List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

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This is a list of former Australian Rules Football competitions in the Australian state of Victoria.

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Metropolitan competitions

NameFoundedEndedReasonPrevious NamesKnown clubs
Band of Hope Football Association19261931
Berwick Football Assocication [1] 19101932Most clubs moved to the Dandenong District FLBeaconsfield, Berwick, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Glen Waverley, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Springvale.
Bourke-Evelyn Football League19061931Arthurs Creek, Donnybrook, Epping, Kinglake, Mernda, Midland Rovers, Reservoir, South Morang, Whittlesea
Brunswick & Coburg Churches Association19271932Coburg Methodists, East Brunswick Methodists, West Brunswick Methodists, Moreland C of C, Brunswick C of C, Coburg Presbyterians, Brunswick Presbyterians, St Augustines, Union Street Methodists.
Caulfield Oakleigh Football League [2] 19321962Formed as a feeder competition for players to progress to the Oakleigh (VFA) side. Merged with the Eastern Suburban Football League to form the South East Suburban Football League.
Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League19501961Changed its name to the Eastern Districts Football League
CYMS Football Association 1910s1976
Dandenong Districts Football League [3] 19331953Most clubs move to the newly formed South West Gippsland FL in 1954Beaconsfield, Berwick, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Keysborough, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Rythedale-Officer, Springvale, Tooradin-Dalmore.
East Suburban Football League [4] 19321962Merged with the Caulfield Oakleigh Football League to form the South East Suburban Football League.
Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association [5] 19251992Absorbed by the Southern Football League Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Association 1925-1969
Federal Football League 19091981Absorbed by the South East Suburban FL
Keilor & Broadmeadows Football League19261931
Melbourne District Football Association19061924Forerunner of the VFL Sub Districts
Melbourne North Football League19891994Set up for clubs that the Diamond Valley refused to admit.Bellfield, Heidelberg Colts, Keon Park, Northcote Dragons. Northern Dragons, Reservoir Rovers
Methodist Football League19461955
Metropolitan Football League19501974Sub District Football League (1925–49) Altona, Deer Park, East Brunswick, East Hawthorn, Fairfield, Hawthorn City, Northcote Park, Reservoir, Richmond District, St Albans, St Kilda City, South Melbourne District, Sunshine
Metropolitan Protestant Churches Football League19571971
Mountain District Football Association19111965Existed 1911–1924, reformed 1931–1935, known as Belgrave Football League in 1936, 1945–1965. Merged with Yarra Valley Football League in 1966 to form Yarra Valley & Mountain District Football LeagueMonbulk, Belgrave, Ferny Creek (1911-1932), Olinda (1911-1914 + 1933–1938), Olinda-Ferny Creek (1946-1964), Macclesfield, Emerald, Gembrook, Silvan, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Upwey-Tecoma, Upper Ferntree Gully, South Belgrave, South Wantirna, Mt. Evelyn, Lilydale Imperial (1931–32), Kilsyth (1936)
Northern Metropolitan Football League19751979Batman (now Coburg Districts), Bellfield, Broadmeadows, Collingwood Districts, Dallas Blues, East Brunswick, Fitzroy Stars, Jacana, Merlynston, Preston Wanderers, Princes Hill, RMIT, St Andrews, West Brunswick
Panton Hill Football League [6] 19311987Donnybrook, Hurstbridge, Kinglake, Lalor, Latrobe University, Mernda, Panton Hill, Research, St Andrews, Watsonia, Whittlesea
Protestant Football Association19211940
Reporter District Football Association 19031928Disbanded early 1927 after inner clubs joined the V.F.L. Sub-Districts and the outer clubs formed the Ringwood District Football LeagueBox Hill, Mitcham, Canterbury, Ringwood Imperials (1903), Ringwood, Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Burwood, East Burwood, Camberwell, Warrandyte, Nunawading, Blackburn, Doncaster, Croydon, Rose Of Camberwell (1909), Surrey Hills, Deepdene, Kilsyth, Kew, Vermont, Auburn, Balwyn
Ringwood District Football League [7] 19271941Ringwood, Blackburn, Doncaster, Warrandyte, Croydon, Kilsyth, Vermont, Mitcham, Templestowe, Tunstall All Blacks, Ringwood East, Olinda-Monbulk (1939), Bayswater, Boronia, Lilydale Stars
Saturday Morning Football League19271960Industrial FLPostal, Wirra Stars, MacRobertson's, Victoria Brewery, Havelock, Carlton Brewery, Abbotsford Brewery, Raymonds, G.M.H., Commonwealth Services, Electronic, Explosive, Kodak, Repatriation, S.E.C., Yellow Cabs
Scoresby District Football League19251930League created to replace Mountain DFA which went into recess. When MDFA resumed in 1931 most clubs transferred in.Bayswater-Boronia, Ferntree Gully, East Burwood, Ferny Creek, Belgrave, Scoresby, Monbulk, Silvan
Sunday Amateur Football League19471964
Sunday Suburban Football League19501968Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association (1950–67)
VFA Sub District Football Association19271953
VFL Sub-Districts 19251949Revamped into Metropolitan FL (1950-1974)
Victorian Junior Football Association 18831932
West Suburban Football League [8] 19191987Absorbed by the Footscray District Football League Werribee District Football League (1919–64) Altona, INF, Lara, Laverton, Little River, Metro Farm, Newport, Services, Werribee, Werribee South, Williamstown Rovers, Wyndham
YCW National Football League [9] 19631986Broke away from the C.Y.M.S. association because most junior clubs didn't have a senior pathway forward.ACSC, Bellfield, Broadmeadows, Clifton Hill, Coburg YCW, East Brunswick, East Preston, East Thomastown, Fitzroy Stars, Fairfield, Flemington, Jacana, Kensington Stores, Keon Park, Merlynston, Moomba Park, Moorabbin West, North Fawkner, North Melbourne and District YCW, RAAF Melbourne, RAAF Squadron, Reservoir Rovers, Richmond Centrals (unrelated to current Richmond Central) St Andrews, South Dandenong, West Ivanhoe

Country competitions

List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria
List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

References

  1. ↑ Dandenong Journal
  2. ↑ Caulfield Oakleigh District Times
  3. ↑ Dandenong Journal
  4. ↑ Box Hill Reporter
  5. ↑ Box Hill Reporter
  6. ↑ Whittlesea Post
  7. ↑ Ringwood Mail
  8. ↑ Werribee Banner
  9. ↑ Catholic Advocate
  10. ↑ Ararat Advertiser
  11. ↑ Bacchus Marsh Express
  12. ↑ Bairnsdale Advertiser
  13. ↑ Bairnsdale Advertiser
  14. ↑ Ballarat Courier
  15. ↑ Ballarat Courier
  16. ↑ "1922 - Football". Great Southern Advocate (Korumburra, Vic. : 1889 - 1906, 1914 - 1940). 10 August 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  17. ↑ Wonthaggi Sentinel
  18. ↑ Morwell Advertiser
  19. ↑ Horsham Times
  20. ↑ Creswick Advertiser
  21. ↑ Colac Herald
  22. ↑ Traralgon Journal
  23. ↑ Snowy River Mail
  24. ↑ Riverine Herald
  25. ↑ Gippsland Times
  26. ↑ "1913 - Country Football: Nyroa". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 26 August 1913. p. 11. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  27. ↑ "1903 - Football". Great Southern Advocate (Korumburra, Vic. : 1889 - 1906, 1914 - 1940). 23 April 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  28. ↑ "1931 - Hume Highway Football Association". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic). 23 April 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  29. ↑ Avoca Mail
  30. ↑ Skipton Standard
  31. ↑ Nhill Free Press
  32. ↑ Swan Hill Guardian
  33. ↑ Terang Express
  34. ↑ North West Express
  35. ↑ Geelong Advertiser
  36. ↑ Warrnambool Standard
  37. ↑ Gippsland Times
  38. ↑ "1909 - Football". Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 9 August 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  39. ↑ Sea Lake Times
  40. ↑ Hamilton Spectator
  41. ↑ "1903 - Country Football: Trafalgar". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 20 August 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  42. ↑ "1906 - Football". Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 - 1932). 21 September 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  43. ↑ Pakenham Gazette
  44. ↑ Hamilton Spectator
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