TheCentral Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was anAustralian Rules Football League based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria. The CGVFL was originally established as theArdmona Central Junior Football Association in 1923,^[1] before being re-named to theGoulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association in 1926,Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1937 and finally theCentral Goulburn Valley Football League on Monday, 11 March 1946 at the league's Annual General Meeting.^[2]

TheGoulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association (GVSEFA) superseded the Ardmona Central Junior Football Association,^[3] and was established in 1926 from the followingGoulburn Valley clubs – Ardmona, Dookie, Mooroopna, Shepparton East and Undera, with Mr Brophy as president and Mr J Pearson as secretary as the initial office bearers.

This competition ran for eleven seasons, from 1926 to 1936 and was a completely separate competition to the Goulburn Valley Football Association.

Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald, who would later become the 37thpremier of Victoria, was president of the GVSEFA from 1927 to 1933.

The GVSEFA was a Saturday afternoon competition, while theGoulburn Valley Football League was a Wednesday afternoon competition.^[4]

At the AGM of the GVSEFA in 1937 it was proposed to change the name of the association to just the Goulburn Valley Football Association and this was approved at the next delegates meeting in March, where it was also agreed to retain the junior status of the competition in favour of a senior football competition. 1937.^[5][6]

During this era, the "new" GVFA was played on Saturdays and theGoulburn Valley Football League was played on Wednesdays, with the new GVFA a more Shepparton based competition, with the grand final being played on the Shepparton Recreation Reserve (nowDeakin Reserve) each year.^[7]

In 1940, Shepparton Imperials' committee decide to drop the "Imperials" from its name and would be known as just theShepparton Football Club.^[8]

The GVFA went into recess between 1942 and 1944 due to World War II. During the late stages of World War II, the GVFA was revived in 1945, with the following teams competing – Ardmona, Dookie, Dookie College, Katandra, Mooroopna, Shepparton, Shepparton East, SPC and Tatura. Sheppparton East defeated SPC in the grand final^[9] andJohn McLeish from Dookie College won the 1945 – GVFA Best and Fairest /Shepparton Advertiser Trophy.

The GVFA changed its name to the Central Goulburn Valley Football League at the 1946 GVFA – AGM,^[10][11] when theGoulburn Valley Football League was re-established in 1946.

The Central Goulburn Valley Football League (CGVFL) was established on Monday, 11 March 1946 at the Annual General Meeting of theGoulburn Valley Football Association, when a name change of thisAustralian rules football competition took place.

In July, 1946, former Richmond player and Katandra captain,Eddie Ford collided with an Ardmona player, but played out the game and went home, but later became ill. Ford was taken to the Mooroopna Hospital, where he later died.^[12]

In 1947, CGVFL premiers, Ardmona were defeated by the premiers of theMurray Football League, Cobram, played at Numurkah in October, 1947.^[13]

On Thursday, 23 February 1950, the Centrals Seconds Association officially folded up and existing teams were recommended to join the CGVFL senior football competition.^[14]

At the 1950 CGVFL – AGM, Miepoll were admitted into the competition, Sheparton East and SPC merged, but joined theGoulburn Valley Football League as City United Football Club and Mr. J Pearson was elected as secretary for the 25th consecutive year of the following football competitions –^[15]

• Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association – 1926 to 1936
• Goulburn Valley Football Association – 1937 to 1945
• Central Goulburn Valley Football League – 1946 to 1952

In June, 1950, theGoulburn Valley Football League 13.14 – 92 defeated Central Goulburn Valley Football League 8.15 – 63.^[16]

The CGVFL officially went into "recess" at the 1953 CGVFL – AGM, but never reformed as a football competition.^[17]

A thorough history of this ruralAustralian rules football competition can be found in a great 1949 article in theShepparton Advertiser by clicking on this citation.^[1]

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	CGVFL Seasons	CGVFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
Dookie College		Students	Dookie College	TTFA	1908	1927, 1941-1952	1	1952	Moved toBenalla Tungamah FL in 1953
Katandra		Kats	Katandra Recreation Reserve,Katandra West	KDFA	1911	1936-1941, 1945-1952	2	1950, 1951	Moved toBenalla Tungamah FL in 1953
Miepoll			Miepoll Recreation Reserve,Miepoll	EDFA	1900s	1950-1952	0	-	1953-1954 unknown. Began playing inKyabram District FL in1955.
Shepparton East			Central Park Recreation Reserve,Shepparton East	SSFA	1925	1925-1926, 1945-1952	3	1926, 1945, 1948	Entered recess after 1926 season. Re-formed inShepparton Sunday FA in 1944. Merged withSPC to formCity United in 1950, who fielded a team known asShepparton East in CGVFL until the competition's demise. Re-formed inKyabram District FL in 1956.
Tallygaroopna		Redlegs	Tallygaroopna Recreation Reserve,Tallygaroopna	GVFA	1904	1930-1940, 1946-1952	0	-	Moved toPicola & District FL in 1953
Undera		Lions	Undera Recreation Reserve,Undera	KDJFA,KDFA	1888	1923-1939, 1950-1952	2	1925, 1930	Merged withMooroopna in 1953, re-formed inKyabram District FL in 1954

Club	Colours[18]	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	CGVFL Seasons	CGVFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Most recent
Ardmona			Ardmona Recreation Reserve,Ardmona	TDFA	1920	1923-1949	5	1932, 1933, 1935, 1936 1947	Entered recess in 1950, re-formed inKyabram District FL in 1957
Benalla All Blacks (reserve grade only)			Friendlies Oval,Benalla	TTFA	1934	1946	0	-	Entered recess in early 1947, re-formed inBenalla & District FL in 1953
Bunbartha			Bunbartha Recreation Reserve,Bunbartha	GVFA	1910	1928-1930	0	-	Absorbed byTallygaroopna in 1931
Cosgrove				KDFA		1927-1929	0	-	Merged withDookie in 1930 to formDookie Cosgrove
Dookie		Magpies	Dookie Recreation Reserve,Dookie	DFA,KDFA	1887	1926, 1940-1948	0	-	Moved toBenalla Tungamah FL in 1949
Dookie Cosgrove				–	1930	1930	0	-	De-merged into Dookie and Cosgrove, which both moved toKatandra FA in 1931
Kyabram Youth Club				–	1940s	1949-1950	0	-	Moved toKyabram District FL in 1951
Lemnos			Lemnos Recreation Reserve,Lemnos	–	1928	1928-1941	4	1934, 1937, 1938, 1940	Moved toGoulburn Valley FL in 1946 asLemnos-Shepparton
Merrigum			Merrigum Recreation Reserve,Merrigum	CFA	1902	1923-1924	0	-	Moved toKyabram District Junior FA in 1925
Mooroopna		Cats	Mooroopna Recreation Reserve,Mooroopna	GVFL	1877	1939-1948	2	1939, 1946	Returned toGoulburn Valley FL in 1949
Mooroopna Seconds		Cats	Mooroopna Recreation Reserve,Mooroopna	SDSEFA	1877	1923-1948	2	1928, 1929	Moved toGoulburn Valley FL in 1949
North West Mooroopna						1923-1924	0	-	Folded
Numurkah Seconds		Blues	Numurkah Recreation Reserve,Numurkah	PDFL	1882	1948-1949	0	-	Moved toPicola & District FL in 1950
Shepparton		Maroons	Deakin Reserve,Shepparton	GVFL	1880s	1940-1949	2	1941, 1949	Returned toGoulburn Valley FL in 1950
Shepparton Boys				–	1950	1950[19]	0	-	Folded in 1951
Shepparton Imperials		Fuchsias, Imps	Deakin Reserve,Shepparton	Unknown league "in the vicinity ofKialla"[1]	1924	1926-1929, 1931-1939	2	1927, 1934	Entered recess due toWWII, re-formed in 1945 asSPC
Shepparton Preserving Company (SPC)			Deakin Reserve,Shepparton	SSFA	1945	1945-1949	0	-	Merged withShepparton East to formCity United in 1950
Shepparton Settlement						1926	0	-	Entered recess in 1927[20]
Tatura Reserves		Bulldogs	Tatura Showgrounds,Tatura	GVFL	1904	1945	0	-	Re-joinedGoulburn Valley FL in 1946
Tatura Reserves		Bulldogs	Tatura Showgrounds,Tatura		1904	1923-?, 1933-1935	2	1923, 1924
Toolamba		Grasshoppers	Toolamba Recreation Reserve,Toolamba	GVFL	1930s	1923-?, 1931-1940, 1946, 1949-1951	0	-	Absorbed byMurchison in 1952
Wunghnu		Magpies	Wunghnu Recreation Reserve,Wunghnu	GVFA	1874	1931-1939, 1949-1950	1	1931	Moved toPicola & District FL in 1951

• Shepparton RR – Shepparton Recreation Reserve (venue name was changed toDeakin Reserve in October, 1947, afterAlfred Deakin)^[53]

This award was donated by and called the Shepparton Advertiser Trophy, in 1946 and 1947, then was called the Neal Hanlon Memorial Trophy from 1948 to 1952.^[54]

1946: Eric James also won theGoulburn Valley Football League's Morrison Medal in 1935 & 1937, with theShepparton Football Club.

• Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state)
• Goulburn

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