North Western Football Association


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

Origins

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.
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. Upon its resumption after World War II, the NFWA returned to playing under the traditional rules.

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.

Premierships

List of NWFA Premiership teams.
Forth reserves - 66.24 v Spreyton 0.0 in 2013.

NWFA Individual Goalkicking Record (Match)

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

2009 Ladder

2010 Ladder

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

2014 Ladder