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VFL Development League

{{for|the competition also formerly known as the VFL reserves|AFL reserves}}

{{Infobox sports league

| title = VFL Development League

| current_season =

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| last_season = 2017 VFL season#Development League

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| logo = VFL Development League.png

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| formerly = VFA Second Eighteens
VFA seconds
VFA reserves
VFL reserves

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| sport = Australian rules football

| founded = 1928

| administrator = AFL Victoria

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| inaugural = 1928

| teams = 8 (final season)

| folded = 2017

| country = Australia

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| champion =

| most_champs = Coburg (18 titles)

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| related_comps = Victorian Football League

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| website = {{URL|vfl.com.au}}

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The VFL Development League, officially known as the AFL Victoria Development League and formerly known as the VFL reserves, VFA seconds/reserves and VFA Second Eighteens, was an Australian rules football competition that operated as a second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL, originally known as the VFA) from 1928 until 2017.

History

The VFA Second Eighteens emerged from the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA), the first successful junior football competition in Melbourne which was founded in 1883. Although formally operating as the VFA's reserves competition starting in 1928, the VJFA name was retained until the end of the 1932 season.

Coinciding with the seniors VFA competition, a second reserves division was established in 1961. Clubs played in the same division as their senior teams, until the separate divisions were abolished for both grades at the end of 1988.

From its inception until 1979, the seconds team played on Saturday afternoons, playing at home when the senior team played away and vice versa.

Starting in 1980, seconds matches were played as curtain-raisers to senior matches, on Saturdays or Sundays as necessary.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|publication-place=Melbourne|author=Marc Fiddian|page=28|date=8 April 1980|title=It's time VFA woke up to the score}}

The competition was later renamed the VFA reserves (becoming the VFL reserves when the competition changed its name in 1996), and then from the beginning of the 2012 season it became the VFL Development League, a move that coincided with the introduction of the AFL Victoria Development Academy which provides development opportunities for up to 25 selected VFL players per year.{{cite web |title=AFL Victoria Development League |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=18246595 |website=GameDay |publisher=VFL / VFLW |access-date=28 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410083952/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-118-0-0-0&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=18246595 |archive-date=10 April 2023 |date=3 February 2012}}

Fielding a team in the reserves competition was mandatory for all senior VFA teams for most of the competition's history. Since the changes to the VFL in 2000, all AFL clubs fielding their reserves teams in the VFL seniors opted not to contest the minor grade.

Several regional clubs were unable to sustain teams, with {{VFL Ben}} and North Ballarat leaving the competition at the end of the 2009 and 2013 seasons respectively.{{cite web |title=2013 VFL Development League |url=https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/vfl/126/reserves/17/41/2013 |publisher=Australian Football}}

The Development League was abolished after the 2017 season.{{cite news|newspaper=Leader|author=Paul Amy|date=20 July 2017|access-date=24 July 2017|publication-place=Melbourne|title=VFL Reserves: AFL Victoria sounds final siren for development comp|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/localfooty/vfl-reserves-afl-victoria-sounds-final-siren-for-development-comp/news-story/3ec46129b0089db16fcdbc9a5361d7fc}}

Clubs

Eight different clubs competed in the VFL Development League's final season. They were Box Hill, Casey, Coburg, Northern Blues, Port Melbourne, Sandringham, Werribee and Williamstown.{{cite web |last1=West |first1=Luke |title=Country football given a chance to benefit from AFL Victoria decision |date=29 July 2017 |url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/4820153/country-footballs-opportunity-to-benefit/ |publisher=Bendigo Advertiser}}

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! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |Colours

! rowspan="2" |Moniker

! colspan="2" |Seasons

! rowspan="2" |Div 1 flags

! rowspan="4" |Div 2 flags

First

! Last

style="text-align:left" | Bendigo

| File:EssendonDesign.svg

| Diggers, Bombers

| style="text-align:center;" | 1998

| style="text-align:center;" | 2009

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | –

style="text-align:left" | Berwick

| File:BerwickColours.png

| Gippslanders, Wickers

| style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="text-align:center;" | –

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Box Hill

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Hawthorn Football Club colours.jpg

| Mustangs, Hawks

| style="text-align:center;" | 1951

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" |5

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left" | Brighton

| File:BrightonColours.png

| Penguins

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1961

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

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

| File:BrightonColours.png

| Penguins

| style="text-align:center;" | 1962

| style="text-align:center;" | 1964

| style="text-align:center;" | –

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Brunswick–Broadmeadows
(Brunswick)

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Collingwood icon.svg

| Magpies

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1991

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

style="text-align:left" | Camberwell

| File:Camberwell Football Club colours.jpg

| Cobras

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1991

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

style="text-align:left" | Casey

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Diamond Creek Football Club.jpg

| Scorpions, Demons

| style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Caulfield

| File:AFL Geelong Icon.jpg

| Bears

| style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Coburg

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Calivil United Football Club colours.jpg

| Tigers, Lions

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 18

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Dandenong

| File:AFL Melbourne Icon.jpg

| Dandies, Redlegs

| style="text-align:center;" | 1958

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Frankston

| style="text-align:center;" | File:VFL_Frankston_Icon.png

| Dolphins

| style="text-align:center;" | 1966

| style="text-align:center;" | 2016

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

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

| File:GeelongWestColours.png

| Roosters

| style="text-align:center;" | 1963

| style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Kilsyth

| File:EssendonDesign.svg

| Cougars

| style="text-align:center;" | 1982

| style="text-align:center;" | 1984

| style="text-align:center;" | –

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Moorabbin (I)

| File:AFL Geelong Icon.jpg

| Kangaroos

| style="text-align:center;" | 1951

| style="text-align:center;" | 1963

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | –

style="text-align:left" | Moorabbin (II)

| File:Moorabbin Football Club colours.svg

| Kangaroos, Kangas

| style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="text-align:center;" | –

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Mordialloc

| File:Mordialloc Football Club colours.jpg

| Bloodhounds

| style="text-align:center;" | 1958

| style="text-align:center;" | 1988

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | North Ballarat

| File:VFL North Ballarat Icon.png

| Roosters

| style="text-align:center;" | 1996

| style="text-align:center;" | 2014

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | –

style="text-align:left" | Northcote

| File:NorthcoteColours.png

| Dragons

| style="text-align:center;" |1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 5

style="text-align:left" | Northern Blues

| File:VFL Northern Blues Icon.png

| Bullants, Blues

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 6

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

style="text-align:left" | Oakleigh

| File:OakleighColours.png

| Oaks, Devils

| style="text-align:center;" | 1929

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Port Melbourne

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Albert Park football club colors.jpg

| Borough

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" |14

| style="text-align:center;" |0

style="text-align:left" | Prahran

| File:PrahranLogo2.png

| Two Blues

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1994

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Sandringham

| style="text-align:center;" | File:St Bernard's football club colors.jpg

| Zebras

| style="text-align:center;" | 1929

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 9

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Sunshine

| File:SunshineColours.png

| Crows

| style="text-align:center;" | 1959

| style="text-align:center;" | 1989

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

style="text-align:left" | Waverley

| File:La_Trobe_University_football_club_colors.jpg

| Panthers

| style="text-align:center;" | 1961

| style="text-align:center;" | 1987

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 0

style="text-align:left" | Werribee

| style="text-align:center;" | File:VFL_Werribee_Icon.png

| Tigers

| style="text-align:center;" | 1965

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 1

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

style="text-align:left" | Williamstown

| style="text-align:center;" | File:Vfl_williamstown_icon.png

| Seagulls

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 2017

| style="text-align:center;" | 13

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

style="text-align:left" | Yarraville

| File:YarravilleIcon.png

| Eagles

| style="text-align:center;" | 1928

| style="text-align:center;" | 1983

| style="text-align:center;" | 3

| style="text-align:center;" | 2

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Premiers

Coburg won the most reserves premierships, with a total of 18.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=123881361&c=1-118-0-209316-0&pool=1001|title=2012 VFL Reserves – Grand Final|access-date=24 August 2014|publisher=Foxsportspulse}} The competition's final premiership was won by Casey.{{cite web|url=http://vfl.com.au/vfl-sunday-recap-prelim-final/|title=VFL SUNDAY RECAP: Prelim Final|date=17 September 2017|access-date=17 September 2017|publisher=Victorian Football League|archive-date=18 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918021133/http://vfl.com.au/vfl-sunday-recap-prelim-final/|url-status=dead}}

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| bgcolor=C0FFC0 style=width:3em | GF

align=left | Premiership decided by a grand final where a challenge was not needed
bgcolor=FFFFC0 style=width:3em | {{nowrap|GF (R)}}align=left | Premiership decided by a grand final replay, after the scheduled grand final was drawn

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| align=center| 1928

| {{VFL Cob}} {{small|(1)}}

| {{VFL PM}}

| align=center| 4.5 (29) d. 1.9 (15)

| Coburg Cricket Ground

| 15 September 1928

| align=center| {{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Coburg wins Junior premiership|date=17 September 1928|page=15}}

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| align=center| 1929

| {{VFL Cob}} {{small|(2)}}

| {{VFL Wil}}

| align=center| {{nowrap|14.16 (100) d. 14.7 (91)}}

| Oakleigh Cricket Ground

| {{nowrap|28 September 1929}}

| align=center| {{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Association – Draw in final match|date=30 September 1929|page=15|author=Onlooker}}

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| align=center| 1930

| {{VFL Cob}} {{small|(3)}}

| Preston

| align=center| 9.12 (66) d. 6.13 (49)

| North Melbourne Recreation Reserve

| 4 October 1930

| align=center| {{cite news|newspaper=Referee|publication-place=Sydney, NSW|title=Sporting results all over Australia|date=8 October 1930|page=13 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131169824}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=V.F.A seconds|date=6 October 1930|page=7|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202248751}}

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| align=center| 1931

| Brunswick {{small|(1)}}

| {{VFL Cob}}

| align=center| 12.10 (82) d. 5.14 (44)

| Preston City Oval

| 26 September 1931

| align=center| {{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|date=28 September 1931|title=Association – Premiership decided|page=11|publication-place=Melbourne|author=Onlooker |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4434968}}

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| Brunswick {{small|(2)}}

| {{VFL Cob}}

| align=center| 13.15 (93) d. 4.13 (37)

| Coburg Cricket Ground

| 1 October 1932

| align=center| {{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=Association Seconds|date=3 October 1932|page=13}}

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| {{VFL Cas}}

| {{VFL Wil}}

| align=center | {{nowrap|13.16 (94) d. 11.16 (82)}}

| North Port Oval

| {{nowrap|17 September 2017}}

| align=center | {{cite web |title=Casey 94 def. 82 Williamstown |url=https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=124956737&c=0-118-0-437832-0&pool=1001 |website=GameDay |publisher=VFL / VFLW |access-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611105703/https://websites.mygameday.app/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=124956737&c=0-118-0-437832-0&pool=1001 |archive-date=11 June 2024 |date=17 September 2017}}

References

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Category:History of Australian rules football

Category:Defunct Australian rules football competitions in Victoria (state)

Category:1928 establishments in Australia

Category:2017 disestablishments in Australia

Category:Sports competitions in Melbourne

Category:Sports leagues established in 1928

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