1926 MAFA season#B Section
{{Short description|31st season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafa
| year = 1926
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| teams = 26
| date = 1 May − 25 September 1925
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| nextseason = 1927
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The 1926 MAFA season was the 31st season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201622617 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=7 |date=17 May 1926}}{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3806078 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=9 |date=31 August 1926}} The season began on 1 May and concluded on 25 September, with 26 teams participating across three divisions under a promotion and relegation system.{{cite web |title=Season's Fixtures |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243589396 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=10 |date=13 April 1926}}{{cite web |title=FINAL MEETING — CUP PRESENTED |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202197043 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=18 |date=6 October 1926}}
This was the first MAFA season with three divisions, with C Section established in response to an influx of new clubs.{{cite web |title=A BRIEF HISTORY |url=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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419134741/https://www.vafa.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/History/a_brief_history.pdf |archive-date=19 April 2009 }}
Association membership
Eight clubs − Brunswick, Gardenvale-Middle Brighton, Geelong, Glen Huntly, Kew Juniors, Sandringham Juniors, South Caulfield and St Paul's Ascot Vale − entered the MAFA in 1926.{{cite web |title=SANDRINGHAM JUNIORS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155785480 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=18 |date=29 January 1926}}{{cite web |title=South Caulfield Club |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244055980 |website=Trove |publisher=The Herald |access-date=17 June 2024 |date=23 March 1926}}{{cite web |title=Amateur Ideal at Brunswick |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/183020854 |website=Trove |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=3 October 2024 |page=6 |date=18 April 1931}} Gardenvale-Middle Brighton was renamed to Brightonvale (also spelt "Brighton Vale") prior to the start of the season.{{cite web |title=TEAMS GROUPED IN SECTIONS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155782029 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=18 |date=17 March 1926}} Old Melburnians and Teachers' College also entered second teams, just as Elsternwick had been fielding an "Elsternwick B" team since 1923.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEUR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3737482 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=6 |date=2 March 1926}}{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.elsternwickafc.online/history |publisher=Elsternwick Amateur Football Club |access-date=13 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213050430/https://www.elsternwickafc.online/history |archive-date=13 December 2024}}
Caulfield applied to return to the MAFA after being expelled during the 1925 season, but its application was refused.{{cite web |title=CLUB EXPELLED |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2158699 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=13 December 2024 |page=6 |date=18 August 1925}}
A Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
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| year = 1926
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| teams = 10
| date = 1 May − 11 September 1926
| premiers = Old Scotch
3rd A Section premiership
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| minor premiers = Old Scotch
{{nowrap|2nd A Section minor premiership}}
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Old Scotch won the A Section premiership for the third time, defeating Elsternwick by 12 points in the grand final.{{cite web |title=CRACKERS CHRONICLES – 1926 PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS |url=https://oldscotchfc.com.au/downloads/crackers-chronicles/89-OSFC-1926-Premiership-Team-Players.pdf |publisher=Old Scotch Football Club |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215130820/https://oldscotchfc.com.au/downloads/crackers-chronicles/89-OSFC-1926-Premiership-Team-Players.pdf |archive-date=15 December 2024}}
=Ladder=
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Scotch (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1919 | | 52.7 | 64 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | | | 73.8 | 56 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | | | 75.9 | 56 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniA}} | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | | | 96.5 | 50 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniB}} | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | | | 80.5 | 40 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College | 18 | | | | | | | 24 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Geelong | 18 | | | | | | | 22 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Caulfield Grammarians | 18 | | | | | | | 20 |
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| 9 | style="text-align:left;" | Murrumbeena | 18 | | | | | | | 16 | rowspan=2 | Relegation |
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| 10 | style="text-align:left;" | Hampton | 18 | | | | | | | 12 |
{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=OLD SCOTCH MINOR PREMIERS − St. Pauls and Glenhuntly Lead B and C Sections |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3805677 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=17 |date=30 August 1926}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}
=Finals=
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| home team = Old Scotch
| home Q1 =
| home Q2 =
| home Q3 = 7.14 (56)
| home final = 9.16 (70)
| winner = H
| away team = Elsternwick
| away Q1 =
| away Q2 =
| away Q3 = 6.14 (50)
| away final = 7.16 (58)
| date = Saturday, 11 September
| home goals = W. Vickers 3, J. McLorrinan 2, Barnett, Fergle, G. Law, Dawes
| home best = McTaggart, A. Stanley, Francis, A. Moore, Grounds
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| away goals = Lamplough 2, Strange, Heard, Dodd, Morris, Howell
| away best = Dodd, Shaw, Heard, Thomas, Loughrey
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| venue = Elsternwick Park
| crowd = 2,000
| report = {{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202537206 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=9 |date=6 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=Old Scotch and Elsternwick in Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184841021 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=9 |date=8 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=Old Scotch Win A Section |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202549671 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=9 |date=13 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=OLD SCOTCH Amateur Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/274812369 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=29 |date=13 September 1926}}
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| title = 1926 MAFA A Section Grand Final
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B Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafab
| year = 1926
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| teams = 8
| date = 1 May − 18 September 1926
| premiers = Collegians
{{nowrap|1st B Section premiership}}
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| minor premiers = St Paul's Ascot Vale
{{nowrap|1st B Section minor premiership}}
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Collegians won the B Section premiership for the first time, defeating minor premiers St Paul's Ascot Vale by 53 points in the grand final. Both clubs were promoted to A Section for the 1927 season.{{cite web |title=MATCH DATES For Metro Amateurs |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/275235697 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=30 |date=1 April 1927}}{{cite web |title=Old Scotch Minor Premiers. |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206166631 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=5 |date=29 August 1927}}
=Ladder=
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | St Paul's Ascot Vale | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | | | 75.1 | 48 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | | | 71.3 | 46 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Collegians (P) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | | | 61.1 | 44 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Trinity | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | | | 91.6 | 36 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Xaverians | 14 | | | | | | | 16 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Brighton | 14 | | | | | | | 14 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick B | 14 | | | | | | | 12 |
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| 8 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Haileybury | 14 | | | | | | | 8 | Relegation{{efn|Old Haileybury was ultimately not relegated to C Section in 1927 after Old Brighton and Elsternwick both withdrew from B Section.}} |
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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = St Paul's Ascot Vale
| home Q1 = 3.4 (22)
| home Q2 = 7.8 (50)
| home Q3 = 8.9 (57)
| home final = 8.9 (57)
| winner = A
| away team = Collegians
| away Q1 = 4.2 (26)
| away Q2 = 7.3 (45)
| away Q3 = 10.4 (64)
| away final = 17.8 (110)
| date = Sunday, 18 September
| home goals = Mulgahy 3, A. Cope 2, Gillard, R. Kerr, Jennings
| home best = Mulgahy, Kerr, Crase, Scott, Gillard
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| away goals = Cook 9, Oakley 4, Matthews 2, Thackeray, Dixon
| away best = Cook, Oakley, Matthews, Phillips, Eggleston, Waugh
| away injuries = Heathershaw (face)
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| venue = Tulip Street Reserve
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| report = {{cite web |title=Collegians v. St. Paul's |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243701656 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=3 |date=18 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=B Section Won by Collegians |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202551349 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=9 |date=20 September 1926}}
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| title = 1926 MAFA B Section Grand Final
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C Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafac
| year = 1926
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| teams = 8
| date = 1 May − 25 September 1926
| premiers = Brightonvale
1st C Section premiership
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| minor premiers = Glen Huntly
{{nowrap|1st C Section minor premiership}}
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Brightonvale won the inaugural C Section premiership, defeating minor premiers Glen Huntly by 21 points in the grand final.
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| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Glen Huntly | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | | | 63.3 | 48 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham Juniors | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | | | 58.5 | 44 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Brightonvale (P) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | | | 74.8 | 44 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Brunswick | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | | | 81.5 | 32 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Kew Juniors | 14 | | | | | | | 28 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College | 14 | | | | | | | 12 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians B | 14 | | | | | | | 8 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | South Caulfield | 14 | | | | | | | 4 |
{{small|Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = Glen Huntly
| home Q1 = 4.5 (29)
| home Q2 =
| home Q3 =
| home final = 8.14 (62)
| winner = A
| away team = Brightonvale
| away Q1 = 0.3 (3)
| away Q2 =
| away Q3 =
| away final = 12.11 (83)
| date = Saturday, 25 September
| home goals = Oatley 3, Scott 2, Petrie, Nighton, Clarke
| home best = Allen, Oatley, W. Hunt, Pearsall, Scott
| home injuries =
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| away goals = Hope 6, Cobb 2, Wilkinson, Shorthouse, Ralph, bark
| away best = Hall, Knight, S. Hall, Ralph, Hope
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| venue = Beach Road Oval
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| report = {{cite web |title=TWO PLAYERS DISQUALIFIED |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202558170 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=7 |date=23 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=TODAY'S GRAND FINAL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202550329 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=15 |date=25 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=BRIGHTONVALE v. GLENHUNTLY |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243698747 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=3 |date=25 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=BRIGHTON VALE C SECTION PREMIERS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202546240 |publisher=The Age |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=15 |date=27 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=C Grade Grand Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/274811880 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=16 |date=27 September 1926}}{{cite web |title=Brightonvale "C" Section Premiers |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184841796 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=14 December 2024 |page=8 |date=29 September 1926}}
| umpires = Cave, Davy, Hacking
| title = 1926 MAFA C Section Grand Final
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Notes
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References
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{{Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons}}