1898 MJFA season

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1898 MJFA season
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The 1898 MJFA season was the 7th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). [1] [2] [3]

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Collegians won their third MJFA premiership, having won 14 of its 16 games. [4]

Association membership

Like the previous season in 1897, a total of nine teams competed in the MJFA. [5] Waltham disbanded during the 1897 season, while Boroondara appears to have withdrawn several weeks later. [6]

Beverley and Leopold were both admitted into the competition. [5]

St Mary's expulsion

In June 1898, [lower-alpha 1] the MJFA disqualified St Mary's for the remainder of the season and expelled the club from the association. [5] According to the Brighton Southern Cross , the expulsion was for "rough play" and "necessary in the best interests of the game". [8]

South Yarra withdrawal

Sometime in July 1898, South Yarra withdrew from the MJFA. [9] They had played six games prior to this, winning two and drawing the remaining four. [10]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPts
1 Collegians (P)16140262
2 Caulfield 16103346
3 Leopold 1695240
4 Brighton 1696138
5 South St Kilda 1696138
6 Beverley 1666432
7 Windsor 16411118
− South Yarra (W)62048
− St Mary's (E)42028

Source: [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew; (E) Club expelled

Notes

  1. ↑ "A Brief History of the VAFA" gives the expulsion date as 7 June 1898, however the club was reported − on 10 June − as having a game against Windsor on 11 June 1898. [5] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Rover (14 May 1898). "FOOTBALL". The Prahran Telegraph. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "BRIGHTON v CAULFIELD". Trove. Brighton Southern Cross. 28 May 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Brighton Southern Cross. 4 June 1898. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "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
  5. 1 2 3 4 "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ↑ "BRIGHTON v BOROONDARA". The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader. 29 May 1897. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "SUBURBAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Trove. North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Advertiser. 10 June 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "FOOTBALL". Trove. Brighton Southern Cross. 11 June 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 12 August 2024. St Mary's team was disqualified for rough play at last meeting of the association. Severe, but necessary in the best interests of the game.
  9. ↑ Rover (9 July 1898). "FOOTBALL". The Prahran Telegraph. p. 2. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "SPORTING NEWS". The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader. 18 June 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Brighton Southern Cross. 18 June 1898. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "SPORTING NEWS". Oakleigh Leader. 3 September 1898. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Age. 13 September 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  14. ↑ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION". Trove. Leader. 17 September 1898. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  15. ↑ "PREMIERSHIP FOR SEASON 1898". The Argus. 26 September 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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