1919 VJFL season

1st season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL) VJFL 1919 3 May – 11 October 1919 9 1 1 1920 The 1919 VJFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL). won the first grand final, finishing the season undefeated.1919 Reserves https://www.blueseum.org/1919+Reserves Blueseum Background AFL reserves#History The Victorian Junior Football League was established to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the VFL senior clubs into a single competition – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football.Ross John 100 Years of Australian Football 1996 Viking Books Ringwood, Australia 9781854714343 382 The league was intended to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the Victorian Football League (VFL) senior clubs into a single competition, and to adopt the same district eligibility scheme which the VFL had introduced in 1916.NEW JUNIOR ORGANISATION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155227061 The Age 19 October 2024 13 18 January 1919 Player permit rules allowed for automatic transfers between the junior and senior clubs until July, allowing the juniors to serve as second eighteens for the seniors. The junior and senior clubs shared a home ground, with the juniors playing home when the seniors played away.Malvern Standard 3 8 March 1919 District junior football For the inaugural season, four existing junior clubs – the Fitzroy Juniors, Collingwood District (also known as Collingwood Juniors) and Leopold (affiliated with ) and Caulfield (affiliated with ) – initially crossed to the new league from the Metropolitan Amateur Association; West Melbourne was affiliated with ; and new junior clubs were formed in Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda. , which had left the VFL senior competition after 1914, also entered a stand-alone junior team in the competition.The Sporting World: A Look Ahead The Age 12 March 1919 page 11Smith, W.H. & Ogilvey, A., The Football Season (Letter to the Editor) The Age 13 March 1919 page 6 Shortly before the season, Caulfield withdrew, and a second University team was quickly arranged to take its place for the 1919 season.The Age Melbourne Football 15 May 1919 10 As was the case in the seniors, once the home-and-away season had finished, the VJFL premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system". Pre-season A number of practice matches were held before the start of the season, including against several Victorian Football Association clubs.1919 Seconds scores https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=1919+Reserves Tigerland Archive Pre-season Saturday, 5 April 11.8 (74) H Camberwell 3.6 (24) Saturday, 12 April P St James Park Saturday, 19 April P (seniors) Richmond City Reserve Monday, 21 April Ballarat Association 9.14 (68) A 12.25 (97) Eastern Oval Saturday, 26 April Prahran 6.10 (46) A 7.5 (47) Toorak Park Saturday, 26 April (3:30 pm) P Home-and-away season Round 1 Round 1 Saturday, 3 May 6.6 (42) A 9.9 (63) Fitzroy Cricket Ground Saturday, 3 May 7.9 (51) H 4.8 (32) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 2 Round 2 Saturday, 10 May 10.6 (66) H 5.14 (44) Saturday, 10 May 6.10 (46) A 14.15 (99) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 3 Round 3 Saturday, 17 May 6.10 (46) A 15.11 (101) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 4 Round 4 Saturday, 24 May 8.8 (56) H 6.10 (46) University Oval Saturday, 24 May 9.20 (74) H 3.5 (23) Victoria Park Round 5 Round 5 Saturday, 31 May 13.13 (91) H 4.4 (28) University Oval Saturday, 31 May 6.10 (46) H 1.10 (16) Round 6 Round 6 Saturday, 7 June 6.9 (45) H 4.12 (36) Saturday, 7 June 14.10 (94) H 1.8 (14) South Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 7 Round 7 Saturday, 14 June 11.25 (91) H 7.4 (46) Victoria Park Saturday, 14 June 6.14 (50) H 4.6 (30) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 8 Round 8 Saturday, 21 June 4.16 (40) A 6.15 (51) Princes Park Round 9 Round 9 Saturday, 28 June 5.14 (55) A 12.7 (79) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 10 Round 10 Saturday, 5 July P Princes Park Round 11 Round 11 Saturday, 12 July P Saturday, 12 July P Saturday, 12 July 5.14 (55) A 12.7 (79) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 12 Round 12 Saturday, 19 July 30.18 (198) H 3.6 (24) Saturday, 19 July 5.12 (42) A 6.12 (48) Saturday, 19 July 12.15 (87) H 4.10 (34) University Oval Round 13 Round 13 Saturday, 26 July 13.10 (88) H 8.9 (57) Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 26 July 5.10 (40) A 8.11 (59) Princes Park Round 14 Round 14 Saturday, 9 August 7.9 (51) H 6.11 (47) Princes Park Round 15 Round 15 Saturday, 16 August 7.10 (52) A 8.9 (57) Junction Oval Saturday, 16 August 11.18 (84) H 3.6 (24) Fitzroy Cricket Ground Round 16 Round 16 Saturday, 23 August 3.5 (23) A 10.12 (72) Princes Park Saturday, 23 August 4.14 (38) A 11.23 (89) Richmond Cricket Ground Round 17 Round 17 Saturday, 30 August 10.11 (71) H 8.11 (59) St Kilda Cricket Ground Saturday, 30 August 7.13 (55) H 2.8 (20) South Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 30 August 31.16 (202) H 4.1 (25) Collingwood District Football Club https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/collingwood-district-football-club/ Collingwood Forever Round 18 Round 18 Saturday, 6 September (1:00 pm) 6.7 (43) A 6.14 (50) Richmond Cricket Ground Ladder + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn Pts Points 1 Collingwood District (P) 16 16 0 0 64 2 University A 16 44 3 Leopold 16 40 4 University B 16 40 5 Fitzroy Juniors 16 36 6 Carlton District 16 8 8 0 32 7 West Melbourne 16 20 8 St Kilda District 16 8 9 Richmond 16 1 15 0 4 Finals series Week 1 Week 1 Saturday, 27 September H Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 27 September H Week 2 Week 2 Saturday, 4 October H *Under the amended "Argus system", had the right to challenge as the minor premier. Grand Final Grand final Saturday, 11 October 6.11 (47) H 4.8 (32) Melbourne Cricket Ground The Argus Melbourne Junior League Final 8 13 October 1919 References Category:AFL reserves seasons VJFL