Geelong & District Football League

Geelong & District Football League

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General Information
Founded 1879
Current Clubs Anakie
Bannockburn
Belmont
Bell Post Hill
Corio
East Geelong
Geelong West Giants
Inverleigh
North Geelong
Thomson
Werribee Centrals
Winchelsea
2015 Season
Premiers Bell Post Hill
Minor Premiers Bell Post Hill
Wooden Spoon Corio
League Best & Fairest Jamie Pitman (North Geelong)
Leading Goal Kicker Jamie Pitman (North Geelong) 126

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.

In 1973 the GDFL had a restructure that insisted in having the senior club also provide a reserve grade side. This meant that senior clubs had to align with a junior club to survive. The Evelyn Hurst Trophy, the Woolworth Cup and the Jarman Cup titles were dropped for the more standard 1st and 2nd divisions. 1st division would have twelve clubs while 2nd division started with 8 and eventually grew to 11 clubs.

The league took the form it is today when 12 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 saw the movement of a couple of clubs.

The GDFL were left with 11 clubs but over the next couple of years it grew to fourteen. It was enough for the league add another division of competition. From 1984 until 1995 the league had two divisions that operated on a promotion/demotion system. From 1996 onwards, the league has reverted to a single division competition.[2]

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 netball section, D Grade, where East Geelong and Werribee have the past 3 of the last 6 D Grade premierships[3]

Current Clubs

Club Nickname Colours 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, 2014-15-16 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		 1980-
(From 1980-1999 known as Eastern Suburbs)
Geelong West Giants Giants nil 2017-
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

2011 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bell Post Hill 17 0 1 0 2279 1050 217.05% 68 Elimination Inverleigh 14 20 104 Thomson 9 11 65
East Geelong 17 0 1 0 2526 1179 214.25% 68 Qualifying East Geelong 15 19 109 Werribee Centrals 5 4 34
Werribee Centrals 14 0 4 0 2037 1318 154.55% 56 1st Semi Inverleigh 14 16 100 Werribee Centrals 13 11 89
Inverleigh 13 0 5 0 2070 1378 150.22% 52 2nd Semi Bell Post Hill 10 15 75 East Geelong 8 6 54
Thomson 9 0 9 0 1620 1683 96.26% 36 Preliminary East Geelong 15 16 106 Inverleigh 8 10 58
Anakie 8 0 10 0 1510 1749 86.34% 32 Grand Bell Post Hill 17 10 112 East Geelong 13 7 85
Bannockburn 7 0 11 0 1451 1685 86.11% 28
Belmont Lions 7 0 11 0 1545 2018 76.56% 28
Corio 6 0 12 0 1599 1944 82.25% 24
North Geelong 5 0 13 0 1739 2008 86.60% 20
Winchelsea 4 0 14 0 1279 2323 55.06% 16
Geelong West C&FC 1 0 17 0 952 2272 41.90% 4

2011 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bell Post Hill 17 0 1 0 1935 880 219.89% 68 Elimination East Geelong 12 21 93 Werribee Centrals 10 4 64
Thomson 15 0 2 1 2133 1181 180.61% 62 Qualifying Thomson 16 13 109 Bannockburn 14 8 92
Bannockburn 14 0 4 0 1981 1192 166.19% 56 1st Semi East Geelong 20 9 129 Bannockburn 8 14 62
Werribee Centrals 12 0 5 1 1950 1247 156.38% 50 2nd Semi Bell Post Hill 14 13 97 Thomson 9 12 66
East Geelong 12 0 6 0 1856 1149 161.53% 48 Preliminary East Geelong 17 12 114 Thomson 6 7 43
North Geelong 11 0 7 0 2065 1307 158.00% 44 Grand Bell Post Hill 13 10 88 East Geelong 11 9 75
Anakie 9 0 9 0 1819 1478 123.07% 36
Inverleigh 6 0 12 0 1401 1574 89.01% 24
Belmont Lions 5 0 13 0 1319 1748 75.46% 20
Geelong West C&FC 3 0 15 0 1093 2154 50.74% 12
Corio 3 0 15 0 998 2237 44.61% 12
Winchelsea 0 0 18 0 642 3045 21.08% 0

2012 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
North Geelong 17 0 1 0 2293 1093 209.79% 68 Elimination Winchelsea 14 12 96 Werribee Centrals 11 7 73
Bell Post Hill 17 0 1 0 1997 1159 172.30% 68 Qualifying Bell Post Hill 17 5 107 East Geelong 10 11 71
East Geelong 12 0 6 0 1594 1554 102.57% 48 1st Semi East Geelong 9 14 68 Winchelsea 8 11 59
Werribee Centrals 10 0 8 0 1776 1518 117.00% 40 2nd Semi Bell Post Hill 20 16 136 North Geelong 11 12 78
Winchelsea 10 0 8 0 1662 1767 94.06% 40 Preliminary North Geelong 17 20 122 East Geelong 13 8 86
Geelong West C&FC 9 0 9 0 1549 1559 99.36% 36 Grand North Geelong 17 11 113 Bell Post Hill 13 15 93
Thomson 8 0 10 0 1674 1721 97.27% 32
Anakie 8 0 10 0 1472 1562 94.24% 32
Bannockburn 8 0 10 0 1438 1676 85.80% 32
Corio 4 0 14 0 1373 1689 81.29% 16
Inverleigh 3 0 15 0 1247 1864 66.90% 12
Belmont Lions 2 0 16 0 1175 2042 57.54% 8

2013 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bell Post Hill 17 0 1 0 2131 1089 195.68% 68 Elimination East Geelong 13 10 88 Winchelsea 4 16 40
North Geelong 15 0 3 0 2225 1111 200.27% 60 Qualifying North Geelong 15 4 94 Inverleigh 10 10 70
Inverleigh 13 0 5 0 2036 1391 146.37% 52 1st Semi Inverleigh 16 8 104 East Geelong 12 15 87
East Geelong 11 0 7 0 1949 1451 134.32% 44 2nd Semi North Geelong 13 8 86 Bell Post Hill 10 11 71
Winchelsea 11 0 7 0 1682 1662 101.20% 44 Preliminary Bell Post Hill 18 10 118 Inverleigh 11 8 74
Werribee Centrals 9 0 9 0 1724 1427 120.81% 36 Grand Bell Post Hill 17 19 121 North Geelong 9 13 67
Bannockburn 9 0 9 0 1556 1682 92.51% 36
Belmont Lions 8 0 10 0 1624 1899 85.52% 32
Geelong West C&FC 7 0 11 0 1370 1723 79.51% 28
Anakie 3 0 14 1 1482 2137 69.35% 14
Corio 2 0 15 1 1165 2352 49.53% 10
Thomson 2 0 16 0 1052 2072 50.77% 8

2014 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bell Post Hill 16 0 2 0 2705 970 278.87% 64 Elimination Bannockburn 14 10 94 Belmont Lions 11 12 78
North Geelong 16 0 2 0 2652 1030 257.48% 64 Qualifying Inverleigh 21 14 140 North Geelong 11 10 76
Inverleigh 16 0 2 0 2415 1097 220.15% 64 1st Semi North Geelong 21 15 141 Bannockburn 6 8 44
Belmont Lions 12 0 6 0 2136 1286 166.10% 48 2nd Semi Bell Post Hill 18 13 121 Inverleigh 7 10 52
Bannockburn 12 0 6 0 2058 1381 149.02% 48 Preliminary North Geelong 22 14 146 Inverleigh 10 6 66
Thomson 11 0 7 0 1846 1411 130.83% 44 Grand Bell Post Hill 21 23 149 North Geelong 9 10 64
Werribee Centrals 9 0 9 0 1553 1845 84.17% 36
East Geelong 6 0 12 0 1437 1807 79.52% 24
Anakie 5 0 13 0 1280 2132 60.04% 20
Geelong West C&FC 3 0 15 0 1036 2283 45.38% 12
Winchelsea 2 0 16 0 1028 2432 42.27% 8
Corio 0 0 18 0 880 3352 26.25% 0

2016 Ladder

Geelong DFL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bannockburn 16 0 2 0 2365 939 251.86% 64 Elimination Thomson 17 14 116 North Geelong 1 4 10
Bell Post Hill 16 0 2 0 2336 1055 221.42% 64 Qualifying Inverleigh 12 9 81 Bell Post Hill 11 12 78
Inverleigh 16 0 2 0 2485 1126 220.69% 64 1st Semi Bell Post Hill 15 12 102 Thomson 6 14 50
Thomson 14 0 4 0 2464 1140 216.14% 56 2nd Semi Bannockburn 13 12 90 Inverleigh 6 11 47
North Geelong 11 0 7 0 1768 1448 122.10% 44 Preliminary Bell Post Hill 15 11 101 Inverleigh 11 16 82
Werribee Centrals 8 0 10 0 1505 1978 76.09% 32 Grand Bell Post Hill 14 14 98 Bannockburn 4 16 40
Belmont Lions 7 0 10 0 1716 1668 102.88% 28
East Geelong 6 0 12 0 1400 2205 63.49% 24
Anakie 5 0 13 0 1346 1918 70.18% 20
Corio 4 0 13 0 1176 2075 56.67% 16
Winchelsea 4 0 14 0 1005 2443 41.14% 16
Geelong West C&FC 0 0 18 0 855 2426 35.24% 0

References

  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Geelong & District Football League at Footypedia
  3. ↑ DARYL McLURE (May 24, 2008). "Kick to kick". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
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