| General Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1963 | ||
| Former names | Queenstown FA (founded in 1924) | ||
| Closed | 1994 | ||
| Final clubs | Lyell Gormanston Lions Queenstown Blues Strahan Seals Zeehan Bulldogs | ||
| Former clubs | City Magpies Gormanston Blues Lyell Maroons Mines United Smelters Robins Railway Rosebery Saints Rosebery-Toorak Hawks Toorak Tigers Tullah-Savage River | ||
| Stadiums | Queenstown Oval | ||
| 1993 WTFA Season | |||
| Premiers | Lyell-Gormanston | ||
| Minor Premiers | Lyell-Gormanston | ||
| Wooden spoon | Strahan. | ||
| Bartram Medalist | Not available. | ||
| Leading Goalkicker | P Schleigh (Lyell-Gormanston) 53 | ||
The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.
The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.
Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.
There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.[1]
In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association.The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club.
Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club.[2]
| Colours | Club | Nickname | Years in WTFA | Premierships | Premiership Years | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyell-Gormanston | Lions | 1976-1993 | 11 | 1976, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 | Merged with Queenstown to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin Football Association | ||
| Queenstown | Blues | 1977-1993 | 3 | 1978, 1983, 1984 | Merged with Lyell-Gormanston to form Queenstown Crows in Darwin Football Association | ||
| Strahan | Seals | 1991-1993 | 0 | - | Folded when WTFA closed down | ||
| Zeehan | Bulldogs | 1976-1993 | 1 | 1985 | Moved to Leven Football Association, folded after 1998 season |
| Colours | Club | Nickname | Years in WTFA | Premierships | Premiership Years | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City | Magpies | 1924-1977 | 13 | 1926, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1960, 1963 | Merged with Smelters to form Queenstown in 1977 | ||
| Gormanston | Blues, Mountain Men | ?-1976 | 8 | 1936, 1949, 1950, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970 | Merged with Lyell to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976 | ||
| Lyell | Maroons | ?-1976 | 10 | 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 | Merged with Gormanston to form Lyell-Gormanston in 1976 | ||
| Mines United | 3 | 1932, 1933, 1935 | Folded | ||||
| Smelters | Robins | 1924-1977 | 11 | 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959 | Merged with City to form Queenstown in 1977 | ||
| Railway | 1924-? | 1 | 1925 | Folded | |||
| Rosebery | Saints | ?-1987 | 6 | 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980 | Merged with Toorak to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987 | ||
| Rosebery-Toorak | Hawks | 1987-1990 | 0 | - | Moved to North Western Football Association in 1990 | ||
| Toorak | Tigers | ?-1987 | 2 | 1967, 1977 | Merged with Rosebery to form Rosebery-Toorak in 1987 | ||
| Tullah-Savage River | Roos | ?-1988 | 0 | - | Folded in 1988 |
Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963
WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993
| West Tasmanian FA | Wins | Byes | Losses | Draws | For | Against | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosebery-Toorak | 10 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1403 | 1071 | 131.00% | 42 |
| Lyell-Gormanston | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1447 | 1336 | 108.31% | 36 |
| Tullah-Savage River | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1264 | 1220 | 103.61% | 36 |
| Zeehan | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1210 | 1473 | 82.15% | 28 |
| Queenstown | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1387 | 1611 | 86.10% | 18 |
FINALS
| Final | Team | G | B | Pts | Team | G | B | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Semi | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 11 | 89 | Zeehan | 9 | 14 | 68 | |
| 2nd Semi | Lyell-Gormanston | 14 | 16 | 100 | Rosebery-Toorak | 12 | 8 | 80 | |
| Preliminary | Tullah-Savage River | 13 | 17 | 95 | Rosebery-Toorak | 10 | 8 | 68 | |
| Grand | Lyell-Gormanston | 9 | 16 | 70 | Tullah-Savage River | 7 | 14 | 56 |