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1923 MAFA season
Date5 May − 27 August 1923
Teams16
← 19221924 →

The 1923 MAFA season was the 28th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 5 May and concluded on 25 August, with 16 teams participating across two divisions under a promotion and relegation system.

After splitting the competition into A Section and B Section for the first time in 1922, the MAFA introduced promotion and relegation in 1923, with the A Section wooden spooners relegated and the B Section premiers promoted. This system has remained in place in the MAFA (now VAFA) with minimal changes since 1923.

Association membership

Black Rock lef the MAFA after one season, while Melbourne Shipping Company had disbanded during the 1922 season. Hampton and Murrumbeena both entered the competition, keeping the total number of clubs at 16.

Notable events

A Section

Australian rules football season
1923 MAFA A Section season
Teams8
PremiersOld Scotch
1st A Section premiership
Minor premiersUniversity B
1st A Section minor premiership
← 19221924 →

Old Scotch won its first MAFA premiership, defeating University B by 34 points in the grand final.

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 University B 14 1171 758 151.5 40 Finals series
2 Old Scotch (P) 14 1046 791 132.2 40
3 Hampton 14 1006 700 143.7 36
4 University A 14 969 685 141.5 36
5 Collegians 14 1148 788 145.1 32
6 Elsternwick 14 851 885 96.2 24
7 Old Melburnians 14 713 1414 50.4 8
8 Old Xaverians 14 615 1493 41.2 8 Relegation

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

1923 MAFA A Section Grand Final
Saturday, 18 August University B def. by Old Scotch Elsternwick Park
5.4 (34)
6.4 (40)
5 point lead
12.7 (79) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		3.0 (18)
6.5 (41)

17.11 (113)
  • Although 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, the ability to challenge was not given to University B because it was even with Old Scotch on premiership points.

B Section

Australian rules football season
1923 MAFA B Section season
Date5 May − 25 August 1923
Teams8
PremiersSandringham
1st B Section premiership
Minor premiersMurrumbeena
1st B Section minor premiership
← 19221924 →

Sandringham won its first MAFA premiership, defeating Murrumbeena by four points in the first-ever B Section grand final.

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification
1 Murrumbeena 14 1101 720 152.9 52 Finals series
2 Old Caulfield Grammarians 14 921 784 117.5 34
3 Elsternwick 14 762 752 101.3 32
4 Sandringham (P) 14 831 830 100.1 28
5 Melbourne Swimming Club 14 829 871 95.2 28
6 Teachers College 14 698 900 75.6 20
7 Elwood 14 791 1006 78.6 18
8 Old Trinity 14 956 1026 93.2 12

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

1923 MAFA B Section Grand Final
Saturday, 25 August Murrumbeena def. by Sandringham University Oval
4.6 (30)

7.7 (49)
8.7 (55) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		2.5 (17)

6.8 (44)
8.11 (59)
Lundy 3 Goals Harris 4, Kenna 2, Morrison, Woods
Cleal, Scott, Horwood, Lundy, Reeves, Callaghan Best Graham, Lee, Smith, Kenna, Harris, Wilson

References

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  11. "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". The Herald. 11 August 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
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  16. "SOUTH YARRA WINS MINOR PREMIERSHIP". The Age. 30 August 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  17. "SANDRINGHAM WIN POOR GAME". The Age. 27 August 1923. p. 15. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
  18. "Wild Amateur Football". The Sun News-Pictorial. 27 August 1923. p. 18. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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