1904 MJFA season

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1904 MJFA season
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Premiers Collegians
5th premiership
Minor premiers Port Rovers
1st minor premiership
Wooden spooners Hawthorn
2nd wooden spoon
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The 1904 MJFA season, also known as the 1904 MFA season, was the 13th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). [lower-alpha 1]

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Collegians won the MJFA premiership for the sixth time, defeating Port Rovers in the 1904 MJFA Grand Final. [5] This was the third time a grand final had been held in the MJFA. [6]

Association membership

All nine teams that participated in the 1903 MJFA season continued in 1904. [7] Applications to join the competition came from Elsternwick and Sherwood, Fitzroy Baptist, Rose of Northcote, Parkville, Melburnians and Caulfield Collegians. [8]

Ultimately, the MJFA was only able to admit one club, and Fitzroy Baptist was chosen on the condition that the club changed its name to Fitzroy District Football Club, which it did. [8] [9]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPts
1 Port Rovers 18162064
2 Collegians (P)18162064
3 Leopold 18126048
4 Caulfield 18117044
5 South Yarra 18108040
6 Fitzroy District 1899036
7 Brighton 18512122
8 Boroondara 18412118
9 Beverley 18313216
10 Hawthorn 1821608

Source: [10]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

Grand Final

At the time, the MJFA premiership was decided by the best overall record for the season. In the event of a tie, a playoff match would have been held. [11]

1904 was the third time in MJFA history that such a match was required (the other times being 1900 and 1902), with Collegians and Brighton finishing with 64 premiership points each. [12]

1904 MJFA Grand Final
Saturday, 10 September Port Rovers def. by Collegians Richmond City Reserve [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
1.4 (10)
1.4 (10)
3.6 (24)
4.8 (32)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		0.2 (2)
2.8 (20)
4.14 (38)
9.17 (71)		Umpires: Arthur Norden
Ward, Stone, W. Kerr, KilpatrickGoalsBrown 3, Prout 2, Dinsmore, Gravenall, Stewart, Rainey
Gordon, Baptiste, Blair, W. Kerr, HaysomeBestStewart, Kennedy, McKellar, Prout, Gravenall, Johnson, Paul, Speirs

Teams

Albert Park football club colors.jpg
Port Rovers
B:SimmondsInsallJackson
HB:BaptistBlairGordon
C:PrenticeW. KerrHaysome
HF:KilpatrickHigginsDeas
F:WardStoneBeard
Foll:West (c)HairAmy
Collegians Football Club colors.jpg
Collegians
B:McPetrieBatsonPaul
HB:SpeirsBoyntonSeiaz
C:KennedyWoodhouseAtkinson
HF:RaineyCoriner S. Gravenall
F:H.J. Stewart (c)BrownDinsmore
Foll:McKellarJohnsonProut

Notes

  1. ↑ In 1900, the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA, now VAFA) decided on a change of name to the Metropolitan Football Association (MFA). MJFA president Lawrence Adamson brokered a deal that the existing MFA (of 1899) became the MJFA, giving his MJFA (of 1892) the "Metropolitan Football Association" name. [1] [2] Despite this, various newspaper reports from 1900 until 1912 still use the MJFA name when referring to Adamson's competition, most consensus is that "MJFA" in this time period refers to the now-VAFA, and the VAFA's official history continues to use the MJFA name until 1912. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. ↑ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Herald. 17 August 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2024. Tomorrow's MFA matches
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  5. ↑ "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
  6. ↑ "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  7. ↑ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 31 August 1904. p. 11. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  8. 1 2 "METROPOLITAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 30 March 1904. p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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  12. ↑ "METROPOLITAN". The Herald. 10 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "Final Match". Port Melbourne Standard. 10 September 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  14. ↑ "COLLEGIANS PREMIERS". The Herald. 10 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  15. ↑ "WON BY THE COLLEGIANS". The Age. 12 September 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 14 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  17. ↑ "PORT ROVERS v. COLLEGIANS". Port Melbourne Standard. 17 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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