1929 MAFA season#B Section
{{Short description|34th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafa
| year = 1929
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| teams = 30
| date = 27 April − 21 September 1929
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| prevseason = 1928
| nextseason = 1930
}}
The 1929 MAFA season was the 34th season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 21 September, with 30 teams participating across three divisions under a promotion and relegation system.{{cite web |title=First Round of Matches |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244451042 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=17 |date=26 April 1929}}
Background
The MAFA changed the structure of the final series, with the first-placed team (minor premiers) playing the fourth-placed team in the semi-finals, while the second-placed team played their third-placed team. Prior to this, first played third and second played fourth.{{cite web |title=Deciding Semi-final Positions |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2149219 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=13 December 2024 |page=5 |date=31 July 1925}}{{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}} This change occurred several years before the Victorian Football League (VFL, now AFL) used the same system for finishing positions.{{cite web |last1=De Lacy |first1=Alex |title=Uni. Blues look winners in Amateur preliminary final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/178191104 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=3 |date=9 September 1953}} As a modified version of the Argus finals system, the minor premiers still had the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership, but only if its home-and-away win–loss record was strictly better than that of the team it was challenging.
Association membership
Five new clubs − Bentleigh District, East Malvern, Melbourne High School Old Boys (MHSOB), Old Ivanhoe and Old Paradians − entered the MAFA in C Section.{{cite web |title=HISTORY |url=https://www.oldparadiansafc.com/clubhistory |publisher=Old Paradians Football Club |access-date=19 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808200236/https://www.oldparadiansafc.com/clubhistory |archive-date=8 August 2024}} Flinders Naval Base left the MAFA to re-enter the Peninsula Football League (PFL), while Oakleigh and Pascoe Vale had been expelled during the 1928 season.{{cite web |title=PASCOEVALE CLUB EXPELLED |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3928954 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=16 December 2024 |page=12 |date=24 July 1928}}{{cite web |title=Peninsula Football |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/74997352 |publisher=Frankston and Somerville Standard |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=5 |date=1 March 1929}}
The MAFA sought to stop the admission of further "B" teams for the 1929 season, and Teachers' College withrew "Teachers' College B" as a result. Sandringham B had already withdrawn from the MAFA late in the 1928 season.{{cite web |title=Old Melburnians Penalised |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205483473 |publisher=The Age |access-date=16 December 2024 |page=14 |date=7 August 1928}} However, Glen Huntly was permitted to keep its "Glen Huntly B" team.{{cite web |title=No More B Teams to be Admitted |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204128479 |publisher=The Age |access-date=16 December 2024 |page=6 |date=4 September 1928}}
A Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafaa
| year = 1929
| image =
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| teams = 10
| date = {{nowrap|27 April − 14 September 1929}}
| premiers = {{AFLR UniB}}
{{nowrap|4th A Section premiership}}
| count =
| minor premiers = Old Scotch
{{nowrap|4th A Section minor premiership}}
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| highattend =
| top goal scorer = C.D. Chandler{{cite news |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier (A Section) |work=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|(State Savings Bank − 75 goals)}}
| bestandfairest = K. Elder{{cite web |title=Metropolitan Amateur Medal Winners |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182529741 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=6 |date=14 September 1929}}
{{nowrap|(State Savings Bank)}}
| prevseason = 1928
| nextseason = 1930
}}
=Ladder=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"
|+ ! 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;" | Old Scotch | 18 | | | | | | | 56 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | State Savings Bank | 18 | | | | | | | 52 |
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| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniB}} (P) | 18 | | | | | | | 50 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Melburnians | 18 | | | | | | | 44 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Elsternwick | 18 | | | | | | | 42 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Brightonvale | 18 | | | | | | | 36 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | {{AFLR UniA}} | 18 | | | | | | | 30 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Collegians | 18 | | | | | | | 26 |
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| 9 | style="text-align:left;" | St Paul's Ascot Vale | 18 | | | | | | | 16 | rowspan=2 | Relegation |
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| 10 | style="text-align:left;" | Glen Huntly | 18 | | | | | | | 4 |
{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=AMATEUR REPLAY WON BY BANK |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/275550436 |publisher=The Sun News-Pictorial |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=25 |date=2 September 1929}}{{cite web |title=Finals and Grand Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244002412 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=18 |date=13 September 1929}}{{cite web |title=First Round Ends |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182528182 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=10 |date=28 August 1929}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers; (E) Expelled; (W) Withdrawn}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = {{AFLR UniB}}
| home Q1 = 0.1 (1)
| home Q2 = 2.4 (16)
| home Q3 = 4.9 (33)
| home final = 9.10 (64)
| winner = H
| away team = Old Melburnians
| away Q1 = 0.7 (7)
| away Q2 = 2.14 (26)
| away Q3 = 2.20 (32)
| away final = 5.26 (56)
| date = Saturday, 14 September
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| venue = Yarra Park
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| title = 1929 MAFA A Section Grand Final
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B Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafab
| year = 1929
| image =
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| teams = 10
| date = {{nowrap|27 April − 14 September 1929}}
| premiers = Murrumbeena
{{nowrap|3rd B Section premiership}}
| count =
| minor premiers = Black Rock
{{nowrap|1st B Section minor premiership}}
| mpcount =
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| wscount =
| matches =
| attendance =
| highattend =
| top goal scorer = W. Collister{{cite web |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier B (B Section) |work=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 − 107 goals)}}
| bestandfairest = F. Brooks
{{nowrap|(Teachers' College)}}
| prevseason = 1928
| nextseason = 1930
}}
=Ladder=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"
|+ ! 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 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Black Rock | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1534 | 1251 | 122.6 | 56 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Surrey Hills | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1430 | 1178 | 121.3 | 52 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Murrumbeena (P) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1805 | 1489 | 127.8 | 44 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Haileybury-Trinity | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1662 | 1485 | 111.9 | 40 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | Brunswick | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1461 | 1353 | 107.9 | 40 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | Geelong | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1664 | 1575 | 105.6 | 40 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Caulfield Grammarians | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1492 | 1693 | 88.1 | 24 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Teachers' College | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1608 | 1965 | 80.3 | 24 |
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| 9 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Xaverians | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1227 | 1589 | 77.2 | 24 | rowspan=2 | Relegation |
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| 10 | style="text-align:left;" | Sandringham | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1220 | 1532 | 79.6 | 16 |
{{small|Source: {{cite web |title=1929 B SECTION SEASON |url=https://www.cgfc.com.au/static/uploads/files/1929-season-wfzjfnfmtobk.pdf |publisher=Caulfield Grammarians Football Club |access-date=19 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101124133/https://www.cgfc.com.au/static/uploads/files/1929-season-wfzjfnfmtobk.pdf |archive-date=1 November 2024}}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers; (E) Expelled; (W) Withdrawn}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = Black Rock
| home Q1 =
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| home Q3 =
| home final = 13.12 (90)
| winner = A
| away team = Murrumbeena
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| away final = 17.15 (117)
| date = Saturday, 14 September
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| venue = Brighton Cricket Ground
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| report = {{cite web |title=Final Games Today |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204149639 |publisher=The Age |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=29 |date=14 September 1929}}
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| title = 1929 MAFA B Section Grand Final
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C Section
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = mafac
| year = 1929
| image =
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| teams = 10
| date = {{nowrap|27 April − 21 September 1929}}
| premiers = East Malvern
{{nowrap|1st C Section premiership}}
| count =
| minor premiers = Old Paradians
{{nowrap|1st C Section minor premiership}}
| mpcount =
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| matches =
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| highattend =
| top goal scorer = Allan La Fontaine{{cite web |title=Leading Goalkickers – Premier C (C Section) |work=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|(Old Paradians − 146 goals)}}
| bestandfairest = T. Cargill
{{nowrap|(West Hawthorn)}}
| prevseason = 1928
| nextseason = 1930
}}
Old Paradians full-forward Allan La Fontaine kicked 146 goals for the home-and-away season (152 including finals), which was easily a record in any MAFA division since the competition began in 1892.{{cite web |title=156 Goals in One Season |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/224407377 |publisher=Weekly Times |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=92 |date=28 September 1929}} This included kicking 20 of his club's 24 goals against Kingsville in round 18.
=Ladder=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin-bottom:0"
|+ ! 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 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 1 | style="text-align:left;" | Old Paradians | 18 | 14 | | | | | | 56 | rowspan=4 | Finals series |
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| 2 | style="text-align:left;" | Burwood | 18 | | | | | | | 52 |
| style="background:#ccffcc;"
| 3 | style="text-align:left;" | Bentleigh District | 18 | | | | | | | 48 |
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| 4 | style="text-align:left;" | East Malvern (P) | 18 | | | | | | | 48 |
| 5
| style="text-align:left;" | South Caulfield | 18 | | | | | | | 48 |
| 6
| style="text-align:left;" | West Hawthorn | 18 | | | | | | | 40 |
| 7
| style="text-align:left;" | Kingsville | 18 | | | | | | | 36 |
| 8
| style="text-align:left;" | Glen Huntly B | 18 | | | | | | | 12 |
| 9
| style="text-align:left;" | MHSOB | 18 | | | | | | | 12 |
| 10
| style="text-align:left;" | Old Ivanhoe | 18 | | | | | | | 8 |
{{small|Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers; (E) Expelled; (W) Withdrawn}}
=Finals=
{{AFLGameDetailed
| home team = Old Paradians
| home Q1 = 2.1 (13)
| home Q2 = 4.4 (24)
| home Q3 =
| home final = 8.10 (58)
| winner = A
| away team = East Malvern
| away Q1 = 5.4 (30)
| away Q2 = 6.9 (45)
| away Q3 =
| away final = 10.13 (73)
| date = Saturday, 21 September
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| venue = Murrumbeena
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| report = {{cite web |title=C. Section Grand Final |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244003721 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=17 |date=20 September 1929}}{{cite web |title=Grand Final Today |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204156002 |publisher=The Age |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=21 |date=21 September 1929}}{{cite web |title=EAST MALVERN SUCCESSFUL |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204149324 |publisher=The Age |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=8 |date=23 September 1929}}{{cite web |title=East Malvern Win Premiership |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/182530562 |publisher=Sporting Globe |access-date=19 December 2024 |page=8 |date=25 September 1929}}
| umpires =
| title = 1929 MAFA C Section Grand Final
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References
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{{Victorian Amateur Football Association seasons}}