Heathcote District Football League
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|+ style="font-size: larger;"| Heathcote District Football League |
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| colspan="2" div style="text-align:center; background:Gold; color:Black;"|General Information |
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| Founded | {{start date and age|df=y|1905| |
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| Sports
| Football (1905–present)
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| Affiliation
| AFL Victoria Country (2012–present)
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| No. of teams
| 9
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| Level on pyramid
| 2
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| Headquarters
| Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
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| Most recent champion(s)
| White Hills (2024)
(2nd Premiership)
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| Most titles
| Mount Pleasant
(20 Premierships)
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| Related competitions
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! colspan="2" div style="text-align:center; background:Gold; color:Black;"| Formerly
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| 1905–1954
| Heathcote District Football Association
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| 1955–present
| Heathcote District Football League
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! colspan="2" div style="text-align:center; background:Gold; color:Black;"|Official website
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| Football
| [http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=6168 Heathcote District Football League]
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! colspan="2" div style="text-align:center; background:Gold; color:Black;"|Records
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! Highest Score
| 337 – Heathcote 52.25 (337)
1986; (v Tooborac 12.5 77) – 1986
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! Most goals in a game
| {{ubl
|26 – Graeme Waight – Stanhope (v Huntly) – 1987
|26 – Ryan Hayes – Elmore (v Huntly) – 2007
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! Most goals in a season
| 130 – Aaron James – North Bendigo – 2009
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! Most wins in a row
| 31 – Heathcote 2009–2011
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! Most losses in a row
| 34 – Redesdale 1930–1932
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! Most flags in a row
| 5 – Heathcote North 1955–1959
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!AFL Victoria league rank
|21 (2018){{cite web|url=http://aflvic.com.au/2018-community-championships-rankings|title=AFL Victoria Community Championships Rankings |newspaper=AFL Victoria|date=16 May 2017}}
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The Heathcote District Football League (HDFL) is an Australian rules football league based in the Heathcote region and major Bendigo area with clubs based in the regions of City of Greater Bendigo, Shire of Campaspe, and Shire of Gannawarra
History
The Heathcote District Football League became a league in 1955. Previous names for the competitions in the area were the Heathcote District Football Association (1905), McIvor District Football Association (1906) and again the Heathcote District Football Association (1907–1954).
In recent years the Heathcote & District Football League has become one of, if not the strongest of the minor leagues in Victoria. During the Victoria Country Championships (Interleague) the HDFL has accounted for major league side Central Murray Football League as well as established a higher ranking than the North Central Football League. The strength & depth of the league is all the more remarkable considering the size of the league, 9 teams
Over the past few years the HDFL has beaten the Geelong & District & Horsham & District Leagues but fell short to AFL Barwon league, Bellarine in 2016.
The HDFL has had many representatives playing for Victoria Country, including recent players Grant Weeks, Andy Grant, Hadleigh Sirett & Jye Keath.
Clubs
=Location=
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{{Location map+|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|width=500|float=left|caption=Current HDFL clubs (Greater Bendigo)|places=
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|lat_deg=-36.491534 |lon_deg=144.608146|background=#FFFFDD|position=left|mark=|label=Elmore|label_size=90}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|lat_deg=-36.923024 |lon_deg=144.710946|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label=Heathcote|label_size=90}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|lat_deg=-36.661599 |lon_deg=144.330147|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label=Huntly|label_size=90|label_width=80}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|lat_deg=-36.746291 |lon_deg=144.274014|background=#FFFFDD|position=left|mark=|label={{nowrap|North Bendigo}}|label_size=90}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria City of Greater Bendigo|lat_deg=-36.722522 |lon_deg=144.305105|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label=White Hills|label_size=90}}
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{{Location map+|Australia Victoria Shire of Campaspe|float=right|width=500|caption=Current HDFL clubs (Shire of Campaspe)|places=
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria Shire of Campaspe|lat_deg=-35.952127 |lon_deg=144.374563|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label={{nowrap|Leitchville Gunbower}}|label_size=90}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria Shire of Campaspe|lat_deg=-36.265965 |lon_deg=144.541157|background=#FFFFDD|position=left|mark=|label=Lockington Bamawm United|label_size=90|label_width=80}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria Shire of Campaspe|lat_deg=-36.587427 |lon_deg=144.800318|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label=Colbinabbin|label_size=90}}
{{Location map~|Australia Victoria Shire of Campaspe|lat_deg=-36.720738 |lon_deg=144.691876|background=#FFFFDD|position=right|mark=|label={{nowrap|Mount Pleasant}}|label_size=90}}
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=Current clubs=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; width:100%"
! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Colours ! rowspan="2" |Moniker ! rowspan="2" |Home Ground ! rowspan="2" |Former ! rowspan="2" |{{Tooltip|Est.|Year of establishment}} ! rowspan="2" |Years in HDFNL ! colspan="2" |HDFNL Senior Premierships |
| Total
! Years |
|---|
| style="text-align:left" | Colbinabbin
| File:Leongatha Football Club colours.jpg | Grasshoppers | MJ Morgan Reserve, Colbinabbin | align="center" |{{Tooltip|CVFA|Campaspe Valley Football Association}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1915 | style="text-align:center;" | 1935- | align="center" |12 | style="text-align:left;" |1939, 1949, 1950, 1975, 1978, 1991, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008 |
| style="text-align:left" | Elmore
| File:Red Hill Football Club colours.jpg | Bloods | Elmore Recreation Reserve, Elmore | align="center" |{{Tooltip|EFL|Echuca Football League}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1882 | style="text-align:center;" | 1938-1939, 1948- | align="center" |5 | style="text-align:left;" |1954, 1960, 1963, 1985, 2007 |
| style="text-align:left" | Heathcote
| Saints | Barrack Reserve, Heathcote | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1967 | style="text-align:center;" | 1967- | align="center" |7 | style="text-align:left;" |1970, 1972, 1982, 1989, 1992, 2009, 2010 |
| style="text-align:left" | Huntly
| File:Hawthorn Football Club colours.jpg | Hawks | Strauch Reserve, Huntly | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1986 | style="text-align:center;" | 1986- | align="center" |0 | style="text-align:left;" | – |
| style="text-align:left" | Leitchville Gunbower
| File:Leitchville Gunbower Football Club colours.jpg | Bombers | Leitchville Recreation Reserve, Leitchville and Gunbower Recreation Reserve, Gunbower | align="center" |CMFNL | style="text-align:center;" | 1995 | style="text-align:center;" | 2010- | align="center" |2 | style="text-align:left;" |2017, 2018 |
| style="text-align:left" | Lockington Bamawm United
| File:Albion Football Club.jpg | Cats | Lockington Recreation Reserve, Lockington | align="center" |BFNL | style="text-align:center;" | 1990 | style="text-align:center;" | 2001- | align="center" |5 | style="text-align:left;" |2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2022 |
| style="text-align:left" | Mount Pleasant
| File:Mount Pleasant Football Club colours.jpg | Blues | Toolleen Recreation Reserve, Toolleen | align="center" |{{Tooltip|CVFA|Campaspe Valley Football Association}} | style="text-align:center;" | 1889 | style="text-align:center;" | 1935- | align="center" |20 | style="text-align:left;" |1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2023 |
| style="text-align:left" | North Bendigo
| File:Western Bulldogs AFLW icon.png | Bulldogs | North Bendigo Recreation Reserve, North Bendigo | align="center" |BFNL | style="text-align:center;" | 1945 | style="text-align:center;" | 1996- | align="center" |3 | style="text-align:left;" |2015, 2016, 2019 |
| style="text-align:left" | White Hills
| File:White Hills Football Club colours.jpg | Demons | White Hills Recreation Reserve, White Hills | align="center" |BFNL | style="text-align:center;" | 1924 | style="text-align:center;" | 1984- | align="center" |2 | style="text-align:left;" |1988, 2024 |
=Former clubs=
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left; width:100%"
! rowspan="2" |Club ! rowspan="2" |Colours ! rowspan="2" |Moniker ! rowspan="2" |Home Ground ! rowspan="2" |Former ! rowspan="2" |{{Tooltip|Est.|Year of establishment}} ! rowspan="2" |Years in HDFNL ! colspan="2" |HDFNL Senior Premierships ! rowspan="2" |Fate |
| data-sort-type="number" |Total
!Years |
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| style="text-align:left" |Aloysians
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1900s | align="center" |1912 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" | Axedale
| | | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1921 | align="center" |1921, 1928-1932 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | align="left" | - |Moved to Golden City FL |
| style="text-align:left" | Broadford
| File:AFL North Melbourne Icon.jpg | Kangaroos |Harley Hammond Reserve, Broadford | align="center" |RDFNL | style="text-align:center;" | 1890 | align="center" |1985-2008 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | align="left" |1996 |Returned to Riddell District FNL in 2009 |
| style="text-align:left" | Costerfield
|File:Costerfield Football Club colours.jpg | | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1900 | align="center" |1905-1947 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | align="left" |1912, 1913, 1914, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926 |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Emu Flat
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1900s | align="center" |1906 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Eppalock Weir
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1920s | align="center" |1928 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" | Goornong
| | | align="left" |Goornong Recreation Reserve, Goornong | align="center" |{{Tooltip|GCFL|Golden City Football League}} | style="text-align:center;" | c.1910s | align="center" |1947-1951 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" | Heathcote
| | | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | c.1900s | align="center" |1905-1921 | style="text-align:center;" | 2 | align="left" |1918, 1921 |Split to form Heathcote North and Heathcote South in 1922 |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote Blues
| |Blues | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1924 | align="center" |1924-1926 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Merged with Heathcote Reds to form Heathcote North and Heathcote Rovers |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote Centrals
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1900s | align="center" |1907 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote Dons
| |Dons | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1934 | align="center" |1934 | align="center" |1 | align="left" |1934 |Merged with Heathcote Ramblers and Heathcote McIvors to form Heathcote North and Heathcote Rovers in 1935 |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote McIvors
| |McIvors | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1934 | align="center" |1934 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Merged with Heathcote Dons and Heathcote Ramblers to form Heathcote North and Heathcote Rovers in 1935 |
| style="text-align:left" | Heathcote North
| File:Eltham Football Club.jpg | | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1922 | align="center" |1922-1966 | style="text-align:center;" | 8 | align="left" |1922, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1964 |Merged with Heathcote Rovers to form Heathcote in 1967 |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote Ramblers
| align="center" |{{Color box|Red|border=Silver}}{{Color box|White|border=Silver}} |Ramblers | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1924 | align="center" |1924, 1934 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Merged with Heathcote Dons and Heathcote McIvors to form Heathcote North and Heathcote Rovers in 1935 |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote Reds
| |Reds | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1924 | align="center" |1924-1927 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Merged with Heathcote Blues to form Heathcote North and Heathcote Rovers in 1928 |
| style="text-align:left" | Heathcote Rovers
| File:Montmorency Football Club.jpg | Magpies | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | 1927 | align="center" |1927-1966 | style="text-align:center;" | 9 | align="left" |1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1940, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1951 |Merged with Heathcote North to form Heathcote in 1967 |
| style="text-align:left" |Heathcote South
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |1922 | | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" | Knowsley
| align="center" |{{Color box|Red|border=Silver}}{{Color box|blue|border=Silver}} | | | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | c.1900s | align="center" |1924-1927, 1946 | style="text-align:center;" | 1 | align="left" |1946 |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Moormbool
| | | | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1910s | align="center" |1918-1925 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Provincial
|File:Provincial Football Club Colours.svg |Pros |Weeroona Oval, Bendigo | align="center" |BFNL | align="center" |1945 | align="center" |1983-1985 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Merged with Huntly JFC to form Huntly-Provincial in 1986 |
| style="text-align:left" |Pyalong
| | | align="left" |Pyalong Recreation Reserve, Pyalong | align="center" |– | align="center" |c.1900s | align="center" |1914 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" | Redesdale
| | | | align="center" |{{Tooltip|BFA|Barfold Football Association}} | style="text-align:center;" | c.1900s | align="center" |1930-1932 | style="text-align:center;" | 0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
| style="text-align:left" |Rushworth
| File:Rushworth Football Club colours.jpg | Tigers |Rushworth Recreation Reserve, Rushworth | align="center" |GVFL | style="text-align:center;" | 1882 | align="center" |1965-1998 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | align="left" |1965, 1969, 1977 |Moved to Kyabram District FNL in 1999 |
| style="text-align:left" | Stanhope
| File:Stanhope Football Club colours.jpg | Lions |Stanhope Recreation Reserve, Stanhope | align="center" |GVFL | style="text-align:center;" | 1920 | align="center" |1976-1994 | style="text-align:center;" | 3 | align="left" |1976, 1986, 1987 |Moved to Kyabram District FNL in 1995 |
| style="text-align:left" | Tooborac
| File:Albion Football Club.jpg | Cats |Tooborac Recreation Reserve, Tooborac | align="center" |– | style="text-align:center;" | c.1900s | align="center" |1905-1986 | style="text-align:center;" | 11 | align="left" |1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1953, 1961, 1973, 1974 |Folded in 1987 |
| style="text-align:left" |Toolleen
| | |Toolleen Recreation Reserve, Toolleen | align="center" |{{Tooltip|CVFA|Campaspe Valley Football Association}} | align="center" |c.1900s | align="center" |1919–1920, 1933–1934 | align="center" |0 | align="left" | - |Folded |
List of Premierships
;Senior Football
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! Season ! Premiers ! Runners-up ! Score |
| 1912
| Costerfield (1) | 9.9 (63) – 2.2 (14) |
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| 1913
| Costerfield (2) | 6.11 (47) – 3.7 (25) |
| 1914
| Costerfield (3) | 2.10 (22) – 2.7 (19) |
| 1915
| colspan=3 rowspan=3 align=center| Suspended during World War I |
| 1916 |
| 1917 |
| 1918
| Heathcote (1) | 6.7 (43) – 3.7 (25) |
| 1919
| Costerfield (4) | 8.5 (53 – 4.5 (29) |
| 1920
| Costerfield (5) | 3.9 (27) – 3.5 (23) |
| 1921
| Heathcote (2) | Tooborac | 7.9 (51) – 5.9 (39) |
| 1922
| Heathcote North (1) | 6.10 (46) – 3.13 (31) |
| 1923
| Costerfield (6) | 6.10 (46) – 4.3 (27) |
| 1924
| Costerfield (7) | 6.5 (41) – 2.6 (18) |
| 1925
| Heathcote Reds (1) | 9.6 (60) – 6.4 (40) |
| 1926
| Costerfield (8) | Knowsley | 7.15 (57) – 5.7 (37) |
| 1927
| Heathcote Rovers (1) | 7.9 (51) – 5.8 (38) |
| 1928
| Heathcote Rovers (2) | 17.19 (121) – 10.11 (71) |
| 1929
| Heathcote Rovers (3) | Tooborac | 12.11 (83) – 12.5 (77) |
| 1930
| Heathcote Rovers (4) | 10.10 (70) – 6.7 (43) |
| 1931
| Tooborac (1) | 13.17 (95) – 10.14 (74) |
| 1932
| Tooborac (2) | 16.20 (116) – 12.14 (86) |
| 1933
| Tooborac (3) | 6.5 (41) – 6.4 (40) |
| 1934
| Heathcote Dons (1) | 15.13 (103) – 6.10 (46) |
| 1935
| Tooborac (4) | 6.17 (53) – 6.12 (48) |
| 1936
| Tooborac (5) | 17.14 (116) – 6.14 (50) |
| 1937
| Tooborac (6) | 12.12 (84) – 5.11 (41) |
| 1938
| Tooborac (7) | 13.12 (90) – 10.11 (71) |
| 1939
| Colbinabbin (1) | 13.16 (94) – 13.4 (82) |
| 1940
| Heathcote Rovers (5) | 11.11 (77) – 9.10 (64) |
| 1941
| colspan=3 rowspan=4 align=center| Suspended during World War II |
| 1942 |
| 1943 |
| 1944 |
| 1945
| Heathcote Rovers (6) | |
| 1946
| Knowsley (1) | |
| 1947
| Heathcote Rovers (7) | |
| 1948
| Heathcote Rovers (8) | 10.16 (76) – 5.8 (38) |
| 1949
| Colbinabbin (2) | 11.11 (77) – 10.10 (70) |
| 1950
| Colbinabbin (3) | Tooborac | 10.16 (76) – 6.12 (48) |
| 1951
| Heathcote Rovers (9) | Tooborac | 9.9 (63) – 9.8 (62) |
| 1952
| Heathcote North (2) | Tooborac | 12.10 (82) – 10.9 (69) |
| 1953
| Tooborac (8) | 9.10 (64) – 4.18 (42) |
| 1954
| Elmore (1) | Tooborac | 15.9 (99) – 7.19 (61) |
| 1955
| Heathcote North (3) | Elmore | 12.11 (83) – 9.8 (62) |
| 1956
| Heathcote North (4) | 16.7 (103) – 7.7 (49) |
| 1957
| Heathcote North (5) | 6.16 (52) – 3.4 (22) |
| 1958
| Heathcote North (6) | Tooborac | 15.9 (99) – 10.5 (65) |
| 1959
| Heathcote North (7) | Tooborac | 13.5 (83) – 9.13 (67) |
| 1960
| Elmore (2) | 12.17 (89) – 9.12 (66) |
| 1961
| Tooborac (9) | 14.12 (96) – 11.16 (82) |
| 1962
| Mount Pleasant (1) | 9.11 (65) – 6.7 (43) |
| 1963
| Elmore (3) | Tooborac | 9.16 (70) – 7.11 (53) |
| 1964
| Heathcote North (8) | Elmore | 9.11 (65) – 6.12 (48) |
| 1965
| Rushworth (1) | 13.14 (92) – 8.4 (52) |
| 1966
| Mount Pleasant (2) | 10.14 (74) – 9.8 (62) |
| 1967
| Mount Pleasant (3) | 14.10 (94) – 10.11 (71) |
| 1968
| Mount Pleasant (4) | 14.17 (101) – 12.17 (89) |
| 1969
| Rushworth (2) | Elmore | 12.9 (81) – 10.14 (74) |
| 1970
| Heathcote (1) | Elmore | 8.13 (61) – 9.6 (60) |
| 1971
| Mount Pleasant (5) | 18.14 (122) – 9.14 (68) |
| 1972
| Heathcote (2) | 17.15 (117) – 12.14 (86) |
| 1973
| Tooborac (10) | 21.21 (147) – 8.7 (55) |
| 1974
| Tooborac (11) | 19.26 (140) – 14.15 (99) |
| 1975
| Colbinabbin (4) | 12.15 (87) – 10.13 (73) |
| 1976
| Stanhope (1) | 14.13 (97) – 12.13 (85) |
| 1977
| Rushworth (3) | 18.2 (110) – 14.17 (101) |
| 1978
| Colbinabbin (5) | Stanhope | 20.12 (132) – 17.15 (117) |
| 1979
| Mount Pleasant (6) | 17.10 (112) – 15.17 (107) |
| 1980
| Mount Pleasant (7) | Elmore | 17.13 (115) – 11.18 (84) |
| 1981
| Mount Pleasant (8) | 15.18 (108) – 15.10 (100) |
| 1982
| Heathcote (3) | 20.15 (135) – 10.16 (76) |
| 1983
| Mount Pleasant (9) | Stanhope | 8.14 (62) – 6.8 (44) |
| 1984
| Mount Pleasant (10) | Elmore | 21.23 (149) – 12.9 (81) |
| 1985
| Elmore (4) | 14.17 (101) – 10.10 (70) |
| 1986
| Stanhope (2) | 22.8 (140) – 6.8 (44) |
| 1987
| Stanhope (3) | 23.20 (158) – 13.7 (85) |
| 1988
| White Hills (1) | Stanhope | 12.14 (86) – 9.10 (64) |
| 1989
| Heathcote (4) | Stanhope | 24.15 (159) – 9.7 (61) |
| 1990
| Mount Pleasant (11) | 15.18 (108) – 12.12 (84) |
| 1991
| Colbinabbin (6) | 15.11 (101) – 11.9 (75) |
| 1992
| Heathcote (5) | 16.8 (104) – 9.12 (64) |
| 1993
| Mount Pleasant (12) | 15.10 (100) – 11.14 (80) |
| 1994
| Mount Pleasant (13) | 13.13 (91) – 12.11 (83) |
| 1995
| Mount Pleasant (14) | 11.16 (82) – 10.17 (77) |
| 1996
| Broadford (1) | 7.8 (50) – 6.9 (45) |
| 1997
| Mount Pleasant (15) | Elmore | 13.8 (86) – 11.12 (78) |
| 1998
| Colbinabbin (7) | 11.19 (85) – 4.3 (27) |
| 1999
| Colbinabbin (8) | 7.8 (50) – 4.6 (30) |
| 2000
| Mount Pleasant (16) | 18.10 (118) – 7.12 (54) |
| 2001
| Mount Pleasant (17) | 10.8 (68) – 6.8 (44) |
| 2002
| Colbinabbin (9) | 15.10 (100) – 11.9 (75) |
| 2003
| Colbinabbin (10) | 20.13 (133) – 16.16 (102) |
| 2004
| Colbinabbin (11) | 6.14 (50) – 2.9 (21) |
| 2005
| Mount Pleasant (18) | 16.14 (110) – 12.15 (87) |
| 2006
| Mount Pleasant (19) | Elmore | 19.13 (127) – 13.12 (90) |
| 2007
| Elmore (5) | 26.29 (185) – 12.14 (86) |
| 2008
| Colbinabbin (12) | 16.9 (105) – 12.11 (83) |
| 2009
| Heathcote (6) | 15.17 (107) – 15.13 (103) |
| 2010
| Heathcote (7) | 8.8 (56) – 5.9 (39) |
| 2011
| Lockington Bamawm United (1) | 15.9 (99) – 14.9 (93) |
| 2012
| Lockington Bamawm United (2) | 21.14 (140) – 7.4 (46) |
| 2013
| Lockington Bamawm United (3) | Huntly | 15.13 (103) – 6.9 (45) |
| 2014
| Lockington Bamawm United (4) | 13.9 (87) – 11.10 (76) |
| 2015
| North Bendigo (1) | 10.13 (73) – 8.15 (63) |
| 2016
| North Bendigo (2) | 14.18 (102) – 13.4 (82) |
| 2017
| Leitchville Gunbower (1) | 15.18 (108) – 12.10 (82) |
| 2018
| Leitchville Gunbower (2) | 14.10 (94) – 12.13 (85) |
| 2019
| North Bendigo (3) | 10.10 (70) – 4.10 (34) |
| 2020
| colspan=3 align=center| Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria{{cite news |last=D'Anello |first=Luke |date=22 May 2020 |title=Local footy: Heathcote District Football Netball League cancels season |url=https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/local-footy-heathcote-district-football-netball-league-cancels-season/news-story/a966ee9a6a92dba078f688a7391f4fd3 |work=The Herald Sun |quote= |access-date=}} |
| 2021
| colspan=3 align=center| Season abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria{{cite news |last=Huntly |first=Josh |date=9 September 2021 |title=Final siren sounds on HDFNL season |url=https://www.riverineherald.com.au/sport/2021/09/09/5122518/final-siren-sounds-on-hdfnl-season |work=The Riverine Herald |quote= |access-date=}}{{efn|The season was abandoned prior to the first match of the finals series, with alterations throughout the season. The minor premiers were Lockington Bamawm United, whom had won all twelve matches played.{{cite news |last=Payne |first=Aydin |date=31 May 2021 |title=GVL, HDFNL make changes to fixture amid COVID lockdown |url=https://www.denipt.com.au/rochester-sport/2021/05/31/4350473/gvl-hdfnl-make-changes-to-fixture-amid-covid-lockdown |work=Deniliquin Pastoral Times |quote= |access-date=}}{{cite news |last=Saultry |first=Meg |date=20 August 2021 |title=UPDATE: HDFNL round cancelled due to Shepparton Covid-19 outbreak |url=https://www.riverineherald.com.au/sport/2021/08/20/4958639/lbu-colbinabbin-clash-cancelled-due-to-regional-covid-19-outbreak |work=The Riverine Herald |quote= |access-date=}}}} |
| 2022
| Lockington Bamawm United (5) | 13.11 (89) – 10.9 (69) |
| 2023
|Mount Pleasant (20) |12.7 (79) – 9.6 (60) |
| 2024
|White Hills (2) |17.11 (113) – 6.6 (42) |
Recent seasons
The 2021 season ladder prior to abandonment of season:{{Cite web|url=https://websites.mygameday.app/comp_info.cgi?c=0-6168-0-577313-0&pool=1001&a=LADDER|title = Ladder for 2021 Seniors HDFNL}}
=2021 season=
==Ladder==
| class="wikitable" width="50%" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|+ 2021 ladder (cancelled){{efn|All of the postponed matches were logged as draws; teams highlighted had qualified for the finals series before the subsequent cancellation.}} ! style="width:1%;" | {{abbr|Pos.|Ladder position}} ! style="width:4%;" | Team ! style="width:2%;" | {{abbr|P|Games played}} ! style="width:2%;" | {{abbr|W|Games won}} ! style="width:2%;" | {{abbr|L|Games lost}} ! style="width:2%;" | {{abbr|D|Games drawn}} ! style="width:3%;" | {{abbr|PF|Points scored}} ! style="width:3%;" | {{abbr|PA|Points conceeded}} ! style="width:3%;" | {{abbr|%|Percentage}} ! style="width:3%;" | Pts |
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!scope="row" |{{center|1}} | align="left" |{{nowrap|15px Lockington Bamawm United}} |16 |12 |0 |4 |1569 |463 |338.88 |56 |
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!scope="row" |{{center|2}} | align="left" |15px Colbinabbin |16 |9 |3 |4 |1204 |652 |184.66 |44 |
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!scope="row" |{{center|3}} | align="left" |15px North Bendigo |16 |9 |3 |4 |1113 |807 |137.92 |44 |
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!scope="row" |{{center|4}} | align="left" |15px White Hills |16 |9 |4 |3 |1245 |975 |127.69 |42 |
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!scope="row" |{{center|5}} | align="left" |15px Mount Pleasant |16 |7 |5 |4 |1169 |983 |118.92 |36 |
| scope="row" |{{center|6}}
| align="left" |File:Hawthorn Football Club colours.jpgHuntly |16 |5 |8 |3 |916 |945 |96.93 |26 |
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| scope="row" |{{center|7}}
|16 |3 |9 |4 |747 |1399 |53.40 |20 |
| scope="row" |{{center|8}}
| align="left" |File:AFL St Kilda Icon.jpgHeathcote |16 |2 |11 |3 |799 |1411 |56.63 |14 |
| scope="row" |{{center|9}}
| align="left" |File:Leitchville Gunbower Football Club colours.jpgLeitchville Gunbower |16 |0 |13 |3 |543 |1670 |32.51 |6 |
Books
- History of Football in the Bendigo District – John Stoward – {{ISBN|978-0-9805929-1-7}}
References
Notes
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Citations
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External links
- [http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6168-0-0-0&sID=88114 League Official Website]
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