Central Goulburn Valley Football League

The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11th March, 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of the Goulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of this Australian Rules Football competition took place. [1]

History

The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11th March, 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of the Goulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of this Australian Rules Football competition took place.

In July, 1946, former Richmond player and Katandra captain, Eddie Ford collided with an Ardmona player, but played out the game and went home, but later became ill. Ford was taken to the Mooroopna Hospial, where he later died. [2]

In 1947, CGVFL premiers, Ardmona were defeated by the premiers of the Murray Football League, Cobram, played at Numurkah in October, 1947. [3]

On Thursday, 23rd February, 1950, the Centrals Seconds Association officially folded up and existing teams were recommended to join the CGVFL senior football competition. [4]

At the 1950 CGVFL - AGM, Miepoll were admitted into the competition, Sheparton East and SPC merged, but joined the Goulburn Valley Football League as City United Football Club and Mr. J Pearson was elected as secretary for the 25th consecutive year of the following football competitions - [5]

• Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association - 1926 to 1936
• Goulburn Valley Football Association - 1937 to 1945
• Central Goulburn Valley Football League - 1946 to 1952

In June, 1950, the Goulburn Valley Football League 13.14 - 92 defeated Central Goulburn Valley Football League 8.15 - 63.[6]

The CGVFL officially went into "recess" at the 1953 CGVFL - AGM, but never reformed as a football competition. [7]

A thorough history of this rural Australian Rules Football competition can be found in a great 1949 article in the Shepparton Advertiser by clicking on this citation. > [8]

CGVFL Senior Football Clubs

The following football clubs played in the CGVFL senior football competition between 1946 and 1952.

• Ardmona: 1946 to 1949. Ardmona went into recess in 1950 [9]
• Dookie: 1946 to 1948. Joined the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1949.
• Dookie College: 1946 to 1952. Joined the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1953.
• Katandra: 1946 to 1952. Joined the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1953.
• Miepoll: 1950 to 1952. Joined the Euroa & District Football League in 1953.
• Mooroopna: 1946 to 1948. Mooroopna entered the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1949.
• Shepparton: 1946 to 1949. Shepparton entered the Goulburn Valley Football League in 1950.
• Shepparton Boys: 1950. Club folded prior to the 1951 season.
• Shepparton East: 1946 to 1952. Merged with SPC in 1949 to form City United FC, but Shepparton East kept a side in the CGVFL from 1950 to 1952.
• Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC): 1946 to 1949. Merged with Shepparton East to form City United FC in 1950, later to be known as Shepparton United Football Club.
• Tallygaroopna Football Club: 1947 & 1948 (Moved down into the CGVFL Seconds competition in 1949), 1950 to 1952. Joined the Picola & District Football League in 1953.
• Toolamba: 1947, 1950, 1951
• Undera: 1950 to 1952. Merged with Mooroopna FC in 1953, then joined the Kyabram & District Football League in 1954.
• Wunghnu Football Club: 1950. Joined the Picola & District Football League in 1951 [10]

Number of senior football teams in the CGVFL per season

• 1946: 8 [11]
• 1947:10 [12]
• 1948: 9 [13]
• 1949: 6 [14]
• 1950: 9 [15]
• 1951: 7 [16]
• 1952: 6 [17]

CGVFL Reserves Clubs

The following football clubs played in the CGVFL Seconds football competition between 1946 and 1949.

• All Blacks: 1946. Club folded in early 1947.
• Ardmona: 1946, 1947
• Dookie: 1946,
• Dookie College: 1946, 1947,
• Katandra: 1948, 1949
• Mooroopna: 1946, 1947, 1948
• Numurkah: 1948, 1949
• Shepparton: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
• Shepparton East: 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
• Shepparton Boys: 1947, 1948, 1949
• Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC): 1947, 1948, 1949
• Tallygaroopna: 1946, 1949
• Toolamba: 1946, 1948, 1949
• Undera: 1948, 1949
• Wunghnu: 1947, 1948, 1949

Number of CGVFL Seconds team per season.

• 1946: 9 [18]
• 1947: 8 [19]
• 1948: 10 [20]
• 1949: 10 [21]

CGVFL - Honourboard

Year	President	Secretary	Treasurer	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Grade / Venue
1946	N W Fairless	J Pearson	J Pearson	Mooroopna	12.16 - 88	Shepparton	9.15 - 69	Senior Premiers, At Shepparton RR [22]
				All Blacks	18.9 - 117	Toolamba	14.9 - 93	Seconds Premiers, At Shepparton RR [23] [24]
1947	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson	Ardmona	7.11 - 53	Shepparton	5.10 - 40	Senior Premiers, At Shepparton RR [25] [26]
				Shepparton Boys	8.13 - 61	Shepparton	7.3 - 45	Seconds Premiers, At Shepparton RR [27] [28]
1948[29]	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson	Shepparton East	10.12 - 72	Shepparton	10.7 - 67	Senior Premiers, At Deakin Reserve [30]
				SPC	11.14 - 80	Numurkah	5.13 - 43	Seconds Premiers, At Deakin Reserve [31] [32]
1949	M G O'Brien	J Pearson	J Pearson	Shepparton	8.8 - 56	S.P.C.	4.18 - 42	Senior Premiers, At Deakin Reserve. [33][34]
				SPC	3.10 - 28	Tallygaroopna	3.10 - 28	Tied Seconds Grand Final, At Deakin Reserve. [35] [36]
				Tallygaroopna	9.14 - 68	SPC	6.12 - 48	Seconds Grand Final Replay, At Numurkah. [37] [38]
1950[39]	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson	Katandra	15.15 - 105	Dookie College	12.9 - 81	At Deakin Reserve [40] [41]
1951[42]	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson	Katandra	13.19 - 97	Dookie College	10.3 - 63	At Deakin Reserve [43]
1952	Cr. C H Whitfield	J Pearson	J Pearson	Dookie College	16.6 - 102	Katandra	6.5 - 35	At Deakin Reserve [44]

• Shepparton RR - Shepparton Recreation Reserve (venue name was changed to Deakin Reserve in October, 1947, after Alfred Deakin) [45]

CGVFL - Best and Fairest Award

This award was donated by and called the Shepparton Advertiser Trophy, in 1946 and 1947, then was called the Neal Hanlon Memorial Trophy from 1948 to 1952. [46]

Year	Winners	Club	Votes	Runner Up	Club	Votes	Comments
1946	W "Bill" Hanlon &	Shepparton East	18	Eddie Ford &	Katandra	16	[47]
	Eric "Bubby" James	Shepparton	18	J Williams	Dookie College	16
1947	Eric Roscoe	Shepparton	48	Alex Slocombe	Dookie College	36	[48] [49]
1948	Alex Slocombe	Dookie College	31	M Dexter &	Dookie College	28	[50]
				Pat Dalton	Shepparton East	28
1949	Murray Slee	Shepparton	34	Pat Dalton	Shepparton East	28	[51]
1950	John Landy	Dookie College	32	Jimmy Wong	Shepparton Boys	23	[52]
1951	Harry Cook	Shepparton East	26	Max Mills	Katandra	21	[53]
1952	Jim Hovey	Tallygaroopna	27	Max Mills	Katandra	26	[54]

1946: Eric James also won the Goulburn Valley Football League's Morrison Medal in 1935 & 1937, with the Shepparton Football Club.

CGVFL - Leading Goalkicker

Year	Winner	Club	Goals	Goals in finals
1946	Norman Marchment	S.P.C.	?	?
1947	Norman Marchment	S.P.C.	97	[55]
1948	N Thorne	Mooroopna	88	[56] [57]
1949	K Roulent	S.P.C.	41	[58]
1950	R "Dick" Broughton	Tallygaroopna	61	5 = 66 [59]
1951	R Bearham	Dookie College	28	0, 2 & 3 = 33 [60]
1952	?

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