| Boroondara Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names | ||
| Full name | Boroondara Football Club | |
| Former name(s) | Star of Camberwell Football Club (1890−1891) | |
| Former nickname(s) | Star [1] | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1890 | |
| Dissolved | 30 April 1905 | |
| Uniforms | ||
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The Boroondara Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) until it merged with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1905. [2]
Boroondara was formed as the Star of Camberwell Football Club around 1890. [3] The club changed its name to Boroondara on 24 June 1891. [4]
In 1897, the club joined the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) after absorbing Camberwell Juniors. [3] The club withdrew late in the season and appears to have gone into recess. [5] [6] [7]
Boroondara returned to the MJFA for the 1903 season and remained in the competition in 1904. [8] [9] [10]
Following the end of the 1904 season, Booroondara merged with fellow MJFA club Hawthorn at the MJFA annual meeting on 30 April 1905. [11] Hawthorn retained its own name, but adopted Boroondara's colours of a black guernsey with a red sash. [12]
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The Boroondara and Hawthorn clubs had decided to amalgamate, and would form a very strong club for the ensuing season.
Hawthorn merged with Boroondara Football Club, retaining name but adopts Boroondara's guernsey, black with a red sash.
