The Esperance District Football Association is an Australian rules football league based in the city of Esperance in Western Australia. It was formed in 1956.[1]
Sport | Australian Rules football |
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First season | 1956 |
No. of teams | 4 |
Most recent champion(s) | Esperance |
Most titles | Esperance – 29 |
Official website | [1] |
History
editIn 1956 after many years of playing scrimmage matches between Esperance and Grass Patch a decision was made to create a football association. The first decision was two create two new football clubs. Gibson Football Club was created by excess players from the Esperance club and Salmon Gums was from surplus players from Grass Patch.
The first season was dominated by the Southern teams, Gibson won eleven out of twelve games followed by Esperance win nine wins. Grass Patch won 4 while Salmon Gums went winless. Gibson was the first premiers.
In 1957 saw the merger of Salmon Gums and Grass Patch, the new entity was called The Mallee. The association continued with three teams until the inclusion of Newtown in 1958.
Clubs
editCurrent
editJumper | Club | Nickname | Years in competition | EDFA premierships | EDFA premiership years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esperance | Bulldogs | 1956– | 29 | 1957–59, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1967, 1970–72, 1974, 1976–77, 1987–88, 1999–2001, 2005, 2007, 2012–17, 2021, 2024 | |
Gibson | Tigers | 1956– | 18 | 1956, 1979–82, 1984–86, 1989–92, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2018–19, 2023 | |
Newtown Condingup | Lions | 2005– (merger) |
2 | 2009, 2022 | |
Ports | Blues | 1966– | 12 | 1973, 1975, 1978, 1993, 1996–98, 2003–04, 2010–11, 2020 |
Former
editJumper | Club | Nickname | Years in competition | EDFA premierships | EDFA premiership years |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Condingup | Cougars | 1982–2004 | - | - | |
Grass Patch | 1956 | - | - | ||
Newtown | Demons | 1958–2004 | 7 | 1960, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1994, 1995 | |
Norseman | Vikings | 1983–1995 (Previously in the Goldfields FL) |
1 | 1983 | |
Munglinup | Demons | 1983–1987 (Previously in the Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association) | - | - | |
Salmon Gums | 1956 | - | - | ||
The Mallee | 1957 - 1965 | - | - |
2020 Ladder
editEsperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esperance | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 702 | 453 | 154.97% | 28 | 1st Semi | Gibson | 7 | 7 | 49 | Newtown Condingup | 5 | 15 | 45 | |
Ports | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 717 | 492 | 145.73% | 26 | 2nd Semi | Esperance | 15 | 1 | 91 | Ports | 5 | 15 | 45 | |
Gibson | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 404 | 601 | 67.22% | 14 | Preliminary | Ports | 14 | 8 | 92 | Gibson | 7 | 5 | 47 | |
Newtown Condingup | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 404 | 681 | 59.32% | 4 | Grand | Ports | 15 | 10 | 100 | Esperance | 4 | 10 | 34 |
2021 Ladder
editEsperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esperance | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 989 | 648 | 152.62% | 44 | 1st Semi | Ports | 8 | 6 | 54 | Newtown Condingup | 7 | 4 | 46 | |
Gibson | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 865 | 636 | 136.01% | 28 | 2nd Semi | Gibson | 9 | 11 | 65 | Esperance | 4 | 12 | 36 | |
Newtown Condingup | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 753 | 865 | 87.05% | 12 | Preliminary | Esperance | 15 | 14 | 104 | Ports | 6 | 7 | 43 | |
Ports | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 668 | 1126 | 59.33% | 12 | Grand | Esperance | 11 | 9 | 75 | Gibson | 10 | 11 | 71 |
2022 Ladder
editEsperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Esperance | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1473 | 453 | 325.17% | 44 | 1st Semi | Gibson | 14 | 10 | 94 | Ports | 5 | 7 | 37 | |
Newtown Condingup | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 923 | 836 | 110.41% | 28 | 2nd Semi | Esperance | 9 | 11 | 65 | Newtown Condingup | 5 | 11 | 41 | |
Gibson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 896 | 796 | 112.56% | 24 | Preliminary | Newtown Condingup | 10 | 8 | 68 | Gibson | 10 | 6 | 66 | |
Ports | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 313 | 1520 | 20.59% | 0 | Grand | Newtown Condingup | 8 | 7 | 55 | Esperance | 4 | 15 | 39 |
2023 Ladder
editEsperance | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts | Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gibson | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1052 | 388 | 271.13% | 40 | 1st Semi | Ports | 12 | 7 | 79 | Newtown Condingup | 8 | 7 | 55 | |
Esperance | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1050 | 569 | 184.53% | 40 | 2nd Semi | Gibson | 15 | 11 | 101 | Esperance | 2 | 7 | 19 | |
Newtown Condingup | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 581 | 1022 | 56.85% | 8 | Preliminary | Esperance | 12 | 16 | 88 | Ports | 4 | 3 | 27 | |
Ports | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 357 | 1061 | 33.65% | 8 | Grand | Gibson | 15 | 5 | 95 | Esperance | 5 | 8 | 38 |
Further reading
edit- A Way of Life - The Story of country football in Western Australia - Alan East
References
edit- ^ A way of Life