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1894 MJFA season

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1894 MJFA season
Teams10
PremiersSouth St Kilda
2nd premiership
Minor premiersSouth St Kilda
2nd minor premiership
Wooden spoonersBrighton
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The 1894 MJFA season was the 3rd season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[1][2]

South St Kilda won the MJFA premiership for the second year in a row, having won 16 of its 18 games.[3]

Association membership

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Following the end of the 1893 season, St Jude's, Olinda, University 2nd and YMCA left the MJFA.[4]

Caulfield, Nunawading, Scotch Collegians and Windsor were admitted as new clubs.[4] Scotch Collegians was a precursor to the Old Scotch Football Club, which later entered the competition in 1921.[5][6]

Toorak-Grosvenor withdrawal

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Toorak-Grosvenor played its final full match on 7 July, which was a loss against Alberton. By this point, they had only won 1 of their 9 games.[7]

One week later, they forfeited their 14 July game against Caulfield.[8] They resumed for a game against South St Kilda on 21 July, but after 10.8 to 0.0 was kicked against them, the match was abandoned at half-time and Toorak-Grosvenor disbanded as a club.[9][10]

A club called Fitzroy Wesleys played at least one game in Toorak-Grosvenor's place.[11]

Ladder

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Fitzroy Wesleys was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Sportsman.[12]

Pos Team Pld W L D A Pts
1 South St Kilda (P) 18 16 1 1 1 66
2 Collegians 18 13 5 0 0 52
3 St Mary's 18 10 5 3 0 46
4 Alberton 18 8 6 4 0 40
5 Windsor 18 9 7 2 0 40
6 Caulfield 18 8 8 2 0 36
7 Scotch Collegians 18 6 9 3 0 30
8 Nunawading 18 6 9 3 0 30
9 Brighton 18 3 15 0 0 12
Fitzroy Wesleys
Toorak-Grosvenor (W) 10 1 6 2 1 8

Source: [7][12]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

References

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  1. ^ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 14 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 21 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ "OSFC HISTORY". Old Scotch Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ Flanagan, Brian (11 December 2012). "OLD TO NEW AND WINNING PREMIERSHIPS". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 10 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". The Argus. 17 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Sportsman. 24 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ^ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 8 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ^ "MATCHES FOR TODAY". The Age. 28 July 1894. Retrieved 7 August 2024. Nunawading v. Fitzroy Wesleys, at Surrey Hills, in place of Toorak Grosvenor, who have disbanded
  12. ^ a b "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Trove. Sportsman. 2 October 1894. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.