Central Goulburn Valley Football League Explained

The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11 March 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of the Goulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of this Australian rules football competition took place.^[1]

History

The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11 March 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of the Goulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of this Australian rules football competition took place.

In July, 1946, former Richmond player and Katandra captain, Eddie Ford collided with an Ardmona player, but played out the game and went home, but later became ill. Ford was taken to the Mooroopna Hospital, where he later died.^[2]

In 1947, CGVFL premiers, Ardmona were defeated by the premiers of the Murray Football League, Cobram, played at Numurkah in October, 1947.^[3]

On Thursday, 23 February 1950, the Centrals Seconds Association officially folded up and existing teams were recommended to join the CGVFL senior football competition.^[4]

At the 1950 CGVFL – AGM, Miepoll were admitted into the competition, Sheparton East and SPC merged, but joined the Goulburn Valley Football League as City United Football Club and Mr. J Pearson was elected as secretary for the 25th consecutive year of the following football competitions – ^[5]

• Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association – 1926 to 1936
• Goulburn Valley Football Association – 1937 to 1945
• Central Goulburn Valley Football League – 1946 to 1952

In June, 1950, the Goulburn Valley Football League 13.14 – 92 defeated Central Goulburn Valley Football League 8.15 – 63.^[6]

The CGVFL officially went into "recess" at the 1953 CGVFL – AGM, but never reformed as a football competition.^[7]

A thorough history of this rural Australian rules football competition can be found in a great 1949 article in the Shepparton Advertiser by clicking on this citation.^[8]

Clubs

Final Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	CGVFL Seasons	CGVFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
Dookie College	Navy Blue and Red		Dookie College	–	1946	1946-1952	1	1952	Moved to Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1953
Katandra		Kats	Katandra Recreation Reserve, Katandra West		1911	1946-1952	2	1950, 1951	Moved to Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1953
Miepoll			Miepoll Recreation Reserve, Miepoll	EDFA	1900s	1950-1952	0	-	Moved to Euroa District Football Association in 1953
Shepparton East				–	1924	1946-1952	1	1948	Merged with SPC to form City United in 1950, who fielded a team also known as Shepparton East in CGVFL until the competition's demise
Tallygaroopna		Redlegs	Tallygaroopna Recreation Reserve, Tallygaroopna		1904	1947-1952 (1949 reserve grade only)	0	-	Moved to Picola & District Football League in 1953
Undera		Lions	Undera Recreation Reserve, Undera		1888	1950-1952	0	-	Merged with Mooroopna in 1953, re-formed in Kyabram District Football League in 1954

Former Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	CGVFL Seasons	CGVFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
All Blacks (reserve grade only)						1946	0	-	Folded in early 1947
Ardmona		Bush Cats	Ardmona Recreation Reserve, Ardmona		1920	1946-1949	1	1947	Entered recess in 1950, re-formed in Kyabram District Football League in 1957
Dookie		Magpies	Dookie Recreation Reserve, Dookie		1887	1946-1948	0	-	Moved to Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1949
Kyabram Youth Club				–	1940s	1949-1950	0	-	Moved to Kyabram District Football League in 1951
Mooroopna		Cats	Mooroopna Recreation Reserve, Mooroopna		1877	1946-1948	1	1946	Moved to Goulburn Valley Football League in 1949
Numurkah Reserves		Blues	Numurkah Recreation Reserve, Numurkah		1882	1948-1949	0	-	Moved to Picola & District Football League in 1950
Shepparton		Bears	Deakin Reserve, Shepparton	GVFA	1880s	1946-1949	1	1949	Moved to Goulburn Valley Football League in 1950
Shepparton Boys						1950	0	-	Folded
Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC)				GVFA	1945	1946-1949	0	-	Merged with Shepparton East to form City United in 1950
Toolamba			Toolamba Recreation Reserve, Toolamba		1930s	1947, 1950-1951	0	-	Absorbed by Murchison in 1952
Wunghnu		Magpies	Wunghnu Recreation Reserve, Wunghnu		1874	1950	0	-	Moved to Picola & District Football League in 1951

CGVFL Honour Board

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Grade / Venue	President	Secretary	Treasurer
1946	Mooroopna	12.16 – 88	Shepparton	9.15 – 69	Senior Premiers, At Shepparton RR ^[9]	N W Fairless	J Pearson	J Pearson
	All Blacks	18.9 – 117	Toolamba	14.9 – 93	Seconds Premiers, At Shepparton RR ^[10] ^[11]
1947	Ardmona	7.11 – 53	Shepparton	5.10 – 40	Senior Premiers, At Shepparton RR ^[12] ^[13]	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson
	Shepparton Boys	8.13 – 61	Shepparton	7.3 – 45	Seconds Premiers, At Shepparton RR ^[14] ^[15]
1948^[16]	Shepparton East	10.12 – 72	Shepparton	10.7 – 67	Senior Premiers, At Deakin Reserve ^[17]	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson
	SPC	11.14 – 80	Numurkah	5.13 – 43	Seconds Premiers, At Deakin Reserve ^[18] ^[19]
1949	Shepparton	8.8 – 56	S.P.C.	4.18 – 42	Senior Premiers, At Deakin Reserve.^[20] ^[21]	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson
	SPC	3.10 – 28	Tallygaroopna	3.10 – 28	Tied Seconds Grand Final, At Deakin Reserve.^[22] ^[23]
	Tallygaroopna	9.14 – 68	SPC	6.12 – 48	Seconds Grand Final Replay, At Numurkah.^[24] ^[25]
1950^[26]	Katandra	15.15 – 105	Dookie College	12.9 – 81	At Deakin Reserve ^[27] ^[28]	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson
1951^[29]	Katandra	13.19 – 97	Dookie College	10.3 – 63	At Deakin Reserve ^[30]	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson
1952	Dookie College	16.6 – 102	Katandra	6.5 – 35	At Deakin Reserve ^[31]	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson

• Shepparton RR – Shepparton Recreation Reserve (venue name was changed to Deakin Reserve in October, 1947, after Alfred Deakin) ^[32]

CGVFL – Best and Fairest Award

This award was donated by and called the Shepparton Advertiser Trophy, in 1946 and 1947, then was called the Neal Hanlon Memorial Trophy from 1948 to 1952.^[33]

Year	Winners	Club	Votes	Runner Up	Club	Votes	Comments
1946	W "Bill" Hanlon &	Shepparton East	18	Eddie Ford &	Katandra	16	^[34]
	Eric "Bubby" James	Shepparton	18	J Williams	Dookie College	16
1947		Shepparton	48	Alex Slocombe	Dookie College	36	^[35] ^[36]
1948	Alex Slocombe	Dookie College	31	M Dexter &	Dookie College	28	^[37]
					Shepparton East	28
1949	Murray Slee	Shepparton	34		Shepparton East	28	^[38]
1950		Dookie College	32	Jimmy Wong	Shepparton Boys	23	^[39]
1951	Harry Cook	Shepparton East	26	Max Mills	Katandra	21	^[40]
1952		Tallygaroopna	27	Max Mills	Katandra	26	^[41]

1946: Eric James also won the Goulburn Valley Football League's Morrison Medal in 1935 & 1937, with the Shepparton Football Club.

CGVFL – Leading Goalkicker

Year	Winner	Club	Goals	Goals in finals
1946	Norman Marchment	S.P.C.	?	?
1947	Norman Marchment	S.P.C.	97	^[42]
1948	N Thorne	Mooroopna	88	^[43] ^[44]
1949	K Roulent	S.P.C.	41	^[45]
1950	R "Dick" Broughton	Tallygaroopna	61	5 = 66 ^[46]
1951	R Bearham	Dookie College	28	0, 2 & 3 = 33 ^[47]
1952	?

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1946 - Goulburn Valley FA - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 12 March 1946. 3.
2. Web site: 1946 - Eddie Ford dies . Trove Newspapers . The Age . 21 July 2020 . 15 July 1946. 3.
3. Web site: 1947 - Ardmona v Cobram . Trove Newspapers . Cobram Courier . 21 July 2020 . 10 October 1947. 6.
4. Web site: 1950 - Central Seconds fold . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 24 February 1950. 4.
5. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 21 March 1950. 3.
6. Web site: 1950 - GVFL v CGVFL . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 13 June 1950. 3.
7. Web site: 1953 - CGFVL - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 23 July 2020 . 27 February 1953. 16.
8. Web site: 1949 - CGVFL - History article . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 2 September 1949. 5.
9. Web site: 1946 - Central Goulburn VFL - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 10 September 1946. 2.
10. Web site: 1946 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Grand Final preview & teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 14 August 2020 . 15 . 4 October 1946.
11. Web site: 1946 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Seconds Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 8 October 1946. 2.
12. Web site: 1947 - CGVFL - Grand Final teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 26 September 1947. 7.
13. Web site: 1947 - CGVFL - Grand Final - match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 30 September 1947. 3.
14. Web site: 1947 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Seconds Grand Final Teams . Shepparton Advertiser . 10 October 1947 .
15. Web site: 1947 - Central Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 14 October 1947. 3.
16. Web site: 1948 - CGVFL - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 9 March 1948. 5.
17. Web site: 1948 - CGVFL - Grand Final match review. . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 28 September 1948. 2.
18. Web site: 1948 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Seconds Grand Final Teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 1 October 1948. 2.
19. Web site: 1948 - Central Goulburn Valley FA - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 5 October 1948. 2.
20. Web site: 1949 - CGVFL - Grand Final Match Preview / Teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 16 September 1949. 4.
21. Web site: 1949 - CGVFL - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 20 September 1949. 2.
22. Web site: 1949 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Grand final Teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 23 September 1949. 4.
23. Web site: 1949 - Central goulburn Valley FA - Seconds Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 27 September 1949. 8.
24. Web site: 1949 - Central Goulburn Valley FL . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 12 August 2020 . 30 September 1949. 4.
25. Web site: 1949 - Central Goulburn Valley FL - Grand Final Replay match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 13 August 2020 . 4 October 1949. 2.
26. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 21 March 1950. 3.
27. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - Grand Final preview & teams . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 22 September 1950. 4.
28. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 26 September 1950. 2.
29. Web site: 1951 - CGVFL - AGM . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 16 March 1951 . 23 July 2020 . Trove Newspapers.
30. Web site: 1951 - CGVFL - Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 18 September 1951. 3.
31. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL Grand Final match review . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 9 September 1952 . 22 July 2020.
32. Web site: 1947 - Deakin Reserve, Shepparton . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 24 July 2020 . 14 October 1947. 1.
33. Web site: Neal Hanlon – Obituary . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 25 July 2020 . 30 August 1949. 2.
34. Web site: 1946 - Central Goulburn VFL - Best & Fairest . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 6 September 1946. 15.
35. Web site: 1947 - CGVFL - Best & Fairest . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 5 September 1947. 7.
36. Web site: 1947 - Presentation of Trophies . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 30 September 1930. 3.
37. Web site: 1948 - CGVFL - Best & Fairest . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 7 September 1948. 2.
38. Web site: 1949 - CGVFL - Best & Fairest Award . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 26 August 1949. 4.
39. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - Hanlon Trophy . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 5 September 1950. 2.
40. Web site: 1951 - CGVFL Grand Final . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 24 August 1951. 4.
41. Web site: 1952 - CGVFL Best & Fairest Award . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 22 August 1952. 6.
42. Web site: 1947 - CGVFL - Leading Goalkicker . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 26 September 1947. 7.
43. Web site: 1948 - CGVFL Leading Goalkicker . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 21 July 2020 . 28 September 1948. 2.
44. Web site: 1948 - CGVFA - Leading Goalkicker . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 7 August 2020 . 28 September 1948. 2.
45. Web site: 1949 - CGVFL - Leading Goalkickers . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 22 July 2020 . 26 August 1949. 4.
46. Web site: 1950 - CGVFL - Final Leading Goalkickers . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 23 July 2020 . 22 August 1950. 7.
47. Web site: 1951 - CGVFL - Leading Goaklickers . Trove Newspapers . Shepparton Advertiser . 23 July 2020 . 14 August 1950. 2.