| Leopold Football Club | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names | ||
| Full name | Leopold Football Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Leos[1][2] | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1898; 127 years ago (1898) | |
| Dissolved | 1924; 101 years ago (1924) | |
| President | C.D.M. Thomson (1912)[3][4] | |
| Premierships | MJFA (5) | |
| Ground(s) | Warehousemen's Cricket Ground | |
| Uniforms | ||
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TheLeopold Football Club was anAustralian rules football club based in the suburb ofSouth Melbourne.[5][6]
The club is best known for acting as thereserves team for theSouth Melbourne Football Club in theVictorian Junior Football League (VJFL, laterAFL reserves) from 1919 until 1924.[7][8]
Leopold first appeared in historical records in1898, competing in theMetropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[9] The club won its first MJFA premiership in1900, going back-to-back with another victory in1901.[7] At the time, the club played its home games atWarehousemen's Cricket Ground.[10][11]
At some point around 1904, Leopold had a relationship with theMelbourne Football Club.[12]
The club won two premierships in a row again in 1910 and 1911.[7] In 1912, like other MJFA clubs developing formal affiliations, Leopold developed an association with theSouth Melbourne Football Club, which competed in theVictorian Football League (VFL).[9] As South Melbourne was a seniors side, Leopold operated as its juniors team.[13]
A fifth premiership was won in 1915, before the impacts ofWorld War I in Australia affected football competitions.
The VFL introduced a reserves competition in1919, known as theVictorian Junior Football League (VJFL), and Leopold contested as South Melbourne's affiliate until the end of the1924 season.
In1925, the competition was renamed as the VFL seconds, and theSouth Melbourne Second Eighteen (later known as theSouth Melbourne reserves) replaced Leopold in the competition.[14][15]
| Premiers | Grand Finalist | Minor premiers | Finals appearance | Wooden spoon | League leading goalkicker | League best and fairest |
| Year | League | Finish | W | L | D | Coach | Captain | Leading goalkicker | Goals | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1898 | MJFA | 3rd | 9 | 5 | 2 | [16] | ||||
| 1899 | MJFA | 2nd | 10 | 4 | 3 | [17] | ||||
| 1900 | MJFA | 1st | 15 | 1 | 0 | T. Williams[18] | V. Coutie[19] | 37 | [19] | |
| 1901 | MJFA | 1st | 14 | 14 | 0 | T. Williams[20] | [21] | |||
| 1902 | MJFA | 5th | 9 | 7 | 0 | T. Williams[22] | [23] | |||
| 1903 | MJFA | 2nd | 14 | 1 | 1 | [24] | ||||
| 1904 | MJFA | 3rd | 12 | 6 | 0 | [25] | ||||
| 1905 | MJFA | 3rd | 11 | 6 | 1 | [26] | ||||
| 1906 | MJFA | 4th | 12 | 6 | 0 | [27] | ||||
| 1907 | MJFA | 5th | 9 | 9 | 0 | [28] | ||||
| 1908 | MJFA | 2nd | 16 | 2 | 0 | [29] | ||||
| 1909 | MJFA | 3rd | 15 | 3 | 0 | [30] | ||||
| 1910 | MJFA | 2nd | 14 | 4 | 0 | [31] | ||||
| 1911 | MJFA | 1st | 17 | 1 | 0 | [32] | ||||
| 1912 | MAFA | 4th | 12 | 6 | 0 | [33] | ||||
| 1913 | MAFA | 2nd | 14 | 3 | 1 | [34] | ||||
| 1914 | MAFA | 3rd | 12 | 6 | 0 | [35] | ||||
| 1915 | MAFA | 2nd | 12 | 1 | 1 | [36] | ||||
| 1919 | VJFL | 3rd | ||||||||
| 1920 | VJFL | |||||||||
| 1921 | VJFL | 9th | ||||||||
| 1922 | VJFL | 9th | ||||||||
| 1923 | VJFL | 5th | ||||||||
| 1923 | VJFL | 5th | 10 | 8 | 0 |
The Leopolds, whose district is South Melbourne
I hear that the redlegs will be able still to draw upon their Leopold friends for such supplies as may be necessary to equip them fully.
