1901 MJFA season
10th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association
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The 1901 MJFA season, also known as the 1901 MFA season, was the 10th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[a]
Leopold won the MJFA premiership for the second year in a row, finishing first on the ladder after going undefeated for the entire season.[5][6]
Association membership
Prior to the start of the 1901 season, the Kew Football Club left the MJFA and joined another competition, also known as the MJFA.[a][1] The South Melbourne Juniors also left, joining the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[7]
The South Yarra Juniors Football Club, which had been formed in 1899, entered the MJFA.[8][9] A previous South Yarra Football Club had joined the competition in 1897 but withdrew during the 1898 season.[10][11]
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopold (P) | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1035 | 286 | 56 |
| 2 | Collegians | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 928 | 284 | 48 |
| 3 | Caulfield | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 664 | 389 | 40 |
| 4 | Brighton | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 547 | 721 | 28 |
| 5 | Celtic | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 401 | 492 | 24 |
| 6 | Beverley | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 389 | 607 | 12 |
| 7 | South Yarra | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 346 | 841 | 12 |
| 8 | St Ignatius | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 233 | 933 | 4 |
Notes
- In 1900, the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA, now VAFA) decided on a change of name to the Metropolitan Football Association (MFA). MJFA president Lawrence Adamson brokered a deal that the existing MFA (of 1899) became the MJFA, giving his MJFA (of 1892) the "Metropolitan Football Association" name.[1][2] Despite this, various newspaper reports from 1900 until 1912 still use the MJFA name when referring to Adamson's competition, most consensus is that "MJFA" in this time period refers to the now-VAFA, and the VAFA's official history continues to use the MJFA name until 1912.[3][4]