Far West Football Association

The Far West Football Association is a former South Australian country football league that started in 1924 under the name of the Great Flinders Football Association[1] and folded at the end of the 1960 season.

The League was made up of teams from Coorabie, Bookabie, Penong, Charra, Koonibba, Denial Bay, Watraba.

Teams from this league still compete in the Western Eyre Football League in 2025.

Clubs

Final

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former league Est. Years in FWFA FWFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Bookabie (?-1950s)(1950s-60) – 1922 1924-1940, 1949-1960 12 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960 Recess between 1946-49. Folded after the 1960 season.
Coorabie Eagles Coorabie Oval, Coorabie – 1922 1924-1933, 1935-1960 2 1924, 1959 Was in recess in 1934. Folded after 1960 season.
Penong Tigers Penong Sports Ground, Penong COWFL 1908 1924-1960 7 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1947, 1953, 1957 Moved to Murat Bay FL after 1960 season.

Former

Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former league Est. Years in FWFA FWFA Senior Premierships Fate
Total Years
Charra COWFL 1908 1930, 1934-1959 3 1936, 1954, 1956 Played merged with Denial Bay in County of Way FL between 1931-34. Moved to Murat Bay FL at the end of 1959 season
Denial Bay COWFL 1907 1935-1946 0 - Returned to County of Way FL after 1946 season
Gypsum Works – 1924 1924 0 - Folded after first season of FWFA.
Koonibba Roosters Far West Aboriginal Sporting Complex, Thevenard COWFL 1906 1937-1946 4 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946 Returned to County of Way FL after 1946 season
Watraba – 1927 1927-1929, 1932-1940 2 1928, 1934 Did not reform after WWII

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Grand Finals

Year Grand Final Score
1924 Coorabie 8.11 def Gypsum Works 3.5
1925 Bookabie 7.8 def Penong 6.4
1926 Bookabie def Penong
1927 Bookabie def Penong (3 goals)
1928 Penong 9.15 def Watraba 5.3
1929 Watraba 7.7 def Bookabie 3.2
1930 Penong def Bookabie
1931 No Competition
1932 Penong 13.12 def Bookabie 2.4
1933 Watraba 4.13 def Bookabie 5.6
1934 Penong 3.10 def Watraba 3.5
1935 Bookabie
1936 Charra 6.5 def Bookabie 4.9
1937 Bookabie 13.10 def Koonibba 8.1
1938 Koonibba def Bookabie (5 points)
1939 Koonibba 25.13 def Charra 8.6
1940 Koonibba 8.10 def Penong 6.7
1941-1946 World War 2 Recess
1946 Koonibba 19.22 def Coorabie 5.21
1947 Penong 9.18 def Bookabie 5.7
1948 Fowlers Bay 8.9 def Penong 4.1
1949 Bookabie 25.13 def Penong 6.5
1950 Bookabie 14.14 def Penong 6.5
1951 Bookabie 7.6 def Penong 6.4
1952 Bookabie 13.9 def Coorabie 5.8
1953 Penong 10.10 def Coorabie 7.7
1954 Charra def Coorabie
1955 Bookabie def Charra
1956 Charra 17.14 def Coorabie 3.6
1957 Penong 11.7 def Coorabie 8.7
1958 Bookabie 10.10 def Coorabie 7.14
1959 Coorabie 7.18 def Bookabie 6.6
1960 Bookabie 12.14 def Coorabie 7.3

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Mail Medallists

The Mail Medal was awarded from 1950 to 1960; however, the medallists for 1955 and 1956 remain unknown.[3]

Year Winner Club Votes Runner-up Club Votes
1950 Stanley J Oats Charra 16 Furnest Ware Bookabie 7
1951 Tom Riddle Coorabie Alex Baird Penong
1952 Alex Baird Penong 15
1953 Furnest Ware Bookabie 15 Ted Miller Penong 10
1954 Ray Coleman Charra
1955 UNKNOWN
1956 UNKNOWN
1957 Ken Ware Bookabie Ted Miller
1958 Milton Dunn Penong 13 Ted Miller 12
1959 Dale Shipard Penong 13 Ted Miller 11
1960 Dale Shipard Penong 9 Ken Ware Bookabie 5
David Miller Bookabie 5
Walter Dunn Bookabie 5

Notable performances

Ken Ware kicked 14 goals in the 1949 Grand Final, which is equal to the South Australian state country football record of goals in a Grand Final.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Great Flinders Football Association". The West Coast Sentinel. 31 May 1924. pp. Page 1. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Lines, Peter (2017). South Australian Country Football Digest (Volume 2 ed.). allBIZ Supplies Pty, Limited. ISBN 9780648069904.
  3. ^ Gascoyne, John (1996). The Mail Medal 1933-1940 1949-1996. Open Book. ISBN 0646302051.
  4. ^ Jacobi, James (3 November 2024). "Ken Ware Record". The Eyre Peninsula Advocate. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
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