Victorian Amateur Football Association

Australian amateur football league

Victorian Amateur Football AssociationCurrent season, competition or edition:
2024 VAFA season

Sport| Australian rules football
Founded| 1892
Divisions| 6
No. of teams| 61
Country| Australia
Streaming partner(s)| KommunityTV
VAFA TV
Official website| vafa.com.au

The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Founded in 1892, it consists of six senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 3.

In addition, the VAFA has under-19s and thirds sections, primarily made up of either clubs only able to field one team, or clubs from higher sections that can field a third team after their seniors and reserves. The league operates a double promotion and relegation system between sections, with various rules dictating which section clubs can play in.

The league's administration base is at Elsternwick Park, a former Victorian Football Association stadium in suburban Elsternwick, that was home to the now defunct Brighton Football Club and is now the home base for Old Melburnians Football Club and Elsternwick Football Club. It was redeveloped in 2017 and has a capacity for around 15,000 spectators.

The Association comprises private school old boys clubs, university clubs and district clubs. No player payments are permitted, however players can be enticed by offers of employment. As of 2021, the VAFA has 14,000 male players and 4,000 female players.[1]

## History

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Collegians vs Melbourne University Blacks at Collegians home ground at Albert Park

> Public Schools and Football.
>  The question of public school boys playing in senior football has recently been raised.
> It has been contended that the entry of prominent schoolboy players into the ranks of the senior football teams would be a boon to the game, and it is also reported that some schoolboys are likely to play with senior teams.
> In view of these reports, the attitude of the headmasters is of interest.
> They have laid down the rule that no boy while at school shall be permitted to play with any League or Association team, but no ban is placed on a boy who may wish to play with an amateur team, provided such games do not interfere with his duty to the school football team.
>  Table Talk, 26 April 1923.[2]

### MJFA

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The VAFA was founded in 1892 as the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). Ten clubs competed in the inaugural season − Alberton, Brighton, Collegians, Edlington, Footscray District, South St Kilda, St Jude's, St Mary's, Toorak-Grosvenor and YMCA.[3]

### MAFA

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In 1912, the MJFA became the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA).[4]

Prior to World War I, apart from its core function of delivering a competition for amateur footballers, the MAFA also provided a de facto second-level competition for the VFL.[5]

The VFL Second XVIII competition began in 1919;[6][7] the MAFA competition was not resumed post-war until 1920.

On 22 March 1920, a meeting of the MAFA decided to resume the inter-club competition that it had suspended for the duration of World War I at the end of the 1915 season.[8]

The MAFA announced that the re-formed competition would be between four of the "pre-war" clubs — namely, Collegians Football Club, South Yarra Amateur Football Club, Elsternwick Football Club, and Melbourne University Football Club (later University Blacks) — and four "new clubs" — namely, Old Melburnians, Old Caulfield Grammarians, Melbourne Swimming Club Football Club and the Teachers’ College Football Club.[9]

By 1922, the association was divided into 2 sections of 8. Only four years later, three sections were established: Section A with 10 clubs and Section B and C with 8 clubs each.[10][11][12]

### VAFA and growth

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In 1933, the MAFA changed its name to the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).[10][13]

Competition was ceased for the Second World War (as it had after the Great War).[14] Restarting in 1946 with 27 clubs in three sections, by 1947 34 clubs were competing over three sections. 1948 saw 35 clubs spread over four sections. In 1954 the MAFA established a fifth section for its 48 senior clubs.[10]

1960 saw 74 clubs over 7 sections, but the association then dwindled and lost two sections. Section F was reintroduced in 1971. Section G was introduced in 1986. By 1987, there were 68 clubs over 8 sections.

Between 1995 until the end of the 1999 season, there was a geographic split in some VAFA divisions with 'E South' (later 'E White'), 'E Central' (later 'E Blue') and 'E East' (later 'F Section').

Starting in 2017, the VAFA has operated a women's competition in addition to the men's.[15]

At the end of the 2023 season, Division 4 was abolished after Ivanhoe and Old Paradians were accepted into the Northern Football Netball League. Starting in 2024, each section has 10 teams with the exception of Division 3, which has 11.[16]

## Inter-league and interstate games

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### 1925

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In June 1925 a MAFA Representative XVIII defeated the South Australian 21.22 to 8.10 at the MCG in the first amateur Interstate representative game.[10]

### 1948

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Players in the 1948 Perth Carnival included: R. B. Small, K. N. C. Rollanson, G. V. Byrne, C. P. Daley, J. C. Stock, V. G. Miller, E. Jane, W. J. Backhouse, W. T. Taggart, J. P. Sheehan, R. L. Rouse, K. F. Lewis, J. W. Grainier, W. Reynolds’s, N. P. Airmen, G. W. McTaggart, D. B. White, (Deputy Manager) E. L. Macklin, B. F. Judd, V. W. Paxton, M. J. Davidson, D. W. Arnold, (Capt.) G. T. Moore, (Manager) M. K. Fitcher, (Vice-Capt.) A. H. C. Richard’s, E. M. MacGregor.

### 1951

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The Australian Amateur Jubilee Football Carnival was held in Melbourne in July 1951.

The Victorian team included: J. Kelly (Coach), K. Clarke, G. W. Gibbons, A. T. Shiel, D. Bills, J.D. Anderson, M.T. Hastie, A. D. Morning, G. Harris. G.T. Moore (Manager), A. E. Parley, W. B. Thomas, M. Mathewson, A. Ferguson, J. Stock, J. B. Jolley, J. Likely, B. F. Judd, W. M. Judd, P. McLaughlin, . Bedford, S. Bottles, D. W. Arnold (Capt.), P. M. Cox (V-Capt.), H. A. Meredith, A. F. Mellors, E. Donaldson.

### 1954

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On 14 June 1954, the Queen's Birthday holiday, a Victorian representative team defeated a South Australian team 12.14 (86) to 10.15 (75) at the Junction Oval. The match was preceded by the Grand Final of a "lightning premiership" that involving sixteen teams playing knock-out matches of two 10 minute halves. Four of the first round matches were played at the Junction Oval, and the other four were played (simultaneously) at the Ross Gregory Oval at the other end of Albert Park Lake. The quarter final, semi final, and the Grand Final matches were all played at the Junction Oval. The sixteen teams involved were:[17]

* Alphington Football Club, Hampton Rovers Football Club, Melbourne High School Old Boys (M.H.S.O.B.), Old Melburnians, and Ormond Amateur Football Club from A Section.
* Brunswick Amateurs Football Club, Caulfield Grammarians Football Club, Coburg Amateurs Football Club, Collegians Football Club, and Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club from B Section.
* Balwyn Football Club, East Malvern Football Club, and Parkside Football Club from C Section.
* Parkdale Football Club from D Section.
* South Melbourne City Football Club, and Preston Amateurs Football Club from E Section.

Parkside (the team that would later go on to have its twenty-ninth consecutive win in the 1954 C Section Grand Final), having beaten Balwyn in the first round, Preston in the quarter finals, and Ivanhoe in the Semi-finals, defeated Alphington in the Grand Final to win the lightning premiership.[18]

### 1956

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In 1956 a VAFA XVIII beat the combined VFL/VFA Amateurs in an Olympic demonstration game, 12.9 (81) to 8.7 (55).

### 1957

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Of some considerable historical significance, the VAFA vs. South Australian Amateur Football League interstate match, played at Olympic Park on 17 June 1957 — which Victoria won 15.9 (99) to 8.3 (51)[19] — was the first ever uninterrupted telecast of a complete Australian rules football game (viz., it was a direct broadcast of the entire four quarters of the match, rather than just the last quarter) .[20][21][22][10]

### 1971

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In 1971 a VAFA Representative side beat a VFA XVIII for the inaugural Victorian Football Cup 23.12 to 19.17.[10]

## Premiers

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Main article: List of Victorian Amateur Football Association premiers

## Men's clubs

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### Premier

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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Collegians |  | Lions | Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park | –  | 1892 | 1892 | 21 | 2023
Fitzroy |  | Roy Boys | Brunswick Street Oval, Fitzroy | AFL | 1883  | 2009  | 1 | 2018
Old Brighton Grammarians |  | Tonners | Brighton Beach Oval, Brighton | –  | 1921  | 1957  | 5 | 2017
Old Melburnians |  | Redlegs | Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick | –  | 1920  | 1920  | 15 | 2009
Old Scotch |  | Cardinals | Camberwell Sports Ground, Camberwell | –  | 1921  | 1921  | 12 | 1978
Old Xaverians |  | Old Xavs | Toorak Park, Armadale | –  | 1923  | 1923  | 20 | 2016
St Bernard's |  | Snowdogs | St Bernard's College, Essendon | –  | 1963  | 1963  | 10 | 2023
St Kevin's
Old Boys |  | SKOB | T H King Reserve, Kooyong | –  | 1947  | 1947  | 7 | 2022
University Blacks |  | Blacks | Main Oval, Melbourne University, Parkville | VJFL | 1928  | 1928  | 21 | 2014
University Blues |  | Blues | Main Oval, Melbourne University, Parkville | VJFL | 1928  | 1928  | 9 | 2019

### Premier B

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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Beaumaris |  | Sharks | Banksia Reserve, Beaumaris | SFNL | 1962  | 1995  | 5 | 2016
Caulfield Grammarians |  | Fields | Glenhuntly Oval, Caulfield North | –  | 1920  | 1920  | 10 | 2019
De La Salle  |  | DLSOC | Waverley Park, Malvern | –  | 1955  | 1955  | 11 | 2003
Old Camberwell  |  | Wellers | Gordon Barnard Reserve, Balwyn North | –  | 1960  | 1960  | 6 | 2007
Old Geelong |  | OGs | Como Park, South Yarra | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 6 | 2016
Old Haileyburians  |  | Bloods | Princes Park, Caulfield South | –  | 1925  | 1961  | 9 | 2022
Old Ivanhoe Grammarians  |  | Hoers | Chelsworth Park, Ivanhoe | –  | 1929  | 1964  | 8 | 2023
Old Trinity Grammarians  |  | T's | Daley Oval, Bulleen | –  | 1923  | 1954  | 7 | 1999
St Bedes/Mentone Tigers  |  | Tigers | Mentone Reserve, Mentone | –  | 1992  | 1993  | 4 | 2008
Williamstown CYMS  |  | CYs | Fearon Reserve, Williamstown | WSFL | 1886  | 1983  | 5 | 2019

### Premier C

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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AJAX |  | Jackas | Gary Smorgon Oval, St Kilda | –  | 1957  | 1957  | 6 | 2011
Glen Eira  |  | Gryphons | Packer Park, Carnegie | –  | 1999  | 1999  | 1 | 2023
Hampton Rovers  |  | Rovers | Boss James Reserve, Hampton | NMFL | 1933  | 1933  | 9 | 2014
Marcellin Old Collegians  |  | Eagles | Bray Oval, Marcellin College, Bulleen | YCWFL | 1968  | 1971  | 9 | 2008
Mazenod Old Collegians  |  | Nodders | Central Reserve, Glen Waverley | ESCFL | 1978  | 1989  | 5 | 2016
Monash Blues |  | Blues | Frearson Oval, Clayton | –  | 1962  | 1962  | 5 | 2022
Oakleigh  |  | Krushers | W.A. Scammell Reserve, Oakleigh | –  | 1991  | 1991  | 5 | 2007
Old Carey Grammarians  |  | Panthers | Carey Sports Complex, Bulleen | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 4 | 2010
Parkdale Vultures  |  | Vultures | Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale | –  | 1991  | 1991  | 2 | 2012
PEGS |  | Bombers | PEGS Playing Fields, Keilor East | WRFL | 1970  | 1984  | 4 | 2022

### Division 1

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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Kew  |  | Bears | J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew | –  | 2006  | 2006  | 9 | 2015
Old Peninsula  |  | Pirates | Peninsula College, Mount Eliza | –  | 1980  | 1980  | 0 | −
Old Yarra Cobras |  | Cobras | Koonung Park, Bulleen | –  | 2022  | 2023 | 0 | −
Ormond |  | Monders | E.E. Gunn Reserve, Ormond | –  | 1932  | 1932  | 14 | 2018
Parkside |  | Devils | Pitcher Park, Alphington | NFNL | 1938  | 2015  | 6 | 2023
Prahran |  | Two Blues | Toorak Park, Toorak | VFA | 1886  | 2011  | 2 | 2017
Preston Bullants |  | Bullants | Ruthven Reserve, Preston | –  | 2009  | 2009  | 2 | 2019
Therry Penola  |  | Lions | JP Fawkner Reserve, Oak Park | –  | 1977  | 1977  | 4 | 2013
UHS-VU  |  | Vultures | Brens Oval, Parkville | –  | 1932  | 1933  | 6 | 2018
West Brunswick  |  | Magpies | Ransford Oval, Parkville | –  | 1932  | 1959  | 8 | 2015

### Division 2

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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Aquinas Old Collegians |  | Bloods | Aquinas College, Ringwood | ESCFL | 1981  | 1987  | 4 | 2019
Brunswick |  | NOBS | Alec Gillon Oval, Brunswick | –  | 1963  | 1963  | 3 | 2012
Bulleen Templestowe  |  | Bullants | Ted Ajani Reserve, Templestowe Lower | –  | 1975  | 1975  | 6 | 2012
Elsternwick  |  | Wickers | Graham Holmes Oval, Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick | VSDFL | 1914  | 1947  | 7 | 2023
Hawthorn  |  | Hawks | Rathmines Road Reserve, Hawthorn East | SFNL | 1954  | 1995  | 1 | 1998
Melbourne High School Old Boys |  | Unicorns | Melbourne High School, South Yarra | –  | 1928  | 1928  | 10 | 2009
South Melbourne Districts  |  | Bloods | Lindsay Hassett Oval, Albert Park | SFNL | 1912  | 2000  | 4 | 2022
St Mary's Salesian  |  | Saints | Ferndale Park, Glen Iris | –  | 2008  | 2008  | 0 | −
Wattle Park  |  | Animals | Bennettswood Sports Ground, Burwood | ESCFL | 1971  | 1992  | 3 | 2002
Whitefriars Old Collegians  |  | Friars | Whitefriars College Oval, Donvale | –  | 1986  | 1986  | 6 | 2022

### Division 3

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | First season  | VAFA senior premierships

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Albert Park |  | Falcons | Beaurepaire Pavilion, Albert Park | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 0 | \-
Box Hill North  |  | Demons | Elgar Park, Box Hill North | SFNL | 1983  | 2002  | 0 | −
Canterbury |  | Cobras | Canterbury Sports Ground, Surrey Hills | EFNL | 1881  | 2014  | 1 | 2016
Chadstone |  | Synners | Jordan Reserve, Chadstone | SFNL | 1983  | 1987  | 0 | −
Eley Park  |  | Sharks | Whitehorse Reserve, Box Hill | SFNL | 1992  | 1994  | 1 | 1999
La Trobe University  |  | Trobers | Tony Sheehan Oval, La Trobe University, Bundoora | –  | 1967  | 1970  | 7 | 2022
North Brunswick  |  | Bulls | Allard Park, Brunswick | NMFL | 1970  | 1971  | 4 | 2023
Power House  |  | Slushies | Ross Gregory Oval, St Kilda | –  | 1940  | 1940  | 5 | 2006
Richmond Central  |  | Snakes | Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Richmond | –  | 1987  | 1987  | 1 | 1994
St John's Old Collegians  |  | JOCS | Thomas Carroll Reserve, Doveton | –  | 1991  | 1991  | 2 | 2011
Swinburne University  |  | Razorbacks | St. James Park, Hawthorn | –  | 1996  | 1996  | 1 | 2003

### Thirds only

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Masala Dandenong |  | Tigers | Fotheringham Reserve, Dandenong | –  | 2013  | 2013  | 0 | −
Mentone  |  | Panthers | Belvedere Park, Seaford | –  | 1968  | 1968  | 1 | 1990

## Women's clubs

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### Premier

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Caulfield Grammarians |  | Fields | Glenhuntly Oval, Caulfield North | –  | 1920  | 1920  | 1 | 2019
Coburg |  | Lions | Piranha Park, Coburg | SEWF | 2021  | 2023  | 0 | \-
Collegians  |  | Lions | Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park | –  | 1892 | 1892 | 0 | \-
Kew  |  | Bears | J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew | VWFL | 1900  | 1949  | 0 | \-
Melbourne University |  | Mugars | Main Oval, Melbourne University, Parkville | VWFL | 1996  | 2017  | 1 | 2018
Monash Blues |  | Blues | Frearson Oval, Clayton | –  | 1962  | 1962  | 1 | 2023
Old Scotch  |  | Stars | Camberwell Sports Ground, Camberwell | –  | 1921  | 1921  | 2 | 2022
Old Yarra Cobras  |  | Cobras | Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster East | –  | 1993  | 1993  | 0 | \-
St Kevin's |  | Saints | T H King Reserve, Kooyong | –  | 1947  | 1947  | 3 | 2023
West Brunswick  |  | Magpies | McAlister Oval, Brunswick | –  | 1932  | 1959  | 0 | \-

### Premier B

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Aquinas  |  | Bloods | Aquinas College, Ringwood | –  | 1981  | 1987  | 0 | \-
Beaumaris |  | Sharks | Banksia Reserve, Beaumaris | –  | 1962  | 1995  | 1 | 2022
Fitzroy |  | Roy Girls | Brunswick Street Oval, Fitzroy | VWFL | 1883  | 2009  | 0 | \-
Mazenod  |  | Nodders | Central Reserve, Glen Waverley | –  | 1978  | 1989  | 1 | 2017
Old Geelong  |  | OGs | Como Park, South Yarra | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 0 | \-
St Bede's Mentone  |  | Tigers | Mentone Reserve, Mentone | –  | 1972  | 1972  | 0 | 2022
Westbourne Grammarians  |  | Warriors | Westbourne School Ground, Truganina | –  | 2014  | 2014  | 1 | 2018
Williamstown CYMS  |  | CYs | Fearon Reserve, Williamstown | –  | 1886  | 1983  | 1 | 2023

### Division 1

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Brunswick |  | Renegades | Alec Gillon Oval, Brunswick | VWFL | 1963  | 1963  | 0 | \-
Marcellin Old Collegians  |  | Eagles | Bray Oval, Marcellin College, Bulleen | –  | 1971  | 1971  | 2 | 2023
Old Brighton  |  | Tonners | Brighton Beach Oval, Brighton | –  | 1921  | 1957  | 0 | \-
Old Camberwell  |  | Wellers | Gordon Barnard Reserve, Balwyn North | –  | 1960  | 1960  | 1 | 2017
Old Haileybury  |  | Hearts | Princes Park, Caulfield South | –  | 1925  | 1961  | 1 | 2018
Old Melburnians  |  | Redlegs | Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick | –  | 1920  | 1920  | 0 | \-
Old Xaverians |  | Old Xavs | Toorak Park, Armadale | –  | 1923  | 1923  | 0 | \-
Parkdale Vultures  |  | Vultures | Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale | –  | 1991  | 1991  | 0 | \-

### Division 2

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Glen Eira  |  | Gryphons | Packer Park, Carnegie | –  | 1999  | 1999  | 1 | 2019
Hampton Rovers  |  | Rovers | Boss James Reserve, Hampton | –  | 1933  | 1933  | 1 | 2022
Hawthorn  |  | Hawks | Rathmines Road Reserve, Hawthorn East | –  | 1954  | 1995  | 2 | 2018
MCC Women's  |  | Demons | Beaumaris Secondary College, Beaumaris | –  | 2018  | 2018  | 1 | 2023
Oakleigh  |  | Krushers | W.A. Scammell Reserve, Oakleigh | –  | 1991  | 1991  | 0 | \-
Old Trinity Grammarians  |  | T's | Daley Oval, Bulleen | –  | 1923  | 1954  | 0 | \-
Power House  |  | Slushies | Ross Gregory Oval, St Kilda | –  | 1940  | 1940  | 0 | \-
Richmond Central  |  | Snakes | Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Richmond | –  | 1987  | 1987  | 0 | \-
St Mary's Salesian  |  | Saints | Ferndale Park, Glen Iris | –  | 2008  | 2008  | 2 | 2018
Whitefriars  |  | Friars | Whitefriars College Oval, Donvale | –  | 1986  | 1986  | 1 | 2018

### Division 3

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Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Former League(s)  | Est.  | VAFA Seasons  | VAFA Senior Premierships

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Box Hill North  |  | Demons | Elgar Park, Box Hill North | –  | 1983  | 2002  | 0 | \-
De La Salle Old Collegians  |  | DLSOC | Waverley Park, Malvern | –  | 1955  | 1955  | 0 | \-
La Trobe University  |  | Trobers | Tony Sheehan Oval, La Trobe University, Bundoora | VWFL | 1967  | 1970  | 0 | \-
North Brunswick  |  | Bulls | Allard Park, Brunswick | –  | 1970  | 1971  | 0 | \-
Old Carey  |  | Panthers | Carey Sports Complex, Bulleen | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 0 | \-
Parkside |  | Devils | Pitcher Park, Alphington | –  | 1938  | 2015  | 0 | \-
Preston Bullants |  | Bullants | Ruthven Reserve, Preston | –  | 2009  | 2009  | 1 | 2019
Therry Penola  |  | Lions | JP Fawkner Reserve, Oak Park | –  | 1977  | 1977  | 1 | 2019
UHS-VU  |  | Vultures | Brens Oval, Parkville | –  | 1932  | 1933  | 1 | 2023
Wattle Park  |  | Animals | Bennettswood Sports Ground, Burwood | –  | 1992  | 1992  | 0 | \-

### Division 4

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Albert Park  |  | Falcons | Beaurepaire Pavilion, Albert Park | –  | 1954  | 1954  | 0 | \-
Canterbury  |  | Cobras | Canterbury Sports Ground, Surrey Hills | –  | 1881  | 2014  | 0 | \-
Collegians  |  | Lions | Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park | –  | 1892 | 1892 | 0 | \-
Elsternwick  |  | Wickers | Graham Holmes Oval, Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick | –  | 1914  | 1947  | 0 | \-
Kew  |  | Bears | J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew | –  | 1900  | 1949  | 0 | \-
Old Xaverians |  | Old Xavs | Toorak Park, Armadale | –  | 1923  | 1923  | 0 | \-
Old Yarra Cobras  |  | Cobras | Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster East | –  | 1993  | 1993  | 0 | \-
South Melbourne Districts  |  | Bloods | Lindsay Hassett Oval, Albert Park | –  | 1912  | 2000  | 0 | \-
St Kevin's |  | Saints | T H King Reserve, Kooyong | –  | 1947  | 1947  | 3 | 2023
West Brunswick  |  | Magpies | McAlister Oval, Brunswick | –  | 1932  | 1959  | 0 | \-

## Former clubs

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Sources: [23][24][25][26][27]

Club  | Colours  | Nickname  | Home Ground  | Est.  | VAFA seasons  | VAFA premierships  | Fate/current league

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Albanvale |  | Cobras | Robert Bruce Reserve  | 1978  | 1989-92  |  | WRFL
Alphington  |  |  | John Cain Memorial Reserve  |  | 1934-83  |  | Folded
AMP Society  |  |  |  |  | 1963-81  |  | Merged
with North Caulfield YCW to form Balaclava
ANZ Bank |  |  |  |  | 1950-69  |  | Merged
with Albert Park in 1970
Army Apprentices  |  |  |  |  | 1966-70  |  | Folded
Assumption Old Collegians  |  |  |  |  | 1964-82  |  | Merged
with Prahran in 2010
Australian Postal Institute  |  |  |  |  | 1965  |  | Folded
Balaclava  |  | Kangaroos |  | 1982  | 1982-90  |  | Merged
with St Anthony's Glen Huntly in 1991 to form Glen Huntly
Balwyn |  | Tigers | Balwyn Park  | 1909  | 1946-55  |  | EFNL
originally moved to ESFL
Balwyn Combined  |  | Demons | Macleay Park  |  | 1993-95  |  | Folded
1996; originally moved to EFNL
Banyule  |  | Bears | R.J Brockwell Oval  | 1967  | 1979-2014  |  | NFNL
Bellfield  |  | Mud and Blood | Ford Park,
Oriel Rd  |  | 1950-65  |  | Folded
1993; originally moved to ESCFA then MNFL
Bentleigh  |  | Demons | Bentleigh Reserve  | 1965  | 2000-10  |  | SFNL
Bentleigh Districts  |  |  |  |  | 1929-37  |  | Folded
1956; originally moved to CODFL
Beverley  |  |  |  |  | 1898-1915  |  | Folded
Beverley Hills |  | Lions | Zerbes Reserve  | 1972  | 1972-81  |  | EFNL
Renamed to Doncaster East in 1990
Black Rock  |  | Jets | McDonald Reserve  | 1908  | 1922, 1927-30  |  | SFNL
originally moved to YCWFL
Bloods  |  | Bloods |  |  | 1987−98  |  | Merged
with Old Brighton in 1996 to form Old Brighton Bloods
Boronia Park  |  | Bombers | Miller Park, Boronia |  | 1990-94  |  | Folded
2001; originally moved to SFNL then YRFNL
Boroondara |  |  | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1890  | 1897;
1903-04  |  | Merged
1905 with Hawthorn
Brighton |  | Penguins |  |  | 1892-1907  |  | Folded
1964; originally moved to VFA
Brighton  |  |  |  |  | 1952-58  |  |
Brighton TSOB  |  |  |  |  | 1930-40  |  | Folded
Brightonvale  |  |  |  |  | 1926-39  |  | Folded
Brunswick  |  | Lions |  |  | 1926-94, 1999-2003  |  | WRFL
changed name to Brunswick Power
Bulleen United |  | Bulls |  |  | 1975-95  |  | Merged
1996 with Canterbury North Balwyn
Burwood  |  |  |  |  | 1928-36  |  | Folded
Camberwell |  | Cobras | Camberwell Sports Ground  | 1886  | 1992-95  |  | Folded
Canterbury North Balwyn |  |  |  |  | 1993-95  |  | Merged
1996 with Bulleen United
Canterbury United Churches  |  |  |  |  | 1931-32  |  | Folded
Carlton Districts  |  |  |  |  | 1909-15  |  | Folded
Carnegie  |  |  |  | 1920s  | 1935-38  |  | Folded
1999; originally moved to CODFL then SFNL
Cassie  |  |  |  |  | 1964-65  |  | Folded
Caulfield |  |  |  | 1890s  | 1894-1915  |  | Folded
1976; originally moved to FFL and renamed East Caulfield
Caulfield Amateurs
(Caulfield) |  |  |  | 1946  | 1952-53  |  | Folded[28]
1971; originally moved to CODFL then SESFL
Caulfield City
(Caulfield) |  |  |  |  | 1924-25  |  | Folded
1958; originally moved to ESFL then CODFL
Celtic  |  |  |  |  | 1900-02  |  | Folded
Chirnside Park |  | Panthers | Kimberley Reserve  | 1978  | 1990-99  |  | EFNL
Clayton  |  | Saints |  |  | 1979-89  |  | Merged
1989 with Waverley to form Waverley Amateurs
Coburg |  | Swans | De Chene Reserve  | 1920s  | 1935−40;
1942−87  |  | Folded 1988
Collingwood District |  | Districts |  |  | 1906-15  |  | Folded
1938; originally moved to VJFL
Commercial Bank  |  |  |  |  | 1959-66  |  | Folded
Commonwealth Bank |  | Cobras |  |  | 1947-90  |  | Merged
1990 with State Bank
Coolaroo Rovers  |  | Rovers | Progress Reserve  |  | 1980  |  | Folded
1988; originally moved to PHFL
Combined Country Colleges  |  |  |  |  | 1978-81  |  | Folded
1981
Dandenong KSP  |  |  |  |  | 1930-32  |  | Folded
Dookie Longerenong OC  |  |  |  |  | 1970-74  |  | Folded
Doveton SJOC  |  |  |  |  | 1981-95  |  | SFNL
Renamed to Doveton Eagles
East Caulfield  |  |  |  |  | 1947-51  |  | Folded
1962; originally moved to ESFL
East Malvern  |  |  |  |  | 1929-64  |  | Folded
1985; originally moved to SFNL
Edlington  |  |  |  |  | 1892 |  | Folded
Elwood  |  |  |  |  | 1922-23  |  | Folded
ES&A Bank |  |  |  |  | 1932-35, 1952-69  |  | Merged
with ANZ Bank
ES & A Bank/National Bank  |  |  |  |  | 1936-37  |  | Merged temporarily
with National Bank
Fairfield  |  | Bloods | Fairfield Park Oval  | 1891  | 1936-73  |  | Folded
1996; originally moved to ESCFA, then SFNL and NFNL
Fawkner  |  | Fawks | Charles Mutton Reserve  | 1973  | 1973-95  |  | Merged
1996 moved to WRFL, 1997 merged with Moomba Park to form Fawkner Park (now Northern Saints)
Fitzroy Districts  |  |  |  |  | 1904-05  |  |
Fitzroy Juniors  |  |  |  |  | 1912-15  |  | Folded
Fitzroy Reds
(University Reds) |  | Reds | Brunswick Street Oval | 1954  | 1955−64;
1973−2008  |  | Merged
2008 with Fitzroy
Fitzroy Wesleys |  |  |  |  | 1894 |  |
Flinders Naval Base  |  |  |  |  | 1927-28  |  | Folded
1975; originally moved to MPFL, then FFL and NPL
Footscray Districts  |  |  |  |  | 1892 |  | Folded
Footscray Tech Old Boys
(FTSOB/FTCOB/FTIOB) |  | Footscray IT | Institute Oval  | 1920s  | 1932−92  |  | Folded
1992
Gardenvale-Middle Brighton  |  |  |  |  | 1926  |  | Merged
1992 with St Kevin's Ormond to form Caulfield Bears; originally moved to ESCFA
Gardiner  |  |  |  |  | 1932  |  | Folded
Geelong Amateurs |  | Ammos, Pegasus | Queens Park  |  | 1926-40, 1947-82  |  | BFNL
originally moved to GDFL
Glen Huntly |  |  |  |  | 1926-73  |  | Folded
Glenhuntly  |  | Hunters |  |  | 1991-98  |  | Merged
1999 with St Kilda South Caulfield and St Kilda CBC Old Boys to form Glen Eira
Glenroy  |  |  |  |  | 1974-77  |  |
GTV 9 |  |  | Bill Woodfull Oval  |  | 1986−1989  |  | Folded
Hampton  |  |  |  |  | 1923-27  |  | Merged
1929 with various clubs to form Sandringham
Hawthorn  |  |  |  |  | 1954-57  |  |
Hawthorn |  | Hawks | Glenferrie Oval |  | 1902-13  |  | AFL
originally moved to VFA
Heatherton |  | Tunners | Heatherton Recreation Reserve  |  | 1975-89  |  | SFNL
originally moved to ESCFA
Heidelberg West |  | Hawks | Heidelberg Park  | 1936  | 1939-40  |  | NFNL
Holy Trinity |  |  |  |  | 1892 |  | Folded
Huntingdale  |  |  |  |  | 1956  |  | Folded
Insurance Companies' Social Clubs  |  |  |  |  | 1954-58  |  | Folded
Ivanhoe |  | Hoers | Ivanhoe Park  | 1910  | 1932-2023 |  | NFNL
Kew Districts |  | Districts |  | 1922  | 1926  |  | Folded
1938
Kingsville  |  |  |  |  | 1927-35  |  | Merged
Moved to WRFL and changed name to Yarraville in 1996; now Yarravile-Seddon
Kontias  |  |  |  | 1989  | 1989-91  |  | Folded
Kooyong  |  |  |  |  | 1963-65  |  | Folded
La Trobe University Reds  |  | Reds | Tony Sheehan Oval  |  | 1971-1977  |  | Folded
Leopold |  | Redlegs |  |  | 1898-1915  |  | Folded
1924; originally moved to VJFL
Malvern  |  |  |  |  | 1896, 1933-64  |  | Merged
1964 to become Tooronga Malvern
Manningham Cobras
(Bulleen Cobras) |  | Cobras | Koonung Park  |  | 1996-2022  |  | Merged
2022 with Yarra Old Grammarians
Melbourne Shipping Companies  |  |  |  |  | 1922  |  | Folded
Melbourne Swimming Club  |  |  |  |  | 1920-23  |  | Folded
Monash Gryphons  |  | Gryphons | East Caulfield Reserve  | 1991  | 1991–2016  |  |
Monash Whites |  | Whites |  | 1964  | 1964–65;
1971–2001  |  | Merged
2001 with Monash Blues; now compete as Blues' Club XVIII team
Moreland Amateurs  |  |  |  |  | 1949-51  |  | Folded
Mt Carmel Old Collegians  |  |  |  |  | 1936-40  |  | Folded
Mt Lilydale Old Collegians  |  | Rams | Mount Lilydale Mercy College
Sporting Ovals  |  | 1997-2018  |  | EFNL
Merged with Croydon North to form Croydon North MLOC
Murrumbeena  |  |  |  |  | 1923-62  |  | Folded
Myer  |  |  |  |  | 1937-54  |  | Folded
National Bank  |  |  |  |  | 1932-38, 1954-79  |  | Folded
Newlands Coburg  |  | Cobras | Jackson Reserve  | 1966  | 1994-96  |  | Folded
North Alphington  |  |  |  |  | 1948-52  |  | Folded
Nunawading |  |  |  |  | 1894−1896 |  | Folded
Oakleigh  |  |  |  |  | 1908-11, 1927-28  |  | Folded
Oakleigh Clayton  |  |  |  |  | 2003-06  |  | Folded
Old Haileybury-Old Trinity  |  |  |  |  | 1928-35  |  | Folded
Old Eltham Collegians
(Eltham) |  | Turtles | Eltham College Reserve  | 1986  | 1986-2019  |  | NFNL
Old Melburnians |  |  |  | 1896  | 1896 |  | Folded
1896
Old Paradians  |  | Raiders | Garvey Oval  | 1929  | 1929-2023 |  | NFNL
Olinda  |  |  |  |  | 1893 |  | Folded
Parkdale  |  | Seagulls |  |  | 1934-54  |  | Merged
2003 with Mentone Vultures to form Parkdale Vultures; originally moved to FFL then SFNL
Parkville  |  |  |  |  | 1899 |  | Folded
Pascoe Vale |  | Panthers | Raeburn Reserve  | 1909  | 1927-28, 1940  |  | EDFL
originally moved to VFL Sub-Districts
Patricians  |  |  |  |  | 1965-69  |  | Folded
Pharmacy College  |  |  |  |  | 1962-65  |  | Folded
Point Cook |  | Bulldogs | Saltwater Reserve  | 2010  | 2010-17  |  | WRFL
Port Colts  |  |  |  |  | 1987−89  |  | Folded
Port Melbourne  |  |  |  |  | 1956-59  |  | Folded
Port Rovers  |  |  |  |  | 1903-08  |  | Folded
Postal Institute  |  |  |  |  | 1965  |  | Folded
Prahran-Caulfield  |  |  |  |  | 2007  |  |
Preston  |  |  |  |  | 1954-69  |  | Folded
Preston Marist Brothers Old Boys  |  |  |  |  | 1983-93  |  | Folded
Princes Hill  |  |  | McAlister Oval  |  | 1979-81  |  | Folded
RAAF Cadets  |  |  |  |  | 1964-65  |  | Folded
Reservoir Old Boys  |  |  |  |  | 1965-77  |  | Folded
Rupertswood |  | Sharks | Rupertswood Reserve  | 1999  | 2000-2012  |  | EDFL
originally moved to RDFL
Salesian OC  |  |  | Salesian College  |  | 1989-2007  |  | Merged
2008 with St Mary's
Sandringham |  |  |  |  | 1921-28  |  |
Sandringham Amateurs |  |  |  |  | 1940  |  |
Sandringham  |  |  |  |  | 1921-28  |  |
Sandringham B  |  |  |  |  | 1928  |  |
Sandringham Juniors  |  |  |  |  | 1926-27  |  |
Scotch Collegians  |  |  |  |  | 1894-95  |  | Folded
South Camberwell  |  |  |  |  | 1937-40  |  | Folded
South Caulfield |  |  |  |  | 1926-40  |  | Merged
1957 with Camden
Southern Dragons  |  | Dragons | Keeley Park  | 2007  | 2013-14  |  | Folded
2015; originally moved to SFNL
South Melbourne City  |  |  |  |  | 1954-59  |  | Folded
South Melbourne Juniors  |  |  |  |  | 1900  |  | Folded
South Mornington  |  | Tigers | Citation Reserve  | 2006  | 2006-2019  |  | SFNL
South St Kilda |  |  |  | c. 1870s | 1892-1899 |  | Folded
1899
South Yarra  |  |  |  |  | [[1897 MJFA season|1897]−1921  |  |
Southbank
(State Commonwealth Bank) |  | Bankers, Cobras | Swan St, Southbank |  | 1990-98  |  | Merged
1998 with Prahran
St Andrews-Coburg  |  | Saints | De Chene Reserve  | 1986  | 1986-95  |  | Folded
St Bede's Old Collegians  |  |  |  | 1966  | 1972–1992  |  | Merged
1992 with Mentone to form St Bede's/Mentone Tigers
St Columb's  |  |  |  |  | 1953  |  | Folded
St Francis Xavier |  |  |  | 1899  | 1899 |  | Folded
1899
St Francis Xavier OC  |  | Saints | St Francis Xavier College
Senior Campus | 2007  | 2007-2019  |  | SFNL
Renamed to Narre South Saints
St Ignatius's  |  |  |  |  | 1900-02, 1932-34  |  | Folded
St Jude's  |  |  |  |  | 1892-1893 |  | Folded
St Kilda CBC Old Boys  |  | Saints |  |  | 1958-1991  |  | Merged
1999 with Glen Huntly and St Kilda-South Caulfield to form Glen Eira
St Leonard's  |  |  |  |  | 1986-89  |  | Folded
St Mary's  |  |  | Ferndale Park Reserve  |  | 1990-2007  |  | Merged
2008 with Salesian OC
St Mary's  |  |  |  |  | 1892-98  |  | Folded
St Patrick's Ballarat OC  |  |  |  |  | 1939-40, 1951-55, 1964-75  |  | Merged
now part of Brunswick NOBSPC
St Patricks Mentone  |  | Vultures |  |  | 1991-2003  |  | Merged
2003 with Parkdale to form Parkdale Vultures
St Paul's (Ascot Vale)  |  |  |  |  | 1926-40  |  | Folded
St Peter's Clayton  |  |  |  |  | 1991-92  |  |
St Pius's (Heidelberg)  |  |  | Ford Park,
Oriel Rd  |  | 1979-82  |  | Folded
St Andrew's (Brighton)  |  |  |  |  | 1949-51  |  |
St Kilda-South Caulfield  |  |  |  |  | 1992-98  |  | Merged
1999 with Glen Huntly and St Kilda CBC Old Boys to form Glen Eira
St Patrick's Monivae  |  |  |  |  | 1976  |  | Folded
State Bank
(State Savings Bank) |  | Bankers |  |  | 1927-90  |  | Merged
1990 with Commonwealth Bank
State Electricity Commission  |  |  |  |  | 1947  |  | Folded
Surrey Hills  |  |  |  | 1887  | 1928-32  |  | Merged
with East Camberwell to form Surrey Park; originally moved to ESFL, then CFGFL and EFNL
Teachers College  |  |  |  |  | 1920-57  |  | Folded
Thomastown |  | Bears | Main Street Reserve  | 1966  | 1975-2000  |  | NFNL
Thornbury  |  | Bears | John Cain
Memorial Reserve  | 1930s
[29] | 1973-83  |  | Folded
1991; originally moved to NFNL and merged with Reservoir Rovers in 1988 to form Thornbury Rovers
Thornbury Cougars  |  | Cougars | Hayes Park  | 1955  | 1996-99  |  | Folded originally named Thornbury Opportunity JFC, the club changed its name to Cougars upon entering their first senior side into the MNFL in 1992
Toorak-Grovesnor  |  |  |  |  | 1892-94  |  | Folded
Tooronga-Malvern  |  |  |  |  | 1964-72  |  | Folded
VUT
(FIT/VUT) |  |  |  | 1993  | 1993−96  |  | Folded
1996
Waltham  |  |  |  |  | 1895-97  |  | Folded
Waverley Amateurs |  | Panthers | Central Reserve | 1908  | 1989-90  |  | Merged
1998 with Mount Waverley Burwood; now Waverley Blues − EFNL
Werribee Districts  |  | Tigers | Soldiers Reserve  | 1995  | 1998-2013  |  | WRFL
West Brunswick  |  |  |  |  | 1932-36  |  | Folded
West Hawthorn  |  |  |  |  | 1927-33  |  | Folded
Windsor  |  |  |  |  | 1894-1898  |  | Folded
Wyndham Suns  |  | Suns | Goddard Street Reserve  | 2013  | 2014  |  | WRFL
now Suns Football Netball Club
Yarra Old Grammarians |  | Bushrangers | Doncaster Reserve  | 1993  | 1993-2022  |  | Merged
2022 with Manningham Cobras
YMCA  |  |  |  |  | 1892-93  |  | Folded

## Club movements

[edit]

From a history of the VAFA: [10]

Season  | New clubs admitted  | Clubs that left before start of next season

|
|

1892 | Alberton | Edlington (2nd 20)
Brighton (2nd 20) | Footscray District
Collegians (2nd 20) |
Edlington (2nd 20)
Footscray District
South St Kilda (2nd 20)
St Jude's
St Mary's
Toorak-Grosvenor
YMCA
1893 | Olinda  | YMCA
University 2nd  |
1894 | Nunawading  | Olinda
Scotch Collegians  | University 2nd
Windsor  | Toorak-Grosvenor
Caulfield | St Jude's
1895 | Waltham  |
1896 | Old Melburnians | Alberton
Malvern  | Scotch Collegians
| Old Melburnians
1897 | South Yarra  | Booroondara
Booroondara  | Waltham
1898 | Leopold | St Mary's
Beverley  |
1899 | St Francis Xavier | St Francis Xavier
Parkville | Parkville
Kew | South St Kilda
1900 | South Melbourne Juniors  |
1902 | Hawthorn |
1904 | Fitzroy Districts  |
1905 | Melbourne University | Booroondara
| Fitzroy Districts
1906 | Collingwood District  |
1908 | Oakley  | Brighton
| Melbourne University
1909 | Carlton District  | Port Rovers
1913 | Fitzroy Juniors  | Hawthorn
1914 | Elsternwick  |
1920 | Old Melburnians  |
Old Caulfield
Melbourne Swimming Club
Melbourne Teachers College
Collegians
Elsternwick
University B
South Yarra
1921 | Old Brighton  | Teachers College (expelled)
Old Scotch Collegians  | South Yarra
University A |
Old Trinity
Sandringham
Hampton
1922 | Melbourne Shipping Company  | Melbourne Shipping Company
Murrumbeena  |
Elwood
Old Brighton
Teachers College (readmitted)
1923 | Old Xaverians  | Elsternwick B
1924 | Burwood  | Elwood
Caulfield City  |
Old Brighton (readmitted)
1925 | Old Hailebury  | Caulfield (expelled)
1926 | Geelong  |
Sandringham Juniors
St Paul's Ascot Vale
Old Melburnians B
Teachers College B
Kew Juniors
Brunswick Amateurs
South Caulfield
Gardenvale-Middle Brighton
1927 | Glenhuntly B  | Oakley Amateurs (expelled)
West Hawthorn  |
Kingsville Rovers
Oakley Amateurs
Pascoe Vale
Black Rock
Naval Base Flinders
State Savings Bank
1928 | Burwood  | Sandringham
Sandringham B  | Sandringham B
Surrey Hills  | Pascoe Vale (expelled)
Oakley (readmitted) | Oakley (expelled)
1929 | MHSOB |
Old Ivanhoe
Old Paradians
Bentleigh
1930 | Dandenong KSP  | Old Ivanhoe
Brighton Technical OB  | Black Rock (expelled)
Glenhuntly B  |
1931 | Canterbury United Churches  |
1932 | University High School OB  |
Nth Melbourne CBC
Ormond
West Brunswick
Footscray TSOB
St Ignatius
Gardiner
ES&A Bank
Old Brightonians
National Bank
1933 | Hampton Rovers | West Hawthorn
| Canterbury United Churches
Surrey Hills
1934 | Ivanhoe  | Dandenong
Parkdale  |
Alphington
1935 | Carnegie  | St Ignatius (expelled)
Coburg | Old Haileybury/Old Trinity
| Kingsville
National Bank
1936 | Fairfield  | Burwood
Mount Carmel OC  |
West Brunswick
1937 | Myer  | Bentleigh District
St Camberwell  |
1938 | Parkside Amateurs  |
1939 | St Patrick's Ballarat OC  | National Bank
Heidelberg West  | Carnegie
| Nth Melbourne CBC (expelled)
1940 | Pascoe Vale  | Geelong
Power House  | Brighton
| Old Brightonians
1946 | Balwyn Amateurs  |
Carnegie Church of Christ
1947 | Elsternwick (readmitted) |
Power House (readmitted)
Geelong (readmitted)
Commonwealth Bank
St Kevin's
State Electricity Commission
1948 | North Alphington  | State Electricity Commission
University High School OB (readmitted) |
1949 | Glenhuntly Juniors  |
Moreland Amateurs
St Andrews
1950 | Bellfield  | Glenhuntly Juniors
1951 | St Patrick's Ballarat OC (readmitted) |
1952 | DS&A Bank  | Moreland
| North Alphington
1953 | St Columb's  |
1954 | ANZ Bank  | Caulfield
Insurance Social Clubs Association  |
National Bank
Old Carey
Old Geelong Grammarians
Old Trinity
Power House Gold
Preston
Sth Melbourne City
Hawthorn Amateurs
1955 | De La Salle OC  | Myer
Melburnian Blues  |
University E
1956 | Port Melbourne Amateurs  | Balwyn
| St Patrick's OC
1957 | AJAX | Hawthorn Amateurs (expelled)
1958 | Collegians Gold  | Insurance Social Clubs Associations
| St Kilda CBC OB
1959 | Commercial Bank  | Brighton
West Brunswick  | Huntingdale Juniors
| South Melbourne City
1960 | Old Camberwell  | Port Melbourne Amateurs
1962 | Monash University  |
Pharmacy College
1962 | North Melbourne CBC (readmitted) | Murrumbeena
St Bernard's OC  |
Kooyong
AMP Society
1963 |  | University Reds
1964 | RAAF Cadets (Point Cook)  |
Old Ivanhoe Grammarians
Cassie
Monash University Whites
Assumption OB
St Patricks Ballarat (readmitted)
1965 | Australian Postal Institute  | Pharmacy College (expelled)
Reservoir OB  |
Patricians
1966 |  | Bellfield
API
Monash University Whites
RAAF Cadets
Cassie
Kooyong (refused readmission)
1968 | Old Mentonians  |
1970 | Old Essendon Grammarians  |
Dookie
Longernong OC
La Trobe University
1971 | Marcellin OC  |
North Brunswick
La Trobe University Reds
Monash University Whites (readmitted)
1972 | St Bedes OC  |
1973 | Fawkner  | Fairfield (expelled for paying players)
Thornbury  |
University Reds (readmitted)
1974 | Glenroy  |
Beverley Hills
1975 | Bulleen United |
Heatherton
Bulleen Templestowe
1977 |  | St Patricks Ballarat
1978 |  | Reservoir OB
1979 | St Pius  | National Bank
Clayton  |
Princes Hill
1980 | St John's OC  |
Peninsula OB
Coolaroo Rovers
Thomastown
Banyule
1982 |  | Geelong Amateurs
1983 | Williamstown CMYS  | Assumption OC
| Alphington (suspended for 2 years)
1984 | Preston MBOB  | Thornbury
| Old Essendon Grammarians (readmitted)
1985 | GTV 9 |
Eltham Collegians
St Andrews
St Leonards OC
Whitefriars OC (on probation)
1986 | Alphington (readmitted) |
1987 | Aquinas OC  |
Bloods
Port Colts
Richmond Central
1988 |  | Coburg
Clayton
1989 | Mazenod OC  |
Salesian OC
Waverley Amateurs
1990 | Boronia Park  | FIT
St Mary's  | Port Colts
| State Bank
Commonwealth Bank
1991 | St John's OC  | Waverley Amateurs
St Patricks-Menton  | St Kilda CB OC
Old Westbourne Grammarians  |
Monash Gryphons
State Commonwealth Bank
1992 | St Kilda South Caulfield  | Albanvale
St Leo's-Wattle Park  | Kontias (withdrew round 3, record expunged)
Camberwell  |
1993 | Yarra Valley Old Boys |
1994 | Eley Park  | Boronia Park
Newlands Coburg  | Brunswick
Camberwell
1995 | Beaumaris  | Fawkner
Hawthorn Citizens  | Doveton
Swinburne University  | St Andrew's-Coburg
Eltham OC  |
Ivanhoe
Kew
1996 | Thornbury Cougars  | Balwyn Combined
| Bulleen United
Canterbury North Balwyn
Bloods
1997 | Mt Lilydale  | Newlands Coburg
Syndal Tally-Ho  |
Bulleen Cobras
1998 | Werribee Amateurs  |
1999 | Brunswick (readmitted) | Glenhuntly
| St Kilda South Caulfield
2000 | Bentleigh  | Monash Whites
South Melbourne Districts  | Chirnside Park
Glen Eira  |
2001 |  | Thomastown
2002 | Box Hill North  | Eley Park
| Parkside
2003 | Balwyn Combined  | Preston MBOB
Canterbury North Balwyn  | St Bedes OC
Yarra Valley OB  | Mentone
Brunswick Power  |
2004 | St Bede's Mentone Tigers  | Mentone Vultures
| Brunswick Power
2005 | Parkdale Vultures  | Mt Lilydale
2007 | South Mornington  |
2008 | St Francis Xavier  | St Mary's Amateurs
| Salesian OC AFC
Fitzroy Reds
2009 | Fitzroy |
St Mary's Salesian
Northern Bullants
2010 | Point Cook  |
2012 | Masala  | Rupertswood
2018 |  | Point Cook
Old Eltham Collegians
2019 |  | South Mornington
St Francis Xavier
2022 |  | Manningham Cobras
Yarra Old Grammarians
2023 | Old Yarra Cobras | Ivanhoe
| Old Paradians

## See also

[edit]

* Australian rules football in Victoria

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[edit]

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## External links

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* Official Site
* Brief History
* VAFA Records and History at Full Points Footy

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Victorian Amateur Football Association

Clubs|

| Men's|

| Premier|

* Collegians
* Fitzroy
* Old Brighton Grammarians
* Old Melburnians
* Old Scotch
* Old Xaverians
* St Bernard's
* St Kevin's Old Boys
* University Blacks
* University Blues

|

Premier B|

* Beaumaris
* Caulfield Grammarians
* De La Salle
* Old Camberwell
* Old Geelong
* Old Haileyburians
* Old Ivanhoe Grammarians
* Old Trinity
* St Bedes/Mentone Tigers
* Williamstown CYMS

Premier C|

* AJAX
* Glen Eira
* Hampton Rovers
* Marcellin Old Collegians
* Mazenod Old Collegians
* Monash Blues
* Oakleigh
* Old Carey Grammarians
* Parkdale Vultures
* PEGS

Division 1|

* Kew
* Old Peninsula
* Old Yarra Cobras
* Ormond
* Parkside
* Prahran
* Preston Bullants
* Therry Penola
* UHS-VU
* West Brunswick

Division 2|

* Aquinas Old Collegians
* Brunswick
* Bulleen Templestowe
* Elsternwick
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne High School Old Boys
* South Melbourne Districts
* St Mary's Salesian
* Wattle Park
* Whitefriars Old Collegians

Division 3|

* Albert Park
* Box Hill North
* Canterbury
* Chadstone
* Eley Park
* La Trobe University
* North Brunswick
* Power House
* Richmond Central
* St John's Old Collegians
* Swinburne University

Other|

* Masala Dandenong
* Mentone Panthers

Main venues|

* Box Hill City Oval
* Coburg City Oval
* Elsternwick Park
* Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Related articles|

* Club movements
* Former clubs
* History
* Premiers

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Victorian Amateur Football Association and VAFA Women's seasons

VAFA|

* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896
* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916−1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941−1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

VAFAW|

* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Known as the Metropolitan Junior Football Association from 1892−1911;
known as the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association from 1912−1932

Links to related articles

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Fitzroy Football Club

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* VFL/AFL players
* Captains
* Coaches
* Team of the Century
* Mitchell Medal
* VFL/AFL leading goalkickers

Home grounds|

* Brunswick Street Oval (1884–1966)
* Princes Park (1967–1969, 1987–1993)
* Junction Oval (1970–1984)
* Victoria Park (1985–1986)
* Western Oval (1994–1996)

Premierships|

| VFA|

* 1895

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VFL|

* 1898
* 1899
* 1904
* 1905
* 1913
* 1916
* 1922
* 1944

Runner-up|

* 1900
* 1903
* 1906
* 1917
* 1923

VAFA|

* 2018

Seasons|

| VFA|

* 1884
* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888
* 1889
* 1890
* 1891
* 1892
* 1893
* 1894
* 1895
* 1896

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VFL/AFL|

* 1897
* 1898
* 1899
* 1900
* 1901
* 1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996

VAFA|

* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Related articles|

* Brisbane Lions
* Fitzroy Bulldogs
* Fitzroy Reds
* North Fitzroy Kangaroos
* Proposed mergers and relocations of the Fitzroy Football Club
* 1963 Miracle Match

Fitzroy's AFL operations merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1996 to form the Brisbane Lions
Fitzroy merged with the Fitzroy Reds in 2008 and has competed in the VAFA since 2009

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Melbourne University Football Club

* History
* VFL players
* VFL captains
* VFL coaches
* Honour roll
* VFL leading goalkickers
* University Reds

VFL home grounds|

* East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1908–1910)
* Melbourne Cricket Ground (1911–1914)

Premierships|

| VAFA (Blacks)|

* 1906
* 1907
* 1928
* 1929
* 1935
* 1938
* 1939
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1964
* 1965
* 1974
* 1997
* 2005
* 2010
* 2014

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VAFA (Blues)|

* 1921
* 1922
* 1952
* 1960
* 1967
* 1981
* 2004
* 2014
* 2019

Seasons|

| VFA|

* 1885
* 1886
* 1887
* 1888

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VFL|

* 1908
* 1909
* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914

VJFL|

* 1919
* 1920

VAFA|

* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1940
* 1941−1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979
* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Melbourne University fields two teams in the VAFA, the University Blacks and University Blues
University played in the Victorian Football League from 1908–1914

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Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side|

* Victoria

Governing bodies|

* AFL Victoria (metropolitan)
* AFL Victoria Country (regional)

Professional clubs|

* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Geelong
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues|

* Victorian Football League
* Talent League (under-19)
* List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues|

* Eastern
* Essendon District
* Northern
* Riddell District
* Southern
* VAFA
* Western

Regional leagues (major)|

* Ballarat
* Bellarine
* Bendigo
* Central Murray
* Geelong
* Gippsland
* Goulburn Valley
* Hampden
* Mornington Peninsula Nepean
* Murray
* North Central
* Outer East
* Ovens & Murray
* Sunraysia
* Wimmera

Regional leagues (district)|

* Central Highlands
* Colac
* East Gippsland
* Ellinbank
* Geelong & District
* Golden Rivers
* Heathcote
* Horsham
* Kyabram
* Loddon Valley
* Maryborough Castlemaine
* Mid Gippsland
* Millewa
* Mininera
* North Gippsland
* Omeo
* Ovens & King
* Picola
* South West
* Tallangatta
* Upper Murray
* Warrnambool
* West Gippsland

Women's leagues|

* AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition
* Barwon
* North East Border
* Talent League Girls
* VFL Women's

Other leagues|

* Victorian Blind Football League
* Victorian FIDA Football League
* Yarra Junior Football League

Defunct leagues|

* Alberton (1945–2019)
* Ararat (1931-1999)
* Benalla (1946–2009)
* Benalla Tungamah/Central Goulburn (1938-2005)
* Central Goulburn Valley (1946-1952)
* Chiltern (1912-1956)
* Euroa District (1903-1949)
* Federal DFA (1897-1902)
* Federal FL (1909–1981)
* Goulburn Valley FA (1888-1931)
* Heytesbury Mount Noorat (1992-2002)
* Lexton Plains (1999–2010)
* Mallee (1997–2015)
* Mount Noorat (1932–1991)
* Northern Mallee (1979–1996)
* Polwarth (1922-1970)
* Riviera (1986–2003)
* South East (2015–2018)
* South Eastern Women's (2017–2023)
* Southern Mallee (1932–1996)
* Tyrrell (1945–1978)
* VJFA (1883–1932)
* Victorian Womens' (1981–2016)
* Walhalla (1888-1913)
* West Wimmera (1923-1981)
* Western Plains (1920-1998)
* Yarra Ranges (1966–2018)
* Yarra Valley (1909-1965)
* List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues|

* Melbourne Cricket Ground
* Docklands Stadium
* Princes Park
* Kardinia Park

Other articles|

* History (1859–1900)
* List of Australian rules football clubs in Victoria

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