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15-627: The Camden Town Football Club was based in the South Caulfield area and had been in existence from at least 1898. In 1910, the club entered a side in the Federal Football Association (FFA, later FDFL and FFL) junior competition. They won the premiership in 1911. After World War I , the club resumed and changed its name to South Caulfield , joining the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA) and winning

30-866: A wildlife sanctuary. He also had pastoral interests elsewhere in Victoria and in Queensland . Wynne was a committee member of the Victoria Racing Club from 1905. He won the Australian Cup twice, with Great Scot in 1903 and Peru in 1908. He also served terms as president of the Melbourne Swimming Club, the St Kilda Yacht Club , the Melbourne Club , and the Athenaeum Club . A supporter of

45-1010: The University of Melbourne and was admitted as an attorney in July 1874. He married Mary Jane Robertson, née Smith, a widow with two children in November 1886. She died in 1889 and in February 1896 he married Annie Dudgeon, née Samuel, a widow with three children. In 1888, Wynne won the seat of Western Province in the Victorian Legislative Council which he held until 1903 and was Postmaster-General and Solicitor-General from 1893 to 1894 in Sir James Patterson 's government and Solicitor-General from 1900 to 1902 in Sir George Turner 's and Sir Alexander Peacock 's governments. Wynne won

60-493: The A Section competition teams were composed of - Black Rock, Mordialloc, Cheltenham, East Burwood, Moorabbin, Caulfield, Darling and Mentone, and in the B section, Chelsea, Highett, Mt. Waverley, Mordialloc, Black Rock and Edithvale-Aspendale. Middle Brighton FC kicked 50.40 - 340 v Heatherton: 0.0 - 0 in a match in 1914. Source: Nine clubs competed in the FFL's final season. The Agar Wynne Shield. The Honourable Agar Wynne, MHR

75-514: The Amateurs, in 1939 a junior side was formed and entered the FDFL's B grade competition under its original name of Camden . Camden continued to field a team in the wartime competition from 1941, and, following the war, were runners-up in 1945 and 1948, losing to Moorabbin on both occasions. After their near-success in the 1940s, the club slowly began to fall down the ladder. Their last attempt at success

90-585: The FDFL was entirely surprised when the amalgamation was announced. Brighton-Caulfield competed for three seasons before eventually moving to the suburb of Caulfield and becoming the Caulfield Football Club in the mid-1960s. Caulfield remained in the VFA until the end of the 1987 season . Federal Football League The Federal Football League ( FFL ), also known simply as the Federal League ,

105-526: The VFA, suddenly announced it had amalgamated with South Caulfield to form a club known as Brighton-Caulfield , following two weeks of negotiations between the clubs and facilitated by the VFA administration, which keen not to lose its eighteenth team. South Caulfield had a home ground at Princes Park on Hawthorn Road which, while primitive, was fenced and met Association standards, and it had enough players to field teams in four grades – both of which Brighton lacked. The negotiations were carried out secretly, and

120-581: The federal House of Representatives . He was Postmaster-General of Australia in the Cook Government from 1913 to 1914, but retired from federal politics at the 1914 election . He re-entered Victorian politics and briefly served as Attorney-General of Victoria (1917–1918). Wynne was born in London, but his family emigrated to Australia when he was a child. He educated at Melbourne Church of England Grammar School and enrolled in an articled clerk's course at

135-593: The reserves premiership in 1922. In 1926, South Caulfield joined the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA, later the VAFA), and remained in the competition until the end of the curtailed 1940 season . Following World War II , the club joined the Catholic Young Men's Society Football Association (CYMSFA) and changed its name to South Caulfield CYMS . While the senior team was in

150-679: The seat of Balaclava at the 1906 elections in the Australian House of Representatives as an Independent Protectionist. He joined the Fusion government and served as Postmaster-General in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to its fall in September 1914, but he did not contest the 1914 elections , apparently because he could not reorganise his department to run on efficient business principles. Wynne returned to Victorian politics in 1917, winning

165-584: The southern/south eastern suburbs. Local Councillor F. T. Le Page was elected president. In 1915, the Federal football Association (FFA) A. Grade teams were - Brighton District, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Moorabbin Park, Oakleigh and Elsternwick, whilst the B. Grade clubs were Sandringham, Mentone, Heatherton and Glenhuntly. In 1925, the FFA comprised 10 senior and 9 junior club's and had over 1,000 registered players. In 1937

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180-588: The state seat of St Kilda and was Attorney-General , Solicitor-General, Minister of Railways and a Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from November 1917 to March 1918 in Sir John Bowser 's government. He did not stand for re-election in 1920. In 1910, Wynne acquired Nerrin Nerrin, a 7,927-acre (3,208 ha) property near Streatham, Victoria . He ran merino sheep, raised Thoroughbred horses and created

195-595: Was an Australian rules football competition in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne , Victoria. The competition was in existence from 1909 to 1981 and was regarded as one of the strongest metropolitan leagues in Melbourne. It is said that, in the mid-1960s, Channel 7 was seeking to telecast FFL games on a Sunday. Formed in 1909 as the Federal Football Association ( FFA ), the competition's eight founding members were Cheltenham, Ellindale, Elsternwick, Frankston, Mentone, Mordialloc, Moorabbin, and Glen Huntly, all from

210-481: Was competing in a playoff for the 1952 grand final, before finishing last in 1954 and near last in 1955 and 1956. In 1957, Camden and South Caulfield CYMS merged to form the new South Caulfield Football Club , playing at Princes Park. Their time was not successful in the FDFL, spending most of its time near the bottom of the ladder. On 29 March 1962, the Brighton Football Club , which had been struggling in

225-509: Was the Federal Football Association's Patron from 1909 to 1915. Cr. J.W. ALLNUT MEDAL. (Allnut was President of the FFA from 1936 to 1945 & a life member). Agar Wynne Agar Wynne (15 July 1850 – 12 May 1934) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He began his career in the Victorian Legislative Council and served two terms as Solicitor-General of Victoria . In 1906, he transferred to

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