VFL Sub-Districts

[6][7][8][9] The MDFA appears to stopped play during World War I, although a different competition (known as the Melbourne Junior Football Association) was formed in April 1918.

[16][17][18][19] Public Service won the inaugural premiership in 1925, with a total of ten clubs competing in the competition the following year in 1926.

[26][27] The clubs again drew in the 1935 grand final, with that replay won by Fairfield in a game that resulted in four players being suspended for fighting.

[35][36] Prahran subsequently spent 1959 competing in the MFL's A Grade, winning the premiership with just a single loss for the season, and the club returned to the VFA in 1960.

[175][176] The award was named Marcus Clota, a former vice-president of South Melbourne who served as the VFL Sub-Districts president until his death on 25 December 1940.