Kara Kara Football League / Coonooer-Kara Kara Football League (Vic)
Quick Premiers List :
1934 - Kooreh.
1935 - Traynors Lagoon.
1936 - Saint Arnaud Stars.
1937 - Saint Arnaud Stars.
1938 - ?.
1939 - Redbank.
1940 - Cope Cope.
1941 - WW2.
1942 - WW2(?).
1943 - WW2(?).
1944 - WW2(?).
1945 - ?.
1946 - Traynors Lagoon.
Timeline :
1934 :
The Coonooer DFA was renamed as the Coonooer-Kara Kara FL. Refer also the defunct Kara Kara JFA.
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
1. Navarre (debut),
2. Kooreh,
3. Traynors Lagoon,
4. Saint Arnaud Stars,
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?. Coonooer and
?. Berrimal (may have dropped out midseason (unconfirmed).
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Traynors Lagoon 8.12.60 defeated Saint Arnaud Stars 8.9.57 @ Coonooer.
- Second Semi-Final - Kooreh 7.17.59 drew with Navarre 8.11.59 @ King Georges Park.
- Second Semi-Final Replay - Kooreh 15.15.105 defeated Navarre 11.9.75.
- Preliminary Final - Traynors Lagoon 11.5.71 defeated Navarre 6.16.52 @ Coonooer.
- Grand Final - Kooreh 14.10.94 defeated Traynors Lagoon 10.10.70 @ King George's Park.
1935 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
1/2. Kooreh,
1/2. Traynors Lagoon,
3/4. Navarre,
3/4. Saint Arnaud Stars and
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5. Coonooer (final season, last).
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Navarre 7.15.57 defeated Saint Arnaud Stars 6.13.49 @ King George's Park.
- Second Semi-Final - Traynors Lagoon 11.13.79 defeated Kooreh 8.9.57.
- (Preliminary) Final : Navarre 6.9.45 defeated Kooreh 5.11.41 @ King George's Park.
- Grand Final - Traynors Lagoon 13.6.84 defeated Navarre 7.12.54 @ King George's Park.
1936 :
The Coonooer-Kara Kara FL changed name to the Kara Kara FL.
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Kooreh,
- Navarre (not premiers),
- Saint Arnaud Stars and
- Traynors Lagoon.
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Kooreh 18.14.122 defeated Navarre 6.8.44 @ King George's Park.
- Second Semi-Final - Saint Arnaud Stars 14.11.95 defeated Traynors Lagoon 14.8.92 @ King George's Park.
- (Preliminary) Final - Traynors Lagoon 13.9.87 drew with Kooreh 14.3.87.
- (Preliminary) Final Replay - Traynors Lagoon 12.15.87 defeated Kooreh 12.14.86 @ King George's Park.
- Grand Final - Saint Arnaud Stars 19.9.123 defeated Traynors Lagoon 14.9.93 @ King George's Park.
1937 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Bealiba (debut),
- Kooreh,
- Navarre (not premiers),
- Redbank (debut),
- Saint Arnaud Stars and
- Traynors Lagoon (final season).
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Navarre 10.10.70 defeated Redbank 8.12.60 @ King George's Park.
- Second Semi-Final - Traynors Lagoon 12.9.81 defeated Saint Arnaud Stars 9.12.66 @ King George's Park.
- (Preliminary) Final - Saint Arnaud Stars 16.9.105 defeated Navarre 16.4.100 @ King George's Park.
- Grand Final - Saint Arnaud Stars 10.15.75 defeated Traynors Lagoon 5.16.46 @ King George's Park.
1938 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
- Bealiba (final season),
- Cope Cope (debut),
- Kooreh,
- Navarre (not premiers),
- Redbank and
- Saint Arnaud Stars.
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Kooreh defeated Navarre @ King George's Park.
- Second Semi-Final - Saint Arnaud Stars defeated Redbank.
- (Preliminary) Final - Kooreh defeated Redbank.
- Grand Final - Saint Arnaud Stars v Kooreh (winner unknown).
1939 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
1. Redbank,
2. Cope Cope,
3. Navarre,
4. Marnoo District (changed name from Marnoo, this season only),
5. Kooreh and
6. Saint Arnaud Stars.
Finals Series :
- First Semi-Final - Navarre 7.6.48 defeated Marnoo District 5.9.39 @ King Georges Park.
- Second Semi-Final - Cope Cope 11.14.80 defeated Redbank 9.11 9.11 @ King Georges Park.
- (Preliminary) Final - Redbank 15.16.106 defeated Navarre 9.14.68 @ King George's Park.
- Grand Final - Redbank 9.17.71 defeated Cope Cope 5.18.48 @ King George's Park.
1940 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :[source]
- Cope Cope,
- Kooreh,
- Marnoo District (did not complete season),
- Saint Arnaud Stars,
- Navarre and
- Redbank.
Grand Final - Cope Cope defeated Navarre by 6 points.
1941 - The competition was in recess due to the onset of WW2.
1945 - Emu defeated Saint Arnaud Woodcutters 10.11 to 1.5. Assuming this is football, it would be in the Kara Kara FL.
1946 :
Participating clubs included :
- Traynors Lagoon,
- Saint Arnaud Stars,
- Kooreh and
- Emu.
Grand Final - Traynors Lagoon defeated Kooreh.
Other Clubs :
Other clubs to have participated, season(s) unknown, include Stuart Mill (hinted at but not confirmed, possibly pre-1930s).
References & Publications :
- Saint Arnaud Mercury 1930, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 (SLV).