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The North West Football Union (NWFU) was an Australian rules football competition which ran from 1910 to 1986 on the north-western coast of Tasmania. In its time it was one of the three main leagues in Tasmania, with the Tasmanian Football League in Hobart and Northern Tasmanian Football Association in Launceston representing the rest of the state. Burnie, Latrobe and Ulverstone were the most successful clubs with 12 premierships each.

Prior to 1922 the Union was restricted to the Devonport, Latrobe and Ulverstone municipalities. From 1922 Burnie, Penguin and Yeoman were admitted. Wynyard replaced Yeoman in 1925.

In 1929 Devonport and Latrobe decided to break away from the NWFU . They formed with the addition of Kentish and Deloraine the Central Combine. The NWFU was reduced to four teams. Inter-league matches against Circular Head had the Circular Head winning so it was decided to have invite them compete in the Union's finals series. Circular Head played 3 matches and won them all including the premiership. The following year the Central Combine became NWFU East and so the winners of each division played off for the premiership. In 1931 the grand finalist of both divisions played a knock out competition for the premiership.

The league disbanded after the 1986 season after major clubs such as Cooee and Devonport defected to the TFL Statewide League. In 1987, the NWFU effectively merged with the Northern Tasmanian Football Association (NTFA) to form the Northern Tasmanian Football League, which exists today as the North West Football League.

Clubs

= Final =

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Colours

! rowspan="2" |Nickname

! rowspan="2" |Home Ground

! rowspan="2" |Former League

! rowspan="2" |Est.

! rowspan="2" |Years in NWFU

! colspan="2" |NWFU Premierships

! rowspan="2" |Fate

Total

!Years

style="text-align:left" |Burnie

|File:Richmond_Football_Club_colours_(pre-2017).svg

|Tigers

|West Park Oval, Burnie

|

| align="center" |1885

| 1922-1986

|14

|1927, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1946W, 1947W, 1954, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1974

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Cooee

|File:Cooee_Football_Club_colours.svg

|Bulldogs

|West Park Oval, Burnie

|

| align="center" |1894

| 1945-1986

|7

|1961, 1964, 1965, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1984

|Moved to TFL Statewide League as Burnie Hawks following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Devonport

|File:Collingwood_icon.svg

|Magpies

|Devonport Oval, Devonport

|NWFA

| align="center" |1881

|1910-1986

|7

|1914, 1915, 1925, 1934, 1936, 1938, 1981

|Moved to TFL Statewide League following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |East Devonport

|File:South_Melbourne_Football_Club_Colours.svg

|Swans

|Girdlestone Park, East Devonport

|NWFA

| align="center" |1901

|1945-1986

|3

|1945E, 1946E, 1948E, 1968

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Latrobe

|File:Melbourne_Football_Club_Colours.svg

|Demons

|Darrel Baldock Oval, Latrobe

|NWFA

| align="center" |1881

|1910-1986

|12

|1913, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Penguin

|File:Penguin_Football_Club_Colours.svg

|Two Blues

|Dial Park, Penguin

|

| align="center" |1890

| 1922-1986

|3

|1932, 1977, 1980

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Smithton

|File:St_Kilda_Football_Club_colours.svg

|Saints

|Circular Head Recreation Ground, Smithton

|CHFA

| align="center" |1907

|1980-1986

|1

|1983

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Ulverstone

|File:Essendon_Football_Club_colours.svg

|Robins

|Ulverstone Recreation Ground, Ulverstone

|NWFA

| align="center" |1888

|1910-1986

|12

|1910, 1923, 1935, 1947E, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1976, 1986

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

style="text-align:left" |Wynyard

|File:Winchelsea_fc_icon.png

|Cats

|Wynyard Football Ground, Wynyard

|

| align="center" |1885

|1925-1986

|5

|1948W, 1952, 1967, 1975, 1979

|Moved to Northern Tasmanian FL following 1986 season

= Former =

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! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Colours

! rowspan="2" |Nickname

! rowspan="2" |Home Ground

! rowspan="2" |Former League

! rowspan="2" |Est.

! rowspan="2" |Years in NWFU

! colspan="2" |NWFU Premierships

! rowspan="2" |Fate

Total

!Years

style="text-align:left" |APPM

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| 1945 - 1950

|2

|1945E , 1949

| Founded Darwin Football Association in 1951, renamed South Burnie in 1956

style="text-align:left" | Burnie Wanderers

| Royal Blue

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|

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| 1913 - 1914

| 0

| -

| Recess because of war.

style="text-align:left" |Circular Head

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| 1929

|1

|1929

| invited to participate in 1929 final series

style="text-align:left" | Deloraine

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| Central Assoc.

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| 1929-1931

| 0

| -

| Returned to the Central Association

style="text-align:left" |Diggers

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| 1921

|1

|1921

| Returned soldiers from Devonport

style="text-align:left" | Kentish

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| align="center" |

| 1929-1930

| 0

| -

| Entered recess.

style="text-align:left" |Mersey

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|NWFA

| align="center" |

| 1910- 1920

|2

|1911, 1912

| Returned to the NWFA in 1921

style="text-align:left" | Yeoman

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| Burnie FA

| align="center" |

| 1922-1924

| 0

| -

| Moved to the Table Cape Association in 1925

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NWFU premierships

=Winners by year=

File:Northwest union team 1930.jpg

File:NWFU 1927.jpg

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class="wikitable"
Year

! Premiers

!

! Runner-up

! Year

! Premiers

!

! Runner-up

1910

| Ulverstone 8.13 (61)

| def.

| Mersey 5.8 (38)

| 1952

| Wynyard 9.12 (66)

| def.

| Ulverstone 7.14 (56)

1911

| Mersey 7.8 (50)

| def.

| Latrobe 1.9 (15)

| 1953

| Ulverstone 8.14 (62)

| def.

| Wynyard 7.14 (56)

1912

| Mersey 2.8 (20)

| def.

| Ulverstone 1.7 (13)

| 1954

| Burnie 9.13 (67)

| def.

| Wynyard 8.10 (58)

1913

| Latrobe

|

| (No Final Played)

| 1955

| Ulverstone 11.14 (80)

| def.

| Burnie 10.15 (75)

1914

| Devonport 9.9 (63)

| def.

| Latrobe 5.1 (31)

| 1956

| Ulverstone 13.15 (93)

| def.

| Cooee 7.14 (56)

1915

| Devonport 3.2 (20)

| def.

| Ulverstone 2.6 (18)

| 1957

| Ulverstone 29.17 (191)

| def.

| Latrobe 9.11 (65)

1916–19

| No Competition due to

| WWI

| and Spanish Flu Epidemic

| 1958

| Burnie 19.15 (129)

| def.

| East Devonport 13.13 (91)

1920

| Latrobe 8.11 (59)

| def.

| Ulverstone 5.6 (36)

| 1959

| Burnie 16.10 (106)

| def.

| East Devonport 11.10 (76)

1921

| Diggers 7.11 (53)

| def.

| Latrobe 4.6 (30)

| 1960

| Burnie 12.10 (82)

| def.

| Cooee 7.15 (57)

1922

| Latrobe 5.12 (52)

| def.

| Burnie 4.12 (36)

| 1961

| Cooee 8.10 (58)

| def.

| Burnie 8.5 (53)

1923

| Ulverstone 9.6 (60)

| def.

| Latrobe 7.11 (53)

| 1962

| Burnie 12.20 (92)

| def.

| Devonport 13.4 (82)

1924

| Latrobe 10.11 (71)

| def.

| Devonport 8.9 (57)

| 1963

| Burnie 15.15 (105)

| def.

| Ulverstone 13.11 (89)

1925

| Devonport 11.11 (77)

| def.

| Ulverstone 6.13 (49)

| 1964

| Cooee 17.12 (114)

| def.

| Ulverstone 5.14 (44)

1926

| Latrobe 12.14 (86)

| def.

| Ulverstone 12.8 (80)

| 1965

| Cooee 12.14 (86)

| def.

| Ulverstone 7.9 (51)

1927

| Burnie 13.8 (86)

| def.

| Devonport 12.12 (84)

| 1966

| Burnie 7.7 (49)

| def

| Latrobe 5.11 (41)

1928

| Burnie 7.11 (53)

| def.

| Devonport 4.13 (37)

| 1967

| Wynyard 13.7 (85)

| def.

| Cooee 7.7 (49)

1929

| Circular Head 8.8 (56)

| def.

| Burnie 6.14 (50)

| 1968

| East Devonport 15.16 (106)

| def.

| Ulverstone 10.18 (78)

1930

| Latrobe 9.15 (69)

| def.

| Burnie 6.10 (46)

| 1969

| Latrobe 9.10 (64)

| def.

| Ulverstone 4.5 (29)

1931

| Latrobe 8.19 (67)

| def.

| Ulverstone 8.10 (58)

| 1970

| Latrobe 14.19 (103)

| def.

| Wynyard 12.5 (77)

1932

| Penguin 14.10 (94)

| def.

| Latrobe 10.13 (73)

| 1971

| Latrobe 14.16 (100)

| def.

| East Devonport 5.9 (39)

1933

| Latrobe 14.13 (97)

| def.

| Penguin 6.10 (46)

| 1972

| Latrobe 11.16 (82)

| def.

| Burnie 8.12 (60)

1934

| Devonport 17.14 (116)

| def.

| Burnie 8.13 (61)

| 1973

| Cooee 14.12 (96)

| def.

| Latrobe 10.10 (70)

1935

| Ulverstone 9.16 (70)

| def.

| Devonport 8.8 (56)

| 1974

| Burnie 14.15 (99)

| def.

| Latrobe 9.12 (66)

1936

| Devonport 14.11 (95)

| def.

| Burnie 9.19 (73)

| 1975

| Wynyard 15.10 (100)

| def.

| Ulverstone 12.8 (80)

1937

| Burnie 14.14 (98)

| def.

| Devonport 13.15 (93)

| 1976

| Ulverstone 14.9 (93)

| def.

| Penguin 7.19 (61)

1938

| Devonport 13.22 (100)

| def.

| Burnie 9.9 (63)

| 1977

| Penguin 11.18 (84)

| def.

| Cooee 11.14 (80)

1939

| Burnie 16.10 (106)

| def.

| Latrobe 8.13 (61)

| 1978

| Cooee 20.11 (131)

| def.

| Wynyard 13.30 (108)

1940–44

| No Competition

| Due

| To World War II

| 1979

| Wynyard 21.24 (150)

| def.

| Cooee 15.7 (97)

1945 W

| APPM 10.20 (80)

| def.

| Wynyard 11.12 (78)

| rowspan="2" | 1980

| rowspan="2" | Penguin 12.11 (83)

| rowspan="2" | def.

| rowspan="2" | Wynyard 11.5 (71)

1945 E

| East Devonport 8.15 (63)

| def

| Devonport 6.16 (52)

1946 W

| Burnie 13.11 (89)

| def.

| Wynyard 12.10 (82)

| rowspan="2" | 1981

| rowspan="2" | Devonport 13.9 (87)

| rowspan="2" | def.

| rowspan="2" | Penguin 10.12 (72)

1946 E

| East Devonport 18.14 (122)

| def

| Ulverstone 12.4 (76)

1947 W

| Burnie 10.17 (77)

| def.

| Cooee 11.8 (74)

| rowspan="2" | 1982

| rowspan="2" | Cooee 16.15 (111)

| rowspan="2" | def.

| rowspan="2" | Penguin 16.5 (101)

1947 E

| Ulverstone 15.17 (107)

| def

| Latrobe 8.17 (65)

1948 W

| Wynyard 8.13 (61)

| def.

| Cooee 8.9 (57)

| rowspan="2" | 1983

| rowspan="2" | Smithton 20.17 (137)

| rowspan="2" | def.

| rowspan="2" | Cooee 21.10 (136)

1948 E

| East Devonport 10.7 (67)

| def

| Ulverstone 6.8 (44)

1949

| APPM 14.12 (96)

| def.

| Ulverstone 9.15 (69)

| 1984

| Cooee 18.16 (124)

| def.

| Smithton 17.13 (115)

1950

| Ulverstone 7.8 (50)

| def.

| Devonport 7.7 (49)

| 1985

| Penguin 21.9 (135)

| def.

| Smithton 13.9 (87)

1951

| Ulverstone 17.22 (124)

| def.

| Cooee 8.11 (59)

| 1986

| Ulverstone 9.10 (64)

| def.

| Smithton 7.7 (49)

Reforming after the war there were two divisions, East and West, Both Divisional premiers would play off.

=Most premierships=

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Club

! Premierships

Burnie

| 12

Latrobe

| 12

Ulverstone

| 12

Cooee

| 7

Devonport

| 7

Penguin

| 4

Wynyard

| 4

East Devonport

| 3

APPM

| 2

Mersey

| 2

Circular Head

| 1

Diggers

| 1

Smithton

| 1

[[Tasmanian State Premiership]]

{{main|Tasmanian State Premiership}}

This was contested regularly between the premiers of the Tasmanian Football League and the Northern Tasmanian Football Association and then the NWFU from 1954 until 1978.

The six winners from the NWFU were:

Best and Fairests

The Wander Medal was awarded annually to the best and fairest player in the NWFU, every year from 1948 to 1986. Prior to 1948, the league's best and fairest award was known under various names and given out semi regularly. From 1945 to 1947, an award was given to best and fairest player from the western region but the name of it is unknown. Len Hayes won it in the first two years and Alan Crawford the last.

Wander Medal

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  • 1948 – Dave Jeffrey
  • 1949 – Len Hayes
  • 1950 – Lou Redman
  • 1951 – Jack Rough
  • 1952 – Max Berryman, Peter Gillam
  • 1953 – Darrel Eaton
  • 1954 – Ray Stokes
  • 1955 – Arthur Hodgson
  • 1956 – Joe Murphy
  • 1957 – Darrel Baldock
  • 1958 – Colin Moore
  • 1959 – Darrel Baldock
  • 1960 – Terry Pierce

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  • 1974 – Cec Rheinberger
  • 1975 – Ricky Watt
  • 1976 – Kerry Coates
  • 1977 – Ricky Smith
  • 1978 – Jim Prentice
  • 1979 – Tom Lee
  • 1980 – Lindsay Bell
  • 1981 – John Murphy
  • 1982 – Richard Lynch
  • 1983 – Stephen Parsons
  • 1984 – John Korporshoek
  • 1985 – Neville Muir
  • 1986 – Peter Borlini

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Cheel Medal

  • 1923 – Stan Trebilco
  • 1924 – Fred Odgers
  • 1925 – Bill Berryman
  • 1926 – Rupert Stott
  • 1927 – H. O. "Nip" Smith (Penguin)
  • 1928 – Charlie Hallam
  • 1929 – Tas Langmaid

Royal Medal

Awarded only to players from the eastern region of the NWFU

Wright Medal

Awarded only to players from the western region of the NWFU

  • 1930 – Jimmy Brown (Ulverstone)
  • 1931 – Gerry Plapp

Alford Medal

  • 1937 – Clem Riggs

References

  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040527145527/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/nwfu_summary_chart.htm Full Points Footy: NWFU Summary Chart 1910 to 1986]}}

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