The Lovelock Shield, officially known as the Southern Football Championships, was an annual competition held between representative teams from the four leagues in the Southern Zone of South Australian Country Football.[1] The Lovelock Shield was established in 1953 between the Hills Football Association, Hills Central Football Association, Southern Football Association and the Great Southern Football League.[2] The shield was presented by the inaugural president of the Southern Football Championships, Mr. C. K. (Pete) Lovelock.[1]
In 1958, the Southern Football Association left and was replaced by the River Murray Football League.[3] Southern re-joined in 1962 when the Hills Football Association folded.[4] In 1967, the Hills Central Football Association merged with the Torrens Valley Football League to form the Hills Football League and a representative team from this newly formed league replaced Hills Central in the competition.
Other than in the years 1970 and 1971,[5] the Lovelock Shield ran continuously until 1999. It has not been held since.[6]
Association Records
| League | Times Competed | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd | 4th | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hills Football Association | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 77.8% |
| River Murray Football League | 40 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 30.0% |
| Southern Football League | 41 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 29.3% |
| Great Southern Football League | 45 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 22.2% |
| Hills Football League | 31 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 9.7% |
| Hills Central Football League | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7.1% |
Lovelock Shield Results
| Year | Champions | Runner-up | 3rd | 4th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953[7] | Hills FA | Southern FA | Great Southern FL | Hills Central FL |
| 1954[8] | Hills FA [9] | Southern FA | Great Southern FL | Hills Central FL |
| 1955 | Hills FA | Southern FA | Great Southern FL [10] | Hills Central FL |
| 1956[11] | Hills FA | Hills Central FL | Great Southern FL | Southern FA |
| 1957 | Hills FA | Hills Central FL | Southern FA | Great Southern FL |
| 1958[3] | River Murray FL | Hills FA | Hills Central FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1959[12] | Hills FA | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL | Hills Central FL |
| 1960[13] | Hills FA | Hills Central FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1961 | River Murray FL | Hills Central FL | Hills FA | Great Southern FL |
| 1962 | River Murray FL | Southern FA | Hills Central FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1963[14] | Southern FA | Hills Central FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1964 | River Murray FL | Hills Central FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1965[15] | Hills Central FL | River Murray FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1966[16] | Southern FL | Hills Central FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1967[17] | Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1968[18] | Southern FL | Great Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL |
| 1969[19] | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL | Southern FL |
| 1970 | In recess | |||
| 1971 | In recess | |||
| 1972 | Southern FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL | River Murray FL |
| 1973 | Hills FL | Southern FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1974[20] | Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1975[21] | Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1976 | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1977 | Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1978 | Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1979 | River Murray FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL | Hills FL |
| 1980[22] | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | Hills FL |
| 1981[23] | Southern FL | Great Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL |
| 1982 | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Southern FL |
| 1983[24] | River Murray FL | Southern FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1984[25] | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | Southern FL | River Murray FL |
| 1985 | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | Hills FL |
| 1986 | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL |
| 1987 | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1988 | Great Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Southern FL |
| 1989 | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Southern FL |
| 1990 | River Murray FL | Southern FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1991 | Hills FL | River Murray FL | Great Southern FL | Southern FL |
| 1992 | Southern FL | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL |
| 1993 | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | Southern FL | River Murray FL |
| 1994 | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | Hills FL | River Murray FL |
| 1995 | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL |
| 1996 | Great Southern FL | Hills FL | SouthernFL | River Murray FL |
| 1997 | River Murray FL | Hills FL | Southern FL | Great Southern FL |
| 1998 | Great Southern FL | Southern FL | River Murray FL | Hills FL |
| 1999 | Southern FL | Hills FL | Great Southern FL | River Murray FL [26] |
References
- ^ a b "Annual Meeting of G.S. Football Association". Victor Harbour Times. 20 March 1953. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Inter Association Football Championship". The Courier. 11 March 1953. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Nineteenth" (20 June 1958). "Southern Championships". Victor Harbour Times. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Lovelock Shield Football". Victor Harbour Times. 23 March 1962. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "G.S.F.L. 1971 Report". Victor Harbour Times. 3 March 1972. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Garvis, Sarah (5 May 2010). "Shield Worth Restoring: SFL". Southern Times Messenger. p. 9. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "The Grasby Family". Friends of Grasby Memorial Park. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Football - Willunga". Southern Argus (Port Elliot). 24 June 1954. p. 6. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Hills Beat Southern in Inter Association Game". The Courier. 7 July 1954. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Inter-Association Football". Victor Harbour Times. 8 July 1955. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ^ "Nineteenth" (27 July 1956). "Football Gossip". Victor Harbour Times. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Nineteenth" (19 June 1959). "Hills Association Regain Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Nineteenth" (17 June 1960). "Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ Reed, Garry. "Chum's Notes". Willunga Football Club. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Football - Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 18 June 1965. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Lovelock Shield to Southern Association". Victor Harbour Times. 17 June 1966. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 16 June 1967. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Lovelock Shield Football". Victor Harbour Times. 14 June 1968. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Football - Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 20 June 1969. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Football - Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 20 June 1974. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Southern Football League - Lovelock Shield Winners 1975". Southern Football League. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "River Murray Takes Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 18 June 1980. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Southern Win Lovelock Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 10 June 1981. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Lovelock Shield - Great Southern fall to Hills". Victor Harbour Times. 15 June 1983. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "Local Side Wins Shield". Victor Harbour Times. 13 June 1984. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
- ^ "FOOTBALL: River Murray to meet Hills in interleague clash". Fairfax Media. The Murray Valley Standard. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.