1899 MJFA season

8th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association mjfa 1899 9 22 April – 9 September 1899 Col 4 Col 4 white 1898 MJFA season 1898 white 1900 MJFA season 1900 The 1899 MJFA season was the eighth season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).Football Fixtures For Today https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202627938 Trove The Age 25 July 2024 3 24 May 1899 The season began on 22 April and concluded on 9 September.Football Notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165304412 Trove Brighton Southern Cross 25 July 2024 22 April 1899 The teams entered for the Metropolitan Associations pennant are the Brighton, Wesley Collegians, Beverley, South St. Kilda, Caulfield, Leopold, St. Francis Xaviers (Kew) and Parkville. Collegians won the MJFA premiership for the fourth time and the second year in a row, finishing first on the ladder with only one loss for the season.Our History https://www.collegiansfc.com.au/history Collegians Football Club 25 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240725085851/https://www.collegiansfc.com.au/history 25 July 2024 The Club has been Premiers of the M.J.F.A. in 1892, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902 and 1904 Association membership Like the previous season in 1898, a total of nine teams competed in the MJFA. St Mary's had been expelled in June 1898, while South Yarra withdrew one month later.FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/166116373 Trove Brighton Southern Cross 12 August 2024 4 11 June 1898 St Mary's team was disqualified for rough play at last meeting of the association. Severe, but necessary in the best interests of the game.Rover FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/144637746 The Prahran Telegraph 12 August 2024 2 9 July 1898 Two new clubs entered the MJFA at the start of the 1899 season − Parkville and St Francis Xavier.VAFA club's history 1892-2007 https://weeastbsites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=116474 GameDay Victorian Amateur Football Association 9 June 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240609112906/https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=116474 9 June 2024 St Francis Xavier withdrawal In May 1899, after the completion of round 4, St Francis Xavier disbanded.A BRIEF HISTORY https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf Victorian Amateur Football Association 9 June 2024 9 April 2009 19 April 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090419134741/https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf dead METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202614287 The Age 25 July 2024 22 August 1899 South St. Kilda, Leopold disbanded.FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202614747 The Age 23 August 1899 In today's issue the position of clubs reads that South St. Kilda and Leopold clubs have disbanded. This should read, 'South St. Kilda and St. Francis Xaviers disbanded.' You will notice that Leopold is third on the list of clubs. The Xaverian noted at the time that "we played one or two matches and some practice matches in this Association; but we were invariably beaten. We had no chance − boys played against men, the result was evident from the beginning. Repeated defeats caused our boys gradually to lose heart. The committee were consulted and thinking "discretion the better part of valour" we reluctantly resigned our place in the Association."1899 https://www.oldxavs.com.au/history-by-year/1899 Old Xaverians Football Club 25 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20231027033717/https://www.oldxavs.com.au/history-by-year/1899 27 October 2023 One of St Francis Xavier's defeats included a 16.16 to 2.0 loss to Collegians.Football Notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165307741 Trove Brighton Southern Cross 25 July 2024 20 May 1899 Collegians, 16 goals 16 behinds v. St. Francis Xavier's, 2 goals. Kew Football Club was chosen to fill the vacancy, having been competing in the Suburban Junior Football Association until that point, and it played in the MJFA for the remainder of the season.CLUB HISTORY https://www.kewfc.com/club-history/ Kew Football Club 25 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419112433/https://www.kewfc.com/club-history/ 19 April 2023 Resuming in 1899 in the Suburban Junior Football Association the club quickly changed competitions after Round 4 when a vacancy occurred in the more senior Metropolitan Junior Football Association (now VAFA) replacing the St Francis Xavier (now Xavier College) club.Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9518149 The Argus 25 July 2024 11 July 1899Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202620781 Trove The Age 25 July 2024 2 August 1899 South St Kilda withdrawal One month later in July, South St Kilda − who had been MJFA premiers four times, including as recently as 1897 − also disbanded.Football Notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165308680 Trove Brighton Southern Cross 25 July 2024 27 May 1899 They were not replaced by any other club during the season.Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202620925 The Age 25 July 2024 5 19 July 1899 South St. Kilda and St. Francis Xavier's disbanded. Ladder Kew was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Age. The VAFA's official history stated that the "top two sides played off for [the] premiership", although this is not supported by contemporary sources. + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn PF Points for PA Points against Pts Points 1 Collegians (P) 17 14 1 2 60 2 Leopold 17 10 4 3 46 3 Brighton 17 10 5 2 44 4 Parkville 17 7 6 4 36 5 Beverley 14 5 7 2 443 471 24 6 Caulfield 14 6 8 0 24 − Kew − South St Kilda (W) − St Francis Xavier (W) 0 0 Source:METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188665767 The Age 25 July 2024 13 September 1899Beverley Football Club https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/268386866 Richmond Guardian 13 August 2024 2 14 April 1900 The number of matches played was 14, of which five were won, seven lost, and two drawn. Sixty-two goals 71 behinds were scored as against 64 goals and 87 behinds. (P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew References Category:Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons MJFA Category:1890s in Victoria (state)