Victorian Junior Football Association Explained

Sport:Australian rules football
Founded:1883
Country:Australia
Folded:1932
Replaced:VFA Second Eighteens
Most Champs:Yarraville (7)
Last Season:1932 VFA season
Website:VJFA Constitution

The Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA), sometimes known simply as the Victorian Junior Association (VJA), was an open age Australian rules football competition and administrative body. It was the first successful junior football competition in Melbourne, and was in existence from 1883 until 1932.

For most of its history it was a competition of independent junior level clubs, before it eventually transitioned to become the second eighteens competition for the senior Victorian Football Association (VFA)

History

During the 1870s in Victoria, junior football – which was the term used at the time for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football – was mostly administered on an ad hoc basis. A couple of short-lived junior associations had been attempted, but none were successful until the Victorian Junior Football Association was established in April 1883.[1] Clubs represented at the inaugural meeting were Star of Carlton, South Yarra, South Park, Footscray, Brunswick, Emerald-hill, Albion, Richmond, Fortrose, Waverley and North Park.[2]

The VFJA, in addition to serving as an administrative body for junior football, ran the junior premiership. At its peak in the early 1890s when it was the only top junior football competition, more than twenty-five clubs competed,[3] and from 1892 until 1894 the competition ran in two divisions to manage its numbers. The establishment of other junior football competitions – including the Victorian Second-Rate (1890),[4] Third-Rate (1892)[5] and Fourth-Rate (1893)[6] Junior Football Associations and the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (1892) – saw numbers in the VJFA premiership decline rapidly through the 1890s, and by 1899 only seven clubs competed in the VJFA. Eight to twelve teams typically contested the premiership thereafter.

At the 1895 VJFA AGM, the competition was reduced from 20 teams to 12 teams. Those who survived were Albert-park, Albion United, Austral, Brighton, Brunswick, Collingwood Juniors, Essendon District, Fitzroy Juniors, Hawthorn, Preston, Richmond City, and West Melbourne Juniors. Some of these clubs, including Camberwell, were later readmitted to the competition.[7]

The competition typically featured smaller clubs from districts already represented in senior football, or the top clubs from other districts. Four successful VJFA clubs from growing districts – West Melbourne, Preston, Northcote and Yarraville – ultimately went on to play senior football in the Victorian Football Association. In 1905, John Wren donated a silver shield to serve as a semi-perpetual trophy for the VJFA premiers; like many trophies of the era, it was held temporarily by the reigning premiers, then won permanently by the first team to win it three times. A total of five Wren Shields were awarded during the trophy's history.

1912 grand final

See main article: 1912 VJFA Grand Final. The 1912 grand final was especially controversial. Port Melbourne Railway United won the match by three points, but Yarraville successfully protested one of Port Melbourne's second quarter goals on the grounds of goal umpire error, and the match was reversed to a three-point Yarraville victory.

Although they had the right to challenge, Port Melbourne refused to play as its own act of protest. At a special meeting of the VJFA, it was proposed that "the club, office bearers and registered players for 1912 be disqualified for life". Although Yarraville offered to play a substitute team, it was decided that no match would be held, and Yarraville retained the 1912 premiership.[8]

Port Melbourne was ultimately not expelled from the VJFA, and went on to win the VJFA premiership the following season, defeating Yarraville in the 1913 grand final.[9]

Transition to VFA seconds

The VJFA had ties to the VFA from early on, with many clubs serving as the reserves team for a senior VFA club. In 1912, a rule was in place mandating that clubs align themselves to a VFA club, although that requirement was dropped in 1913[10]

The VJFA eventually formally transitioned to become the VFA Second Eighteens during the 1920s. This began in 1924, when the competition expanded from twelve teams to eighteen in two divisions – one division set aside for clubs who played on the same grounds as their senior VFA counterparts, and one for clubs with their own grounds.[11] All Melbourne-based senior VFA clubs were required to affiliate with a junior team in the VJFA, and an agreement was put in place to lift some restrictions on in-season player movements between the senior or junior clubs, making the affiliated junior clubs functionally closer to seconds teams.[12] [13]

The divisions were called Division 1 and Division 2 in 1924, but from 1925 onwards they were known as the VJFA Section and the VFA Section.[14] [15]

In 1926, after the 1924 player transfer agreement ended, the VFA moved to convert its affiliated junior clubs into genuine second eighteens controlled by the senior clubs;[16] and, starting from 1928, all other clubs were excluded and the VFJA served wholly as a VFA seconds competition, with free player interchanges between senior and junior level permitted until 1 August each year.[17]

The VFJA can be considered to have ceased to exist, replaced by the VFA Second Eighteens, starting from the 1928 season; however, the VJFA name and the Wren Shield as a premiership trophy were both retained until the end of 1932. It was only at this point that competition was formally renamed the VFA Second Eighteens and the Wren Shield was discontinued.[18] [19] The VFA Second Eighteens and its successors, continued to operate until the end of the 2017 season.

Clubs

Over 100 clubs are believed to have competed in the VJFA.[20] [21] [22]

ClubColoursMoniker Est.SeasonsPremiershipsYears of premiershipsCurrent league
style=text-align:left Albert Parkalign=centre Parkitesalign=centre 1895align=centre 1895−1???align=centre 2align=centre 1896, 1897Folded
style=text-align:left Albion Unitedalign=centre align=centre 1883align=centre 1883−1890salign=centre 0align=centre Folded
style=text-align:left Ascot Vale18??18??−1???;
1916−19??		0
style=text-align:left Australalign=centre align=centre align=centre 1890s−1890salign=centre 0align=centre Folded
style=text-align:left Brightonalign=centre align=centre 1885align=centre 1889−1895align=centre 0align=centre Folded
style=text-align:left Britannia18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Brunswick Districtalign=centre align=centre align=centre 1915[23] align=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left Brunswick secondsalign=centre Brickfieldersalign=centre 1865align=centre 19??−1932align=centre 2align=centre 1931, 1932Folded
style=text-align:left Camberwellalign=centre Tricoloursalign=centre 1886align=centre 1888−94;
1913−14;
1916−19		align=centre 0align=centre Folded
style=text-align:left Cambridge Star18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Carnegie1920s1923−192?0Folded
style=text-align:left City of Northcotealign=centre align=centre 1915align=centre 1915−16;
1918		align=centre 0align=centre align=left Folded
style=text-align:left Clifton18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Coast18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Coburg 18??18??−1???0
Coburgalign=centre align=centre 1891align=centre 1891−1913align=centre 0align=centre VFL
Coburg secondsalign=centre align=centre 1891align=centre 1925−1932align=centre 3align=centre 1928, 1929, 1930In recess
style=text-align:left align=centre Districtsalign=centre 1906align=centre 1918align=centre 0align=centre Merged
style=text-align:left Collingwood Juniorsalign=centre Magpiesalign=centre 1893align=centre 1893−1905align=centre 0align=centre VFL
style=text-align:left East Richmond18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Electric Telegraph18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Essendon Districtalign=centre Donsalign=centre align=centre 1890s−1900salign=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left Essendon Juniorsalign=centre Dreadnoughtsalign=centre align=centre 1921[24] align=centre 0align=centre Folded
style=text-align:left Fairfieldalign=centre align=centre 1???align=centre 1916−19??align=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left Fernside18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Fitzroy Crecent18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Fitzroy Imperials18??18??−1???0
Fitzroy Juniorsalign=centre Maroonsalign=centre 1883align=centre align=centre 2align=centre 1894, 1911VAFA
style=text-align:left Footscray Juniorsalign=centre Bulldogsalign=centre 1877align=centre 1883−1924align=centre 2align=centre 1907, 1915, 1918VFL
Hawthorn (original)align=centre align=centre 1893align=centre 1893−1898align=centre 0align=centre Folded
Hawthorn Juniorsalign=centre Maybloomsalign=centre 1902align=centre 1924align=centre 0align=centre align=left In recess
style=text-align:left Kewalign=centre Bearsalign=centre 1876align=centre 1889−96;
1920−26		align=centre 0align=centre VAFA
style=text-align:left Kingsvillealign=centre align=centre align=centre 1900s−1927align=centre 1align=centre 1927
style=text-align:left Marylebonealign=centre align=centre 1883align=centre 1883−1890salign=centre 1align=centre 1891
Melbourne Juniorsalign=centre Redlegsalign=centre 1858align=centre 1885−1924align=centre 1align=centre 1922align=left In recess
style=text-align:left Moonee Ponds18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Montague18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Napier Imperialalign=centre align=centre align=centre 1880s−1895align=centre 1align=centre 1893
style=text-align:left North Carlton18??18??−1???0
North Melbourne Juniorsalign=centre Shinbonersalign=centre 1858align=centre 1890s−1???align=centre 1align=centre 1899VFL
style=text-align:left North Parkalign=centre align=centre 1883align=centre 1883−1???align=centre 5align=centre 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890
style=text-align:left North Williamstownalign=centre align=centre align=centre align=centre 1align=centre 1892
style=text-align:left Northcotealign=centre Cotesalign=centre 1869align=centre 1880s−1907align=centre 2align=centre 1904, 1906Folded
style=text-align:left Northcote Diggersalign=centre Diggersalign=centre 19??align=centre 1921−19??align=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left Parkside18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Pembroke1???19??−1???0
style=text-align:left Port Melbourne Railway Unitedalign=centre Ways, Portsmenalign=centre 1900salign=centre 1900s−19??align=centre 3align=centre 1910, 1913, 1914
style=text-align:left Prahran Juniorsalign=centre Two Bluesalign=centre 1899align=centre 1920−19??align=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left Prestonalign=centre Tonnersalign=centre 1882align=centre
1912−25		align=centre 5align=centre 1900, 1901, 1902, 1921, 1923VFL
style=text-align:left Preston Districts19051907−19150Merged
style=text-align:left Preston Star18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Richmond Cityalign=centre Richmonditesalign=centre 1880salign=centre 1883−1901align=centre 0align=centre Merged
[25]
style=text-align:left Richmond Juniorsalign=centre Tigersalign=centre 1902align=centre 1902−1920salign=centre 0align=centre VFL
style=text-align:left Rose of Northcotealign=centre align=centre 1904align=centre 1904−1908align=centre 0align=centre
style=text-align:left South Brunswick18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left South Melbourne Districtalign=centre Bloodsalign=centre 1912align=centre 191?−192?align=centre 1align=centre 1924VAFA
style=text-align:left South Melbourne Juniorsalign=centre Southerersalign=centre 1900align=centre 19??−19??align=centre 1align=centre 1903
style=text-align:left South Park18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left South St Kilda1883−18??0
style=text-align:left St Kilda Esplanade18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left St Kilda Grosvenor18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Star of Brunswick18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Star of Carltonalign=centre align=centre 1875align=centre 1883−1907align=centre 1align=centre 1884
style=text-align:left Union Jack18??18??−1???0
style=text-align:left Waverleyalign=centre align=centre 1883align=centre 1883−1???align=centre 1align=centre 1883
style=text-align:left Werribeealign=centre align=centre 1???align=centre 1909−19??align=centre 0align=centre
West Melbournealign=centre Westenersalign=centre 1874align=centre 1880s−1908align=centre 1align=centre 1898Folded
style=text-align:left West Richmondalign=centre Richmonditesalign=centre align=centre 1???−1901align=centre 0align=centre Merged
Williamstown seconds
align=centre Seagulls, Townalign=centre 1864align=centre 1885−1???;
192?−1932		align=centre 4align=centre 1885, 1916, 1917, 1919In recess
style=text-align:left Yarravillealign=centre Eaglesalign=centre 1903align=centre 1903−1932align=centre 7align=centre 1905, 1908, 1909, 1912, 1920, 1925, 1926

Premiers

The premiers of the VJFA from 1883 until the discontinuation of the Wren Shield in 1932 are given below. Premierships between 1928 and 1932 are included, but overlap with the commonly recognised VFA seconds premierships.

bgcolor=C0FFC0 style=width:3em GF align=left Premiership decided by a grand final where a challenge was not needed
bgcolor=FFFFC0 style=width:3em align=left Premiership decided by a grand final replay, after the scheduled grand final was drawn
bgcolor=D0E7FF style=width:3em align=left Premiership decided based on the minor premiers, with no grand final required as the ladder leader was at least two wins ahead of the second-placed club
bgcolor=FFE0C0 style=width:3em align=left Premiership decided by a challenge final under the Argus system
bgcolor=E3C7D3 style=width:3em align=left Premiership decided by a grand final which was contested by the premiers of each division/section (1924−1927)
bgcolor=FFC0C0 style=width:3em W/L align=left Premiership decided by full season win–loss record
bgcolor=DDDDDD style=width:3em GF (C) align=left Premiership decided by a game that could have been challenged by the runner-up, but wasn't

VJFA premiers

width=3%Yearwidth=10%Premierswidth=10%Runners-upwidth=16%Scorewidth=15%Venuewidth=10%; class=unsortable Datewidth=2%; class=unsortable Report
1883 Waverley [26] [27]
1884 Star of Carlton [28]
1885 [29]
1886 North Park [30]
1887 North Park [31]
1888 North Park [32]
1889 North Park [33]
1890 North Park [34]
1891 Marylebone [35]
1892 North Williamstown [36]
1893 Napier Imperial [37]
1894 [38]
1895 Albion United [39] [40]
1896 [41]
1897 [42]
1898 [43]
1899 [44] [45]
1900 Collingwood Juniors3.3 (21) d. 1.6 (12)Brunswick Street Oval15 September 1900[46]
1901 [47]
1902 [48] [49]
1903 Collingwood Juniors6.1 (37) d. 3.9 (27)Preston19 September 1903[50] [51] [52]
1904 [53] [54]
1905 Northcote2.10 (22) d. 2.9 (21)Yarraville Cricket Ground16 September 1905[55] [56]
1906 Yarraville7.7 (49) d. 4.5 (29)Victoria Park8 September 1906[57] [58] [59]
1907 Yarraville7.4 (46) d. 5.11 (41)Victoria Park5 October 1907[60] [61] [62]
1908 Footscray Juniors7.11 (53) d. 3.6 (24)North Melbourne Cricket Ground26 September 1908[63] [64] [65] [66]
1909 Footscray JuniorsRichmond City Reserve3 October 1908[67] [68]
1910 Yarraville4.9 (33) d. 1.2 (8)Croxton Park22 October 1910[69] [70] [71]
1911 Port Melbourne Railway UnitedCroxton Park30 September 1911[72] [73]
1912 Port Melbourne Railway United4.6 (30) d. 3.9 (27)Croxton Park21 September 1912[74] [75] [76]
1913 Yarraville11.9 (75) d. 3.6 (24)North Melbourne Cricket Ground20 September 1913[77] [78]
1914 South Melbourne District11.9 (75) d. 3.6 (24)North Melbourne Cricket Ground22 August 1914[79] [80] [81] [82] [83]
1915 Yarraville11.9 (75) d. 3.6 (24)North Melbourne Cricket Ground25 September 1915[84] [85] [86] [87]
1916 Preston2.9 (21) d. 2.6 (18)East Melbourne Cricket Ground14 October 1916[88] [89] [90] [91] [92]
1917 FairfieldEast Melbourne Cricket Ground6 October 1917[93] [94] [95]
1918 Williamstown Juniors7.8 (50) d. 3.16 (34)East Melbourne Cricket Ground5 October 1918[96] [97] [98] [99]
1919 Footscray Juniors6.6 (42) d. 4.13 (37)East Melbourne Cricket Ground18 October 1919[100] [101]
1920 North Melbourne Football Club11.18 (84) d. 3.6 (24)Footscray25 September 1920[102] [103] [104] [105]
1921 Port Melbourne Railway United9.8 (62) d. 6.15 (51)Dandenong1 October 1921[106] [107] [108] [109]
1922 South Melbourne DistrictMelbourne Cricket Ground28 September 1922[110] [111] [112] [113] [114]
1923 Yarraville9.15 (69) 7.10 (52)Richmond Cricket Ground27 September 1923[115] [116] [117] [118] [119]
1924 Hawthorn Juniors9.13 (67) d. 4.10 (34)North Melbourne Cricket Ground25 September 1914[120] [121] [122] [123] [124]
1925 Port Melbourne Railway United10.15 (75) d. 5.10 (40)Motordrome3 October 1925[125] [126] [127]
1926 Port Melbourne Railway UnitedMotordrome2 October 1926[128] [129] [130] [131]
1927 Coburg seconds8.7 (55) d. 6.6 (42)Yarraville1 October 1927[132] [133]
1928 Port Melbourne4.5 (29) d. 1.9 (15)Coburg Cricket Ground15 September 1928[134]
1929 Williamstown seconds14.16 (100) d. 14.7 (91)Oakleigh Cricket Ground28 September 1929[135]
1930 Preston seconds9.12 (66) d. 6.13 (49)North Melbourne Recreation Reserve4 October 1930[136] [137]
1931 Coburg seconds12.10 (82) d. 5.14 (44)Preston City Oval26 September 1931[138]
1932 Coburg seconds13.15 (93) d. 4.13 (37)Coburg Cricket Ground1 October 1932[139]

VFA Section premiers

From 1924 until the end of the 1927 season, the winner of the Division 2/VFA Section grand final played the Division 1/VJFA Section winner in the overall VJFA grand final.

width=3%Yearwidth=10%Premierswidth=10%Runners-upwidth=16%Scorewidth=15%Venuewidth=10%Datewidth=2%Report
1924 Hawthorn JuniorsNorth Melbourne Juniors[140]
1925
1926
1927

Wren Shield permanent winners

Notable events

Notes and References

  1. News: The Australasian. Football Gossip. 28 April 1883. Peter Pindar. 526. Melbourne, VIC.
  2. News: The Age. Football – the Victorian Football Association. 27 April 1883. 3. Melbourne, VIC.
  3. News: Leader. Victorian Junior Football Association. 4 October 1890. 21. Melbourne, VIC.
  4. News: The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Victorian Junior Football Association. 10. 29 March 1890.
  5. News: The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Football. 9. 25 March 1893.
  6. News: The Sportsman. Melbourne, VIC. Junior. 6. 19 March 1895.
  7. Web site: Victorian Junior FA – AGM . Trove Newspapers . The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) . 11 November 2020 . 10 . 27 April 1895.
  8. Web site: LIFE DISQUALIFICATION PROPOSED . Trove . The Age . 26 July 2024 . 4 October 1912.
  9. News: The Standard. Vict. Junior Football Association. 27 September 1913. 3. Melbourne, VIC .
  10. Web site: Membrey . Brian . Where We Come From – A History of the Preston Football Club, 1882 to 2002 . GameDay . 26 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240726002910/https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=116485 . 26 July 2024 . 28 June 2004.
  11. Web site: ASSOCIATION . The Age . 28 July 2024 . 15 . 25 August 1924.
  12. News: The Argus. Melbourne. Victorian Association – Affiliation with junior body. 25 March 1924. 6.
  13. News: The Australasian. Melbourne. Associations Affiliate. 29 March 1924. 609.
  14. Web site: SOME FOOTBALL . Labor Call . 28 July 2024 . 3 . 10 September 1925.
  15. Web site: The Juniors . Sporting Globe . 28 July 2024 . 7 . 23 September 1925.
  16. News: The Age. Melbourne. Victorian Association – agreement with V.J.F.A. ends. 8 July 1926. 6.
  17. News: The Argus. Melbourne. V.J.F.A. Annual Meeting. 8 March 1928. 5.
  18. News: The Age. V.F.A. seconds final. 21 September 1932. 14. Melbourne, VIC.
  19. News: The Sporting Globe. Percentages decide lead in second 18s. 14 June 1933. 11. Melbourne, VIC.
  20. Web site: 1884 . Blueseum.
  21. Web site: VJFA - KEY FACTS . Australian Football.
  22. Web site: Football . Trove . The Age . 25 July 2024 . 5 . 28 June 1899.
  23. News: The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. 3. 4 May 1917. The juniors – season's prospects reviewed. Umpire .
  24. Web site: ASSOCIATION MATCHES . Labor Call . 27 July 2024 . 25 August 1921.
  25. Web site: Bartlett . Rhett . Ruddell . Trevor . 1902 Chronology . Tigerland Archive . 25 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240412102545/https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=1902+Chronology . 12 April 2024 . April Wed. 2 Richmond City and West Richmond amalgamate to become Richmond Juniors. Richmond offers the new club free use of its ground and facilities..
  26. Web site: THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP: TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 26 September 1883 . I beg to state that the Waverley have not yet claimed the premiership. But if the Waverley is not defeated on Saturday next by Brunswick, I certainly claim that the Waverley are premiers on the ground that they will have played nineteen matches, and will have only suffered two defeats..
  27. News: The Herald. The Junior Football Premiership. 1 October 1883. 2. Melbourne, VIC.
  28. News: The Sportsman. Football season, 1884. 22 October 1884. 2. Melbourne, VIC.
  29. News: Williamstown Chronicle. Williamstown Junior Football Club – premier juniors 1885. 3 October 1885. 3. Melbourne, VIC .
  30. News: The Leader. Football – the past season. 9 October 1886. 21-21. Melbourne, VIC .
  31. News: The Australasian. Football – the past season. 1 October 1887. 645–646. Melbourne, VIC .
  32. News: The Sportsman. Victorian Junior Football Association. 24 October 1888. 6. Melbourne, VIC.
  33. Web site: 1889 – Victorian Junior Football Association . Trove Newspapers . Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic) . 9 November 2020 . 2 . 9 October 1889.
  34. Web site: 1890 – Victorian Junior FA – Ladder . Trove Newspapers . The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic) . 9 November 2020 . 18 . 4 October 1890.
  35. Web site: 1891 – Victorian Junior FA – Final Ladder . Trove Newspapers . Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic) . 9 November 2020 . 6 . 22 September 1891.
  36. News: The Age. Victorian Junior Football Association. 5 October 1892. Melbourne, VIC .
  37. News: The Sportsman. Football – the Junior premiership. 17 September 1893. 6. Melbourne, VIC.
  38. News: North Melbourne Gazette. Final Matches – Junior Premiership. 5 October 1894. 2. Melbourne, VIC.
  39. News: The Argus. Victorian Junior Football Association. 30 September 1895. 7. Melbourne, VIC.
  40. News: The Age. Victorian Junior Football Association. 30 September 1895. 3. Melbourne, VIC.
  41. News: The Argus. Victorian Junior Football Association. 8 September 1896. 3. Melbourne, VIC .
  42. News: The Argus. Victorian Junior Football Association. 6 September 1897. 6. Melbourne, VIC .
  43. News: The Argus. Victorian Junior Football Association. 12 September 1898. 7. Melbourne, VIC .
  44. News: The Sportsman. Junior Items. 15 August 1899. 6. Melbourne, VIC.
  45. Web site: A JUNIOR MATCH . The Argus . 25 July 2024 . 23 September 1899 . The game is under the patronage of the Victorian football league and the Victorian Football Association. The Melbourne team will win the colours of the premier team − Melbourne Juniors − blue and white, whilst the visitors will excite the sympathies of the locals by wearing the magpie colours, black and white.
  46. News: Weekly Times. Football Notes and Comments. 11 September 1900. 17. Melbourne, VIC .
  47. News: The Sportsman. Victorian Junior Football Association. 8 October 1901. 6. Melbourne, VIC .
  48. Web site: Bounce . With the juniors: Preston premiers again . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 29 August 1902.
  49. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . The Argus . 25 July 2024 . 9 September 1902.
  50. Web site: The Juniors . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 19 September 1903.
  51. Web site: JUNIOR FOOTBALL. A PROTEST DISMISSED. FINAL MATCH NEXT SATURDAY . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 12 September 1903.
  52. Web site: SOUTH MELBOURNE PREMIERS . Trove . The Argus . 25 July 2024 . 21 September 1903.
  53. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . Trove . The Age . 25 July 2024 . 9 . 12 September 1904.
  54. Web site: Among the Juniors . Trove . Prahran Chronicle . 25 July 2024 . 17 September 1904.
  55. Web site: YARRAVILLE WINS . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 16 September 1905.
  56. News: The Age. V.J.F.A. premiership. 18 September 1905. 9. Melbourne, VIC .
  57. Web site: Umpire . With the juniors . Trove . The Herald . 7 September 1906.
  58. News: The Herald. The final match. 8 September 1906. 8. Melbourne, VIC .
  59. Web site: NORTHCOTE WINS . Trove . The Herald . 25 July 2024 . 10 September 1906.
  60. Web site: Footscray Juniors celebrate the premiership . Trove . Independent . 25 July 2024 . 26 October 1907.
  61. News: The Age. Football – the Junior Premiership. 7 October 1907. 10. Melbourne, VIC .
  62. Web site: THE FOOTBALL SEASON . Trove . Standard . 25 July 2024 . 28 September 1907.
  63. Web site: Will History Repeat Itself? . Weekly News . 26 July 2024 . 25 September 1915.
  64. News: The Argus. Football – Junior premiership. 5 October 1908. 8. Melbourne, VIC .
  65. Web site: The Junior Premiership . Trove . Leader . 25 July 2024 . 12 September 1908.
  66. Web site: The Junior Premiership . Trove . Independent . 25 July 2024 . 12 September 1908.
  67. News: The Argus. Football – Victorian Junior Association. 27 September 1909. 5. Melbourne, VIC.
  68. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . Trove . The Argus . 25 July 2024 . 5 . 6 September 1909.
  69. News: The Age. Rough Football. 24 October 1910. 5. Melbourne, VIC .
  70. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . Trove . The Age . 25 July 2024 . 11 . 19 September 1910.
  71. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . The Argus . 25 July 2024 . 12 September 1910.
  72. News: The Age. Junior Football Association. 2 October 1911. 14. Melbourne, VIC .
  73. Web site: VICTORIAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . Trove . The Age . 26 July 2024 . 13 . 4 September 1911.
  74. News: The Argus. Junior premiership. 25 September 1912. 11. Melbourne, VIC .
  75. News: The Standard. V.J.F.A. First-Rate junior premiership. 5 October 1912. 4. Melbourne, VIC .
  76. Web site: FIRST-RATE JUNIOR ASSOCIATION . Trove . Standard . 26 July 2024 . 31 August 1912.
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