1913 MAFA season

The 1913 MAFA season was the 22nd season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA). The season began on 27 April and concluded on 20 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series.^[1]

1913 MAFA season
Date	27 April – 20 September 1912
Teams	10
Premiers	Leopold 5th premiership
Minor premiers	Collingwood District 1st minor premiership
Wooden spooners	Caulfield
← 1912 1914 →

Leopold won the MAFA premiership for the fifth time, defeating Collingwood District by 21 points in the 1913 MJFA Grand Final.^[2]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Qualification
1	Collingwood District	18	17	1	0	68	Finals series
2	Leopold (P)	18	14	3	1	58
3	South Yarra	18	12	6	0	48
4	Beverley	18	10	8	0	40
5	Fitzroy Juniors	18	9	9	0	36
6	University 2nd	18	8	10	0	32
7	Carlton District	18	7	11	0	28
8	Collegians	18	4	13	1	18
9	Hawthorn	18	4	14	0	16
10	Caulfield	18	4	14	0	16

Source: ^[3][4]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

Finals

At the time, the MAFA used the Argus finals system, which gave the club that finished first on the ladder at the end of the home-and-away season (the minor premiers) the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership.^[5]

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals
Saturday, 6 September (1:00pm)	Collingwood District 7.19 (61)	def.	Beverley 5.9 (39)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[6][7][8]
Saturday, 6 September (3:00pm)	Leopold 13.14 (92)	def.	South Yarra 5.8 (38)	Richmond Cricket Ground	[9][10][11]

Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Saturday, 13 September (1:00pm)	Collingwood District 6.7 (43)	def. by	Leopold 10.6 (66)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[12][13][14][15][16]

Grand Final

	1913 MAFA Grand Final
Saturday, 20 September (1:00pm)	Collingwood District	def. by	Leopold	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[17][18][19]
	0.5 (5) 3.11 (29)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.10 (28) 6.14 (50)	Umpires: Herbert Coombes[20][21]
Fitzgerald, Keary, Brown		Goals	Harley 2, Robertson 2, Woothen 2
A team of Adelaide schoolboys played a representative game against Melbourne state school students prior to the grand final.[22] The grand final was held as a curtain raiser to the Victorian Football League (VFL) semi-final between St Kilda and Fitzroy.[23]

References

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