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. 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. The shield was presented by the inaugural president of the Southern Football Championships, Mr. C. K. (Pete) Lovelock.

In 1958, the Southern Football Association left and was replaced by the River Murray Football League. Southern re-joined in 1962 when the Hills Football Association folded. 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, the Lovelock Shield ran continuously until 1999. It has not been held since.

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 Hills FA Southern FA Great Southern FL Hills Central FL 1954 Hills FA Southern FA Great Southern FL Hills Central FL 1955 Hills FA Southern FA Great Southern FL Hills Central FL 1956 Hills FA Hills Central FL Great Southern FL Southern FA 1957 Hills FA Hills Central FL Southern FA Great Southern FL 1958 River Murray FL Hills FA Hills Central FL Great Southern FL 1959 Hills FA River Murray FL Great Southern FL Hills Central FL 1960 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 Southern FA Hills Central FL River Murray FL Great Southern FL 1964 River Murray FL Hills Central FL Southern FL Great Southern FL 1965 Hills Central FL River Murray FL Southern FL Great Southern FL 1966 Southern FL Hills Central FL River Murray FL Great Southern FL 1967 Southern FL Hills FL River Murray FL Great Southern FL 1968 Southern FL Great Southern FL River Murray FL Hills FL 1969 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 Southern FL Hills FL River Murray FL Great Southern FL 1975 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 River Murray FL Great Southern FL Southern FL Hills FL 1981 Southern FL Great Southern FL River Murray FL Hills FL 1982 Great Southern FL Hills FL River Murray FL Southern FL 1983 River Murray FL Southern FL Hills FL Great Southern FL 1984 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

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