The Far West Football Association is a former South Australian country football league that started in 1924 under the name of the Great Flinders Football Association and folded at the end of the 1960 season.
The League was made up of teams from Coorabie, Bookabie, Penong, Charra, Koonibba, Denial Bay, Watraba.
Teams from this league still compete in the Western Eyre Football League in 2025.
Clubs
Final ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer leagueEst.Years in FWFAFWFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsBookabie(?-1950s)(1950s-60)–19221924-1940, 1949-1960121925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960 Recess between 1946-49. Folded after the 1960 season.CoorabieEaglesCoorabie Oval, Coorabie–19221924-1933, 1935-196021924, 1959Was in recess in 1934. Folded after 1960 season.PenongTigersPenong Sports Ground, PenongCOWFL19081924-196071928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1947, 1953, 1957Moved to Murat Bay FL after 1960 season.
Former ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer leagueEst.Years in FWFAFWFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsCharraCOWFL19081930, 1934-195931936, 1954, 1956Played merged with Denial Bay in County of Way FL between 1931-34. Moved to Murat Bay FL at the end of 1959 seasonDenial BayCOWFL19071935-19460 -Returned to County of Way FL after 1946 seasonGypsum Works–192419240 -Folded after first season of FWFA.KoonibbaRoostersFar West Aboriginal Sporting Complex, ThevenardCOWFL19061937-194641938, 1939, 1940, 1946Returned to County of Way FL after 1946 season Watraba–19271927-1929, 1932-194021928, 1934Did not reform after WWII
Grand Finals +YearGrand Final Score1924Coorabie 8.11 def Gypsum Works 3.51925Bookabie 7.8 def Penong 6.41926Bookabie def Penong1927Bookabie def Penong (3 goals)1928Penong 9.15 def Watraba 5.31929Watraba 7.7 def Bookabie 3.21930Penong def Bookabie1931No Competition1932Penong 13.12 def Bookabie 2.41933Watraba 4.13 def Bookabie 5.61934Penong 3.10 def Watraba 3.51935Bookabie1936Charra 6.5 def Bookabie 4.91937Bookabie 13.10 def Koonibba 8.11938Koonibba def Bookabie (5 points)1939Koonibba 25.13 def Charra 8.61940Koonibba 8.10 def Penong 6.71941-1946World War 2 Recess1946Koonibba 19.22 def Coorabie 5.211947Penong 9.18 def Bookabie 5.71948Fowlers Bay 8.9 def Penong 4.11949Bookabie 25.13 def Penong 6.51950Bookabie 14.14 def Penong 6.51951Bookabie 7.6 def Penong 6.41952Bookabie 13.9 def Coorabie 5.81953Penong 10.10 def Coorabie 7.71954Charra def Coorabie1955Bookabie def Charra1956Charra 17.14 def Coorabie 3.61957Penong 11.7 def Coorabie 8.71958Bookabie 10.10 def Coorabie 7.141959Coorabie 7.18 def Bookabie 6.61960Bookabie 12.14 def Coorabie 7.3
Mail Medallists The Mail Medal was awarded from 1950 to 1960; however, the medallists for 1955 and 1956 remain unknown. +YearWinnerClubVotesRunner-upClubVotes1950Stanley J OatsCharra16Furnest WareBookabie71951Tom RiddleCoorabieAlex BairdPenong1952Alex BairdPenong151953Furnest WareBookabie15Ted MillerPenong101954Ray ColemanCharra1955UNKNOWN1956UNKNOWN1957Ken WareBookabieTed Miller1958Milton DunnPenong13Ted Miller121959Dale ShipardPenong13Ted Miller111960Dale ShipardPenong9Ken WareBookabie5David MillerBookabie5Walter DunnBookabie5
Notable performances Ken Ware kicked 14 goals in the 1949 Grand Final, which is equal to the South Australian state country football record of goals in a Grand Final.
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