Historical Records

One hundred and twenty years of Wallaroo Football Club.

From the first Yorke Peninsula Football Association season in 1888 through to the 2008 YPFL. Match results, ladders, best players, goalkickers, mail medallists — and every Bulldog who went on to play SANFL. Transcribed from the newspaper archive.

The Archive

Preserved for the club, for the record.

The Historical Records book is 122 pages of the club's story, painstakingly copied from newspaper archives by a Wallaroo club person years ago, and now digitised for preservation. Every match, every ladder position, every best-and-fairest, every leading goalkicker from 1888 to 2008.

120 Years of records 1888 – 2008

8 YPFL A Grade Flags since 1961 (archive era)

12 Grand Finals of 48 seasons on record

51 Bulldogs to SANFL and beyond — WAFL · VFL · AFL

A Grade Premiership Sequence

Every YPFL A Grade flag, 1961 – 2008.

The final ladder at the end of every YPFL A Grade season on record. Wallaroo premiership years are highlighted in club red.

Year	Premier	Runner-Up	3rd	4th	Wallaroo
1961	Pt Victoria	Kadina	Moo	Mait	9th
1962	Parkeville	Kad	Mait	Bute	8th
1963	Moonta	Kad	Price	Pos	8th
1964	Parkeville	Moo	Anh	Price	8th
1965	Andrews	Kad	Pos	PVic	8th
1966	Pt Victoria	And	Moo	Mait	8th
1967	Andrews	Mait	PVic	Moo	9th
1968	Andrews	Moo	Pos	Bute	7th
1969	Bute	And	Moo	Mait	8th
1970	Andrews	Bute	Moo	Anh	6th
1971	Andrews	Bute	Moo	Mait	10th
1972	Andrews	Bute	Moo	Mait	8th
1973	Bute	And	Mait	Pos	5th
1974	Andrews	Bute	Anh	Wall	4th
1975	Pt Victoria	And	Bute	Anh	5th
1976 ★	Wallaroo	Pos	Kad	Anh	1st
1977	Pt Victoria	Kad	Wall	Moo	3rd
1978	Bute	And	Kad	Mait	6th
1979	Pt Victoria	Mait	Pos	Kad	8th
1980	Maitland	And	Moo	Bute	8th
1981	Maitland	And	Kad	Anh	5th
1982	Andrews	Mait	And	Bute	7th
1983 ★	Wallaroo	Mait	Anh	And	1st
1984	Kadina	Anh	Wall	Pos	3rd
1985	Parkeville	Kad	And	Moo	9th
1986	Andrews	Pos	Moo	Mait	7th
1987	Parkeville	Mait	Anh	Kad	7th
1988	Andrews	Mait	Kad	Pos	6th
1989	Andrews	Pos	Anh	Kad	6th
1990 ★	Wallaroo	And	Anh	Pos	1st
1991	Bute	Wall	Pos	Mait	2nd
1992 ★	Wallaroo	Bute	Mait	Anh	1st
1993	Bute	Wall	Mait	Anh	2nd
1994	Maitland	Wall	Bute	Eag	2nd
1995	Eagles	Wall	CMS	Kad	2nd
1996 ★	Wallaroo	CMS	Kad	Bute	1st
1997 ★	Wallaroo	CMS	Moo	Bute	1st
1998 ★	Wallaroo	CMS	Eag	Kad	1st
1999	CMS	Bute	Kad	Pos	6th
2000 ★	Wallaroo	Kad	Bute	Pos	1st
2001	Parkeville	Kad	CMS	Bute	5th
2002	Kadina	CMS	Pos	Moo	7th
2003	CMS	Pos	Kad	Bute	9th
2004	Andrews	Bute	Moo	CY	9th
2005	Moonta	Pos	And	Bute	9th
2006	CMS	Pos	Moo	CY	8th
2007	CY Guyaans	Pos	Kad	Bute	8th
2008	Sth Eagles	Moo	Bute	Pos	10th

Positions transcribed from the historian's final-ladder tables. Team abbreviations preserved as recorded in the book — see the source PDF below for context.

Other Grades

B Grade, Senior Colts, Junior Colts.

The full YPFL premiership sequence across the supporting grades, 1961 to 2008. Wallaroo wins highlighted.

Year	B Grade	Senior Colts	Junior Colts
1961	Kadina	Kadina	—
1962	Moonta	Wallaroo	—
1963	Moonta	Parkeville	Maitland
1964	Moonta	Wallaroo	Maitland
1965	Maitland	Kadina	Pt Victoria
1966	Parkeville	Maitland	Andrews
1967	Parkeville	Andrews	Andrews
1968	Maitland	Andrews	Bute
1969	Bute	Andrews	Bute
1970	Bute	Bute	Kadina
1971	Bute	Bute	Kadina
1972	Bute	Pt Victoria	Moonta
1973	Bute	Kadina	Maitland
1974	Bute	Moonta	Kadina
1975	Maitland	Maitland	Maitland
1976	Kadina	Maitland	Maitland
1977	Kadina	Maitland	Maitland
1978	Maitland	Pos/Bute	Maitland
1979	Andrews	Maitland	Moonta
1980	Maitland	Maitland	Kadina
1981	Maitland	Wallaroo	Maitland
1982	Wallaroo	Kadina	Kadina
1983	Moonta	Kadina	Andrews
1984	Kadina	Maitland	Andrews
1985	Parkeville	Andrews	Pt Victoria
1986	Andrews	Bute	Anhurton
1987	Maitland	Wallaroo	Anhurton
1988	Andrews	Wallaroo	Parkeville
1989	Maitland	Andrews	Kadina
1990	Wallaroo	Bute	Kadina
1991	Bute	Maitland	Wallaroo
1992	Maitland	Kadina	Kadina
1993	Anhurton	Wallaroo	Kadina
1994	Sth Eagles	CMS	CMS
1995	CMS	Kadina	CMS
1996	Wallaroo	Sth Eagles	Sth Eagles
1997	Wallaroo	CY Guyaans	Sth Eagles
1998	Wallaroo	CY Guyaans	CMS
1999	CMS	CMS	CMS
2000	CMS	CY Guyaans	CY Guyaans
2001	Kadina	CMS	Kadina
2002	Kadina	CMS	CMS
2003	Kadina	Kadina	Andrews
2004	Kadina	Kadina	CMS
2005	Kadina	CY Guyaans	Andrews
2006	Moonta	CMS	Kadina
2007	CY Guyaans	Sth Eagles	Moonta
2008	Sth Eagles	Andrews	CMS

Mail Medallists

Bulldog winners of the YPFL Mail Medal.

Every Wallaroo winner of the YPFL Mail Medal recorded in the archive, across all grades. Includes the six-year Geoff "Jessie" James goalkicking streak — 594 goals across 1995-1999.

A Grade

1968 Peter Mildran
1976 Bennie Smith
1995 Geoff James

B Grade

1967 Norm Phillips
1987 Bende Smith

Senior Colts

1966 Graham Smith
1967 Graham Smith
1987 Greg Chittleborough
1993 Stephen Dahnl

Junior Colts

1961 R. Standford

Goalkicking

1984 Rey Higgins 101 goals
1988 R. Higgins 93 goals
1995 Geoff James 131 goals
1996 Geoff James 134 goals
1997 Geoff James 109 goals
1998 Geoff James 120 goals
1999 Geoff James 100 goals

The Bulldog Legacy

Wallaroo to the big time.

51 Bulldogs who went on to play SANFL, WAFL, VFL or AFL. Recorded club, era, games and goals as preserved in the archive. Adam Goodes (Sydney Swans premierships, dual Brownlow) is on this list. So is Reg Conole — 1927 Magarey Medallist and 1928 Ports premiership player.

A B C D E F G H J K L M O R S T W

A

Appleton, Edgar Arthur

SAdel 1933-40 (48-13)

★ 1938 Premiership
Avery, Bill

WAdel 1963 (2 games — 0 goals)

B

Baker, John "Beefy"

WAdel 1910-15, 1919-20 (85-15) · Stunt 1921-22 (18-6) · SAust 1920 (1-0)

★ 1911-12 Premierships · Coach WA 1936
Ball, Douglas James

WAdel 1935-36 (23-6)
Boase, Michael

Norwood 1971 (2-0)
Borlace, Scott Matthew

Sturt (SA Cty), Norwood 1998-
Bradley, Jacob "Snake"

Glenelg 1924 (5-1)

C

Clarke, Stanley Richard

Glen 1923-24 (13-3)
Cobb, Douglas Godfrey

Stunt 1947 (4-10)

★ Whittled at Kangaroos c.1950
Coley, George E.R.

WAdel 1905 (12-14) · SAdel 1907-14 (66-10)

★ Fell/road leading c.1900
Conole, Reginald Eric

PAdel 1926-29 (61-42) · SAust 1929 (1-0) · Melbourne 1930-33 (47-6)

★ ★ 1927 Magarey Medal · 1928 Premiership · Kicked 83 in a match in Victoria — vs 26 at Ports
Conole, Dennis

W Torr 1946 (1-0)

★ Son of R.E. Conole

D

Davies, Lloyd Rees

N Adel 1920-23 (24-34) · B/F 1920, 21 · NAdel 1926 Premiership

★ "Unlucky to miss SAdel selection 1921"
Donovan, Patrick L.

SAdel 1933-40 (48-0)

★ SAdel Premiership 1938 · SA/ST 1944 (1-0) · Subiaco 1946-47 (34-)

E

Edwards, Clement

W Torr 1928 (2-0) · Nor 1933-35 (24-8)

★ Brother-in-law of "Masher" Thomas · Son Doug (W Torr 1951-52, 54-55 21-1) · Grandsons: Russell NAdel 1956-57 3-3 · PAdel 1955 7-0 · Greg C. Districts (Kicked opposite one year) · Great-Grandson Shane NAdel 2005-06 (10-7) currently with N.Melb 2007-
Evans, Jimma

WAdel …

F

Fulton, Claude Victor

WAdel 1900-04, 07 (63-13) · Capt 1904, 1907 · Sturt 1905-06 (17-1) · Capt 1905-06

G

Golding, Leonard Cyril

Stunt 1925, 1934 (13-3) · WAdel 1930-33 (44-61)

★ (Kadina/Wallaroo)
Goodes, Adam

Sydney Swans …

★ ★ Sydney Swans premiership player & dual Brownlow medallist
Graham, Howard Ray

WAdel 1931 (12-30)

★ Bros
Graham, James Henry

WAdel 1931-35 (55-6)

★ "Best CHB in State"

H

Hopkins, George Gabriel

Fremantle 1898-99 · E.Free 1899, 1904 · Sth Free 1900

J

James, Geoffrey

WAdel 1988-89 (19-32)
Jones, Thomas Edgar "Hongo"

SAdel 1910-15 (54-21) · SAust 1910-11, 13 (3-0)
Juniper, Samuel Alfred

Norwood 1909 (4-0)

K

Kempster, Henry

PAdel 1888-90, 1892-95 (47-1) · SAust 1894 (1-0)
Kempster, Walter Fleet

SAdel 1887 · PAdel 1889-91, 93-95, 97 (96-3)

★ Bros with Henry, Archie
Kempster, "Archie"

SAust 1890, 94 (3-0) · PAdel 1892-94, 96- (44-0) · WAdel 1899 (1-0)
Kempster, William Thomas

W Torr 1926-28 (27-43)

★ Son of Archie
Kempster, Harry

WAdel 1922-25, 31-32 (44-35)

★ Son of W.F.
Kempster, Walter

SAdel 1919 (1-0) · SAdel 1929 (2-2)

L

Lakeman, Joscelin Cuthbert "Jos"

WAdel 1922, 24 (29-25)
Landon, Bob

PAdel 1934, 1936 (7-1)
Lawson, John Douglas

Nor 1927-28 (9-10)

M

Murch, Cecil

NAdel 1914-15 (16-1)

★ Recruited while working & playing in Wallaroo
Mutton, Lyell Albert "Snide"

Glen 1922 (9-7) · Nor 1923-33 (134-226)

★ Nor Premiers 1923, 25, 29 · SAust 1924, 29 (3-5)

O

Olds, John Leslie

SAdel 1914 (3-1)

R

Ryles, Colin Anthony

Woody 1979, 81 (2-0)

S

Spry, John William

Glen 1922-25 (33-6) · Stunt 1926 (5-1)
Surfield, Thomas

WAdel 1903 (1-2)

T

Thomas, David "Taff"

PAdel 1898-2000 (41-3)
Thomas, John "Tots"

PAdel 1894-95 (2-0)
Thomas, Thomas "Masher"

WAdel 1909 (9-0)

★ Coach SAdel 1910-11, 1913
Tomlin, Albert Edward P.

PAdel 1893-94 (93-4) · B/F 1892 · Capt 1893 · Natives (W Torr) 1895 (Capt) · SAdel 1896-99 (Capt 1898-99) · Sturt 1902-03 (Capt 1902-03) (24-3)

★ Brother-in-law to Kempsters
Triplett, Samuel

Imperials (WAFL) 1897

W

Wainwright, James William

W Torr 1907-11 (29-28) · NAdel 1913-14 (22-9) · SAdel 1919-20, 21 (20-27) (Total 7-64)

★ Prayed c.1907
Walsh, Douglas John

PAdel 1908 (8-2) · Stunt 1910-12 (32-2)

★ Chosen in SAust team 1911 but didn't play · Died of War wounds 1918
Walsh, Daniel John

NAdel 1994-97, 99 (39-27)

★ Born Wallaroo?
Warmington, Ernest

Wall 1890s-1900s · PAdel 1873, 1875

★ Pre-Rebels
Watson, Donald

Nor 1950-52 (28-0)

★ Went to Woomera
Westlake, Stan

WAdel 1938 (2-1)

The Original

The book itself.

A hundred and twenty-two pages of handwriting, colour-coded in red, blue and black ballpoint, spiral-bound and preserved. Every entry above was transcribed from these pages. The full artifact is embedded below and available for download.

Open the archive Download PDF (11.8 MB)

Attribution

Kept safe. Handed on.

The Historical Records book was compiled from newspaper archives by a Wallaroo club person years ago and scanned to make a digital copy. It sits alongside the club's Team-List Archive and the Club Chronicle in our Heritage collection.

For any correction, addition or query — a name misspelt, a goal missed, an SANFL transfer we haven't recorded — please email admin@wallaroofc.com.au and we'll get it to the Historian.