The Tyrell Football League (TFL) was an Australian rules football and competition that finished in 1978 with clubs based in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s (starting in 1966).
History The Tyrrell Football League was formed in 1946 and competed through to 1978 until the league folded and all clubs joined new and neighbouring leagues in the area.
Clubs
Final clubs ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in compTFL Senior PremiershipsFate TotalYears Berri-CulgoaTigersBerriwillock Rec. Reserve, Berriwillock; Culgoa Rec. Reserve, Culgoa–1975 1975-19780 - Moved to Southern Mallee FL in 1979 ManangatangSaintsManangatang Rec. Reserve, ManangatangMFL1900s 21963, 1967 Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979 NandalyBombersNandaly Rec. Reserve, NandalyMFL1919 1952-197811974 Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979NullawilMaroonsNullawil Rec. Reserve, NullawilWDFA1900s1946-197891964, 1966, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978Moved to Southern Mallee FL in 1979 Sea LakeSeagullsSea Lake Rec. Reserve, Sea LakeWDFA1894 1946-1978 71946, 1947, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 Moved to Northern Mallee FL in 1979 UltimaRoosUltima Rec. Reserve, UltimaMMFL1900s 1955-19780 - Moved to Kerang and District FL in 1979
Former clubs ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in compTFL Senior PremiershipsFate TotalYears BerriwillockBullfrogsBerriwillock Rec. Reserve, BerriwillockWDFA1890s 1946-1974 71954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 Merged with Culgoa to form Berri-Culgoa in 1975 BirchipSwansBirchip Recreation Reserve, BirchipWDFA 1946-1952 11950 Moved to North Central FL in 1953 ChinkapookMagpiesMFL1913 1958-19700 - Absorbed by Manangatang in 1970 CulgoaCulgoa Recreation Reserve, CulgoaWDFA1890s 1946-1975 11953 Merged with Berriwillock to form Berri-Culgoa in 1975 CuryoNCFL1890s 1946-19570 - Folded NarraportNarraport Recreation Reserve, NarraportWDFA1890s 1946-1952 21949, 1952 Moved to North Central FL in 1953 WycheproofDemonsWycheproof Recreation Reserve, WycheproofWDFA1890s 1946-1951 21948, 1951 Moved to North Central FL in 1952
Premierships YearPremierScoreRunner-upScore1946Sea Lake17-14-116Narraport15-15-1051947Sea Lake12-10-82Narraport10-15-751948Wycheproof1949Narraport13-11-89Sea Lake4-9-331950Birchip8-13-61Narraport9-6-601951Wycheproof10-12-72Narraport10-8-681952Narraport14-11-95Nullawil7-8-501953Culgoa9-10-64Berriwillock6-5-411954Berriwillock8-12-60Culgoa8-7-551955Berriwillock11-8-74Nullawil5-14-441956Berriwillock10-14-74Nandaly9-8-621957Berriwillock14-11-95Nullawil7-8-501958Berriwillock14-14-98Manangatang6-13-491959Sea Lake14-9-93Nandaly7-11-531960Berriwillock16-10-106Nandaly8-11-591961Berriwillock9-9-63Nullawil9-8-621962Culgoa8-10-58Nullawil6-10-461963Manangatang9-6-60Nullawil7-11-531964Nullawil7-14-56Chinkapook8-7-551965Sea Lake7-8-50Berriwillock6-6-421966Nullawil14-9-93Sea Lake9-6-601967Manangatang11-13-79Nandaly10-15-751968Sea Lake10-16-76Culgoa9-9-631969Sea Lake7-13-55Nullawil8-2-501970Sea Lake10-16-76Nullawil6-9-451971Nullawil8-6-54Sea Lake2-14-261972Nullawil13-11-89Ultima7-10-521973Nullawil19-10-124Nandaly13-12-901974Nandaly18-10-118Nullawil17-14-1161975Nullawil14-15-99Ultima14-14-981976Nullawil21-12-138Berri-Culgoa9-9-631977Nullawil14-13-97Berri-Culgoa8-14-621978Nullawil12-23-95Nandaly6-14-50
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