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North Pilbara Football League
FormerlyDe Grey West Pilbara Football League
SportAustralian rules football
Founded1977
No. of teams6
Most recent
champion(s)		South Hedland Swans (2020)
Official websiteOfficial website

The North Pilbara Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in Karratha and Port Hedland in Western Australia.[1]

History of Football in the Pilbara

Football got its start when a newly transferred Postal worker who was a football fanatic and umpire organized the first game between two pubs in 1962. Colin Matheson marked out an oval on the mud flats in town and got players from the patrons of the Pier and Esplanade Hotels.

Matheson in 1967 founded the first football association in the area. The Port Hedland Football Association was founded with three teams, Rovers, Panthers and Finucane Island.

In 1969 teams from mining towns of Marble Bar and Goldsworthy entered and formed the newly "De Gray Football Association. Marble Bar lasted 3 seasons before withdrawing, it wasn't until 1975 that the competition expanded again with the creation of two new clubs, Shay Gap and South Hedland.

In Karratha competitive football started with the founding of the Dampier District Association in 1973. Renamed in 1974 as West Pilbara Football League, teams came from Dampier, Karratha, Roebourne and Wickham.

In 1977 the De Grey Football Association (based around Port Hedland) and West Pilbara Football League (based around Karratha) merged to form the De Gray West Pilbara Football League.[2]

In 1983 there was a name change to North Pilbara Football League.

Clubs Current and Former

Club Nickname Years in competition NPFL flags North Pilbara FL premiership years
Dampier Sharks 1977- 5 1983, 1984, 2005, 2008, 2009
Goldsworthy Tigers 1977-1981 1 1977
Karratha Falcons Cardinals 1979-1986
Falcons 1987- 		1979- 5 1986, 1987, 1988, 2006, 2010
Karratha Kats Kats 1977- 12 1979, 1981, 1989, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014, 2016, 2018
Port Hedland Panthers 1977-1994 1 1982
Port Hedland Rovers 1977- 9 1978, 1990, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013
Shay Gap Hawks 1977-1983 0
South Hedland Swans 1977- 9 1980, 1985, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2015, 2020
Wickham Wolves 1977- 2 2017, 2019

2006 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Karratha Falcons 11 0 3 1 1514 1267 119.49% 46 1st semi Wickham 21 13 139 Port Hedland 17 10 112
Dampier 10 0 5 0 1630 1172 139.08% 40 2nd semi Dampier 20 15 135 Karratha Falcons 14 11 95
Port Hedland 8 0 6 1 1456 1140 127.72% 34 Preliminary Karratha Falcons 18 10 118 Wickham 17 12 114
Wickham 7 0 8 0 1358 1622 83.72% 28 Grand Karratha Falcons 17 6 108 Dampier 15 11 101
Karratha Kats 4 0 11 0 1151 1458 78.94% 16
South Hedland 4 0 11 0 916 1366 67.06% 16

2007 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Karratha Falcons 12 0 3 0 1943 916 212.12% 48 1st semi South Hedland 11 12 78 Dampier 8 10 58
Port Hedland 11 0 4 0 1631 896 182.03% 44 2nd semi Port Hedland 17 6 108 Karratha Falcons 11 13 79
South Hedland 10 0 5 0 1251 1125 111.20% 40 Preliminary Karratha Falcons 19 11 125 South Hedland 13 13 91
Dampier 7 0 8 0 1291 1297 99.54% 28 Grand Port Hedland 18 17 125 Karratha Falcons 9 10 64
Wickham 4 0 11 0 1154 1661 69.48% 16
Karratha Kats 1 0 14 0 697 2072 33.64% 4

2008 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Dampier 13 0 2 0 1711 995 171.96% 52 1st semi Karratha Falcons 18 19 127 Wickham 16 13 109
Port Hedland 11 0 4 0 1663 1023 162.56% 44 2nd semi Dampier 12 7 79 Port Hedland 12 6 78
Karratha Falcons 9 0 6 0 1328 1244 106.75% 36 Preliminary Port Hedland 16 13 109 Karratha Falcons 12 10 82
Wickham 8 0 7 0 1445 1176 122.87% 32 Grand Dampier 21 12 138 Port Hedland 11 13 79
South Hedland 3 0 12 0 703 1360 51.69% 12
Karratha Kats 1 0 14 0 419 1471 28.48% 4

2009 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Karratha Falcons 14 0 1 0 1765 660 267.42% 56 1st semi Port Hedland 16 9 105 Karratha Kats 7 8 50
Dampier 12 0 3 0 1801 856 210.40% 48 2nd semi Karratha Falcons 0 0 0 Dampier 0 0 0
Port Hedland 8 0 7 0 1148 1005 114.23% 32 Preliminary Dampier 17 11 113 Port Hedland 6 9 45
Karratha Kats 6 0 9 0 1288 1297 99.31% 24 Grand Dampier 8 13 61 Karratha Falcons 7 2 44
Wickham 3 0 12 0 539 2079 25.93% 12
South Hedland 2 0 13 0 710 1354 52.44% 8

2010 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Karratha Falcons 13 0 2 0 1455 614 236.97% 52 1st semi Karratha Kats 13 11 89 Dampier 10 10 70
Port Hedland 13 0 2 0 1241 723 171.65% 52 2nd semi Karratha Falcons 9 10 64 Port Hedland 5 10 40
Karratha Kats 8 0 7 0 1505 1082 139.09% 32 Preliminary Port Hedland 9 14 68 Karratha Kats 10 3 63
Dampier 6 0 9 0 1044 1081 96.58% 24 Grand Karratha Falcons 12 10 82 Port Hedland 6 14 50
South Hedland 3 0 12 0 658 1561 42.15% 12
Wickham 2 0 13 0 529 1371 38.58% 8

2011 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Port Hedland 13 0 2 0 1470 910 161.54% 52 1st semi South Hedland 17 10 112 Karratha Kats 9 12 66
Karratha Falcons 10 0 4 1 1268 902 140.58% 42 2nd semi Port Hedland 12 21 93 Karratha Falcons 9 11 65
South Hedland 10 0 5 0 1228 1157 106.14% 40 Preliminary South Hedland 12 13 85 Karratha Falcons 12 6 78
Karratha Kats 6 0 9 0 1023 1375 74.40% 24 Grand Port Hedland 13 13 91 South Hedland 7 5 47
Dampier 4 0 11 0 1301 1391 93.53% 16
Wickham 1 0 13 1 603 1158 52.07% 6

2012 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Karratha Falcons 13 0 2 0 1544 907 170.23% 52 1st semi Karratha Kats 18 18 126 South Hedland 4 3 27
Port Hedland 11 0 4 0 1607 1057 152.03% 44 2nd semi Port Hedland 17 11 113 Karratha Falcons 9 8 62
Karratha Kats 9 0 6 0 1523 1060 143.68% 36 Preliminary Karratha Kats 21 14 140 Karratha Falcons 10 11 71
South Hedland 5 0 10 0 1381 1123 122.97% 20 Grand Port Hedland 17 8 110 Karratha Kats 12 7 79
Wickham 5 0 10 0 1162 1604 72.44% 20
Dampier 2 0 13 0 650 2116 30.72% 8

2013 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Wickham 11 0 3 1 1533 942 162.74% 46 1st semi Karratha Falcons 13 9 87 Karratha Kats 7 12 54
Port Hedland 11 0 4 0 1535 1040 147.60% 44 2nd semi Port Hedland 16 15 111 Wickham 10 7 67
Karratha Falcons 10 0 5 0 1229 1018 120.73% 40 Preliminary Wickham 13 18 96 Karratha Falcons 8 5 53
Karratha Kats 8 0 6 1 1359 1175 115.66% 34 Grand Port Hedland 11 12 78 Wickham 7 14 56
Dampier 3 0 12 0 1008 1683 59.89% 12
South Hedland 1 0 14 0 922 1728 53.36% 4

2014 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Port Hedland Rovers 12 0 2 1 1768 860 205.58% 50 1st semi Dampier Sharks 16 11 107 Karratha Falcons 13 9 87
Karratha Kats 10 0 5 0 1471 1149 128.02% 40 2nd semi Port Hedland Rovers 12 7 79 Karratha Kats 6 5 41
Dampier Sharks 9 0 6 0 1397 1385 100.87% 36 Preliminary Karratha Kats 12 10 82 Dampier Sharks 11 8 74
Karratha Falcons 6 0 9 0 1159 1375 84.29% 24 Grand Karratha Kats 15 6 96 Port Hedland Rovers 10 6 66
South Hedland Swans 6 0 9 0 1145 1452 78.86% 24
Wickham Wolves 1 0 13 1 998 1717 58.12% 6

2015 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Dampier Sharks 12 0 3 0 1608 892 180.27% 48 1st semi Wickham Wolves 10 10 70 Port Hedland Rovers 7 9 51
South Hedland Swans 12 0 3 0 1519 897 169.34% 48 2nd semi South Hedland Swans 15 6 96 Dampier Sharks 10 10 70
Wickham Wolves 7 0 8 1 1043 1287 81.04% 30 Preliminary Dampier Sharks 14 14 98 Wickham Wolves 8 9 57
Port Hedland Rovers 6 0 9 0 965 1414 68.25% 24 Grand South Hedland Swans 13 19 97 Dampier Sharks 10 12 72
Karratha Kats 5 0 10 0 1020 1154 88.39% 20
Karratha Falcons 3 0 12 0 911 1422 64.06% 12

2016 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Wickham Wolves 12 0 2 1 1401 848 165.21% 50 1st semi Karratha Kats 9 12 66 Port Hedland Rovers 8 3 51
South Hedland Swans 11 0 3 1 1435 943 152.17% 46 2nd semi South Hedland Swans 9 13 67 Wickham Wolves 10 6 66
Karratha Kats 7 0 7 1 1152 898 128.29% 30 Preliminary Karratha Kats 9 8 62 Wickham Wolves 8 4 52
Port Hedland Rovers 6 0 8 1 1056 1079 97.87% 26 Grand Karratha Kats 12 10 82 South Hedland Swans 7 6 48
Dampier Sharks 4 0 11 0 911 1542 59.08% 16
Karratha Falcons 3 0 12 0 815 1460 55.82% 12

2017 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Wickham Wolves 14 0 1 0 1447 738 196.07% 56 1st semi Karratha Kats 19 8 122 South Hedland 9 8 62
Dampier Sharks 10 0 5 0 1280 878 145.79% 40 2nd semi Wickham Wolves 11 8 74 Dampier 5 13 43
Karratha Kats 10 0 5 0 1242 859 144.59% 40 Preliminary Dampier 13 7 85 Karratha Kats 6 7 43
South Hedland Swans 5 0 10 0 1070 1311 81.62% 20 Grand Wickham Wolves 12 13 85 Dampier 9 6 60
Port Hedland Rovers 5 0 10 0 848 1347 62.95% 20
Karratha Falcons 1 0 14 0 681 1435 47.46% 4

2018 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Wickham Wolves 13 0 2 0 1726 770 224.16% 52 1st semi South Hedland 13 12 90 Dampier Sharks 9 8 62
Karratha Kats 13 0 2 0 1427 768 185.81% 52 2nd semi Karratha Kats 11 18 84 Wickham Wolves 8 10 58
South Hedland Swans 10 0 5 0 1360 948 143.46% 40 Preliminary Wickham Wolves 19 8 122 South Hedland 4 16 40
Dampier Sharks 6 0 9 0 1047 1307 80.11% 24 Grand Karratha Kats 13 8 86 Wickham Wolves 9 9 63
Karratha Falcons 2 0 13 0 978 1462 66.89% 8
Port Hedland Rovers 1 0 14 0 543 1826 29.74% 4

2019 ladder

North Pilbara Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Wickham Wolves 14 0 1 0 1533 855 179.30% 56 1st semi Dampier Sharks 10 10 70 Port Hedland Rovers 8 11 59
Karratha Kats 11 0 4 0 1239 862 143.74% 44 2nd semi Karratha Kats 9 6 60 Wickham Wolves 7 10 52
Dampier Sharks 7 0 8 0 1337 1123 119.06% 28 Preliminary Wickham Wolves 10 7 67 Dampier Sharks 8 13 61
Port Hedland Rovers 6 0 9 0 926 1060 87.36% 24 Grand Wickham Wolves 10 5 65 Karratha Kats 8 16 64
South Hedland Swans 4 0 11 0 1111 1296 85.73% 16
Karratha Falcons 3 0 12 0 799 1749 45.68% 12


References

  1. ↑ A way of Life
  2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214556717?searchTerm=Karratha%20football&searchLimits=l-decade=197%7C%7C%7Cl-year=1977

Website

Official website

Further reading

  • A Way of Life - The Story of country football in Western Australia - Alan East





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