Teams (1878 to 1939)

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The images have been divided into chronological sections which you can access directly by clicking the following links:

  19th Century

  1901 to 1910

  1911 to 1925

  1926 to 1939

19th Century

1878

Norwood1878.jpg (111291 bytes)

Norwood's inaugural SAFA team.

1879

SAdel1879.jpg (36910 bytes)

The South Adelaide team which came 3rd in the SAFA.

1884

1884 premiers.jpg (133275 bytes)

Port Adelaide's first ever SAFA premiership team.

1886

MCCinHobart1886.jpg (36628 bytes)

Melbourne's Tasmanian touring party.

1888

Norwood1888.jpg (89103 bytes)

Norwood's champions of Australia team.

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1889

PMelb1889.jpg (34791 bytes)

Port Melbourne, 3rd on this season's VFA ladder.

1897

WPprems1897.jpg (30732 bytes)

West Perth's WAFA premiership team.

1897

PMelb1897.jpg (34126 bytes)

Port Melbourne's first ever VFA premiership team.

1898

Lefroy1898.jpg (93442 bytes)

Lefroy, premiership team in this year's STFA.

 

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1901 to 1910

Early 1900s

UnknownKalgoorliefootyteam.jpg (54610 bytes)

An unknown Kalgoorlie football team.

1902

NorthHobart1902.jpg (57903 bytes)

North Hobart's STFA premiership team.

1908

WAust1904.jpg (120575 bytes)

Western Australia's inaugural interstate team.

1905

CBCcollege.jpg (53257 bytes)

Christian Brothers team, Adelaide, featuring 'the prince or ruckmen'.

1905

NorthAdel1905.jpg (29769 bytes)

SAFA premier North Adelaide.

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1907

NorthFremantle1907.jpg (39167 bytes)

The North Fremantle team which came 5th in the WAFA.

1907

SMteam1907.jpg (40240 bytes)

South Melbourne team at 'lemons'.

1908

Carlton1908.jpg (32541 bytes)

Carlton's historic 'three in a row' premiership team.

1908

1908 WA state team.jpg (46973 bytes)

Western Australia's team for the Melbourne carnival.

1908

WAdel1908.jpg (38536 bytes)

The first ever West Adelaide premiership team.

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1910

Cananore1910.jpg (32320 bytes)

TFL premier, Cananore.

1910

Essendon1910.jpg (99209 bytes)

Essendon, which came 4th in the VFL this year.

1910

MCCinHobart1910.jpg (26458 bytes)

Melbourne in Hobart.

1910

Portplayers1910 GF.jpg (38709 bytes)

Port Adelaide at 'lemon time' in the challenge final.

1910

Sturt1910.jpg (31182 bytes)

SAFL runners-up, Sturt.

1910

Woodville1910.jpg (56540 bytes)

An early club bearing the name of Woodville (but not the eventual league club).

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1911 to 1925

1911

SA1911Cnvlteam.jpg (94221 bytes)

South Australia's winning Adelaide carnival team.

1911

WP1911Crapp.jpg (26379 bytes)

West Perth, this season's WAFL runner-up.

 

1913

Carlton1913.jpg (87615 bytes)

The Carlton side that finished in 6th place in the VFL.

1913

PortAdel1913.jpg (46493 bytes)

Port Adelaide's championship of Australia winning team.

1914

PortAdel1914.jpg (42521 bytes)

Port Adelaide's unbeaten champions of Australia.

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1914

wa1914.jpg (30944 bytes)

The Western Australian team for the Sydney carnival.

1917

SthFreo1917.jpg (66294 bytes)

WAFL premier, South Fremantle.

1920

EFremantle1920.jpg (89830 bytes)

East Fremantle's runner-up combination.

1921

wa1921.jpg (66049 bytes)

Western Australia's victorious Perth carnival team.

1923

TFLvsSA1923.jpg (16274 bytes)

The TFL combination that beat a South Australian no. 2 side in Adelaide.

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1923

TFL1923vsNWFU.jpg (15276 bytes)

The TFL team prior to its 40 point win over the NWFU in Hobart.

1924

Acton1924.jpg (33846 bytes)

Acton, inaugural Federal Territory Australian Rules Football League premier.

1924

qld1924.jpg (29026 bytes)

The hapless Queenslanders who were thrashed in every game at the Hobart carnival.

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1926 to 1939

1926

EssendoninHobart1926.jpg (52378 bytes)

The Essendon team prior to a match against the TFL in Hobart.

1926

Sturt1926.jpg (49842 bytes)

Sturt's premiership-winning combination.

1927

Acton1927.jpg (36007 bytes)

Acton's second premiership team.

1927

Canberra1927.jpg (15287 bytes)

The Canberra team that lost to Queensland in Canberra.

1927

Queensland1927.jpg (15184 bytes)

The victorious Queenslanders from the same match.

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1928

Ainslie1928.jpg (38857 bytes)

The Ainslie team which came 2nd to Eastlake this year.

1928

Eastlake1928.jpg (76807 bytes)

Eastlake's inaugural premiership team.

1929

Northcote_1929.jpg (84186 bytes)

Northcote's first ever VFA premiership-winning team.

1929

tfl1929.jpg (28935 bytes)

The TFL representative team that lost by a point to NSW in Sydney.

1933

can1933.jpg (14203 bytes)

Canberra's Sydney carnival team at the SCG.

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1933

Tasmania1933.jpg (57175 bytes)

The Tasmanian team at the Sydney carnival.

1934

Glenelg1934.jpg (50248 bytes)

The Glenelg side that downed Port Adelaide in the SANFL grand final.

1934

SDists1934.jpg (26385 bytes)

Swan Districts' inaugural league combination.

 

1934

VictoriaPark1934.jpg (74224 bytes)

Victoria Park Football Club, formerly and later known as Perth.

1934

WestPerth1934.jpg (54416 bytes)

West Perth, victors over East Fremantle in the WANFL grand final.

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1936

EPerth1936.jpg (142375 bytes)

This season's East Perth premiership side.

 

1936

Sturt1936.jpg (56168 bytes)

The Sturt team which lost this year's SANFL grand final to Port Adelaide.

1937

Geelong1937.jpg (51296 bytes)

The Geelong combination which defeated Collingwood in the VFL grand final.

1938

WestPerth1938.jpg (43199 bytes)

This season's WANFL wooden spooners, West Perth.

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