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North Western
Football AssociationCurrent season, competition or edition:
2017

Sport| Australian rules football
Founded| 1894; 130 years ago (1894)
Official website| nwfa.net.au

The North Western Football Association is an Australian rules football competition based on the North West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.

## Origins[edit]

The North Western Football Association was formed at a meeting at the Formby Hotel in 1894 and is the oldest continuously running football competition in the state of Tasmania. The first clubs were Devonport, Latrobe, Mersey and Ulverstone.

The NWFA was the senior football body on the coast until a break away group of teams formed the NWFU in 1910.
The NWFA was then looked upon as a junior competition feeding the NWFU and later the TFL Statewide League until their demise and later the NTFL teams.[1]

The competition has seen more than fifty teams participate in its history from all parts of the North West Coast indicating the rise and fall and changing fortunes of many towns throughout history. Clubs such as Burnie Tigers, Cooee Bulldogs, Penguin, Mole Creek, Wilmot, Barrington, Don, East Devonport, Moriarty, Sassafras, Melrose and Gowrie Park are among many to have played in the NWFA.

From mid-1938 until it went into recess during World War II, the NWFA played under VFA rules, a code of rules established by the Victorian Football Association as a rival to the national rules. This most notably meant that throwing the ball was legal during those years. The NWFA was one of the highest level competitions outside the VFA to play under those rules.[2] Upon its resumption after World War II, the NWFA returned to playing under the traditional rules.[3]
The Association currently operates as a nine club competition and the medal awarded to the Association's Best & Fairest player is the Les Hicks Medal.

### Seniors Premierships[edit]

List of NWFA Seniors Premiership teams.[4]

* 1894 Devonport
* 1895 Barrington
* 1896 Barrington
* 1897 Devonport
* 1898 Mersey
* 1899 Mersey
* 1900 Ulverstone
* 1901 Mersey
* 1902 Mersey
* 1903 Ulverstone
* 1904 Mersey
* 1905 Mersey
* 1906 Ulverstone
* 1907 Latrobe
* 1908 Mersey
* 1909 Mersey
* 1910 Wesley Vale
* 1911 no details
* 1912 Don
* 1913 no details
* 1914 no details
* 1915 Competition in Recess Due to WWI
* 1916 Competition in Recess Due to WWI
* 1917 Competition in Recess Due to WWI
* 1918 Competition in Recess Due to WWI
* 1919 Competition in Recess Due to Influenza Epidemic
* 1920 Melrose
* 1921 Wesley Vale
* 1922 Forth
* 1923 Mersey
* 1924 Mersey
* 1925 Wesley Vale
* 1926 Wesley Vale
* 1927 Mersey
* 1928 Mersey
* 1929 Wesley Vale
* 1930 Wesley Vale
* 1931 Wesley Vale
* 1932 Mersey
* 1933 Railton
* 1934 Wesley Vale
* 1935 Forth
* 1936 Wesley Vale
* 1937 Forth
* 1938 Forth
* 1939 Forth
* 1940 Forth
* 1941 Competition in Recess Due to WWII
* 1942 Competition in Recess Due to WWII
* 1943 Competition in Recess Due to WWII
* 1944 Competition in Recess Due to WWII
* 1945 Latrobe Rovers
* 1946 Railton
* 1947 Railton
* 1948 Forth
* 1949 Wesley Vale
* 1950 Forth
* 1951 Ex Servicemen
* 1952 Ex Servicemen
* 1953 Ex Servicemen
* 1954 Spreyton
* 1955 Railton
* 1956 Forth
* 1957 Forth
* 1958 Forth
* 1959 Wesley Vale
* 1960 Wesley Vale
* 1961 Railton
* 1962 Sheffield
* 1963 Wesley Vale
* 1964 Sheffield
* 1965 Forth
* 1966 Railton
* 1967 Gowrie Park
* 1968 Gowrie Park
* 1969 Gowrie Park
* 1970 Gowrie Park
* 1971 Ulverstone District
* 1972 Forth
* 1973 Sheffield
* 1974 Forth
* 1975 Spreyton
* 1976 Spreyton
* 1977 Spreyton
* 1978 Spreyton
* 1979 Wesley Vale
* 1980 Forth
* 1981 Turners Beach
* 1982 Turners Beach
* 1983 Turners Beach
* 1984 Spreyton
* 1985 Motton Preston
* 1986 Motton Preston
* 1987 Sheffield
* 1988 Sheffield
* 1989 Wesley Vale
* 1990 Spreyton
* 1991 Ulverstone District
* 1992 Ulverstone District
* 1993 Ulverstone District
* 1994 Sheffield
* 1995 Turners Beach
* 1996 Wesley Vale
* 1997 Wesley Vale
* 1998 Rosebery Toorak
* 1999 Rosebery Toorak
* 2000 Sheffield
* 2001 Spreyton
* 2002 East Ulverstone
* 2003 Sheffield
* 2004 Motton Preston
* 2005 Forth
* 2006 Motton Preston
* 2007 Forth
* 2008 Wesley Vale
* 2009 Wesley Vale
* 2010 Motton Preston
* 2011 Spreyton
* 2012 Motton Preston
* 2013 Motton Preston
* 2014 Turners Beach
* 2015 Forth
* 2016 Forth
* 2017 Wesley Vale
* 2018 Forth
* 2019 Wesley Vale
* 2020 Motton Preston
* 2021 Motton Preston
* 2022 Forth
* 2023 Motton Preston

### Current NWFA Clubs[edit]

Colours  | Club  | Nickname  | Founded  | Premierships  | Premiership Years

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| East Ulverstone  | Crows | 1999  | 1  | 2002
| Forth  | Magpies | 1904  | 20  | 1922, 1935, 1937-40, 1948, 1950, 1956-58, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1980, 2005, 2007, 2015-16, 2018, 2022
| Motton Preston  | Demons | 1967  | 10  | 1985-86, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012-13, 2020-21, 2023
| Rosebery-Toorak  | Hawks | 1987  | 2  | 1998-99
| Sheffield  | Robins | c.1910  | 7  | 1964, 1973, 1987-88, 1994, 2000, 2003
| Spreyton  | Eagles | 1921  | 9  | 1954, 1975-78, 1984, 1990, 2001, 2011
| Turners Beach  | Seagulls | 1971  | 5  | 1981-83, 1994, 2014
| Wesley Vale  | Roos | 1903  | 21  | 1910, 1921, 1925-26, 1929-31, 1934, 1936, 1949, 1959-60, 1963, 1979, 1989, 1996-97, 2008-09, 2017, 2019
| West Ulverstone  | Lions | 1973  | \-  | \-

### NWFA Record Score[edit]

* Sheffield Seniors – 69.29 (443) vs Rosebery Toorak 0.0 in 2021. Rosebery-Toorak set an unfortunate new NWFA benchmark with an all-time low percentage in the 2021 season of 1.635% (68 points scored, 4160 points conceded in 15 games). 60% of their points were scored in one match against West Ulverstone, when they only lost by five goals. For the other 14 games, they kicked 1.0.6 four times, 0.1.1 three times, and went scoreless seven times. Their leading goalkicker was Nick McElwee with two goals, both against West Ulverstone. It was the only time he played for the club all year.[5]

* Forth Reserves – 66.24 (420) vs Spreyton 0.0 in 2013.

### NWFA Individual Goalkicking Record (Match)[edit]

* Jamie Auton – (31) – East Ulverstone v West Ulverstone in 2006.
* Note: This is a current Tasmanian state record.[6]

### Leading Goal Kickers[edit]

Year  | Player  | H&A goals  | Finals goals  | Total Goals

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1975 | Ron Mansfield (Spreyton) | 0 | 0 | 0
1976 | Royce Miles (Spreyton) | 0 | 0 | 0
1977 | Royce Miles (Spreyton) | 76 | 0 | 76
1978 | G Smith | 66 | 0 | 66
1979 | B Johnson | 65 | 0 | 65
1980 | Lloyd Dixon (Turners Beach) | 110 | 0 | 110
1981 | Brian Cole (Spreyton) | 0 | 0 | 0
1982 | Brian Hickey (Turners Beach) | 122 | 0 | 122
1983 | Brian Eade (Ulverstone District) | 86 | 0 | 86
1984 | Chris Reynolds (Spreyton) | 72 | 0 | 72
1985 | Brian Eade (Ulverstone District) | 102 | 0 | 102
1986 | David Frenshaw (Sheffield) | 88 | 0 | 88
1987 | Mike Brocksopp (Turners Beach) | 102 | 0 | 102
1988 | Shane Harris (Ulverstone District) | 77 | 0 | 77
1989 | Les Davidson (Spreyton) | 49 | 0 | 49
1990 | Michael Bramich (Spreyton) | 58 | 0 | 58
1991 | Les Davidson (Spreyton) | 55 | 0 | 55
1992 | Robert Cole (Forth) | 60 | 0 | 60
1993 | Robert Cole (Forth) | 83 | 10 | 93
1994 | Tom Honner (Rosebery Toorak) | 66 | 3 | 69
1995 | Iaon Drake (Rosebery Toorak) | 80 | 0 | 80
1996 | Iaon Drake (Rosebery Toorak) | 110 | 11 | 121
1997 | Paul Hampton (Sheffield) | 100 | 0 | 100
1998 | Paul Hampton (Sheffield) | 81 | 3 | 84
1999 | Jason Fellows (Rosebery Toorak) | 75 | 15 | 90
2000 | Craig Muir (Wesley Vale) | 111 | 0 | 111
2001 | Andrew Stretton (Sheffield) | 57 | 0 | 57
2002 | Jason Foley (East Ulverstone) | 81 | 0 | 81
2003 | Andrew Stretton (Sheffield) | 0 | 0 | 0
2004 | Jamie Auton (East Ulverstone) | 0 | 0 | 0
2005 | Jamie Auton (East Ulverstone) | 96 | 2 | 98
2006 | Jamie Auton (East Ulverstone) | 127 | 4 | 131
2007 | Paul Hampton (Spreyton) | 101 | 0 | 101
2008 | Todd Bryan (Spreyton) | 120 | 0 | 120
2009 | Jamie Auton (West Ulverstone) | 79 | 0 | 79
2010 | Jamie Auton (West Ulverstone) | 101 | 0 | 101
2011 | Mathew Smedley (Motton Preston) | 70 | 0 | 70
2012 | Shannon Mulvey (Sheffield) | 104 | 0 | 104
2013 | Claye Sculthorpe (Motton Preston) | 137 | 0 | 137
2014 | Nick Milbourne (Forth) | 138 | 8 | 146
2015 | Nick Milbourne (Forth) | 108 | 0 | 108
2016 | Brodie Dennis (Rosebery Toorak)) | 113 | 0 | 113
2017 | Nick Veal (Forth) | 79 | 2 | 81
2018 | Tristan Weeks (Wesley Vale) | 112 | 8 | 120

## 2009 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Motton Preston  | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2617 | 865 | 302.54% | 60 |  | Elimination | Spreyton | 26 | 18 | 174 | West Ulverstone | 6 | 9 | 45
Wesley Vale  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2810 | 1081 | 259.94% | 56 |  | Qualifying | Wesley Vale | 10 | 12 | 72 | Turners Beach | 8 | 12 | 60
Turners Beach  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2450 | 1120 | 218.75% | 48 |  | 1st Semi | Spreyton | 25 | 7 | 157 | Turners Beach | 20 | 9 | 129
Spreyton  | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2516 | 1275 | 197.33% | 44 |  | 2nd Semi | Motton Preston | 17 | 18 | 120 | Wesley Vale | 10 | 6 | 66
West Ulverstone  | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1580 | 2266 | 69.73% | 28 |  | Preliminary | Wesley Vale | 17 | 16 | 118 | Spreyton | 10 | 14 | 74
East Ulverstone | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1282 | 2007 | 63.88% | 24 |  | Grand | Wesley Vale | 16 | 11 | 107 | Motton Preston | 12 | 10 | 82
Sheffield | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1292 | 1972 | 65.52% | 16 |
Rosebery/Toorak | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 698 | 2958 | 23.60% | 8 |
Forth | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 972 | 2673 | 36.36% | 4 |

## 2010 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Motton Preston  | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2126 | 711 | 299.02% | 64 |  | Elimination | Forth | 14 | 16 | 100 | East Ulverstone | 14 | 15 | 99
Turners Beach  | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2009 | 1186 | 169.39% | 44 |  | Qualifying | Turners Beach | 9 | 13 | 67 | Spreyton | 19 | 12 | 126
Spreyton  | 11 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1800 | 1194 | 150.75% | 44 |  | 1st Semi | Turners Beach | 19 | 11 | 125 | Forth | 13 | 11 | 89
Forth  | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1784 | 1402 | 127.25% | 32 |  | 2nd Semi | Motton Preston | 20 | 8 | 128 | Spreyton | 11 | 11 | 77
East Ulverstone  | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1519 | 1290 | 117.75% | 32 |  | Preliminary | Turners Beach | 9 | 15 | 69 | Spreyton | 5 | 8 | 38
West Ulverstone | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1832 | 1585 | 115.58% | 32 |  | Grand | Motton Preston | 17 | 12 | 114 | Turners Beach | 10 | 11 | 71
Sheffield | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1358 | 1571 | 86.44% | 20 |
Rosebery/Toorak | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 1383 | 1780 | 77.70% | 20 |
Wesley Vale | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 345 | 3529 | 9.78% | 0 |

## 2011 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Motton Preston  | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2579 | 734 | 351.36% | 64 |  | Elimination | Forth | 18 | 10 | 118 | East Ulverstone | 15 | 13 | 103
Spreyton  | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2196 | 1130 | 194.34% | 52 |  | Qualifying | Spreyton | 23 | 18 | 156 | Turners Beach | 9 | 7 | 61
Turners Beach  | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2000 | 1252 | 159.74% | 40 |  | 1st Semi | Turners Beach | 12 | 14 | 86 | Forth | 7 | 4 | 46
Forth  | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1731 | 1674 | 103.41% | 32 |  | 2nd Semi | Motton Preston | 27 | 15 | 177 | Spreyton | 10 | 10 | 70
East Ulverstone  | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1440 | 1563 | 92.13% | 32 |  | Preliminary | Spreyton | 17 | 15 | 117 | Turners Beach | 14 | 9 | 93
Rosebery/Toorak | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 1238 | 1987 | 62.30% | 26 |  | Grand | Spreyton | 11 | 18 | 84 | Motton Preston | 9 | 7 | 61
Wesley Vale | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1538 | 2109 | 72.93% | 24 |
Sheffield | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1383 | 1675 | 82.57% | 18 |
West Ulverstone | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1071 | 3051 | 35.10% | 0 |

## 2012 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Motton Preston  | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2390 | 1005 | 237.81% | 60 |  | Elimination | Forth | 17 | 10 | 112 | Spreyton | 15 | 10 | 100
Sheffield  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2344 | 1059 | 221.34% | 48 |  | Qualifying | East Ulverstone | 21 | 11 | 137 | Sheffield | 18 | 21 | 129
East Ulverstone  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2020 | 1144 | 176.57% | 48 |  | 1st Semi | Sheffield | 20 | 10 | 130 | Forth | 4 | 15 | 39
Spreyton  | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2115 | 1269 | 166.67% | 40 |  | 2nd Semi | Motton Preston | 17 | 16 | 118 | East Ulverstone | 8 | 7 | 55
Forth  | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1752 | 1400 | 125.14% | 28 |  | Preliminary | Sheffield | 17 | 15 | 117 | East Ulverstone | 15 | 9 | 99
Wesley Vale | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1698 | 1426 | 119.07% | 28 |  | Grand | Motton Preston | 9 | 11 | 65 | Sheffield | 5 | 4 | 34
Rosebery/Toorak | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1626 | 1370 | 118.69% | 28 |
West Ulverstone | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1141 | 2545 | 44.83% | 8 |
Turners Beach | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 314 | 4182 | 7.51% | 0 |

## 2013 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Motton Preston  | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2496 | 774 | 322.48% | 60 |  | Elimination | Rosebery Toorak | 7 | 10 | 52 | Forth | 5 | 15 | 45
Sheffield  | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2667 | 1143 | 233.33% | 48 |  | Qualifying | Sheffield | 23 | 20 | 158 | Wesley Vale | 7 | 12 | 54
Wesley Vale  | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2299 | 1082 | 212.48% | 44 |  | 1st Semi | Rosebery Toorak | 16 | 16 | 112 | Wesley Vale | 13 | 6 | 84
Forth  | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2251 | 1317 | 170.92% | 44 |  | 2nd Semi | Motton Preston | 18 | 23 | 131 | Sheffield | 9 | 4 | 58
Rosebery/Toorak  | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1605 | 1266 | 126.78% | 36 |  | Preliminary | Sheffield | 16 | 13 | 109 | Rosebery Toorak | 12 | 18 | 90
East Ulverstone | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1306 | 1657 | 78.82% | 28 |  | Grand | Motton Preston | 14 | 16 | 100 | Sheffield | 5 | 7 | 37
Turners Beach | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1525 | 1926 | 79.18% | 20 |
West Ulverstone | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 937 | 2679 | 34.98% | 8 |
Spreyton | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 667 | 3909 | 17.06% | 0 |

## 2014 Ladder[edit]

North West FA  | Wins  | Byes  | Losses  | Draws  | For  | Against  | %  | Pts  |  | Final  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts  | Team  | G  | B  | Pts

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Turners Beach  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2463 | 856 | 287.73% | 56 |  | Elimination | Forth | 24 | 16 | 160 | Rosebery Toorak | 14 | 15 | 99
Sheffield  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3039 | 1106 | 274.77% | 56 |  | Qualifying | Motton Preston | 16 | 10 | 106 | Sheffield | 14 | 16 | 100
Motton Preston  | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2354 | 1062 | 221.66% | 56 |  | 1st Semi | Sheffield | 18 | 18 | 126 | Forth | 8 | 9 | 57
Forth  | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2271 | 1108 | 204.96% | 36 |  | 2nd Semi | Turners Beach | 15 | 15 | 105 | Motton Preston | 15 | 10 | 100
Rosebery/Toorak  | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1587 | 1628 | 97.48% | 32 |  | Preliminary | Motton Preston | 17 | 14 | 116 | Sheffield | 13 | 5 | 83
Wesley Vale | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1644 | 1805 | 91.08% | 28 |  | Grand | Turners Beach | 12 | 14 | 86 | Motton Preston | 8 | 10 | 58
East Ulverstone | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 963 | 2283 | 42.18% | 16 |
West Ulverstone | 2 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1053 | 3023 | 34.83% | 8 |
Spreyton | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 746 | 3249 | 22.96% | 0 |

## References[edit]

1. ^ "North Western Football Association | NWFA Tasmania | Founded in 1894". www.nwfa.net.au. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008.
2. ^ "Altered rules adopted at Devonport: outlined and explained". Advocate. Burnie, TAS. 14 July 1938. p. 5.
3. ^ "Football – N.W. Association". Advocate. Burnie, TAS. 16 March 1946. p. 3.
4. ^ http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/NorthWesternFA
5. ^ "NWFA: 2021 Current ladder". htwebsites.mygameday.app. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
6. ^ "Oh, sweet victory". 5 April 2009.

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Tasmania on FullPoints Footy

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Australian rules football in Tasmania

Governing body|

* AFL Tasmania

Professional clubs (AFL)|

* Unnamed Tasmanian football club

State-wide leagues|

* Tasmanian State League

Teams|

* Tasmanian Devils (VFL; 2001–2008)
* Tasmania Devils (Talent League; 2019–present)

Former state-wide leagues|

* Winfield Statewide Cup
* Tasmanian State Premiership
* TFL Statewide League

Current leagues|

* Circular Head FA
* Darwin FA
* King Island FA
* NTFA
* NWFA
* NWFL
* ODFA
* Old Scholars FA
* SFL

Former leagues|

* GNFL
* Leven FA
* NEFU
* NWFU
* NTFA (original)
* Tasman FA
* WTFA
* Peninsula FA
* Fingal District Football Association

* List of former Australian rules football competitions in Tasmania

Junior leagues|

* Northern Tasmanian Junior Football Association
* Southern Tasmania Junior Football League

Masters leagues|

* Masters Australian Football Tasmania

Women's leagues|

* Tasmanian Women's Football League

Major events|

* Tasmania vs Victoria (1960)

Principal venues|

York Park, Bellerive Oval, Macquarie Point Stadium*
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