Victorian Football League (Vic/Tas)

General :
Formerly the Victorian Football Association.

Participating Clubs Summary :
[Albert Park] [Ballarat] [Ballarat Imperials] [Bendigo] [Berwick] [Box Hill] [Brighton] [Brunswick] [Brunswick-Broadmeadows] [Camberwell] [Carlton] [Caulfield] [Coburg] [Coburg-Fitzroy] [Collingwood] [Dandenong] [Essendon Association] [Essendon] [Essendon Town] [Fitzroy] [Footscray] [Frankston] [Geelong] [Geelong West] [Hawthorn] [Heidelberg] [Hotham] [Inglewood] [Kilsyth] [Melbourne] [Melbourne City] [Moorabbin] [Mordialloc] [North Ballarat] [North Melbourne] [Northcote] [Oakleigh] [Port Melbourne] [Prahran] [Preston] [Richmond] [Saint Kilda] [Sandringham] [South Ballarat] [South Melbourne] [South Williamstown] [Springvale] [Sunshine] [Tasmania] [Traralgon] [University] [Waverley] [Werribee] [West Melbourne] [Williamstown] [Yarraville]

Quick Premiers List :

1877 - Carlton. 1878 - Geelong. 1879 - Geelong. 1880 - Geelong. 1881 - South Melbourne. 1882 - Geelong. 1883 - Geelong. 1884 - Geelong. 1885 - South Melbourne. 1886 - Geelong. 1887 - Carlton. 1888 - South Melbourne. 1889 - South Melbourne. 1890 - South Melbourne. 1891 - Essendon. 1892 - Essendon. 1893 - Essendon. 1894 - Essendon. 1895 - Fitzroy. 1896 - Collingwood. 1897 - Port Melbourne. 1898 - Footscray. 1899 - Footscray. 1900 - Footscray. 1901 - Port Melbourne. 1902 - Richmond. 1903 - North Melbourne. 1904 - North Melbourne. 1905 - Richmond. 1906 - West Melbourne. 1907 - Williamstown. 1908 - Footscray. 1909 - Brunswick. 1910 - North Melbourne. 1911 - Essendon Association. 1912 - Essendon Association. 1913 - Footscray. 1914 - North Melbourne. 1915 - North Melbourne.

1916 - WW1. 1917 - WW1. 1918 - North Melbourne. 1919 - Footscray. 1920 - Footscray. 1921 - Williamstown. 1922 - Port Melbourne. 1923 - Footscray. 1924 - Footscray. 1925 - Brunswick. 1926 - Coburg. 1927 - Coburg. 1928 - Coburg. 1929 - Northcote. 1930 - Oakleigh. 1931 - Oakleigh. 1932 - Northcote. 1933 - Northcote. 1934 - Northcote. 1935 - Yarraville. 1936 - Northcote. 1937 - Prahran. 1938 - Brunswick. 1939 - Williamstown. 1940 - Port Melbourne. 1941 - Port Melbourne. 1942 - WW2. 1943 - WW2. 1944 - WW2. 1945 - Williamstown. 1946 - Sandringham. 1947 - Port Melbourne. 1948 - Brighton. 1949 - Williamstown. 1950 - Oakleigh. 1951 - Prahran. 1952 - Oakleigh. 1953 - Port Melbourne. 1954 - Williamstown.

1955 - Williamstown. 1956 - Williamstown. 1957 - Moorabbin. 1958 - Williamstown. 1959 - Williamstown. 1960 - Oakleigh. 1961(1) - Yarraville. 1961(2) - Northcote. 1962(1) - Sandringham. 1962(2) - Dandenong. 1963(1) - Moorabbin. 1963(2) - Preston. 1964(1) - Port Melbourne 1964(2) - Geelong West. 1965(1) - Waverley. 1965(2) - Preston. 1966(1) - Port Melbourne 1966(2) - Prahran. 1967(1) - Dandenong. 1967(2) - Oakleigh. 1968(1) - Preston 1968(2) - Geelong West. 1969(1) - Preston. 1969(2) - Williamstown. 1970(1) - Prahran. 1970(2) - Coburg. 1971(1) - Dandenong. 1971(2) - Sunshine. 1972(1) - Oakleigh. 1972(2) - Geelong West. 1973(1) - Prahran. 1973(2) - Caulfield. 1974(1) - Port Melbourne. 1974(2) - Coburg. 1975(1) - Geelong West. 1975(2) - Brunswick. 1976(1) - Port Melbourne. 1976(2) - Williamstown. 1977(1) - Port Melbourne.

1977(2) - Mordialloc. 1978(1) - Prahran. 1978(2) - Frankston. 1979(1) - Coburg. 1979(2) - Camberwell. 1980(1) - Port Melbourne. 1980(2) - Brunswick. 1981(1) - Port Melbourne. 1981(2) - Camberwell. 1982(1) - Port Melbourne. 1982(2) - Northcote. 1983(1) - Preston. 1983(2) - Springvale. 1984(1) - Preston. 1984(2) - Box Hill. 1985(1) - Sandringham. 1985(2) - Brunswick. 1986(1) - ?. 1986(2) - Box Hill. 1987(1) - Springvale. 1987(2) - Prahran. 1988(1) - Coburg. 1988(2) - Oakleigh. 1989 - Coburg. 1990 - Williamstown. 1991 - Dandenong. 1992 - Sandringham. 1993 - Werribee. 1994 - Sandringham. 1995 - Springvale. 1996 - Springvale. 1997 - Sandringham. 1998 - Springvale. 1999 - Springvale. 2000 - Sandringham. 2001 - Box Hill. 2002 - Geelong Reserves. 2003 - Williamstown.

Timeline :
1877 :
Founding clubs included :
 - Albert Park,
 - Ballarat,
 - Barwon,
 - Beechworth,
 - Carlton,
 - Castlemaine,
 - East Melbourne (just one season for now),
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Inglewood,
 - Melbourne,
 - Rochester and
 - Saint Kilda.
Carlton were premiers.

1878 :
Participants included :
 - Albert Park,
 - Ballarat,
 - Carlton,
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Melbourne,
 - Saint Kilda and
 - West Melbourne (debut).
Geelong were premiers.

1879 :
Participants included :
 - Albert Park,
 - Ballarat,
 - Carlton,
 - East Melbourne (rejoined),
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Melbourne,
 - Saint Kilda,
 - South Melbourne and
 - West Melbourne.
Geelong were premiers.

1880 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat,
 - Carlton,
 - East Melbourne,
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Melbourne,
 - Saint Kilda (final season, though returned later),
 - South Melbourne and
 - West Melbourne (final season, though returned later).
Geelong were premiers.

1881 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat,
 - Carlton,
 - East Melbourne,
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Melbourne,
 - South Melbourne and
 - Williamstown (debut).
South Melbourne were premiers.

1882 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat,
 - Carlton,
 - East Melbourne (final season),
 - Essendon,
 - Geelong,
 - Hotham,
 - Melbourne,
 - South Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
Geelong were premiers.

1883 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Geelong,
 2. South Melbourne and
 3. Carlton,
 4. Essendon,
 5. Melbourne,
 6. Hotham,
Also listed as competing were :
 - Ballarat.
 - Williamstown.
Geelong were premiers.

1884 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Geelong,
 2. Essendon,
 3. Hotham,
 4. South Melbourne,
 5. Fitzroy,
 6. Carlton,
 7. Melbourne and
 8. Williamstown.
Geelong were premiers.
Additional participating clubs included Ballarat.

1885 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. South Melbourne,
 2. Essendon,
 3. Geelong,
 4. Carlton,
 5. Hotham,
 6. Fitzroy,
 7. Williamstown,
 8. Richmond (debut),
 9. Melbourne and
 10. University (debut).
South Melbourne were premiers.
Other clubs mentioned as participating included Ballarat.

1886 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Geelong,
 2. South Melbourne,
 3. Carlton,
 4. Port Melbourne (debut),
 5. Fitzroy,
 6. Hotham (changed name to North Melbourne next season),
 7. Melbourne,
 8. Essendon,
 9. Williamstown,
 10. South Williamstown (debut),
 11. Footscray (debut),
 12. Saint Kilda (rejoined),
 13. Prahran (debut),
 14. Richmond and
 15. University.
Geelong were premiers.
Other clubs mentioned as participating included Ballarat.

1887 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Carlton,
 2. Geelong,
 3. South Melbourne,
 4. Fitzroy,
 5. Port Melbourne,
 6. Williamstown.
 7. Richmond,
 8. North Melbourne (changed name from Hotham),
 9. Essendon,
 10. Melbourne,
 11. Prahran (final season, though rejoined later),
 12. Saint Kilda,
 13. University and
 14. South Williamstown (final season due to absorption),
 15. Footscray.
Carlton were premiers.
Other clubs mentioned as participating included :
 - Ballarat,
 - Ballarat Imperials and
 - South Ballarat (debut).

1888 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. South Melbourne,
 2. Geelong,
 3. Williamstown,
 4. Carlton,
 5. Richmond,
 6. Port Melbourne,
 7. North Melbourne,
 8. Saint Kilda,
 9. Essendon,
 10. Fitzroy,
 11. Melbourne,
 12. Ballarat,
 13. South Ballarat (final season),
 14. Footscray,
 15. Ballarat Imperials and
 16. University (final season).
South Melbourne were premiers.

1889 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. South Melbourne,
 2. Carlton,
 3. Port Melbourne,
 4. Essendon,
 5. Geelong,
 6. North Melbourne,
 7. Fitzroy,
 8. Richmond,
 9. Saint Kilda,
 10. Williamstown,
 11. Melbourne and
 12. Footscray.
South Melbourne were premiers.

1890 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. South Melbourne,
 2. Carlton,
 3. Essendon,
 4. Fitzroy,
 5. North Melbourne,
 6. Saint Kilda,
 7. Geelong,
 8. Melbourne,
 9. Port Melbourne,
 10. Footscray,
 11. Richmond and
 12. Williamstown.
South Melbourne were premiers.

1891 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Essendon,
 2. Carlton,
 3. Fitzroy,
 4. South Melbourne,
 5. Geelong,
 6. Melbourne,
 7. Saint Kilda,
 8. North Melbourne,
 9. Williamstown,
 10. Footscray,
 11. Port Melbourne and
 12. Richmond.
Essendon were premiers.

1892 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Essendon,
 2. Fitzroy,
 3. Geelong,
 4. Melbourne,
 5. Carlton,
 6. South Melbourne,
 7. Port Melbourne,
 8. Richmond,
 9. Saint Kilda,
 10. Footscray,
 11. North Melbourne,
 12. Williamstown and
 13. Collingwood (debut).
Essendon were premiers.

1893 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Essendon,
 2. Melbourne,
 3. Geelong,
 4. South Melbourne and
 5. Fitzroy,
 6. Saint Kilda,
 7. Port Melbourne,
 8. Footscray,
 9. Collingwood,
 10. Williamstown.
 11. Carlton,
 12. Richmond,
 13. North Melbourne,
Essendon were premiers.

1894 :
Participating clubs, in final ladder order, were (complete) :
 1. Essendon,
 2. Melbourne,
 3. South Melbourne,
 4. Footscray,
 5. Fitzroy,
 6. North Melbourne,
 7. Geelong,
 8. Collingwood,
 9. Port Melbourne,
 10. Williamstown,
 11. Richmond,
 12. Saint Kilda and
 13. Carlton.
Essendon were premiers.

1895 :
Participating clubs in ladder order were (complete) :
 1. Fitzroy,
 2. Geelong,
 3. Melbourne,
 4. Collingwood,
 5. South Melbourne,
 6. Essendon,
 7. Port Melbourne,
 8. North Melbourne,
 9. Williamstown
 10. Footscray,
 11. Carlton,
 12. Richmond and
 13. Saint Kilda.
Fitzroy were premiers.

1896 :
Participating clubs in ladder order were (complete) :
 1. Collingwood (last VFA season),
 2. South Melbourne (last VFA season) and
 3. Essendon (last VFA season),
 4. Fitzroy (last VFA season),
 5. Melbourne (last VFA season),
 6. North Melbourne (finished sixth),
 7. Port Melbourne,
 8. Williamstown.
 9. Footscray,
 10. Saint Kilda (last VFA season),
 11. Geelong (last VFA season),
 12. Carlton (last VFA season),
 13. Richmond,
Collingwood were premiers.

1897 :
Participating clubs in ladder order were (complete) :
 1. Port Melbourne,
 2. North Melbourne,
 3. Footscray,
 4. Williamstown,
 5. Brunswick (debut) and
 6. Richmond.
Port Melbourne were premiers.

1898 :
Participating clubs in ladder order were (complete) :
 1. Footscray,
 2. North Melbourne,
 3. Port Melbourne,
 4. Richmond,
 5. Williamstown and
 6. Brunswick.
Footscray were premiers.

1899 :
Participating clubs in ladder order were (complete) :
 1. Footscray,
 2. North Melbourne,
 3. Williamstown.
 4. Port Melbourne,
 5. Richmond,
 6. West Melbourne (rejoined) and
 7. Prahran (rejoined) and
 8. Brunswick.
Footscray were premiers.

1900 :
Division 1 (the actual VFA) :
Ladder (probably final ladder) :
 1. Footscray,
 2. Williamstown,
 3. Richmond,
 4. Prahran,
 5. Port Melbourne,
 6. North Melbourne,
 7. Brunswick,
 8. Essendon Town (debut) and
 9. West Melbourne.
Footscray were premiers.
Division 2 (a sub-league run under the same banner) :
 - Heidelberg (joined 'Division 2' approx this year),

1901 :
Division 1 (the actual VFA) :
Participating clubs were (complete), in final ladder order :
 1. Port Melbourne,
 2. Richmond,
 3. North Melbourne,
 4. Williamstown,
 5. Essendon Town (changed to Essendon Association at about this time),
 6. Footscray,
 7. Prahran,
 8. Brunswick,
 9. West Melbourne.
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers.
Division 2 (a sub-league run under the same banner) :
Participating clubs included Heidelberg ('Division 2').

1902 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Heidelberg ('Division 2' - final season),
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Richmond,
 - West Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
Grand Final - Richmond defeated Port Melbourne.

1903 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (debut),
 - Richmond,
 - West Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers.

1904 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last),
 - Richmond,
 - West Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers, due to Richmond forfeiting.

1905 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last),
 - Richmond,
 - West Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
Richmond were premiers.

1906 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last),
 - Richmond,
 - West Melbourne and
 - Williamstown.
West Melbourne were premiers.

1907 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last),
 - Richmond (final season),
 - West Melbourne (final season) and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne and West Melbourne attempted a merger, hoping to be accepted into the VFL. The VFA expelled both teams for this act of treachery.
Williamstown were premiers.

1908 :
North Melbourne, through some type of reformation, were permitted to participate again this year.
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton (debut),
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Northcote (debut),
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last) and
 - Williamstown.
Footscray were premiers.

1909 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last) and
 - Williamstown.
Brunswick were premiers.

1910 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last) and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers.

1911 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last) and
 - Williamstown.
Essendon Association were premiers.

1912 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Melbourne City (debut, 0 wins),
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (last) and
 - Williamstown.
Essendon Association were premiers.

1913 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Melbourne City (final season, 0 wins),
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Footscray were premiers.

1914 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Hawthorn (debut),
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers.

1915 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers.

1916-17 - The VFA was suspended for these two years.

1918 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
North Melbourne were premiers, winning every match for the season, including the finals. This feat was not repeated until 1972.

1919 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Footscray were premiers.

1920 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association,
 - Footscray,
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Footscray were premiers.

1921 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Essendon Association (final season due to absorbption),
 - Footscray (minor premiers),
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne (considered merger with Essendon, withdrew mid-season),
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - Grand Final - Williamstown v Footscray (match abandoned due to hail).
 - Grand Final Replay - Williamstown 9.14.68 defeated Footscray 10.5.65.
 - Grand Final Challenge - Williamstown defeated Footscray.

1922 :
North Melbourne, now incorporating Essendon Association, returned to the VFA.
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Footscray,
 - Geelong Association (debut),
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Port Melbourne were premiers.

1923 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Footscray,
 - Geelong Association,
 - Hawthorn,
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Grand Final - Footscray defeated Port Melbourne.

1924 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Footscray (final season),
 - Geelong Association,
 - Hawthorn (final season),
 - Northcote,
 - North Melbourne (final season),
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Footscray were premiers.

1925 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg (debut),
 - Geelong Association,
 - Northcote,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Williamstown.
Grand Final - Brunswick defeated Port Melbourne by 16 points @ Motordrome.

1926 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell (debut),
 - Coburg,
 - Geelong Association,
 - Northcote,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston (rejoined) and
 - Williamstown.
Coburg were VFA premiers.

1927 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Geelong Association (final season),
 - Northcote,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston and
 - Williamstown.
Coburg were VFA premiers.

1928 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville (debut).
Grand Final - Coburg defeated Port Melbourne @ Brunswick.

1929 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh (debut),
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (debut, finished 12th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Northcote were premiers, defeating Port Melbourne in the Grand Final.

1930 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 12th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Oakleigh were premiers.

1931 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 8th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Oakleigh were premiers.

1932 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh (last),
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (12 wins of 20, 6th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Northcote defeated Coburg.

1933 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 5th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Northcote defeated Coburg.

1934 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (8th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Northcote defeated Coburg.

1935 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 11th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Yarraville defeated Camberwell @ Toorak Park.

1936 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (4 wins, 11th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Northcote were premiers @ Toorak Park.

1937 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (7 wins, 7th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Prahran were premiers @ Toorak Park.

1938 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 11th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Brunswick were premiers @ Toorak Park.

1939 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (6 wins from 20, 10th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Williamstown were premiers.

1940 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (1 win, 12th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers.

1941 :
Participating clubs were (complete) included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (no wins, 12th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers, defeating Coburg in the Grand Final.

1942-44 - The VFA was in recess, due to WW2.

1945 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 11th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Williamstown defeated Port Melbourne.

1946 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Port Melbourne by 29 points.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham defeated Williamstown by one point.
 - Grand Final - Sandringham 14.15.99 defeated Camberwell 13.14.92.

1947 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (3rd after H&A),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Sandringham completed the home & away season in 3rd position. Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham were victorious.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham were victorious.
 - Grand Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 31 points.

1948 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (7 wins from 19, 8th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Brighton were premiers.

1949 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (7 wins, 11th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Williamstown were premiers.

1950 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 7th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Oakleigh defeated Port Melbourne.

1951 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (debut, 0w/1d),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin (debut),
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (3rd after H&A),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Oakleigh defeated Sandringham by 19 points.
 - Grand Final - Prahran defeated Port Melbourne.

1952 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Box Hill (2 wins),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (12th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Oakleigh defeated Port Melbourne.

1953 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (7 wins),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (5 wins from 18, 13th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers.

1954 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (9 wins),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (last),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Williamstown defeated Port Melbourne.

1955 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (did not make finals),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (8 wins, 10th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Williamstown defeated Port Melbourne.

1956 :
Participating clubs included, in ladder order, after H&As, where known :
 1/2. Port Melbourne (1st/2nd),
 1/2. Williamstown (1st/2nd),
 3. Brunswick (3rd),
 4. Box Hill (4th),
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 5. Preston (5th),
 7. Sandringham (7th),
 ?. Brighton,
 ?. Camberwell,
 ?. Coburg,
 ?. Moorabbin,
 ?. Northcote,
 ?. Oakleigh,
 ?. Prahran and
 ?. Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Box Hill defeated Brunswick.
 - Preliminary Final - Williamstown defeated Box Hill.
 - Grand Final - Williamstown defeated Port Melbourne.

1957 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc (debut),
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (8th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Grand Final - Moorabbin defeated Port Melbourne.

1958 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong (debut),
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran (final season for a year),
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (6th),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Box Hill.
 - Grand Final - Williamstown were premiers.

1959 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Sunshine (debut),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Second Semi-Final - Williamstown defeated Sandringham by 22 points.
Preliminary Final - Coburg defeated Sandringham by 4 points.
Grand Final - Williamstown defeated Coburg.

1960 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Box Hill (10th),
 - Brighton,
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran (rejoined),
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (15 wins from 18),
 - Sunshine,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Oakleigh by 2 goals.
 - Preliminary Final - Oakleigh were victorious.
 - Grand Final - Oakleigh defeated Sandringham by 10 goals.

1961 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (10th),
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (3rd after H&As),
 - Williamstown,
 - Yarraville and
 - 5 others (total of 10).
First Semi-Final - Williamstown defeated Sandringham by 17 points.
Grand Final - Yarraville were victorious.
Division 2 :
Northcote were premiers.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton (final season due to merger),
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sunshine and
 - Waverley (debut, changed name from Glen Waverley).

1962 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Coburg,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (2nd after H&As),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Moorabbin defeated Sandringham by 36 points.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham defeated Coburg by 33 points.
 - Grand Final - Sandringham defeated Moorabbin by 1 point.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Brighton-Caulfield (debut, result of merger),
 - Camberwell,
 - Dandenong (premiers),
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sunshine and
 - Waverley.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included Brunswick.

1963 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Moorabbin (final season, though rejoined later),
 - Sandringham and
 - Yarraville.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Sandringham lost to Moorabbin by eight points.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham defeated Yarraville by 40 points.
 - Grand Final - Moorabbin 19.16.130 defeated Sandringham 9.13.67.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell and
 - Preston (premiers).
Division ? :
Geelong West joined the VFA for this season. The Roosters jumpers were almost identical to that of Preston, who also wore red with a white monogram. West decided to transpose their jumper, so the jumper became white with a red monogram.
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton-Caulfield,
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West (debut),
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley and
 - Williamstown.

1964 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Coburg,
 - Port Melbourne and
 - Sandringham (3rd after H&As).
First Semi-Final - Coburg defeated Sandringham by 49 pts at Port Melbourne.
Port Melbourne were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (last),
 - Camberwell and
 - Geelong West.
Geelong West were premiers.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brighton-Caulfield (final season),
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.
Brighton-Caulfield changed name to Caulfield after this season.

1965 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (4th after H&As) and
 - Waverley.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 47 points.
 - Preliminary Final - Port Melbourne were victorious.
 - Grand Final - Waverley defeated Port Melbourne.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Preston (premiers).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Werribee (debut),
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1966 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Port Melbourne and
 - Sandringham (5th).
Grand Final - Port Melbourne were VFA premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Geelong West and
 - Prahran.
Grand Final - Prahran 17.12.114 defeated Geelong West 5.15.45
at the Two-Blues home ground, Toorak Park before 8,000 fans.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston (debut),
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Preston,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1967 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham (3rd after H&As).
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Preston by 10 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Dandenong.
 - Preliminary Final - Dandenong defeated Sandringham by 19 points.
 - Grand Final - Dandenong defeated Port Melbourne.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Geelong West and
 - Oakleigh.
Grand Final - Oakleigh 12.14.86 defeated Geelong West 11.7.73 at Coburg in front of only 3,500 people. Geelong West had been leading at half-time.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Prahran,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1968 :
Division 1 :
Participating teams included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Preston,
 - Port Melbourne and
 - Sandringham.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Dandenong by 48 points.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham lost to Preston by 28 points.
 - Grand Final - Preston were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating teams included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Geelong West,
 - Sunshine,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sunshine 13.24.102 defeated Werribee 10.11.71 @ Yarraville.
 - Grand Final - Geelong West 20.15.135 defeated Williamstown 18.15.123 @ Toorak Park.
Division ? :
Participating teams included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Waverley and
 - Yarraville.

1969 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston (premiers) and
 - Sandringham (4th after H&As).
First Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 20 points.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (4th after H&As),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Sunshine and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Williamstown defeated Box Hill.
 - Grand Final - Williamstown were premiers.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Waverley and
 - Yarraville.

1970 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran and
 - Sandringham (finished sixth).
Prahran were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (3rd after H&As),
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Coburg (2 losses) and
 - Sunshine.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Box Hill defeated Brunswick.
 - Second Semi-Final - Coburg 20.17.137 defeated Box Hill to 16.11.107.
 - Preliminary Final - Box Hill defeated Sunshine.
 - Grand Final - Coburg defeated Box Hill.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1971 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham (4th after H&As).
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Oakleigh by 26 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Dandenong defeated Preston.
 - Preliminary Final - Preston defeated Sandringham by 14 pts.
 - Grand Final - Dandenong 14.14.98 defeated Preston 13.14.92.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (narrowly missed finals),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Sunshine (premiers).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Prahran,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1972 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (8th) and
 - Sunshine.
Oakleigh were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (narrowly missed finals),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Geelong West.
Grand Final - Geelong West 14.16.100 defeated Caulfield 14.10.94 at Toorak Park, crowd 15000.
Notes : This was the first time since North Melbourne in 1918, that a team won every match of the season.
Geelong West's Graeme McLean kicked a then Division Two record of 137 goals for the season.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1973 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Sandringham (8th) and
 - Sunshine.
Prahran were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (last, winless),
 - Camberwell and
 - Caulfield (premiers).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1974 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (8th) and
 - Sunshine.
Port Melbourne were premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell and
 - Coburg (premiers).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1975 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (9th) and
 - Williamstown (finished low down).
Williamstown might have been relegated after this season (unconfirmed).
First Division Grand Final - Geelong West 18.13.121 defeated Dandenong 14.9.93 at Junction Oval, crowd 27582. 53 point lead by three-quarter time, though Dandenong almost halved that deficit in the final term.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Brunswick and
 - Sunshine.
Grand Final - Brunswick 18.22.130 defeated Camberwell 12.11.83.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Coburg,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley and
 - Yarraville.

1976 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (9th),
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Sunshine and
 - Williamstown (premiers).
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley and
 - Yarraville.

1977 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Coburg,
 - Port Melbourne (1st after H&As) and
 - Sandringham (2nd after H&As).
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Coburg were victorious.
 - Second Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 51 pts.
 - Preliminary Final - Sandringham defeated Coburg by 11 pts.
 - Grand Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 100 points.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (last, winless),
 - Camberwell,
 - Mordialloc and
 - Sunshine.
Grand Final - Mordialloc were premiers @ Toorak Park.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1978 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham (8th).
Grand Final - Prahran defeated Preston @ Junction Oval, Saint Kilda.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Camberwell,
 - Frankston,
 - Sunshine and
 - Williamstown (lowly placed).
Grand Final - Frankston 15.13.103 defeated Camberwell 13.11.89 @ Toorak Park.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Waverley and
 - Yarraville.

1979 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Coburg,
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne and
 - Sandringham (finished 8th).
Division One Grand Final : Coburg 16.15.111 defeated Geelong West 14.19.103, crowd 17000.
Notes : Geelong West squandered a 27-point quarter-time lead.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (3 wins),
 - Camberwell,
 - Oakleigh and
 - Sunshine.
Grand Final - Camberwell 18.14.122 defeated Oakleigh 12.11.83.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1980 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Coburg,
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne and
 - Sandringham.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Geelong West defeated Sandringham by 32 points.
 - Preliminary Final - Geelong West were defeated.
 - Grand Final - Port Melbourne defeated Coburg.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (1 win),
 - Brunswick (premiers) and
 - Sunshine.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Waverley,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1981 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Caulfield,
 - Frankston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham,
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Frankston by 17 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Preston.
 - Preliminary Final - Preston defeated Sandringham.
 - Grand Final - Port Melbourne defeated Preston.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (2 wins),
 - Camberwell,
 - Sunshine and
 - Waverley.
Grand Final - Camberwell 15.16.106 defeated Waverley 11.8.74.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1982 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham (7th).
Port Melbourne were VFA premiers, defeating Preston in the Grand Final.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (10 wins),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Northcote (premiers),
 - Springvale (debut) and
 - Sunshine.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Berwick (debut),
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Kilsyth (debut),
 - Mordialloc,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Waverley,
 - Werribee,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville.

1983 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Geelong West,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston and
 - Sandringham.
First Semi-Final - Port Melbourne defeated Sandringham by 46 points.
Grand Final - Preston 14.10.94 defeated Geelong West 12.15.87 at Junction Oval, crowd 14000.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill 'narrowly missed 4',
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield,
 - Springvale and
 - Sunshine.
Springvale were premiers.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Berwick,
 - Brunswick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Kilsyth,
 - Moorabbin (rejoined),
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Prahran,
 - Waverley,
 - Werribee,
 - Williamstown and
 - Yarraville (final season).

1984 :
Division 1 :
Participating teams included :
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Preston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Sandringham (finished 5th) and
 - Springvale.
Grand Final - Preston defeated Frankston.
Division 2 :
Participating teams included :
 - Box Hill (lost 2 H&As, minor premiers),
 - Brunswick,
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Oakleigh.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Box Hill 19.19.133 defeated Brunswick 13.6.84.
 - Grand Final - Box Hill 32.23.215 defeated Oakleigh 11.14.80 @ Toorak Park.
Division ? :
Participating teams included :
 - Berwick,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Geelong West,
 - Kilsyth (final season),
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Prahran,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Preliminary Final - Geelong West finished third. This was to be their last VFA finals appearance.

1985 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Coburg,
 - Sandringham,
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - First Semi-Final - Williamstown were victorious.
 - Second Semi-Final - Sandringham 32.16.208 defeated Coburg 19.14.128.
 - Preliminary Final - Williamstown defeated Coburg.
 - Grand Final - Sandringham defeated Williamstown.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick (premiers),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Dandenong.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Berwick,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Springvale,
 - Sunshine,
 - Waverley,
 - Werribee and

1986 :
Division 1 :
Grand Final - Coburg were runners-up.
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (2nd after H&As - 12w/3l),
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield and
 - Sunshine.
Finals Series :
 - Second Semi-Final - Box Hill defeated Sunshine ‘comfortably’.
 - Grand Final - Box Hill 14.14.98 defeated Sunshine 11.14.80.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Berwick,
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Geelong West,
 - Moorabbin,
 - Mordialloc,
 - Northcote,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 6th),
 - Springvale,
 - Waverley and
 - Williamstown.

1987 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (4 wins, 1 draw),
 - Coburg and
 - Geelong West (forfeited two games this year, as the result of a player strike).
Division 2 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Camberwell,
 - Caulfield (final season),
 - Prahran and
 - Waverley (final season).
Grand Final - Prahran defeated Waverley.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Berwick,
 - Brunswick,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Moorabbin (final season),
 - Mordialloc (final season),
 - Northcote (final season),
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (7th),
 - Springvale,
 - Sunshine and
 - Williamstown.
Springvale were premiers, defeating Port Melbourne in the Grand Final.

1988 :
Division 1 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (8 wins) and
 - Coburg (premiers).
Division 2 :
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Oakleigh,
 2. Sunshine,
 3. Werribee,
 4. Dandenong,
 5. Geelong West (final season) and
 6. Camberwell.
Grand Final - Oakleigh defeated Sunshine.
This was the final season of the 2nd division.
Division ? :
Participating clubs included :
 - Brunswick,
 - Frankston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 9th),
 - Springvale and
 - Williamstown.

1989 :
The VFA returned to a unidivisional competition.
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (14w/1d, 3rd after H&As),
 - Brunswick (final season),
 - Camberwell,
 - Frankston,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham, (finished 11th)
 - Springvale,
 - Sunshine (disbanded mid-season) and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - Qualifying Final - Box Hill defeated Williamstown by 12 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Coburg defeated Box Hill.
 - Preliminary Final - Williamstown defeated Box Hill.
 - Grand Final - Coburg 10.13.73 defeated Williamstown 7.13.55 @ Windy Hill.

1990 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Brunswick-Broadmeadows (debut),
 - Camberwell,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 8th),
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Williamstown were premiers.

1991 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (3rd),
 - Brunswick-Broadmeadows (folded midseason),
 - Camberwell (folded partway into season),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (6th),
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Grand Final : Dandenong defeated Werribee.

1992 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (4th),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Second Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Prahran.
Grand Final - Sandringham defeated Williamstown.

1993 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (missed finals by percentage),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong,
 - Frankston,
 - Oakleigh,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Prahran,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (finished 6th),
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Werribee were premiers, defeating Port Melbourne.

1994 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (2nd after H&As - 13w/5l),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong (last season as Dandenong),
 - Frankston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Oakleigh (final season),
 - Prahran (final season),
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - Qualifying Final - Box Hill defeated Springvale.
 - Second Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Box Hill by 1 goal.
 - Preliminary Final - Box Hill defeated Springvale.
 - Grand Final - Sandringham 11.12.78 defeated Box Hill 10.9.69 @ Victoria Park.

1995 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (missed finals by percentage),
 - Coburg,
 - Frankston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
 - Qualifying Final - Sandringham defeated Port Melbourne by 45 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Springvale defeated Sandringham by 45 points.
 - Preliminary Final : Sandringham defeated Port Melbourne by 68 points.
 - Grand Final - Springvale defeated Sandringham by 43 points.

1996 :
The competition was renamed the VFL for this season.
Both North Ballarat and Traralgon launched teams in the VFL this season.
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill,
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong Redlegs (appearance not confirmed),
 - Frankston,
 - North Ballarat,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (6th),
 - Springvale,
 - Traralgon (debut),
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Springvale were premiers, defeating Frankston in the Grand Final.

1997 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Box Hill (9th),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong Redlegs (appearance not confirmed),
 - Frankston,
 - North Ballarat,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Springvale,
 - Traralgon (final season),
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Both North Ballarat and Traralgon fielded teams in the VFL this season.
Finals Series :
 - Qualifying Final - Sandringham defeated Springvale by 25 points.
 - Second Semi-Final - Sandringham defeated Frankston by 41 points.
 - Grand Final - Sandringham 10.13.73 defeated Frankston 5.14.44.

1998 :
Traralgon chose not to compete in the VFL this season, and ended their venture.
Participating clubs included :
 - Bendigo (debut),
 - Box Hill (9th),
 - Coburg,
 - Dandenong Redlegs (appearance not confirmed),
 - Frankston,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham,
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Springvale were premiers, defeating Werribee in the Grand Final.

1999 :
Fitzroy entered into an agreement with Coburg, and the team played as the Coburg-Fitzroy FC.
Participating clubs included :
 - Bendigo,
 - Box Hill (8th),
 - Coburg-Fitzroy FC,
 - Dandenong Redlegs (final season, though this appearance not confirmed),
 - Frankston,
 - North Ballarat,
 - Port Melbourne,
 - Preston,
 - Sandringham (6th after H&As),
 - Springvale,
 - Werribee and
 - Williamstown.
Finals Series :
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