The Northern District Football League was an Australian rules football league based around the towns of Cohuna and Kerang in northern Victoria.
History The Northern District Football League began as the Cohuna & District Football Association in 1922 with Cohuna, Union, Wee Wee Rup and Cohuna Fire Brigade as the original clubs. The C&DFA functioned as a junior association for the next few years after Cohuna left for the Elmore-Cohuna Line FA in 1924. The competition was known as the Murray Valley Football League between 1927 and 1930. The league was renamed the Cohuna & District Football Association in 1931 when Cohuna and Leitchville returned from the Kerang & District FA. Koondrook joined for the first time in 1933. The C&DFA went into recess in 1941 due to WWII.
The league was re-formed in 1943 as the Cohuna-Barham Football Association, and by 1945 had returned to its previous name. In 1954, a year after the admission of Pyramid Hill, the league changed its name to the Northern Districts Football League. The line-up of 8 clubs present in 1954 would remain the same until the NDFL's demise at the end of 1989, when it merged with the Echuca Football League to form the Northern & Echuca Football League.
Clubs
Final ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in NDFLNDFL Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsBorderMagpiesBarham Recreation Reserve, BarhamKDFA1900s1931-198951935, 1937, 1947, 1948, 1973Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonCohuna(1930s)(?-1989)BloodsCohuna Recreation Reserve, CohunaCGFA, KDFA19131922, 1931–1940, 1944–1989121949, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1986Moved to Elmore-Cohuna FL in 1924. Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonGunbowerDemonsGunbower Recreation Reserve, GunbowerECFL1900s1927-198981934, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1965, 1980Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonKerangBluesRiverside Park, KerangKDFL19271947-198971951, 1955, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonKoondrookLight-dark-light tri-panel with KFC monogram (1936)(1947-?)(?-1989)TigersKoondrook Recreation Reserve, KoondrookCGFA, KDFL19191933-1940, 1947–198961936, 1953, 1957, 1968, 1972, 1979, Played in Kerang & District FL in 1945–46. Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonLeitchville(1930s)(?-1989)MaroonsLeitchville Recreaction Reserve, LeitchvilleECFL19191927-1989111929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1964, 1979, 1980, 1989Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonPyramid HillMitchell Park, Pyramid HillMDFL18901953-19890 -Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 seasonUnionKangaroosCohuna Recreation Reserve, CohunaCGFA19191922-1989131922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1988Formed Northern & Echuca FL after 1989 season
Former ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years in NDFLNDFL Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsBolsheviks–193219320 -FoldedCohuna Fire Brigade1922-1928, 19370 -Recess between 1929 and 1936, folded after 1937 seasonHorfield1924-19250 -Moved to Murray Valley FL in 1926Kerang East1925-193011926Folded after 1930 seasonKerang Fire BrigadeKDFA1937-19390 -Folded after 1939 seasonMoulameinMoulamein Recreation Reserve, Moulamein–19481948-19510 -Did not affiliate with a league between 1952 and 1957. Joined Kerang & District FL in 1958QuambatookTigersQuambatook Recreation Reserve, QuambatookKDFL1910s19470 -Moved to Korong FL in 1948Wee Wee RupCGFA1922-1931, 194321924, 1925Folded after 1931 season, re-formed in 1943 for one season, then folded
Premierships YearPremiersScoreRunners-upLocationNotesRef.1922Union5.11 (41) - 3.5 (23)Wee Wee Rup1923Union4.11 (35) - 5.3 (33)Cohuna Fire Brigade1924Wee Wee Rup7.9 (51) - 6.6 (42)Union1925Wee Wee Rup5.7 (37) - 4.5 (29)Union1926Kerang East6.8 (44) - 6.7 (43)Union1927Union9.6 (60) - 5.13 (43)Kerang East1928Union10.11 (71) - 7.8 (50)Leitchville1929Leitchville7.16 (58) - 3.5 (23)Gunbower1930Union13.7 (85) - 8.9 (57)Border1931Leitchville14.12 (96) - 7.9 (51)Union1932Leitchville10.4 (64) - 4.12 (36)Border1933Leitchville11.12 (78) - 5.4 (34)Border1934Gunbower7.9 (51) - 4.10 (34)Border1935Border14.13 (97) - 9.12 (66)Gunbower1936Koondrook12.5 (77) - 9.18 (72)Border1937Border16.13 (109) - 15.8 (98)Koondrook1938Leitchville14.7 (91) - 13.10 (88)Cohuna1939Leitchville8.9 (57) - 6.8 (44)Koondrook1940?1941-42 - C&DFL in recess due to WWII1943GunbowerBarham1944Gunbower7.9 (51) - Border 4.10 (34)Border1945Gunbower14.8 (92) - 11.9 (75)Leitchville1946Gunbower10.8 (68) - 7.10 (52)Leitchville1947Border5.9 (39) - 3.9 (27)Koondrook1948Border11.17 (83) - 10.10 (70)Gunbower1949Cohuna11.22 (88) - 7.5 (47)Gunbower1950Gunbower11.13 (79) - 10.13 (73)Koondrook1951Kerang12.8 (80) - 6.25 (61)Cohuna1952Cohuna17.19 (121) - 8.5 (53)Koondrook1953Koondrook9.9 (63) - 7.6 (48)Cohuna1954Leitchville11.13 (79) - 5.9 (39)Koondrook1955Kerang8.18 (66) - 8.11 (59)Cohuna1956Cohuna9.6 (60) - 3.8 (24)Kerang1957Koondrook10.10 (70) - 9.11 (65)Kerang1958Cohuna14.11 (95) - 8.18 (66)Union1959Cohuna13.4 (82) - 12.7 (79)Union1960Union16.13 (109) - 10.8 (68)Kerang1961Union11.14 (80) - 9.5 (59)Kerang1962Union7.15 (57) - 4.6 (30)Gunbower1963Union13.16 (94) - 11.8 (74)Gunbower1964Cohuna10.9 (69) - 9.11 (65)Union1965Gunbower15.11 (101) - 14.7 (91)Cohuna1966Cohuna4.13 (37) - 5.6 (36)Koondrook1967Cohuna12.10 (82) - 6.7 (43)Leitchville1968Koondrook9.9 (63) - 5.9 (39)Cohuna1969Leitchville13.11 (89) - 7.11 (53)Cohuna1970Cohuna18.8 (116) - 9.13 (67)Leitchville1971Cohuna15.13 (103) - 12.13 (85)Koondrook1972Koondrook15.10 (100) - 13.8 (86)Border1973Border14.13 (93) - 13.13 (91)Koondrook1974Leitchville11.9 (75) - 10.9 (69)Koondrook1975Leitchville24.18 (162) - 10.10 (70)Koondrook1976Union9.14 (68) - 9.14 (68)CohunaDrawn grand finalUnion16.9 (105) - 14.12 (96)CohunaReplay1977Cohuna10.10 (70) - 6.8 (44)Border1978Union18.16 (118) - 16.17 (113)Cohuna1979Koondrook8.5 (53) - 4.8 (32)Cohuna1980Gunbower19.19 (133) - 7.7 (49)Union1981Kerang20.19 (139) - 12.12 (74)Union1982Union12.12 (84) - 11.9 (75)Koondrook1983Kerang13.15 (93) - 8.11 (59)Cohuna1984Kerang18.7 (115) - 15.12 (102)Union1985Kerang17.15 (117) - 5.7 (37)Cohuna1986Cohuna23.21 (159) - 7.1 (43)Union1987Kerang14.12 (96) - 9.7 (61)Union1988Union19.11 (125) - 6.13 (49)Pyramid Hill1989Leitchville18.4 (112) - 16.12 (108)Union
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