Far West Football Association


The Far West Football Association is a former South Australian country football league that started in 1924 under the name of the Great Flinders Football Association and folded at the end of the 1960 season.
The League was made up of teams from Coorabie, Bookabie, Penong, Charra, Koonibba, Denial Bay, Watraba.
Teams from this league still compete in the Western Eyre Football League in 2025.

Mail Medallists

The Mail Medal was awarded from 1950 to 1960; however, the medallists for 1955 and 1956 remain unknown.
YearWinnerClubVotesRunner-upClubVotes
1950Stanley J OatsCharra16Furnest WareBookabie7
1951Tom RiddleCoorabieAlex BairdPenong
1952Alex BairdPenong15
1953Furnest WareBookabie15Ted MillerPenong10
1954Ray ColemanCharra
1955UNKNOWN
1956UNKNOWN
1957Ken WareBookabieTed Miller
1958Milton DunnPenong13Ted Miller12
1959Dale ShipardPenong13Ted Miller11
1960Dale ShipardPenong9Ken WareBookabie5
David MillerBookabie5
Walter DunnBookabie5

Notable performances

Ken Ware kicked 14 goals in the 1949 Grand Final, which is equal to the South Australian state country football record of goals in a Grand Final.