| 1929 MAFA season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 April − 21 September 1929 |
| Teams | 30 |
The1929 MAFA season was the 34th season of theMetropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), anAustralian rules football competition played in the state ofVictoria. The season began on 27 April and concluded on 21 September, with 30 teams participating across three divisions under apromotion and relegation system.[1]
The MAFA changed the structure of the final series, with the first-placed team (minor premiers) playing the fourth-placed team in the semi-finals, while the second-placed team played their third-placed team.[1] Prior to this, first played third and second played fourth.[2][3] This change occurred several years before theVictorian Football League (VFL, now AFL) used the same system for finishing positions.[4] As a modified version of theArgus finals system, the minor premiers still had the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership, but only if its home-and-away win–loss record was strictly better than that of the team it was challenging.[1]
Five new clubs −Bentleigh District,East Malvern,Melbourne High School Old Boys (MHSOB),Old Ivanhoe andOld Paradians − entered the MAFA inC Section.[1][5]Flinders Naval Base left the MAFA to re-enter thePeninsula Football League (PFL), whileOakleigh andPascoe Vale had been expelled during the1928 season.[6][7]
The MAFA sought to stop the admission of further "B" teams for the 1929 season, andTeachers' College withrew "Teachers' College B" as a result.[1]Sandringham B had already withdrawn from the MAFA late in the1928 season.[8] However,Glen Huntly was permitted to keep its "Glen Huntly B" team.[9]
| 1929 MAFA A Section season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 April − 14 September 1929 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | University B 4th A Section premiership |
| Minor premiers | Old Scotch 4th A Section minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | K. Elder[10] (State Savings Bank) |
| Leading goalkicker | C.D. Chandler[11] (State Savings Bank − 75 goals) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Scotch | 18 | 56 | Finals series | ||||||
| 2 | State Savings Bank | 18 | 52 | |||||||
| 3 | University B(P) | 18 | 50 | |||||||
| 4 | Old Melburnians | 18 | 44 | |||||||
| 5 | Elsternwick | 18 | 42 | |||||||
| 6 | Brightonvale | 18 | 36 | |||||||
| 7 | University A | 18 | 30 | |||||||
| 8 | Collegians | 18 | 26 | |||||||
| 9 | St Paul's Ascot Vale | 18 | 16 | Relegation | ||||||
| 10 | Glen Huntly | 18 | 4 |
Source:[12][13][14]
(P) Premiers;(E) Expelled;(W) Withdrawn
| 1929 MAFA A Section Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 14 September | University B | def. | Old Melburnians | Yarra Park | [15] |
| 0.1 (1) 2.4 (16) 4.9 (33) 9.10 (64) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.7 (7) 2.14 (26) 2.20 (32) 5.26 (56) | |||
| 1929 MAFA B Section season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 April − 14 September 1929 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | Murrumbeena 3rd B Section premiership |
| Minor premiers | Black Rock 1st B Section minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | F. Brooks[10] (Teachers' College) |
| Leading goalkicker | W. Collister[16] (Murrumbeena − 107 goals) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black Rock | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1534 | 1251 | 122.6 | 56 | Finals series |
| 2 | Surrey Hills | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1430 | 1178 | 121.3 | 52 | |
| 3 | Murrumbeena(P) | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1805 | 1489 | 127.8 | 44 | |
| 4 | Old Haileybury-Trinity | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1662 | 1485 | 111.9 | 40 | |
| 5 | Brunswick | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1461 | 1353 | 107.9 | 40 | |
| 6 | Geelong | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1664 | 1575 | 105.6 | 40 | |
| 7 | Old Caulfield Grammarians | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1492 | 1693 | 88.1 | 24 | |
| 8 | Teachers' College | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1608 | 1965 | 80.3 | 24 | |
| 9 | Old Xaverians | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1227 | 1589 | 77.2 | 24 | Relegation |
| 10 | Sandringham | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1220 | 1532 | 79.6 | 16 |
Source:[14][17]
(P) Premiers;(E) Expelled;(W) Withdrawn
| 1929 MAFA B Section Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 14 September | Black Rock | def. by | Murrumbeena | Brighton Cricket Ground | [15][18] |
13.12 (90) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 17.15 (117) | |||
| 1929 MAFA C Section season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 April − 21 September 1929 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | East Malvern 1st C Section premiership |
| Minor premiers | Old Paradians 1st C Section minor premiership |
| Best and fairest | T. Cargill[10] (West Hawthorn) |
| Leading goalkicker | Allan La Fontaine[19] (Old Paradians − 146 goals) |
Old Paradians full-forwardAllan La Fontaine kicked 146 goals for the home-and-away season (152 including finals), which was easily a record in any MAFA division since the competition began in1892.[1][19][20] This included kicking 20 of his club's 24 goals againstKingsville in round 18.[1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Paradians | 18 | 14 | 56 | Finals series | |||||
| 2 | Burwood | 18 | 52 | |||||||
| 3 | Bentleigh District | 18 | 48 | |||||||
| 4 | East Malvern(P) | 18 | 48 | |||||||
| 5 | South Caulfield | 18 | 48 | |||||||
| 6 | West Hawthorn | 18 | 40 | |||||||
| 7 | Kingsville | 18 | 36 | |||||||
| 8 | Glen Huntly B | 18 | 12 | |||||||
| 9 | MHSOB | 18 | 12 | |||||||
| 10 | Old Ivanhoe | 18 | 8 |
Source:[14]
(P) Premiers;(E) Expelled;(W) Withdrawn
| 1929 MAFA C Section Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 21 September | Old Paradians | def. by | East Malvern | Murrumbeena | [21][22][23][24] |
| 2.1 (13) 4.4 (24) 8.10 (58) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 5.4 (30) 6.9 (45) 10.13 (73) | |||