The South East District Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based in southern Tasmania.
History The South East District Football Association was formed in 1945 with Bagdad, Campania, Richmond and Sorell as the inaugural clubs. The following season saw Colebrook and Kempton re-form and join the league, as well as Mangalore who played merged with Bagdad. Bagdad-Mangalore departed for the Southern Districts FA in 1947. Forcett joined from the Pembroke FA in 1949, however had their affiliation with the SEDFA cancelled in August after their delegates walked out of a hearing. The club had won an appeal against a decision to dock them points for playing a wrongly registered player, but their delegates had walked out of the meeting as they felt the chairman's treatment of the player involved was unreasonable. Sorell also left the league after 1949 and the two clubs were replaced by Parattah and Bagdad, who had split from Mangalore. Mangalore themselves would rejoin in 1952, replacing Parattah. They would go on to dominate the 1950s, winning 6 premierships, including 4 in a row from 1954-1957.
The SEDFA remained relatively stable during the 1960s. Triabunna and Sorell had both joined from the East Coast FA in the late 1950s. Sorell won three flags in a row from 1960-62 before departing for the TAFL Southern Division. Cambridge played between 1963 and 1967, and Campania entered recess in 1965 before returning in 1968. The early 1970s saw significant change to the line-up of clubs. The Southern Districts FA folded after 1970 and 3 of its 4 clubs - Bothwell, Maydena and Upper Derwent - joined the SDFA. The Midlands FA folded a year later, with Tunnack joining from there in 1972 and Oatlands two years later. Long-time members Colebrook and Kempton both departed for the Oatlands District FA in 1974. By 1979 the competition had only 7 clubs, which saw it disband after the season. Richmond and Campania merged and the remaining clubs dispersed amongst a number of local leagues.
Clubs
Final ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years inSEDFASEDFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsBothwellRabbitsBothwell Recreation Reserve, BothwellSDFA18801971-19790 -Moved to Southern Tasmanian FA in 1980CampaniaWallabiesCampania Recreation Reserve, CampaniaSMFA18821945-1965, 1968-197941949, 1950, 1953, 1963Merged with Richmond to form Richmond-Campania in TAFL Southern Division in 1980Mangalore (1952)(?-1979)RobinsPontville Oval, PontvilleSMFA, SDFA18851946, 1952-1979131952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1977, 1979Played in Southern Districts FA 1947-51. Moved to Tasman FA in 1980Richmond(1945-?(?-1979)BluesRichmond War Memorial Oval, RichmondSDFA18781945-19799 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1958, 1964, 1974, 1977, 1979Merged with Campania to form Richmond-Campania in TAFL Southern Division in 1980TriabunnaRoosTriabunna Recreation Ground, TriabunnaECFA19001959-197911967Moved to Tasman FA in 1980TunnackEaglesTunnack Football Oval, TunnackMFA19101972-197911973Moved to Oatlands District FA in 1980Upper DerwentGretna Football Ground, GretnaSDFA19041971-197911975Moved to Southern Tasmanian FA in 1980
Former ClubColoursNicknameHome GroundFormer LeagueEst.Years inSEDFASEDFA Senior PremiershipsFateTotalYearsBagdadBagdad Football Ground, BagdadRFA19201945, 1950-19750 -Merged with Mangalore to form Bagdad-Mangalore Rovers in 1946. Folded after 1975 seasonCambridgeMagpiesCambridge Memorial Oval, CambridgeTFA18851963-19670 -Moved to AYC in 1968ColebrookSaintsColebrook Oval, ColebrookSMFA18881946-197311948, 1969Moved to Oatlands District FA in 1974ForcettForcett Recreation Ground, ForcettPFA188419490 -Had affiliation cancelled during 1949 season. Joined Clarence Sub-District FA in 1950.KemptonMagpiesKempton Oval, KemptonSMFA18641946-19731 1966Moved to Oatlands District FA in 1974Maydena-Strathgordon (1971-?)(?-1974)BulldogsMaydena Sports Ground, MaydenaSDFA19521971-19740 -Moved to AYC in 1975OatlandsTigersOatlands Oval, OatlandsTAFLS18791974-19770 -Moved to Oatlands District FA in 1978OuseMagpiesOuse Recreation Ground, OuseSDFA19351971-19750 -Folded after 1975 seasonParattahRobinsParattah Oval, ParattahPT18841950-19510 -Formed Oatlands District FA in 1952SorellMagpiesSorell Memorial Oval, SorellPFA, ECFA18831945-1949, 1956-19623 1960, 1961, 1962Moved to Clarence Sub-District FA in 1950. Moved to TAFL Southern Division in 1963
Premierships YearPremierScoreRunners-upNotes1945Richmond2.12 (24) - 1.3 (9)Bagdad-Mangalore Rovers1946Richmond8.10 (58) - 3.8 (26)Bagdad-Mangalore Rovers1947Richmond6.8 (44) - 3.8 (26)Kempton1948Colebrook9.15 (69) - 8.10 (58)Campania1949Campania9.14 (68) - 4.10 (34)Colebrook1950CampaniaColebrook1951Richmond9.10 (64) - 5.10 (40)Kempton1952Mangalore8.14 (62) - 8.10 (58)Richmond1953Campania10.9 (69) - 3.8 (26)Richmond1954Mangalore8.14 (62) - 6.8 (44)Campania1955Mangalore8.9 (57) - 7.6 (48)Richmond1956Mangalore11.15 (81) - 5.10 (40)Campania1957Mangalore8.10 (58) - 6.7 (43)Colebrook1958Richmond7.19 (61) - 6.5 (41)Colebrook1959Mangalore9.9 (63) - 9.9 (63)SorellDrawn grand finalMangaloreSorellReplay1960Sorell14.10 (94) - 11.10 (76)Mangalore1961Sorell11.12 (78) - 7.13 (55)Campania1962Sorell13.9 (87) - 12.9 (81)Campania1963Campania11.8 (74) - 10.10 (70)Mangalore1964Richmond9.6 (60) - 5.17 (47)Kempton1965Mangalore10.10 (70) - 7.12 (54)Cambridge1966Kempton11.7 (73) - 8.11 (59)Mangalore1967Triabunna9.11 (65) - 5.10 (40)Mangalore1968Mangalore10.12 (72) - 10.11 (71)Triabunna1969Colebrook8.13 (61) - 8.10 (58)Mangalore1970Mangalore14.22 (106) - 14.6 (90)Campania1971Mangalore13.11 (89) - 12.9 (81)Triabunna1972Mangalore18.11 (119) - 13.11 (89)Tunnack1973Tunnack12.17 (89) - 8.10 (58)Mangalore1974Richmond12.11 (83) - 6.4 (40)Bothwell1975Upper Derwent13.18 (96) - 14.8 (92)Mangalore1976Richmond14.19 (103) - 12.11 (83)Upper Derwent1977Mangalore20.16 (136) - 9.11 (65)Campania1978Richmond18.13 (121) - 11.9 (75)Mangalore1979Mangalore17.17 (119) - 6.6 (42)Campania
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