The Collingwood District Football Club, nicknamed the Districts and sometimes known as the Collingwood Juniors, was an

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club best known for competing in the VFL seconds until it was absorbed by the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

History

The club was founded in May 1906 as a successor to the Collingwood Juniors Football Club. Initially it operated as a 'feeder team' to , competing in the Metropolitan (Amateur) Football Association. They finished as runners-up in 1913 and 1914, before winning their first flag in 1915. The competition was put on hold because of

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, but the Districts resumed playing in 1918 in the Junior League. In

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, the

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introduced a reserves competition, known as the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL) as it was contested by affiliated junior teams like Collingwood District. The club won back-to-back premierships in

and

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, both times against . Although by the late 1920s the Districts were Collingwood's official reserves side, it remained a standalone club. Some Collingwood District players opted not to play for the seniors, even if it meant missing out on playing in finals with the seconds. Some Collingwood officials were also concerned with rising costs. At the end of the 1938 season, Collingwood took control over the Districts, officially making them the Collingwood reserves.

Match records

*Highest score:

– Collingwood District 31.16 (202) v University B 4. 1 (25) *Biggest winning margin: 177 points;

– Collingwood District 31.16 (202) v 4. 1 (25)

Records set by players

*Most matches: Bill Fitzgerald – 120 *Most goals: Bill Eade – 130 *Most goals kicked in a match:

Ern Utting Ernest Benjamin 'Tich' Utting (31 October 1897 – 21 November 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The tenth of thirte ...

– 15 goals (

)

References

{{VAFA Former Victorian Amateur Football Association clubs Collingwood Football Club Australian rules football clubs established in 1906 Australian rules football clubs in Melbourne 1906 establishments in Australia 1938 disestablishments in Australia