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1912 MAFA season

The 1912 MAFA season was the 21st season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA). The season began on 27 April and concluded on 14 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a two-week finals series.[1][2]

1912 MAFA season
Date27 April – 14 September 1912
Teams10
PremiersBeverley
1st premiership
Minor premiersBeverley
1st minor premiership
Wooden spoonersCaulfield
← 1911 (MJFA)
1913 →

Beverley won the MAFA premiership for the first time, defeating South Yarra in the 1912 MJFA Grand Final.[3]

This was the first season under the MAFA name, with the competition renamed from the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) following the conclusion of the 1911 season.[a]

Association membership

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Like the previous season in 1911, a total of ten teams competed in the MAFA. Oakleigh, which had finished last on the ladder in the past three seasons, left the competition. The Fitzroy Juniors, which won the 1911 Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA) premiership, was admitted into the MAFA.[8][9]

Prior to the start of the season, Hawthorn merged with the Hawthorn Rovers, a successful junior club, changing to a gold guernsey with a blue "V" of the Rovers.[10][11] The club also changed its official name to "Hawthorn City", the same name it had briefly changed to in 1906.[12][13][14]

VFL affiliations

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Starting this season, the majority of clubs developed formal reserves affiliations with senior clubs that were competing in the Victorian Football League (VFL), with the exception of Caulfield and Collegians.[6] Some clubs, including Carlton District and Collingwood District, already had established relationships with senior clubs.[15][16]

The affiliations were as follows:

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D Pts Qualification
1 Beverley (P) 18 16 1 1 66 Finals series
2 Carlton District 18 14 4 0 56
3 South Yarra 18 12 5 1 50
4 Leopold 18 12 6 0 48
5 Hawthorn 18 10 8 0 40
6 Fitzroy Juniors 18 9 9 0 36
7 Collegians 18 7 11 0 28
8 Collingwood District 18 5 13 0 20
9 University 2nd 18 3 15 0 12
10 Caulfield 18 1 17 0 4

Source: [17]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

Finals

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At the time, the MAFA used the Argus finals system, which gave the club that finished first on the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season (the minor premiers) the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership.[18]

Semi-finals

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Semi-finals
Saturday, 7 September (1:00pm) Beverley 8.11 (59) def. Leopold 3.4 (22) Melbourne Cricket Ground [19][20][21]
Saturday, 7 September Carlton District 5.9 (39) def. by South Yarra 7.21 (63) Richmond Cricket Ground [2][22]

Grand Final

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1912 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 14 September (1:00pm) Beverley def. South Yarra Melbourne Cricket Ground [23][24][25][26]
2.2 (14)
2.5 (17)
4.7 (31)
7.9 (51) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		1.0 (6)
1.1 (7)
3.2 (20)
4.4 (28)
Irwin 2, Enright 2, McDougall, Richardson, Morgan Goals Richardson 3, Sandford
Landemann, Lang, Morgan, Satchwell, Lacey, Yeo, Richardson, Edwards, McKeone Best Edgar, Atkins, Richardson, Christian, Sandford, Pawsey, Cooper

Notes

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  1. ^ In 1900, the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA, now VAFA) decided on a change of name to the Metropolitan Football Association (MFA). MJFA president Lawrence Adamson brokered a deal that the existing MFA (of 1899) became the MJFA, giving his MJFA (of 1892) the "Metropolitan Football Association" name.[4][5] Despite this, various newspaper reports from 1900 until 1912 still use the MJFA name when referring to Adamson's competition, most consensus is that "MJFA" in this time period refers to the now-VAFA, and the VAFA's official history continues to use the MJFA name until 1912.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ "FIXTURES FOR 1912". The Age. 3 April 1912. p. 14. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b "1912 Reserves". Blueseum. Archived from the original on 2 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  4. ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Kew Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  5. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Herald. 17 August 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2024. Tomorrow's MFA matches
  6. ^ a b "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  8. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 23 March 1912. p. 21. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  9. ^ "JUNIOR ASSOCIATION". Brighton Southern Cross. 6 April 1912. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  10. ^ "History". Hawthorn Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  11. ^ Duncan, Jamie (6 March 2019). "Changed fortunes: Hawthorn's rise from VFL easybeats to an AFL success story". Herald Sun. Archived from the original on 14 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  12. ^ "Hawthorn Football Club / Hawthorn Rovers Football Club / Hawthorn City Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  13. ^ "REVIVAL IN HAWTHORN". The Age. 15 March 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  14. ^ "NEW HAWTHORN CLUB". The Argus. 30 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  15. ^ "1909 Reserves". Blueseum. Archived from the original on 27 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever. Archived from the original on 15 April 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  17. ^ "BEVERLEY MINOR PREMIERS". The Age. 2 September 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  18. ^ "SOUTH YARRA WINS MINOR PREMIERSHIP". The Age. 30 August 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  19. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 6 September 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  20. ^ "METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION SEMI-FINAL". Leader. 7 September 1912. p. 19. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  21. ^ "FOOTBALL". Geelong Advertiser. 9 September 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  22. ^ "SEMI-FINAL MATCHES". The Age. 9 September 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  23. ^ "FINAL MATCH". The Age. 16 September 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  24. ^ "Metropolitan Association". The Prahran Telegraph. 21 September 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  25. ^ "BEVERLEY PREMIERS". Richmond Australian. 21 September 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  26. ^ "FINAL MATCH". Leader. 21 September 1912. p. 19. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
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