1914 MAFA season

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1914 MAFA season
Date26 April − 19 September 1914
Teams10
Premiers South Yarra
3rd premiership
Minor premiers South Yarra
3rd minor premiership
Wooden spooners University 2nd
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1915  →

The 1914 MAFA season was the 23rd season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. [1] The season began on 26 April and concluded on 19 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series. [2]

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South Yarra won the MAFA premiership for the third time, defeating Collingwood District by 22 points in the 1914 MAFA Grand Final. [3]

Association membership

At the end of the 1913 season, Hawthorn applied and was admitted into the Victorian Football Association (VFA), leaving the MAFA. [4] [5] They were replaced by Elsternwick, which had been competing in the Federal League, keeping the size of the MAFA at 10 clubs. [6] [7]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPtsQualification
1 South Yarra (P)18162064 Finals series
2 Collingwood District 18153060
3 Leopold 18126048
4 Fitzroy Juniors 18117044
5 Collegians 1899036
6 Elsternwick 1788134
7 Carlton District 18611126
8 Beverley 18511224
9 Caulfield 18315012
10 University 2nd 1721508

Source: [8] [9] [10]
(P) Premiers

Finals

At the time, the MAFA used the Argus finals system, which gave the club that finished first on the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season (the minor premiers) the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership. [11]

Although they lost the semi-final to Fitzroy Juniors, South Yarra had the right to challenge. [12] Thus, Collingwood District (who defeated Leopold in the other semi-final) played Fitzroy Juniors in a preliminary final, with the winner of that match playing South Yarra in the grand final. [13] [14]

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 5 September (1:00pm) Collingwood District 8.10 (58)def. Leopold 6.9 (45) Melbourne Cricket Ground [15] [16] [17]
Saturday, 5 September South Yarra 5.12 (42)def. by Fitzroy Juniors 9.11 (65) Victoria Park [18] [19] [20] [21]

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 12 September (1:00pm) Collingwood District 11.16 (82)def. Fitzroy Juniors 2.9 (21) Melbourne Cricket Ground [22]

Grand Final

1914 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September (1:00pm) South Yarra def. Collingwood District Melbourne Cricket Ground [23] [24] [25] [26]

2.8 (20)

8.15 (63)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
2.6 (18)

5.11 (41)
Moyes 4Goals
Moyes, Rudd, Phillips, Flintoftt, Marshall, E. James, J. JamesBestPenrose, McCarthy, Downs, Mutch, Reilly, Farnan, Waterson, O'Keefe, Kerlie, Gray, Franklin
ReportsUnnamed player (striking) [27]

Teams

South Yarra Football Club colours.jpg
South Yarra
B:BryneHartCarbarns
HB:HarrisPlowmanSweetland
C:SandfordChristianE. James
HF:HansonRichardsonHosking
F:FlintoffMoyesPhillips
Foll:RuddMarshall (c)J. James
Collingwood icon.svg
Collingwood District
B:Charlie MutchA. AndrewsArthur Joseph
HB:Ernie TaitRoy FranklinBert Thorpe
C:Roy Waterson (c)Johnny DownsBert Roberts
HF:Harry KerleyCon McCarthyPat Farnan
F:L.P. ReillyFadesJack Hutchinson
Foll:Thomas O'KeefeRoy GrayArthur Penrose

Notable events

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