Adelaide Metropolitan Football League Explained
The Adelaide Metropolitan Football League (AMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based mainly in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Originally known as the Sturt District Football Association (SDFA),[1] the competition reformed after World War II, became the Adelaide Metropolitan Football League in 1963 and folded at the end of the 1967 season.[2]
Member Clubs
| Club | Known Years Participating | Notes |
|---|
| Adelaide Colts | 1951-52 | Underage grades only |
| 1962-67 | |
| 1949-52 [3] | |
| 1962-63, 1965-66 | |
| Burnside | 1961-67 | |
| 1946-53 | |
| Cudmore Park | 1953-54 | |
| Eastwood | 1946-53, 1964-67 | Eastwood Rechabites (1946–48) |
| 1947 | also Goodwood C (1946-50) |
| 1967 | |
| Kelvinator | 1951, 1962-67 | |
| Kenilworth B | 1948-52 | |
| Lockleys Youth Club | 1951 | Underage grades only |
| 1947-1967 [4] | |
| Mitcham Youth Movement | 1946 | |
| Myer | 1948-52 | Myer Emporium (1948) |
| North Adelaide Junior | 1951 | Underage grades only |
| Parkside Youth Movement | 1946-52 | |
| Parkview | 1947-51 | |
| Postal Institute | 1953-65 | |
| Royal Park | 1967 | |
| 1946-67 | |
| South Adelaide Ramblers | 1949, 1958-67 | |
| Sturt C | 1946-52 | |
| Sturt Park | 1953-54 | |
| 1953-54 | | |
Premierships
Sturt District Football Association
| Year | A Division | B Division |
|---|
| 1946 | Eastwood Rechabites [5] | |
| 1947 | Eastwood Rechabites [6] | |
| 1948 | Eastwood Rechabites [7] | Mitcham District B |
| 1949 | Sturt C [8] | South Adelaide Ramblers |
| 1950 | Blackwood[9] | Kenilworth B |
| 1951 | Eastwood [10] | St Raphael's |
| 1952 | Blackwood[11] | Kenilworth |
| 1953 | Sturt C | |
| 1954 | | |
| 1955 | | |
| 1956 | | |
| 1957 | | |
| 1958 | | |
| 1959 | | |
| 1960 | | |
| 1961 | | |
| 1962 | | | |
Adelaide Metropolitan Football League
| Year | A Division | B Division |
|---|
| 1963 | | |
| 1964 | | |
| 1965 | | |
| 1966 | | |
| 1967 | | | |
Medallists
H. S. Dunks Medal
- 1946 - Gerke, Harders, Thomas and May (Tie)[12]
- 1947 - William Maxwell May (Camden Park)
- 1948
- 1949
- 1950
- 1951 - Colin Hender (Blackwood)
- 1952 - George Southby (Blackwood)[13]
- 1953 - George Southby (Blackwood)
- 1954
- 1955
- 1956
- 1957
- 1958
- 1959
- 1960
- 1961
- 1962
- 1963
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
References
- News: New Football Boundaries - Opinions Divided on Proposal. 21 November 2014. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 15 February 1946.
- Web site: Bloch. Fred. SAAFL History - 1968. South Australian Amateur Football League. 21 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129152143/http://www.saafl.asn.au/History_1968. 29 November 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Stallard . Neil . Blackwood Football Club - The Early Days, 1912–1986 . Blackwood Football Club . 21 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141202020649/http://www.blackwoodfootballclub.com.au/our-history . 2 December 2014 .
- Web site: Brief version of the History of The Mitcham Football Club. Mitcham Football Club. 21 November 2014.
- News: Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 31 August 1946.
- News: Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 27 September 1947.
- News: Junior Football - Sturt District Association. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 11 September 1948.
- News: Junior Football - Sturt. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 10 September 1949.
- News: Junior Football - Sturt. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 9 September 1950.
- News: Minor Football - Sturt. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1951.
- News: Minor Football - Sturt. 21 November 2014. The Mail (Adelaide). 13 September 1952.
- News: Sturt District Grand Final. 18 August 2016. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 August 1946.
- News: Captains Forecast Even Game. 21 November 2014. The Advertiser (Adelaide). 13 September 1952.
