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Camden then joined the Federal League in 1939 playing in Princes Park, sharing facilities with the Caulfield City club which resumed in 1946 transferring to the C.O.D.F.L. The South Caulfield Football Club played in the Amateurs from 1925 to 1941, then in the C.Y.M.S Association 1946 to 1956 using one of the ovals in Princes Park. Once again in 1950 Caulfield City applied to the V.F.A. for entry and were accepted again with the same proviso as in 1935. All that needed to be done was the building of a perimeter fence around the main oval in Princes Park to enable the club to charge admission which would have been shared with the V.F.A.

Once again Council could not or would not make a decision. In 1957 Camden merged with South Caulfield C.Y.M.S. to become South Caulfield in the Federal and continued to share with the Caulfield City Club in Princes Park. At the end of 1958 Caulfield City disbanded with some players joining South Caulfield and others playing for the 1959 season only in the C.O.D.F.L. Reserve Open section. There had been talk for a number of seasons that the Brighton V.F.A. Club, which was performing very poorly was also basically bankrupt as it owed the Brighton Council a substantial sum of money in back rent as well as outstanding player payments and other monies to the V.F.A. Once the players realised the situation they deserted very quickly.

Their application to the Brighton Council for the use of Elsternwick Park for the 1961 season to was not accepted and it appeared likely that the club would fold. Offers of support came from Sandringham F.C. and St.Kilda F.C. as a stop-gap but following one year at Sandringham the decision was made to merge with South Caulfield to become the Brighton-South Caulfield allowing them to continue in the V.F.A. The alliance was accepted by the V.F.A. and the Caulfield Council erected a perimeter fence around the main oval in Princes Park.

This arrangement lasted from 1962 to 1964 when in 1965 the Brighton was deleted from the name and the Caulfield Football Club entered the V.F.A. You have to give the people involved with the Caulfield City club ten out of ten for perseverance. Forty years is a long time to wait. The virtual merger with South Caulfield in 1959 was a clever one as it got both clubs what they wanted. The new V.F.A. Caulfield jumper was that of the Caulfield City club, blue and white hoops.

Glenhuntly or Glen Huntly entered a team in 1909 in the inaugural year of competition, missed the next three years then returned for 1913, 1914 and 1915. After WW1 they played at Koornang Park for seasons 1920, 1921 and 1922 then transferred to the fledgling Junior U/21 C.O.D.F.L. where they stayed for the next three years. In 1926 they joined the Amateurs as the Glenhuntly Amateur Football Club until 1941, going into recess during WW2.

In 1946 a club called Glen Orme joined the Federal League after playing for three years in the Sub-District Competition. The club played at Koornang Park for the 1946, 1947 and 1948 seasons and I suspect it was a combination of the two Amateur clubs Glenhuntly and Ormond who were both in recession. Ormond re-joined the Amateurs in 1946 with Glenhuntly Amateurs returning in 1948, continuing until 1973 then folding. Glen-Orme reappeared in the B Grade section of the E.S.F.L. for seasons 1951, 1952 and 1953 then disappeared. It is difficult to ascertain but the club may have been the forerunner of St. Kevins Ormond F.C. as the St.Kevins primary school and church is located in Glen-orme Ave., Ormond.

In 1945 another Glenhuntly club, based at Glenhuntly Park played in the underage sections of the C.O.D.F.L. and continue to do so until 1953. They also fielded a senior team in the E.S.F.L. 1950, 1951 and 1952. In 1953 the senior side transferred to the C.O.D.F.L. staying until 1959 then transferring to the Federal in 1960. Although never winning a Premiership they were runners-up on five occasions 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965 and 1967. The club folded in 1976. Club colours were red, white and black panels. Frankston Football Club only played the first season 1909. As there was already a club of the same name in the Peninsula Football Association (1908-1933) their relationship, if any is unknown.

Local newspaper reports do have them playing at Frankston Park. Oakleigh Football Club played for one season, 1915 at what is now Warrawee Park. They were expelled from both the Amateurs and the Melbourne District F.A. a number of times between 1906 and 1920. Eventually cleaning up the club by riding itself of its bad elements they went on to join the V.F.A. in 1929, folding at the end of 1994. Elsternwick Amateur Football Club, playing at Elsternwick Park spent two years in the Federal 1909 and 1910 then transferred to the Melbourne District F.A. for 1911 and 1912.

A number of clubs in the Federal refused to play away fixtures against Elsternwick due to transport problems, however they did return for the 1913 season before entering the Amateurs the following year where they remain today. The Victoria Brewery Football Club only played three seasons 1910, 1911 and1912, (see earlier notes). A Murrumbeena Football Club entered for two seasons 1915 and 1921 and then appeared in the Amateurs in 1922. Before moving to Murrumbeena Park in 1924 the club played on the grounds of ‘Belgrave House’ and on the ‘Frogmore Estate’ both of which remain today.

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