In the first decade of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), a number of provincial clubs were full administrative members of the association, but never played enough games against other clubs to be considered relevant in the premiership.[1] These clubs were active from the first VFA season in 1877 until.[2]
Notably, a number of 'junior teams' also competed alongside senior sides.[3][4]
Almost all of these clubs folded after a single season, however a number still exist to this day and compete in local football leagues, including three in the Bendigo Football Netball League.[5][6]
List of provincial clubs
editClub | Colours | Moniker | Est. | VFA seasons | Current leagues |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barwon | Riverites | 1874 | 1877–1878 | Folded 1879 | |
Benalla | 1882 | Folded | |||
Castlemaine | Magpies | 1859 | 1877 | Folded (Replaced by present-day Camperdown) | |
Colac/Camperdown | Magpies | 1877 | Folded | ||
Canning & Battery United | 1879 | Folded | |||
Chilwell | 1874 | 1878–1881 | Merged 1933 with Newtown (now Newtown & Chilwell – GFNL) | ||
Clifton Union | 1883 | Folded | |||
Daylesford | Bulldogs | 1877 | 1880 | CHFL | |
East Geelong | 1879 | 1880–1881 | GDFNL | ||
Geelong College | 1878 | Folded | |||
Geelong Imperial | Imps | 1877 | Folded | ||
Geelong Juniors | Juniors | 1877 | Folded | ||
Geelong Schools | 1878–1881 | Folded | |||
Inglewood | 1877 | Folded | |||
Kyneton | Tigers | 1868 | 1877–1885 | BFL | |
Lincoln United | 1877 | 1878 | Folded | ||
Maryborough | Magpies | 1872 | 1877–1884 | BFL | |
North Geelong | Magpies | 1876 | 1878–1882 | GDFNL | |
Public Schools | 1877–1883 | Folded | |||
Sale | Magpies | 1877 | 1878–1883 | Gippsland League | |
Sandhurst | 1861 | 1877 | BFL | ||
Warwick | 1877 | Folded | |||
Victorian Railways | 1877 | Folded |
References
edit- ^ "Teams". The VFA Project.
- ^ Peter Pindar (13 October 1877). "The Football Season of 1877 – Part 1". The Australasian. Vol. XXIII, no. 602. Melbourne, VIC. p. 461.
- ^ Pennings, Mark. "Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's Early History" (PDF). p. 21.
- ^ "Historic Princes Park petition found". Carlton Football Club. 15 December 2015.
- ^ "1877". Blueseum.
- ^ "OUR HISTORY". Kyneton Football Club.