Australian Football

Lancaster

Lancaster has been a stalwart and successful member of the Kyabram District Football Association (later League) since the competition was established in 1932. Prior to joining the KDFA the club had competed in the Kyabram District Junior Football Association from about 1910 until the competition disbanded after the 1929 season. Lancaster won at least two KDJFA premierships, with the possibility of there having been more as complete records for the competition do not appear to exist.

The Wombats commenced their time in the KDFA in ideal fashion by claiming the competition’s inaugural flag. However, it would then be almost half a century before the club again tasted senior grade premiership success. Since winning its second KDFA flag in 1980 Lancaster has been a consistent competition front runner, and the club’s overall tally of seven senior grade premierships compares well with the majority of its rivals in what has always been a highly competitive league. The most recent of those premierships was claimed in 2011 thanks to a 17.9 (111) to 9.13 (67) grand final defeat of Rushworth. More recently the Wombats finished sixth in 2013, fourth in 2014, fifth in 2015, seventh in 2016, sixth in 2017 and fifth in 2018.