"[2] In 1903 they joined their first competition, the Box Hill Reporter Football Association, but, after only winning 2 matches they dropped out again.

Bayswater reformed in 1919 after the war and joined the Mountain District Football Association, playing against Monbulk, Emerald, Ferny Creek and Belgrave, where they finished third.

It wasn't until 1926 that the club re-emerged, joining the Scoresby District Football Association and finished fifth.

In 1930 Boronia broke away from the merger and remained in the Scoresby FA when Bayswater joined the Ringwood District Football Association and played in that competition until it disbanded for WW2.

The Croydon Mail League became the Croydon-Ferntree Gully FL and Bayswater remained in that competition.