1894 MJFA season

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1894 MJFA season
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Premiers South St Kilda
2nd premiership
Minor premiers South St Kilda
2nd minor premiership
Wooden spooners Brighton
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The 1894 MJFA season was the 3rd season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). [1] [2]

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South St Kilda won the MJFA premiership for the second year in a row, having won 16 of its 18 games. [3]

Association membership

Following the end of the 1893 season, St Jude's, Olinda, University 2nd and YMCA left the MJFA. [4]

Caulfield, Nunawading, Scotch Collegians and Windsor were admitted as new clubs. [4] Scotch Collegians was a precursor to the Old Scotch Football Club, which later entered the competition in 1921. [5] [6]

Toorak-Grosvenor withdrawal

Toorak-Grosvenor played its final full match on 7 July, which was a loss against Alberton. By this point, they had only won 1 of their 9 games. [7]

One week later, they forfeited their 14 July game against Caulfield. [8] They resumed for a game against South St Kilda on 21 July, but after 10.8 to 0.0 was kicked against them, the match was abandoned at half-time and Toorak-Grosvenor disbanded as a club. [9] [10]

A club called Fitzroy Wesleys played at least one game in Toorak-Grosvenor's place. [11]

Ladder

Fitzroy Wesleys was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Sportsman . [12]

PosTeamPldWLDAPts
1 South St Kilda (P)181611166
2 Collegians 181350052
3 St Mary's 181053046
4 Alberton 18864040
5 Windsor 18972040
6 Caulfield 18882036
7 Scotch Collegians 18693030
8 Nunawading 18693030
9 Brighton 183150012
− Fitzroy Wesleys −−−−−−
− Toorak-Grosvenor (W)1016218

Source: [7] [12]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

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References

  1. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 14 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 21 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ↑ "OSFC HISTORY". Old Scotch Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Flanagan, Brian (11 December 2012). "OLD TO NEW AND WINNING PREMIERSHIPS". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. 1 2 "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 10 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". The Argus. 17 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Sportsman. 24 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 8 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "MATCHES FOR TODAY". The Age. 28 July 1894. Retrieved 7 August 2024. Nunawading v. Fitzroy Wesleys, at Surrey Hills, in place of Toorak Grosvenor, who have disbanded
  12. 1 2 "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Trove. Sportsman. 2 October 1894. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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