The 1927 MAFA season was the 32nd season of the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 30 April and concluded on 17 September, with 30 teams participating across three divisions under a promotion and relegation system.
Association membership Seven clubs − Black Rock, Flinders Naval Base (also referred to as Flinders Naval Depot or Naval Base Flinders), Kingsville Rovers, Oakleigh, Pascoe Vale, State Savings Bank and West Hawthorn − entered the MAFA in 1927. Glen Huntly entered a second team (also known as "Glen Huntly B"), while Elsternwick and Old Melburnians both withdrew their second teams.
Sandringham Juniors also appears to have left the MAFA following the 1926 season, with Sandringham District entering the competition.
All new teams entered C Section, with the exception of Flinders Naval Base and Sandringham District, which were both admitted into B Section.
Notable events Hampton secretary E. F. Voight received a life ban from the MAFA after striking a Brightonvale official and attempting to strike another member of Brightonvale's committee following a match between the two clubs on 23 July 1927. Following the C Section grand final, Oakleigh was suspended from the MAFA because of the conduct of its supporters.
A Section
Old Scotch won the A Section premiership for the fourth time and the second year in a row, defeating by 35 points in the grand final.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Old Scotch (P) 18 16 2 0 64 Finals series 2 18 14 4 0 56 3 Elsternwick 18 13 5 0 52 4 18 11 7 0 44 5 St Paul's Ascot Vale 18 10 8 0 40 6 Old Melburnians 18 10 8 0 40 7 Collegians 18 8 10 0 32 8 Old Caulfield Grammarians 18 8 10 0 16 9 Geelong 18 4 14 0 16 Relegation 10 Teachers' College 18 0 18 0 0
Finals
B Section
This was Hampton's final season in the MAFA, with the club joining the VFL Sub-Districts for the 1928 season. Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Murrumbeena (P) 18 56 Finals series 2 Glen Huntly 18 56 3 Brightonvale 18 56 4 Flinders Naval Base 18 52 5 Hampton 18 36 6 Old Xaverians 18 32 7 Sandringham 18 32 8 Sandringham District 18 20 9 Old Haileybury 18 12 Relegation 10 Old Trinity 18 8
Finals
C Section
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 State Savings Bank (P) 18 66 Finals series 2 Brunswick 18 62 3 Oakleigh 18 58 4 Black Rock 18 44 5 West Hawthorn 18 42 6 Pascoe Vale 18 32 7 Kingsville Rovers 18 24 8 South Caulfield 18 24 9 Glen Huntly B 18 4 10 Teachers' College B 18 4
Finals
Club best and fairest Club Winner Black Rock Brunswick Glen Huntly Kingsville Rovers Pascoe Vale South Caulfield State Savings Bank Teachers' College West Hawthorn T. Cargill
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