1915 MAFA season

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1915 MAFA season
Date24 April − 7 August 1915
Teams10
Premiers Collingwood District
1st premiership
Minor premiers Collingwood District
2nd minor premiership
Wooden spooners Elsternwick
1st wooden spoon
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1920  →

The 1915 MAFA season was the 24th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 24 April and concluded earlier than scheduled on 7 August, comprising an 14-match home-and-away season, followed by a two-week finals series. [1]

Contents

Collingwood District won the MAFA premiership for the first time, defeating Leopold by 15 points in the 1915 MAFA Grand Final. [2]

This was the final MAFA season until 1920, with the 1916, 1917, 1918 and 1919 seasons cancelled due to the impacts of World War I. [3] [4]

Association membership

Like the previous season in 1914, a total of ten teams competed in the MAFA.

On 16 October 1914, three weeks after the end of the 1914 season, the University Football Club dropped out of the Victorian Football League (VFL). [5] The club had competed in the MJFA/MAFA with a senior team in 1906 and 1907, and had been fielding a "2nd" (reserves) team in the competition since 1908. [6] After leaving the VFL, University's senior team returned to the MAFA in 1915, with several of its VFL players staying with the club. [7]

Additionally, the Caulfield Football Club combined with Malvern prior to the start of the 1915 season and became known as "Caulfield-Malvern". [8] [9]

World War I

The 1915 home-and-away season was originally scheduled to end on 26 August. [10] However, due to the impacts of World War I – including a significant number of players enlisting in the Australian Army – the MJFA decided at a meeting on 26 July to curtail the home-and-away season four weeks early. [11] [12] Prior to the final games held in round 14, some clubs had already struggled to find players as a result of enlistments. [1] [13]

Following the conclusion of the season, officials from the VFL sought to have the MAFA become a reserves competition to the VFL for the 1916 season. [3] At least two clubs – Beverley and South Yarra – reported the MAFA that they had been "approached" about becoming reserves teams to Richmond and St Kilda respectively. [3] The MAFA announced in late 1915 that they would not resume competition until the war had ended, while also stating that they were not prepared to be absorbed by the VFL. [3] Ultimately, no MAFA seasons would be held until 1920. [14] [15]

As of 30 July 1915, 164 MJFA players had been enlisted in the Australian Army: [11]

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 24 April Beverley 12.11 (83)def. University 4.9 (33) Richmond Cricket Ground [16]
Saturday, 24 April Fitzroy Juniors 6.9 (45)def. Carlton District 4.6 (30)Fitzroy [17]
Saturday, 24 April Collegians 13.11 (89)def. Elsternwick 9.13 (67)Albert Park [18]
Saturday, 24 April Caulfield-Malvern 5.9 (39)def. by Collingwood District 8.13 (69)Caulfield Park [19]
Saturday, 24 April Leopold 7.7 (49)drew with South Yarra 7.7 (49) South Melbourne Cricket Ground [20]

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 1 May Collingwood District 6.23 (59)def. Beverley 4.8 (32) Victoria Park [21]
Saturday, 1 May Carlton District 5.7 (37)def. by Leopold 7.9 (52)Carlton Oval
Saturday, 1 May South Yarra 8.13 (61)drew with Collegians 8.13 (61) St Kilda Cricket Ground [22]
Saturday, 1 May University 6.8 (44)def. by Fitzroy Juniors 12.11 (83)University Oval [23]
Saturday, 1 May Elsternwick 6.11 (47)def. by Caulfield-Malvern 7.15 (57)Elsternwick [24]

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 8 May Leopold 8.10 (58)def. Beverley 4.7 (31) South Melbourne Cricket Ground [25] [26]
Saturday, 8 May Carlton District 9.12 (66)def. Elsternwick 3.4 (22)Carlton Oval [27]
Saturday, 8 May Collingwood District 11.12 (78)def. South Yarra 6.15 (51) Victoria Park [28]
Saturday, 8 May Fitzroy Juniors 11.14 (80)def. Caulfield-Malvern 5.7 (37)Fitzroy [29] [30]
Bye
Collegians, University

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 15 May Beverley 2.13 (25)def. Collegians 3.4 (22) Richmond Cricket Ground [31]
Saturday, 15 May Caulfield-Malvern 5.6 (36)def. by Carlton District 14.10 (94)Caulfield [32]
Saturday, 15 May University 1.2 (8)def. by Collingwood District 8.22 (70)University [33]
Saturday, 15 May South Yarra 5.5 (35)def. by Fitzroy Juniors 12.13 (85) St Kilda Cricket Ground [34]
Saturday, 15 May Elsternwick 2.7 (19)def. by Leopold 10.14 (74)Elsternwick [35]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 22 May Beverley 7.13 (55)def. Elsternwick 2.4 (16) Richmond Cricket Ground [36]
Saturday, 22 May Carlton District 6.10 (46)def. University 1.2 (8)Carlton
Saturday, 22 May Collegians 3.6 (24)v Collingwood District 11.6 (72)Albert Park [37]
Saturday, 22 May South Yarra 4.11 (35)def. Caulfield-Malvern 4.6 (30) St Kilda Cricket Ground [38]
Saturday, 22 May Fitzroy Juniors 6.4 (40)def. Leopold 3.6 (24)Fitzroy [39]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPtsQualification
1 Collingwood District (P)14131052 Finals series
2 Leopold 14121150
3 Fitzroy Juniors 14122048
4 Carlton District 1486032
5 South Yarra 1466228
6 Beverley 14410016
7 Collegians 1439216
8 University 14410016
9 Caulfield-Malvern 14211110
10 Elsternwick 1421209

Source: [40]
(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. [41]

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 31 July Collingwood District 9.24 (78)def. Carlton District 5.4 (34) East Melbourne Cricket Ground [42] [43]
Saturday, 31 July (3:00pm) Leopold 10.11 (71)drew with Fitzroy Juniors 10.11 (71) Richmond Cricket Ground [12] [43]
  • Leopold and Fitzroy Juniors drew in their match, with the final score being 10.11 (71) each. [1] At the time, a rule existed in the MAFA which stated "that should a tie take place in either of the matches played in the second round [finals series] the club with the best performances during the season shall adjourned the winner". [44] With Leopold finishing the home-and-away season with two points more than Fitzroy Juniors, the MAFA decided at a meeting on 2 August that they would advance to the grand final. [45]
  • The semi-finals were originally scheduled to be held on 28 August prior to the curtailing of the home-and-away season. [10]

Grand Final

1915 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 7 August Collingwood District def. Leopold Richmond Cricket Ground [46] [47] [48] [49]



9.10 (64)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


6.13 (49)		Umpires: Hood
Oram 2, Carkeek 2, T. Bayliss 2, Brown, Lumsden, G. BaylissGoalsSchilling 2, Skehan, Harley, Gunn, Murra
Lumsden (striking), Nash (elbowing), T. Bayliss (striking)ReportsHarley (striking), Hughes (elbowing), Skehan (bad languague)
  • The grand final was originally scheduled to be held on 4 September prior to the curtailing of the home-and-away season. [10]

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