Central Highlands Football League

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Central Highlands Football League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2021
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1979; 42 years ago (1979)
No. of teams17
Country Australia

The Central Highlands Football League is an Australian Rules Football League in the Ballarat region. The league coordinates Senior, Reserve, Under 18, Under 15 and Under 12 grades.

History[]

The CHFL was formed in 1979 as a merger of the Clunes FL and the Ballarat Bacchus Marsh FL. In 2011 the league admitted four new clubs from the defunct Lexton Plains Football League, bringing the total number of clubs to 18. In 2014 Illabarook changed its name to Smythesdale to reflect the town it plays its home games.

Central Highlands FL Clubs[]

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Locations of the 2019 CHFL clubs.
Col. Club Nickname Home Ground Joined Premiers
won
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 Ballan Blues Ballan Football Ground
1979
2
Adelaide Club symbol.svg
 Beaufort Crows Goldfields Recreation Reserve
1994
3
MelbourneDesign.svg
 Bungaree Demons Bungaree Football Ground
1979
2
Essendonsymbol.png
 Buninyong Bombers Buninyong Football Ground
1979
1
StKildaDesign.svg
 Carngham Linton Saints Linton Football Ground
Snake Valley Recreation Reserve
2011
0
CollingwoodMagpiesDesign.png
 Clunes Magpies Clunes Football Ground
1979
3
StKildaDesign.svg
 Creswick Wickers Doug Lindsay Reserve
1979
1
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 Daylesford Bulldogs Victoria Park
2006
3
Portadelaidesymbol.png
 Dunnstown Towners Dunnstown Football Ground
1979
3
Gordon Football Club flag icon.png
 Gordon Eagles Gordon Football Ground
1979
1
PortMelbourneDesign.png
 Hepburn Burras Hepburn Football Ground
1979
8
Cranbourne Eagles Colours.png
 Learmonth Lakies Learmonth Football Ground
1979
0
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 Newlyn Cats Newlyn Football Ground
1979
2
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 Rokewood Corindhap Grasshoppers Rokewood Football Ground
2011
0
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 Skipton Emus Skipton Football Ground
2011
0
RichmondDesign.svg
 Springbank Tigers Wallace Recreation Reserve
1979
5
North-melbourne.svg
 Waubra Roos Waubra Football Ground
1979
4

Former Clubs[]

Club Years Premiers
won 		Status
Darley 1979–1985
1
 Left for the Riddell DFL later joining the Ballarat FL
Korweingaboora 1979–1981
0
 Defunct
Smythesdale 2011–2018
0
 In recess (formerly known as Illabarook)
Wendouree 1979–1994
1
 Merged with Ballarat YCW to form Lake Wendouree and join Ballarat FL

Seniors Premierships[]

  • 1979 Clunes
  • 1980 Ballan
  • 1981 Ballan
  • 1982 Waubra
  • 1983 Wendouree
  • 1984 Darley
  • 1985 Hepburn
  • 1986 Hepburn
  • 1987 Creswick
  • 1988 Gordon
  • 1989 Hepburn
  • 1990 Springbank
  • 1991 Bungaree
  • 1992 Newlyn
  • 1993 Clunes
  • 1994 Dunnstown
  • 1995 Beaufort
  • 1996 Beaufort
  • 1997 Clunes
  • 1998 Dunnstown
  • 1999 Dunnstown
  • 2000 Springbank
  • 2001 Springbank
  • 2002 Buninyong
  • 2003 Newlyn
  • 2004 Hepburn
  • 2005 Hepburn
  • 2006 Waubra
  • 2007 Daylesford
  • 2008 Hepburn
  • 2009 Daylesford
  • 2010 Hepburn
  • 2011 Waubra
  • 2012 Daylesford
  • 2013 Hepburn
  • 2014 Bungaree
  • 2015 Springbank
  • 2016 Springbank
  • 2017 Hepburn
  • 2018 Beaufort
  • 2019 Waubra
  • 2020 League in recess due to COVID19 pandemic

Statistics[]

Records
Highest Score 436 – Gordon 69.22.436 (Smythesdale 1.1.7) – 2015
Most goals in a game 22 - Paul McMahon - Springbank v's Smythesdale round 17 2016
Most goals in a season 149 - Ian McBain – Dunnstown – 1982
Most wins in a row 32 - Dunnstown - 1994-1995
Most losses in a row 83 - Smythesdale (Illabarook) - 2011-2015
2019 CHFL season
Premiers
  • Seniors:Waubra
  • Reserves:Creswick
  • Under 18s:Gordon
  • Under 15s:Gordon
 Minor Premiers
  • Seniors:Buninyong
  • Reserves:Buninyong
  • Under 18s:Gordon
  • Under 15s:Dunnstown
Wooden Spoon
  • Seniors:Clunes
  • Reserves:Bungaree
  • Under 18s:Waubra
  • Under 15s:Carngham-Linton
Best Player: Bailey Hayles

2011 Ladder[]

Central Highlands Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Hepburn 16 0 1 0 2105 938 224.41% 64 Elimination Gordon 10 12 72 Dunnstown 5 7 37
Waubra 15 0 2 0 1960 780 251.28% 60 Elimination Bungaree 13 3 81 Beaufort 8 10 58
Buninyong 15 0 2 0 1644 993 165.56% 60 Qualifying Daylesford 13 7 85 Hepburn 7 16 58
Daylesford 13 0 4 0 2020 1087 185.83% 52 Qualifying Waubra 10 16 76 Buninyong 10 10 70
Gordon 12 0 5 0 1834 1571 116.74% 48 Semi Hepburn 24 10 154 Gordon 12 7 79
Bungaree 11 0 6 0 1659 1279 129.71% 44 Semi Buninyong 15 17 107 Buninyong 7 9 51
Beaufort 11 0 6 0 1414 1157 122.21% 44 Preliminary Waubra 16 9 105 Hepburn 10 12 72
Dunnstown 10 0 7 0 1360 990 137.37% 40 Preliminary Daylesford 13 9 87 Buninyong 11 13 79
Clunes 8 0 9 0 1293 1173 110.23% 32 Grand Waubra 10 9 69 Daylesford 6 8 44
Springbank 7 0 10 0 1327 1315 100.91% 28
Carngham-Linton 7 0 10 0 1378 1516 90.90% 28
Newlyn 7 0 10 0 1051 1437 73.14% 28
Skipton 7 0 10 0 1218 1698 71.73% 28
Creswick 4 0 13 0 1058 1632 64.83% 16
Learmonth 3 0 14 0 1192 1560 76.41% 12
Rokewood-Corindhap 3 0 14 0 1275 1913 66.65% 12
Ballan 3 0 14 0 1070 2088 51.25% 12
Illabarook 1 0 16 0 619 2350 26.34% 4

2012 Ladder[]

Central Highlands Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Hepburn 15 0 2 0 2266 907 249.83% 60 Elimination Waubra 18 10 118 Creswick 9 8 62
Buninyong 15 0 2 0 1725 783 220.31% 60 Elimination Newlyn 11 12 78 Springbank 8 3 51
Bungaree 15 0 2 0 1744 810 215.31% 60 Qualifying Daylesford 11 10 76 Hepburn 10 12 72
Daylesford 14 0 3 0 1672 923 181.15% 56 Qualifying Buninyong 16 13 109 Bungaree 8 8 56
Waubra 13 0 4 0 1426 897 158.97% 52 Semi Hepburn 19 11 125 Waubra 9 7 61
Springbank 11 0 6 0 1255 1049 119.64% 44 Semi Bungaree 10 14 74 Newlyn 6 6 42
Newlyn 10 0 6 1 1304 958 136.12% 42 Preliminary Buninyong 9 17 71 Hepburn 9 9 63
Creswick 10 0 7 0 1098 1107 99.19% 40 Preliminary Daylesford 17 13 115 Bungaree 9 16 70
Beaufort 8 0 8 1 1205 1210 99.59% 34 Grand Daylesford 12 10 82 Buninyong 11 7 73
Gordon 7 0 10 0 1381 1466 94.20% 28
Dunnstown 7 0 10 0 825 1348 61.20% 28
Clunes 6 0 11 0 1282 1294 99.07% 24
Ballan 5 0 12 0 1192 1402 85.02% 20
Skipton 4 0 12 1 962 1412 68.13% 18
Carngham-Linton 4 0 12 1 892 1746 51.09% 18
Learmonth 4 0 13 0 841 1582 53.16% 16
Rokewood-Corindhap 3 0 14 0 1185 1726 68.66% 12
Illabarook 0 0 17 0 632 2267 27.88% 0

2013 Ladder[]

Central Highlands Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Buninyong 17 0 0 0 1719 562 305.87% 68 Elimination Daylesford 13 18 96 Creswick 10 10 70
Waubra 16 0 1 0 1888 878 215.03% 64 Elimination Springbank 12 10 82 Creswick 10 10 70
Bungaree 13 0 4 0 1452 713 203.65% 52 Qualifying Hepburn 9 5 59 Buninyong 6 7 43
Hepburn 13 0 4 0 1532 1072 142.91% 52 Qualifying Waubra 10 10 70 Bungaree 9 6 60
Springbank 12 0 5 0 1302 894 145.64% 48 Semi Buninyong 18 8 116 Springbank 13 13 91
Daylesford 11 0 6 0 1840 1033 178.12% 44 Semi Bungaree 13 13 91 Daylesford 7 6 48
Gordon 10 0 7 0 1594 1195 133.39% 40 Preliminary Buninyong 14 11 95 Waubra 11 12 78
Creswick 8 0 8 1 1291 1057 122.14% 34 Preliminary Hepburn 15 13 103 Bungaree 6 12 48
Learmonth 8 0 9 0 1206 1265 95.34% 32 Grand Hepburn 16 10 106 Buninyong 14 13 97
Skipton 8 0 9 0 1204 1415 85.09% 32
Newlyn 6 0 9 2 969 1041 93.08% 28
Clunes 7 0 10 0 1100 1286 85.54% 28
Carngham-Linton 6 0 10 1 1204 1402 85.88% 26
Ballan 6 0 11 0 1201 1415 84.88% 24
Beaufort 5 0 12 0 895 1277 70.09% 20
Dunnstown 4 0 13 0 815 1417 57.52% 16
Rokewood-Corindhap 1 0 16 0 644 1911 33.70% 4
Illabarook 0 0 17 0 447 2470 18.10% 0

2014 Ladder[]

Central Highlands Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Bungaree 15 0 2 0 1923 689 279.10% 60 Elimination Buninyong 14 15 99 Daylesford 9 10 64
Gordon 15 0 2 0 2089 1155 180.87% 60 Elimination Springbank 10 10 70 Learmonth 8 7 55
Hepburn 14 0 3 0 1859 850 218.71% 56 Qualifying Gordon 19 13 127 Hepburn 13 6 84
Waubra 13 0 3 1 1733 870 199.20% 54 Qualifying Waubra 11 10 76 Bungaree 11 7 73
Buninyong 13 0 3 1 1545 932 165.77% 54 Semi Springbank 12 13 85 Hepburn 6 9 45
Springbank 11 0 6 0 1551 932 166.42% 44 Semi Bungaree 19 17 131 Buninyong 9 4 58
Learmonth 11 0 6 0 1533 1012 151.48% 44 Preliminary Springbank 18 10 118 Waubra 7 9 51
Daylesford 11 0 6 0 1347 1076 125.19% 44 Preliminary Bungaree 12 17 89 Gordon 10 21 81
Ballan 8 0 9 0 1552 1153 134.61% 32 Grand Bungaree 16 18 114 Springbank 7 14 56
Clunes 8 0 9 0 1321 1461 90.42% 32
Creswick 7 0 10 0 1240 1168 106.16% 28
Beaufort 7 0 10 0 1100 1167 94.26% 28
Carngham-Linton 6 0 11 0 1328 1573 84.42% 24
Newlyn 5 0 12 0 1044 1505 69.37% 20
Skipton 4 0 13 0 991 1492 66.42% 16
Rokewood-Corindhap 2 0 15 0 941 1576 59.71% 8
Dunnstown 2 0 15 0 779 1317 59.15% 8
Smythesdale 0 0 17 0 92 4040 2.28% 0

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