Stawell Warriors Football Club / Warrior Football Club (Vic)
Guernseys & Nicknames :
1890 - Warrior FC wore blue and white colours.[source]
1931 - Warriors wore green & gold colours.[source]
1947 - Warriors wore green & gold colours.
1970-97 - Warriors wore a green guernsey with a gold vee.
Timeline :
1888 :[source]
Scratch Match - Warrior v Rising Star.
Scratch Match - Warrior v Railway.
Scratch Match - Warrior v Union.
1889 - Sprague Junior Cup : Warriors were premiers.[source]
1890 - (Scratch?) matches were played between Ararat Imperials, Ballarat West, Stawell Wanderers and Warriors[source].
1891 - Sprague-Gregory Trophy : Warrior were premiers.
1892 :[source]
General - Warrior were the senior team in Stawell this season.
Scratch matches - Horsham defeated Warrior twice.
1893 - Various scratch matches were played between Stawell Imperials, Stawell Warrior, Stawell Union, Stawell Star, Ararat Havelock, Ararat Imperials, Murtoa Ramblers, Great Western & Hamilton Jrs.[source]
1894 - Union and Warrior merged to form Ramblers FC.[source]
1901 - It has been suggested that the Stawell Warriors team which existed this year was a progression from the Warrior 2nds team.
1902 - Scratch matches : Local matches were played between Albions, Cornish Town, Warriors, Oriental, Lake Lonsdale, School Of Mines Glenorchy & Rechabites.[source]
1912 - Warrior FC existed.[source]
1913 - Douglass Trophy : Warriors participated.
1914 - Keys Trophy Final : Swifts defeated Warriors @ Central Park.
1915 - ? FA : Glenorchy, Joel Joel, Stawell Railways, School Of Mines, Wal Wal, Wallaloo East and Warriors were reported to have commenced a new assocation.[source]
1919 - Edgerton Trophy : Warriors participated.
1920-21 - Stawell & DFA : Warriors participated.
1926 - Stawell & DFA : Warriors participated.
1931 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors FC reformed.[source]
Warriors were 1st or 2nd after H&As.
Grand Final - Swifts 7.14.56 or 7.10.52 defeated Warriors 6.7.43.
1932 (South Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Warriors 8.4.52 defeated Swifts 5.9.39 @ Central Park.
Grand Final - Warriors 11.10.76 defeated Pomonal 10.8.68.
1933 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors were minor premiers.
Second Semi-Final - Swifts 10.8.68 defeated Warriors 8.9.57 @ Central Park.
Challenge Final - Warriors 15.16.106 defeated Pomonal 9.10.64 @ Central Park.
1934 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors were 4th after H&As.
First Semi-Final - Warriors 11.12.78 defeated North-Western 8.10.58 @ Marnoo.
Final - Warriors 18.7.115 defeated Marnoo 8.5.53 @ Central Park.
Grand Final - Warriors 10.8.68 defeated Swifts 10.6.66 @ Central Park.
1935 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors were 3rd after H&As.
First Semi-Final - Joel Rovers 14.4.88 defeated Warriors 12.21.93 @ Landsborough.
1936 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors finished 7th.
1937 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors were 2nd after H&As.
Second Semi-Final - Marnoo 12.15.87 defeated Warriors 6.17.53 @ Rupanyup.
Preliminary Final - Rupanyup 12.16.88 defeated Warriors 9.11.65 @ Marnoo.
1938 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors finished probably 6th & last, possibly 5th.
1939 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 8.4.52 defeated Rupanyup 7.9.51.
1940 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 15.8.98 defeated Saint Marys 11.9.75.
1946 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors FC reformed.
Grand Final - Glenorchy 5.5.35 defeated Warriors 4.7.31.
1947 (South Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Warriors 9.11.67 defeated Swifts 3.7.25.
Grand Final - Warriors 9.9.63 defeated Swifts 6.8.44 @ Central Park.
1948 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 12.24.96 defeated Marnoo 8.8.56.
1949 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 6.11.47 defeated Murtoa Juniors 2.8.20.
1950 - South Wimmera FL Preliminary Final : Marnoo defeated Warriors by 5 or 6 points at Rupanyup.
1951 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors participated.
1952 (South Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Marnoo 8.15.63 defeated Warriors 2.9.21.
Preliminary Final - Swifts defeated Warriors.
1953 (South Wimmera FL) :
Preliminary Final - Warriors were victorious.
Grand Final - Marnoo 10.13.73 defeated Warriors 8.8.56.
1954 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors finished on top after the H&As.
Second Semi-Final - Warriors defeated Halls Gap easily.
Grand Final - Warriors 8.9.57 defeated Marnoo 7.9.51 @ Glenorchy.
1955 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 12.10.82 defeated Marnoo 6.12.48.
1956 - South Wimmera FL Second Semi Final : Marnoo defeated Warriors @ Glenorchy.
1957 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Halls Gap 10.15.75 defeated Warriors 7.7.49.
1958 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors finished 7th.
1959 - South Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Swifts 21.15.141 defeated Warriors 9.8.62 @ Glenorchy.
1960 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors participated.
1961 (South Wimmera FL) :
First Semi Final - Warriors 6.14.50 defeated Glenorchy 4.15.37 @ Marnoo.
Preliminary Final - Warriors 15.18.108 defeated Minyip Juniors 4.6.30 @ Glenorchy.
Grand Final - Swifts 8.18.66 were defeated by Warriors 15.10.100.
1962 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors participated.
1963 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Halls Gap 6.13.49 defeated Warriors 6.11.47.
1964 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Halls Gap 12.8.80 defeated Warriors 11.12.78.
1965 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 20.20.140 defeated Marnoo 15.12.102.
1966 - South Wimmera FL : Warriors participated.
1967 (South Wimmera FL) :
Warriors were 2nd after H&As.
Second Semi Final - Warriors 3.14.32 defeated Marnoo 2.2.14.
Grand Final - Marnoo 14.12.96 defeated Warriors 6.11.47.
1968 - South Wimmera FL Grand Final : Warriors 11.17.83 defeated Murtoa Juniors 10.9.69.
1969 (South Wimmera FL) :
Grand Final - Glenorchy 11.13.79 defeated Warriors 10.14.74.
This was Warriors' final season in the South Wimmera FL.
1970 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors commenced.
1971-77 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors participated.
1978 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 8.14.62 defeated Moyston 4.10.34.
1979 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors participated.
1980 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 11.9.75 defeated Caledonians 8.9.57.
1981 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 18.23.131 defeated Saint Marys 13.12.90.
1982 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 18.13.121 defeated Saint Marys 16.12.108.
1983 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Great Western 11.10.76 defeated Warriors 5.9.39.
1984 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 11.15.81 defeated Miners 11.9.75.
1985-89 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors participated.
1990 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Moyston 14.19.103 defeated Warriors 10.14.74.
1991-93 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors participated.
1994 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Swifts were premiers and champions, defeating Warriors by five points.
1995 (Ararat & DFA) :
Warriors finished the Home and Away season in either first or second place.
Second Semi-Final : Saint Marys defeated Warriors.
Preliminary Final : Warriors defeated Swifts.
Grand Final - Warriors 18.8.116 defeated Saint Marys 8.13.61.
1996 - Ararat & DFA Grand Final : Warriors 15.10.100 defeated Caledonians-Miners 11.10.76.
1997 - Ararat & DFA : Warriors' final season as a stand-alone club.
1998 - Wimmera FL : Warriors joined forces with Stawell.