1923 MAFA season

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1923 MAFA season
Date5 May − 27 August 1923
Teams16
←  1922
1924  →

The 1923 MAFA season was the 28th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. [1] [2] The season began on 5 May and concluded on 25 August, with 16 teams participating across two divisions under a promotion and relegation system. [3] [4]

Contents

After splitting the competition into A Section and B Section for the first time in 1922, the MAFA introduced promotion and relegation in 1923, with the A Section wooden spooners relegated and the B Section premiers promoted. [5] [6] This system has remained in place in the MAFA (now VAFA) with minimal changes since 1923. [7] [8]

Association membership

Black Rock lef the MAFA after one season, while Melbourne Shipping Company had disbanded during the 1922 season. [9] [10] Hampton and Murrumbeena both entered the competition, keeping the total number of clubs at 16. [9] [11]

Notable events

A Section

1923 MAFA A Section season
Date5 May − 18 August 1923
Teams8
Premiers Old Scotch
1st A Section premiership
Minor premiers University B
1st A Section minor premiership
←  1922
1924  →

Old Scotch won its first MAFA premiership, defeating University B by 34 points in the grand final. [13]

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 University B 141171758151.540Finals series
2 Old Scotch (P)141046791132.240
3 Hampton 141006700143.736
4 University A 14969685141.536
5 Collegians 141148788145.132
6 Elsternwick 1485188596.224
7 Old Melburnians 14713141450.48
8 Old Xaverians 14615149341.28 Relegation

Source: [14]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

1923 MAFA A Section Grand Final
Saturday, 18 August University B def. by Old Scotch Elsternwick Park [15]
5.4 (34)
6.4 (40)
5 point lead
12.7 (79)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		3.0 (18)
6.5 (41)

17.11 (113)
  • Although 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, the ability to challenge was not given to University B because it was even with Old Scotch on premiership points. [15] [16]

B Section

1923 MAFA B Section season
Date5 May − 25 August 1923
Teams8
Premiers Sandringham
1st B Section premiership
Minor premiers Murrumbeena
1st B Section minor premiership
Leading goalkickerA.Lundy [17] [18]
(Murrumbeena)
←  1922
1924  →

Sandringham won its first MAFA premiership, defeating Murrumbeena by four points in the first-ever B Section grand final.

Ladder

PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPtsQualification
1 Murrumbeena 141101720152.952Finals series
2 Old Caulfield Grammarians 14921784117.534
3 Elsternwick 14762752101.332
4 Sandringham (P)14831830100.128
5 Melbourne Swimming Club 1482987195.228
6 Teachers College 1469890075.620
7 Elwood 14791100678.618
8 Old Trinity 14956102693.212

Source: [14]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

1923 MAFA B Section Grand Final
Saturday, 25 August Murrumbeena def. by Sandringham University Oval [19] [20]
4.6 (30)

7.7 (49)
8.7 (55)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.5 (17)

6.8 (44)
8.11 (59)
Lundy 3GoalsHarris 4, Kenna 2, Morrison, Woods
Cleal, Scott, Horwood, Lundy, Reeves, CallaghanBestGraham, Lee, Smith, Kenna, Harris, Wilson

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