1892 MJFA season

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The 1892 MJFA season was the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).

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Collegians Football Club won the inaugural MJFA premiership, having finished first on the ladder with 15 wins from their 18 games. [1]

Collegians is also the only club from the first MJFA season to still exist and compete in the competition, which is now known as the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). [2] [3]

Association membership

Ten clubs competed in the inaugural MJFA season − Alberton, Brighton, Collegians, Edlington, Footscray District, South St Kilda, St Jude's, St Mary's, Toorak-Grosvenor and YMCA. [4] [5] [6]

Brighton, Collegians, Edlington and South St Kilda were "2nd 20" (reserves) teams in the 1892 season. [7] Their senior teams all competed in the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA), although Collegians' senior team appears to have been in local schoolboy competitions. [8] [9]

Edlington withdrawal

Edlington left the MJFA after just two games, having kicked just one goal to 13 goals against, and their remaining games were considered walkovers. [10] [11] [12] Because the withdrawal created an uneven amount of teams, extra games were played against the Holy Trinity Football Club by teams that were initially scheduled to play Edlington. [13] [14] [15]

Ladder

Holy Trinity was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Australasian . [16]

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAPts
1 Collegians (P)1815211115662
2 Alberton 1814221076460
3 St Jude's 181314813760
4 South St Kilda 181152594948
5 Footscray District 18864544940
6 Toorak-Grosvenor 18891564936
7 St Mary's 186111376026
8 Brighton 184131388118
9 YMCA 183150349512
− Holy Trinity
− Edlington (W)20201130

Source: [16]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

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References

  1. ↑ "Our History". Collegians Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024. The Club has been Premiers of the M.J.F.A. in 1892, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902 and 1904
  2. ↑ "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "METROPOLITAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Trove. Brighton Southern Cross. 20 July 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "BRIGHTON". Australian Football. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Amateur Footballer, Week 12, 2017". Issuu. VAFA Media. 1 November 2017. p. 7. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Footscray District v St Mary's". Footscray, VIC: The Independent. 7 May 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Australasian. 21 May 1892. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "VICTORIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Trove. The Argus. 7 June 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 8 June 1892. p. 10. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Edlington Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Australasian. 4 June 1892. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Trove. The Argus. 28 June 1892. p. 10. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 5 June 1892. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 21 June 1892. p. 3. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 23 August 1892. p. 7. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  16. 1 2 "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Trove. The Australasian. 1 October 1892. p. 18. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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