Extracurricular Match Listings: 1916 to 1925

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IIL Interstate inter-league match
IIC Interstate club vs. club match
ILC Interstate league versus club match
IL Inter-league match - same state
IC Club vs. club match - same state
LC League vs. club match - same state
SvL State vs. league
SvC State vs. Club
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KEY TO SOURCES:  
100YO 100 Years On 1893-1993: Centenary Ballarat Football League
3AW 3AW Book Of Footy Records by Graeme Atkinson and Michael Hanlon
ADN 'Albury Daily News'
ADVO 'The Advocate'
AGE 'The Age'
ARG 'The Argus'
BCOU 'Brisbane Courier'
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
D1 Diehards 1896-1945 by Ken Spillman
DE Dave Eastman
FF60 Footy Flashbacks 1960 by Eric Gunton
GP Greg Parker
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
HVFA The VFA: A History Of The Victorian Football Association 1877-1995 by Marc Fiddian
LEX 'Launceston Examiner'
MER 'The Mercury'
MS Max Sayer
NAFC The Centenary History Of The North Adelaide Football Club by John Wood
NEADV 'North Eastern Advertiser'
NGNC The National Game In The National Capital by Barbara Marshall
NSWAR New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports
OES Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition by Jack Lee
ROY The Royals 1906-1976 by Matthew Glossop
RS Ross Smith
SAFS The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress
SFS1 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 1 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee
SMH 'The Sydney Morning Herald'
SUN 'The Sun'
TB True Blue by John Lysikatos
VTH Victory Through Harmony: A History Of The First 100 Years Of The Leongatha Football Club by Rod Cameron

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BdFL Bendigo Football League NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania)
BFL Ballarat Football League SA South Australia
Barrier Barrier Ranges Football Association (Broken Hill) SA2 South Australian 2nd Team
FTARFL Federal Territory Australian Rules Football League (Canberra) SAFL South Australian Football League
GFA Goldfields Football Association (name reverted in 1920) SFA Scottsdale Football Association
GFL Goldfields Football League TFL Tasmanian Football League
NEFA North East Football Association VFA Victorian Football Association
NEFU North East Football Union VFL Victorian Football League
NSW New South Wales WA Western Australia
NSW2nds New South Wales 2nds WA2 Western Australian 2nd Team
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association WAFL Western Australian Football League

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PLEASE NOTE:  Results of all Tasmanian and Western Australian state premiership matches are recorded in the Chronology.

QUICK LINKS:-    1916   1918    1919    1920    1921    1922    1923    1924    1925

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1916 London Other Australian Diggers 3rd Division 6 16 52 Australian Training Units 4 12 36 An exhibition match played before a crowd estimated at 6,000.  Both teams  contained numerous league players.  FF60 gives the Training Units' score as 4.11 (35). 3AW, FF60
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1918 Hobart Other Southern Tasmania 9 13 67 Northern Tasmania 2 5 17 - RS, LEX
1918 Launceston Other Northern Tasmania 13 14 92 Southern Tasmania 10 6 66 - RS, LEX
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1919 Hobart IL TFL 13 15 93 NTFA 8 18 66 The 1919 season was curtailed in all Tasmanian leagues because of an influenza epidemic. CTF
1919 Launceston IL NTFA 7 7 49 TFL 5 8 38 CTF
1919 Not given IC East Fremantle 6 13 49 Kalgoorlie Railways 4 7 31 Railways won the GFL flag in 1919. GR
1919 Not given LC East Fremantle 12 16 88 GFL 7 13 55 Old Easts were 2nd behind East Perth on the 1919 WAFL ladder. GR
1919 Not given LC East Perth 7 9 51 GFL 7 7 49 - GR
1919 Ballarat LC BFL 9 14 68 Carlton 12 25 97 Carlton came 4th in the VFL this year. 100YO
1919 Ballarat IL BFL 11 14 80 VFL 12 14 86 - 100YO
1919 Ballarat IC Golden Point 10 5 65 South Melbourne 16 18 114 South finished 3rd on the VFL ladder in 1919 while Golden Point were BFL premiers. 100YO
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1920 Launceston IL NTFA 7 15 57 TFL 10 11 71 This was the TFL's first win in Launceston since 1907.  CTF gives the NTFA's score as 8.12 (60). RS, MER, CTF
1920 Hobart IL TFL 12 15 87 NTFA 9 12 66 - CTF
1920 Hobart ILC TFL 10 13 73 West Torrens 9 16 70 West Torrens came 4th in the SAFL in 1920. CTF
1920 Hobart ILC TFL 12 17 89 West Adelaide 10 9 69 West landed the 1920 SAFL wooden spoon. CTF
1920 Launceston ILC NTFA 8 9 57 West Torrens 8 21 69 - RS, MER
1920 Launceston ILC NTFA 10 11 71 West Adelaide 6 14 50 - RS, MER
1920 Adelaide IIC North Adelaide 9 14 68 Collingwood 15 17 107 Collingwood was 2nd in the VFL this year, while North won the SAFL flag. CA
1920 Kalgoorlie IIL GFA 9 14 68 VFA 6 18 54 This 3 match 'Test series' was arranged to commemorate the affiliation in 1920 of the two leagues. GR
1920 Kalgoorlie IIL GFA 9 11 65 VFA 9 11 65 GR
1920 Kalgoorlie IIL GFA 11 6 72 VFA 6 17 53 GR
1920 Ballarat IC BFL 7 5 47 Fitzroy 7 9 51 The Maroons came 4th in the VFL this year. 100YO
1920 Ballarat IL BFL 12 10 82 BdFL 7 5 47 - 100YO
1920 Ballarat IL BFL 9 8 62 VFL 13 15 93 - 100YO
1920 Ballarat IIC BFL 9 6 60 North Adelaide 7 15 57 - 100YO
1920 Riverton LC Mid-Northern Association Not given North Adelaide Not given Won by North Adelaide. NAFC
1920 Perth IIC East Perth 2 7 19 Sturt 1 12 18 East Perth won the WAFL premiership, while Sturt came 5th in the SAFL. TB, OES
1920 Perth IIC Subiaco 4 3 27 Sturt 8 13 61 Subiaco finished 4th in the WAFL in 1920. TB, OES
1920 Perth ILC WAFL 9 20 74 Sturt 6 9 45 This was a full strength WAFL representative team. TB, OES
1920 Sydney SvC New South Wales 11 17 83 South Adelaide 12 9 81 South finished 6th in the SAFL this year. NSWAR
1920 Sydney SvC New South Wales 9 11 65 North Adelaide 13 15 93 - NSWAR
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1921 Albury Unknown Albury 11 12 78 Tasmania 17 23 125 The Tasmanians were en route to Sydney to play NSW.  CTF does not make it clear whether their opposition in this match was a club side, or a league representative team. CTF
1921 Hobart IL TFL 9 26 80 NTFA 10 3 63 - CTF
1921 Launceston IL NTFA 8 15 63 TFL 9 14 68 Watched by a record NTFA crowd of 9,000. CTF
1921 Adelaide IC Norwood 12 9 81 Carlton 10 14 74 Both teams came 2nd in their leagues in 1921.  (AGE 24/10/21 gives score as N 13.11; C 10.14) CA/AGE
1921 Melbourne IIL VFA 18 10 118 GFA 2 5 17 - GR
1921 Bendigo IL BdFL 5 7 37 BFL 7 9 51 - 100YO
1921 Ballarat IC BFL 7 4 46 South Melbourne 8 14 62 South finished in 7th place in the VFL this year. 100YO
1921 Ballarat IC BFL 16 5 101 Geelong 11 17 83 Geelong came 4th in the VFL in 1921. 100YO
1921 Ballarat IL BFL 5 9 39 VFL 13 15 93 - 100YO
1921 Ballarat IC BFL 4 11 35 Fitzroy 5 7 37 Fitzroy came 5th in the VFL this year. 100YO
1921 Sydney SvC New South Wales 11 5 71 West Adelaide 12 24 96 West finished second from last in this year's SAFL. NSWAR
1921 Brisbane SvC Queensland 10 18 78 West Adelaide 18 20 128 - GP, BCOU
1921 Albury SvL Albury and Border FA 7 10 52 New South Wales 13 15 93 NSW was captained by Tom Fitzmaurice. DE/ADN
1921 Bendigo IL BdFL 5 7 37 VFL 11 6 72 - DE/ARG
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1922 Launceston IL NTFA 8 10 58 TFL 12 12 84 - CTF
1922 Hobart IL TFL 10 19 79 NTFA 7 10 52 Watched by a record crowd of 11,000. CTF
1922 Launceston IL NTFA 13 15 93 NWFU 10 16 76 - RS, MER
1922 Hobart ILC TFL 8 13 61 South Adelaide 12 9 81 South came 4th in the SAFL in 1922. CTF
1922 Hobart ILC TFL 14 9 93 Glenelg 10 19 79 SAFL newcomers Glenelg had yet to win a game in two complete seasons. CTF
1922 Hobart ILC TFL 9 12 66 Richmond 10 9 69 The Tigers finished 5th in the VFL this year. CTF
1922 Kalgoorlie LC GFA 9 6 60 East Perth 8 13 61 Watched by a crowd of 4,000. GR, ROY
1922 Melbourne IIC St Kilda Not given East Perth Not given St Kilda, which came 7th in the VFL this year, won by 1 point.. ROY
1922 Adelaide IIC Norwood 7 10 52 East Perth 8 20 68 Both sides would win their respective league premierships in 1922. CA, ROY
1922 Adelaide IIC West Adelaide 7 12 54 East Perth 11 12 78  West finished runner-up to Norwood this year. ROY
1922 Kalgoorlie ILC GFA 9 18 72 Fitzroy 7 10 52 Fitzroy won the 1922 VFL premiership. GR
1922 Fremantle IIC West Perth 7 6 48 Fitzroy 7 7 49 The Cardinals came 2nd in the WAFL this year. SFS1, OES
1922 Perth IIC East Fremantle 8 13 61 Fitzroy 10 12 72 Old Easts finished 3rd in 1922. SFS1
1922 Perth SvL WA 7 8 50 Fitzroy 5 4 34 - OES
1922 Kalgoorlie LC GFA 10 15 75 South Fremantle 9 16 70 South came 4th in the WAFL this year. GR
1922 Kalgoorlie LC GFA 12 7 79