The Boroondara Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) until it merged with the Hawthorn Football Club in 1905.
3-600: Boroondara was formed as the Star of Camberwell Football Club around 1890. The club changed its name to Boroondara on 24 June 1891. In 1897 , the club joined the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) after absorbing Camberwell Juniors . The club withdrew late in the season and appears to have gone into recess. Boroondara returned to the MJFA for the 1903 season and remained in
6-497: The competition in 1904 . Following the end of the 1904 season, Booroondara merged with fellow MJFA club Hawthorn at the MJFA annual meeting on 30 April 1905. Hawthorn retained its own name, but adopted Boroondara's colours of a black guernsey with a red sash. 1897 MJFA season The 1897 MJFA season was the 6th season of the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA). South St Kilda won its fourth MJFA premiership , having finished won 15 of its 16 games. This
9-481: Was the club's final premiership before it disbanded during the 1899 season . Nine clubs competed in the MJFA in 1897, one less than the previous season in 1896 . Malvern and Old Melburnians both withdrew after their inaugural seasons, while Nunawading also left after three seasons in the competition. South Yarra and Boroondara were both admitted into the association. On 5 June, Waltham were scheduled to play against Caulfield but did not appear, with
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