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This page is a complete listing of the premiers of the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria.[1]

The competition was known as the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) until 1912, then the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) until 1933 when the competition became the VAFA.[2][3]

Premierships

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Seniors

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From the VAFA Website:[4]

Year Premier Premier B Premier C Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
2024 Prahran Elsternwick
2023 Collegians St Bernard's Old Ivanhoe Glen Eira Parkside Elsternwick North Brunswick
2022 St Kevin's Old Haileyburians Monash Blues PEGS Ivanhoe South Melbourne Districts La Trobe Uni
2021
(Season abandoned due to COVID-19)
2020
(No competition due to COVID-19)
2019 University Blues Caulfield Grammarians Williamstown CYMS Preston Bullants Whitefriars Aquinas St Francis Xavier
2018 St Kevin's St Bernard's Fitzroy Ormond UHS-VU Glen Eira North Brunswick AFC
2017 St Kevin's Old Brighton Old Haileyburians PEGS Prahran Assumption UHS-VU Aquinas
2016 Old Xaverians Beaumaris Mazenod Old Geelong Preston Bullants Glen Eira Westbourne Grammarians
2015 St Bernard's St Kevin's Old Haileyburians Kew Old Paradians West Brunswick Canterbury
2014 University Blacks University Blues Hampton Rovers Williamstown CYMS Kew Northern Blues West Brunswick
2013 Old Xaverians Old Brighton Old Ivanhoe Hampton Rovers Therry Penola Kew Northern Blues
2012 Collegians University Blacks Parkdale Vultures North Old Boys/St Pats Bulleen-Templestowe Yarra Valley South Mornington
2011 Collegians Caulfield Grammarians Ajax Parkdale Vultures St John's Prahran/Assumption St Francis Xavier
2010 Old Xaverians Old Carey Beaumaris Werribee AFC Banyule La Trobe Uni Monash Gryphons
2009 Old Xaverians Old Melburnians MHSOB Rupertswood Williamstown CYMS Bentleigh La Trobe Uni
2008 St Bede's/Mentone Tigers Marcellin Ormond Bulleen-Templestowe Werribee AFC Williamstown CYMS West Brunswick
2007 Old Xaverians St Bede's/Mentone Tigers Old Camberwell Oakleigh South Melbourne Districts Old Westbourne UHS-VU
2006 Old Haileyburians Collegians St Bede's/Mentone Tigers Old Carey Oakleigh South Melbourne Districts Powerhouse
2005 Old Xaverians Old Ivanhoe University Blacks Fitzroy Reds Old Geelong St John's Elsternwick
2004 University Blues St Kevin's MHSOB University Blacks Bulleen-Templestowe Oakleigh Old Westbourne
2003 Old Xaverians De La Salle Beaumaris Monash Blues Fitzroy Reds Swinburne Uni UHS-VU
2002 St Bernard's Old Melburnians Whitefriars St Leo's Emmaus Wattle Park Yarra Valley West Brunswick Rupertswood
2001 Marcellin Old Ivanhoe Hampton Rovers Old Camberwell Mentone Fitzroy Reds Syndal Tally Ho
2000 Old Xaverians Mazenod Therry Penola Caulfield Grammarians University Blacks Powerhouse South Melbourne Districts
Year A Section B Section C Section D Section E White E Blue F Section
1999 Old Xaverians Old Trinity Whitefriars AJAX Old Carey La Trobe Uni Eley Park
1998 Old Xaverians Marcellin Hampton Rovers Whitefriars Caulfield Grammarians Oakleigh Hawthorn
Year A Section B Section C Section D Section E South E Central E East
1997 Old Xaverians Old Brighton Marcellin Beaumaris Southbank University Blacks Yarra Valley
1996 Old Xaverians Old Trinity St Kevin's Old Boys Monash Blues Salesian Old Essendon Aquinas
1995 Old Xaverians Old Haileyburians Old Ivanhoe Hampton Rovers Beaumaris University Reds St Leo's Emmaus Wattle Park
Year A Section B Section C Section D Section E Section F Section G Section
1994 Old Melburnians Old Trinity St Kilda South Caulfield Old Ivanhoe Glenhuntly Yarra Valley Richmond Central
1993 Collegians Old Melburnians Mazenod St Bede's/Mentone Tigers Old Camberwell St Mary's Oakleigh
1992 Collegians Old Trinity Fawkner Mazenod Brunswick St Leo's Wattle Park 6 sections (1971−1992)
1991 De La Salle St Bernard's Whitefriars MHSOB Mazenod Elsternwick
1990 Ormond Old Haileyburians Old Mentonians Ajax Old Geelong St Mary's
1989 Ormond De La Salle Old Haileyburians Thomastown La Trobe Uni Mazenod
1988 Ormond Parkside Old Melberians Preston MBOB Whitefriars La Trobe Uni
1987 Ormond St Bernard's Monash Blues Old Ivanhoe State Bank Aquinas
1986 Collegians Old Paradians Banyule Balaclava Bulleen United Old Essendon
1985 Ormond Marcellin Fawkner Old Trinity Heatherton Brunswick
1984 De La Salle St Bernard's St Kilda CBCOB Therry CCOB Balaclava Williamstown CYMS
1983 De La Salle Bulleen-Templestowe Caulfield Grammarians Banyule Thomastown Footscray TSOB
1982 North Old Boys Old Melburnians Old Camberwell Parkside Therry C.C.O.B. Bulleen United
1981 Old Xaverians University Blues Alphington Banyule North Brunswick Banyule
1980 De La Salle Old Xaverians Old Brighton Alphington West Brunswick University Reds
1979 De La Salle Ajax Kew Bulleen-Templestowe AMP Society St Pius
1978 Old Scotch Old Melburnians Old Xaverians Old Camberwell Bulleen-Templestowe Thornbury
1977 De La Salle Old Scotch Fawkner Old Brighton Heatherton St Bedes O.C.
1976 North Old Boys Marcellin Old Melburnians Old Xaverians La Trobe Uni West Brunswick
1975 St Bernard's De La Salle St Kilds CBOC Fawkner Ajax Monash Whites
1974 University Blacks Old Trinity Marcellin Brunswick Fawkner North Brunswick
1973 Ormond Reservoir OB Powerhouse Alphington Old Ivanhoe Fawkner
1972 Ormond Geelong Reservoir OB Parkside State Saving Bank Old Camberwell
1971 Ormond Old Paradians Taroonga-Malvern Powerhouse St Patrick's Marcellin
1970 Caulfield Grammarians Old Scotch UHSOB Old Trinity Brunswick 5 sections (1954−1970)
1969 Coburg Ivanhoe Commonwealth Bank Old Haileyburians Fairfield
1968 Old Paradians Ormond Footscray TSOB National Bank AMP Society
1967 Old Paradians University Blues Alphington St Patrick's Assumption
1966 Old Paradians Kew Geelong Old Geelong Ajax
1965 University Blacks Old Scotch St Kilda CBCOB North Melbourne CBCOB St Patrick's
1964 Old Paradians University Blacks Kew St Bernard's North Melbourne CBCOB
1963 Old Paradians Coburg Parkside Old Haileyburians St Bernard's
1962 Old Paradians Old Xaverians Kew Fairfield Monash University
1961 Collegians MHSOB State Savings Bank Caulfield Grammarians Old Carey
1960 University Blues UHSOB MHSOB St Kilda CBCOC West Brunswick
1959 Collegians Old Melburnians Powerhouse Footscray TSOB Preston
1958 Collegians Old Paradians De La Salle Port Melbourne St Kilda CBCOB
1957 Collegians Alphington Old Geelong National Bank Port Melbourne
1956 Ivanhoe Collegians St Kilda City Old Geelong National Bank
1955 Old Melburnians Coburg Brunswick South Melbourne City De La Salle
1954 Old Melburnians Ivanhoe Parkside Teachers' College South Melbourne City
1953 Old Melburnians Kew Caulfield Grammarians Footscray TSOB 4 sections (1932−1953)
1952 University Blues MHSOB Coburg St Kevin's
1951 Hampton Rovers Old Paradians Myer Elsternwick
1950 Ormond Commonwealth Bank Kew East Malvern
1949 University Blacks Geelong North Alphington Caulfield Grammarians
1948 University Blacks Old Xaverians Geelong Fairfield
1947 University Blacks Hampton Rovers Commonwealth Bank
1946 University Blacks MHSOB Hampton Rovers
1940–45
(No competition due to World War II)
1939 University Blacks Elsternwick MHSOB Hampton Rovers
1938 University Blacks Old Melburnians Old Xaverians Fairfield
1937 Collegians Malvern Coburg MHSOB
1936 Collegians Ivanhoe Parkdale Coburg
1935 University Blacks Teachers' College Ivanhoe Malvern
1934 Old Scotch Collegians ES & A Bank Ormond Ivanhoe
1933 Old Scotch Collegians Geelong ES & A Bank Ormond
1932 Old Scotch Collegians Brunswick Canterbury Utd Churches West Brunswick
1931 Old Scotch Collegians Geelong West Hawthorn 3 sections (1926−1932)
1930 Old Melburnians Teachers' College Bentleigh
1929 University Blacks Murrumbeena East Malvern
1928 University Blacks Brightonvale Black Rock
1927 Old Scotch Collegians Murrumbeena State Savings Bank
1926 Old Scotch Collegians Collegians Brightonvale
1925 Elsternwick Caulfield Gr. 2 sections (1923−1925)
1924 Old Scotch Collegians Murrumbeena
1923 Old Scotch Collegians Sandringham
Year Premier 1 section (1892−1922)
1922 University B
1921 University B
1920 Elsternwick
1916–19
(No competition due to World War I)
1915 Collingwood District
1914 South Yarra
1913 Leopold
1912 Beverley
1911 Leopold
1910 Leopold
1909 South Yarra
1908 South Yarra
1907 University
1906 University
1905 Port Rovers
1904 Collegians
1903 Brighton
1902 Collegians
1901 Leopold
1900 Leopold
1899 Collegians
1898 Collegians
1897 South St. Kilda
1896 Collegians
1895 South St. Kilda
1894 South St. Kilda
1893 South St. Kilda
1892 Collegians

Men's grand finals

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From the VAFA Website: [12][13]

GF Premiership decided by a grand final where a challenge was not needed
GF (R) Premiership decided by a grand final replay, after the scheduled grand final was drawn
GF (N) Premiership decided by a grand final because no team finished outright first after full season win–loss record
W/L Premiership decided by full season win–loss record

Premier

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Premier Division was known as A Section (or A Grade) until 2010.[14][15]

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1892 Collegians (1) Alberton (1) [16]
1893 South St Kilda (1) Alberton (2) [17]
1894 South St Kilda (2) Collegians (1) [18]
1895 South St Kilda (3) St Mary's (1) [19]
1896 Collegians (2) Caulfield (1) [20]
1897 South St Kilda (4) Collegians (2) [21]
1898 Collegians (3) Caulfield (2) [22]
1899 Collegians (4) Leopold (1) [23]
1900 Leopold (1) South Melbourne Juniors (1) 7.10 (52) d. 2.8 (20) South Melbourne Cricket Ground 22 September 1920 [24]
1901 Leopold (2) Collegians (3)
1902 Collegians (5) Brighton (1)
1903 Brighton (1) Leopold (2)
1904 Collegians (6) Port Rovers (1)
1905 Port Rovers (1) South Yarra (1)
1906 University (1) Collegians (4)
1907 University (2) Brighton (2)
1908 South Yarra (1) Leopold (3)
1909 South Yarra (2) Beverley (1)
1910 Leopold (3) Carlton District (1)
1911 Leopold (4) Collegians (5)
1912 Beverley (1) South Yarra (2)
1913 Leopold (5) Collingwood District (1)
1914 South Yarra (3) Collingwood District (2) 8.15 (63) d. 5.11 (41) Melbourne Cricket Ground 19 September 1914 [25]
1915 Collingwood District (1) Leopold (4)
1916 (No season due to World War I)
1917 (No season due to World War I)
1918 (No season due to World War I)
1919 (No season due to World War I)
1920 Elsternwick (1) Collegians (6)
1921 University B (1) University A (1)
1922 University B (2) Collegians (7)
1923 Old Scotch (1) University B (1)
1924 Old Scotch (2) Hampton (1)
1925 Elsternwick (2) Old Scotch (1)
1926 Old Scotch (3) Elsternwick (1)
1927 Old Scotch (4) University B (2)
1928 University Blacks (3) Old Melburnians (1)
1929 University Blacks (4) Old Melburnians (2)
1930 Old Melburnians (1) Elsternwick (2)
1931 Old Scotch (5) Elsternwick (3)
1932 Old Scotch (6) State Savings Bank (1)
1933 Old Scotch (7) University Blacks (3)
1934 Old Scotch (8) University Blacks (4)
1935 University Blacks (5) Old Scotch (2)
1936 Collegians (7) State Savings Bank (2)
1937 Collegians (8) Ormond (1)
1938 University Blacks (6) State Savings Bank (3)
1939 University Blacks (7) Ormond (2)
1940 (Season curtailed due to World War II) [26]
1941 (No season due to World War II)
1942 (No season due to World War II)
1943 (No season due to World War II)
1944 (No season due to World War II)
1945 (No season due to World War II)
1946 University Blacks (8) Old Scotch (3)
1947 University Blacks (9) Ormond (3)
1948 University Blacks (10) Old Melburnians (3)
1949 University Blacks (11) Ormond (4)
1950 Ormond (1) University Blacks (5)
1951 Hampton Rovers (1) Ormond (5)
1952 University Blues (1) Ormond (6)
1953 Old Melburnians (2) University Blues (2)
1954 Old Melburnians (3) University Blues (3)
1955 Old Melburnians (4) Ormond (7)
1956 Ivanhoe (1) Coburg (1)
1957 Collegians (9) University Blues (4)
1958 Collegians (10) Old Scotch (4)
1959 Collegians (11) Old Scotch (5)
1960 University Blues (2) Old Melburnians (4)
1961 Collegians (12) Old Melburnians (5)
1962 Old Paradians (1) MHSOB (1)
1963 Old Paradians (2) Ormond (8)
1964 Old Paradians (3) Old Xaverians (1)
1965 University Blacks (12) Coburg (2)
1966 Old Paradians (4) MHSOB (2)
1967 Old Paradians (5) Caulfield Grammarians (1)
1968 Old Paradians (6) Caulfield Grammarians (2)
1969 Coburg (1) Ormond (9)
1970 Caulfield Grammarians (1) Coburg (3)
1971 Ormond (2) University Blues (6)
1972 Ormond (3) Old Paradians (1)
1973 Ormond (4) St Bernard's (1)
1974 University Blacks (13) Ormond (10)
1975 St Bernard's (1) North Old Boys (1)
1976 North Old Boys (1) St Bernard's (2)
1977 De La Salle (1) North Old Boys (2)
1978 Old Scotch (9) North Old Boys (3)
1979 De La Salle (2) University Blues (7)
1980 De La Salle (3) University Blues (8)
1981 Old Xaverians (1) North Old Boys (4)
1982 North Old Boys (2) De La Salle (1)
1983 De La Salle (4) University Blues (9)
1984 De La Salle (5) Ormond (11)
1985 Ormond (5) De La Salle (2)
1986 Collegians (13) North Old Boys (5)
1987 Ormond (6) Old Xaverians (2) 15.11 (101) d. 12.12 (84) Elsternwick Park 6 September 1987 [27]
1988 Ormond (7) Old Xaverians (3)
1989 Ormond (8) Collegians (8)
1990 Ormond (9) Collegians (9)
1991 De La Salle (6) North Old Boys (6)
1992 Collegians (14) De La Salle (3)
1993 Collegians (15) De La Salle (4)
1994 Old Melburnians (5) Collegians (10)
1995 Old Xaverians (2) University Blues (10)
1996 Old Xaverians (3) Collegians (11)
1997 Old Xaverians (4) Old Scotch (6)
1998 Old Xaverians (5) Old Scotch (7)
1999 Old Xaverians (6) Old Melburnians (6)
2000 Old Xaverians (7) St Bernard's (3)
2001 Marcellin (1) St Kevin's (1)
2002 St Bernard's (2) Old Xaverians (4)
2003 Old Xaverians (8) St Bernard's (4)
2004 University Blues (3) St Bernard's (5)
2005 Old Xaverians (9) University Blues (11)
2006 Old Haileyburians (1) Old Xaverians (5)
2007 Old Xaverians (10) Old Brighton (1)
2008 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers (1) Collegians (12)
2009 Old Xaverians (11) De La Salle (5)
2010 Old Xaverians (12) Collegians (13)
2011 Collegians (16) St Bedes/Mentone Tigers (1)
2012 Collegians (17) Old Xaverians (5)
2013 Old Xaverians (13) St Bedes/Mentone Tigers (2)
2014 University Blacks (14) Collegians (14)
2015 St Bernard's (3) Old Trinity (1)
2016 Old Xaverians (14) Old Trinity (2)
2017 St Kevin's (1) Collegians (15)
2018 St Kevin's (2) Collegians (6) 12.13 (85) d. 11.14 (80) Elsternwick Park 16 September 2018 [28]
2019 University Blues (4) St Kevin's (2)
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [30]
2022 St Kevin's (3) Old Brighton (2)
2023 Collegians (18) St Kevin's (3) 19.16 (130) d. 6.9 (45) Elsternwick Park 24 September 2023 [31]
2024

Premier B

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Premier B was known as B Section (or B Grade) until 2010.

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1923 Sandringham Murrumbeena 8.11 (59) d. 8.7 (55)
1924 Murrumbeena Old Trinity 16.17 (113) d. 12.10 (82)
1925 Caulfield Grammarians Teachers' College 13.14 (92) d. 8.7 (55)
1926 Collegians St Paul's 17.8 (110) d. 8.9 (57)
1927 Murrumbeena Glen Huntly 11.11 (77) d. 8.9 (57)
1928 Brightonvale State Savings Bank 10.17 (77) d. 9.8 (62)
1929 Murrumbeena Black Rock 17.15 (117) d. 13.12 (90)
1930 Teachers' College East Malvern 17.19 (121) d. 13.7 (85)
1931 Geelong Old Paradians 14.8 (92) d. 9.16 (70)
1932 Brunswick West Hawthorn 11.14 (80) d. 10.10 (70)
1933 Geelong Brighton TSOB 12.17 (89) d. 7.10 (52)
1934 ES&A Bank West Brunswick 10.8 (68) d. 6.13 (49)
1935 Teachers' College University Blues 16.19 (115) d. 11.12 (78)
1936 Ivanhoe Ormond 16.16 (112) d. 9.15 (69)
1937 Malvern Parkdale 16.13 (109) 7.13 (55)
1938 Old Melburnians Coburg 13.10 (88) d. 12.10 (82)
1939 Elsternwick Brunswick 16.14 (110) d. 13.9 (87)
1940 (Season curtailed due to World War II) [26]
1941 (No season due to World War II)
1942 (No season due to World War II)
1943 (No season due to World War II)
1944 (No season due to World War II)
1945 (No season due to World War II)
1946 MHSOB Old Melburnians
1947 Hampton Rovers Old Melburnians
1948 Old Xaverians Brunswick
1949 Geelong University Blues
1950 Commonwealth Bank Collegians
1951 Old Paradians Alphington
1952 MHSOB Ivanhoe
1953 Kew Old Paradians
1954 Old Paradians State Savings Bank
1955 Coburg Old Scotch
1956 Collegians Power House
1957 Alphington Old Xaverians
1958 Old Paradians University Blacks
1959 Old Melburnians Commonwealth Bank
1960 UHSOB De La Salle
1961 MHSOB Ivanhoe
1962 Old Xaverians Alphington
1963 Coburg UHSOB
1964 University Blacks Commonwealth Bank
1965 Old Scotch Caulfield Grammarians
1966 Kew Ivanhoe
1967 University Blues North Old Boys
1968 Ormond Monash Blues
1969 Ivanhoe De La Salle
1970 Old Scotch St Bernard's
1971 Old Paradians North Old Boys
1972 Geelong Ivanhoe
1973 Reservoir Old Boys University Blacks
1974 Old Trinity Monash Blues
1975 De La Salle University Blues
1976 Marcellin Caulfield Grammarians
1977 Old Scotch Ivanhoe
1978 Old Melburnians Old Paradians
1979 AJAX Marcellin
1980 Old Xaverians Old Scotch
1981 University Blues Collegians
1982 Old Melburnians Ivanhoe
1983 Bulleen-Templestowe Kew
1984 St Bernard's Ivanhoe
1985 Marcellin Caulfield Grammarians
1986 Old Paradians Old Xaverians
1987 St Bernard's (2) Marcellin 19.10 (124) d. 12.20 (92) Elsternwick Park 27 September 1987 [32]
1988 Parkside Kew
1989 De La Salle Therry Penola
1990 Old Haileyburians Old Melburnians
1991 St Bernard's Old Xaverians
1992 Old Trinity Old Brighton
1993 Old Melburnians Therry Penola
1994 Old Trinity University Blues
1995 Old Haileyburians Mazenod
1996 Old Trinity Old Paradians
1997 Old Brighton St Kevin's Old Boys
1998 Marcellin Old Ivanhoe
1999 Old Trinity MHSOB
2000 Mazenod Old Brighton
2001 Old Ivanhoe De La Salle
2002 Old Melburnians Old Haileyburians
2003 De La Salle Whitefriars
2004 St Kevin's Old Boys Collegians
2005 Old Ivanhoe De La Salle
2006 Collegians Old Brighton
2007 St Bedes/Mentone Tigers (1) University Blacks
2008 Marcellin Old Essendon
2009 Old Melburnians Old Trinity
2010 Old Carey Old Haileyburians
2011 Caulfield Grammarians St Bernard's
2012 University Blacks Beaumaris
2013 Old Brighton Old Trinity
2014 University Blues Old Carey
2015 St Kevin's Old Boys Old Melburnians
2016 Beaumaris St Bedes/Mentone Tigers (1)
2017 Old Brighton Old Scotch
2018 St Bernard's Old Carey 18.15 (123) d. 5.10 (40) Elsternwick Park 15 September 2018 [33]
2019 Caulfield Old Scotch
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [34]
2022 Old Haileyburians University Blacks
2023 St Bernard's Fitzroy 15.13 (103) d. 10.12 (72) Elsternwick Park 23 September 2023 [35]
2024 Trevor Barker Oval 22 September 2024

Premier C

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Premier C was known as C Section (or C Grade) until 2010.

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940 (Season curtailed due to World War II) [26]
1941 (No season due to World War II)
1942 (No season due to World War II)
1943 (No season due to World War II)
1944 (No season due to World War II)
1945 (No season due to World War II)
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 Monash Blues Kew 13.18 (96) d. 10.11 (71) Elsternwick Park 5 September 1987 [36]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Fitzroy (1) Old Geelong 16.11 (107) d. 5.7 (37) Trevor Barker Oval 15 September 2018 [37]
2019
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [38]
2022
2023 Old Ivanhoe Old Camberwell 14.20 (104) d. 9.8 (62) Trevor Barker Oval 23 September 2023 [39]
2024

Division 1

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Division 1 was known as D Section (or D Grade) until 2000.

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940 (Season curtailed due to World War II) [26]
1941 (No season due to World War II)
1942 (No season due to World War II)
1943 (No season due to World War II)
1944 (No season due to World War II)
1945 (No season due to World War II)
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 Old Ivanhoe St Kevin's 21.10 (136) d. 19.12 (126) Bentleigh 5 September 1987 [40]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Ormond Hampton Rovers 11.9 (75) d. 9.15 (69) Trevor Barker Oval 8 September 2018 [41]
2019
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [42]
2022
2023 Glen Eira Oakleigh 15.13 (103) d. 6.13 (49) Trevor Barker Oval 16 September 2023 [43]
2024 Prahran Parkside 5.6 (36) d. 2.10 (22) Martin Reserve 14 September 2024

Division 2

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Division 2 was known as E Section (or E Grade) until 2000. E Section was split into E Central, E East and E South from 1995 until 1997, then E Blue and E White from 1998 until 1999.[44][45]

E Section

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 State Bank West Brunswick 21.12 (138) d. 6.8 (44) Monash University 5 September 1987 [40]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994

E Central

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1995
1996
1997

E East

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1995
1996
1997

E South

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1995
1996
1997

E Blue

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1998
1999

E White

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1998
1999

Division 2

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Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 UHS-VU Old Paradians 14.17 (101) d. 6.10 (46) Coburg City Oval 9 September 2018 [46]
2019
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [47]
2022
2023 Parkside (1) Old Yarra Cobras (1) 10.8 (68) d. 10.5 (65) Coburg City Oval 17 September 2023 [48]
2024

Division 3

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Division 2 was known as F Section (or F Grade) until 2000. F Section did not exist from 1995 until 1999 during the geographic split of E Section.

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987 Aquinas (1) Whitefriars 12.13 (85) d. 12.12 (84) 5 September 1987 [40]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 Glen Eira Hawthorn 10.12 (72) d. 8.9 (57) Trevor Barker Oval 9 September 2018 [49]
2019
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [50]
2022
2023 Elsternwick Hawthorn 21.19 (145) d. 12.6 (78) Box Hill City Oval 16 September 2023 [51]
2024

Division 4

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Division 4, which was known as G Section (or G Grade) until 2000, was abolished at the end of the 2023 season. G Section did not exist from 1995 until 1997 during the geographic split of E Section.

Year Premiers Runners-up Score Venue Date Report
1987 Bloods (1) Port Colts 12.8 (80) d. 6.4 (40) Elsternwick Park 23 August 1987 [40]
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995 (Division 4 did not exist)
1996 (Division 4 did not exist)
1997 (Division 4 did not exist)
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018 North Brunswick Parkside 15.11 (101) d. 9.11 (65) Garvey Oval 8 September 2018 [52]
2019
2020 (No season due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [29]
2021 (Season curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) [53]
2022
2023 North Brunswick Albert Park 10.9 (69) d. 8.6 (54) Garvey Oval 17 September 2023 [54]

Women's grand finals

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Seniors

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Year Premier Premier B (Premier B Blue) Premier C (Premier B White) Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4
2024 6 sections
2023 St Kevin's Monash Blues Marcellin Williamstown CYMS AJAX UHS-VU
2022 St Kevin's Old Scotch St Bedes/Mentone Tigers Beaumaris Hampton Rovers MCC 6 sections
2021
(Season abandoned due to COVID-19)
2020
(No competition due to COVID-19)
2019 St Kevin's Caulfield Grammarians Yarra Old Grammarians Old Scotch Therry Penola Preston Bullants Glen Eira/Old McKinnon
2018 Melbourne University St Mary's Salesian Old Haileybury Hawthorn Whitefriars Westbourne 6 sections
2017 Marcellin 5 sections St Mary's Salesian Old Camberwell Mazenod Hawthorn

Premierships by club

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Men's seniors

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Club Seniors
Premier
(A section) 		Premier B
(B section) 		Premier C
(C section) 		Div 1
(D section) 		Div 2
(E section) 		Div 3
(F section) 		Div 4
(G section) 		Total
AJAX 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 5
Alphington 0 1 2 2 0 0 – 5
Aquinas 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4
Assumption 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Balaclava (AMP Society) 0 0 0 1 2 – – 3
Banyule 0 0 1 1 1 1 – 4
Beaumaris 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
Bentleigh 0 0 1 0 0 1 – 2
Beverley 1 – – – – – – 1
Black Rock 0 0 1 – – – – 1
Brighton 1 – – – – – – 1
Brightonvale 0 1 1 – – – – 2
Brunswick 0 1 1 1 0 1 – 4
Brunswick (North Melbourne CBCOB) 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 6
Bulleen United 0 0 0 0 1 1 – 2
Bulleen-Templestowe 0 1 2 0 3 – – 6
Canterbury 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Canterbury Utd Churches 0 0 1 – – – – 1
Caulfield Grammarians 1 3 2 3 1 0 0 10
Chadstone (Syndal Tally-Ho) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Coburg 1 2 2 2 – – – 7
Collegians 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 21
Collingwood District 1 – – – – – – 1
Commonwealth Bank 0 1 2 – – – – 3
De La Salle 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 11
East Malvern 0 0 1 1 – – – 2
Eley Park 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Elsternwick 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 7
ES & A Bank 0 1 1 – – – – 2
Fairfield 0 0 0 3 1 – – 4
Fawkner 0 0 3 1 1 1 – 6
Fitzroy 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Fitzroy Reds (University Reds) 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 5
Footscray TSOB 0 0 1 2 0 1 – 4
Geelong 0 4 2 – – – – 6
Glen Eira 0 0 0 1 0 2 – 3
Glenhuntly 0 0 0 0 1 – – 1
Hawthorn 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Heatherton 0 0 0 0 2 – – 2
Hampton Rovers 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 9
Ivanhoe 0 3 1 1 1 – – 6
Kew 0 2 4 1 1 1 0 9
La Trobe Uni 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 7
Leopold 5 – – – – – – 5
Marcellin 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 9
Malvern 0 1 0 1 – – – 2
Mazenod 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 5
Mentone 0 0 0 0 1 – – 1
MHSOB 0 3 4 2 0 0 0 9
Monash Blues (Monash Uni) 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
Monash Gryphons 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Monash Whites 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 1
Murrumbeena 0 3 – – – – – 3
Myer 0 0 1 – – – – 1
National Bank 0 0 0 2 1 – – 3
North Alphington 0 0 1 – – – – 1
North Brunswick 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
Oakleigh 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 5
Old Brighton 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Old Camberwell 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 6
Old Carey 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 4
Old Geelong 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 6
Old Haileyburians 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 9
Old Ivanhoe 0 2 3 2 1 0 0 8
Old Melburnians 5 7 3 0 0 0 0 15
Old Paradians 6 4 0 0 1 0 0 11
Old Scotch 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 12
Old Trinity 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 7
Old Xaverians 14 3 2 1 0 0 0 20
Ormond 9 1 2 2 0 0 0 14
Parkdale 0 0 1 – – – – 1
Parkdale Vultures 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Parkside 0 1 2 2 1 – – 6
PEGS (Old Essendon) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4
Port Melbourne 0 0 0 1 1 – – 2
Powerhouse 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 4
Prahran (Prahran Assumption) 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Preston 0 0 0 0 1 – – 1
Preston Bullants (Northern Blues) 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4
Preston MBOB 0 0 0 1 – – – 1
Reservoir OB 0 1 1 – – – – 2
Richmond Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Rupertswood 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Salesian 0 0 0 0 1 – – 1
South Melbourne City 0 0 0 1 1 – – 2
South Melbourne Districts 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4
Sandringham 0 1 – – – – – 1
South Mornington 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
South St Kilda 4 – – – – – – 4
South Yarra 3 – – – – – – 3
Southbank 0 0 0 0 1 – – 1
St Bedes 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
St Bedes/Mentone Tigers 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
St Bernard's 3 5 0 1 1 0 0 10
St Francis Xavier 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
St John's 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
St Kevin's 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7
St Kilda CBCOB 0 0 3 1 1 – – 5
St Kilda City 0 0 1 – – – – 1
St Kilda South Caulfield 0 0 1 – – – – 1
St Mary's 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
St Patrick's 0 0 0 1 2 – – 3
St Pius 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 1
State Bank (State Savings Bank) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5
Swinburne Uni 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Tooronga-Malvern 0 0 1 – – – – 1
Teachers' College 0 2 0 1 – – – 3
Therry Penola (Therry CCOB) 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 4
Thomastown 0 0 0 1 1 – – 2
Thornbury 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 1
UHS-VU (UHSOB) 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 6
University 2 – – – – – – 2
University Blacks (University B) 12 2 1 1 1 2 0 19
University Blues (University A) 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 9
Wattle Park (St Leo's) 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3
Werribee 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
West Brunswick 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 8
West Hawthorn 0 0 1 – – – – 1
Westbourne (Old Westbourne) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3
Whitefriars 0 0 3 1 2 – – 6
Williamstown CYMS 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 5
Yarra Old Grammarians 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4

Women's seniors

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Club Seniors
Premier Premier B
(B Blue) 		Premier C
(B White) 		Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Total
AJAX 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Beaumaris 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Caulfield Grammarians 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Glen Eira/Old McKinnon 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Hawthorn 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2
Marcellin 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
Mazenod 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
MCC 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Melbourne University 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Monash Blues 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
St Kevin's 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
St Mary's Salesian 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Old Camberwell 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Old Scotch 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
Preston Bullants 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Therry Penola 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
UHS-VU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Westbourne Grammarians 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Whitefriars 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Williamstown CYMS 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Yarra Old Grammarians 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

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