Great Flinders Football League Explained

Great Flinders Football League
Upcoming Season:	2024
Last Season:	2023
Sport:	Australian rules football
Formerly:	1911–1925 Flinders Football Association 1925–1946 Great Flinders Football Association
Inaugural:	1911
Teams:	7
Champion:	United Yeelanna (13th Premiership)
Champ Season:	2023
Most Successful Club:	Ramblers (42 Premierships)
Website:	https://www.greatflinders.com
Related Comps:	Mortlock Shield, SANFL

The Great Flinders Football League (GFFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Eyre Peninsula region of South Australia, Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League. The current Premiers are the United Yeelanna Football Club who defeated the Tumby Bay Football Club in the 2023 Grand Final at Karkoo.

Elliston and Western Districts merged and transferred from the Mid West Football League prior to the start of the 2021 season. Near the end of the 2021 season the clubs of the Great Flinders Football League and Great Flinders Netball Association unanimously voted to include Elliston and Districts for the 2022 season and beyond.

Brief history

The Great Flinders Football League began in 1911 as the Flinders Football Association with founding clubs including Cummins, Edillilie, Pilanna, Shannon, Stokes and Yallunda Flat.

Premiers

• 1911 Cummins
• 1912 Cummins
• 1913 Shannon
• 1914 Cummins
• 1915 Shannon
• 1916–1918 Recess due to WW1
• 1919 Shannon
• 1920 Shannon
• 1921 Shannon
• 1922 Stars
• 1923 Shannon
• 1924 Shannon
• 1925 Shannon
• 1926 Ramblers
• 1927 Shannon
• 1928 Shannon
• 1929 Rovers
• 1930 Ramblers
• 1931 Yeelanna
• 1932 Ramblers
• 1933 Rovers
• 1934 Rovers
• 1935 Ramblers
• 1936 Ramblers
• 1937 Rovers
• 1938 Rovers
• 1939 Rovers
• 1940 Season suspended
• 1941-1945 Recess due to WW2
• 1946 Cockaleechie
• 1947 Cummins

• 1948 Ramblers
• 1949 Ramblers
• 1950 Ramblers
• 1951 Cummins
• 1952 Ramblers
• 1953 Edillilie
• 1954 Edillilie
• 1955 Edillilie
• 1956 Shannon
• 1957 Ramblers
• 1958 Ramblers
• 1959 Ramblers
• 1960 Kapinnie
• 1961 Ramblers
• 1962 Cummins
• 1963 Cummins
• 1964 Ramblers
• 1965 Kapinnie
• 1966 Kapinnie
• 1967 United Yeelanna
• 1968 Ramblers
• 1969 Ramblers
• 1970 Ramblers
• 1971 Ramblers
• 1972 Ramblers
• 1973 Ramblers
• 1974 Ramblers
• 1975 Ramblers
• 1976 Ramblers
• 1977 Ramblers
• 1978 Ramblers

• 1979 Ramblers
• 1980 Ramblers
• 1981 Ramblers
• 1982 Ramblers
• 1983 United Yeelanna
• 1984 Kapinnie
• 1985 Kapinnie
• 1986 United Yeelanna
• 1987 United Yeelanna
• 1988 Kapinnie
• 1989 Ramblers
• 1990 Kapinnie
• 1991 Kapinnie
• 1992 Kapinnie
• 1993 Kapinnie
• 1994 Ramblers
• 1995 Tumby Bay
• 1996 Lock
• 1997 Lock
• 1998 Ramblers
• 1999 Tumby Bay
• 2000 Cummins Kapinnie
• 2001 Cummins Kapinnie
• 2002 Ramblers
• 2003 Ramblers
• 2004 Ramblers
• 2005 Ramblers
• 2006 Ramblers
• 2007 Tumby Bay
• 2008 Ramblers
• 2009 Tumby Bay

• 2010 Ramblers
• 2011 Ramblers
• 2012 United Yeelanna
• 2013 Ramblers
• 2014 United Yeelanna
• 2015 United Yeelanna
• 2016 United Yeelanna
• 2017 Ramblers
• 2018 United Yeelanna
• 2019 United Yeelanna
• 2020 Recess due to COVID-19
• 2021 United Yeelanna
• 2022 United Yeelanna
• 2023 United Yeelanna

Current clubs

Jumper	Club	Moniker	Home Ground	Founded	Joined GFFL	GFFL premierships	Premiership years
	Cummins Ramblers	Magpies	Cummins Oval, Cummins(Relocated to Cockaleechie in 1946 and went back to Cummins in 1948)	1919(Split from Original Cummins Football Club)	1919	42	1928, 1930, 1932, 1936, 1946, 1948 1949, 1950, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1994 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2017
	Cummins Kapinnie	Cougars	Cummins Oval, Cummins and Kapinnie Oval, Kapinnie	1997 (Merger of Cummins Reds and Kapinnie)	1997	2	2000, 2001
	Elliston Districts	Roosters	Elliston Oval,Elliston, Minnipa Oval, Minnipa and Poochera Oval, Poochera	2021 (Merger of Elliston and Western Districts, from Mid West FL)	2021	-	-
	Eyre United	Saints	Ungarra Oval, Ungarra	1963	1971 (from Port Lincoln FL)	-	-
	Lock	Roos	Lock Oval, Lock	1915	1971 (from Le Hunte FL)	2	1996, 1997
	Tumby Bay	Blues	Tumby Bay Oval,Tumby Bay	1906	1981 (from Port Lincoln FL)	4	1995, 1999, 2007, 2009
	United Yeelanna	Eagles	Karkoo Oval, Karkoo	1964 (Merger of United and Shannon)	1964	13	1967, 1983, 1986, 1987, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023

Defunct clubs

Colours	Club	Moniker	Location	Founded	Folded	Years in Comp	GFFL Premierships	Premiership years
	Stokes/Brooker (Changed to Brooker in 1913)	Unknown	Hundredth of Brooker, Section 13	1908	1922	1911-1915 (Only played challenge matches after World War I)	-	-
	Cummins	Centrals	Cummins	1919	1924	1919-1924 (Replaced by Rovers)	1	1920
	Cummins	Reds	Cummins	1946	1997	1946-1996 (Merged with Kapinnie)	4	1947, 1951, 1962, 1963
	Cummins	Rovers	Cummins	1925	1940	1925-1940 (Replaced by Cummins West)	8	1926, 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939
	Cummins West	Wests	Cummins	1940	1947	1940 (Consisted of players from the West side of the Cummins Township,)1946 (Reformed after WWII but was replaced by Cummins Reds in 1947)	-	-
	Cummins	Unknown	Cummins	1906	1919	1911-1915 (split up after World War I into Ramblers and Centrals)	3	1911, 1912, 1914
	Cummins	Stars	Cummins	1922	1922	1922 (Entered in 1922 after Shannons dispute and folded when they re-entered)	1	1922
	Curtawilla	Unknown	Cummins	1940	1940	1940 (Made up of players from the East side of the Cummins Township, did not reform after World War II)	-	-
	Edillilie	Unknown		1911	1964	1911-1915 (Ceased due to World War I)1931-1939 (Joined from Marble Range FL but only played B Grade) 1946-1964 (Reformed after World War II but merged with Kapinnie in 1964)	3	1953, 1954, 1955
	Karkoo	Unknown	Karkoo	1931	1957	1931-36 (Joined from Marble Range Fl and went down to B Grade in 1937)1937-1939 (Only played B Grade) 1946-1951 (Merged with Yeelanna after World War II)1951-1957 (Split from Shannon and Merged with United from Le Hunte FL in 1957)	-	-
	Kapinnie	Tigers	Kapinnie	1934	1997	1934-1935 (Went down to B Grade1936-1939 (Only played B grade) 1946-1997 (Reformed after the war and merged with Cummins in 1997)	10	1960, 1965, 1966, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
	Marble Range	Rangers	Wangary	1938	-	1946-1951 (Transferred from Port Lincoln FA in 1946 and re-joined the renamed Port Lincoln FL in 1951.)	-	-
	Mortlock	Unknown	Hundredth of Mortlock	1912	1913	1912 (Folded due to lack of players)
	Mount Hope	Unknown	Mount Hope	1927	1940	1926-1940 (Did not reform after World War II)	-	-
	Pillana	Unknown	Cummins	1908	1911	1911 (Folded after 1911 Season due to lack of Players)
	Shannon	Eagles	Yeelanna/Karkoo	1946	1951	1946-1951 (Yeelanna and Karkoo merged after World War II to form Shannon, split back up in 1951)	-	-
	United	Unknown	Karkoo/Murdinga	1957	1964	1957-1964 (Merged with Yeelanna to form United Yeelanna.)	-	-
	Yallunda Flat	Unknown	Yallunda Flat	1906	1953	1911 (Transferred from Warratta FA and went back in 1912)	-	-
	Yeelanna/Shannon(Changed to Yeelanna in 1926, back to Shannon in 1952)	Eagles	Yeelanna	1909	1964	1911-1915 (Ceased due to World War I)1919-1921 (Reformed after World War I but left in 1922 after a dispute with the league) 1923-1940 (Rejoined the league in 1923 but ceased due to World War II) 1951-1964 (Karkoo split from Shannon and Merged with United to form United Yeelanna in 1964)	12	1913, 1915, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1931, 1956

2012 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cummins Kapinnie	12	0	3	0	1473	961	60.52	24		1st Semi	Ramblers	13	11	89	Tumby Bay	13	6	84
United Yeelanna	10	0	5	0	1371	1110	55.26	20		2nd Semi	Cummins Kapinnie	13	12	90	United Yeelanna	6	10	46
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1182	1028	53.48	18		Preliminary	United Yeelanna	10	12	72	Ramblers	10	4	64
Tumby Bay	8	0	7	0	1210	1139	51.51	16		Grand	Cummins Kapinnie	15	12	102	United Yeelanna	18	7	115
Lock	5	0	10	0	1160	1285	47.44	10
Eyre United	1	0	14	0	925	1798	33.97	2

2013 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Ramblers	13	0	1	1	1527	951	61.62	27		1st Semi	Tumby Bay	10	12	72	United Yeelanna	15	10	100
Cummins Kapinnie	11	0	3	1	1473	938	61.09	23		2nd Semi	Cummins Kapinnie	10	8	68	Ramblers	9	12	66
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1167	930	55.65	14		Preliminary	Ramblers	12	10	82	United Yeelanna	10	7	67
United Yeelanna	7	0	8	0	1183	1443	45.05	14		Grand	Cummins Kapinnie	7	10	52	Ramblers	13	10	88
Eyre United	4	0	11	0	1241	1573	44.10	8
Lock	2	0	13	0	861	1617	34.75	4

2014 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	2003	679	74.68	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	15	15	105	Cummins Kapinnie	6	6	42
Eyre United	9	0	5	1	1259	1229	50.60	19		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	35	9	219	Eyre United	9	8	62
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1355	1117	54.81	18		Preliminary	Eyre United	9	10	64	Ramblers	18	10	118
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	982	1477	39.93	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	4	118	Ramblers	11	5	71
Tumby Bay	5	0	10	0	1086	1195	47.61	10
Lock	1	0	13	1	756	1744	30.24	3

2015 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1804	900	66.72	28		1st Semi	Ramblers	10	7	67	Tumby Bay	4	7	31
Lock	11	0	4	0	1656	879	65.33	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	17	7	109	Lock	10	7	67
	Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1099	996	52.46	16		Preliminary	Lock	18	11	119	Ramblers	17	7	109
Tumby Bay	7	0	8	0	1175	1044	52.95	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	19	10	124	Lock	23	10	84
Cummins Kapinnie	5	0	10	0	923	1540	37.47	10
Eyre United	0	0	15	0	570	1868	23.38	0

2016 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	1	0	1468	760	65.89	28		1st Semi	Tumby Bay	8	6	54	Cummins Kapinnie	10	12	72
Ramblers	11	0	4	0	1192	789	60.17	22		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	13	12	90	Ramblers	10	7	67
Tumby Bay	9	0	6	0	1144	929	55.19	18		Preliminary	Ramblers	12	10	82	Cummins Kapinnie	14	11	95
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	1123	1015	52.53	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	18	11	119	Cummins Kapinnie	9	11	65
Eyre United	5	0	10	0	1030	1188	46.44	10
Lock	0	0	15	0	435	1711	20.27	0

2017 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	1863	744	71.46	30		1st Semi	Eyre United	10	9	69	Tumby Bay	7	10	52
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1119	933	54.53	16		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	15	14	104	Ramblers	6	9	45
Eyre United	8	0	7	0	1333	1255	51.51	16		Preliminary	Ramblers	15	15	105	Eyre United	7	8	50
Tumby Bay	6	0	9	0	1023	1086	48.51	12		Grand	United Yeelanna	10	11	71	Ramblers	15	10	100
Cummins Kapinnie	6	0	9	0	888	1224	42.05	12
Lock	2	0	13	0	683	1667	29.06	4

2018 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	1885	598	75.82	30		1st Semi	Ramblers	16	12	108	Cummins Kapinnie	9	6	60
Tumby Bay	10	0	5	0	1134	956	54.26	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	14	11	95	Tumby Bay	11	8	74
Ramblers	8	0	7	0	1037	950	52.19	16		Preliminary	Tumby Bay	11	9	75	Ramblers	3	4	22
Cummins Kapinnie	5	0	10	0	951	1268	42.86	10		Grand	United Yeelanna	16	13	109	Tumby Bay	3	4	22
Eyre United	4	0	11	0	851	1594	34.81	8
Lock	3	0	12	0	772	1264	37.82	6

2019 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	15	0	0	0	2028	517	79.69	30		1st Semi	Ramblers	7	4	46	Cummins Kapinnie	5	9	39
Tumby Bay	10	0	5	0	1058	819	56.37	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	20	20	140	Tumby Bay	7	5	47
Ramblers	9	0	6	0	1161	718	61.79	18		Preliminary	Tumby Bay	4	3	27	Ramblers	9	15	69
Cummins Kapinnie	8	0	7	0	1061	1006	51.33	16		Grand	United Yeelanna	16	11	107	Ramblers	7	3	45
Lock	3	0	12	0	632	1403	31.06	6
Eyre United	0	0	15	0	419	1896	18.10	0

2021 Ladder

Great Flinders	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Cummins Kapinnie	12	3	0	0	1266	484	72.34	24		1st Semi	Ramblers	8	4	52	Lock	8	9	57
United Yeelanna	9	3	3	0	1193	667	64.14	18		2nd Semi	Cummins Kapinnie	10	12	72	United Yeelanna	9	12	66
Ramblers	7	3	5	0	718	680	51.36	14		Preliminary	United Yeelanna	12	7	79	Lock	5	7	37
Lock	6	3	6	0	972	779	55.51	12		Grand	Cummins Kapinnie	6	7	43	United Yeelanna	6	10	46
Elliston Districts	5	3	7	0	691	947	42.19	10
Tumby Bay	3	3	9	0	633	913	40.94	6
Eyre United	0	3	12	0	389	1392	21.84	0

2022 Ladder

Great Flinders^[1]	Wins	Losses	Draws	Byes	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
United Yeelanna	14	0	0	3	1282	541	236.97	28		1st Semi	Tumby Bay	8	11	59	Lock	9	9	63
Elliston Districts	10	4	0	3	1241	621	199.84	20		2nd Semi	United Yeelanna	11	8	74	Elliston Districts	7	14	56
Tumby Bay	8	6	0	3	994	790	125.82	16		Preliminary	Elliston Districts	12	12	84	Lock	7	4	46
Lock	7	7	0	3	952	849	112.13	14		Grand	United Yeelanna	15	5	95	Elliston Districts	3	7	25
Ramblers	6	8	0	3	900	919	97.93	12
Cummins/Kapinnie Cougars	4	10	0	3	687	952	72.16	8
Eyre United	0	14	0	3	386	1770	21.81	0

Books

• Encyclopedia of South Australian country football clubs / compiled by Peter Lines.
• South Australian country football digest / by Peter Lines

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022 A Grade Fixture and Ladder PlayHQ . 2022-05-30 . www.playhq.com.