1923 MAFA season#B Section
{{Short description|28th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafa
| year = 1923
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| teams = 16
| date = 5 May − 27 August 1923
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| prevseason = 1922
| nextseason = 1924
}}
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.{{cite web |title=FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1889334 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=10 |date=11 April 1923}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203626300 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=15 |date=23 July 1923}} The season began on 5 May and concluded on 25 August, with 16 teams participating across two divisions under a promotion and relegation system.{{cite web |title=FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1886632 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=5 |date=29 March 1923}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/265740319 |publisher=Richmond Guardian |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=1 |date=5 May 1923}}
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.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203639135 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=15 |date=9 July 1923}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1931895 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=6 |date=1 April 1924}} This system has remained in place in the MAFA (now VAFA) with minimal changes since 1923.{{cite web |last1=Beitzel |first1=Brad |title=VAFA: Collegians, Old Scotch and Old Xavs fight drop |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/vafa-collegians-old-scotch-and-old-xavs-fight-drop-20150827-gj98yb.html |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210035633/https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/vafa-collegians-old-scotch-and-old-xavs-fight-drop-20150827-gj98yb.html |archive-date=10 February 2019 |date=27 August 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Lenaghan |first1=Peter |title=Country footy looks to change in bid to re-energise and preserve the game |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-04/country-footy-looks-to-change-in-bid-to-reenergise-game/9829346 |publisher=ABC News |access-date=11 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101070532/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-04/country-footy-looks-to-change-in-bid-to-reenergise-game/9829346 |archive-date=1 January 2022 |date=4 June 2018}}
Association membership
Black Rock lef the MAFA after one season, while Melbourne Shipping Company had disbanded during the 1922 season.{{cite web |title=Former VAFA Clubs |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/history/former-clubs/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=8 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801135938/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/former-clubs/ |archive-date=1 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419134741/https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=9 June 2024 |date=9 April 2009}} Hampton and Murrumbeena both entered the competition, keeping the total number of clubs at 16.{{cite web |title=JUNIOR FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243653822 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=23 November 2024 |page=5 |date=11 August 1912}}
Notable events
- The MAFA began to trial a substitute player replacing injured players, which was not yet a rule in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite web |last1=Boy |first1=Old |title=FOOTBALL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2009579 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=4 |date=27 July 1923}}
A Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafaa
| year = 1923
| date = 5 May − 18 August 1923
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| teams = 8
| premiers = Old Scotch
1st A Section premiership
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| minor premiers = {{AFLR UniB}}
{{nowrap|1st A Section minor premiership}}
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| prevseason = 1922
| nextseason = 1924
}}
Old Scotch won its first MAFA premiership, defeating {{AFLR UniB}} by 34 points in the grand final.{{cite web |title=UNFURLING 1923 PREMIERSHIP PENNANT OF METROPOLITAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/146460114 |publisher=Table Talk |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=30 |date=19 June 1924}}{{cite web |title=CRACKERS CHRONICLES – 1923 PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS |url=https://oldscotchfc.com.au/downloads/crackers-chronicles/87-OSFC-1923-Premiership-Team-Players.pdf |publisher=Old Scotch Football Club |access-date=26 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241026022313/https://oldscotchfc.com.au/downloads/crackers-chronicles/87-OSFC-1923-Premiership-Team-Players.pdf |archive-date=26 October 2024}}
=Ladder=
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|+ ! style="width:10px" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position on ladder}} ! style="width:35%;" | Team ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PF|Points for}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PA|Points against}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PP|Percentage points}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniB}} | 14 | | | | 1171 | 758 | 151.5 | 40 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Scotch (P) | 14 | | | | 1046 | 791 | 132.2 | 40 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Hampton | 14 | | | | 1006 | 700 | 143.7 | 36 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniA}} | 14 | | | | 969 | 685 | 141.5 | 36 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Collegians | 14 | | | | 1148 | 788 | 145.1 | 32 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick | 14 | | | | 851 | 885 | 96.2 | 24 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians | 14 | | | | 713 | 1414 | 50.4 | 8 |
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| 8 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Xaverians | 14 | | | | 615 | 1493 | 41.2 | 8 |
{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203638995 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=7 |date=6 August 1923}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}
=Finals=
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| home team = {{AFLR UniB}}
| home Q1 = 5.4 (34)
| home Q2 = 6.4 (40)
| home Q3 = 5 point lead
| home final = 12.7 (79)
| winner = A
| away team = Old Scotch
| away Q1 = 3.0 (18)
| away Q2 = 6.5 (41)
| away Q3 =
| away final = 17.11 (113)
| date = Saturday, 18 August
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| venue = Elsternwick Park
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| title = 1923 MAFA A Section Grand Final
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- 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 {{AFLR UniB}} because it was even with Old Scotch on premiership points.{{cite web |title=SOUTH YARRA WINS MINOR PREMIERSHIP |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198475858 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 October 2024 |page=11 |date=30 August 1909}}
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B Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafab
| year = 1923
| date = 5 May − 25 August 1923
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| teams = 8
| premiers = Sandringham
{{nowrap|1st B Section premiership}}
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| minor premiers = Murrumbeena
{{nowrap|1st B Section minor premiership}}
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| top goal scorer = A.Lundy{{cite web |title=Murrumbeena Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203676292 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=6 |date=22 September 1924}}{{cite web |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier B (B Section) |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier-b/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315172107/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier-b/ |archive-date=15 March 2023}}
(Murrumbeena)
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| prevseason = 1922
| nextseason = 1924
}}
Sandringham won its first MAFA premiership, defeating Murrumbeena by four points in the first-ever B Section grand final.
=Ladder=
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|+ ! style="width:10px" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position on ladder}} ! style="width:35%;" | Team ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pld|Games played}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|W|Won}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|L|Lost}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|D|Drawn}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PF|Points for}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PA|Points against}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|PP|Percentage points}} ! style="width:30px;"| {{Tooltip|Pts|Points}} ! Qualification |
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Murrumbeena | 14 | | | | 1101 | 720 | 152.9 | 52 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Caulfield Grammarians | 14 | | | | 921 | 784 | 117.5 | 34 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick B | 14 | | | | 762 | 752 | 101.3 | 32 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham (P) | 14 | | | | 831 | 830 | 100.1 | 28 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Melbourne Swimming Club | 14 | | | | 829 | 871 | 95.2 | 28 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College | 14 | | | | 698 | 900 | 75.6 | 20 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Elwood | 14 | | | | 791 | 1006 | 78.6 | 18 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Trinity | 14 | | | | 956 | 1026 | 93.2 | 12 |
{{small|Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = Murrumbeena
| home Q1 = 4.6 (30)
| home Q2 =
| home Q3 = 7.7 (49)
| home final = 8.7 (55)
| winner = A
| away team = Sandringham
| away Q1 = 2.5 (17)
| away Q2 =
| away Q3 = 6.8 (44)
| away final = 8.11 (59)
| date = Saturday, 25 August
| home goals = Lundy 3
| home best = Cleal, Scott, Horwood, Lundy, Reeves, Callaghan
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| away goals = Harris 4, Kenna 2, Morrison, Woods
| away best = Graham, Lee, Smith, Kenna, Harris, Wilson
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| venue = University Oval
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| report = {{cite web |title=SANDRINGHAM WIN POOR GAME |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/203635105 |publisher=The Age |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=15 |date=27 August 1923}}{{cite web |title=Wild Amateur Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/274199550 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=11 December 2024 |page=18 |date=27 August 1923}}
| umpires =
| title = 1923 MAFA B Section Grand Final
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References
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{{Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons}}