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- ↑ "Victorian Amateur League - 1909 Season Table". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Camberwell City to C.Y.M.S. Glenroy". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Morwell Pegasus". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Waterside Workers Federation to Youth United". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Fairfield to Frankston City". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Club Archive - Ballarat City to Bunyip & District". www.ozfootball.net.
- ↑ Persoglia, Tony. "1909 Victorian Amateur League Results". ozfootball.net. Retrieved 2 March 2021.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
