Central Football Association
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| Most recent season or competition: 1945 | |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1919 |
| First season | 1919 |
| Ceased | 1945 |
| No. of teams | 5 (1945), 10 (historical) |
| Country | Australia |
| Last champion | Bracknell (1945) |
| Most titles | Deloraine (6) |
| Related competitions | Deloraine FA |
The Central Football Association was an Australian rules football competition based around the towns of Westbury and Deloraine in northern Tasmania.
The Central Football Association was formed in 1919 with 3 clubs - Deloraine, Dunorlan and Westbury.[1] These three clubs would remain the core members of the Association, with a number of other clubs playing for brief periods during the Association's existence. Hagley played for one season in 1923,[2] Longford for two in 1924–1925,[3] and Cressy for one in 1926.[4] The Central FA went into recess between 1929 and 1931 when Deloraine played in the NWFU Central Combine competition.[5]
The CFA would be re-formed in 1932 with Deloraine, Westbury and Weegena as the main clubs, Weegena being a renamed Dunorlan.[6] They would be joined by Dairy Plains for one season in 1933 when the Chudleigh FA was in recess.[7] The CFA again entered recess after the 1934 season.
The final iteration of the Central Football Association existed for only two seasons, in 1944 and 1945. Deloraine, Elizabeth Town and Westbury re-formed the Association in 1944.[8] They would be joined by Bracknell in 1945, who controversially moved from the Esk Football Association and won the premiership in their first season.[9] The Central Football Association disbanded after the 1945 season, as Bracknell returned to the Esk FA, Elizabeth joined the Central Junior Football Association and Westbury and Deloraine both moved to the NTFA seconds competition.
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