North West Football Union

The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League and Northern Tasmanian Football Association representing the rest of the state. Burnie, Latrobe and Ulverstone were the most successful clubs with 12 premierships each.

The league disbanded after the 1986 season after major clubs such as Cooee and Devonport defected to the TFL Statewide League. In 1987 the NWFU merged with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League, which exists today as the North West Football League.

NWFU premierships

Winners by year

The NWFU intrastate representative team in Hobart, 1930
This is the TFL (southern) team photo. Charlesworth in front and Gorringe 3rd from the end. players in a North vs South fixture at Hobart, 1927
Joe Littler played as many as 500 league games, mostly in the NWFU
Year Premiers Year Premiers
1910 Ulverstone 1952 Wynyard
1911 Mersey 1953 Ulverstone
1912 Mersey 1954 Burnie
1913 Latrobe 1955 Ulverstone
1914 Devonport 1956 Ulverstone
1915 Devonport 1957 Ulverstone
1916-19 - 1958 Burnie
1920 Latrobe 1959 Burnie
1921 Diggers 1960 Burnie
1922 Latrobe 1961 Cooee
1923 Ulverstone 1962 Burnie
1924 Latrobe 1963 Burnie
1925 Devonport 1964 Cooee
1926 Latrobe 1965 Cooee
1927 Burnie 1966 Burnie
1928 Burnie 1967 Wynyard
1929 Circular Head 1968 East Devonport
1930 Latrobe 1969 Latrobe
1931 Latrobe 1970 Latrobe
1932 Penguin 1971 Latrobe
1933 Latrobe 1972 Latrobe
1934 Devonport 1973 Cooee
1935 Ulverstone 1974 Burnie
1936 Devonport 1975 Wynyard
1937 Burnie 1976 Ulverstone
1938 Devonport 1977 Penguin
1939 Burnie 1978 Cooee
1940-44 - 1979 Wynyard
1945 APPM 1980 Penguin
1946 East Devonport 1981 Devonport
1947 Ulverstone 1982 Cooee
1948 East Devonport 1983 Smithton
1949 APPM 1984 Cooee
1950 Ulverstone 1985 Penguin
1951 Ulverstone 1986 Ulverstone

Most premierships

NWFU representative coach Ivor Warne-Smith
Club Premierships
Burnie 12
Latrobe 12
Ulverstone 12
Cooee 7
Devonport 7
Penguin 4
Wynyard 4
East Devonport 3
APPM 2
Mersey 2
Circular Head 1
Diggers 1
Smithton 1

Tasmanian State Premiership

This was contested semi regularly between the premiers of the Tasmanian Football League, Northern Tasmanian Football Association and the NWFU.

The six winners from the NWFU were -

Best and Fairests

The Wander Medal was awarded annually to the best and fairest player in the NWFU, every year from 1948 to 1986. Prior to 1948, the league's best and fairest award was known under various names and given out semi regularly. From 1945 to 1947, an award was given to best and fairest player from the western region but the name of it is unknown. Len Hayes won it in the first two years and Alan Crawford the last.

Wander Medal

  • 1948 - Dave Jeffrey
  • 1949 - Len Hayes
  • 1950 - Lou Redman
  • 1951 - Jack Rough
  • 1952 - Max Berryman, Peter Gillam
  • 1953 - Darrel Eaton
  • 1954 - Ray Stokes
  • 1955 - Arthur Hodgson
  • 1956 - Joe Murphy
  • 1957 - Darrel Baldock
  • 1958 - Colin Moore
  • 1959 - Darrel Baldock
  • 1960 - Terry Pierce

  • 1974 - Cec Rheinberger
  • 1975 - Ricky Watt
  • 1976 - Kerry Coates
  • 1977 - Ricky Smith
  • 1978 - Jim Prentice
  • 1979 - Tom Lee
  • 1980 - Lindsay Bell
  • 1981 - John Murphy
  • 1982 - Richard Lynch
  • 1983 - Stephen Parsons
  • 1984 - John Korporshoek
  • 1985 - Neville Muir
  • 1986 - Peter Borlini

Cheel Medal

  • 1923 - Stan Trebilco
  • 1924 - Fred Odgers
  • 1925 - Bill Berryman
  • 1926 - Rupert Stott
  • 1927 - Nip Smith
  • 1928 - Charlie Hallam
  • 1929 - Tas Langmaid

Royal Medal
Awarded only to players from the eastern region of the NWFU

Wright Medal
Awarded only to players from the western region of the NWFU

  • 1930 - E.O'Brien, Jack Stewart
  • 1931 - Gerry Plapp

Alford Medal

  • 1937 - Clem Riggs

References

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