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 Sports Club 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. 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	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, 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	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
East Geelong	15	0	3	0	2041	1310	155.80%	60
Bell Post Hill	14	0	4	0	2069	1215	170.29%	56
Thomson	14	0	4	0	1964	1378	142.53%	56
Bannockburn	13	0	5	0	2082	1467	141.92%	52
Werribee Centrals	11	0	7	0	1805	1433	125.96%	44
Inverleigh	11	0	7	0	1582	1518	104.22%	44
Belmont Lions	8	0	10	0	1548	1723	89.84%	32
Corio	7	0	11	0	1685	1923	87.62%	28
North Geelong	6	0	12	0	1760	1771	99.38%	24
Winchelsea	5	0	13	0	1413	1780	79.38%	20
Anakie	2	0	16	0	1294	2275	56.88%	8
Geelong West SC	2	0	16	0	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	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Werribee Centrals	16	0	2	0	2199	1276	172.34%	64
Bell Post Hill	15	0	3	0	2302	1264	182.12%	60
Bannockburn	15	0	3	0	2227	1261	176.61%	60
North Geelong	12	0	6	0	2240	1440	155.56%	48
East Geelong	12	0	6	0	1870	1311	142.64%	48
Thomson	10	0	8	0	1829	1658	110.31%	40
Winchelsea	9	0	9	0	1657	1600	103.56%	36
Inverleigh	7	0	11	0	1463	1415	103.39%	28
Anakie	6	0	12	0	1588	1943	81.73%	24
Corio	4	0	14	0	1172	2492	47.03%	16
Geelong West SC	1	0	17	0	1158	2174	53.27%	4
Belmont Lions	1	0	17	0	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	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Bell Post Hill	17	0	1	0	2279	1050	217.05%	68
East Geelong	17	0	1	0	2526	1179	214.25%	68
Werribee Centrals	14	0	4	0	2037	1318	154.55%	56
Inverleigh	13	0	5	0	2070	1378	150.22%	52
Thomson	9	0	9	0	1620	1683	96.26%	36
Anakie	8	0	10	0	1510	1749	86.34%	32
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 SC	1	0	17	0	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	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Bell Post Hill	17	0	1	0	1935	880	219.89%	68
Thomson	15	0	2	1	2133	1181	180.61%	62
Bannockburn	14	0	4	0	1981	1192	166.19%	56
Werribee Centrals	12	0	5	1	1950	1247	156.38%	50
East Geelong	12	0	6	0	1856	1149	161.53%	48
North Geelong	11	0	7	0	2065	1307	158.00%	44
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 SC	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

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	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
North Geelong	17	0	1	0	2009	1177	170.69%	68
Bell Post Hill	16	0	1	0	2168	1080	200.74%	68
East Geelong	12	0	6	0	1594	1554	102.57%	48
Werribee Centrals	10	0	8	0	1776	1518	117.00%	40
Winchelsea	10	0	8	0	1662	1767	94.06%	40
Geelong West	9	0	9	0	1549	1559	99.36%	36
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	14	0	1194	1739	68.66%	12
Belmont Lions	2	0	16	0	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. 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.

External links

• GDFL Website