Far West Football Association

The Far West Football Association is a former South Australian country football league that started in 1924 under the name of the Great Flinders Football Association ^[1] and folded at the end of the 1960 season.

The League was made up of teams from Coorabie, Bookabie, Penong, Charra, Koonibba, Denial Bay, Watraba.

Teams from this league still compete in the Western Eyre Football League in 2025.

Teams

Club	Colours	Timeline	Premierships	Notes
Bookabie	Brown & Gold	1924-1940 1949-1960	12 - 1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1937, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1960.	Folded after the 1960 season.
Charra	Green & Gold		3 - 1936, 1954, 1956.	Transferred to the Murat Bay Football League at the end of 1959 season.
Coorabie	Blue & Gold		2 - 1924, 1959	Folded after the 1960 season.
Denial Bay			NIL
Gypsum Works		1924	NIl	Only competed in the first season of the league.
Koonibba	Red & White		4 - 1938, 1939, 1940, 1946.	Originally competed in the County of Way Football League, transferred to Murat Bay Football League in 1947.
Penong	Gold & Black		7 - 1928, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1947, 1953, 1957	Transferred to the Far West Football League in 1961.
Watraba			2 - 1928, 1934

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Grand Finals

Year	Grand Final Score
1924	Coorabie 8.11 def Gypsum Works 3.5
1925	Bookabie 7.8 def Penong 6.4
1926	Bookabie def Penong
1927	Bookabie def Penong (3 goals)
1928	Penong 9.15 def Watraba 5.3
1929	Watraba 7.7 def Bookabie 3.2
1930	Penong def Bookabie
1931	No Competition
1932	Penong 13.12 def Bookabie 2.4
1933	Watraba 4.13 def Bookabie 5.6
1934	Penong 3.10 def Watraba 3.5
1935	Bookabie
1936	Charra 6.5 def Bookabie 4.9
1937	Bookabie 13.10 def Koonibba 8.1
1938	Koonibba def Bookabie (5 points)
1939	Koonibba 25.13 def Charra 8.6
1940	Koonibba 8.10 def Penong 6.7
1941-1946	World War 2 Recess
1946	Koonibba 19.22 def Coorabie 5.21
1947	Penong 9.18 def Bookabie 5.7
1948	Fowlers Bay 8.9 def Penong 4.1
1949	Bookabie 25.13 def Penong 6.5
1950	Bookabie 14.14 def Penong 6.5
1951	Bookabie 7.6 def Penong 6.4
1952	Bookabie 13.9 def Coorabie 5.8
1953	Penong 10.10 def Coorabie 7.7
1954	Charra def Coorabie
1955	Bookabie def Charra
1956	Charra 17.14 def Coorabie 3.6
1957	Penong 11.7 def Coorabie 8.7
1958	Bookabie 10.10 def Coorabie 7.14
1959	Coorabie 7.18 def Bookabie 6.6
1960	Bookabie 12.14 def Coorabie 7.3

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Mail Medallists

The Mail Medal was awarded from 1950 to 1960; however, the medallists for 1955 and 1956 remain unknown. ^[3]

Year	Winner	Club	Votes	Runner-Up	Club	Votes
1950	Stanley J Oats	Charra	16	Furnest Ware	Bookabie	7
1951	Tom Riddle	Coorabie		Alex Baird	Penong
1952	Alex Baird	Penong	15
1953	Furnest Ware	Bookabie	15	Ted Miller	Penong	10
1954	Ray Coleman	Charra
1955	UNKNOWN
1956	UNKNOWN
1957	Ken Ware	Bookabie		Ted Miller
1958	Milton Dunn	Penong	13	Ted Miller	12
1959	Dale Shipard	Penong	13	Ted Miller	11
1960	Dale Shipard	Penong	9	Ken Ware	Bookabie	5
				David Miller	Bookabie	5
				Walter Dunn	Bookabie	5

Notable performances

Ken Ware kicked 14 goals in the 1949 Grand Final, which is equal to the South Australian state country football record of goals in a Grand Final. ^[4]

References

1. "The Great Flinders Football Association". The West Coast Sentinel. 31 May 1924. pp. Page 1. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
2. Lines, Peter (2017). South Australian Country Football Digest (Volume 2 ed.). allBIZ Supplies Pty, Limited. ISBN   9780648069904.
3. Gascoyne, John (1996). The Mail Medal 1933-1940 1949-1996. Open Book. ISBN   0646302051.
4. Jacobi, James (3 November 2024). "Ken Ware Record". The Eyre Peninsula Advocate. Retrieved 25 May 2025.