1894 MJFA season

1894 MJFA season
Teams	10
Premiers	South St Kilda 2nd premiership
Minor premiers	South St Kilda 2nd minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Brighton

The 1894 MJFA season was the 3rd season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[1][2]

South St Kilda won the MJFA premiership for the second year in a row, having won 16 of its 18 games.[3]

Association membership

Following the end of the 1893 season, St Jude's, Olinda, University 2nd and YMCA left the MJFA.[4]

Caulfield, Nunawading, Scotch Collegians and Windsor were admitted as new clubs.[4] Scotch Collegians was a precursor to the Old Scotch Football Club, which later entered the competition in 1921.[5][6]

Toorak-Grosvenor withdrawal

Toorak-Grosvenor played its final full match on 7 July, which was a loss against Alberton. By this point, they had only won 1 of their 9 games.[7]

One week later, they forfeited their 14 July game against Caulfield.[8] They resumed for a game against South St Kilda on 21 July, but after 10.8 to 0.0 was kicked against them, the match was abandoned at half-time and Toorak-Grosvenor disbanded as a club.[9][10]

A club called Fitzroy Wesleys played at least one game in Toorak-Grosvenor's place.[11]

Ladder

Fitzroy Wesleys was not included in the ladder at the end of the season published in The Sportsman.[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	A	Pts
1	South St Kilda (P)	18	16	1	1	1	66
2	Collegians	18	13	5	0	0	52
3	St Mary's	18	10	5	3	0	46
4	Alberton	18	8	6	4	0	40
5	Windsor	18	9	7	2	0	40
6	Caulfield	18	8	8	2	0	36
7	Scotch Collegians	18	6	9	3	0	30
8	Nunawading	18	6	9	3	0	30
9	Brighton	18	3	15	0	0	12
−	Fitzroy Wesleys	−	−	−	−	−	−
−	Toorak-Grosvenor (W)	10	1	6	2	1	8

Source: [7][12]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

References

1. "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 14 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
2. "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 21 August 1894. p. 7. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
3. "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
4. "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
5. "OSFC HISTORY". Old Scotch Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
6. Flanagan, Brian (11 December 2012). "OLD TO NEW AND WINNING PREMIERSHIPS". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
7. "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 10 July 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
8. "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". The Argus. 17 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
9. "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Sportsman. 24 July 1894. p. 6. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
10. "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 8 August 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
11. "MATCHES FOR TODAY". The Age. 28 July 1894. Retrieved 7 August 2024. Nunawading v. Fitzroy Wesleys, at Surrey Hills, in place of Toorak Grosvenor, who have disbanded
12. "Metropolitan Junior Football Association". Trove. Sportsman. 2 October 1894. p. 6. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2024.