Adelaide Metropolitan Football League

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The Adelaide Metropolitan Football League (AMFL) was an Australian rules football competition based mainly in the eastern and south-eastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. Originally known as the Sturt District Football Association (SDFA),[1] the competition reformed after World War II, became the Adelaide Metropolitan Football League in 1963 and folded at the end of the 1967 season.[2]

Member Clubs

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Final

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in AMFL AMFL Senior Premierships Fate
Known Years
Albert Druids
Druids Mary Lee Park, North Adelaide WTDFA 1930s 1962-67 0 ? Moved to Norwood North FA in 1968
Burnside Bill Cooper Oval, Newland Park, Erindale ETFA 1947 1961-67 0 ? Moved to East Torrens FA in 1968
Eastwood Carriageway Park (Park 17), Adelaide SAAFL 1930s 1946-53, 1964-67 4 ? Unknown. Played in SAAFL between 1977 and 1983
Hindmarsh CYMS
St Michael's College, Henley Beach CYMSFA 1967 [2] 1 1967 Moved to SAAFL in 1968
Kelvinator
Weigall Oval, North Plympton SMFL 1943 1951, 1962-67 0 ? Folded when AMFL ended in 1967
Mitcham District
Hawks Price Memorial Oval, Hawthorn MSFA 1908 1947-1967 [2][3] 4 1954, 1956, 1959, 1960 Moved to SAAFL in 1968
Royal Park
Roosters Carnegie South Reserve, Royal Park – 1960s 1967[2] 0 ? Moved to SAAFL in 1968
St Raphael's
Saints Morgan Oval, Adelaide 1946-67 0 ? Moved to North Adelaide District FA in 1968
South Adelaide Ramblers
Panthers Blue Gum Park, Adelaide SMFL 1910s 1949, 1958-67 0 ? Moved to Southern Metropolitan FL in 1968

Former

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Club Colours Nickname Home Ground Former League Est. Years in AMFL AMFL Senior Premierships Fate
Known Years
Adelaide Colts 1951-52 Junior grades only Folded
Blackwood
Woods Hewett Sports Ground Blackwood GDFA 1912 1949-52 [4] 2 1950, 1952 Returned to Glenelg District FA in 1953
Brompton
Mary Lee Park, North Adelaide 1945 1962-63, 1965-66 0 ? Moved to East Torrens FA in 1967
Camden Park 0 ? Folded
Colonel Light Gardens B
Mortlock Park, Colonel Light Gardens – 1931 1946-53 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1954
Cudmore Park 1953-54 0 - Folded
Goodwood B
Goodwood Oval, Goodwood 1920s 1947 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1948
Kenilworth B
Kookaburras 1907 1948-52 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1954
Lockleys Youth Club 1951 Junior grades only Folded
Mitcham Youth Movement 1946 0 - Folded
Myer 1948-52 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1953
North Adelaide Junior 1951 Junior grades only Folded
Parkside Youth Movement 1946-52 0 - Folded
Parkview 1947-51 0 - Folded
Postal Institute
1944 1953-65 0 ? Returned to SAAFL in 1955
Sturt C
Double Blues 1901 1946-53 2 1949, 1953 ?
Sturt Park 1953-54 0 - Folded
University
Blacks 1906 1953-54 0 - Moved to SAAFL in 1955

Premierships

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Sturt District Football Association

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Year A Division B Division
1946 Eastwood Rechabites [5]
1947 Eastwood Rechabites [6]
1948 Eastwood Rechabites [7] Mitcham District B [7]
1949 Sturt C [8] South Adelaide Ramblers [8]
1950 Blackwood[9] Kenilworth B [9]
1951 Eastwood [10] St Raphael's
1952 Blackwood[11] Kenilworth[11]
1953 Sturt C
1954 Mitcham District[3]
1955
1956 Mitcham District[3]
1957
1958
1959 Mitcham District[3]
1960 Mitcham District[3]
1961
1962

Adelaide Metropolitan Football League

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Year A Division B Division
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967 Hindmarsh C.Y.M.S[2]

Medallists

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H. S. Dunks Medal

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  • 1946 - Gerke, Harders, Thomas and May (Tie)[12]
  • 1947 - William Maxwell May (Camden Park)
  • 1948
  • 1949
  • 1950
  • 1951 - Colin Hender (Blackwood)[4]
  • 1952 - George Southby (Blackwood)[4][13]
  • 1953 - George Southby (Blackwood)[4]
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1956
  • 1957
  • 1958
  • 1959
  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
  • 1965
  • 1966
  • 1967

References

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  1. ^ "New Football Boundaries - Opinions Divided on Proposal". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 15 February 1946. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bloch, Fred. "SAAFL History - 1968". South Australian Amateur Football League. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Brief version of the History of The Mitcham Football Club". Mitcham Football Club. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d Stallard, Neil. "Blackwood Football Club - The Early Days, 1912–1986". Blackwood Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 31 August 1946. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Junior Football - Sturt District - Grand Final". The Mail (Adelaide). 27 September 1947. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  7. ^ a b "Junior Football - Sturt District Association". The Mail (Adelaide). 11 September 1948. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Junior Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 10 September 1949. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Junior Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 9 September 1950. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  10. ^ "Minor Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 15 September 1951. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  11. ^ a b "Minor Football - Sturt". The Mail (Adelaide). 13 September 1952. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Sturt District Grand Final". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 30 August 1946. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Captains Forecast Even Game". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 13 September 1952. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
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