style="font-size: larger;" | Western Tasmanian Football Association

General Information
Founded	1963
Former names	Queenstown FA (founded in 1924)
Closed	1994
Final clubs	Lyell Gormanston Lions Queenstown Blues Strahan Seals Zeehan Bulldogs
Former clubs	City Magpies Gormanston Blues Lyell Maroons Mines United Smelters Robins Railway Rosebery Saints Rosebery-Toorak Hawks Toorak Tigers Tullah-Savage River
Stadiums	Queenstown Oval Queenstown Oval, Tasmania Queenstown Oval, built in 1880, is an infamous gravel playing surface in Queenstown located on the west coast of Tasmania. The ground has a main concrete grandstand and a total capacity of 5,000....
1993 WTFA Season
Premiers	Lyell-Gormanston
Minor Premiers	Lyell-Gormanston
Wooden spoon	Not available.
Bartram Medalist	Not available.
Leading Goalkicker	Not available.

The Western Tasmanian Football Association was a former Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

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 competition based on the West Coast of Tasmania

Tasmania

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, Australia

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.

The competition was made up of mostly miners living and working on the State's West Coast.

Of all the clubs that participated in the competition, only Queenstown Football Club (now nicknamed the Crows) and Rosebery-Toorak Football Club remain in existence, participating in competitions on the North West Coast.

History

• ― The League began in 1924 as the Queenstown Football Association.
• ― The League underwent a name change to the Western Tasmanian Football Association in 1963.
• ― In 1976, the WTFA absorbed the surviving clubs from the Murchison Football Association.
• ― Lyell Football Club and Gormanston Football Club merge in 1976.
• ― In 1977, Smelters Football Club changed their name to Queenstown Football Club.
• ― Rosebery Football Club and Toorak Football Club merge in 1987.
• ― Rosebery-Toorak Football Club leave the WTFA and join the NWFA to start in 1990.
• ― In 1991, the Strahan Football Club re-formed and entered the WTFA, they last played in the Murchison FA in 1958.
• ― The WTFA closed down in 1994.

Queenstown FA premiership winners: 1924-1963

• 1924 ― Smelters
• 1925 ― Railway
• 1926 ― City
• 1927 ― Smelters
• 1928 ― Smelters
• 1929 ― Smelters
• 1930 ― Smelters
• 1931 ― Smelters
• 1932 ― Mines United
• 1933 ― Mines United
• 1934 ― City
• 1935 ― Mines United
• 1936 ― Gormanston
• 1937 ― City
• 1938 ― Smelters
• 1939 ― City
• 1940 ― City
• 1941 ― City
• 1942 ― Lyell
• 1943 ― Lyell
• 1944 ― Lyell
• 1945 ― Lyell
• 1946 ― Lyell
• 1947 ― City
• 1948 ― City
• 1949 ― Gormanston
• 1950 ― Gormanston
• 1951 ― Lyell
• 1952 ― City
• 1953 ― City
• 1954 ― Smelters
• 1955 ― Smelters
• 1956 ― Smelters
• 1957 ― City
• 1958 ― Lyell
• 1959 ― Smelters
• 1960 ― City
• 1961 ― Lyell
• 1962 ― Lyell
• 1963 ― City

WTFA Premiership winners: 1964-1993

• 1964 ― Lyell 15.17 (107) v Gormanston 9.5 (59)
• 1965 ― Gormanston 9.10 (64) v Lyell 4.14 (38)
• 1966 ― Gormanston 16.11 (107) v Lyell 13.9 (87)
• 1967 ― Toorak 8.9 (57) v Rosebery 6.17 (53)
• 1968 ― Gormanston 10.16 (76) v Toorak 8.12 (60)
• 1969 ― Gormanston 12.14 (86) v Rosebery 8.5 (53)
• 1970 ― Gormanston 19.11 (125) v Toorak 16.13 (109)
• 1971 ― Rosebery 20.18 (138) v Toorak 19.12 (126)
• 1972 ― Rosebery 11.12 (78) v Toorak 10.10 (70)
• 1973 ― Smelters 15.13 (103) v Toorak 12.14 (86)
• 1974 ― Rosebery 16.17 (113) v Smelters 7.12 (54)
• 1975 ― Rosebery 15.17 (107) v Toorak 15.13 (103)
• 1976 ― Lyell-Gormanston 26.25 (181) v City 8.12 (60)
• 1977 ― Toorak 15.21 (111) v Lyell-Gormanston 12.18 (90)
• 1978 ― Queenstown 16.26 (122) v Toorak 14.15 (99)
• 1979 ― Rosebery 15.12 (102) v Toorak 13.12 (90)
• 1980 ― Rosebery 12.17 (89) v Toorak 10.12 (72)
• 1981 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.18 (138) v Rosebery 13.13 (91)
• 1982 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98) v Toorak 9.17 (71)
• 1983 ― Queenstown 7.13 (55) v Lyell-Gormanston 4.4 (28)
• 1984 ― Queenstown 15.19 (109) v Lyell-Gormanston 7.21 (63)
• 1985 ― Zeehan 22.10 (142) v Lyell-Gormanston 14.14 (98)
• 1986 ― Lyell-Gormanston 12.15 (87) v Queenstown 12.14 (86)
• 1987 ― Lyell-Gormanston 9.16 (70) v Tullah-Savage River 7.14 (56)
• 1988 ― Lyell-Gormanston 11.18 (84) v Zeehan 7.9 (51)
• 1989 ― Lyell-Gormanston 14.22 (106) v Queenstown 16.8 (104)
• 1990 ― Lyell-Gormanston 22.21 (153) v Queenstown 16.8 (104)
• 1991 ― Lyell-Gormanston 18.18 (126) v Strahan 14.7 (91)
• 1992 ― Lyell-Gormanston 20.19 (139) v Zeehan 13.12 (90)
• 1993 ― Lyell-Gormanston 17.19 (121) v Queenstown 12.12 (84)

Individual awards

• The senior B&F was the Bartram Medal.
• The reserves B&F was the ALB. Broadby Trophy.
• Seniors and reserves both had leading goalkicker awards.

1987 Ladder

West Tasmanian FA	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Rosebery-Toorak	10	0	5	1	1403	1071	131.00%	42
Lyell-Gormanston	9	0	7	0	1447	1336	108.31%	36
Tullah-Savage River	9	0	7	0	1264	1220	103.61%	36
Zeehan	7	0	9	0	1210	1473	82.15%	28
Queenstown	4	0	11	1	1387	1611	86.10%	18

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
1st Semi	Tullah-Savage River	13	11	89	Zeehan	9	14	68
2nd Semi	Lyell-Gormanston	14	16	100	Rosebery-Toorak	12	8	80
Preliminary	Tullah-Savage River	13	17	95	Rosebery-Toorak	10	8	68
Grand	Lyell-Gormanston	9	16	70	Tullah-Savage River	7	14	56

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