Adelaide Metropolitan Football League

The Adelaide Metropolitan Football League (AMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based mainly in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Originally known as the Sturt District Football Association (SDFA), ^[1] the competition reformed after World War II, became the Adelaide Metropolitan Football League in 1963 and folded at the end of the 1967 season. ^[2]

Member Clubs

Final

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in AMFL	AMFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Known	Years
Albert Druids		Druids	Mary Lee Park, North Adelaide	WTDFA	1930s	1962-67	0	?	Moved to Norwood North FA in 1968
Burnside			Bill Cooper Oval, Newland Park, Erindale	ETFA	1947	1961-67	0	?	Moved to East Torrens FA in 1968
Eastwood			Carriageway Park (Park 17), Adelaide	SAAFL	1930s	1946-53, 1964-67	4	1946, 1947, 1948, 1951	Unknown. Played in SAAFL between 1977 and 1983
Hindmarsh CYMS			St Michael's College, Henley Beach	CYMSFA		1967 [2]	1	1967	Moved to SAAFL in 1968
Kelvinator			Weigall Oval, North Plympton	SMFL	1943	1951, 1962-67	0	?	Folded when AMFL ended in 1967
Mitcham District		Hawks	Price Memorial Oval, Hawthorn	MSFA	1908	1947-1967 [2] [3]	4	1954, 1956, 1959, 1960	Moved to SAAFL in 1968
Royal Park		Roosters	Carnegie South Reserve, Royal Park	–	1960s	1967 [2]	0	?	Moved to SAAFL in 1968
St Raphael's		Saints	Morgan Oval, Adelaide			1946-67	0	?	Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1968
South Adelaide Ramblers		Panthers	Blue Gum Park, Adelaide	SMFL	1910s	1949, 1958-67	0	?	Moved to Southern Metropolitan FL in 1968

Former

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in AMFL	AMFL Senior Premierships		Fate
							Known	Years
Adelaide Colts						1951-52	Junior grades only		Folded
Blackwood		Woods	Hewett Sports Ground Blackwood	GDFA	1912	1949-52 [4]	2	1950, 1952	Returned to Glenelg District FA in 1953
Brompton			Mary Lee Park, North Adelaide		1945	1962-63, 1965-66	0	?	Moved to East Torrens FA in 1967
Camden Park							0	?	Folded
Colonel Light Gardens B			Mortlock Park, Colonel Light Gardens	–	1931	1946-53	0	-	Moved to SAAFL in 1954
Cudmore Park						1953-54	0	-	Folded
Goodwood B			Goodwood Oval, Goodwood		1920s	1947	0	-	Moved to SAAFL in 1948
Kenilworth B		Kookaburras			1907	1948-52	0	-	Moved to SAAFL in 1954
Lockleys Youth Club						1951	Junior grades only		Folded
Mitcham Youth Movement						1946	0	-	Folded
Myer						1948-52	0	-	Moved to SAAFL in 1953
North Adelaide Junior						1951	Junior grades only		Folded
Parkside Youth Movement						1946-52	0	-	Folded
Parkview						1947-51	0	-	Folded
Postal Institute					1944	1953-65	0	?	Returned to SAAFL in 1955
Sturt C		Double Blues			1901	1946-53	2	1949, 1953	?
Sturt Park						1953-54	0	-	Folded
University		Blacks			1906	1953-54	0	-	Moved to SAAFL in 1955

Premierships

Sturt District Football Association

Year	A Division	B Division
1946	Eastwood Rechabites [5]
1947	Eastwood Rechabites [6]
1948	Eastwood Rechabites [7]	Mitcham District B [7]
1949	Sturt C [8]	South Adelaide Ramblers [8]
1950	Blackwood [9]	Kenilworth B [9]
1951	Eastwood [10]	St Raphael's
1952	Blackwood [11]	Kenilworth [11]
1953	Sturt C
1954	Mitcham District [3]
1955
1956	Mitcham District [3]
1957
1958
1959	Mitcham District [3]
1960	Mitcham District [3]
1961
1962

Adelaide Metropolitan Football League

Year	A Division	B Division
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967	Hindmarsh C.Y.M.S [2]

Medallists

H. S. Dunks Medal

• 1946 - Gerke, Harders, Thomas and May (Tie) ^[12]
• 1947 - William Maxwell May (Camden Park)
• 1948
• 1949
• 1950
• 1951 - Colin Hender (Blackwood) ^[4]
• 1952 - George Southby (Blackwood) ^{[4] [13]}
• 1953 - George Southby (Blackwood) ^[4]
• 1954
• 1955
• 1956
• 1957
• 1958
• 1959
• 1960
• 1961
• 1962
• 1963
• 1964
• 1965
• 1966
• 1967

References

1. "New Football Boundaries - Opinions Divided on Proposal". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 15 February 1946. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
2. Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1968". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
3. "Brief version of the History of The Mitcham Football Club". Mitcham Football Club. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
4. Stallard, Neil. "Blackwood Football Club - The Early Days, 1912–1986". Blackwood Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
5. "Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 31 August 1946. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
6. "Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 27 September 1947. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
7. "Junior Football - Sturt District Association". The Mail (Adelaide). 11 September 1948. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
8. "Junior Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 10 September 1949. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
9. "Junior Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 9 September 1950. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
10. "Minor Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1951. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
11. "Minor Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 13 September 1952. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
12. "Sturt District Grand Final". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 August 1946. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
13. "Captains Forecast Even Game". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 13 September 1952. Retrieved 21 November 2014.