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Mount Noorat Football League

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The Mount Noorat Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The competition ran from 1932 until 1991.[1]

History

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The Mount Noorat Football League was formed in 1932 and lasted until 1991 when the league merged with the Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League.[2]

Final Clubs

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in MNFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Ecklin
Ecklin Recreation Reserve, Ecklin South HDFA 1937-1991 5 1953, 1960, 1967, 1977, 1990 Folded in 1991
Glenormiston
Bombers NDFA 1910s 1932-1991 10 1937, 1946, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1970, 1978, 1980, 1985 Merged with Noorat and Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992
Glenormiston College
The College Glenormiston College, Glenormiston South 1971 1971-1991 2 1982, 1986 Moved to Western Plains FL in 1992
Kolora
Magpies Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat NDFA 1910s 1932-1991 12 1947, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1984 Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992
Noorat
Swans Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat HDFA 1900s 1932-1991 8 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1961, 1988, 1989, 1991 Merged with Glenormison and formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992
Panmure
Blues Panmure Recreation Reserve, Panmure PDFA 1919 1937-1941, 1948–1991 2 1968, 1979 Moved to Heytesbury FL after WW2, returned in 1948.

Formed Heytesbury Mount Noorat FL in 1992

Former Clubs

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in MNFL Premierships Fate
Total Years
Brucknell Brucknell Recreation Reserve, Brucknell PCFA 1920s 1938-1941 0 - Moved to Heytesbury District FA in 1945
Ellerslie HDFA 1890s 1955-1957 0 - Folded in 1958
Framlingham Framlingham Recreation Reserve, Framlingham PDFA 1948-1950 0 - Folded in 1951
Garvoc Garvoc Recreation Reserve, Garvoc PDFA 1936-1941, 1948–1955 3 1939, 1940, 1941 Folded in 1956
Hexham
Tigers Hexham Recreation Reserve, Hexham HDFA c.1880s 1953-1984 1 1981 Folded in 1985
Purnim
Bears Purnim Recreation Reserve, Purnim 1987 1987 1 1987 Voted out of league following 1987 season
Terang Seconds
Bloods Terang Recreation Reserve, Terang CDFL 1935-1936 2 1935, 1936 Moved to Campderdown District FL in 1937
The Sisters The Sisters Recreation Reserve, The Sisters BC 1932-1962 3 1933, 1934, 1948 Folded in 1963
Woorndoo
Tigers Woorndoo Recreation Reserve, Woorndoo MDFA 1880s 1956-1986 2 1969, 1972 Moved to Mininera & District FL in 1987

VFL/AFL players From MNFL

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Kolora

Noorat

Ecklin

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Football - MNFL Premiership season - Season 2023". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
  2. ^ McLaren, Robert (2006). Playing Footy and Milking Cows: The Mt Noorat Football League. ISBN 9780977554201.