Reporter District Football Association

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Reporter District Football Association
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1903
Ceased	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Country	Australia

The Reporter District Football Association (RDFA), also known simply simply as the Reporter Football Association (RFA), was an Australian rules football competition based around the Melbourne suburb of Box Hill.^[1]^[2]

History

The RDFA was formed in 1903 by EFG Hodges, the proprietor of the "Reporter" newspaper. Six clubs − Bayswater, Box Hill, Canterbury, Ferntree Gully, Mitcham and Ringwood − participated in the inaugural season.^[3] Mitcham were the inaugural premiers after defeating Box Hill in the grand final, after both club finished the season with an equal win-loss record.^[3]

In 1928, the RDFA was absorbed into the Ringwood District Football League, which eventually became part of the present-day Eastern Football Netball League (EFNL).^[3]

The competition was also known as the Box Hill Reporter District Football Association (BHRDFA) or the Box Hill Reporter District Football League (BHRDFL or RDFL).^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ""REPORTER" FOOTBALL COMPETITION". Trove. The Reporter. 3 July 1908. p. 7. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ ""Reporter" Football Association". Trove. Box Hill Reporter. 5 March 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Box Hill Reporter District Football League / Reporter District Football League (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "Blackburn Football Club Honour Board" (PDF). Blackburn Football Club. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "1919 BHRDFL Division 1". GameDay. Mitcham Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ "Premierships". Mitcham Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.

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