1905 MJFA season
14th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association
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The 1905 MJFA season, also known as the 1905 MFA season, was the 14th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[a]
Port Rovers won the MJFA premiership for the first time, finishing first on the ladder with 15 wins from its 18 games.[7][8]
Association membership
Like the previous season in 1904, a total of ten teams competed in the MJFA.[9] On 30 March 1905, prior to the start of the season, Boroondara merged with Hawthorn.[10] Hawthorn retained its own name, but adopted Boroondara's colours of a black guernsey with a red sash.[11]
The University Football Club, which had fielded a reserves team in the MJFA during the 1893 season, returned to the competition with a senior team.[5][12]
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Rovers (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 60 |
| 2 | Collegians | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 54 |
| 3 | Leopold | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 46 |
| 4 | University | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 44 |
| 5 | Brighton | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 42 |
| 6 | Collegians | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 38 |
| 7 | Caulfield | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 36 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Fitzroy District | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Beverley | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6]