This is a list of former Australian Rules Football competitions in the Australian state of Victoria.
Metropolitan competitions
| Name | Founded | Ended | Reason | Previous Names | Known clubs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Band of Hope Football Association | 1920 | 1926 | |||
| Berwick Football Assocication | 1910 | 1932 | Most clubs moved to the Dandenong District FL | ||
| Bourke-Evelyn Football League | 1906 | 1931 | |||
| Caulfield Oakleigh Football League | 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 | 1933 | 1953 | |||
| East Suburban Football League | 1932 | 1962 | Merged with the Caulfield Oakleigh Football League to form the South East Suburban Football League. | ||
| Eastern Suburban Churches Football Association | 1925 | 1992 | Absorbed by the Southern Football League | ||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | 1931 | 1987 | |||
| 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 | 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 | |||
| Scoresby District Football League | 1925 | 1930 | 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 | 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 | 1963 | 1986 | 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
- Alberton Football League (1946-2019)
- Ararat & District Football Association (1928–1999)
- Clubs included Caledonians, Halls Gap, St Marys, Prestige, Trinity, Great Western, Moyston, Glenorchy, Swifts, Warriors, Miners
- Bacchus Marsh Football League (1912–1973)
- Merged with Ballarat District Football League to form the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League.
- Bairnsdale District Football League (1948–1972)
- Merged with Gippsland Football League to form the East Gippsland Football League
- Bairnsdale Bruthen District Football League (1928–1953)
- Ballarat District Football League (1959–1973)
- Merged with Bacchus Marsh Football League to form the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League.
- Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League (1974–1978)
- Merged with Clunes Football League to form the Central Highlands Football League.
- Bass Valley Football League (1946–1954)
- Bass Valley Wonthaggi Football League (1955–1995)
- Castlemaine Football Association (1894-1951)
- Central Gippsland Football League (1902–1953)
- Central Glenelg Football League (1934–1959)
- Central Goulburn Football League (1998-2005)
- Central Wimmera (1922–1968)
- Clubs included Natimuk, Noradjuha, Horsham seconds, Pimpinio, Quantong,
- Clunes Football League (1931–1978)
- Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League to form the Central Highlands Football League.
- Corangamite Football League (1925–1934)
- Cowwarr Football League (1909–1954)
- Merged with Sale District Football League to form the North Gippsland Football League.
- East Gippsland Football League (1920–1939)
- Echuca Football League (1952–1989)
- Merged with the Northern Districts Football League to form the Northern & Echuca Football League. Clubs included Echuca East, Echuca South, Bawamn, Lockington, Moama, Bunnaloo
- Euroa District Football Association (1903-1949)
- Gippsland Football League (1901–1973)
- Merged with Bairnsdale District Football League to form the East Gippsland Football League
- Glenelg & District Football Assoc (1945–1959)
- Glenelg Football League (1960–1969)
- Golden City Football League (1960–1980)
- Heytesbury Football League (1980–1991)
- Merged with the Mount Noorat Football League to form the Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League
- Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League (1992-2002)
- Hume Highway Football League (1931–54)
- Korong Football League (1908–1949)
- Kowree-Naracoote Football League (1937–1991)
- Merged with Tatiara Football League to form Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League
- Lexton Football League (1945–1998)
- Merged with Western Plains Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League
- Linton Carngham Football League (1936–1952)
- Clubs included Berringa, Bradvale, Carngham, Illabarook, Mannibadar, Scarsdale, Skipton, Smythesdale and Vite Vite.
- Lowan Star Football Association (1923–1968)
- Minor competition in the Nhill district. Clubs included Boyeo, Gerang, Kiata, Lorquon, Netherby, Winiam, and Yanac. Second XVIII's from Nhill, Jeparit and Dimboola competed at different stages.
- Mallee Football Association (1902–1934)
- Mid Murray Football League (1934–1997)
- Merged with Northern & Echuca Football League to form the Central Murray Football League
- Mountain Creek Football Association (1922-1933)
- Mount Noorat Football League (1932–1991)
- Merged with the Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mount Noorat Football League
- Nepean Football League (1959-1986)
- Hived off by the Mornington Peninsula FL committee only to merge later to form the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League.
- Neerim District Football Association (1907–1951)
- Northern Mallee Football League (1979–1996)
- Merged with Southern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League.
- North East District Association (1895-1912)
- Forerunner of the Waranga North East Football Association.
- Northern Districts Football League (1953–1989)
- Northern & Echuca Football League (1990–1996)
- League merged with Mid Murray FL to form Central Murray Football League.
- Otway Football Association (1931–1956)
- Ouyen District Football League (1910–1955)
- Panton Hill Football League (1931–1987)
- Polwarth Football League (1922–1970)
- Became the Bellarine Football League
- Port Campbell Football League
- Port Fairy Football League (1923–1969)
- Portland District Football League (1955–1969)
- Purnim Football League (1931-1969)
- Purnim Heytesbury Football League (1970-1979)
- Resultant merge of senior and junior football leagues.
- Riviera Football League (1986–2003)
- Second division clubs broke away from East Gippsland Football League
- Sale District Football League (1946–1954)
- Merged with Cowwarr Football League to form the North Gippsland Football League.
- South Gippsland Football Association (1919-1932)
- South Gippsland Football League (1933-1952)
- South Gippsland Senior Football League (1954)
- Leongatha, Korumburra and Mirboo were barred from joining the Latrobe Valley Football League.
- All towns supplied two teams each for a six team competition.
- South Gippsland Football League (1955-1970)
- South West Gippsland Football League (1954–1994)
- Southern Mallee Football League (1932–1996)
- Merged with Northern Mallee Football League to form the Mallee Football League.
- Tambo Valley Football Association (1907–1925)
- Tatiara Football League (1911–1992)
- Merged with Kowree-Naracoorte Football League to form Kowree Naracoorte Tatiara Football League
- Tatong and Thoona Football Association (1933-1940)
- Tyrrell Football League (1945–1978)
- Wallacedale District Football League (1935–1954)
- Waranga North East Football League (1913–1976)
- West Gippsland Football League (1927–2001)
- Western District Football League (1923–1963)
- Merged with SE Border FL to form Western Border Football League
- Western And Moira Football Association (1906-1933)
- Renamed the Picola & District Football League
- Western Plains Football League (1930–1998)
- Merged with Lexton Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League
- Winchelsea Football Association (1896-1921)
- Forerunner of the Polwarth Football Association. Teams included Birregurra, Deans Marsh, Forrest & Winchelsea.
- Yackandandah & District Football League (1928-1932), (1940) & (1946-1953)
- Yarrawonga District Football Association (1891-1912)
- Yarra Valley Football League (1919-1965)
- Merged with the Mountain District Football League to form the Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League
References
- Dandenong Journal
- Caulfield Oakleigh District Times
- Dandenong Journal
- Box Hill Reporter
- Box Hill Reporter
- Whittlesea Post
- Ringwood Mail
- Werribee Banner
- Catholic Advocate
- Ararat Advertiser
- Bacchus Marsh Express
- Bairnsdale Advertiser
- Bairnsdale Advertiser
- Ballarat Courier
- Ballarat Courier
- Wonthaggi Sentinel
- Morwell Advertiser
- Horsham Times
- Creswick Advertiser
- Colac Herald
- Traralgon Journal
- Snowy River Mail
- Riverine Herald
- Gippsland Times
- "1931 - Hume Highway Football Association". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic). 23 April 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- Avoca Mail
- Skipton Standard
- Nhill Free Press
- Swan Hill Guardian
- Terang Express
- North West Express
- Geelong Advertiser
- Warrnambool Standard
- Gippsland Times
- Sea Lake Times
- Hamilton Spectator
- Pakenham Gazette
- Hamilton Spectator
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