List of provincial clubs in the Victorian Football Association

In the first decade of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), a number of provincial clubs were full administrative members of the association, but never played enough games against other clubs to be considered relevant in the premiership. ^[1] These clubs were active from the first VFA season in 1877 until. ^[2]

Notably, a number of 'junior teams' also competed alongside senior sides. ^{[3] [4]}

Almost all of these clubs folded after a single season, however a number still exist to this day and compete in local football leagues, including three in the Bendigo Football Netball League. ^{[5] [6]}

List of provincial clubs

VFA Club	Colours	Moniker	Est.	VFA season(s)	Current league(s)
				Barwon		Riverites	1874	1877–1878	Folded(1879)
Benalla				1882	Folded
Castlemaine		Magpies	1859	1877	Folded*
Colac/Camperdown		Magpies		1877	Folded
Canning & Battery United				1879	Folded
Chilwell			1874	1878–1881	Merged*
Clifton Union				1883	Folded
Daylesford		Bulldogs	1877	1880	Central Highlands
East Geelong			1879	1880–1881	Geelong & District
Geelong College				1878	Folded
Geelong Imperial		Imps		1877	Folded
Geelong Juniors		Juniors		1877	Folded
Geelong Schools				1878–1881	Folded
Inglewood				1877	Folded
Kyneton		Tigers	1868	1877–1885	Bendigo
Lincoln United			1877	1878	Folded
Maryborough		Magpies	1872	1877–1884	Bendigo
North Geelong		Magpies	1876	1878–1882	Geelong & District
Public Schools				1877–1883	Folded
Sale		Magpies	1877	1878–1883	Gippsland
Sandhurst			1861	1877	Bendigo
Warwick				1877	Folded
Victorian Railways				1877	Folded

• = Castlemain were replaced by present-day Camperdown
• = Chilwell merged with Newtown in 1933 and are now competing in the Geelong Football Netball League as Newtown & Chilwell

References

1. "Teams". The VFA Project.
2. Peter Pindar (13 October 1877). "The Football Season of 1877 – Part 1". The Australasian. Vol. XXIII, no. 602. Melbourne, VIC. p. 461.
3. Pennings, Mark. "Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's Early History" (PDF). p. 21.
4. "Historic Princes Park petition found". Carlton Football Club. 15 December 2015.
5. "1877". Blueseum.
6. "OUR HISTORY". Kyneton Football Club.