Adelaide Plains Football League
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1909 in Dublin, South Australia |
| Website | APFL Sportingpulse |
| Current clubs |
Angle Vale Balaklava Hamley Bridge Hummocks-Watchman Mallala Two Wells United Virginia |
| Grounds | Ralli Park Showgrounds, Balaklava Hamley Bridge Sporting Oval, Hamley Bridge Hummocks-Watchman Eagles Football Club, Port Wakefield Lochiel Oval, Lochiel Mallala Football Club, Mallala Two Wells Football Club, Two Wells United Football Club, Long Plains Virginia Recreation Park, Virginia |
| 2015 Season | |
| A Grade Premiers | Virginia 15.13 (103) defeated Mallala 12.12 (84) |
| Reserves Premiers | Virginia 11.12 (78) defeated Mallala 8.6 (54) |
| Senior Colts Premiers (U17) | Mallala 12.5 (87) defeated Balaklava 9.10 (64) |
| Junior Colts Premiers (U14) | Balaklava 6.2 (38) defeated Two Wells 4.5 (29) |
| Plains Producer Medallist | Ned Seccafien (Two Wells) |
| Reserves Medallist | Matthew Sincock (Two Wells) |
| Senior Colts Medallist | Noah Barnett (Two Wells) |
| Junior Colts Medallist | Luke Barnett (Two Wells) |
| A Grade Leading Goalkicker | Brendon Niklaus, Virginia (125) |
| Reserves Leading Goalkicker | Ross Coleman, Two Wells (60) |
| Senior Colts Leading Goalkicker | Jacob Butterfield, Balaklava (65) |
| Junior Colts Leading Goalkicker | Luke Barnett, Two Wells (33) |
The Adelaide Plains Football League (APFL) is an Australian rules football competition based in the Adelaide Plains region immediately north of Adelaide, South Australia. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League.
Grace Plains was possibly the first club formed in the District in 1904. Football was certainly played in the other towns of Mallala, Dublin and Two Wells at that time with those clubs all officially forming in 1908. When Virginia was formed in 1909, moves were being made to form an association from a group of clubs that had played an unofficial competition in 1908.
A meeting held in Dublin on May 4, 1909 resulted in the formation of the Adelaide Plains Football Association. Delegates were present from Mallala, Virginia, Two Wells, Windsor, Lower Light and Dublin. Officers elected were, patron Mr Coombe, president Mr George Cheney and secretary Mr Andrew Driscoll. At a second meeting the colours were chosen as double blue.
Dublin had a comfortable victory over Two Wells in the first match of the new association 9.14 (68) to 0.2 (2). Dublin had gone to a lot of trouble to ensure their facilities were adequate for their opening match of the season. In the preceding months they had built dressing rooms, a pavilion and had even erected new goal posts.
Wasleys Football Club created a record in 1927 when they became the first Adelaide Plains club to complete a season without losing a match. Hamley Bridge applied to join the association in 1930 but their application was rejected because of the poor condition of the roads over which visiting teams would have to travel to arrive at Hamley Bridge.
During a history of just over 100 years, the Adelaide Plains association has stood tall, outlasting many nearby associations. The Wooroora, Wakefield, North Western, Lower North and Gilbert associations have all fallen by the wayside with their member clubs or their incarnations filtering through to become the Adelaide Plains of today.
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