Albury & District Football League

The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs – Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook[1] and folded after the 1957 football season.

History

The Albury & District Football League was established at a delegates meeting in Culcairn in 1930 from the following Australian Rules Football clubs – Albury Rovers, Culcairn, Henty and Holbrook. The first season saw 12 games played, plus semi finals and a grand final which was won by Henty.

Brocklesby had a famous grand final victory over Henty to win the 1939 Albury & District Football League premiership after Wally Crooks kicked a goal after the siren, from a free kick to win by two points, under captain / coach, Jim Steigenberger.[2] Henty then lodged an appeal to the Albury & DFL, which was defeated then appealed to the Murray District Football Council,[3] which was then upheld,[4] awarding the premiership to Henty. Brocklesby then appealed that decision to the Victorian Country Football League, which was up held, allowing Brocklesby to finally be declared the 1939 premiers.[5] Brocklesby's full forward, Shadrach "Shady" James kicked 82 goals in the home and away series[6] plus 16 goals in the finals, for a total of 98 goals in 17 games in 1939.

In August 1943, Mr. A D S Vivian, the league's foundation president from 1930 to 1935 died in Sydney. Vivian was the driving force behind the Albury Rovers FC and a former club president too. He was the vice president of the NSW branch of the National Football League.[7]

In 1950 the Albury & District Football League introduced a Reserve Grade Competition,[8]

North Melbourne visited Bolton Park, Wagga in 1952 and defeated a combined Albury & DFL side,[9] with North's Jock Spencer kicking 18 goals.[10]

The 1952 A&DFL Reserves competition was divided into two division – North (Wagga) and South (Albury).[11]

Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston licked 91 goals in the 1953 home and away series, plus 8 more in the finals, to finish on 99 goals![12]

In June 1954 the Albury & DFL played an inter-league match against the South Western DFL at Wagga, resulting in a win to Albury & DFL, 12.20 – 92 to 10.7 – 67.[13][14]

Culcairn's Henry "Splinter" Liston kicked 102 goals in 1954, which included the finals series.[15]

In 1955, Ron Clegg was captain-coach of the North Wagga Football Club in the Albury & DFL,[16] winning the £50 – Border Mail Newspaper / Albury & DFL Footballer of the Year Award, before returning to South Melbourne in 1956.[17]

In 1957 the Farrer Football League was first formed as a breakaway from the Albury & District Football League. Culcairn, Henty, Holbrook and Mangoplah-Cookardinia United competed in the first season. In 1958 all remaining clubs from the Albury & District Football League moved across to the Farrer Football League.

Former clubs

• Albury Catholic Young Men's Club (CYMC):[18] 1934. The club changed its name to St. Patrick's FC in 1935.[19]
• Albury Rovers: 1930–1940, 1946. Joined in 1930, after being runners up to Granya in the 1929 Tallangatta & District Football League. Merged with East Albury in 1947 to form East Albury Rovers.[20]
• Brocklesby: 1931–1932, 1933 and 1934 – Central Hume Football Association), 1935–1940. Initially joined from the Riverina Football Association in 1931. Joined the Hume Football League in 1945 and played there until 2005.
• Cookardinia: 1934–1940, 1946–1954. Mangoplah and Cookardinia football clubs decide to merge prior to the 1955 season.[21]
• Culcairn: 1930–1940, 1946–1956. Joined the Farrer Football League in 1957 and played there until 1991. Initially joined from the Riverina Football Association in 1930.
• East Albury Rovers:1947. Joined the Hume Football League in 1948.[22] and folded in 1951.[23]
• Henty: 1930–1940, 1946–1956. Joined the Farrer Football League in 1957 and played there until 1979. Initially joined from the Riverina Football Association in 1930.
• Holbrook: 1930–1940, 1946–1956. Joined the Farrer Football League in 1957 and played there until 1980. Initially joined from the Riverina Football Association in 1930.
• Mangoplah: 1937–1940, 1946–1954. Mangoplah and Cookardinia football clubs decide to merge prior to the 1955 season.
• Mangoplah / Cookardinia United: 1955 and 1956. Joined the Farrer Football League in 1957 and played there until 1981.
• Marrar: 1952–1956. Played in the A&DFL Seconds competition. Joined the Central Riverina Football League in 1957.
• North Wagga:[24] 1950–1957. Joined the Riverina Football League in 1958 after a merger with the North Wagga Stars FC.[25]
• Rand: 1939–1940. Joined the Hume Football League in 1945 and played there until 1983.
• RAAF 2nds: 1950 -
• St. Patrick's:[26] 1935 and 1936. Club disbanded in April, 1937.[27]
• The Rock: 1938–1940. (Played in the Milbrulong and District League from 1945–1947), 1948–1957.
• Turvey Park 2nds: 1953 and 1954.[28] Joined the Farrer Football League in 1958.
• Wagga:[29] 1949–1957. Joined the Farrer Football League in 1958 and played there until 1959.
• Woomargama / Mullengandra: 1948. The club withdrew in 1949 and went into recess.[30]
• (Albury & DFL went into recess between 1941 and 1945 due to WW2)

Grand Finals

Seniors

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Gate	Premiership Cup
1930	Henty	14.12 – 96	Holbrook	8.14 – 62			Culcairn		[31] Kennedy Gold Cup
1931	Holbrook	13.11 – 89	Brocklesby	5.7 – 37	Cec Field		Culcairn		[32] Kennedy Memorial Cup
1932	Holbrook	9.11 – 65	Albury Rovers	8.10 – 58			Culcairn		[33] Kennedy Memorial Cup
1933	Albury Rovers	16.12 – 108	Henty	9.10 – 64	Charlie Kolb	Charlie Kolb	Albury Showgrounds	£40	[34] Kennedy Memorial Cup
1934	Holbrook	10.11 – 71	Albury Rovers	7.14 – 56			Culcairn	£55	[35][36] Kennedy Memorial Cup
1935	Henty	18.14 – 122	Holbrook	18.12 – 120	W W Paech	W W Paech	Culcairn	£67	[37] Ballarat Brewery Cup
1936	Culcairn	12.13 – 85	Henty	11.13 – 79	Jack Clarke	Jack Clarke	Cookardinia	£56	[38][39]
1937	Henty	14.12 – 96	Mangoplah	11.10 – 76	W W Paech	W W Paech	Culcairn	£127	[40] Shugg Cup
1938	Mangoplah	20.10 – 130	Culcairn	12.11 – 83	Russell Madden	Russell Madden	Henty	£120	[41][42][43] Mackie Cup
1939	Brocklesby	14.10 – 94	Henty	13.14 – 92	Jim Steigenberger	Jim Steigenberger	Culcairn		[44][45][46][47][48][49]
1940	Mangoplah	16.18 – 114	Culcairn	13.13 – 78	Ray Roberson	Ray Roberson	Cookardinia		[50] Mrs F A Parker Cup
1941-5									In recess – WW2
1946	Mangoplah	12.13 – 85	Culcairn	9.20 – 74	Allan Klimpsch	Ray Roberson	Henty	£184	[51][52]
1947	Mangoplah	16.11 – 107	Holbrook	14.10 – 94	Ray Roberson	Ray Roberson	Culcairn	£204	[53]
1948	Mangoplah	18.13 – 121	The Rock	11.18 – 84	Ray Roberson	Ray Roberson	Culcairn	£169	[54] Cannon Cup
1949	Mangoplah	14.15 – 99	Wagga	9.18 – 72	Allan Klimpsch	Allan Klimpsch	Culcairn	£394	[55][56] Cannon Cup
1950	Mangoplah	12.9 – 81	Holbrook	11.11 – 77	Allan Klimpsch	Allan Klimpsch	The Rock	£406	[57][58] Cannon Cup
1951	Holbrook	12.9 – 81	Culcairn	9.8 – 62			Mangoplah	£400	[59]
1952	Culcairn	8.20 – 68	Wagga	9.9 – 63	Ted Hill	Ted Hill	Mangoplah	£499	[60][61]
1953	Culcairn	8.13 – 61	Wagga	6.9 – 45	Frank O'Leary	Frank O'Leary	The Rock	£777	[62][63][64][65][66]
1954	Culcairn	19.30 – 144	Wagga	4.9 – 33	Frank O'Leary	Frank O'Leary	Henty	£650	[67][68]
1955	Holbrook	11.9 – 75	M C U	8.9 – 57	Stan Rule	Stan Rule	Culcairn		[69]
1956	M C U	12.11 – 83	The Rock	7.13 – 55	Bill Byrne	Bill Byrne			[70]
1957	Wagga	14.14 – 98	The Rock	5.12 – 42

• MCU – Mangoplah Cookardinia United FC
• Cannon Cup: Donated by John Cannon from the Culcairn Hotel.

Most Senior Premierships / Runners Up

Club	Most Premierships	Runners Up
Mangoplah	7	2
Holbrook	5	4
Culcairn	4	4
Henty	3	3
Albury Rovers	1	2
Brocklesby	1	1
M C U	1	1
Wagga	1	4
The Rock		2
Totals	23	23

Reserves

The Albury & DFL Reserves competition ran from 1950 to 1957.

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Captain	Coach	Venue	Gate	Premiership Cup
1950	RAAF Blues	11.12 – 78	Henty	4.11 – 35					[71][72]
1951	Holbrook								[73]
1952	Marrar	105	Army	66					[74]
1953	Culcairn	v	Holbrook						[75] Unsure who won 2nds G Final
1954	Turvey Park	8.12 – 60	Culcairn	4.8 – 32					[76][77]
1955	Culcairn	11.4 – 70	M C U	7.10 – 52
1956	Wagga	3.17 – 35	Culcairn	4.6 – 30
1957	Wagga	d	The Rock

League Best & Fairest Award

• In 1932, Mr. D M Stavley of Wodonga donated a medal for the best and fairest player to be decided on by the umpires votes.[78]
• The Carlton Brewery Medal was first donated in 1936.
• The Baz Medal was first donated in 1952 by Mr. Mick Baz of Culcairn.[79]

Year	Winner	Club	Votes	Runner Up	Club	Votes
1930	no record of award
1931	no record of award
	Stavley Gold Medal
1932	W Carroll	Culcairn
1933	Charlie Kolb[80]	Albury Rovers
1934	Dinny Ryan[81]	Albury Rovers
1935	Tom Eames[82]	Albury Rovers
	Carlton Brewery Medal
1936	Ron Nolan[83]	Cookardinia		Bert Clarke	Brocklesby
1937	Merv Cooper[84]	Mangoplah	31	Vin Smith	Brocklesby	22
1938	Jim Kendall	Holbrook	27	Merv Cooper	Mangoplah	22
	Albert Bert Clay * [85]	Henty	27	Vin Smith	Brocklesby	22
1939	Albert Bert Clay[86]	Henty	21	Jim Kendall[87]	Holbrook	19
1940	A R "Ray" Roberson[88]	Mangoplah
1941-5						In recess WW2
1946	Alan Papworth[89]	Culcairn		Charlie Craig[90]	Cookardinia
1947	Charlie Craig[91]	Cookardinia		G Bedggood[92]	Henty
1948	J Mullarvey[93]	Woomargrama
1949	Brian Brennan[94]	Holbrook
1950	Des Donkin	The Rock	16	H Clark	Mangoplah	15
	Brian Brennan * [95]	Holbrook	16	Charlie Craig	Cookardinia	15
1951	Jim Stockton[96]	North Wagga	29	Brian Brennan &	Holbrook	18
				Ron Bunyan	Cookardinia	18
	Baz Medal
1952	Ron Bunyan	Cookardinia
	Tim Robb * [97]	The Rock
1953	Merv Pieper[98]	North Wagga		Tim Robb	The Rock
1954	Harry Gardiner[99][100]	Culcairn	16	Neale Rutzou &	Wagga	14
				Sid Ruhe	Henty	14
1955	Len Wornes	Holbrook	20	Ron Bunyan	M C U	17
1956	Hayden Hensel	Culcairn
1957	E Feeney	The Rock

• 1938 – Albert Clay (Henty) lost on a count back.
• 1950 – Brian Brennan (Holbrook) lost on a count back.
• 1952 – Tim Robb (The Rock) lost on a count back.

VFL Players

Dinny Ryan, 1935 Brownlow Medalist

The following footballers from the Albury & DFL went onto to play senior VFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.

• 1934 – Dinny Ryan – Albury Rovers to Fitzroy
• 1940 – Albert Clay – Henty to Fitzroy
• 1940 – Shadrach "Shady" James – Brocklesby to Fitzroy
• 1941 – Ivor Clay – Henty to Fitzroy
• 1950 – Neale Rutzou – Wagga to Fitzroy
• 1957 – Percy Appleyard – Culcairn to South Melbourne
• 1957 – Bill Byrne – Mangoplah / Cookardinia United to Melbourne

Office Bearers

Year	President	Secretary	Treasurer
1930	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	A Smith
1931	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1932	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1933	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson[101]
1934	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1935	A D S Vivian	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson[102]
1936	G A Gray	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1937	T E Kendall	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson[103]
1938	T E Kendall	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1940	T E Kendall	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson
1941-5			In recess – WW2
1946	J J Newman	Gordon Davidson	Gordon Davidson[104]
1947	J J Newman	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[105]
1948	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[106]
1949	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[107]
1950	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[108]
1951	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[72]
1952	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[73]
1953	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[109]
1954	David Cox	Alan F Fifield	L Wilksch[110]
1955
1956
1957

Links

• 1930 to 1956 – Albury & District Football League Premierships & Best & Fairest Lists
• 1937 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Henty FC team photo
• 1938 – Albury & DFL team: Holbrook FC team photo
• 1939 – Albury & DFL team: Rand FC team photo
• 1939 – Mangoplah FC & The Rock FC team photos
• 1939 – Albury & DFL semi final team: Brocklesby FC team photo
• 1939 – Albury & DFL semi Final team: Henty FC team photo
• 1940 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Mangoplah FC team photo
• 1947 – Albury & DFL team: Cookardinia FC team photo
• 1947 – Albury & DFL team: Culcairn FC team photo
• 1947 – Albury & DFL Runners Up: Holbrook FC team photo
• 1948 – Albury & DFL grand final teams: Mangoplah FC & The Rock FC team photos
• 1949 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Mangoplah FC team photo
• 1950 – Albury & DFL Runners Up: Holbrook FC team photo
• 1951 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Holbrook FC team photo
• 1951 – Albury & DFL Runners Up: Culcairn FC team photo
• 1952 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Culcairn FC team photo
• 1953 – Albury & DFL Premiers: Culcairn FC team photo
• The Farrer Football Netball League
• Riverina Football Association
• South West Football League (New South Wales)
• Australian rules football in New South Wales

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