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Reporter District Football Association
The Reporter District Football Association (RDFA), also known simply simply as the Reporter Football Association (RFA), was an Australian rules football competition based around the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill. History The RDFA was formed in 1903 by EFG Hodges, the proprietor of the "Reporter" newspaper. Six clubs − Bayswater, Box Hill, Canterbury, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham and Ringwood − participated in the inaugural season. Mitcham were the inaugural premiers after defeating Box Hill in the grand final, after both club finished the season with an equal win-loss record. In 1928, the RDFA was absorbed into the Ringwood District Football League, which eventually became part of the present-day Eastern Football Netball League The Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL), formerly known as the Eastern Districts Football League (EDFL) and later the Eastern Football League (EFL) is an Australian rules football and netball league based in the eastern suburbs of metropolita ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Rules Football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by kicking the Football (ball)#Australian rules football, oval ball between the central goal posts (worth six points), or between a central and outer post (worth one point, otherwise known as a "behind"). During general play, players may position themselves anywhere on the field and use any part of their bodies to move the ball. The primary methods are kick (football), kicking, handball (Australian rules football), handballing and running with the ball. There are rules on how the ball can be handled; for example, players running with the ball must intermittently running bounce, bounce or touch it on the ground. Throwing the ball is not allowed, and players must not get caught holding the ball. A distinctiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is an Eastern suburbs (Melbourne), eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, east of the city's Melbourne City Centre, Central Business District (CBD), located within the City of Whitehorse Local government areas of Victoria, local government area. Box Hill recorded a population of 14,353 at the 2021 Australian census, 2021 census. Founded as a township in the 1850s, Box Hill has grown over the following century into a small city with its own central business district (CBD). It formed the centre of the former Local government in Victoria, local government of the City of Box Hill and has its own suburbs, including Box Hill North and Box Hill South. In the 1950s, Box Hill was absorbed into Melbourne as part of its eastward expansion. Today, Box Hill is notable for its large Chinese Australian, Chinese community, being one of the largest in Melbourne, and is home to the city's tallest high-rise buildings outside the CBD. A major transport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayswater Football Club
The Bayswater Football Club is an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ... club located in Bayswater, Victoria. They play in Division 1 of the Eastern Football League. History The club was founded in 1895. Their first known match was played on 8 June that year against Rosedale, who came from Box Hill. Bayswater lost 5 goals 6 behinds to 2 goals 2 behinds, the goal kickers being A. Moore and Ingwerson. It wasn't until 1902 that a proper club was formed — "A football club has been started in Bayswater with the following office-bearers :— President, ex-Cr Cottingham; vice-president, Mr E. Kleinert; captain, V. Saligari; treasurer, R. Williams; secretary, R. Tyner." In 1903 they joined their first competition, the Box Hill Reporter Football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Hill Hawks
The Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill, currently competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the VFL Women's (VFLW). Since 2000, Box Hill has had a reserves affiliation with the Hawthorn Football Club, which competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). History Early Australian rules football in Box Hill (1903–1935) Organised Australian rules football within the municipality of Box Hill can be traced back to 1903 and the founding of the Reporter District Football Association (RDFA). The six inaugural clubs were Bayswater, Box Hill, Canterbury, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham and Ringwood. This Box Hill team played on a ground approximately 400 metres south of where Box Hill City Oval is located today, the site is now partly occupied by the Box Hill High School and the Box Hill Cemetery. This team is wholly unrelated to the Box Hill Hawks Football Club of today but was the first team to be k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canterbury Football Club
The Canterbury Football Club, nicknamed the Cobras, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Canterbury. In 2025, the club's men's team will compete in Division 2 of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) after winning the 2024 Division 3 Grand Final, while the women's team is currently in Division 4 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW). History Early years Canterbury was formed in 1881 and joined the newly-created Reporter District Football Association (RDFA) in 1903. The club's first home ground was located at the back of the Canterbury Hotel, which was between Canterbury railway station and Wattle Valley Road. The club left the RDFA at the end of the 1904 season after finishing last on the ladder. It's unknown what happened to the club during the next decade, but it re-entered the RDFA in 1915. Canterbury's first known grand final appearance came in 1919, where they were defeated by Mitcham. Their first premiership came the following year, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitcham Football Club
Mitcham Football Club nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team. It is based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is part of the Eastern Football League. History Mitcham Football Club first appeared in 1886, when they were recorded playing two matches against Lilydale, at Lilydale on August 14 and a return match at Mitcham on August 28 This is two years before their recognised formation date. The earliest competition that the club played in was for the W. Montgomery Trophy in 1892, where they played against Burwood, Box Hill and Surrey Hills. For 1893 and 1894 Mitcham united with the Box Hill and Surrey Hills clubs to form the Nunawading Football Club (named after the shire district) and competed in the Victorian Junior Football Second-rate (Division) competition. In 1895 the club left the merged entity and again competed as Mitcham. Mitcham's regular competition history began when the Box Hill Reporter The ''Box Hill Reporter'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwood Football Club
Ringwood Football Club, nicknamed the Redbacks, is an Australian rules football team. It is based in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and is part of the Eastern Football League. History Although football had been played in the district since the early 1890s, the club wasn't founded until 1899. Since its founding the club has always been involve in the local suburban competition in its area. From the Reporter League to the Ringwood District competition followed by the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL and now the Eastern FL. The Ringwood Football Club was originally based at East Ringwood Reserve before relocating to Ringwood Reserve in 1930. In 1959, the Club relocated to Jubilee Park. Ringwood Football Club had commenced by at least 1882 It became one of the founding clubs of the Eastern District Football League in 1962. Premierships * 1923, 1924, 1932, 1934, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1962, 1972, 1976, 2005 VFL/AFL players * Aubrey Neal - * Enos Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwood District Football League
Ringwood may refer to: Places Australia * Ringwood, New South Wales, in Federation Council area * Ringwood, Queensland *Ringwood, Victoria, a suburb of Melbourne **Ringwood railway station, Melbourne Canada * Ringwood, Ontario, a hamlet in the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville England *Ringwood, Hampshire **Ringwood railway station United States *Ringwood, Illinois *Ringwood, New Jersey *Ringwood, Oklahoma People *Bob Ringwood (born 1946), British costume designer *Gwen Pharis Ringwood (1910-1984), Canadian playwright *Irene Ringwood Arnold (1895–1988), American college professor * Michael T. Ringwood (born 1958), American leader of the LDS church *Philip Ringwood (born 1953), English cricketer *Ted Ringwood (1930-1993), Australian geologist Other *Ringwood, the common name of ''Syzygium anisatum ''Syzygium anisatum'', with common names ringwood and aniseed tree, is a rare rainforest tree native to New South Wales, Australia. The aromatic leaves contain an essential oil pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Football Netball League
The Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL), formerly known as the Eastern Districts Football League (EDFL) and later the Eastern Football League (EFL) is an Australian rules football and netball league based in the eastern suburbs of metropolitan Melbourne. History The Eastern Districts Football League was established on 15 February 1962, but its origins can be traced back to the Reporter District Football League established in 1903, with the following clubs - Bayswater, Box Hill, Canterbury, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham and Ringwood. The following football associations all played their part in the now Eastern Football Netball League: *The Ringwood District Football Association was established in 1922 and consisted of the following clubs - Croydon, Ferntree Gully, Kilsyth-Monbulk, Ringwood B and Warrandyte. *The Croydon Mail Football League was established in 1945 and consisted of the following clubs - Bayswater, Boronia, Croydon and Kilsyth. It appears that the League's name w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Australian Rules Football Competitions In Victoria (state)
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