East Gippsland Football League


The East Gippsland Football League is an Australian rules football League in the East Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia.

History

The East Gippsland FL in its present incarnation began in 1974 with the merger of the Gippsland Football League and the Bairnsdale District Football League. The league has had a number of clubs fold, merge, leave and return over its history, due partly to changing economic circumstances in the area, with areas such as Orbost losing large amounts of their population.
At one stage in the 1980s, the league divided its clubs into two divisions, due to a desire to avoid weekly 40-goal drubbings for the weaker clubs. In 1984 the league had two divisions of five clubs each, both divisions having a club with a bye every week, this move enabling the league to save costs on umpiring.
However, in 1985 Wy Yung got promoted to first division, so the league then had six and four. The second division broke away in 1986 to form the Riviera Football League, together with some clubs who had left the North Gippsland Football League. After the Riviera FL disbanded in 2004, Paynesville was the only East Gippsland member club to return to the EGFL, with West Bairnsdale having folded in the interim, and Lindenow South and Swan Reach instead opting to join the Omeo & District Football League.
In 2011, the league dropped back to six clubs, with Bairnsdale returning to the Gippsland Football League. In 2012 season the league grew to again feature 7 clubs, with Stratford announcing that they would leave the North Gippsland Football League and join the EGFL. Boisdale-Briagolong followed suit in 2015, bringing the league to eight clubs.

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Clubs

Current

Previous

Leading Goal Kickers

YearPlayerH&A goalsFinals goalsTotal Goals
1974 Robert Marthick 83 0 83
1975 Graeme Joiner 105 0 105
1976 Daryl Wren 115 1 116
1977 Brian McDonald 115 2 117
1978 Gary Henry 105 8 113
1979
1980 I Fleischer
1981 Peter Baker 105 4 109
1982 Wanye Reggardo 112 0 112
1983 Garry Lee 102 0 102
1984 D Somerville 43 0 43
1985 Graeme Joiner 92 0 92
1986 Darren Vickery 60 2 62
1987 Wanye Reggardo 88 12 100
1988 Bruce Alexander 66 6 72
1989 Wanye Reggardo 88 5 93
1990 Wanye Reggardo 120 0 120
1991 Stephen Schaeche 106 5 111
1992 Stephen Schaeche 126 7 133
1993 Sean Allan 86 8 94
1994 Mark Campisi 74 7 81
1995 David Dunkley 70 0 70
1996 Darren Vickery 111 14 125
1997 Tim Bull 67 20 87
1998 Tim Bull 61 0 61
1999 Ashley Froud 60 0 60
2000 David Preston 70 6 76
2001 David Preston 82 4 86
2002 David Preston 57 8 65
2003 David Preston 81 8 89
2004 Darren Vickery 78 5 83
2005 David Preston 110 9 119
2006 Mathew Davidson 85 16 101
2007 Paul Elliott 60 0 60
2008 Andrew Flannagan 70 7 77
2009 Mathew Davidson 74 15 89
2010 Mathew Davidson 128 4 132
2011 Mathew Stephens 53 7 60
2012 Mathew Stephens 53 5 58
2013 Matt Counahan 48 0 48
2014 Mark Sellings 47 19 66
2015 Shaun Ryan 75 0 75
2016Mathew Stephens 1039112

2011 Ladder

2012 Ladder

2013 Ladder

2014 Ladder

2015 Ladder

2016 Ladder