Best Players From WA Country Towns

Gingin - Brendan Fewster

Dampier - Dean Cox
Narrogin - Barry Cable
Northam - Darren Glass

Andrew Purser, Bindi Miling.
Peter Lecras, Bindi Miling.
Kevin Mazuchelli, Chapman Valley.

Alf Shiosaki, Mullewa.
Graham Kickett, Gero.

Did Ricky West, North Midlands, have a run???
and
Ken Marshall, to Subi, Gero.
Paul Linnane, St Pats Gero, Perth.

A bloke called Roger Tonkin from Moora signed every under age male child in the Central Midlands area to East Fremantle b4 it went over to Subiaco.

Considering all the talent Old Easts got from Central and North Midlands it just goes to show how shocking Subiaco were in developing those Leagues.

Carnarvon along with the other Leagues north of the 26th Parallel were not part of any WANFL or WAFL zone.
Ken Armstrong did some preliminary coaching clinics there in the mid 70’s but to no avail for Perth.
Darren Forbes, Ramblers, Swan Districts and Revel Oakley, East Carnarvon, Old Easts, set the scene but it was Claremont who hit the jackpot when they got Michael Mitchell to go down. Not sure about Kevin, maybe someone can fill in about him.
BH it’s up to you but I think the Northern Leagues should be a separate “zone’ in their own right.
Gascoyne, Exmouth, Pilbara leagues, Broome, Kununurra and possibly the Eastern Goldfields League.

Good pick up Dev I am not sure how I missed Michael & Kevin Mitchell from Carnarvon :blush: I will blame fatigue. :wink:
Michael & Kevin Mitchell were 2 of the most exciting and enjoyable opposition players to watch in my 35 years of WAFL fanaticism, the sort of players that make you fall in love with our great game & state comp.

PS- Just on another note can we just stick to those towns listed in the OP those being from Carnarvon down to Moora (the old EF country zone) as I will be covering off each individual WAFL clubs old country zone weekly for the next 9 weeks.

Cheers boys.

Good thread BH. Well done! Brought back some great memories.

Brad Rowe is another who burst onto the scene and was an exciting rover/forward pocket from Gero in the late 80’s before VFL stints at Bris, Coll & Freo.

Revis Ryder, Gero
Paul Hasleby, Northampton, (honestly what is in the water up there), Mazenod.

Tarkyn Lockyer, unfortunately the Mid West can’t claim him. Born in Albany, played for North Albany.

Did Brad Rowe and Robert Zupanovich play for Gosnells in the SFL B4 going to East Freo?

From memory Rob Zupanovich was at South first but it’s a long time ago I may be wrong

And ended up at Thornlie in Sunday League (Carter). Met Steve McCann on the streets of Barcelona back 1987, got a photo somewhere

Kevin Mitchell actually was an apprentice Jockey when he was about 15, but got too big & heavy then went onto play WAFL footy

Michael Mitchell was brilliant, won goal of the year and mark of the year in the same season for Richmond in late 80s. Kevin played in three flags for Claremont.

Dale Baynes, Towns, Gero.

You know there is a fair bit of history that will be going thru these pages as set up by BH and as we live in the internet age instead of relying on my tired old memory this should be readily got from those clubs own websites.
Though I’m blue and white thru and thru one of the worst offenders is East Freo.
Swans used to have a good past players setup linked to the club website but I haven’t seen that for years!!

was Mark Valli a GNFL boy?..

EAST FREMANTLE ZONE

GNFL
Geraldton- Chris Mainwaring, Steve McCann, Murray Wrensted, Paddy Ryder, Chris Hicks, Shane Woewoedin, Leith Teakle, Liam Anthony, Craig Burrows, Clint Kirey, Brad Dick, Clinton Wolf, Kevin Worthington, Graham Polak, Chris Hicks, Scott Rowlands, Graham Kickett, Brad Rowe, Revis Ryder, Dale Baynes.
Ken Marshall, to Subi.
Tropiano to Perth.
Northampton- Paul Hasleby, Josh Kennedy, Andrew Lockyer, Daniel Chick, Jamie Cripps, Glenn Hoult, Harry Taylor, Lance Durack
Chapman Valley- Kasey Green, Merv Carrott, Wayne Barnden, Graham Kickett, Kevin Mazuchelli.
Mullewa- Preston Wall, Dwane Simpson, Brad Tunbridge, Alf Shiosaki.

NMFL
Mingenew- Clinton Browning, Jim Sewell
Morawa- Max Johnson
Carnamah- Kevin Taylor, Kevin Clune

CMFL
Bindi Miling- Andrew Purser, Peter Lecras

GFL
Carnarvon- Stephen Bilcich, Darren Capewell, Revel Oakley,
Darren Forbes to Swan Districts
Paul Linnane to St Pats to Perth
Troy Cook to Perth
Michael Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell to Claremont.

Yalgoo- Josh Simpson

Kim Hetherington was another Dev a very good & reliable footballer at both Swans & EF.

Thanks for that BH.

Likely type, who we never saw the best of at Easts.

Got to give it to Toddy though. He was the Godfather of reinventing footballers at Swans.

EAST FREMANTLE ZONE

GNFL
Geraldton- Chris Mainwaring, Steve McCann, Murray Wrensted, Paddy Ryder, Chris Hicks, Shane Woewoedin, Leith Teakle, Liam Anthony, Craig Burrows, Clint Kirey, Brad Dick, Clinton Wolf, Kevin Worthington, Graham Polak, Chris Hicks, Scott Rowlands, Graham Kickett, Brad Rowe, Revis Ryder, Dale Baynes, Kim Hetherington.
Ken Marshall, to Subi.
Tropiano to Perth.
Northampton- Paul Hasleby, Josh Kennedy, Andrew Lockyer, Daniel Chick, Jamie Cripps, Glenn Hoult, Harry Taylor, Lance Durack
Chapman Valley- Kasey Green, Merv Carrott, Wayne Barnden, Graham Kickett, Kevin Mazuchelli.
Mullewa- Preston Wall, Dwane Simpson, Brad Tunbridge, Alf Shiosaki.

NMFL
Mingenew- Clinton Browning, Jim Sewell
Morawa- Max Johnson
Carnamah- Kevin Taylor, Kevin Clune

CMFL
Bindi Miling- Andrew Purser, Peter Lecras

GFL
Carnarvon- Stephen Bilcich, Darren Capewell, Revel Oakley,
Darren Forbes to Swan Districts
Paul Linnane to St Pats to Perth
Troy Cook to Perth
Michael Mitchell, Kevin Mitchell to Claremont.

Yalgoo- Josh Simpson

Clint Kirey
Mathew McMurray
Dwayne Simpson
Clinton Wolf
Tim VINEY, Chapman Valley
Gary McDonald – Swan Districts – st Kilda
Calib Mourish, Towns / FFC Rookie
Adam Guglielmana, Carnarvon / S Freo
Brent LeCras, Cervantes / W. Perth

Bindi/Miling- Ken Seymour
Moora- Aaron Elari, David Rowe, Colin Lamb