1894 MJFA season explained

Competition:mjfa
Year:1894
Teams:10
Premiers:South St Kilda
Count:2
Minor Premiers:South St Kilda
Mpcount:2
Wooden Spooners:Brighton
Prevseason:1893
Nextseason:1895

The 1894 MJFA season was the 3rd season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[1] [2]

South St Kilda won the MJFA premiership for the second year in a row, having won 16 of its 18 games.[3]

Association membership

Following the end of the 1893 season, St Jude's, Olinda, University 2nd and YMCA left the MJFA.[4]

Caulfield, Nunawading, Scotch Collegians and Windsor were admitted as new clubs.[4] Scotch Collegians was a precursor to the Old Scotch Football Club, which later entered the competition in 1921.[5] [6]

Toorak-Grosvenor withdrawal

Toorak-Grosvenor played its final full match on 7 July, which was a loss against Alberton. By this point, they had only won 1 of their 9 games.[7]

One week later, they forfeited their 14 July game against Caulfield.[8] They resumed for a game against South St Kilda on 21 July, but after 10.8 to 0.0 was kicked against them, the match was abandoned at half-time and Toorak-Grosvenor disbanded as a club.[9] [10]

A club called Fitzroy Wesleys played at least one game in Toorak-Grosvenor's place.[11]

Ladder

Fitzroy Wesleys was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Sportsman.[12]

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Team
1South St Kilda (P)181611166
2Collegians181350052
3St Mary's181053046
4Alberton18864040
5Windsor18972040
6Caulfield18882036
7Scotch Collegians18693030
8Nunawading18693030
9Brighton183150012
Fitzroy Wesleys
Toorak-Grosvenor (W)1016218

Notes and References

  1. Web site: METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION . The Age . 7 August 2024 . 7 . 14 August 1894.
  2. Web site: METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION . The Age . 7 August 2024 . 7 . 21 August 1894.
  3. Web site: Premier Section Finals Series . Victorian Amateur Football Association . 25 May 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240525061534/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/finals-series/premier-grand-finals/ . 25 May 2024.
  4. Web site: A BRIEF HISTORY . Victorian Amateur Football Association . 9 June 2024 . 9 April 2009.
  5. Web site: OSFC HISTORY . Old Scotch Football Club . 7 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240313213559/https://oldscotchfc.com.au/our-club/ . 13 March 2024.
  6. Web site: Flanagan . Brian . OLD TO NEW AND WINNING PREMIERSHIPS . Victorian Amateur Football Association . 7 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415143406/https://www.vafa.com.au/news/2012/12/11/old-to-new-and-winning-premierships/ . 15 April 2024 . 11 December 2012.
  7. Web site: METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION . The Argus . 7 August 2024 . 3 . 10 July 1894.
  8. Web site: Metropolitan Junior Football Association . The Argus . 7 August 2024 . 6 . 17 July 1894.
  9. Web site: Metropolitan Junior Football Association . Sportsman . 7 August 2024 . 6 . 24 July 1894.
  10. Web site: METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION . The Age . 7 August 2024 . 3 . 8 August 1894.
  11. News: MATCHES FOR TODAY . 7 August 2024 . The Age . 28 July 1894 . Nunawading v. Fitzroy Wesleys, at Surrey Hills, in place of Toorak Grosvenor, who have disbanded.
  12. Web site: Metropolitan Junior Football Association . Trove . Sportsman . 7 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024220025/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227717945 . 24 October 2021 . 6 . 2 October 1894.