Mortlock Shield

Mortlock Shield Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2024
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1936
First season27 June 1936; 88 years ago (1936-06-27)
DivisionsMortlock Shield - Senior Men Norwood Cup - Under 15 Mixed
No. of teams5
Most recent
champion(s)		Lincoln City
(8th Championship)
(2024)
Most titlesGreat Flinders
(27 Championships)
Sponsor(s)Bendigo Bank
Norwood Football Club
City of Port Lincoln
Related
competitions		Eastern Eyre Football League, Great Flinders Football League, Port Lincoln Football League, Western Eyre Football League, South Australian Country Football Championships, SANFL
Official websitewww.mortlockshield.com.au

The Mortlock Shield Championship, known for commercial reasons as the Port Lincoln Bendigo Bank Mortlock Shield Championship and commonly known as just the Mortlock Shield is an annual Australian rules football competition based in Port Lincoln, South Australia. The competition tis held annually at Centenary Oval and it consists of a round robin lightning football tournament with representative teams of leagues from the Eyre Peninsula and beyond. It is an affiliated competition of the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). The current champions are Lincoln City who won the 2024 edition of the carnival.

Brief history

Named after William Tennant Mortlock, the Mortlock Shield began in 1936 when the football associations of Central Eyre, Cleve, Eastern Eyre, Great Flinders and Port Lincoln decided to hold a football tournament to celebrate the centenary of South Australia. Since 1994 The best players from the carnival are selected represent the Eyre Peninsula team in the SA Country Football Championship.

Format

The current format of the Mortlock Shield consists of a single round robin structure composed of 5 representative sides of football leagues from around the Eyre Peninsula. The carnival is held over two days on the Kings Birthday long weekend (Saturday and Monday). The games are played under lightning football conditions with two twenty minute halves. The team on top of the ladder after four games played is declared champion and awarded the perpetual Mortlock Shield to commemorate their win.

Until 2021 teams formally played two full games (one on Saturday and one on Monday) against two select opponents and the team who finished top of the ladder was declared champion

List of Champions

List of Mortlock Shield Champions.[1]

Current Teams

Team Colours Representative Years in comp Shields Championship years
Eastern Eyre
Eastern Eyre Football League 1989- 4 1989, 1991, 1995, 2016
Great Flinders
Great Flinders Football League 1936- 27 1936, 1951, 1955. 1956, 1957, 1959, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021, 2022
Lincoln City
Port Lincoln Football League (Lincoln South, Tasman and Wayback players) 1964–2006, 2012- 8 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 2004, 2012, 2017, 2024
Lincoln Districts
Port Lincoln Football League (Boston, Mallee Park and Marble Range players) 1964–2006, 2012- 9 1968, 1971, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1994, 1999
Western Eyre (Formerly Far West)
Western Eyre Football League 1957- 8 1960, 1969, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 2023

2017 Ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts
1 Lincoln City 2 2 0 130 92 58.56 4
2 Great Flinders 2 2 0 110 84 56.70 4
3 EP Sharks 2 1 1 116 79 59.49 2
4 Far West 2 1 1 119 89 57.21 2
5 Eastern Eyre 2 1 1 123 108 53.25 2
6 Lincoln Districts 2 1 1 102 117 46.58 2
7 Mid West 2 0 2 98 136 41.88 0
8 Far North 2 0 2 58 151 27.75 0

2018 Ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts
1 EP Sharks 2 2 0 172 76 69.35 4
2 Great Flinders 2 2 0 93 56 62.42 4
3 Mid West 2 1 1 126 64 66.32 2
4 Lincoln City 2 1 1 90 99 47.62 2
5 Eastern Eyre 2 1 1 81 99 45.00 2
6 Far West 2 1 1 96 144 40.00 2
7 Lincoln Districts 2 0 2 105 115 47.43 0
8 Far North 2 0 2 36 146 19.78 0

2019 Ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts
1 Great Flinders 2 2 0 122 81 60.10 4
2 Lincoln Districts 2 2 0 125 95 56.82 4
3 Lincoln City 2 1 1 105 103 50.48 2
4 Eastern Eyre 2 1 1 86 90 48.86 2
5 Mid West 2 0 2 84 103 44.92 0
6 Far West 2 0 2 82 132 38.32 0

2021 Ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts
1 Great Flinders 4 3 1 187 119 61.11 6
2 Lincoln City 4 3 1 140 147 48.78 6
3 Eastern Eyre 4 2 2 131 163 44.56 4
4 Lincoln Districts 4 1 3 166 166 47.80 2
5 Western Eyre 4 1 3 124 139 47.15 2

2022 ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
1 Great Flinders 4 4 0 161 90 64.14 8 Grand Final Great Flinders 6 5 41 Eastern Eyre 3 5 33
2 Eastern Eyre 4 3 1 110 84 62.94 6
3 Lincoln Districts 4 2 2 146 111 56.81 4
4 Western Eyre 4 1 3 128 161 44.29 2
5 Lincoln City 4 0 4 82 200 29.08 0

2023 Ladder

Pos Team Played Wins Losses For Against % Pts
1 Western Eyre 4 3 1 161 84 65.71 6
2 Lincoln Districts 4 3 1 175 127 57.95 6
3 Great Flinders 4 2 2 147 117 55.68 4
4 Lincoln City 4 1 3 89 143 38.36 2
5 Eastern Eyre 4 1 3 78 179 30.35 2

Norwood Cup

The Norwood Cup, formally North Adelaide Shield and Port Adelaide Cup is an Under-15's mixed Competition ran on the Saturday between the Mortlock Shield. The cup is sponsored by the Norwood Football Club who compete in the SANFL as the Eyre Peninsula falls under their country zone which is in place to develop youth football to professional level in South Australia.

References

  1. ^ "History – Bendigo Bank Mortlock Shield Championships". 23 November 2023.