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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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