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VAFA
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 divisions, ranging from Premier to Division 3 in the men's competition and Premier to Division 4 in the women's competition. 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 Association's administration base is at Elsternwick Park, a former Victorian Football Association (VFA) stadium in suburban Elsternwick, that was home to the now defunct Brighton Football Club and is now the home for the Elsternwick Football Club and the Old Melburnians Football Club. It was redeveloped in 2017 and has a capaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Scotch Football Club
The Old Scotch Football Club, nicknamed the Cardinals, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell, Victoria, Camberwell. It affiliated with the List of Old Scotch Collegians, Old Scotch Collegians Association and maintains a close relationship with Scotch College, Melbourne, Scotch College. Old Scotch has competed in the top division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) for 72 out of a possible 88 years, the most of any club. The club has never competed lower than the Premier B division, and also held a 35-year continuous playing record in A Section/Premier Division until 2015. As of 2025, the club's men's and women's teams both compete in the Premier Division of the VAFA and the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) respectively. History In 1894 MJFA season, 1894, the Scotch Collegians Football Club entered the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). The club finished sixth in its inaugural sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsternwick Football Club
The Elsternwick Amateur Football Club, nicknamed the Wickers, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. It is the oldest district club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and has played in all seven senior divisions since joining the competition in 1914. In 2025, the club's men's team will compete in Division 1 of the VAFA, while its women's team is in Division 4 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW). History The Elsternwick Football Club was formed in 1906 and first competed in the Commonwealth Football Association (CFA). It was a founding member of the Federal Football Association (FFA) in 1909, finishing fifth on the ladder in the competition's inaugural season. The club moved to the Melbourne District Football Association (MDFA) in 1911 and changed its name to the "Elsternwick Amateur Football Club" in 1912, before returning to the FFA in 1913. In 1914, the club moved to the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA, la ... [...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] |
Prahran Football Club
The Prahran Football Club (), nicknamed the Two Blues, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Armadale, Victoria, Armadale. It has played at Toorak Park since 1899. As of 2025, the club competes Premier C division of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). History VFA Prahran Football Club was formed at a meeting at Prahran Court House on 20 March 1886. The club was admitted to the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1886 VFA season, 1886 playing its home games at the Albert Cricket Ground, Warehouseman's Cricket Ground. In 1887 VFA season, 1887, it moved to nearby Wesley College Ground. After the 1887 season, the VFA reduced the number of clubs and Prahran amalgamated with the neighbouring St Kilda Football Club, which was based less than a mile away. Prahran was reformed as a club on 15 March 1899, and rejoined the VFA 1899 VFA season, that season, this time playing at Toorak Park, approximately two miles from St Kilda. It played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Melburnians Football Club
The Old Melburnians Football Club, also known as Old Melburnians, is an Australian rules football club composed of Melbourne Grammar School alumni, based in Elsternwick, Victoria. The team is, along with Old Caulfield Grammarians, the (equal) second oldest consecutively competing team in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) (the oldest being Collegians). Metropolitan Junior Football Association (1892–1911) The Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) was founded in 1892. The foundation clubs were: Alberton; Brighton; Collegians; Footscray District; St Jude’s; St Mary’s; Toorak-Grosvenor; YMCA. Old Melburnians was admitted to the MJFA competition in 1896; the team withdrew from the competition at the end of the 1896 season. Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (1911–1915) In 1912 the MJFA became the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association. In late 1915, the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association announced that it had suspended its com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collegians Football Club
Collegians Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Formed in 1892, it is the second-oldest club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), after Melbourne University Football Club, although Collegians is the only present-day club that competed in the inaugural VAFA season. As of 2024, the club's men's and women's teams both compete in the Premier Division of the VAFA and VAFA Women's (VAFAW) respectively. History In 1891, Lawrence Adamson Lawrence Arthur Adamson, CMG, (20 April 1860 – 14 December 1932) was a schoolmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne, Australia, and is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential in the nation's educational history. Upon his reti ... established a Wesley College Old Boys' XVIII, which formally became Collegians Football Club in 1892. Adamson, who was for thirty years the Headmaster of Wesley College, was the President of the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsternwick Park
Elsternwick Park (known as Sportscover Arena between 2002 and 2018 because of naming rights) is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium in Brighton, a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The name also refers to the wider parkland in which the main oval is located. The ground is the administrative and primary central playing base of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). History Cricket The cricket ground was built on part of the site of the former Elsternwick Racecourse by the Elsternwick Cricket Club, a club which had been established in 1901 through an amalgamation of three local cricket teams. The original cost of the development was more than £500, and the ground was formally opened on 9 November 1903 by former premier Sir George Turner. The Elsternwick Football Club, which was playing in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (later known as the Victorian Amateur Football Association), began playing football on the ground during winter f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1892 MJFA Season
The 1892 MJFA season was the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). Collegians Football Club won the inaugural premiership, after finishing first on the ladder with 15 wins from its 18 games. As of 2025, Collegians is the only club from the first MJFA season to still exist and compete in the competition (which was renamed to the Victorian Amateur Football Association in 1933). Association membership Ten clubs competed in the inaugural MJFA season − Alberton, Brighton, Collegians, Edlington, Footscray District, South St Kilda, St Jude's, St Mary's, Toorak-Grosvenor and YMCA. Brighton, Collegians, Edlington and South St Kilda were "2nd 20" ( reserves) teams in the 1892 season. Their senior teams all competed in the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA), although Collegians' senior team appears to have been in local schoolboy competitions. Edlington withdrawal Edlington left the MJFA after just two games, having kicked just one go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1912 MAFA Season
The 1912 MAFA season was the 21st season of the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA). The season began on 27 April and concluded on 14 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a two-week #Finals, finals series. Beverley Football Club (Victoria), Beverley won the List of Victorian Amateur Football Association premiers, MAFA premiership for the first time, defeating South Yarra Football Club, South Yarra in the #Grand Final, 1912 MJFA Grand Final. This was the first season under the MAFA name, with the competition renamed from the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) following the conclusion of the 1911 MJFA season, 1911 season. Association membership Like the 1911 MJFA season, previous season in 1911, a total of ten teams competed in the MAFA. Oakleigh Amateur Football Club, Oakleigh, which had finished last on the ladder in the past three seasons, left the competition. The , which won the 19 ... [...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] |
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in eastern states of Australia: Victoria (Australia), Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, including reserve team, reserves teams for the eastern state AFL clubs. It succeeded and continues the competition of the former Victorian Football Association (VFA) which began in 1877. The name of the competition was changed to the Victorian Football League in 1996. Under its VFL brand, the AFL also operates a women's football competition known as VFL Women's, which was established in 2016. The VFA was formed in 1877 and was the second-oldest Australian rules football league, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that existed in the History of Australian rules football in Victoria (1859–1900), early years of the game. It was the top-level club c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South St Kilda Football Club
The South St Kilda Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. The club was a founding member of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA, now VAFA) and was one of the competition's most successful clubs in its early years. History South St Kilda appears to have been formed prior to the establishment of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in May 1877. The club participated in the first year of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA) in 1883. It also appears to have later joined the Suburban Junior Football Association (SJFA). In 1892, the club was a founding member of the MJFA, entering a "2nd 20" ( reserves) team in the competition's inaugural season. The club won its first MJFA premiership in 1893, having finished first on the ladder at the end of the season. They went onto win a three peat with further premierships in 1894 and 1895, and a fourth premiership was won in 1897. In July 1899, during th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
