Wimmera District Football Association / Howard Trophy (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :

1890 (Howard) - ?. 1891 (Phillips) - Rupanyup. 1892 (Cooper) - ?. 1893 (Nelson) - Dimboola. 1894 (Phillips) - Rupanyup. 1895 - ?. 1896 - ?. 1897 (Humphreys) - Stawell. 1898 (Robson) - Murtoa. 1899 (? FA) - Rupanyup.

General :
This is definitely a loose collection of competitions loosely based around the same region. As more data becomes available, there will almost certainly be a need to split these seasons off into individual league pages.

Timeline :
1890 (Howard Trophy) :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Coromby (appeared on mid-season ladder only, withdrew before end of season),
 - Dooen,
 - Jung Jung,
 - Longerenong,
 - Lubeck (team did not appear in mid-season ladder, though),
 - Murtoa,
 - Rupanyup and
 - Warracknabeal Imperials.
Final - Warracknabeal Imperials v Murtoa (result unknown).

1891 (Phillips Cup) - Final : Rupanyup 2.8 defeated Warracknabeal Imperials 1.2.
1892 (Wimmera DFA/Cooper Cup) - The Wimmera DFA existed, with the 'Cooper Cup' up for grabs, premiers unknown.

1893 (Nelson Trophy^[source]) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Dimboola (premiers),
 - Horsham,
 - Kaniva,
 - Nhill and
 - Stawell.

1894 (Phillips Cup, possibly the Wimmera DFA) - Final : Rupanyup were premiers.
1895-96 - ?.

1897 (Humphreys Trophy) :
Participating clubs were (complete) :^[source]
 - Horsham,
 - Murtoa and
 - Stawell (premiers).

1898 (Robson Cup) :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) : ^{[source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source]}
 1. Murtoa,
 2. Stawell,
 3. Ararat and
 4. Horsham.
Note - A conflicting (complete) list of teams announced as competing in the "Wimmera DFA", showed Dimboola, Horsham, Kaniva, Murtoa, Nhill, Serviceton and Warracknabeal Imperials. Perhaps this was a governing body and not a competition?

1899 (? FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Rupanyup (premiers) and
 - Warracknabeal Imperials (runners-up).