Mid North FL

Mid North zone, 1910 to 1975

Formation

The delegates of the Auburn, Mintaro, Clare, Saddleworth, Manoora and Riverton Football Clubs met at Auburn in 1910 to form the Mid Northern Football Association. Although the new association immediately registered with the South Australian Football League, it adopted the rules and constitution of the Yorke Peninsula association. Auburn was chosen as the central point of the association and all association meetings would be held there.

Over 250 names had been registered by the six clubs as players in the new association. Although spectators could attend all matches free of charge it was estimated that the new association would inject over £100 into the economy of the district. The opening game of the association was played between Riverton and Clare.

In 1911, the football world was dealing with the difficulties of the handball rule and the Mid Northern association was just one of many country associations trying to comprehend it. The Auburn and Manoora clubs made the suggestion that handball be forgotten about and players be allowed to just throw the ball. This was seen as a way of helping the umpires and increasing the pace of the game. Manoora and Auburn officially put their proposal to the other clubs, who were favourable but were overruled by the South Australian Football League.

The Mid Northern Football Association became Mid North in 1933. Eudunda applied for entry in 1934 but were declined because of the extra traveling that would be required by clubs that were not very well off financially.

The 1939 season ended in controversy when Saddleworth protested their two point loss to Riverton following the grand final. Riverton player Ron Peters who played in the grand final was claimed to be ineligible as he had played in a city association during the season and was not a resident of the Riverton district. The decision was upheld 11-4 in favour of Saddleworth but referred to the SA Football League on appeal. The SA league dismissed Riverton’s appeal but Saddleworth requested that no winners name be added to the shield for 1939. At the 1940 AGM, the Riverton club moved that the inscription on the shield read ‘Won by Saddleworth on a Protest 1939’.

As football slowly resumed after WWII the Mid North association was inundated with new clubs wishing to affiliate. Many of the clubs joining up were only small and not up to the standard of the likes of Clare and Riverton. It was therefore decided to transform the B grade into an AII competition and give clubs the option on promotion and demotion depending on their performances from the previous season. This set up lasted until 1968 when the last stand alone AII club, Manoora merged with Mintaro.

Club Timeline

Club

1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

Clare

Manoora

Mintaro

Riverton

Saddleworth

Marrabel

Auburn

Watervale

Marranoora

Eudunda

Farrell Flat

Tarlee

Robertstown

North Clare

South Clare

Aberdeen

Saddleworth Marrabel

Mintaro Manoora

Playing Recess Playing elsewhere Merged Renamed Disbanded

Clubs (21)

Mileage

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	Town A	Town B	Town C
Town A	*	25	40
Town B	25	*	18
Town C	40	18	*

Records

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Player	Club	Value	Year / Period
J. Smith	Example FC	312	1985-2005
R. Jones	Another FC	298	1990-2010

Grand Finals

Year	Premier	Score	Runner-Up	Score
1910	Clare		Manoora Forfeit
1911	Manoora	6-11	Clare	3-3
1912	Auburn	2-8	Clare	1-2
1913	Saddleworth	4-13	Auburn	1-1
1914	Saddleworth	2-9	Auburn	2-2
1915	Saddleworth	5-15	Riverton	6-8
1916-1918	Recess WWI
1919	Saddleworth	2-12	Riverton	1-4
1920	Saddleworth	6-7	Riverton	0-4
1921	Riverton	4-7	Saddleworth	3-9
1922	Saddleworth	5-13	Auburn	3-5
1923	Saddleworth	6-9	Riverton	3-9
1924	Saddleworth	5-11	Auburn	5-8
1925	Riverton	7-10	Saddleworth	6-10
1926	Saddleworth	13-19	Riverton	6-7
1927	Saddleworth	11-15	Riverton	4-6
1928	Saddleworth	18-8	Riverton	7-11
1929	Riverton	6-8	Saddleworth	4-7
1930	Marrabel	8-11	Riverton	8-8
1931	Marrabel	10-12	Riverton	10-9
1932	Auburn	12-17	Saddleworth	6-18
1933	Marrabel	11-15	Auburn	8-9
1934	Auburn	10-15	Eudunda	11-3
1935	Riverton	18-16	Marrabel	15-10
1936	Marrabel	11-12	Auburn	4-18
1937	Riverton	12-10	Farrell Flat	8-8
1938	Riverton	10-10	Watervale	8-7
1939	Saddleworth	10-12	Riverton On Protest	10-14
1940	Mintaro	13-14	Saddleworth	9-10
1941-1944	Recess WWII
1945	Riverton	13-11	Auburn	7-8
1946	Auburn	12-10	Riverton	10-12
1947	Clare	12-7	Eudunda	10-5
1948	Riverton	12-10	Clare	12-9
1949	Clare	12-8	Auburn	6-8
1950	Clare	10-7	Riverton	4-6
1951	Eudunda	11-10	Clare	7-16
1952	Clare	14-13	Saddleworth	11-6
1953	Saddleworth	8-12	Clare	8-11
1954	Clare	15-11	Saddleworth	8-8
1955	Auburn	10-10	Saddleworth	9-11
1956	Riverton	9-7	Clare	5-12
1957	Riverton	7-12	Clare	6-10
1958	Clare	11-8	Auburn	10-6
1959	Clare	8-13	Riverton	5-7
1960	Riverton	6-7	Saddleworth	5-3
1961	South Clare	14-13	Saddleworth	14-7
1962	South Clare	17-11	North Clare	5-7
1963	Riverton	12-13	South Clare	9-10
1964	Riverton	9-13	Auburn	3-4
1965	Robertstown	15-9	Riverton	11-14
1966	Riverton	16-8	Robertstown	14-4
1967	Auburn	7-7	Riverton	7-6
1968	Saddleworth Marrabel	6-6	Riverton	3-13
1969	Mintaro Manoora	17-9	Saddleworth Marrabel	8-8
1970	Mintaro Manoora	16-15	Riverton	10-13
1971	Riverton	16-14	Mintaro Manoora	12-9
1972	Riverton	13-11	Robertstown	9-9
1973	Riverton	13-17	Mintaro Manoora	12-8
1974	Riverton	24-11	Mintaro Manoora	11-8
1975	Mintaro Manoora	14-10	Riverton	8-10

Medallists

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Year	Player	Club
1960	B. Thompson	Example FC
1961	K. Williams	Another FC

Leading Goalkickers

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Year	Player	Club	Goals
1990	D. Hill	Example FC	87
1991	M. Johnson	Another FC	72

Formation

Club Timeline

Clubs (21)

Mileage

Records

Grand Finals

Medallists

Leading Goalkickers

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