1921 MAFA season

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1921 MAFA season
Date7 May − 3 September 1921
Teams14
Premiers University B
1st premiership
Minor premiers University A
1st minor premiership
  1920
1922  

The 1921 MAFA season was the 26th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 7 May and concluded on 3 September, comprising a 13-match home-and-away season, followed by a two-week finals series. [1] [2]

Contents

University B won the MAFA premiership for the first time, defeating University A by five points in the 1921 MAFA Grand Final. [3]

Association membership

Six new teams entered the MAFA in 1921 – Hampton, Old Brightonians, Old Scotch Collegians, Old Trinity, Sandringham and University A. [4] [5] [6]

University A joined the MAFA after leaving the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL). [7] They joined the University Football Club's other team, University B, which had crossed from the VJFL in 1920. [8] [9] The teams were known as the "Blues" and the "Blacks" respectively, although the nicknames were not formally used until 1930. [1] [10]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPtsQualification
1 University A 1344 Finals series
2 University B (P)1344
3 Hampton 1344
4 Old Melburnians 1340
5 Elsternwick 1336
6 Sandringham 1332
7 Old Scotch 1328
8 Collegians 1324
9 Old Caulfield Grammarians 1320
10 South Yarra 1316
11 Melbourne Swimming Club 1312
12 Old Trinity 138
13 Teachers College 134
14 Old Brightonians 1300

Source: [11] [12]
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 13 August University B 10.12 (72)def. Hampton 8.6 (54) Melbourne Grammar School [13]
Saturday, 13 August University A 18.19 (127)def. Old Melburnians 5.9 (39) Scotch College [14] [15]

Grand Final

1921 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 3 September University A def. by University B University Oval [16] [17]



9.8 (62)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final



9.13 (67)
Cook 6, Morrison, Howells, RushGoalsFlemming 3, Taylor 2, Grounds 2, Lennon, Hasker
Howells, Richardson, Lockwood, Ross, Rush, StephensBestOrchard, Dunn, Lennon, McClean, Grounds
  • While the grand final would have ordinarily been held on 20 August (one week after the semi-final), it was delayed by three weeks until students from the University of Melbourne returned from holidays. [18]

Notable events

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. [19] [20] 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. [6] [21]

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