1919 in Victorian soccer

Football Victoria 1919 1915 1920 The 1919 Victorian soccer season was the eighth competitive season of soccer in the Australian state of Victoria, under association with the governing body of Football Victoria. It would be the first season of soccer following a three-year hiatus due to World War Ihttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC.html#1916-18 Australian State League Archive - Victoria www.ozfootball.net in which approximately ninety percent of registered players were enlisted in the Australian Defence Force prior to the 1916 season.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CZB2-ncBn4C8w26P5A_5AELWVacF-a2A/view?usp=embed_facebook The Story of Football in Victoria - Roy Hay & Ian Syson.PDF Only 'Victorian Division 1' was contested.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC.html#1919 Australian State League Archive - Victoria www.ozfootball.net The calendar season also saw the eighth tournament of the Dockerty Cup, in which Footscray Thistle were crowned winners after defeating the newly established Windsor 2–0.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/States/VIC/Cup.html Dockerty Cup www.ozfootball.net Overview Following the effects of World War I, four clubs disbanded from Division 1 at the conclusion of the 1915 season,http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_W.html#Yarraville Victorian Football Club Archive - Waterside Workers Federation to Youth United www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_H.html#HMASCerberus Victorian Football Club Archive - Hakoah to International Harvester www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_B.html#BirminghamVictoria Victorian Football Club Archive - Balaclava to Burns www.ozfootball.net and at least three clubs in Division 2 also disbanded. Burns, St Kilda and Prahran City from Division 1 all survived the economic effects of the hiatus but did not return immediately for 1919.http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_B.html#Burns Victorian Football Club Archive - Balaclava to Burns www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Active_B.html#Brighton Victorian Football Club Archive - Ballarat City to Bunyip & District www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_S.html#StKilda Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham www.ozfootball.net Eight clubs competed in Division 1, with six clubs continuing from 1915 along with the debut of St David's and the default promotion of Windsor from Division 2. It is believed that there was no final series in this season. Division 1 Victorian Division 1 1919 Northumberland and Durham United (1st title) 27 91 1915 1920 main WDL QR 2 1 0 ND Northumberland and Durham United FT Footscray Thistle WD Windsor AP Albert Park MT Melbourne Thistle PR Preston SP Spotswood SD St David's 6 1 0 26 13 6 0 1 18 6 3 3 1 12 9 3 0 4 9 12 2 2 3 7 10 2 1 4 5 13 1 2 4 10 13 0 1 6 5 23 #D0F0C0 1919 Division 1 Premiers LC 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete http://www.socceraust.co.uk/VIC/Past%20Seasons/VIC19Tables.htm Victoria Division One 1919 socceraust.co.ukhttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_N.html#NorthumberlandDurhamUnited Victorian Football Club Archive - Nederlands to Nunawading www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_F.html#FootscrayThistle Victorian Football Club Archive - Fairfield to Frankston City www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_W.html#Windsor Victorian Football Club Archive - Waterside Workers Federation to Youth United www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_A.html#AlbertPark Victorian Football Club Archive - Abbotsford to Azzurri www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_M.html#MelbourneThistle Victorian Football Club Archive - Maccabi to Mulgrave www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_S.html#Spotswood Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_P.html#Preston Victorian Football Club Archive - Parkmore to Preston TSOB www.ozfootball.nethttp://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Clubs/VIC/Vic_Inactive_S.html#StDavids Victorian Football Club Archive - Sandringham to Sydenham www.ozfootball.net Records show that there is a goal difference error, in which seven goals scored were not recorded to the appropriate team(s) References Football Federation Victoria Category:Soccer in Victoria (state)