Western Tasmanian Football Association


The Western Tasmanian Football Association was an Australian Rules Football competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.

The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.
Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only Queenstown Football Club and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.

History

There was an earlier named entity proposed in the 1890s.
In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association.
The Lyell Football Club and the Gormanston Football Club merged in 1976 and formed Lyell-Gormanston Football Club.
Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merged in 1987 forming the Rosebery-Toorak Football Club.
Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963
WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993
FINALS
FinalTeamGBPtsTeamGBPts
1st Semi Tullah-Savage River 13 11 89 Zeehan 9 14 68
2nd Semi Lyell-Gormanston 14 16 100 Rosebery-Toorak 12 8 80
Preliminary Tullah-Savage River 13 17 95 Rosebery-Toorak 10 8 68
Grand Lyell-Gormanston 9 16 70 Tullah-Savage River 7 14 56