The Victorian State Football League is a former

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

governing body. The VSFL was established at the end of 1991 to take over administration of football in Victoria from the

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, which was now becoming pre-occupied with administration of the game nationally. The VSFL ran a competition among

teams' reserve teams from 1992 until 1999, which was also known as the VSFL from 1992 until 1994, then as the AFL Reserves from 1995 until 1999. The body also ran the Under-18s competition now known as the TAC Cup. At the end of 1994, the VSFL took over administration of the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

competition (which it renamed the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

in 1996). The VSFL was succeeded in an administrative capacity by

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(later AFL Victoria) at the end of 1999.

VSFL Premiers

The premiers and Grand Final results of the Victorian State Football League, in its capacity as the reserves competition for the Victorian clubs in the AFL were: *1992: Essendon Bombers 18.19 (127) d.

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14.10 (94) *1993:

13.12 (90) d. North Melbourne Kangaroos 7.14 (56) *1994: Footscray Bulldogs 16.16 (112) d. 13.14 (92) *1995: North Melbourne Kangaroos 13.16 (94) d.

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

11.14 (80) *1996: North Melbourne Kangaroos 23.18 (156) d. Essendon Bombers 7.10 (52) *1997:

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17.12 (114) d.

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10.10 (70) *1998: Western Bulldogs 20.16 (136) d. Essendon Bombers 12.8 (80) *1999: Essendon Bombers 20.13 (133) d.

St Kilda Saints The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's premier league. The club's name originates fr ...

11.10 (76) All Grand Finals were played as curtain-raisers to the AFL Grand Final.

References

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