Croydon-Ferntree Gully Football League (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :

1950 - Kilsyth. 1951 - Kilsyth. 1952 - Kilsyth. 1953 - East Ringwood. 1954 - East Ringwood. 1955 - Ringwood. Division 1 : 1956 - Ringwood. 1957 - Ringwood. 1958 - East Ringwood. 1959 - ?. 1960 - ?. 1961 - ?.

Division 2 : 1956 - Mulgrave. 1957 - Heathmont. 1958 - Warrandyte.

Division 3 : 1958 - East Ringwood 2nds.

Timeline :
1950 :
The Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL commenced, being basically a renaming of the Croydon Mail FL.
Founding clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. Kilsyth,
 2. Croydon,
 3. Lilydale,
 4. Ferntree Gully,
----------
 5. Boronia,
 6. Upper Ferntree Gully,
 7. Bayswater and
 8. Warrandyte.

1951 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. Kilsyth,
 2. East Ringwood,
 3. Ferntree Gully,
 4. Croydon,
----------
 5. Lilydale,
 6. Boronia,
 7. Bayswater,
 8. Warrandyte and
 9. Upper Ferntree Gully (last).

1952 :
A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. Kilsyth,
 2. East Ringwood,
 3. Croydon,
 4. Lilydale,
----------
 5. Ferntree Gully,
 6. Boronia,
 7. Bayswater,
 8. Warrandyte,
 9. Upper Ferntree Gully and
 10. Wantirna.
B Grade :
Participating clubs included Wantirna South.

1953 :
A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. East Ringwood,
 2. Kilsyth,
 3. Ferntree Gully,
 4. Boronia,
----------
 5. Croydon,
 6. Bayswater,
 7. Warrandyte and
 8. Upper Ferntree Gully (last).
B Grade :
Participating clubs included Wantirna South.

1954 :
A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. East Ringwood,
 2. Kilsyth,
 3. Boronia,
 4. Croydon,
----------
 5. Ferntree Gully,
 6. Bayswater,
 7. Upper Ferntree Gully,
 8. Scoresby,
 9. Keysborough (debut) and
 10. Warrandyte.
B Grade :
Participating clubs included Wantirna South.

1955 :
A Grade :
Participating clubs were (complete, in ladder order after H&As) :
 1. Ringwood,
 2. East Ringwood,
 3. Boronia,
 4. Mitcham,
----------
 5. Ferntree Gully,
 6. Upper Ferntree Gully,
 7. Kilsyth,
 8. Croydon,
 9. Bayswater,
 10. Warrandyte,
 11. Scoresby and
 12. Mulgrave.
B Grade :
Participating clubs included Wantirna South.

1956 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Ringwood,
 2. East Ringwood,
 3. Croydon,
 4. Kilsyth,
--------
 5. Boronia,
 6. Mitcham,
 7. Ferntree Gully,
 8. Upper Ferntree Gully,
 9. Lilydale,
 10. Warrandyte,
 11. Box Hill-Surrey Hills and
 12. Bayswater.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Mulgrave,
 2. Scoresby,
 3. Keysborough,
 4. Heathmont,
----------
 5. Coldstream,
 6. Yarra Glen and
 7.Wantirna South.

1957 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Ringwood,
 2. East Ringwood,
 3. Croydon,
 4. Boronia,
--------
 5. Mitcham,
 6. Kilsyth,
 7. Box Hill-Surrey Hills and
 8. Warrandyte.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Heathmont,
 2. Bayswater,
 3. Scoresby,
 4. Keysborough,
----------
 5. Mulgrave,
 6. Coldstream,
 7. Yarra Glen,
 8. Mount Evelyn and
 9. The Basin.

1958 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. East Ringwood,
 2. Kilsyth,
 3. Boronia,
 4. Ringwood,
--------
 5. Croydon and
 6. Mitcham.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Warrandyte,
 2. Bayswater,
 3. Heathmont,
 4. Mulgrave,
----------
 5. Box Hill-Surrey Hills and
 6. Scoresby.
Division 3 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. East Ringwood 2nds,
 2. Yarra Glen,
 3. Coldstream,
 4. The Basin,
----------
 5. Boronia 2nds and
 6. Mount Evelyn.
Grand Final - East Ringwood 2nds 7.11.53 defeated Yarra Glen 5.11.41.

1960 - Croydon were premiers.

1961 :
Participants included :
 - Bayswater (final season),
 - Blackburn (final season),
 - Boronia (final season),
 - Coldstream (final season),
 - Croydon (final season),
 - East Burwood (final season),
 - East Ringwood (final season),
 - Heathmont (final season),
 - Kilsyth (final season),
 - Mitcham (final season),
 - Montrose (final season),
 - Mount Evelyn (final season),
 - Mulgrave (final season),
 - Norwood High School (final season),
 - Ringwood (final season),
 - Scoresby (final season),
 - Silvan (final season),
 - The Basin (final season),
 - Vermont (final season),
 - Wantirna South (final season) and
 - Warrandyte (final season).

1962 - The Eastern DFL commenced, being basically a renaming of the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL, although some reports hint that the CFGFL continued on.

1965 :
Participants around about this time included :
 - Surrey Hills (final season),
 - Wandin (final season) and
 - Yarra Glen (final season).

Nearby, Like-Named or Otherwise Related Clubs & Leagues :
 - Croydon FC,
 - Croydon Mail FL,
 - Ferntree Gully FC and
 - South Croydon FC.