Victorian Amateur Football Association

Victorian Amateur Football Association

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 VAFA season
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1892
Divisions	6
No. of teams	61
Country	Australia
Official website	vafa.com.au

The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Founded in 1892, it consists of six senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 3.

In addition, the VAFA Under-19s sections and five Thirds sections, primarily made up of either clubs only able to field one team, or clubs from higher sections that can field a third team after their seniors and reserves. The league operates a double promotion and relegation system between sections with various rules dictating which section clubs can play in.

The league's administration base is at Elsternwick Park, a former Victorian Football Association stadium in suburban Elsternwick, that was home to the now defunct Brighton Football Club and is now the home base for Old Melburnians Football Club and Elsternwick Football Club. It was redeveloped in 2017 and has a capacity for around 15,000 spectators.

The Association comprises private school old boys clubs, university clubs and district clubs. No player payments are permitted, however players can be enticed by offers of employment.

History

Collegians vs Melbourne University Blacks at Collegians home ground at Albert Park

                    Public Schools and Football.
The question of public school boys playing in senior football has recently been raised.
It has been contended that the entry of prominent schoolboy players into the ranks of the senior football teams would be a boon to the game, and it is also reported that some schoolboys are likely to play with senior teams.
In view of these reports, the attitude of the headmasters is of interest.
They have laid down the rule that no boy while at school shall be permitted to play with any League or Association team, but no ban is placed on a boy who may wish to play with an amateur team, provided such games do not interfere with his duty to the school football team.
          Table Talk, 26 April 1923.

Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)

The Victorian Amateur Football Association was founded in 1892 as the Metropolitan Junior Football Association. The foundation clubs were: Alberton; Brighton; Collegians; Footscray District; St Jude's; St Mary's; Toorak-Grosvenor; YMCA.

Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA)

1912

In 1912, the MJFA became the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association.

Prior to World War I, apart from its core function of delivering a competition for amateur footballers, the MAFA also provided a de facto second-level competition for the VFL.

The VFL Second XVIII competition began in 1919; the MAFA competition was not resumed post-war until 1920.

1920

On Monday, 22 March 1920, a meeting of the (then) Metropolitan Amateur Football Association decided to resume the inter-club competition that it had suspended for the duration of World War I at the end of the 1915 season. The MAFA announced that the re-formed competition would be between four of the "pre-war" clubs — namely, Collegians Football Club, South Yarra Amateur Football Club, Elsternwick Football Club, and Melbourne University Football Club (later University Blacks) — and four "new clubs" — namely, Old Melburnians, Old Caulfield Grammarians, Melbourne Swimming Club Football Club and the Teachers’ College Football Club.

Victorian Amateur Football Association

In 1933 it changed its name to the Victorian Amateur Football Association.

Inter-league and interstate games

1925

In June 1925 a MAFA Representative XVIII defeated the South Australian 21.22 to 8.10 at the MCG in the first amateur Interstate representative game.

1948

Players in the 1948 Perth Carnival included: R. B. Small, K. N. C. Rollanson, G. V. Byrne, C. P. Daley, J. C. Stock, V. G. Miller, E. Jane, W. J. Backhouse, W. T. Taggart, J. P. Sheehan, R. L. Rouse, K. F. Lewis, J. W. Grainier, W. Reynolds’s, N. P. Airmen, G. W. McTaggart, D. B. White, (Deputy Manager) E. L. Macklin, B. F. Judd, V. W. Paxton, M. J. Davidson, D. W. Arnold, (Capt.) G. T. Moore, (Manager) M. K. Fitcher, (Vice-Capt.) A. H. C. Richard’s, E. M. MacGregor.

1951

The Australian Amateur Jubilee Football Carnival was held in Melbourne in July 1951.

The Victorian team included: J. Kelly (Coach), K. Clarke, G. W. Gibbons, A. T. Shiel, D. Bills, J.D. Anderson, M.T. Hastie, A. D. Morning, G. Harris. G.T. Moore (Manager), A. E. Parley, W. B. Thomas, M. Mathewson, A. Ferguson, J. Stock, J. B. Jolley, J. Likely, B. F. Judd, W. M. Judd, P. McLaughlin, . Bedford, S. Bottles, D. W. Arnold (Capt.), P. M. Cox (V-Capt.), H. A. Meredith, A. F. Mellors, E. Donaldson.

1954

On 14 June 1954, the Queen's Birthday holiday, a Victorian representative team defeated a South Australian team 12.14 (86) to 10.15 (75) at the Junction Oval. The match was preceded by the Grand Final of a "lightning premiership" that involving sixteen teams playing knock-out matches of two 10 minute halves. Four of the first round matches were played at the Junction Oval, and the other four were played (simultaneously) at the Ross Gregory Oval at the other end of Albert Park Lake. The quarter final, semi final, and the Grand Final matches were all played at the Junction Oval. The sixteen teams involved were:

• Alphington Football Club, Hampton Rovers Football Club, Melbourne High School Old Boys (M.H.S.O.B.), Old Melburnians, and Ormond Amateur Football Club from A Section.
• Brunswick Amateurs Football Club, Caulfield Grammarians Football Club, Coburg Amateurs Football Club, Collegians Football Club, and Ivanhoe Amateur Football Club from B Section.
• Balwyn Football Club, East Malvern Football Club, and Parkside Football Club from C Section.
• Parkdale Football Club from D Section.
• South Melbourne City Football Club, and Preston Amateurs Football Club from E Section.

Parkside (the team that would later go on to have its twenty-ninth consecutive win in the 1954 C Section Grand Final), having beaten Balwyn in the first round, Preston in the quarter finals, and Ivanhoe in the Semi-finals, defeated Alphington in the Grand Final to win the lightning premiership.

1956

In 1956 a VAFA XVIII beat the combined VFL/VFA Amateurs in an Olympic demonstration game, 12.9 (81) to 8.7 (55).

1957

Of some considerable historical significance, the VAFA vs. South Australian Amateur Football League interstate match, played at Olympic Park on 17 June 1957 — which Victoria won 15.9 (99) to 8.3 (51) — was the first ever uninterrupted telecast of a complete Australian rules football game (viz., it was a direct broadcast of the entire four quarters of the match, rather than just the last quarter) .

1971

In 1971 a VAFA Representative side beat a VFA XVIII for the inaugural Victorian Football Cup 23.12 to 19.17.

Growth

The inaugural season of the then MJFA comprised fixtures between 8 teams. By 1922 the association divided into 2 sections of 8. Only 4 years later three sections were established; Section A with 10 clubs and Section B and C with 8 clubs each.

Competition was ceased for the Second World War (as it had after the Great War). Restarting in 1946 with 27 clubs in three sections, by 1947 34 clubs were competing over three sections. 1948 saw 35 clubs spread over four sections. In 1954 the MAFA established a fifth section for its 48 senior clubs.

1960 saw 74 clubs over 7 sections, but the association then dwindled and lost two sections. Section F was reintroduced in 1971. Section G was introduced in 1986. By 1987, there were 68 clubs over 8 sections.

Between 1995 until the end of the 1999 season, there was a geographic split in some VAFA divisions with 'E South' (later 'E White'), 'E Central' (later 'E Blue') and 'E East' (later 'F Section').

Starting in 2017, the VAFA has operated a women's competition in addition to the men's.

At the end of the 2023 season, Division 4 was abolished after Ivanhoe and Old Paradians were accepted into the Northern Football Netball League. Starting in 2024, each section has 10 teams with the exception of Division 3, which has 11.

Premiers

Main article: List of Victorian Amateur Football Association premiers

Men's Seniors clubs

William Buck Premier

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Collegians		Lions	Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park	–	1892	1892	21	2023
Fitzroy		Roy Boys	Brunswick Street Oval, Fitzroy	AFL	1883	2009	1	2018
Old Brighton Grammarians		Tonners	Brighton Beach Oval, Brighton	–	1921	1957	5	2017
Old Melburnians		Redlegs	Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick	–	1896	1920	15	2009
Old Scotch		Cardinals	Camberwell Sports Ground, Camberwell	–	1894	1921	12	1978
Old Xaverians		Old Xavs	Toorak Park, Armadale	–	1923	1923	20	2016
St Bernard's		Snowdogs	St Bernard's College, Essendon	–	1963	1963	10	2023
St Kevin's Old Boys		SKOB	T H King Reserve, Kooyong	–	1947	1947	7	2022
University Blacks		Blacks	Main Oval, Melbourne University, Parkville	–	1928	1928	21	2014
University Blues		Blues	Main Oval, Melbourne University, Parkville	VJFA	1928	1928	9	2019

Premier B

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Beaumaris		Sharks	Banksia Reserve, Beaumaris	SFNL	1962	1995	5	2016
Caulfield Grammarians		Fields	Glenhuntly Oval, Caulfield North	–	1920	1920	10	2019
De La Salle		DLSOC	Waverley Park, Malvern	–	1955	1955	11	2003
Old Camberwell		Wellers	Gordon Barnard Reserve, Balwyn North	–	1960	1960	6	2007
Old Geelong		OGs	Como Park, South Yarra	–	1954	1954	6	2016
Old Haileyburians		Bloods	Princes Park, Caulfield South	–	1925	1961	9	2022
Old Ivanhoe Grammarians		Hoers	Chelsworth Park, Ivanhoe	–	1929	1964	8	2023
Old Trinity Grammarians		T's	Daley Oval, Bulleen	–	1923	1954	7	1999
St Bedes/Mentone Tigers		Tigers	Mentone Reserve, Mentone	–	1992	1993	4	2008
Williamstown CYMS		CYs	Fearon Reserve, Williamstown	WSFL	1886	1983	5	2019

Premier C

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
AJAX		Jackas	Gary Smorgon Oval, St Kilda	–	1957	1957	6	2011
Glen Eira		Gryphons	Packer Park, Carnegie	–	1999	1999	1	2023
Hampton Rovers		Rovers	Boss James Reserve, Hampton	NMFL	1933	1933	9	2014
Marcellin Old Collegians		Eagles	Bray Oval, Marcellin College, Bulleen	YCWFL	1968	1971	9	2008
Mazenod Old Collegians		Nodders	Central Reserve, Glen Waverley	ESCFL	1978	1989	5	2016
Monash Blues		Blues	Frearson Oval, Clayton	–	1962	1962	5	2022
Oakleigh		Krushers	W.A. Scammell Reserve, Oakleigh	–	1991	1991	5	2007
Old Carey Grammarians		Panthers	Carey Sports Complex, Bulleen	–	1954	1954	4	2010
Parkdale Vultures		Vultures	Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale	–	1991	1991	2	2012
PEGS		Bombers	Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School, Keilor East	WRFL	1970	1984	4	2022

Division 1

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Kew		Bears	J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew	–	2006	2006	9	2015
Old Peninsula		Pirates	Peninsula College, Mount Eliza	–	1980	1980	0	−
Old Yarra Cobras		Cobras	Koonung Park, Bulleen	–	2022	2023	0	−
Ormond		Monders	E.E. Gunn Reserve, Ormond	–	1932	1932	14	2018
Parkside		Devils	Pitcher Park, Alphington	NFNL	1938	2015	6	2023
Prahran		Two Blues	Toorak Park, Toorak	–	1886	2011	2	2017
Preston Bullants		Bullants	Ruthven Reserve, Preston	–	2009	2009	2	2019
Therry Penola		Lions	JP Fawkner Reserve, Oak Park	–	1977	1977	4	2013
UHS-VU		Vultures	Brens Oval, Parkville	–	1932	1933	6	2018
West Brunswick		Magpies	Ransford Oval, Parkville	–	1932	1959	8	2015

Division 2

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Aquinas Old Collegians		Bloods	Aquinas College, Ringwood	ESCFL	1981	1987	4	2019
Brunswick		NOBS	Alec Gillon Oval, Brunswick	–	1963	1963	3	2012
Bulleen Templestowe		Bullants	Ted Ajani Reserve, Templestowe Lower	–	1975	1975	6	2012
Elsternwick		Wickers	Graham Holmes Oval, Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick	VSDFL	1914	1947	7	2023
Hawthorn		Hawks	Rathmines Road Reserve, Hawthorn East	SFNL	1954	1995	1	1998
Melbourne High School Old Boys		Unicorns	Melbourne High School, South Yarra	–	1928	1928	10	2009
South Melbourne Districts		Bloods	Lindsay Hassett Oval, Albert Park	SFNL	1912	2000	4	2022
St Mary's Salesian		Saints	Ferndale Park, Glen Iris	–	2008	2008	0	−
Wattle Park		Animals	Bennettswood Sports Ground, Burwood	ESCFL	1971	1992	3	2002
Whitefriars Old Collegians		Friars	Whitefriars College Oval, Donvale	–	1986	1986	6	2022

Division 3

Club	Colours	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Albert Park		Falcons	Beaurepaire Pavilion, Albert Park	–	1954	1954	0	-
Box Hill North		Demons	Elgar Park, Box Hill North	SFNL	1983	2002	0	−
Canterbury		Cobras	Canterbury Sports Ground, Surrey Hills	EFNL	1881	2014	1	2016
Chadstone		Synners	Jordan Reserve, Chadstone	SFNL	1983	1987	0	−
Eley Park		Sharks	Whitehorse Reserve, Box Hill	SFNL	1992	1994	1	1999
La Trobe University		Trobers	Tony Sheehan Oval, La Trobe University, Bundoora	–	1967	1970	7	2022
North Brunswick		Bulls	Allard Park, Brunswick	NMFL	1970	1971	4	2023
Power House		Slushies	Ross Gregory Oval, St Kilda	–	1940	1940	5	2006
Richmond Central		Snakes	Kevin Bartlett Reserve, Richmond	–	1987	1987	1	1994
St John's Old Collegians		JOCS	Thomas Carroll Reserve, Doveton	–	1991	1991	2	2011
Swinburne University		Razorbacks	St. James Park, Hawthorn	–	1996	1996	1	2003

Thirds Only

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Masala Dandenong		Tigers	Fotheringham Reserve, Dandenong	–	2013	2013	0	−
Mentone		Panthers	Belvedere Park, Seaford	–	1968	1968	1	1990

Women's Seniors clubs

William Buck Premier

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Caulfield Grammarians		Fields	Glenhuntly Oval, Caulfield North	–	1920	1920	1	2019
Coburg		Lions	Piranha Park, Coburg	SEWF	2021	2023	-	-
Collegians		Lions	Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park	–	1892	1892	-	-
Kew		Bears	J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew	VWFL	1900	1949	-	-
Melbourne University		Mugars	Melbourne Uni, Main Oval, Parkville	VWFL	1996	2017	1	2018
Monash Blues		Blues	Frearson Oval, Clayton	–	1962	1962	1	2023
Old Scotch		Stars	Camberwell Sports Ground, Camberwell	–	1894	1921	2	2022
Old Yarra Cobras		Cobras	Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster	–	1993	1993	-	-
St Kevin's		Saints	T H King Reserve, Kooyong	–	1947	1947	3	2023
West Brunswick		Magpies	McAlister Oval, Parkville	–	1932	1959	-	-

Premier B

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Aquinas		Bloods	Aquinas College, Ringwood	–	1981	1987	-	-
Beaumaris		Sharks	Banksia Reserve, Beaumaris	–	1962	1995	1	2022
Fitzroy		Roy Girls	Brunswick Street Oval, Fitzroy North	VWFL	1883	2009	-	-
Mazenod		Nodders	Central Reserve, Glen Waverley	–	1978	1989	1	2017
Old Geelong		OGs	Como Park, South Yarra	–	1954	1954	-	-
St Bede's Mentone		Tigers	Mentone Reserve, Mentone	–	1972	1972		2022
Westbourne Grammarians		Warriors	Westbourne School Ground, Truganina	–	2014	2014	1	2018
Williamstown CYMS		CYs	Fearon Reserve, Williamstown	–	1886	1983	1	2023

Division 1

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Brunswick		Renegades	Alec Gillon Oval, Brunswick	VWFL	1963	1963	-	-
Marcellin Old Collegians		Eagles	Bray Oval, Marcellin College, Bulleen	–	1971	1971	2	2023
Old Brighton		Tonners	Brighton Beach Oval, Brighton	–	1921	1957	-	-
Old Camberwell		Wellers	Gordon Barnard Reserve, Balwyn North	–	1960	1960	1	2017
Old Haileybury		Hearts	Princes Park Reserve, Caulfield South	–	1925	1961	1	2018
Old Melburnians		Redlegs	Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick	–	1896	1920	-	-
Old Xaverians		Old Xavs	Toorak Park, Armadale	–	1923	1923	-	-
Parkdale Vultures		Vultures	Gerry Green Reserve, Parkdale	–	1991	1991	-	-

Division 2

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Glen Eira		Gryphons	Packer Park, Carnegie	–	1999	1999	1	2019
Hampton Rovers		Rovers	Boss James Reserve, Hampton	–	1933	1933	1	2022
Hawthorn		Hawks	Rathmines Road Reserve, Hawthorn East	–	1954	1995	2	2018
MCC Women's		Demons	Beaumaris Secondary College, Beaumaris	–	2018	2018	1	2023
Oakleigh		Krushers	W. A. Scammell Reserve, Oakleigh South	–	1991	1991	-	-
Old Trinity Grammarians		T's	Daley Oval, Trinity Grammar Playing Fields, Bulleen	–	1923	1954	-	-
Power House		Slushies	Ross Gregory Oval, Albert Park	–	1940	1940	-	-
Richmond Central		Snakes	Loughnan Oval, Richmond	–	1987	1987	-	-
St Mary's Salesian		Saints	Ferndale Reserve, Glen Iris	–	2008	2008	2	2018
Whitefriars		Friars	Whitefriars College Oval, Donvale	–	1986	1986	1	2018

Division 3

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Box Hill North		Demons	Elgar Park, Box Hill North	–	1983	2002	-	-
De La Salle Old Collegians		DLSOC	Waverley Park, Malvern	–	1955	1955	-	-
La Trobe University		Trobers	La Trobe University, Bundoora	VWFL	1967	1970	-	-
North Brunswick		Bulls	Allard Park, Brunswick	–	1970	1971	-	-
Old Carey		Panthers	Carey Sports Complex, Bulleen	–	1954	1954	-	-
Parkside		Devils	Pitcher Park, Alphington	–	1938	2015	-	-
Preston Bullants		Bullants	W. R. Ruthven V.C. Reserve, Preston	–	2009	2009	1	2019
Therry Penola		Lions	John Pascoe Fawkner Reserve, Oak Park	–	1977	1977	1	2019
UHS-VU		Vultures	Brens Oval, Parkville	–	1932	1933	1	2023
Wattle Park		Animals	Bennettswood Sports Ground, Burwood	–	1992	1992	-	-

Division 4

Colours	Club	Moniker	Home venue	Former League	Est.	Joined VAFA	Premierships
							Total	Recent
Albert Park		Falcons	Beaurepaire Pavilion, Albert Park	–	1954	1954	-	-
Canterbury		Cobras	Canterbury Sports Ground, Surrey Hills	–	1881	2014	-	-
Collegians		Lions	Harry Trott Oval, Albert Park	–	1892	1892	-	-
Elsternwick		Wickers	Graham Holmes Oval, Elsternwick Park, Elsternwick	–	1914	1947	-	-
Kew		Bears	J.J. Higgins Reserve, Kew	–	1900	1949	-	-
Old Xaverians		Old Xavs	Toorak Park, Armadale	–	1923	1923	-	-
Old Yarra Cobras		Cobras	Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster	–	1993	1993	-	-
South Melbourne Districts		Bloods	Lindsay Hassett Oval, Albert Park	–	1912	2000	-	-
St Kevin's		Saints	T H King Reserve, Kooyong	–	1947	1947	3	2023
West Brunswick		Magpies	McAlister Oval, Parkville	–	1932	1959	-	-

Former clubs

Sources:

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home Ground	Est.	VAFA seasons	VAFA premierships	Fate/current league
Albanvale		Cobras	Robert Bruce Reserve, Deer Park	1978	1989-92		WRFL
Alphington			John Cain Memorial Reserve, Thornbury		1934-83		Folded
AMP Society					1963-81		Merged with North Caulfield YCW to form Balaclava
ANZ Bank					1950-69		Merged with Albert Park in 1970
Army Apprentices					1966-70		Folded
Assumption Old Collegians					1964-82		Merged with Prahran in 2010
Australian Postal Institute					1965		Folded
Balaclava		Kangaroos		1982	1982-90		Merged with St Anthony's Glen Huntly in 1991 to form Glen Huntly
Balwyn		Tigers	Balwyn Park, Balwyn	1909	1946-55		EFNL originally moved to ESFL
Balwyn Combined		Demons	Macleay Park, Balwyn North		1993-95		EFNL Folded in 1996
Banyule		Bears	R.J Brockwell Oval, Heidelberg	1967	1979-2014		NFNL
Bellfield		Mud and Blood	Ford Park, Oriel Rd, Bellfield		1950-65		ESCFA Folded after the 1993 season in the MNFL
Bentleigh		Demons	Bentleigh Reserve, Bentleigh	1965	2000-10		SFNL
Bentleigh Districts					1929-37		CODFL Folded in 1956
Beverley					1898-1915		Folded
Beverley Hills		Lions	Zerbes Reserve, Doncaster East	1972	1972-81		EFNL Renamed to Doncaster East in 1990
Black Rock		Jets	McDonald Reserve, Black Rock	1908	1922, 1927-30		SFNL originally moved to YCWFL
Bloods		Bloods			1987−98		Merged with Old Brighton in 1996 to form Old Brighton Bloods
Boronia Park		Bombers			1990-94		Folded 2001; originally moved to SFNL then YRFNL
Boroondara					1897, 1903-04		Merged with Hawthorn in 1905
Brighton					1892-1907		VFA
Brighton					1952-58
Brighton TSOB					1930-40		Folded
Brightonvale					1926-39		Folded
Brunswick		Lions			1926-94, 1999-2003		WRFL changed name to Brunswick Power
Bulleen United		Bulls			1975-95		Merged 1996 with Canterbury North Balwyn
Burwood					1928-36		Folded
Camberwell		Cobras	Camberwell Sports Ground, Camberwell	1886	1992-95		Folded
Canterbury North Balwyn					1993-95		Merged 1996 with Bulleen United
Canterbury United Churches					1931-32		Folded
Carlton Districts					1909-15		Folded
Carnegie				1920s	1935-38		Folded 1999; originally moved to CODFL then SFNL
Cassie					1964-65		Folded
Caulfield					1884-1915		Folded 1976; originally moved to FFL
Caulfield City (Caulfield)					1924-25		Folded 1958; originally moved to ESFL then CODFL
Celtic					1900-02		Folded
Chirnside Park		Panthers	Kimberley Reserve, Chirnside Park	1978	1990-99		EFNL
Clayton		Saints			1979-89		Merged 1989 with Waverley to form Waverley Amateurs
Coburg					1935-87		Folded
Collingwood District		Districts			1906-15		Folded 1938; originally moved to VJFL
Commercial Bank					1959-66		Folded
Commonwealth Bank		Cobras			1947-90		Merged 1990 with State Bank
Coolaroo Rovers		Rovers	Progress Reserve, Coolaroo		1980		Folded 1988; originally moved to PHFL
Combined Country Colleges					1978-81		Folded 1981
Dandenong KSP					1930-32		Folded
Dookie Longerenong OC					1970-74		Folded
Doveton SJOC					1981-95		SFNL Renamed to Doveton Eagles
East Caulfield					1947-51		Folded 1962; originally moved to ESFL
East Malvern					1929-64		Folded 1985; originally moved to SFNL
Edlington					1892		Folded
Elwood					1922-23		Folded
ES & A Bank					1932-35, 1952-69		Merged with ANZ Bank
ES & A Bank/National Bank					1936-37		Merged temporarily with National Bank
Fairfield		Bloods	Fairfield Park Oval, Fairfield	1891	1936-73		Folded 1996; originally moved to ESCFA, then SFNL and NFNL
Fawkner		Fawks	Charles Mutton Reserve, Fawkner		1973-95		Merged 1996 with Moomba Park to form Fawkner Park (now Northern Saints)
Fitzroy Districts					1904-05
Fitzroy Juniors					1912-15		Folded
Fitzroy Reds		Reds	Brunswick Street Oval, Fitzroy	1954	1954-2008		Merged 2008 with Fitzroy
Flinders Naval Base					1927-28		Folded 1975; originally moved to MPFL, then FFL and NPL
Footscray Districts					1892		Folded
Footscray TSOB					1932-90		Folded
Gardenvale-Middle Brighton					1926		Merged 1992 with St Kevin's Ormond to form Caulfield Bears; originally moved to ESCFA
Gardiner					1932		Folded
Geelong Amateur		Ammos, Pegasus	Queens Park, Highton		1926-40, 1947-82		BFNL originally moved to GDFL
Glen Huntly					1926-73		Folded
Glenhuntly	Red, white and black	Hunters			1991-98		Merged 1999 with St Kilda South Caulfield and St Kilda CBC Old Boys to form Glen Eira
Glenroy					1974-77
GTV 9			Bill Woodfull Oval, Albert Park		1986−1989		Folded
Hampton					1923-27		Merged with various clubs to form Sandringham
Hawthorn					1954-57
Hawthorn		Hawks	Glenferrie Oval, Hawthorn		1902-13		AFL originally moved to VFA
Heatherton		Tunners	Heatherton Recreation Reserve, Heatherton		1975-89		SFNL originally moved to ESCFA
Heidelberg West		Hawks	Heidelberg Park, Heidelberg	1936	1939-40		NFNL
Huntingdale					1956		Folded
Insurance Companies' Social Clubs					1954-58		Folded
Ivanhoe		Hoers	Ivanhoe Park, Ivanhoe	1910	1932-2023		NFNL
Kew Districts					1926		Folded
Kingsville					1927-35		Merged Moved to WRFL and changed name to Yarraville in 1996; now Yarravile-Seddon
Kontias				1989	1989-91		Folded
Kooyong					1963-65		Folded
La Trobe University Reds		Reds	Tony Sheehan Oval, La Trobe University, Bundoora		1971-1977		Folded
Leopold		Redlegs			1898-1915		Folded 1924; originally moved to VJFL
Malvern					1896, 1933-64		Merged 1964 to become Tooronga Malvern
Manningham Cobras (Bulleen Cobras)		Cobras	Koonung Park, Bulleen		1996-2022		Merged 2022 with Yarra Old Grammarians
Melbourne Shipping Companies					1922		Folded
Melbourne Swimming Club					1920-23		Folded
Monash Gryphons		Gryphons	East Caulfield Reserve, Caulfield East	1991
Monash Whites		Whites		1964	1964–1965; 1971–2001		Merged 2001 with Monash Blues
Moreland					1949-51		Folded
Mt Carmel Old Collegians					1936-40		Folded
Mt Lilydale Old Collegians		Rams	Mount Lilydale Mercy College Sporting Ovals, Lilydale		1997-2018		EFNL Merged with Croydon North to form Croydon North MLOC
Murrumbeena					1923-62		Folded
Myer					1937-54		Folded
National Bank					1932-38, 1954-79		Folded
Newlands Coburg		Cobras	Jackson Reserve, Coburg North	1966	1994-96		Folded
North Alphington					1948-52		Folded
Nunawading					1894-96		Folded
Oakleigh					1908-11, 1927-28		Folded
Oakleigh Clayton					2003-06		Folded
Old Haileybury-Old Trinity					1928-35		Folded
Old Eltham Collegians (Eltham)		Turtles	Eltham College Reserve, Research	1986	1986-2019		NFNL
Old Paradians		Raiders	Garvey Oval,Bundoora	1929	1929-2023		NFNL
Old Scotch Collegians					1894-95		Folded
Olinda					1893		Folded
Parkdale		Seagulls			1934-54		Merged 2003 with Mentone Vultures to form Parkdale Vultures; originally moved to FFL then SFNL
Parkville					1899		Folded
Pascoe Vale		Panthers	Raeburn Reserve, Pascoe Vale	1909	1927-28, 1940		EDFL originally moved to VFL Sub-Districts
Patricians					1965-69		Folded
Pharmacy College					1962-65		Folded
Point Cook		Bulldogs	Saltwater Reserve, Point Cook	2010	2010-17		WRFL
Port Colts					1987−89		Folded
Port Melbourne					1956-59		Folded
Port Rovers					1903-08		Folded
Postal Institute					1965		Folded
Prahran-Caulfield					2007
Preston					1954-69		Folded
Preston Marist Brothers Old Boys					1983-93		Folded
Princes Hill			McAlister Oval, Parkville		1979-81		Folded
RAAF Cadets					1964-65		Folded
Reservoir Old Boys					1965-77		Folded
Rupertswood		Sharks	Rupertswood Reserve, Sunbury	1999	2000-2012		EDFL originally moved to RDFL
Salesian OC			Salesian College, Chadstone		1989-2007		Merged 2008 with St Mary's
Sandringham					1921-28
Sandringham Amateurs					1940
Sandringham					1921-28
Sandringham B					1928
Sandringham Juniors					1926-27
South Camberwell					1937-40		Folded
South Caulfield					1926-40		Merged 1962 with Brighton; originally moved to CYMSFA then FFL
Southern Dragons		Dragons	Keeley Park, Clayton South	2007	2013-14		SFNL
South Melbourne City					1954-59		Folded
South Melbourne Juniors					1900		Folded
South Mornington		Tigers	Citation Reserve, Mount Martha	2006	2006-2019		SFNL
South St Kilda					1892-1899		Folded
South Yarra					1897-1921
Southbank (State Commonwealth Bank)		Bankers, Cobras	Swan St, Southbank		1990-98		Merged 1998 with Prahran
St Andrews-Coburg		Saints	De Chene Reserve, Coburg	1986	1986-95		Folded
St Bede's Old Collegians				1966	1972–1992		Merged 1992 with Mentone to form St Bede's/Mentone Tigers
St Columb's					1953		Folded
St Francis Xavier					1899		Folded
St Francis Xavier OC		Saints	St Francis Xavier College, Senior Campus, Beaconsfield	2007	2007-2019		SFNL Renamed to Narre South Saints
St Ignatius's					1900-02, 1932-34		Folded
St Jude's					1892-1893		Folded
St Kilda CBC Old Boys		Saints			1958-1991		Merged 1999 with Glen Huntly and St Kilda-South Caulfield to form Glen Eira
St Leonard's					1986-89		Folded
St Mary's			Ferndale Park Reserve, Glen Iris		1990-2007		Merged 2008 with Salesian OC
St Mary's					1892-98		Folded
St Patrick's Ballarat OC					1939-40, 1951-55, 1964-75		Merged now part of Brunswick NOBSPC
St Patricks Mentone		Vultures			1991-2003		Merged 2003 with Parkdale to form Parkdale Vultures
St Paul's (Ascot Vale)					1926-40		Folded
St Peter's Clayton					1991-92
St Pius's (Heidelberg)			Ford Park, Oriel Rd, Bellfield		1979-82		Folded
St Andrew's (Brighton)					1949-51
St Kilda-South Caulfield					1992-98		Merged 1999 with Glen Huntly and St Kilda CBC Old Boys to form Glen Eira
St Patrick's Monivae					1976		Folded
State Bank (State Savings Bank)			Bankers		1927-90		Merged 1990 with Commonwealth Bank
State Electricity Commission					1947		Folded
Surrey Hills				1887	1928-32		Merged with East Camberwell to form Surrey Park; originally moved to ESFL, then CFGFL and EFNL
Teachers College					1920-57		Folded
Thomastown		Bears	Main Street Reserve, Thomastown	1966	1975-2000		NFNL
Thornbury		Bears	John Cain Memorial Reserve, Thornbury	1930s	1973-83		Folded 1991; originally moved to NFNL and merged with Reservoir Rovers in 1988 to form Thornbury Rovers
Thornbury Cougars		Cougars	Hayes Park, Thornbury	1955	1996-99		Folded originally named Thornbury Opportunity JFC, the club changed its name to Cougars upon entering their first senior side into the MNFL in 1992
Toorak Grovesnor					1892-94		Folded
Tooronga-Malvern					1964-72		Folded
Waltham					1895-97		Folded
Waverley Amateurs					1989-90		EFNL now part of Waverley Blues
Werribee Districts		Tigers	Soldiers Reserve, Werribee	1995	1998-2013		WRFL
West Hawthorn					1927-33		Folded
Windsor					1894-1898		Folded
Wyndham Suns		Suns	Goddard Street Reserve, Tarneit	2013	2014		WRFL now Suns Football Netball Club
Yarra Old Grammarians		Bushrangers	Doncaster Reserve, Doncaster	1993	1993-2022		Merged 2022 with Manningham Cobras
YMCA					1892-93		Folded

Club movements

From a history of the VAFA:

Season	New clubs admitted	Clubs that left before start of next season
1892	Alberton
	Brighton
	Collegians
	Footscray Districts
	St Jude's
	St Mary's
	Toorak-Grosvenor
	YMCA
1893	Olinda
	University 2nd
	South St Kilda
1894	Nunawading	Olinda
	Scotch Collegians	University 2nd
	Windsor	Footscray Districts
	Caulfield	St Jude's
1895	Waltham	Toorak-Grosvenor
		YMCA
1896	Old Melbournians	Alberton
	Malvern	Scotch Collegians
1897	South Yarra	Booroondara
	Booroondara	Old Melbournians
		Waltham
1898	Leopold	St Mary's
	Beverley
1899	St Francis Xaviers	St Francis Xaviers
	Parkville
	Kew
1900	South Melbourne Juniors
1902	Hawthorn
1904	Fitzroy Districts
1905	Melbourne University	Booroondara
		Fitzroy Districts
1906	Collingwood District
1908	Oakley	Brighton
		Melbourne University
1909	Carlton District	Port Rovers
1913	Fitzroy Juniors	Hawthorn
1914	Elsternwick	Caulfield
1920	Old Melburnians
	Old Caulfield
	Melbourne Swimming Club
	Melbourne Teachers College
	Collegians
	Elsternwick
	University B
	South Yarra
1921	Old Brighton	Teachers College (expelled)
	Old Scotch Collegians
	University A
	Old Trinity
	Sandringham
	Hampton
1922	Melbourne Shipping Company	Melbourne Shipping Company
	Murrumbeena
	Elwood
	Old Brighton
	Teachers College (readmitted)
1923	Old Xaverians	Elsternwick B
1924	Burwood	Elwood
	Caulfield City
	Old Brighton (readmitted)
1925	Old Hailebury	Caulfield (expelled)
1926	Geelong
	Sandringham Juniors
	St Paul's Ascot Vale
	Old Melburnians B
	Teachers College B
	Kew Juniors
	Brunswick Amateurs
	South Caulfield
	Gardenvale-Middle Brighton
1927	Glenhuntly B	Oakley Amateurs (expelled)
	West Hawthorn
	Kingsville Rovers
	Oakley Amateurs
	Pascoe Vale
	Black Rock
	Naval Base Flinders
	State Savings Bank
1928	Burwood	Sandringham
	Sandringham B	Sandringham B
	Surrey Hills	Pascoe Vale (expelled)
	Oakley (readmitted)	Oakley (expelled)
1929	MHSOB
	Old Ivanhoe
	Old Paradians
	Bentleigh
1930	Dandenong KSP	Old Ivanhoe
	Brighton Technical OB	Black Rock (expelled)
	Glenhuntly B
1931	Canterbury United Churches
1932	University High School OB
	Nth Melbourne CBC
	Ormond
	West Brunswick
	Footscray TSOB
	St Ignatius
	Gardiner
	ES&A Bank
	Old Brightonians
	National Bank
1933	Hampton Rovers	West Hawthorn
		Canterbury United Churches
		Surrey Hills
1934	Ivanhoe	Dandenong
	Parkdale
	Alphington
1935	Carnegie	St Ignatius (expelled)
	Coburg	Old Haileybury/Old Trinity
		Kingsville
		National Bank
1936	Fairfield	Burwood
	Mount Carmel OC
	West Brunswick
1937	Myer	Bentleigh District
	St Camberwell
1938	Parkside Amateurs
1939	St Patrick's Ballarat OC	National Bank
	Heidelberg West	Carnegie
		Nth Melbourne CBC (expelled)
1940	Pascoe Vale	Geelong
	Power House	Brighton
		Old Brightonians
1946	Balwyn Amateurs
	Carnegie Church of Christ
1947	Elsternwick (readmitted)
	Power House (readmitted)
	Geelong (readmitted)
	Commonwealth Bank
	St Kevin's
	State Electricity Commission
1948	North Alphington	State Electricity Commission
	University High School OB (readmitted)
1949	Glenhuntly Juniors
	Moreland Amateurs
	St Andrews
1950	Bellfield	Glenhuntly Juniors
1951	St Patrick's Ballarat OC (readmitted)
1952	DS&A Bank	Moreland
		North Alphington
1953	St Columb's
1954	ANZ Bank	Caulfield
	Insurance Social Clubs Association
	National Bank
	Old Carey
	Old Geelong Grammarians
	Old Trinity
	Power House Gold
	Preston
	Sth Melbourne City
	Hawthorn Amateurs
1955	De La Salle OC	Myer
	Melburnian Blues
	University E
1956	Port Melbourne Amateurs	Balwyn
		St Patrick's OC
1957	AJAX	Hawthorn Amateurs (expelled)
1958	Collegians Gold	Insurance Social Clubs Associations
		St Kilda CBC OB
1959	Commercial Bank	Brighton
	West Brunswick	Huntingdale Juniors
		South Melbourne City
1960	Old Camberwell	Port Melbourne Amateurs
1962	Monash University
	Pharmacy College
1962	North Melbourne CBC (readmitted)	Murrumbeena
	St Bernard's OC
	Kooyong
	AMP Society
1963		University Reds
1964	RAAF Cadets (Point Cook)
	Old Ivanhoe Grammarians
	Cassie
	Monash University Whites
	Assumption OB
	St Patricks Ballarat (readmitted)
1965	Australian Postal Institute	Pharmacy College (expelled)
	Reservoir OB
	Patricians
1966		Bellfield
		API
		Monash University Whites
		RAAF Cadets
		Cassie
		Kooyong (refused readmission)
1968	Old Mentonians
1970	Old Essendon Grammarians
	Dookie
	Longernong OC
	La Trobe University
1971	Marcellin OC
	North Brunswick
	La Trobe University Reds
	Monash University Whites (readmitted)
1972	St Bedes OC
1973	Fawkner	Fairfield (expelled for paying players)
	Thornbury
	University Reds (readmitted)
1974	Glenroy
	Beverley Hills
1975	Bulleen United
	Heatherton
	Bulleen Templestowe
1977		St Patricks Ballarat
1978		Reservoir OB
1979	St Pius	National Bank
	Clayton
	Princes Hill
1980	St John's OC
	Peninsula OB
	Coolaroo Rovers
	Thomastown
	Banyule
1982		Geelong Amateurs
1983	Williamstown CMYS	Assumption OC
		Alphington (suspended for 2 years)
1984	Preston MBOB	Thornbury
		Old Essendon Grammarians (readmitted)
1985	GTV 9
	Eltham Collegians
	St Andrews
	St Leonards OC
	Whitefriars OC (on probation)
1986	Alphington (readmitted)
1987	Aquinas OC
	Bloods
	Port Colts
	Richmond Central
1988		Coburg
		Clayton
1989	Mazenod OC
	Salesian OC
	Waverley Amateurs
1990	Boronia Park	FIT
	St Mary's	Port Colts
		State Bank
		Commonwealth Bank
1991	St John's OC	Waverley Amateurs
	St Patricks-Menton	St Kilda CB OC
	Old Westbourne Grammarians
	Monash Gryphons
	State Commonwealth Bank
1992	St Kilda South Caulfield	Albanvale
	St Leo's-Wattle Park	Kontias (withdrew round 3, record expunged)
	Camberwell
1993	Yarra Valley Old Boys
1994	Eley Park	Boronia Park
	Newlands Coburg	Brunswick
	Camberwell
1995	Beaumaris	Fawkner
	Hawthorn Citizens	Doveton
	Swinburne University	St Andrew's-Coburg
	Eltham OC
	Ivanhoe
	Kew
1996	Thornbury Cougars	Balwyn Combined
		Bulleen United
		Canterbury North Balwyn
		Bloods
1997	Mt Lilydale	Newlands Coburg
	Syndal Tally-Ho
	Bulleen Cobras
1998	Werribee Amateurs
1999	Brunswick (readmitted)	Glenhuntly
		St Kilda South Caulfield
2000	Bentleigh	Monash Whites
	South Melbourne Districts	Chirnside Park
	Glen Eira
2001		Thomastown
2002	Box Hill North	Eley Park
		Parkside
2003	Balwyn Combined	Preston MBOB
	Canterbury North Balwyn	St Bedes OC
	Yarra Valley OB	Mentone
	Brunswick Power
2004	St Bede's Mentone Tigers	Mentone Vultures
		Brunswick Power
2005	Parkdale Vultures	Mt Lilydale
2007	South Mornington
2008	St Francis Xavier	St Marys Amateurs
		Salesian OC AFC
		Fitzroy Reds
2009	Fitzroy
	St Mary's Salesian AFC
	Northern Bullants
2010	Point Cook
2012	Masala	Rupertswood
2018		Point Cook
		Old Eltham Collegians
2019		South Mornington
		St Francis Xavier
2022		Manningham Cobras
		Yarra Old Grammarians
2023	Old Yarra Cobras	Ivanhoe
		Old Paradians

See also

• Australian rules football in Victoria

External links

• Official Site
• Brief History
• VAFA Records and History at Full Points Footy