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1904 MJFA season

The 1904 MJFA season, also known as the 1904 MFA season, was the 13th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[a]

1904 MJFA season
Teams10
PremiersCollegians
5th premiership
Minor premiersPort Rovers
1st minor premiership
Wooden spoonersHawthorn
2nd wooden spoon
← 1903
1905 →

Collegians won the MJFA premiership for the sixth time, defeating Port Rovers in the 1904 MJFA Grand Final.[5] This was the third time a grand final had been held in the MJFA.[6]

Association membership

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All nine teams that participated in the 1903 MJFA season continued in 1904.[7] Applications to join the competition came from Elsternwick and Sherwood, Fitzroy Baptist, Rose of Northcote, Parkville, Melburnians and Caulfield Collegians.[8]

Ultimately, the MJFA was only able to admit one club, and Fitzroy Baptist was chosen on the condition that the club changed its name to Fitzroy District Football Club, which it did.[8][9]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D Pts
1 Port Rovers 18 16 2 0 64
2 Collegians (P) 18 16 2 0 64
3 Leopold 18 12 6 0 48
4 Caulfield 18 11 7 0 44
5 South Yarra 18 10 8 0 40
6 Fitzroy District 18 9 9 0 36
7 Brighton 18 5 12 1 22
8 Boroondara 18 4 12 1 18
9 Beverley 18 3 13 2 16
10 Hawthorn 18 2 16 0 8

Source: [10]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

Grand Final

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At the time, the MJFA premiership was decided by the best overall record for the season. In the event of a tie, a playoff match would have been held.[11]

1904 was the third time in MJFA history that such a match was required (the other times being 1900 and 1902), with Collegians and Brighton finishing with 64 premiership points each.[12]

1904 MJFA Grand Final
Saturday, 10 September Port Rovers def. by Collegians Richmond City Reserve [13][14][15][16][17]
1.4 (10)
1.4 (10)
3.6 (24)
4.8 (32) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		0.2 (2)
2.8 (20)
4.14 (38)
9.17 (71) 		Umpires: Arthur Norden
Ward, Stone, W. Kerr, Kilpatrick Goals Brown 3, Prout 2, Dinsmore, Gravenall, Stewart, Rainey
Gordon, Baptiste, Blair, W. Kerr, Haysome Best Stewart, Kennedy, McKellar, Prout, Gravenall, Johnson, Paul, Speirs

Teams

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Port Rovers
B: Simmonds Insall Jackson
HB: Baptist Blair Gordon
C: Prentice W. Kerr Haysome
HF: Kilpatrick Higgins Deas
F: Ward Stone Beard
Foll: West (c) Hair Amy
 
Collegians
B: McPetrie Batson Paul
HB: Speirs Boynton Seiaz
C: Kennedy Woodhouse Atkinson
HF: Rainey Coriner S. Gravenall
F: H.J. Stewart (c) Brown Dinsmore
Foll: McKellar Johnson Prout

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.[1][2] 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.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "CLUB HISTORY". Kew Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Herald. 17 August 1906. p. 5. Retrieved 13 August 2024. Tomorrow's MFA matches
  3. ^ "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Metropolitan Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Our History". Collegians Football Club. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024. The Club has been Premiers of the M.J.F.A. in 1892, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1902 and 1904
  6. ^ "Premier Section Finals Series". Victorian Amateur Football Association. Archived from the original on 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  7. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 31 August 1904. p. 11. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  8. ^ a b "METROPOLITAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 30 March 1904. p. 10. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  9. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 22 June 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  10. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 5 September 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  11. ^ Kick, Drop (17 September 1901). "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. p. 6. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  12. ^ "METROPOLITAN". The Herald. 10 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ^ "Final Match". Port Melbourne Standard. 10 September 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  14. ^ "COLLEGIANS PREMIERS". The Herald. 10 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  15. ^ "WON BY THE COLLEGIANS". The Age. 12 September 1904. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  16. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 14 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  17. ^ "PORT ROVERS v. COLLEGIANS". Port Melbourne Standard. 17 September 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
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