the Geelong and District Football Association (GDFA). In 1919 it changed name to the GDFL, before changing to the Geelong Junior Football Association in 1922. It reverted to the GDFL name in 1933, then back to the GDFA in 1939, and back to the GDFL in 1945.^[1]

From 1946 onwards, the GDFL maintained a divisional system, with clubs in the First Division competing for the Evelyn Hurst Trophy, the Second Division for the Woolworth Cup, and the Third Division for the Jarman Cup. From 1996 onwards, the league has reverted to a single division competition.^[2]

The league took the form it is today when 10 clubs broke away in 1979 to form the Geelong Football League. The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL. Many of the teams in the lower league wanted a system of promotion and relegation, which was fought by the GFL until the early 1980s when the Victorian Country Football League held a hearing in Melbourne. As a result, a trial promotion-relegation system was put into place, on a voluntary basis.

Today the GDFL is opposed to the promotion-relegation system, with the Geelong Football League, Geelong & District Football League and Bellarine Football League forming a three-league, three division football structure for the Geelong area. In 2002, the GDFL adopted netball, originally to keep the wives busy from their husbands, introducing A Grade, B Grade & C Grade senior teams, as well as U/17's, U/15's & U/13's junior netball. In 2009, the GDFL introduced a fourth senior section, D Grade, where East Geelong and Werribee have the past 3 of the last 6 D Grade premierships^[3]

Current Clubs

Club	Nickname	GDFL Premierships	Years in GDFL
Anakie	Roos	Div 2: 1967, 1985 Div 1:1991, 1994	1949-
Bannockburn	Tigers	Div 2: 1990 Div 1: 1997-8, 2003	1953-1958, 1970-
Bell Post Hill	Panthers	2010-11-12, 14-15	1977-
Belmont	Lions	2007	1965- (Known as St Bernards from 1965-1973 and from 1974 to 1997 as East Belmont)
Corio	Devils	Div 1: 1995	1974-
East Geelong	Eagles	Div 2: 1993 Div 1: 2009	1890- (From 1980-1999 known as Eastern Suburbs)
Geelong West SC	Cheetahs	Div 1: 1966, 1971 Div 2: 1978, 1987	1935-78, 1987-
Inverleigh	Hawks	Woolworths Cup 1961 Div 2: 1992	1954-(From 1970- 1995 known as Leigh Districts) reformed 2002
North Geelong	Magpies	Div 1: 1949-50-1-2-3-4-5, 1958, 1968-9, 1990, 1992-3, 2002, 2013	1890-
Thomson	Tigers	Div 2: 1964, 1986, 1991, 1995 Div 1: 1983, 1996, 2005-6, 2008	1957-
Werribee Centrals	Centurions	Div 2: 1984 Div 1: 1987, 1989, 1999, 2000-1, 2004	1984-
Winchelsea	Blues	-	2002-

Recent premierships

1945 Geelong West
Evelyn Hurst Trophy
1946 East Geelong
1947 East Geelong
1948 East Geelong
1949 North Geelong
1950 North Geelong
1951 North Geelong
1952 North Geelong
1953 North Geelong
1954 North Geelong
1955 North Geelong
1956 St Marys
1957 Barwon
1958 North Geelong
1959 St Marys
1960 St Marys
1961 Barwon
1962 Newtown & Chilwell
1963 Newtown & Chilwell
1964 Newtown & Chilwell
1965 Newtown & Chilwell
1966 Geelong West C&FC
1967 St Marys
1968 North Geelong
1969 North Geelong
1970 East Geelong
1971 Geelong West C&FC
1972 St Marys
1st Division
1973 East Geelong
1974 North Shore
1975 St Marys
1976 North Shore
1977 North Shore
1978 Newtown & Chilwell

1979 Modewarre
1980 St Peters
1981 St Peters
1982 St Josephs
1983 Thomson
1984 St Josephs
1985 Geelong Amateurs
1986 Lara
1987 Werribee Central
1988 Lara
1989 Werribee Central
1990 North Geelong
1991 Anakie
1992 North Geelong
1993 North Geelong
1994 Anakie
1995 Corio
1996 Thomson
1997 Bannockburn
1998 Bannockburn
1999 Werribee Central
2000 Werribee Central
2001 Werribee Central
2002 North Geelong
2003 Bannockburn
2004 Werribee Central
2005 Thomson
2006 Thomson
2007 Belmont
2008 Thomson
2009 East Geelong
2010 Bell Post Hill
2011 Bell Post Hill
2012 Bell Post Hill
2013 North Geelong
2014 Bell Post Hill
2015 Bell Post Hill

Woolworths Cup
1946 Sea Scouts
1947 Portarlington
1948 North Shore
1949 St Albans
1950 Freshwater Ck
1951 Freshwater Ck
1952 Lara
1953 Geelong Amateurs
1954 St Albans
1955 North Geelong
1956 North Geelong
1957 North Geelong
1958 North Geelong
1959 North Geelong
1960 Modewarre
1961 Inverleigh
1962 Torquay
1963 Drysdale
1964 Thomson
1965 Lara
1966 Drysdale
1967 Anakie
1968 St Albans
1969 Drysdale
1970 Drysdale
1971 St Albans
1972 St Albans
2nd Division
1973 Modewarre
1974 Modewarre
1975 Grovedale
1976 Modewarre
1977 Grovedale
1978 Geelong West C&FC

1979-1983 single division
1984 Werribee Central
1985 Anakie
1986 Thomson
1987 Geelong West C&FC
1988 North Geelong
1989 Modewarre
1990 Bannockburn
1991 Thomson
1992 Leigh Districts
1993 Eastern Suburbs
1994 Modewarre
Jarman Cup
1952 Modewarre
1953 Portarlington
1954 Modewarre
1955 Drysdale
1956 Geelong West C&FC
1957 Barwon Heads Ocean Grove
1958 Portarlington
1959 Portarlington
1960 Torquay
1961 Torquay
1962 Drysdale
1963 Marshall-Grovedale
1964 St Albans
1965 Newtown & Chilwell
1966 East Geelong
1967 Barwon
1968 St Marys
1969 Bell Park
1970 Bell Park
1971 Newtown & Chilwell
1972 St Marys

2009 Ladder

Geelong DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
East Geelong	15	3	2041	1310	155.80%	60
Bell Post Hill	14	4	2069	1215	170.29%	56
Thomson	14	4	1964	1378	142.53%	56
Bannockburn	13	5	2082	1467	141.92%	52
Werribee Centrals	11	7	1805	1433	125.96%	44
Inverleigh	11	7	1582	1518	104.22%	44
Belmont Lions	8	10	1548	1723	89.84%	32
Corio	7	11	1685	1923	87.62%	28
North Geelong	6	12	1760	1771	99.38%	24
Winchelsea	5	13	1413	1780	79.38%	20
Anakie	2	16	1294	2275	56.88%	8
Geelong West SC	2	16	945	2395	39.46%	8

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Bannockburn	14	15	99	Werribee Centrals	10	11	71
Qualifying	Bell Post Hill	17	12	114	Thomson	8	18	66
1st Semi	Thomson	16	11	107	Bannockburn	9	9	63
2nd Semi	East Geelong	10	15	75	Bell Post Hill	8	17	65
Preliminary	Bell Post Hill	15	11	101	Thomson	15	8	98
Grand	East Geelong	13	13	91	Bell Post Hill	10	10	70

2010 Ladder

Geelong DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Werribee Centrals	16	2	2199	1276	172.34%	64
Bell Post Hill	15	3	2302	1264	182.12%	60
Bannockburn	15	3	2227	1261	176.61%	60
North Geelong	12	6	2240	1440	155.56%	48
East Geelong	12	6	1870	1311	142.64%	48
Thomson	10	8	1829	1658	110.31%	40
Winchelsea	9	9	1657	1600	103.56%	36
Inverleigh	7	11	1463	1415	103.39%	28
Anakie	6	12	1588	1943	81.73%	24
Corio	4	14	1172	2492	47.03%	16
Geelong West SC	1	17	1158	2174	53.27%	4
Belmont Lions	1	17	838	2709	30.93%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	East Geelong	16	12	108	North Geelong	12	12	84
Qualifying	Bell Post Hill	14	15	99	Bannockburn	9	7	61
1st Semi	East Geelong	15	9	99	Bannockburn	14	6	90
2nd Semi	Bell Post Hill	19	18	132	Werribee Central	10	4	64
Preliminary	Werribee Central	10	2	62	East Geelong	8	12	60
Grand	Bell Post Hill	21	23	149	Werribee Central	6	10	46

2011 Ladder

Geelong DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Bell Post Hill	17	1	2279	1050	217.05%	68
East Geelong	17	1	2526	1179	214.25%	68
Werribee Centrals	14	4	2037	1318	154.55%	56
Inverleigh	13	5	2070	1378	150.22%	52
Thomson	9	9	1620	1683	96.26%	36
Anakie	8	10	1510	1749	86.34%	32
Bannockburn	7	11	1451	1685	86.11%	28
Belmont Lions	7	11	1545	2018	76.56%	28
Corio	6	12	1599	1944	82.25%	24
North Geelong	5	13	1739	2008	86.60%	20
Winchelsea	4	14	1279	2323	55.06%	16
Geelong West SC	1	17	952	2272	41.90%	4

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Inverleigh	14	20	104	Thomson	9	11	65
Qualifying	East Geelong	15	19	109	Werribee Centrals	5	4	34
1st Semi	Inverleigh	14	16	100	Werribee Centrals	13	11	89
2nd Semi	Bell Post Hill	10	15	75	East Geelong	8	6	54
Preliminary	East Geelong	15	16	106	Inverleigh	8	10	58
Grand	Bell Post Hill	17	10	112	East Geelong	13	7	85

2012 Ladder

Geelong DFL	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Bell Post Hill	17	1	0	1935	880	219.89%	68
Thomson	15	2	1	2133	1181	180.61%	62
Bannockburn	14	4	0	1981	1192	166.19%	56
Werribee Centrals	12	5	1	1950	1247	156.38%	50
East Geelong	12	6	0	1856	1149	161.53%	48
North Geelong	11	7	0	2065	1307	158.00%	44
Anakie	9	9	0	1819	1478	123.07%	36
Inverleigh	6	12	0	1401	1574	89.01%	24
Belmont Lions	5	13	0	1319	1748	75.46%	20
Geelong West SC	3	15	0	1093	2154	50.74%	12
Corio	3	15	0	998	2237	44.61%	12
Winchelsea	0	18	0	642	3045	21.08%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Werribee Centrals	10	4	64	East Geelong	12	21	93
Qualifying	Thomson	16	13	109	Bannockburn	14	8	92
1st Semi	Bannockburn	8	14	62	East Geelong	20	9	129
2nd Semi	Bell Post Hill	14	13	97	Thomson	9	12	66
Preliminary	Thomson	6	7	43	East Geelong	17	12	114
Grand	Bell Post Hill	13	10	88	East Geelong	11	9	75

2013 Ladder

Geelong DFL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
North Geelong	17	1	2009	1177	170.69%	68
Bell Post Hill	16	1	2168	1080	200.74%	68
East Geelong	12	6	1594	1554	102.57%	48
Werribee Centrals	10	8	1776	1518	117.00%	40
Winchelsea	10	8	1662	1767	94.06%	40
Geelong West	9	9	1549	1559	99.36%	36
Thomson	8	10	1674	1721	97.27%	32
Anakie	8	10	1472	1562	94.24%	32
Bannockburn	8	10	1438	1676	85.80%	32
Corio	4	14	1373	1689	81.29%	16
Inverleigh	3	14	1194	1739	68.66%	12
Belmont Lions	2	16	1175	2042	57.54%	8

2013 FINALS SERIES

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying	Bell Post Hill	17	5	107	East Geelong	10	11	71
Elimination	Werribee Centrals	11	7	73	Winchelsea	14	12	96
2nd Semi	North Geelong	11	12	78	Bell Post Hill	20	16	136
1st Semi	East Geelong	9	14	68	Winchelsea	8	11	59
Preliminary	North Geelong	17	20	122	East Geelong	13	8	86
Grand	Bell Post Hill	13	15	93	North Geelong	17	11	113

References

1 2 Fanning, Noel (9 April 2008). "Geelong and District Football League boasts a long list of superstars". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
↑ Geelong & District Football League at Footypedia
↑ DARYL McLURE (May 24, 2008). "Kick to kick". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 2008-11-10.

External links

GDFL Website

Clubs in the Geelong & District Football League

Anakie Bannockburn Bell Post Hill Belmont Corio East Geelong Geelong West CFC Inverleigh North Geelong Thomson Werribee Centrals Winchelsea

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Mallee Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Riviera (1986-2003) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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