The Western Plains Football League was an Australian rules football League based in Victoria.
The Western Plains Football League started in 1930, with precursor league the Lismore District Football Association finishing. The league continued until 1998 when it merged with the Lexton Football League to create the Lexton Plains Football League.[1]
Some notable players from the Western Plains are Carji Greeves, Reg Hickey, Allan Everett, John Northey and Gerard FitzGerald.[2]
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| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WPFL | Premierships | Fate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | |||||||||
| Carngham Linton | Saints | Carngham Recreation Reserve, Snake Valley | – | 1968 | 1969-1998 | 12 | 1974, 1976, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998 | Moved to Lexton Plains FL in 1999 | ||
| Cressy | Demons | Cressy Recreation Reserve, Cressy | 1920-1998 | 9 | 1920, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1969, 1970 | Folded in 1999 | ||||
| Illabarook | Bulldogs | Illabarook Recreation Reserve, Illabarook | 1919 | 1937-1998 | 4 | 1938, 1946, 1988, 1991 | Moved to Lexton Plains FL in 1999 | |||
| Lismore | Lions | Lismore Recreation Reserve, Lismore | 1880s | 1920-1924, 1930–1998 | 10 | 1921, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1948, 1952, 1964, 1973, 1986 | Renamed Lismore-Derrinallum and moved to Mininera & District FL in 1999 | |||
| Rokewood- Corindhap | Hoppers | Rokewood Recreation Reserve, Rokewood | 1931 | 1935-1998 | 9 | 1947, 1957, 1963, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1992, 1993, 1994 | Moved to Lexton Plains FL in 1999 | |||
| Skipton | Emus | Skipton Recreation Reserve, Skipton | 1870s | 1953-1998 | 0 | - | Moved to Lexton Plains FL in 1999 | |||
| Club | Jumper | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in WPFL | Premierships | Fate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | |||||||||
| Beeac | Magpies | Beeac Recreation Reserve, Beeac | 1919 | 1935-1940, 1950-1951 | 3 | 1937, 1939, 1950 | Moved to Polwarth FL in 1952 | |||
| Berrybank | 1920-1936 | 1 | 1936 | Folded in 1937 | ||||||
| Bradvale | Bradvale Recreation Reserve, Bradvale | 1949-1982 | 1 | 1965 | Folded in 1983 | |||||
| Carngham | Carngham Recreation Reserve, Snake Valley | 1919 | 1953-1961 | 0 | - | Moved to Ballarat District Football League in 1962 | ||||
| Darlington | Darlington Recreation Reserve, Darlington | 1950-1960 | 2 | 1955, 1956 | Folded in 1961 | |||||
| Derrinallum | Tigers | Derrinallum Recreation Reserve, Derrinallum | 1880s | 1920-1926, 1930–1997 | 9 | 1930, 1931, 1960, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1996 | Merged with Mortlake to form the Western Lions in Hampden FNL in 1998 | |||
| Glenormiston College | The College | Glenormiston College, Glenormiston South | MNFL | 1971 | 1992-1993 | 0 | - | Absorbed by Noorat in the Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1994 | ||
| Linton | Linton Recreation Reserve, Linton | 1919 | 1953-1968 | 1 | 1962 | Merged with Carngham to form Carngham Linton in 1969 | ||||
| Mingay | 1920-1924 | 1 | 1924 | Folded in 1925 | ||||||