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

Club Known Years Participating Notes
Adelaide Colts 1951-52 Underage grades only
Albert Druids 1962-67
Blackwood 1949-52 [3]
Brompton 1962-63, 1965-66
Burnside 1961-67
Colonel Light Gardens 1946-53
Cudmore Park 1953-54
Eastwood 1946-53, 1964-67 Eastwood Rechabites (1946–48)
Goodwood 1947 also Goodwood C (1946-50)
Hindmarsh CYMS 1967 [2]
Kelvinator 1951, 1962-67
Kenilworth B 1948-52
Lockleys Youth Club 1951 Underage grades only
Mitcham District 1947-1967 [2][4]
Mitcham Youth Movement 1946
Myer 1948-52 Myer Emporium (1948)
North Adelaide Junior 1951 Underage grades only
Parkside Youth Movement 1946-52
Parkview 1947-51
Postal Institute 1953-65
Royal Park 1967 [2]
St Raphael's 1946-67
South Adelaide Ramblers 1949, 1958-67
Sturt C 1946-52
Sturt Park 1953-54
University 1953-54

Premierships

Sturt District Football Association

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[4]
1955
1956 Mitcham District[4]
1957
1958
1959 Mitcham District[4]
1960 Mitcham District[4]
1961
1962

Adelaide Metropolitan Football League

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

Medallists

H. S. Dunks Medal

References

  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 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.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Brief version of the History of The Mitcham Football Club". Mitcham Football Club. 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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