# 1925 MAFA season

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The **1925 MAFA season** was the 30th season of the [Metropolitan Amateur Football Association](/source/Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association) (MAFA), an [Australian rules football](/source/Australian_rules_football) competition played in the state of [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(state)).[3] The season began on 2 May and concluded on 12 September, with 17 teams participating across two divisions under a [promotion and relegation](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) system.[4][5]

## Association membership

The [Burwood Football Club](/source/Burwood_Football_Club) announced in March 1925 that it would withdraw from the MAFA after one season because of the difficulty in fielding a team.[6] [Old Haileybury](/source/Old_Haileybury_Football_Club) were admitted into the competition at a meeting on 6 April, keeping the total number of clubs at 17.[7][8]

### Caulfield expulsion

[Caulfield City](/source/Caulfield_City_Football_Club) was renamed to simply [Caulfield](/source/Caulfield_City_Football_Club) prior to the start of the season.[9]

Following a match between Caulfield and [Old Caulfield Grammarians](/source/Caulfield_Grammarians_Football_Club) on 8 August, Old Caulfield made a formal complaint to the MAFA about the conduct of Caulfield's players and supporters, which was the fourth such complaint to be made against Caulfield.[10][11] At a meeting on 17 August, the MAFA found that the conduct and language of the Caulfield supporters was objectionable and contributed to the extreme roughness of the game, and that a Caulfield supporter had run on to the playing area with the intention of hitting the Old Caulfield Grammarians' captain, Howell (and did strike him after the match).[11]

The decision was made to expel Caulfield for the remainder of the 1925 season, giving the club the ability to apply for readmittance as long as it guaranteed the conduct would be suppressed.[11] The expulsion meant that [Elsternwick](/source/Elsternwick_Amateur_Football_Club) was guaranteed a place in the [B Section](#B_Section) finals series.[11]

## Notable events

- The first-ever interstate amateur match was played between the MAFA (Victoria) and the [South Australian Amateur Football League](/source/South_Australian_Amateur_Football_League) (SAAFL) on 7 June.[9][12] Victoria defeated South Australia 21.22 (148) to 8.10 (58) before a "disappointing crowd" at the [Melbourne Cricket Ground](/source/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground).[13][14][15]

## A Section

[Elsternwick](/source/Elsternwick_Amateur_Football_Club) won the [A Section premiership](/source/List_of_Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association_premiers) for the second time, defeating [minor premiers](/source/Minor_premiers) [Old Scotchby](/source/Old_Scotch_Football_Club) 21 points in the grand final.[16][17]

### Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification 1 Old Scotch 14 1233 847 146.7 44 Finals series 2 Elsternwick (P) 14 1082 870 124.4 40 3 Hampton 14 1126 918 123.7 40 4 Old Melburnians 14 1239 1066 116.3 32 5 14 1131 1058 106.9 30 6 14 1002 1035 96.8 18 7 Murrumbeena 14 940 1330 70.1 12 8 Sandringham 14 0 14 0 688 1331 51.6 0 Relegation

Source:[1][18][19] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. **(P) Premiers**

## B Section

[Old Caulfield Grammarians](/source/Caulfield_Grammarians_Football_Club) won the [B Section premiership](/source/List_of_Victorian_Amateur_Football_Association_premiers) for the first time, defeating [Teachers' College](/source/Teachers'_College_Football_Club) by 37 points in the grand final. Both clubs were [promoted](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) to [A Section](/source/1926_MAFA_season#A_Section) in [1926](/source/1926_MAFA_season).[20]

### Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts Qualification 1 Old Caulfield Grammarians (P) 16 14 2 0 56 Finals series 2 Collegians 16 12 4 0 48 3 Elsternwick B 16 10 5 1 42 4 Teachers' College 16 10 6 0 40 5 Old Xaverians 16 7 8 1 30 6 Old Haileybury 16 4 12 0 16 7 Old Trinity 16 3 13 0 12 8 Old Brighton 16 2 14 0 8 − Caulfield (E) 14 32

Source:[11][21][22] Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. **(P)** Premiers; **(E)** Expelled

## References

1. ["Metropolitan Amateurs"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155806433). The Age. 3 August 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

1. ["GOAL KICKERS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155816495). The Age. 7 September 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["METROPOLITAN AMATEURS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2134455). The Argus. 4 July 1925. p. 20. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["METROPOLITAN AMATEURS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2113304). The Argus. 2 May 1925. p. 26. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Season Opens"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2113344/436954). The Argus. 4 May 1925. p. 10. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["METROPOLITAN AMATEURS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2067316). The Argus. 24 March 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Metropolitan Amateurs"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2075963). The Argus. 7 April 1925. p. 7. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Old Haileyburians Football Club"](https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-haileybury/). Victorian Amateur Football Association. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130071717/https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-haileybury/) 30 November 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["A BRIEF HISTORY"](https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20090419134741/https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf) 19 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

1. ["CLUB LODGES COMPLAINT"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155811114). The Age. 11 August 1925. p. 15. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["CLUB EXPELLED"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2158699). The Argus. 18 August 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Interstate Amateur Football"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184821553). Sporting Globe. 30 May 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. Punt (27 May 1925). ["Interstate Match Arranged"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243764510). The Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Interstate Selection Made"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243766684). The Herald. 30 May 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. Boy, Old (5 June 1925). ["INTERSTATE AMATEUR MATCH"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2123948). The Argus. p. 5. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["FINAL MATCHES IN METROPOLITAN AMATEUR ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CONTESTS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146182749). Table Talk. 27 August 1925. p. 23. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Elsternwick Premiers"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165136207). The Prahran Telegraph. 9 October 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["Deciding Semi-final Positions"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2149219). The Argus. 31 July 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["METROPOLITAN AMATEURS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2150416). The Argus. 3 August 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

1. ["OLD SCOTCH MINOR PREMIERS − St. Pauls and Glenhuntly Lead B and C Sections"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3805677). The Argus. 30 August 1926. p. 17. Retrieved 14 December 2024.

1. ["B Section Games Concluding"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155812348). The Age. 29 August 1925. p. 11. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

1. ["METROPOLITAN AMATEURS"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2165640). The Argus. 31 August 1925. p. 17. Retrieved 13 December 2024.

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