The Tyenna Football Association was a minor Australian rules football competition based in the Derwent Valley of southern Tasmania.
| Most recent season or competition: 1958 | |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1921 |
| First season | 1921 |
| Folded | 1958 |
| No. of teams | 4 (1958), 11 (historical) |
| Country | Australia |
Last champion | Maydena (1958) |
| Most titles | Westerway/Ellendale (5) |
| Related competitions | Derwent Valley FA |
History
editThe competition began as the Russell Football Association in 1921, with competing clubs being Tyenna, Ellendale, and Westerway.[1] The Russell FA ran until 1924, when it went into recess. The competition would be re-formed in 1925 as the Forest Hill Cup Football Association, with Fitzgerald, Upper Derwent Juniors, National Park and Westerway competing.[2] This iteration would last until the end of the 1927 season.
The Tyenna FA name would be first adopted when the competition re-formed in 1930.[3] After this season it entered recess again, before re-forming in 1937 with Fitzgerald, National Park and Westerway competing.[4] The 1939 season saw an unprecedented 4 games required to decide the premier. Fitzgerald won the final against Ellendale, who as minor premier were entitled to challenge Fitzgerald to a Grand Final a week later to decide the premiership. This grand final was drawn, as was a subsequent replay. Ellendale's profligacy in front of goal saw them with a score of 1.19 at the end of the third quarter of the replay but they stormed home with 4.5 in the final quarter to tie the game and force a second replay. This subsequent game saw Ellendale edge out Fitzgerald by 1 point to finally claim the premiership.[5] The TFA went into recess in 1941 due to WWII.
The TFA was re-formed in 1945 with Hamilton, Upper Derwent and National Park competing. Hamilton and Upper Derwent both left the Association a year later and were replaced by Ellendale, Lachlan and Upper Derwent's junior side.[6] In 1949 it was decided to merge the TFA into the Derwent Valley FA to create a stronger association, which saw the TFA enter recess for the next 3 seasons.[7] The formation of the Maydena club in 1952 saw the competition re-formed. The new competition began to overtake the DVFA, bringing Plenty and Lachlan over in 1953 and 1954 respectively before taking in Bronte Park and Ouse after the DVFA folded after the 1954 season. This momentum was not to last, however. Dwindling player numbers saw the competition reduced to 4 clubs by 1958. At the end of this season Plenty folded, while Ouse merged with Wayatinah and along with Maydena joined the Southern Districts Football Association.
Clubs
editFinal
edit| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in TFA |
TFA Senior Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| Maydena | Maydena Sports Ground, Maydena | – | 1952 | 1952-1958 | 2 | 1957, 1958 | Moved to Southern Districts FA in 1959 | ||
| Plenty | Plenty Football Ground, Plenty | DVFA | 1920 | 1953-1958 | 2 | 1954, 1956 | Folded after 1958 season | ||
| Ouse |  |
Magpies | Ouse Football Ground, Ouse | DVFA | 1935 | 1941, 1955-1958 | 0 | - | Merged with Wayatinah to form Ouse-Wayatinah in Southern Districts FA in 1959 |
| Wayatinah | – | 1956 | 1956-1958 | 0 | - | Merged with Ouse to form Ouse-Wayatinah in Southern Districts FA in 1959 | |||
Former
edit| Club | Colours | Nickname | Home Ground | Former League | Est. | Years in TFA |
TFA Senior Premierships | Fate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Years | ||||||||
| Bronte Park | Bronte Park Football Ground, Bronte Park | DVFA | 1949 | 1955-? | 0 | - | Folded at unknown date after 1955 | ||
| Ellendale (original) | Ellendale Football Ground, Ellendale | – | 1920 | 1921-1923 | 0 | - | Folded after 1923 season | ||
| Fitzgerald (Tyenna 1921-23, 1926-27) | Tyenna Football Ground, Tyenna | – | 1920 | 1921-1923, 1925-1927, 1930, 1937-1940 | 4 | 1921, 1922, 1930, 1937 | Did not re-form after WWII | ||
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Hamilton Showgrounds, Hamilton | – | 1886 | 1940-1941, 1945 | 2 | 1940, 1941 | Moved to Derwent Valley FA in 1946 | |
| Keamaree | Keamaree Football Ground, Bushy Park | – | 1954 | 1954 | 0 | - | Folded after 1954 season | ||
| Lachlan |  |
Tigers | Lachlan Park Oval, New Norfolk | DVFA | 1920 | 1946-1948, 1954-? | 2 | 1947, 1948 | Played in Derwent Valley FA between 1949-53. Entered recess at unknown date after 1954. |
| Molesworth | Molesworth Football Ground, Molesworth | DVFA | 1920 | 1953-? | 2 | 1953, 1955 | Folded at unknown date after 1955 season | ||
| National Park | National Park Football Ground, National Park | – | 1920s | 1922-1923, 1925-1927, 1930, 1937-1941, 1945-1948 | 1 | 1925 | Folded after 1948 season | ||
| Upper Derwent |  |
Bushy Park Recreation Ground, Bushy Park | DVFA | 1904 | 1945 | 1 | 1945 | Moved to Derwent Valley FA in 1946 | |
| Upper Derwent Juniors | |
Bushy Park Recreation Ground, Bushy Park | – | 1904 | 1925-1927, 1930, 1938-1939, 1946-1948 | 0 | - | Moved to Derwent Valley FA in 1949 | |
| Westerway (Ellendale 1939-48, 1952-53) | Ellendale Football Ground, Ellendale | DVFA | 1920 | 1921-1923, 1925-1927, 1937-1941, 1946-1948, 1952-1954 | 5 | 1923, 1938, 1939, 1946, 1952 | Played in Derwent Valley FA in 1924 and between 1949-51. Folded after 1954 season | ||
Premierships
edit| Year | Premier | Score | Runners-up | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Russell FA (1921-23) | ||||
| 1921 | Tyenna | 5.6 (36) - 4.5 (29) | Westerway | |
| 1922 | Tyenna | |||
| 1923 | Westerway | Tyenna | ||
| 1924 | Recess | |||
| Forest Hill Cup FA (1925-27) | ||||
| 1925 | National Park | |||
| 1926 | ||||
| 1927 | ||||
| 1928-29 | Recess | |||
| Tyenna FA (1930-58) | ||||
| 1930 | Fitzgerald | 5.12 (42) - 4.5 (29) | National Park | |
| 1931-36 | Recess | |||
| 1937 | Fitzgerald | Margin 5 points | Westerway | |
| 1938 | Westerway | 8.9 (57) - 4.6 (30) | Fitzgerald | |
| 1939 | Ellendale | 6.11 (47) - 6.11 (47) | Fitzgerald | Drawn grand final |
| Ellendale | 5.24 (54) - 7.12 (54) | Fitzgerald | Drawn replay | |
| Ellendale | 9.10 (64) - 8.15 (63) | Fitzgerald | Second replay | |
| 1940 | Hamilton | 8.15 (63) - 8.9 (57) | Ellendale | |
| 1941 | Hamilton | Ouse | ||
| 1941-45 | Recess - WWII | |||
| 1945 | Upper Derwent | 10.17 (77) - 4.7 (31) | Hamilton | |
| 1946 | Ellendale | Upper Derwent Juniors | ||
| 1947 | Lachlan | 5.12 (42) - 4.15 (39) | Ellendale | |
| 1948 | Lachlan | 7.7 (49) - 6.6 (42) | Ellendale | |
| 1949-51 | Recess | |||
| 1952 | Ellendale | Margin 2 points | Maydena | |
| 1953 | Molesworth | 11.6 (72) - 5.8 (38) | Plenty | |
| 1954 | Plenty | 5.12 (42) - 3.7 (25) | Lachlan | |
| 1955 | Molesworth | 10.10 (70) - 8.11 (59) | Bronte Park | |
| 1956 | Plenty | 6.7 (43) - 5.6 (36) | Maydena | |
| 1957 | Maydena | 12.17 (89) - 7.8 (50) | Wayatinah | |
| 1958 | Maydena | 7.10 (52) - 6.9 (45) | Wayatinah | |
References
edit- ↑ "RUSSELL FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Mercury. 15 June 1921. p. 8. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Mercury. 1 September 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Mercury. 19 June 1930. p. 12. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Mercury. 16 June 1937. p. 7. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "FOOTBALL". Huon Times. 5 October 1939. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Tyenna Association Re-Formed". The Mercury. 3 May 1946. p. 23. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Eight Teams In Derwent Valley". The Mercury. 29 April 1949. p. 15. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
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