1892 MJFA season
1st season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association
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The 1892 MJFA season was the inaugural season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[1]
| 1892 MJFA season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | Collegians 1st premiership |
| Minor premiers | Collegians 1st minor premiership |
Collegians Football Club won the inaugural premiership, after finishing first on the ladder with 15 wins from its 18 games.[2]
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).[3][4]
Association membership
Ten clubs competed in the inaugural MJFA season â Alberton, Brighton, Collegians, Edlington, Footscray District, South St Kilda, St Jude's, St Mary's, Toorak-Grosvenor and YMCA.[5][6][7]
Brighton, Collegians, Edlington and South St Kilda were "2nd 20" (reserves) teams in the 1892 season.[8] Their senior teams all competed in the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA), although Collegians' senior team appears to have been in local schoolboy competitions.[9][10]
Edlington withdrawal
Edlington left the MJFA after just two games, having kicked just one goal to 13 goals against, and their remaining games were considered walkovers.[11][12][13] Because the withdrawal created an uneven amount of teams, extra games were played against the Holy Trinity Football Club by teams that were initially scheduled to play Edlington.[14][15][16]
Ladder
Holy Trinity was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Australasian.[17]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collegians (P) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 56 | 62 |
| 2 | Alberton | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 107 | 64 | 60 |
| 3 | St Jude's | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 81 | 37 | 60 |
| 4 | South St Kilda | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 59 | 49 | 48 |
| 5 | Footscray District | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 49 | 40 |
| 6 | Toorak-Grosvenor | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 56 | 49 | 36 |
| 7 | St Mary's | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 37 | 60 | 26 |
| 8 | Brighton | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 38 | 81 | 18 |
| 9 | YMCA | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 34 | 95 | 12 |
| â | Holy Trinity | |||||||
| â | Edlington (W) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 |