In the first decade of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), a number of provincial clubs were full administrative members of the association, but never played enough games against other clubs to be considered relevant in the premiership.[1] These clubs were active from the first VFA season in 1877 until.[2]
Notably, a number of 'junior teams' also competed alongside senior sides.[3] [4]
Almost all of these clubs folded after a single season, however a number still exist to this day and compete in local football leagues, including three in the Bendigo Football Netball League.[5] [6]
| Club | Colours | Moniker | VFA seasons | Current leagues | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barwon | Riverites | 1874 | 1877–1878 | Folded 1879 | ||
| Benalla | 1882 | Folded | ||||
| Castlemaine | Magpies | 1859 | 1877 | Folded (Replaced by present-day Camperdown) | ||
| Colac/Camperdown | Magpies | 1877 | Folded | |||
| Canning & Battery United | 1879 | Folded | ||||
| Chilwell | 1874 | 1878–1881 | Merged 1933 with Newtown (now Newtown & Chilwell – GFNL) | |||
| Clifton Union | 1883 | Folded | ||||
| Daylesford | Bulldogs | 1877 | 1880 | CHFL | ||
| East Geelong | 1879 | 1880–1881 | GDFNL | |||
| Geelong College | 1878 | Folded | ||||
| Geelong Imperial | Imps | 1877 | Folded | |||
| Geelong Juniors | Juniors | 1877 | Folded | |||
| Geelong Schools | 1878–1881 | Folded | ||||
| Inglewood | 1877 | Folded | ||||
| Kyneton | Tigers | 1868 | 1877–1885 | BFL | ||
| Lincoln United | 1877 | 1878 | Folded | |||
| Maryborough | Magpies | 1872 | 1877–1884 | BFL | ||
| North Geelong | Magpies | 1876 | 1878–1882 | GDFNL | ||
| Public Schools | 1877–1883 | Folded | ||||
| Sale | Magpies | 1877 | 1878–1883 | Gippsland League | ||
| Sandhurst | 1861 | 1877 | BFL | |||
| Warwick | 1877 | Folded | ||||
| Victorian Railways | 1877 | Folded |