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] [14]

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: [15]
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 [16]
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. [16] [17]

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 [18] [19]
(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 B 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: [15]
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 [20] [21]
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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