Kyabram District Football Netball League

The Kyabram District Football Netball League (KDL) is an Australian rules football league in Victoria made up of 15 teams. The most recent additions include Dookie United in 2018 and Shepparton East in 2019.^[1] The KDL is made up of smaller country town football clubs in the Goulburn Valley.

Kyabram District Football Netball League

Formerly	Kyabram District Football League
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1932
No. of teams	14
Competitors	Avenel Girgarre Lancaster Longwood Merrigum Murchison-Toolamba Nagambie Rushworth Stanhope Shepparton East Tallygaroopna Undera Violet Town
Country	Australia

The majority of these towns have a population base of around 1000 people, each of these clubs aims to field four football sides in the Senior, Reserve, Under 18 and Under 13 divisions of the KDFL as well as eight netball sides in A-Grade, B-Grade, C-Grade, C Reserve, 17 & Under, 15 & Under, 13 & Under and 11 & Under divisions,

The KDL season is made up of 18 rounds in the home and away season, with each side playing 16 games, at the conclusion of the home and away season, the top six teams in each division face off in the finals series. The top two teams in this series are assured a second chance at making the Grand Final, however the third, fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams have no such luxury and are eliminated after any loss, this system works to reward the teams who have performed better over the home and away season.

During the season, each club will play eight home games and eight away games, in finals however, venues are designated to different clubs on a cycle. For over a decade the Grand Final has been hosted by Goulburn Valley Football League ground, Mooroopna hosting on most occasions and Tatura being the venue in 2013.

History

The original Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1915 at a meeting at Mate's Hotel, Kyabram from the following clubs - Kyabram Ramblers, Kyabram Rovers, Merrigum, Tongala, Undera and Wyuna,^[2] but when several club's pulled out mid season to take up lessons in rifle shooting, by the Kyabram Rifle Club, the season was abandoned, due to the local World War One movement.^[3]

The Kyabram District Football Association was formed in 1932,^[4][5] changing its name to Kyabram District Football League in 1960.^[6]

The Kyabram District Patriotic Football League was established in 1944 and continued on in 1945 to provide some local football in the Goulburn Valley area and also raised £400 in funds for the War.^[7]

In 2021, 18 home and away matches were played in the KDFNL, but no finals series was played due to the COVID-19 situation enforced by the Victorian Labor Government.

Current clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in KDFNL	KDFNL Senior Premierships
							Total	Years
Avenel		Swans	Avenel Recreation Reserve, Avenel	WNEFL	1881	1976–	6	1978, 1979, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994
Girgarre		Kangaroos	Girgarre Recreation Reserve, Girgarre	KDJFA	1920	1932–38,[8] 1940,[9] 1944-47, 1949-[10]	4	1952, 1976, 1983, 1991
Lancaster		Wombats	Lancaster Recreation Reserve, Lancaster	KDJFA	1910	1932–	11	1932, 1934, 1935, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1992, 2001, 2011, 2022, 2023
Longwood		Redlegs	Longwood Recreation Reserve, Longwood	BDFNL	1888	2010–	0	-
Merrigum		Bulldogs	Merrigum Recreation Reserve, Merrigum	KDJFA	1902	1933-1939,[11] 1946–[12]	9	1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1957, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2015
Murchison-Toolamba		Grasshoppers	Murchison Recreation Reserve, Murchison	GVFL	1881	1964–	5	1964, 1966, 1982, 2013, 2024
Nagambie		Lakers	Nagambie Recreation Reserve, Nagambie	GVFL	1881	1965–	13	1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1977, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
Rushworth		Tigers	Rushworth Recreation Reserve, Rushworth	HDFNL	1882	1998–	1	2004
Shepparton East		Eagles	Central Park Recreation Reserve, Shepparton East	PDFNL	1924	1956–1961, 2019–	4	1958, 1959, 1960, 1961
Stanhope		Lions	Stanhope Recreation Reserve, Stanhope	HDFNL	1920	1933-1945, 1995–	7	1936, 1938, 1944, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2008
Tallygaroopna		Redlegs	Tallygaroopna Recreation Reserve, Tallygaroopna	PDFNL	1904	1958–	6	1963, 1971, 1973, 1974, 2005, 2018
Undera		Lions	Undera Recreation Reserve, Undera	CGVFL	1888	1940–47,[13] 1953–[14]	7	1947, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1972, 1997, 2009
Violet Town		Towners	Violet Town Recreation Reserve, Violet Town	CGFL	1880	2006–	1	2012

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in KDFNL	KDFNL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Ardmona		Bush Cats	Ardmona Recreation Reserve, Ardmona	CGVFL	1920	1957-2021	5	1993, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2006	In recess since 2021 season
Army Camp No. 1				–	1942	1946	1	1946	Folded
Cooma			Cooma Recreation Reserve, Cooma	KDJFA	c.1900s	1948-1954[15]	0	-	Folded
Congupna		The Road	Congupna Recreation Reserve, Congupna	–	1956	1956-1961	1	1956	Moved to Benalla Tungamah FL in 1962
Corop				CVFA	c.1920s	1936[16]	0	-	Folded prior to 1937 season.[17]
Dookie United		Dooks	Dookie Recreation Reserve, Dookie	PDFNL	1977	2018–2024	0	-	Returned to Picola & District FNL in 2025
Kyabram Imperials[18]	[19]			KDJFA	c.1900s	1948-1950	1	1948	Folded in April, 1951.[20]
Kyabram Saturdays	[21]			NGVFL	c.1920s	1932-1940	1	1933	Folded
Kyabram Legion Rovers[22]				–	c.1900s	1948-1949[23]	0	-	Folded
Kyabram Reserves		Bombers	Kyabram Recreation Reserve, Kyabram	–	1886	1946-1947	0	–	Joined senior team in Goulburn Valley FL
Kyabram Youth Club				CGVFL	1940s	1951-1958	1	1954	Folded in early 1956
Miepoll			Miepoll, Recreation Reserve, Miepoll	CGVFL	c.1900s	1955-1962[24]	0	-	Folded after 1962 season.[25]
Tatura Juniors		Bulldogs	Tatura Showgrounds, Tatura	–	1894	1947 [26]	0		Joined senior team in Goulburn Valley FL
Tongala		Blues	Tongala Recreation Reserve, Tongala	EFL	1894	1936-1947	4	1937, 1939, 1940, 1945	Moved to Goulburn Valley FNL following 1945 season, reserves remained until 1947
Wyuna			Wyuna Recreation Reserve, Wyuna	PDFNL	c.1900s	1932-1936, 1946-1952	0	-	Folded in April, 1953.[27]
Yea		Tigers	Yea Showgrounds, Yea	YVMDFL, CGFL	1887	1986-1997, 2006-2007	0	-	Moved to Central Goulburn FL following 1997 season

Undera Park

Football Records

Violet Town War Memorial Gates

Seniors

Most flags in a row

4 – Shepparton East 1958–1961

Most consecutive grand finals

7 - Merrigum: 1947 to 1953 (Premiers: 1949, 50, 51 & 53)

Most goals in a grand final

12 - 1953: Les Pell - Merrigum

Highest score in a grand final

1967: Nagambie: 24.19 - 163 d Merrigum: 6.3 - 39

Highest overall score

Stanhope: 62.30 - 402 d Ardmona 0.1 - 1. Rd. 12, 6 July 2019^[28]

Most McNamara Medal / KDFNL best & fairest wins

4 - Rohan Aldous: 1988, 1998, 1999, 2000.

Most goals in a game

34 – Craig Whelan: Violet Town: 56.22 - 358 d Ardmona: 2.5 - 17. Rd. 12, 30 June 2012^[29]

Most goals in a season

173 – Perry Meka – Ardmona – 1992

Most wins in a row

35 – Lancaster 2001–2002, but lost the 2002 grand final to Ardmona.

Most losses in a row

• Ardmona FC Seniors: 61
  • 2015 - Losses: 5 - From Rd.16, 2015,^[30]
  • 2016 - Losses: 18
  • 2017 - Losses: 0 (Ardmona 1sts in recess in 2017)
  • 2018 - Losses: 18^[31]
  • 2019 - Losses:16,^[32]
  • 2020 - Losses: 0 KDFNL / Ardmona both in recess . COVID-19
  • 2021 - Losses: 4 ^[33] Ardmona won against Longwood, Rd. 5, 2021.^[34] 2121 days since their last win.^[35]

Senior Football Grand Finals

Seniors

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners Up	Score	Captain/Coach	Venue	Gate
	Kyabram DFA
1932	Lancaster	8.6 - 54	Kyabram Saturdays	7.7 - 49	W McKenzie	Wyuna	£2/10
1933	Kyabram Saturdays	6.11 - 47	Lancaster	6.6 - 42	Ross Cooper	Wyuna	£16/6/6
1934	Lancaster	9.4 - 58	Stanhope	8.8 - 56	F Schefferle	Kyabram	£29/11[36]
1935	Lancaster	8.15 - 63	Stanhope	5.9 - 39	F Schefferle	Kyabram	£34/5[37]
1936	Stanhope	13.10 - 88	Tongala	11.12 - 78	W Buzza	Kyabram	£33 9/6 11/
1937	Tongala	13.14 - 92	Lancaster	13.14 - 92	G Fraser	Kyabram
1938	Stanhope	10.5 - 65	Tongala	9.7 - 61	Bert Pattison	Kyabram	[38]
1939	Tongala	15.9 - 98	Stanhope	13.12 - 90	G Fraser	Kyabram	[39]
1940	Tongala	9.11 - 65	Stanhope	4.8 - 32	G Fraser	Kyabram	£15 6/6
1941-43							In recess > WW2.
	Kyabram Patriotic FL
1944	Stanhope	15.16 - 106	Ky Valley	8.15 - 63	A Pattison	Kyabram	£51/10/-
1945	Tongala	18.17 - 125	Stanhope	11.9 - 75	K Aldous	Kyabram	£97 2/6[40]
	Kyabram DFA
1946	Army Camp No.1	14.8 - 92	Undera	13.10 - 88		Kyabram
1947	Undera	10.8 - 68	Merrigum	7.16 - 58	B Tyndell	Kyabram	"More than £50"
1948	Kyabram Imperials	12.14 - 86	Merrigum	9.14 - 68	W Connors	Kyabram
1949	Merrigum	8.15 - 63	Kyabram Imperials	7.5 - 47	M Turnbull	Cooma	[41]
1950	Merrigum	10.10 - 70	Lancaster	6.12 - 48		Kyabram	[42]
1951	Merrigum	14.12 - 96	Girgarre	10.6 - 66	M Fitzgerald	Kyabram	[43]
1952	Girgarre	8.12 - 60	Merrigum	4.9 - 33		Kyabram	[44]
1953	Merrigum	24.11 - 155	Kyabram Boy's Club	11.15 - 81	J Davies	Kyabram	[45]
1954	Kyabram Boy's Club	10.12 - 72	Lancaster	10.5 - 65	Lindsay Dillon	Kyabram	[46][47]
1955	Undera	6.8 - 44	Lancaster	5.7 - 37	Dick Ough	Kyabram	£121[48]
1956	Congupna	10.10 - 70	Merrigum	9.4 - 58			[49]
1957	Merrigum
1958	Shepparton East
1959	Shepparton East	4.8 - 32	Girgarre	1.7 - 13			[50]
	Kyabram DFL
1960	Shepparton East	11.12 - 78	Congupna	7.6 - 48			[51]
1961	Shepparton East
1962	Undera
1963	Tallygaroopna	14.11 - 95	Girgarre	13.16 - 94			[52]
1964	Murchison	14.14 - 98	Merrigum	3.7 - 25			[53]
1965	Nagambie	10.13 - 73	Tallygaroopna	9.7 - 61
1966	Murchison	10.15 - 75	Nagambie	8.15 - 63
1967	Nagambie	24.19 - 163	Merrigum	6.3 - 39
1968	Undera	11.26 - 92	Merrigum	8.13 - 61
1969	Nagambie	11.12 - 78	Tallygaroopna	5.6 - 36
1970	Nagambie	11.8 - 74	Undera	8.9 - 57
1971	Tallygaroopna	11.15 - 81	Nagambie	11.8 - 74
1972	Undera
1973	Tallygaroopna
1974	Tallygaroopna
1975	Nagambie		Merrigum
1976	Girgarre	17.13 - 115	Nagambie	14.13 - 97
1977	Nagambie	16.13 - 109	Avenel	12.10 - 82
1978	Avenel	15.13 - 103	Lancaster	9.13 - 67
1979	Avenel	20.12 - 132	Undera	7.12 - 54			[54]
1980	Lancaster	12.10 - 82	Avenel	8.9 - 57			[55]
1981	Lancaster	13.12 - 90	Merrigum	8.17 - 65			[56]
1982	Murchison		Avenel
1983	Girgarre	12.5 - 77	Tallygaroopna	9.17 - 71			[57]
1984	Avenel	17.9 - 111	Nagambie	12.14 - 86			[58]
1985	Avenel		Nagambie
1986	Merrigum	24.12 - 156	Avenel	9.9 - 63
1987	Merrigum	16.16 - 112	Lancaster	12.6 - 78
1988	Lancaster	19.19 - 133	Murchison	13.15 - 93			[59]
1989	Avenel	13.7 - 85	Girgarre	10.12 - 72			[60]
1990	Merrigum
1991	Girgarre
1992	Lancaster
1993	Ardmona
1994	Avenel
1995	Ardmona
1996	Ardmona
1997	Undera
1998	Nagambie	10.17 - 77	Undera	8.8 - 56
1999	Nagambie	24.5 - 149	Rushworth	10.6 - 66
2000	Stanhope	23.11 - 149	Nagambie	11.11 - 77
2001	Lancaster
2002	Ardmona
2003	Stanhope*
2004	Rushworth
2005	Tallygaroopna
2006	Ardmona
2007	Stanhope
2008	Stanhope
2009	Undera	16. 13 - 109	Nagambie	13. 14 - 92	Terry Mahoney	Mooroopna
2010	Nagambie	12.17 - 89	Undera	10.14 - 74	Robert Auld	Mooroopna
2011	Lancaster	17.9 - 111	Rushworth	9.13 - 67	Paul Burnett	Mooroopna
2012	Violet Town	23.18 - 156	Undera	11.14 - 80	Hayden Lamaro	Mooroopna	[61][62]
2013	Murchison	16.19 - 115	Stanhope	12.12 - 84	Steve Reeves	Mooroopna
2014	Nagambie	18.12 - 120	Merrigum	13.7 - 85	Linc Sullivan	Mooroopna
2015	Merrigum	11.9 - 75	Stanhope	8.2 - 50	Christian Barnett	Mooroopna
2016	Nagambie	17.16 - 118	Avenel	15.10 - 100	Linc Sullivan	Mooroopna
2017	Nagambie	21.16-142	Violet Town	13.11-89	Linc Sullivan	Mooroopna
2018	Tallygaroopna	11.18 - 81	Nagambie	9.6 - 60	Kevin O'Donoghue	Mooroopna
2019	Nagambie	18.9 - 117	Tallygaroopna	9.5 - 59	Anthony Haysom	Mooroopna
2020							KDFNL in recess > COVID-19
2021	Lancaster	1st	Avenel	2nd	Tom Davies & Corey Carver		No finals series > COVID-19
2022	Lancaster	6.10 - 46	Murchison Toolamba	5.6 - 36	Tom Davies	Mooroopna	[63]
2023	Lancaster	19.11 - 125	Nagambie	8.12 - 60	Tom Davies	Mooroopna	[64]
2024	Murchison-Toolamba	13.13 - 91	Shepparton East	6.8 - 44		Mooroopna
Year	Premiers	Score	Runner up	Score	Captain / Coach	Venue	Gate

In 1944 and 1945, the competition was called the Kyabram District Patriotic Football League.

Awards

Football Premierships

Year	Seniors	Reserves	Thirds	Fourths
2024	Murchison-Toolamba	Murchison-Toolamba	Nagambie	Violet Town
2023	Lancaster	Lancaster	Violet Town	Dookie United
2022	Lancaster	Lancaster	Nagambie	No competition 1932-2022
2021	Lancaster: 1st	No premier awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020	No Season	No Season	No Season
2019	Nagambie	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
2018	Tallygaroopna	Stanhope	Lancaster
2017	Nagambie	Merrigum	Tallygaroopna
2016	Nagambie	Nagambie	Merrigum
2015	Merrigum	Lancaster	Lancaster
2014	Nagambie	Rushworth	Ardmona
2013	Murchison	Undera	Lancaster
2012	Violet Town	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
2011	Lancaster	Lancaster	Tallygaroopna (Premiers & Champions)
2010	Nagambie	Stanhope	Murchison (Premiers & Champions)
2009	Undera	Undera	Rushworth
2008	Stanhope	Stanhope	Nagambie
2007	Stanhope	Lancaster	Violet Town
2006	Ardmona	Ardmona	Avenel
2005	Tallygaroopna	Stanhope	Avenel
2004	Rushworth	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
2003	Stanhope (Premiers & Champions)	Stanhope	Merrigum
2002[65]	Ardmona	Avenel	Merrigum
2001	Lancaster	Murchison	Stanhope
2000	Stanhope	Lancaster	Avenel
1999	Nagambie (Premiers & Champions)	Rushworth	Stanhope
1998	Nagambie	Rushworth	Lancaster
1997	Undera	Ardmona	Stanhope
1996	Ardmona	Ardmona	Stanhope
1995	Ardmona	Lancaster	Girgarre
1994	Avenel	Tallygaroopna	Avenel (Premiers & Champions)
1993	Ardmona	Ardmona	Yea
1992	Lancaster	Lancaster	Yea
1991	Girgarre	Tallygaroopna	Merrigum
1990	Merrigum	Merrigum	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1989[66]	Avenel	Girgarre	Merrigum
1988[67]	Lancaster	Yea	Merrigum
1987[68]	Merrigum	Lancaster	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1986	Merrigum	Merrigum	Yea (Premiers & Champions)
1985	Avenel	Avenel	Undera
1984[69]	Avenel	Tallygaroopna	Avenel
1983	Girgarre	Nagambie	Avenel
1982	Murchison	Murchison	Nagambie
1981	Lancaster	Merrigum (Premiers & Champions)	Nagambie
1980	Lancaster	Lancaster	Murchison
1979	Avenel	Avenel	Avenel
1978	Avenel	Avenel	Lancaster
1977[70]	Nagambie	Lancaster	Undera
1976[71]	Girgarre	Ardmona	Nagambie (Premiers & Champions)
1975	Nagambie	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre
1974	Tallygaroopna	Tallygaroopna	Lancaster
1973	Tallygaroopna	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre
1972	Undera	Murchison	Ardmona
1971[72]	Tallygaroopna	Girgarre	Ardmona
1970[73]	Nagambie	Girgarre	Murchison
1969[74]	Nagambie	Ardmona	No competition 1932-1969
1968	Undera	Ardmona
1967[75]	Nagambie	Murchison
1966[76]	Murchison	No competition 1932-1966
1965[77]	Nagambie
1964	Murchison
1963	Tallygaroopna
1962	Undera
1961	Shepparton East
1960	Shepparton East
1959	Shepparton East
1958	Shepparton East
1957	Merrigum
1956	Congupna
1955	Undera
1954	Kyabram Youth Club
1953	Merrigum
1952	Girgarre
1951	Merrigum
1950	Merrigum
1949	Merrigum
1948[78]	Kyabram Imperials
1947[79]	Undera
1946[80]	Camp No.1 (undefeated)
1945[81]	Tongala
1944[82]	Stanhope
1941-43	In recess > WW2
1940[83]	Tongala
1939[84]	Tongala
1938[85]	Stanhope
1937[86]	Tongala
1936[87]	Stanhope
1935[88]	Lancaster
1934[89]	Lancaster
1933[90]	Kyabram Saturdays
1932[91]	Lancaster

Football Best & Fairest Winners

Seniors - McNamara Medal.

The Bryan McNamara Memorial Medal was instituted by Mrs Byran McNamara as her late husband was a keen supporter and volunteer of the Kyabram DFA.^[92]

• 1946 – Keith Dunstall (Girgarre)^[93]
• 1947 – Bryan Tyndall (Undera)^[94]
• 1948 – Kevin Betson (Kyabram Imperials)
• 1949 – Peter Humphrey (Kyabram Imperials) & Ian Greening (Merrigum)^[95]
• 1950 – J.Brown (Girgarre)^[96]
• 1951 – Les Pell (Wyuna)^[97]
• 1952 – Elden Wade (Lancaster)^[98]
• 1953 – Ian Perry (Cooma) 19 votes^[99]
• 1954 – Laurance Doolan (Girgarre)^[100]
• 1955 – Peter Fry (Merrigum)^[101]
• 1956 – F.Salmon (Lancaster) & D.McKenna (Shepparton East)
• 1957 – W.Roe (Congupna)
• 1958 – Ian Hughes (Miepoll) (father of Merv Hughes)
• 1959 – G.Arthur (Girgarre)
• 1960 – J.Sellwood (Undera)
• 1961 – K.James (Miepoll)
• 1962 – J.Neal (Undera)
• 1963 – R.Doolan (Girgarre)
• 1964 – G.Cross (Murchison)
• 1965 – R.Moore (Nagambie)
• 1966 – A.Carson (Girgarre)
• 1967 – P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1968 – Colin Barnes (Ardmona)
• 1969 – M.Varcoe (Girgarre) & N.Hosie (Tallygaroopna)
• 1970 – K.Chapman (Merrigum)
• 1971 – N.Langley (Girgarre)
• 1972 – D.McKellar (Ardmona)
• 1973 – P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1974 – M.Black (Nagambie) & P.Sleeth (Undera)
• 1975 – B.Finnigan (Nagambie)
• 1976 – K.Atkinson (Murchison)
• 1977 – T.Gallagher (Nagambie)
• 1978 – L.Casey (Girgarre)
• 1979 – G.Saunders (Ardmona)
• 1980 – C.Gundrill (Undera)
• 1981 – N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
• 1982 – G.Wallis (Girgarre)
• 1983 – W.Lee (Tallygaroopna)
• 1984 – E.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1985 – Murray Black (Nagambie)
• 1986 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie) & N.Whittaker (Tallygaroopna)
• 1987 – M.Rijs (Murchison) & P.White (Merrigum)
• 1988 – Rohan Aldous (Avenel)
• 1989 – M.Power (Tallygaroopna)
• 1990 – P.Cunningham (Yea)
• 1991 – P.Thorpe (Avenel)
• 1992 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1993 – Ed.Shiels (Nagambie)
• 1994 – R.Demarte (Lancaster)
• 1995 – R.Martin (Yea)
• 1996 – R.Martin (Yea)
• 1997 – L.O'Brien (Undera)
• 1998 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie)
• 1999 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie)
• 2000 – Rohan Aldous (Nagambie)
• 2001 – A.Thomas (Lancaster)
• 2002 – J.Waasdorp (Rushworth)
• 2003 – D.Harrison (Stanhope)
• 2004 – T. Sidebottom (Tallygaroopna)
• 2005 – B. Lowe (Ardmona)
• 2006 – A. Molisak (Tallygaroopna)
• 2007 – M. Shiels (Nagambie)
• 2008 – C. Eddy (Lancaster)& M. Young (Ardmona)
• 2009 – P. Burnett (Lancaster)
• 2010 – T. Snelson (Girgarre)
• 2011 – S. Thompson (Lancaster)
• 2012 – R. Lee (Violet Town)
• 2013 – J. Pell (Merrigum)
• 2014 – M. Shiels (Nagambie)
• 2015 – D. Stirling (Avenel)
• 2016 – K. Duncan (Avenel) 34 votes
• 2017 – S. Poole (Violet Town)
• 2018 - Kaine Herbert (Undera) 28 Votes
• 2019 - Kaine Herbert (Undera) 27 Votes
• 2020 - KDFNL in recess > COVID-19
• 2021 - Thomas Davies (Lancaster)
• 2022 - Jack Excell (Violet Town)
• 2023 - Braydon Avola (Avenel)
• 2024 - James Milne (Murchison-Toolamba), Blake Fothergill and Rielly Old (both Nagambie)

• 1940 winner, Keith Dunstall also won the GVFNL Morrison Medal in 1948 with Stanhope.
• 1968 winner, Colin Barnes also won the O&KFL best and fairest ward in 1960 and 1961.
• 2018 and 2019 winner, Kaine Herbert also won the O&KFL Baker Medal in 2016 with Bonnie Doon.

Leading Goal Kickers

Year	Player	Club	H&A goals	Finals goals	Total Goals
1958	R Adams	Miepoll	60		60
1959	Jim Baker	Cogupna Road	104	9	113
1960	William Tyquin	Shepparton East	67	1	68
1961	W Betson	Cogupna Road	87	4	91
1962	J Corken	Tallygaroopna	71	8	79
1963					0
1964	Jim Tweedle	Murchison	57	6	63
1965	Jim Tweedle	Murchison	85	10	95
1966	Dick Moore	Nagambie	135	0	135
1967	Brian Lodding	Nagambie	43	6	49
1968	Peter Mark	Undera	58	0	58
1969	Stan Atkinson	Ardmona	97	3	100
1970	Brian Lodding	Nagambie	67	2	69
1971	Col Jones	Tallygaroopna	76	1	77
1972	Rex Wright	Tallygaroopna	58	11	69
1973	Rex Wright	Tallygaroopna	47	6	53
1974	Stuart Florence	Ardmona	89	12	101
1975	Wayne Leppard	Merrigum	52	5	57
1976	Andrew Jones	Girgarre	87	7	94
1977	Murray Kick	Murchison	73	2	75
1978	Dennis Patterson	Merrigum	72	1	73
1979	Barry Freer	Undera	65	8	73
1980	Peter Law	Merrigum	71	8	79
1981	Peter Law	Merrigum	57	5	62
1982	Trevor Coulstock	Lancaster	79		79
1983	Trevor Coulstock	Lancaster	65		65
1984	William Hannam	Avenel	83	4	87
1985	Brian MacGibbon	Tallygaroopna	73		73
1986	Richard Ivey	Yea	120	6	126
1987	Robert Walters	Murchison	118	14	132
1988	Robert Walters	Murchison	84	11	95
1989	Robert Walters	Murchison	95	10	105
1990	Robert Walters	Murchison	100	12	112
1991	Darren Turner	Tallygaroopna	115	5	120
1992	Perry Meka	Ardmona	151	22	173
1993	Perry Meka	Ardmona	143	28	171
1994	Darren Block	Avenel	77		77
1995	Shane Loveless	Ardmona	125	27	152
1996	Shane Loveless	Ardmona	140	8	148
1997	David Giles	Undera	117	9	126
1998	Jodie Canavan	Stanhope	116		116
1999	Danny Irwin	Rushworth	119	19	138
2000	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	104	20	124
2001	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	112	23	135
2002	Damien Yze	Ardmona	129	25	154
2003	Gavin Exell	Stanhope	115	11	126
2004	Jodie Canavan	Rushworth	98	10	108
2005	Travis Wayman	Tallygaroopna	109	10	119
2006	Perry Meka	Ardmona	134	15	149
2007	Perry Meka	Ardmona	98	9	107
2008	Adrian Meka	Ardmona	97	6	103
2009	Sam LaPorta	Undera	88	22	110
2010	Sam LaPorta	Undera	111	12	123
2011	Sam LaPorta	Undera	96	14	110
2012	Brent Arho	Tallygaroopna	125	–	125
2013	Anthony Mellington	Murchison	75	7	82
2014	Patrick Rattray	Nagambie	100	15	115
2015	Matt Forys	Stanhope	110	23	133
2016	Robert Staff	Violet Town	114	2	116
2017	Robert Osborne	Rushworth	100	-	100
2018	Mathew Waterman	Nagambie			78
2019	Kasey Duncan	Avenel			58
2020	In recess>COVID-19
2021	Josh Mellington	Violet Town			113
2022	Jack Excell	Violet Town	102	8	110
2023	James Lloyd	Murchison-Toolamba	64	10	74
2024	James Lloyd	Murchison-Toolamba	130	7	137

• 1982- Peter Ewart 69 (Murchison) and 11 in finals
• 1988- Brett Barnes 84 (Nagambie)and 3 goals in finals
• 1997- Shane Loveless 111 (Ardmona) and 28 goals in finals

Kyabram District Junior Football League

The Kyabram District Junior Football Association was formed on Saturday evening, 14th May 1910 at the Albion Hotel, Kyabram from delegates from the following club's - Cooma, Kyabram Imperials, Merrigum and Wyuna.^[102] The KDJFA disbanded in May, 1929 due to several clubs pulling out of this Wednesday competition and entering a newly formed Saturday football competition, the Central Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association.^[103]

Football Grand Finals

Seniors

Year	Premiers	Score	Runner Up	Score	Grand Final Venue
1910	Merrigum	9.23 - 77	Lancaster	4.2 - 26	Merrigum[104]
1911	Undera	7.9 - 51	Cooma	2.5 - 17	Kyabram[105]
1912	Lancaster	1.2 - 8	Cooma	0.5 - 5	Kyabram[106]
1913	Kyabram Imperials	3.6 - 24	Undera	2.2 - 14	Kyabram[107]
1914	Kyabram Imperials	5.7 - 37	Wyuna	2.2 - 14	[108]
1915-18					KDJFA in recess > WW1[109]
1919	Lancaster	1.10 - 16	Tongala	2.2 - 14	Wyuna[110]
1920	Tongala	3.3. - 21	Undera	2.2 - 14	Wyuna[111]
1921	Wyuna	7.9 - 51	Tongala	5.11 - 41	Kyabram[112]
1922	Wyuna	7.9 - 51	Undera	7.4 - 46	1st G Final. Kyabram[113][114]
	Wyuna	10.18 - 78	Undera	4.4 - 28	2nd G Final. Kyabram[115][116][117]
1923	Tongala	5.5 - 35	Kyabram Imperials	3.7 - 25	[118]
1924	Kyabram Imperials	6.10 - 46	Wyuna	4.6 - 30	Kyabram[119][120]
1925	Kyabram Imperials	9.8 - 62	Cooma	3.2 - 20	Wyuna[121]
1926	Wyuna	7.8 - 50	Kyabram Saturdays	6.9 - 45	[122]
1927	Kyabram Imperials	7.12 - 54	Wyuna	3.5 - 23	Kyabram[123]
1928	Kyabram Imperials	12.12 - 84	Wyuna	9.5 - 59	Kyabram[124]

2014 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Merrigum	16	0	2	0	2146	1094	196.16%	64		Elimination	Stanhope	12	12	84	Lancaster	14	12	96
Nagambie	16	0	2	0	2074	1073	193.29%	64		Qualifying	Murchison	16	19	115	Avenel	13	4	82
Stanhope	15	0	3	0	1829	1039	176.03%	60		Semi	Murchison	16	7	103	Lancaster	13	12	90
Murchison	11	0	6	0	1806	1158	155.96%	44		Semi	Merrigum	14	8	92	Nagambie	7	16	58
Avenel	11	0	7	0	1391	1325	104.98%	44		Preliminary	Nagambie	13	10	88	Murchison	10	15	75
Lancaster	10	0	8	0	1517	1355	111.96%	40		Grand	Nagambie	18	12	120	Merrigum	13	7	85
Undera	10	0	8	0	1385	1268	109.23%	40
Tallygaroopna	7	0	11	0	1267	1560	81.22%	28
Ardmona	6	0	12	0	1140	1657	68.80%	24
Rushworth	5	0	12	1	1349	1549	87.09%	22
Violet Town	4	0	13	1	1285	1694	75.86%	18
Girgarre	2	0	16	0	1029	2275	45.23%	8
Longwood	2	0	15	0	879	2050	42.88%	8

2015 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Nagambie	17	2	1	0	2562	944	271.40%	76		Elimination	Stanhope	16	8	104	Violet Town	8	10	58
Merrigum	16	2	2	0	2510	807	311.03%	72		Qualifying	Avenel	15	12	102	Lancaster	14	12	96
Stanhope	14	2	4	0	2084	978	213.09%	64		Semi	Stanhope	19	17	131	Avenel	15	13	103
Avenel	13	2	5	0	2306	1222	188.71%	60		Semi	Merrigum	14	15	99	Nagambie	10	10	70
Lancaster	12	2	6	0	2331	1015	229.66%	56		Preliminary	Stanhope	17	12	114	Nagambie	12	16	88
Violet Town	11	2	7	0	1876	1324	141.69%	52		Grand	Merrigum	11	9	75	Stanhope	8	2	50
Murchison	10	2	8	0	1815	1496	121.32%	48
Undera	9	2	9	0	1651	1282	128.78%	44
Girgarre	5	2	13	0	1254	1825	68.71%	28
Tallygaroopna	5	2	13	0	1284	1903	67.47%	28
Ardmona	4	2	14	0	959	2678	35.81%	24
Rushworth	1	2	17	0	728	3378	21.55%	12
Longwood	0	2	18	0	648	3156	20.53%	8

2016 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Avenel	17	2	1	0	2295	973	235.87%	76		Elimination	Stanhope	15	4	94	Tallygaroopna	9	11	65
Nagambie	16	2	2	0	2199	757	290.49%	72		Qualifying	Merrigum	12	14	86	Violet Town	7	9	51
Stanhope	14	2	4	0	1867	911	204.94%	64		Semi	Stanhope	17	12	114	Merrigum	9	5	59
Violet Town	12	2	6	0	1845	1108	166.52%	56		Semi	Nagambie	15	17	107	Avenel	6	11	47
Merrigum	11	2	7	0	1506	1134	132.80%	52		Preliminary	Avenel	15	15	105	Stanhope	10	8	68
Tallygaroopna	10	2	8	0	1963	1032	190.21%	48		Grand	Nagambie	17	16	118	Avenel	15	10	100
Lancaster	10	2	8	0	1506	1164	129.38%	48
Murchison	8	2	10	0	1533	1242	123.43%	40
Girgarre	8	2	10	0	1361	1314	103.58%	40
Rushworth	7	2	11	0	1242	1623	76.52%	36
Undera	3	2	15	0	792	1950	40.62%	20
Longwood	1	2	17	0	701	2496	28.08%	12
Ardmona	0	2	18	0	248	3354	7.39%	8

2017 Ladder

Kyabram DFL	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts		Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Violet Town	16	2	2	0	2059	1054	195.35%	72		Elimination	Stanhope	15	14	104	Lancaster	3	8	26
Nagambie	15	2	3	0	2061	1097	187.88%	68		Qualifying	Tallygaroopna	13	15	93	Avenel	15	8	98
Stanhope	13	2	5	0	1767	1018	173.58%	60		Semi	Avenel	9	11	65	Stanhope	4	16	40
Avenel	12	2	6	0	1867	1044	178.83%	56		Semi	Nagambie	10	13	73	Violet Town	8	9	57
Tallygaroopna	12	2	6	0	2023	1016	199.11%	56		Preliminary	Violet Town	16	12	108	Avenel	8	9	57
Lancaster	11	2	7	0	1790	1049	170.64%	52		Grand	Nagambie	21	16	142	Violet Town	13	11	89
Murchison	10	2	8	0	1459	1272	114.70%	48
Girgarre	9	2	9	0	1446	1093	132.30%	44
Merrigum	8	2	10	0	1334	1484	89.89%	40
Rushworth	5	2	13	0	1448	1678	86.29%	28
Undera	3	2	15	0	654	2883	22.68%	20
Longwood	3	2	15	0	1154	2574	44.83%	20
Ardmona	0	0	0	0	0	1800	0.00%	0