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The Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League was an Australian rules football competition in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. The competition ran from 1992 until 2002.

History

The Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League was established from the merger of the Heytesbury Football League and Mount Noorat Football League.

The league consisted of nine teams with Heytesbury, Princeton, Scotts Creek, Simpson, South Purrumbete and Timboon joining from the Heytesbury League. Out of the other two former Heytesbury clubs, Port Campbell folded and Nirranda joined the Warrnambool District Football League.

Three of the Mount Noorat Football League clubs joined in Kolora, Noorat and Panmure. Glenormiston College would join the Western Plains Football League for a few seasons and Ecklin folded. The Mount Noorat league did not have reserves so Ecklin and Glenormiston would not have the numbers to continue in the new league.

The league finished after a VCFL review in 2002. After ten years, all clubs voted 12–0 to disband the league. Each club was allocated two votes.

Timeline

Clubs

Final Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in HMNFL	HMNFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Heytesbury		Demons	Timboon Recreation Reserve, Timboon	HFL	1920s	1992-2002	2	1998, 2002	Merged with Timboon to form Timboon Demons and joined Warrnambool District FNL in 2003
Kolora		Magpies	Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat	MNFL	1910s	1992-2002	6	1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001	Merged with Noorat to form Kolora Noorat and joined Warrnambool District FNL in 2003
Noorat		Bombers	Noorat Recreation Reserve, Noorat	MNFL	1992	1992-2002	1	2000	Merged with Kolora to form Kolora Noorat and joined Warrnambool District FNL in 2003
Otway Districts		Kangaroos	Gellibrand Recreation Reserve, Gellibrand	CDFNL	1981	1995-2002	0	-	Moved to Colac & District FNL in 2003
Simpson		Tigers	Simpson Recreation Reserve, Simpson	HFL	1965	1992-2002	2	1992, 1993	Moved to Colac & District FNL in 2003
Timboon		Saints	Timboon Recreation Reserve, Timboon	HFL	1900s	1992-2002	0	-	Merged with Heytesbury to form Timboon Demons and joined Warrnambool District FNL in 2003

Former Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in HMNFL	HMNFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Total	Years
Panmure		Blues	Panmure Recreation Reserve, Panmure	MNFL	1919	1992-1996	0	-	Moved to Warrnambool District FNL in 1997
Princetown		Magpies	Princetown Recreation Reserve, Princetown	HFL	1900s	1992-1998	0	-	Folded in 1998
Scotts Creek		Lions	Scotts Creek Recreation Reserve, Scotts Creek	HFL	1920s	1992-1996	0	-	Absorbed by South Purrumbete in 1997
South Purrumbete		Panthers	Cobden Recreation Reserve, Cobden	HFL	1887	1992-1999	0	-	Folded in 1999

Grand Finals

• 1992 – Simpson 12.11 (83) def. Timboon 6.9 (45)
• 1993 – Simpson 13.13 (91) def. Heytesbury 12.6 (78)
• 1994 – Kolora 14.5 (89) def. Simpson 6.13 (49)
• 1994 – Kolora 14.7 (91) def. Simpson 10.11 (71)
• 1996 – Kolora 7.18 (60) def. Simpson 5.7 (37)
• 1997 – Kolora 9.10 (64) def. Simpson 6.11 (47)
• 1998 – Heytesbury 14.12.96 def. Kolora 10.10 (70)
• 1999 – Kolora 10.4 (64) def. Heytesbury 6.6 (42)
• 2000 – Noorat 9.15 (69) def. Kolora 4.4 (28)
• 2001 – Kolora 9.5 (59) def. Noorat 6.5 (41)
• 2002 – Heytesbury 14.19 (103) def. Otway Districts 6.10 (46)

References

1. "Australian Football - HMNFL Premiership season - Season 2023". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
2. "Australian Football - nirranda Football Club - Stats". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
3. "Footy talk all about mergers and moves". The Age. 2002-07-21. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
4. Stoward, John (2008). History of football in the Western District. History of Australian Rules Football (1st ed.). Drysdale, Vic: Aussie Footy Books. ISBN 9780957751590.

• Western District (Victoria)
• Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state)