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VFL Reserves
The AFL reserve grade competition, commonly known simply as the AFL reserves, was an Australian rules football competition that operated as a second-tier competition to the Australian Football League from 1919 until 1999. Prior to 1990, it was known as the VFL reserve grade competition, VFL reserves or VFL seconds. In its 1999 AFL reserves season, final season, the competition was made up of the reserves teams of all Victorian Australian Football League#Clubs, senior AFL clubs, plus that of the Sydney Swans. Since 2000, the Victorian Football League has operated as a hybrid second-tier senior competition and reserves competition for most of the AFL clubs. History In 1919 VJFL season, 1919, a new football competition known as the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL) was established – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football. The league was intended to bring a junior club affilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 VJFL Season
The 1919 VJFL season was the 1st season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL). won the first grand final, finishing the season undefeated. Background The Victorian Junior Football League was established to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the VFL senior clubs into a single competition – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football. For the inaugural season, four existing junior clubs – the Fitzroy Juniors, Collingwood District (also known as Collingwood Juniors) and Leopold (affiliated with ) and Caulfield (affiliated with ) – initially crossed to the new league from the Metropolitan Amateur Association; West Melbourne was affiliated with ; and new junior clubs were formed in Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda. , which had left the VFL senior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
