Bendigo Junior Football Association (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :
Season :
1890
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
 1st Rate :
Quarry Hill.
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Sailors Gully,.







Back Creek.


Imperial Albion.
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Imperial Albion.









 2nd Rate :



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West Bendigo.
Bendigo East.
Bendigo East.
Albion Imperials.
 3rd Rate :



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Back Creek.
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Quarry Hill.




 4th Rate :







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West Bendigo.

Quarry Hill.

Timeline :
1890 (? FA) - Participating clubs included Quarry Hill (premiers[source]).
1891 - ?.
1892 (Bendigo JFA) - Final : Quarry Hill 2 drew Golden Square Imperial 2.[source]

1893 :
1st Rate :
Participating clubs were (in final ladder order) : [source] [source] [source] [source]
 1. Sailors Gully,
 2. West Bendigo,
 3. Central,
 4. Albion,
 5. Back Creek (debut) and
 6. Quarry Hill.
2nd Rate :
Participating clubs included : [source] [source]
 - Long Gully Jrs,
 - Snobs Hill and
 - South Bendigo Imperials.
3rd Rate :
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - Imperial Albion,
 - Eaglehawk East,
 - Epsom 2nds,
 - Golden Square United,
 - Long Gully Wanderers,
 - North Stars and
 - Pioneer Jrs,
 - Quarry Hill (Jrs) and
 - Young Victorians.

1894 :
3rd Rate :
Participating clubs included :[source]
 - Quarry Hill and
 - West Bendigo 2nds.

1895 :
3rd Rate :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known : [source] [source]
 1. Back Creek,
 2. Long Gully Wanderers and
 3. Saint Andrews.

1896 - 3rd Rate : Participating clubs included Saint Andrews (intended to join).[source]

1897 :
4th Rate :
Participating clubs included :[source]
 - Quarry Hill and
 - South Bendigo Imperials.

1898-1901 - ?.

1902 :
1st Rate :
Participating clubs included :[source]
 - Back Creek (premiers),
 - Golden Square Imperials (runners-up),
 - Ironbark and
 - Quarry Hill.
Finals Series :[source]
 - 2nd-Place Play-off - Golden Square Imperials 3.8 defeated Ironbark 1.3.
 - Final - Back Creek 2.7 defeated Quarry Hill 0.5 @ Golden Square.

1903-04 - ?.

1905 :
General :
Data on the Junior Association is always confusing. The following seems an accurate representation of the source data, but corrections are always welcome.
There seems to have been a 1st Rate division and a 4th Rate division. There may have been more grades, but the 4th Rate always appears to be the most important to newspaper scribes, behind the 1st. [source] [source] [source]
1st Rate :
Participating clubs included :
 - Imperial Albion (premiers[source] ) and
 - Quarry Hill.
? Rate :
Participating clubs included :
 - Albion,
 - ANA,
 - Back Creek,
 - Back Creek East,
 - Central Back Creek,
 - Lake View,
 - Saint Kilians,
 - Tramways,
 - United Alberts and
 - West Bendigo.
Other Teams :
Other non-senior teams reported as playing matches, but not guaranteed to be a part of the Bendigo JFA, included Epsom & Huntly.[source]

1906 :
Geneal - There seems to have been a 1st Rate division and a 4th Rate division. There may have been more grades, but the 4th Rate always appears to be the most important to newspaper scribes, behind the 1st.
1st Rate :
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - Back Creek,
 - Back Creek East,
 - Centrals,
 - Imperial Albion,
 - La Mascotte,
 - Quarry Hill and
 - United Alberts.
4th? Rate :
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - Back Creek Imperials,
 - Back Creek East 2nds,
 - California Gully 2nds,
 - Centrals 2nds,
 - Imperial Albion Jrs,
 - La Mascotte 2nds,
 - Long Gully 2nds,
 - Long Gully Wanderers,
 - Quarry Hill 2nds and
 - Snobs Hill 2nds,
 - United Alberts 2nds and
 - West Bendigo 2nds.
Final - West Bendigo 2nds 4.5.29 defeated Back Creek Imperials 3.7.25.[source]
5th Rate :
General - This is the only reference found thus far to a 5th Rate existed.
Participating clubs included :[source]
 - Golden Square Imperials and
 - Railway Imperials.
? Rate :
Some of these teams might actually have been playing in the Eaglehawk JFA, but they do seem to be Bendigo JFA clubs.
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - Albion,
 - Golden Square Alberts,
 - Lake View Jrs,
 - Palmerston Square and
 - West Bendigo.

1907 :
General :
While the First Rate competition is usually well-described, the 2nd- and lower (if any) divisions seemed much more fluid. Some teams appeared settled in the 2nd Rate, others appeared fleetingly. No solid fixture or premiership has yet been discovered. It is possible that the matches were casual and a competition structure may not have existed.[source]
In previous seasons there did not seem to be a '2nd Rate' division as named. A '4th Rate' division got some mentions so it was most likely the secondary grade of this association, and is probably comparable to the 2nd Rate comp of this season.
1st Rate :
This division was a Wednesday competition.
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source]
 - Back Creek,
 - Back Creek East,
 - Centrals,
 - Imperial Albion (minor premiers),
 - Kangaroo Flat and
 - United Alberts.
Finals Series :
 - Semi-Final - Back Creek East 4.10.34 defeated Centrals 2.12.24 @ Canterbury Park.[source]
 - Final - Imperial Albion 4.10.34 defeated Back Creek East 2.6.18 @ Upper Reserve.[source]
2nd Rate :
This division was a Wednesday competition.
Participating clubs included :[source]
 - ANA,
 - Back Creek 2nds,
 - Golden Square,
 - Market-Square,
 - Saint Kilians OB and
 - West Bendigo 2nds.
? Rate :
General - It is possible that some (maybe all!) of these clubs were actually playing, not in this competition, but in the Eaglehawk JFA.
This division was a Wednesday competition.
Participating clubs included : [source] [source]
 - Eaglehawk Jrs,
 - Golden Square Jrs,
 - Long Gully Federals,
 - Sailors Gully (Jrs) and
 - Snobs Hill 2nds.
Other Teams :
Other non-senior teams reported as playing matches, but not guaranteed to be a part of the Bendigo JFA, included (grouped where known to be linked by matches versus each other) : [source] [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - Saint Andrews College and School Of Mines (Tuesday match).
 - Church Of Christ, Specimen Hill Methodists and Long Gully Methodists (Wednesday matches).
 - Bendigo Business College, Austral Society and Curnows Buildings (Wednesday match).
 - Forest Street Comrades and Golden Square Brotherhood (Wednesday match).
 - Continuation School, Melbourne Schools Combined and The Thistles (Thursday matches).

 - Auctioneers,
 - Forest Street Methodist,
 - Grocers Assistants and
 - Tramways (Thursday match).

1908 :
4th Rate :
Participating clubs included Quarry Hill (premiers).[source]

1909-11 - ?.

1912 :
3rd Rate :
Participating clubs included, in final ladder order where known :[source]
 1. Quarry Hill,
 2. Park View and
 3. Long Gully 2nds.
Final - Park View 1.4.10 drew with Quarry Hill 1.4.10.[source]

1913 :
2nd Rate :
Participating clubs included :
 - Bendigo East,
 - Quarry Hill and
 - West Bendigo (minor premiers[source]).
Finals Series : [source] [source]
 - Final - Quarry Hill 6.4.40 defeated Bendigo East 4.5.29 @ Kennington Oval.
 - Challenge Final - West Bendigo 4.14.38 defeated Quarry Hill 3.2.20 @ Upper Reserve.

1914 :
2nd Rate :
Participating clubs included : [source] [source] [source]
 - Bendigo East (premiers),
 - Park View and
 - Quarry Hill.

1915 :
2nd Rate :
Participating clubs included, in ladder order after H&As where known : [source] [source]
 1. Bendigo East,
 2. Quarry Hill and
 ?. Albion Imperials.
Finals Series :[source]
 - Final - Quarry Hill 4.3.27 defeated Albion Imperials 2.4.16.
 - Challenge Final - Bendigo East defeated Quarry Hill.

1916 :
2nd Rate :
Participating clubs included, in ladder order after H&As where known : [source] [source]
 1. Bendigo East,
 2. Albion Imperials and
 3. Quarry Hill.
Finals Series : [source] [source] [source] [source] [source]
 - First Semi-Final - Quarry Hill 6.18.54 defeated Bendigo East 3.12.30 @ Upper Reserve.
 - Second Semi-Final - Quarry Hill 3.4.22 drew with Albion Imperials 2.10.22 @ Upper Reserve.
 - Second Semi-Final Replay - Albion Imperials 7.15.57 defeated Quarry Hill 1.3.9.
 - Challenge Final - Bendigo East 5.7.37 drew with Albion Imperials 4.13.37.
 - Challenge Final Replay - Albion Imperials 5.13.43 defeated Bendigo East 5.3.33 Upper Reserve.


1925 - The Bendigo DFA operated under the name of the Bendigo JFA from 1925 to 1928.

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