Southern Mallee Football League
The Southern Mallee Football League (SMFL) was an Australian rules football competition that finished in 1996 based in the Mallee region of Victoria, Australia. The league featured three grades in the Australian rules football competition, being First-Grade, Reserve-Grade and Under 16s.
History
The Southern Mallee Football League was formed in the 1932 and continued until 1996 when it merged with the Northern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League (Victoria).
Clubs
| Club | Years in comp | SMFL Premierships | Moved to |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berri-Culgoa | 1979-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Beulah | 1932-1996 | 18 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Brim | 1932-1996 | 5 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Hopetoun | 1936-1996 | 13 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Jeparit*# | 1957–1959, 1990-1996 | 0 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Kenmare | 1932–1940, 1946-1954 | 1 | Disbanded |
| Lascelles | 1946-1950 | 2 | Merged with Woomelang |
| Nullawil | 1979-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Rainbow* | 1937-1996 | 3 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Rosebery | 1932–1938, 1951-1954 | 1 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Warracknabeal# | 1957-1959 | 0 | Wimmera Football League |
| Woomelang | 1940-1950 | 1 | Merged with Lascelles |
| Woomelang-Lascelles | 1951-1996 | 6 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
| Yaapeet | 1946-1996 | 4 | Mallee Football League (Victoria) |
(*) Jeparit and Rainbow merged to form Jeparit-Rainbow at the end of the 1996 season before they moved into the newly formed Mallee Football League (Victoria) in 1997. (#) Between 1957-1959 Jeparit and Warracknabeal had a second 18 team competing in the Southern Mallee senior competition due to the Wimmera league disbanding their seconds competition.
Premierships
| Year | Premiers | Score | Runner-up | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Brim | |||
| 1933 | Beulah | |||
| 1934 | Rosebery | |||
| 1935 | Beulah | |||
| 1936 | Kenmare | |||
| 1937 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1938 | Hopetoun | 21-11-137 | Rainbow | 11-6-72 |
| 1939 | Hopetoun | 15-5-95 | Brim | 11-9-75 |
| 1940 | Woomelang | |||
| 1941-1945 | No Competition Due To War | |||
| 1946 | Lascelles | |||
| 1947 | Beulah | |||
| 1948 | Brim | |||
| 1949 | Lascelles | |||
| 1950 | Beulah | |||
| 1951 | Brim | |||
| 1952 | Brim | |||
| 1953 | Beulah | |||
| 1954 | Beulah | |||
| 1955 | Beulah | |||
| 1956 | Beulah | |||
| 1957 | Woomelang-Lascelles | |||
| 1958 | Yaapeet | |||
| 1959 | Rainbow | |||
| 1960 | Woomelang-Lascelles | |||
| 1961 | Beulah | |||
| 1962 | Beulah | |||
| 1963 | Rainbow | |||
| 1964 | Beulah | |||
| 1965 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1966 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1967 | Yaapeet | |||
| 1968 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 13-11-89 | Rainbow | 11-10-76 |
| 1969 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1970 | Rainbow | |||
| 1971 | Woomelang-Lascelles | |||
| 1972 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1973 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1974 | Beulah | 10-16-76 | Hopetoun | 9-12-66 |
| 1975 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1976 | Hopetoun | |||
| 1977 | Yaapeet | Hopetoun | ||
| 1978 | Yaapeet | Woomelang-Lascelles | ||
| 1979 | Nullawil | Beulah | ||
| 1980 | Nullawil | 15-14-104 | Hopetoun | 11-12-78 |
| 1981 | Beulah | 17-19-121 | Hopetoun | 17-8-110 |
| 1982 | Beulah | 13-21-99 | Nullawil | 8-12-60 |
| 1983 | Hopetoun | 19-14-128 | Nullawil | 11-15-81 |
| 1984 | Hopetoun | 18-19-127 | Nullawil | 9-9-63 |
| 1985 | Beulah | 21-14-140 | Yaapeet | 12-10-82 |
| 1986 | Nullawil | 12-10-82 | Beulah | 10-7-67 |
| 1987 | Brim | Nullawil | ||
| 1988 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 8-15-63 | Berri-Culgoa | 3-13-31 |
| 1989 | Beulah | 14-7-91 | Berri-Culgoa | 10-12-72 |
| 1990 | Beulah | 18-13-121 | Hopetoun | 13-6-84 |
| 1991 | Hopetoun | 17-16-118 | Beulah | 16-9-105 |
| 1992 | Beulah | 10-12-72 | Berri-Culgoa | 7-19-61 |
| 1993 | Woomelang-Lascelles | 15-11-101 | Beulah | 12-11-83 |
| 1994 | Berri-Culgoa | 24.20-164 | Nullawil | 11-4-70 |
| 1995 | Berri-Culgoa | 16-19-115 | Jeparit | 7-11-53 |
| 1996 | Berri-Culgoa | 22-21-153 | Nullawil | 7-10-52 |