1927 MAFA season#B Section

{{Short description|32nd season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association}}

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = mafa

| year = 1927

| image =

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| teams = 30

| date = 30 April − 17 September 1927

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| prevseason = 1926

| nextseason = 1928

}}

The 1927 MAFA season was the 32nd season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.{{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}} The season began on 30 April and concluded on 17 September, with 30 teams participating across three divisions under a promotion and relegation system.{{cite web |title=Arrangements for coming season |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204201105 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=19 |date=1 March 1927}}{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Amateurs |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/275167773 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=35 |date=5 May 1927}}

Association membership

Seven clubs − Black Rock, Flinders Naval Base (also referred to as Flinders Naval Depot or Naval Base Flinders), Kingsville Rovers, Oakleigh, Pascoe Vale, State Savings Bank and West Hawthorn − entered the MAFA in 1927.{{cite web |title=Reorganising Sections of Association |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204193394 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=12 |date=8 February 1927}}{{cite web |title=The Amateur Footballer, Week 24, 1987 |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/File-AF-1987-No-24.pdf |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608143441/https://www.vafa.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/File-AF-1987-No-24.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2024 |page=5 |date=27 September 1987 |quote=60 YEARS AGO - 1927: New clubs admitted were Flinders Naval Depot, Black Rock, Kingsville, Oakleigh, Pascoe Vale, State Savings Bank, West Hawthorn.}} Glen Huntly entered a second team (also known as "Glen Huntly B"), while Elsternwick and Old Melburnians both withdrew their second teams.{{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}}{{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 }}

Sandringham Juniors also appears to have left the MAFA following the 1926 season, with Sandringham District entering the competition.{{cite web |title=Sandringham Juniors Football Club (Vic) |url=http://www.footypedia.info/00000973.htm |publisher=Footypedia |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215122139/http://www.footypedia.info/00000973.htm |archive-date=15 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Sandringham District Football Club |url=https://www.sandringhamhistorical.org.au/omeka/items/show/202146 |website=Sandringham & District Historical Society |publisher=Sandringham News |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241215122320/https://www.sandringhamhistorical.org.au/omeka/items/show/202146 |archive-date=15 December 2024 |date=28 May 1926}}

All new teams entered C Section, with the exception of Flinders Naval Base and Sandringham District, which were both admitted into B Section.

Notable events

Hampton secretary E.F. Voight received a life ban from the MAFA after striking a Brightonvale official and attempting to strike another member of Brightonvale's committee following a match between the two clubs on 23 July 1927.{{cite web |title=Life Disqualification Upheld; Keith Rlgg Best and Fairest Player |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206165843 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=15 |date=31 August 1927}}
Following the C Section grand final, Oakleigh was suspended from the MAFA because of the conduct of its supporters.{{cite web |title=C Section Club Suspended |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205792905 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=28 September 1927}}{{cite web |title=Suspension of Oakleigh Club |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205792552 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=6 |date=3 October 1927}}

A Section

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = mafaa

| year = 1927

| image =

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| teams = 10

| date = 30 April − 17 September 1927

| premiers = Old Scotch
{{nowrap|4th A Section premiership}}

| count =

| minor premiers = Old Scotch
{{nowrap|3rd A Section minor premiership}}

| mpcount =

| wooden spooners =

| wscount =

| matches =

| attendance =

| highattend =

| top goal scorer = J.J. Green{{cite web |title=GOAL-KICKING PERFORMANCES |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205789582 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=15 |date=1 October 1927}}{{cite news |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier (A Section) |newspaper=Vafa |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315172043/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier/ |archive-date=15 March 2023}}
{{nowrap|({{AFLR UniB}} − 86 goals)}}

| bestandfairest = Keith Rigg
{{nowrap|(Collegians − 6 votes)}}

| prevseason = 1926

| nextseason = 1928

}}

Old Scotch won the A Section premiership for the fourth time and the second year in a row, defeating {{AFLR UniB}} by 35 points in the grand final.

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! Qualification

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Scotch (P)

| 18

| 16

| 2

| 0

| 64

| rowspan=4 | Finals series

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 2

| style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniB}}

| 18

| 14

| 4

| 0

| 56

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick

| 18

| 13

| 5

| 0

| 52

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniA}}

| 18

| 11

| 7

| 0

| 44

| style="text-align:left;" | St Paul's Ascot Vale

| 18

| 10

| 8

| 0

| 40

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians

| 18

| 10

| 8

| 0

| 40

| style="text-align:left;" | Collegians

| 18

| 8

| 10

| 0

| 32

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Caulfield Grammarians

| 18

| 8

| 10

| 0

| 16

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| 9

| style="text-align:left;" | Geelong

| 18

| 4

| 14

| 0

| 16

| rowspan=2 | Relegation

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| 10

| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College

| 18

| 0

| 18

| 0

{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=Fours Decided |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184859221 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=24 August 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}}{{cite web |title=1927 A SECTION SEASON |url=https://www.cgfc.com.au/static/uploads/files/1927-season-wfifjojmbjbr.pdf |publisher=Caulfield Grammarians Football Club |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101124127/https://www.cgfc.com.au/static/uploads/files/1927-season-wfifjojmbjbr.pdf |archive-date=1 November 2024}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers}}

=Finals=

{{AFLGameDetailed

| home team = Old Scotch

| home Q1 = 0.7 (7)

| home Q2 = 10.7 (67)

| home Q3 = 13.7 (85)

| home final = 19.11 (125)

| winner = H

| away team = {{AFLR UniB}}

| away Q1 = 7.5 (47)

| away Q2 = 9.5 (59)

| away Q3 = 11.12 (78)

| away final = 13.12 (90)

| date = Saturday, 17 September

| home goals = Barnett 5, Swan 4, Staley, Moran 3, Wickers 3, McLorinan

| home best = Fergie, Cathcurt, Paterson, Gordon, Neil Law, Vickers, Barnett

| home injuries =

| home reports =

| away goals = Green 6, Cussen 3, Peverill 2, Horan, Cawley

| away best = Horan, Cussen, Clements, Sharp, Turnbridge, King

| away injuries =

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| venue = Brighton Cricket Ground

| crowd =

| report = {{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN AMATEURS |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205793651 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=13 |date=3 September 1927}}{{cite web |title=Finals on Saturday |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184860367 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=7 September 1927}}{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205788827 |title=SEASON CONCLUDES TODAY |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=13 |date=17 September 1927}}{{cite web |title=Old Scotch Collegians Win Again |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205789964 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=19 September 1927}}

| umpires = Cave

| title = 1927 MAFA A Section Grand Final

| home Q4 =

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B Section

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = mafab

| year = 1927

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| teams = 10

| date = 30 April − 10 September 1927

| premiers = Murrumbeena
{{nowrap|2nd B Section premiership}}

| count =

| minor premiers = Murrumbeena
{{nowrap|2nd B Section minor premiership}}

| mpcount =

| wooden spooners =

| wscount =

| matches =

| attendance =

| highattend =

| top goal scorer = A. Lundy{{cite news |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier B (B Section) |newspaper=Vafa |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}}
{{nowrap|(Murrumbeena − 91 goals)}}

| bestandfairest = A. Lundy
{{nowrap|(Murrumbeena − 6 votes)}}

| prevseason = 1926

| nextseason = 1928

}}

This was Hampton's final season in the MAFA, with the club joining the VFL Sub-Districts for the 1928 season.{{cite web |title=Hampton Football Change |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/275338257 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=17 December 2024 |page=8 |date=24 December 1927}}

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! Qualification

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| 1

| style="text-align:left;" | Murrumbeena (P)

| 18

| 56

| rowspan=4 | Finals series

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;" | Glen Huntly

| 18

| 56

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| 3

| style="text-align:left;" | Brightonvale

| 18

| 56

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | Flinders Naval Base

| 18

| 52

| style="text-align:left;" | Hampton

| 18

| 36

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Xaverians

| 18

| 32

| style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham

| 18

| 32

| style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham District

| 18

| 20

style="background:#FFCCCC;"

| 9

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Haileybury

| 18

| 12

| rowspan=2 | Relegation{{efn|Both Old Haileybury and Old Trinity were ultimately not relegated to C Section in 1928 after merging to form the Old Haileybury-Trinity Football Club.{{cite web |title=Old Haileyburians Football Club |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-haileybury/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213212356/https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-haileybury/ |archive-date=13 December 2024}}{{cite web |title=Old Trinity Football Club |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-trinity/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=16 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241130040825/https://www.vafa.com.au/clubs/old-trinity/ |archive-date=30 November 2024}}}}

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| 10

| style="text-align:left;" | Old Trinity

| 18

| 8

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

=Finals=

{{AFLGameDetailed

| home team = Murrumbeena

| home Q1 =

| home Q2 =

| home Q3 =

| home final = 11.11 (77)

| winner = H

| away team = Glen Huntly

| away Q1 =

| away Q2 =

| away Q3 =

| away final = 8.9 (57)

| date = Saturday, 10 September

| home goals =

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| away best =

| away injuries =

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| venue = Elsternwick Park

| crowd =

| report = {{cite web |title=Final Games Today |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/275446769 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=33 |date=10 September 1927}}{{cite web |title=B Section Premiership to Murrumbeena |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205778214 |publisher=The Age |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=12 September 1927}}{{cite web |title=Murrumbeena Win |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184861045 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=15 December 2024 |page=9 |date=14 September 1927}}

| umpires =

| title = 1927 MAFA B Section Grand Final

| home Q4 =

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C Section

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = mafac

| year = 1927

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| teams = 10

| date = 30 April − 17 September 1927

| premiers = State Savings Bank
{{nowrap|1st C Section premiership}}

| count =

| minor premiers = State Savings Bank
{{nowrap|1st C Section minor premiership}}

| mpcount =

| wooden spooners =

| wscount =

| matches =

| attendance =

| highattend =

| top goal scorer = L. Cruickshank{{cite news |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier C (C Section) |newspaper=Vafa |url=https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier-c/ |publisher=Victorian Amateur Football Association |access-date=15 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315172128/https://www.vafa.com.au/history/awards/goalkickers-premier-c/ |archive-date=15 March 2023}}
{{nowrap|(Oakleigh − 81 goals)}}

| bestandfairest = T. Cargill
{{nowrap|(West Hawthorn − 6 votes)}}

| prevseason = 1926

| nextseason = 1928

}}

=Ladder=

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! style="width:10px" | {{Tooltip|Pos|Position on ladder}}

! style="width:35%;" | Team

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! 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;" | State Savings Bank (P)

| 18

| 66

| rowspan=4 | Finals series

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| 2

| style="text-align:left;" | Brunswick

| 18

| 62

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 3

| style="text-align:left;" | Oakleigh

| 18

| 58

style="background:#ccffcc;"

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | Black Rock

| 18

| 44

| style="text-align:left;" | West Hawthorn

| 18

| 42

| style="text-align:left;" | Pascoe Vale

| 18

| 32

| style="text-align:left;" | Kingsville Rovers

| 18

| 24

| style="text-align:left;" | South Caulfield

| 18

| 24

| style="text-align:left;" | Glen Huntly B

| 18

| 4

| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College B

| 18

| 4

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

=Finals=

{{AFLGameDetailed

| home team = State Savings Bank

| home Q1 = 1.4 (10)

| home Q2 = 8.14 (62)

| home Q3 = 8.16 (64)

| home final = 12.22 (94)

| winner = H

| away team = Oakleigh

| away Q1 = 3.4 (22)

| away Q2 = 3.6 (24)

| away Q3 = 8.12 (60)

| away final = 9.13 (67)

| date = Saturday, 17 September

| home goals = Gillam 3, Moloney 2, Arthur 2, Cocks 2, Proctor, McRae, Chambers

| home best = Cocks, Proctor, Elder

| home injuries =

| home reports =

| away goals = Cruickshank 3, Serong, McCarthy, Pratt, Reid, Palmer, Stafferd

| away best = Considine, Colleson, Higgins

| away injuries =

| away reports =

| venue = Tulip Street Reserve

| crowd =

| report =

| umpires = Hacking

| title = 1927 MAFA C Section Grand Final

| home Q4 =

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=Club best and fairest=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" ! Club ! Winner ! {{abbr\|Ref\|Reference}}
style="text-align:left" \| Black Rock \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| Brunswick \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| Glen Huntly \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| Kingsville Rovers \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| Pascoe Vale \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| South Caulfield \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| State Savings Bank \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| Teachers' College \| \| align="center" \|
style="text-align:left" \| West Hawthorn \| T. Cargill \| align="center" \|

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

! Club

! Winner

! {{abbr|Ref|Reference}}

style="text-align:left" | Black Rock

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | Brunswick

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | Glen Huntly

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | Kingsville Rovers

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | Pascoe Vale

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | South Caulfield

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | State Savings Bank

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | Teachers' College

| align="center" |

style="text-align:left" | West Hawthorn

| T. Cargill

| align="center" |

Notes

References

Category:Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons

MAFA