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List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

This is a list of former Australian Rules Football competitions in the Australian state of Victoria.

Metropolitan competitions

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Name Founded Ended Reason Previous Names Known clubs
Band of Hope Football Association 1926 1931
Berwick Football Assocication[1] 1910 1932 Most clubs moved to the Dandenong District FL Beaconsfield, Berwick, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Glen Waverley, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Springvale.
Bourke-Evelyn Football League 1906 1931 Arthurs Creek, Donnybrook, Epping, Kinglake, Mernda, Midland Rovers, Reservoir, South Morang, Whittlesea
Brunswick & Coburg Churches Association 1927 1932 Coburg Methodists, East Brunswick Methodists, West Brunswick Methodists, Moreland C of C, Brunswick C of C, Coburg Presbyterians, Brunswick Presbyterians, St Augustines, Union Street Methodists.
Caulfield Oakleigh Football League[2] 1932 1962 Formed as a feeder competition for players to progress to the Oakleigh (VFA) side. Merged with the Eastern Suburban Football League to form the South East Suburban Football League.
Croydon Ferntree Gully Football League 1950 1961 Changed its name to the Eastern Districts Football League
CYMS Football Association 1910s 1976
Dandenong Districts Football League[3] 1933 1953 Most clubs move to the newly formed South West Gippsland FL in 1954 Beaconsfield, Berwick, Clayton, Cranbourne, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Keysborough, Mulgrave, Noble Park, Rythedale-Officer, Springvale, Tooradin-Dalmore.
East Suburban Football League[4] 1932 1962 Merged with the Caulfield Oakleigh Football League to form the South East Suburban Football League.
Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association[5] 1925 1992 Absorbed by the Southern Football League Eastern Suburban Protestant Churches Association 1925-1969
Federal Football League 1909 1981 Absorbed by the South East Suburban FL
Keilor & Broadmeadows Football League 1926 1931
Melbourne District Football Association 1906 1924 Forerunner of the VFL Sub Districts
Melbourne North Football League 1989 1994 Set up for clubs that the Diamond Valley refused to admit. Bellfield, Heidelberg Colts, Keon Park, Northcote Dragons. Northern Dragons, Reservoir Rovers
Methodist Football League 1946 1955
Metropolitan Football League 1950 1974 Sub District Football League (1925–49) Altona, Deer Park, East Brunswick, East Hawthorn, Fairfield, Hawthorn City, Northcote Park, Reservoir, Richmond District, St Albans, St Kilda City, South Melbourne District, Sunshine
Metropolitan Protestant Churches Football League 1957 1971
Mountain District Football Association 1911 1965 Existed 1911–1924, reformed 1931–1935, known as Belgrave Football League in 1936, 1945–1965. Merged with Yarra Valley Football League in 1966 to form Yarra Valley & Mountain District Football League Monbulk, Belgrave, Ferny Creek (1911-1932), Olinda (1911-1914 + 1933–1938), Olinda-Ferny Creek (1946-1964), Macclesfield, Emerald, Gembrook, Silvan, Boronia, Ferntree Gully, Upwey-Tecoma, Upper Ferntree Gully, South Belgrave, South Wantirna, Mt. Evelyn, Lilydale Imperial (1931–32), Kilsyth (1936)
Northern Metropolitan Football League 1975 1979 Batman (now Coburg Districts), Bellfield, Broadmeadows, Collingwood Districts, Dallas Blues, East Brunswick, Fitzroy Stars, Jacana, Merlynston, Preston Wanderers, Princes Hill, RMIT, St Andrews, West Brunswick
Panton Hill Football League[6] 1931 1987 Donnybrook, Hurstbridge, Kinglake, Lalor, Latrobe University, Mernda, Panton Hill, Research, St Andrews, Watsonia, Whittlesea
Protestant Football Association 1921 1940
Reporter District Football Association 1903 1928 Disbanded early 1927 after inner clubs joined the V.F.L. Sub-Districts and the outer clubs formed the Ringwood District Football League Box Hill, Mitcham, Canterbury, Ringwood Imperials (1903), Ringwood, Bayswater, Ferntree Gully, Burwood, East Burwood, Camberwell, Warrandyte, Nunawading, Blackburn, Doncaster, Croydon, Rose Of Camberwell (1909), Surrey Hills, Deepdene, Kilsyth, Kew, Vermont, Auburn, Balwyn
Ringwood District Football League[7] 1927 1941 Ringwood, Blackburn, Doncaster, Warrandyte, Croydon, Kilsyth, Vermont, Mitcham, Templestowe, Tunstall All Blacks, Ringwood East, Olinda-Monbulk (1939), Bayswater, Boronia, Lilydale Stars
Saturday Morning Football League 1927 1960 Industrial FL Postal, Wirra Stars, MacRobertson's, Victoria Brewery, Havelock, Carlton Brewery, Abbotsford Brewery, Raymonds, G.M.H., Commonwealth Services, Electronic, Explosive, Kodak, Repatriation, S.E.C., Yellow Cabs
Scoresby District Football League 1925 1930 League created to replace Mountain DFA which went into recess. When MDFA resumed in 1931 most clubs transferred in. Bayswater-Boronia, Ferntree Gully, East Burwood, Ferny Creek, Belgrave, Scoresby, Monbulk, Silvan
Sunday Amateur Football League 1947 1964
Sunday Suburban Football League 1950 1968 Melbourne Amateur Sunday Football Association (1950–67)
VFA Sub District Football Association 1927 1953
VFL Sub-Districts 1925 1949 Revamped into Metropolitan FL (1950-1974)
Victorian Junior Football Association 1883 1932
West Suburban Football League[8] 1919 1987 Absorbed by the Footscray District Football League Werribee District Football League (1919–64) Altona, INF, Lara, Laverton, Little River, Metro Farm, Newport, Services, Werribee, Werribee South, Williamstown Rovers, Wyndham
YCW National Football League[9] 1963 1986 Broke away from the C.Y.M.S. association because most junior clubs didn't have a senior pathway forward. ACSC, Bellfield, Broadmeadows, Clifton Hill, Coburg YCW, East Brunswick, East Preston, East Thomastown, Fitzroy Stars, Fairfield, Flemington, Jacana, Kensington Stores, Keon Park, Merlynston, Moomba Park, Moorabbin West, North Fawkner, North Melbourne and District YCW, RAAF Melbourne, RAAF Squadron, Reservoir Rovers, Richmond Centrals (unrelated to current Richmond Central) St Andrews, South Dandenong, West Ivanhoe

Country competitions

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References

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  1. ^ Dandenong Journal
  2. ^ Caulfield Oakleigh District Times
  3. ^ Dandenong Journal
  4. ^ Box Hill Reporter
  5. ^ Box Hill Reporter
  6. ^ Whittlesea Post
  7. ^ Ringwood Mail
  8. ^ Werribee Banner
  9. ^ Catholic Advocate
  10. ^ Ararat Advertiser
  11. ^ Bacchus Marsh Express
  12. ^ Bairnsdale Advertiser
  13. ^ Bairnsdale Advertiser
  14. ^ Ballarat Courier
  15. ^ Ballarat Courier
  16. ^ Wonthaggi Sentinel
  17. ^ Morwell Advertiser
  18. ^ Horsham Times
  19. ^ Creswick Advertiser
  20. ^ Colac Herald
  21. ^ Traralgon Journal
  22. ^ Snowy River Mail
  23. ^ Riverine Herald
  24. ^ Gippsland Times
  25. ^ "1931 - Hume Highway Football Association". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic). 23 April 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  26. ^ Avoca Mail
  27. ^ Skipton Standard
  28. ^ Nhill Free Press
  29. ^ Swan Hill Guardian
  30. ^ Terang Express
  31. ^ North West Express
  32. ^ Geelong Advertiser
  33. ^ Warrnambool Standard
  34. ^ Gippsland Times
  35. ^ Sea Lake Times
  36. ^ Hamilton Spectator
  37. ^ Pakenham Gazette
  38. ^ Hamilton Spectator