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Leopold Football Club
Names
Full nameLeopold Football Club
Nickname(s)Leos[1][2]
Club details
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)
Dissolved1924; 100 years ago (1924)
PresidentC.D.M. Thomson (1912)[3][4]
PremiershipsMJFA (5)
Ground(s)Warehousemen's Cricket Ground
Uniforms
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The Leopold Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the suburb of South Melbourne.[5][6]

The club is best known for acting as the reserves team for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL, later AFL reserves) from 1919 until 1924.[7][8]

History

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MJFA

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Leopold first appeared in historical records in 1898, competing in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA).[9] The club won its first MJFA premiership in 1900, going back-to-back with another victory in 1901.[7] At the time, the club played its home games at Warehousemen's Cricket Ground.[10][11]

At some point around 1904, Leopold had a relationship with the Melbourne Football Club.[12]

The club won two premierships in a row again in 1910 and 1911.[7] In 1912, like other MJFA clubs developing formal affiliations, Leopold developed an association with the South Melbourne Football Club, which competed in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[9] As South Melbourne was a seniors side, Leopold operated as its juniors team.[13]

A fifth premiership was won in 1915, before the impacts of World War I in Australia affected football competitions.

VJFL

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The VFL introduced a reserves competition in 1919, known as the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), and Leopold contested as South Melbourne's affiliate until the end of the 1924 season.

In 1925, the competition was renamed as the VFL seconds, and the South Melbourne Second Eighteen (later known as the South Melbourne reserves) replaced Leopold in the competition.[14][15]

Seasons

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Premiers Grand Finalist Minor premiers Finals appearance Wooden spoon League leading goalkicker League best and fairest
Year League Finish W L D Coach Captain Leading goalkicker Goals Ref
1898 MJFA 3rd 9 5 2 [16]
1899 MJFA 2nd 10 4 3 [17]
1900 MJFA 1st 15 1 0 T. Williams[18] V. Coutie[19] 37 [19]
1901 MJFA 1st 14 14 0 T. Williams[20] [21]
1902 MJFA 5th 9 7 0 T. Williams[22] [23]
1903 MJFA 2nd 14 1 1 [24]
1904 MJFA 3rd 12 6 0 [25]
1905 MJFA 3rd 11 6 1 [26]
1906 MJFA 4th 12 6 0 [27]
1907 MJFA 5th 9 9 0 [28]
1908 MJFA 2nd 16 2 0 [29]
1909 MJFA 3rd 15 3 0 [30]
1910 MJFA 2nd 14 4 0 [31]
1911 MJFA 1st 17 1 0 [32]
1912 MAFA 4th 12 6 0 [33]
1913 MAFA 2nd 14 3 1 [34]
1914 MAFA 3rd 12 6 0 [35]
1915 MAFA 2nd 12 1 1 [36]
1919 VJFL 3rd
1920 VJFL
1921 VJFL 9th
1922 VJFL 9th
1923 VJFL 5th
1923 VJFL 5th 10 8 0

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ "LEOPOLD F.C. NOTES". Standard. 22 September 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  2. ^ "LEOPOLD v. ST. IGNATIUS". Record. 26 July 1902. p. 3. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ "LEOPOLD CLUB". The Age. 26 March 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  4. ^ "LEOPOLD CLUB". The Age. 20 March 1912. p. 13. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  5. ^ "FOOTBALL TEAMS". Leader. 6 October 1900. p. 36. Retrieved 13 August 2024. The Leopolds, whose district is South Melbourne
  6. ^ "LEOPOLD FOOTBALL TEAM: PREMIERS METROPOLITAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. 1900". The Australasian. 6 October 1900. p. 30. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  7. ^ a b c Dowd, David (30 April 2012). "Club History". Leopold Football Netball Club. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Coburg Two Years In League Seconds". Sporting Globe. 11 April 1945.
  9. ^ a b "A BRIEF HISTORY" (PDF). Victorian Amateur Football Association. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  10. ^ "JUNIOR MATCHES". The Herald. 3 May 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  11. ^ "METROPOLITAN". The Herald. 21 June 1902. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  12. ^ "FOOTBALL NOTES". Australasian. The Australasian. 7 May 1904. I hear that the redlegs will be able still to draw upon their Leopold friends for such supplies as may be necessary to equip them fully.
  13. ^ Football: Metropolitan Amateur Association, The Argus, (Saturday, 8 May 1915), p.17.
  14. ^ "Leopold". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 18 March 1925. p. 18.
  15. ^ "V.F.L. SECONDS". Age. The Age. 26 June 1936.
  16. ^ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR ASSOCIATION". Trove. Leader. 17 September 1898. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  17. ^ "METROPOLITAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 13 September 1899. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  18. ^ "LEOPOLD FOOTBALL CLUB SOCIAL". Standard. 20 October 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  19. ^ a b "FOOTBALL". Standard. 29 September 1900. p. 4. Archived from the original on 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  20. ^ "FOOTBALL". Record. 6 April 1901. p. 3. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  21. ^ "Metropolitan Football Association". Leader. 7 September 1901. p. 17. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  22. ^ "METROPOLITAN FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 7 August 1902. p. 7. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  23. ^ "THE FOOTBALL SEASON". The Age. 22 September 1902. p. 9. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  24. ^ "BRIGHTON PREMIERS". The Argus. 7 September 1903. p. 7. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  25. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 5 September 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  26. ^ "PORT ROVERS F.C. PREMIERS 1905". Port Melbourne Standard. 2 September 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  27. ^ "SUCCESS OF UNIVERSITY CLUB". The Age. 3 September 1906. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  28. ^ "UNIVERSITY AGAIN PREMIERS". The Age. 9 September 1907. p. 10. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  29. ^ "SOUTH YARRA CHAMPIONS". The Age. 7 September 1908. p. 9. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  30. ^ "SOUTH YARRA WINS MINOR PREMIERSHIP". The Age. 30 August 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  31. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Argus. 5 September 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  32. ^ "METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION". The Age. 5 September 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  33. ^ "BEVERLEY MINOR PREMIERS". The Age. 2 September 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  34. ^ "COLLINGWOOD DISTRICT MINOR PREMIERS". The Age. 1 September 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  35. ^ "METROPOLITAN". Trove. The Argus. 24 August 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  36. ^ "METROPOLITAN AMATEUR". The Argus. 26 July 1915. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
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