necessitated a bye, which remained 1929–30 when the VCA Colts team was included. The Colts team competed for eleven seasons but disbanded during World War II. Matches continued through the war (although they were not for points) and Footscray was admitted for 1948–49, which eliminated the bye. The next expansion occurred in 1974 when two clubs representing outer-suburban areas, Ringwood and Waverley, were promoted from Sub-District. Eighteen sides have participated since 1993–94 when teams from Geelong and the Mornington Peninsula were admitted. The finals system, previously consisting of four teams, was enlarged to a final six in 1997–98 season, later changing to a final eight. Current clubs Premierships correct to the end of 2021/22 season. First XI premierships Two-day 1906-07 East Melbourne (1) 1907-08 East Melbourne (2) 1908-09 Prahran (1) 1909-10 St Kilda (1) 1910-11 Prahran (2) 1911-12 Northcote (1) 1912-13 Collingwood (1) 1913-14 St Kilda (2) 1914-15 Melbourne (1) 1915-16 Not held 1916-17 Not held 1917-18 Not held 1918-19 Not held 1919-20 Melbourne (2) 1920-21 Prahran (3) 1921-22 Prahran (4) 1922-23 Prahran (5) 1923-24 St Kilda (3) 1924-25 St Kilda (4) 1925-26 St Kilda (5) 1926-27 St Kilda (6) 1927-28 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (3) 1928-29 University (1) 1929-30 Melbourne (3) 1930-31 Fitzroy (1) 1931-32 St Kilda (7) 1932-33 Melbourne (4) 1933-34 St Kilda (8) 1934-35 Melbourne (5) 1935-36 Melbourne (6) 1936-37 Melbourne (7) 1937-38 Melbourne (8) 1938-39 Fitzroy (2) 1939-40 Fitzroy (3) 1940-41 Not held 1941-42 Not held 1942-43 Not held 1943-44 Not held 1944-45 Not held 1945-46 Carlton (1) 1946-47 Richmond (1) 1947-48 Carlton (2) 1948-49 Melbourne (9) 1949-50 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (4) 1950-51 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (5) 1951-52 Melbourne (10) 1952-53 South Melbourne (1) 1953-54 Fitzroy (4) 1954-55 Prahran (6) 1955-56 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (6) 1956-57 Carlton (3) 1957-58 Carlton (4) 1958-59 Melbourne (11) 1959-60 South Melbourne (2) 1960-61 Fitzroy (5) 1961-62 St Kilda (9) 1962-63 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (7) 1963-64 Essendon (1) 1964-65 St Kilda (10) 1965-66 Northcote (2) 1966-67 Fitzroy (6) 1967-68 South Melbourne (3) 1968-69 Carlton (5) 1969-70 Essendon (2) 1970-71 Collingwood (2) 1971-72 Hawthorn-East Melbourne (8) 1972-73 Melbourne (12) 1973-74 Northcote (3) 1974-75 Collingwood (3) 1975-76 Melbourne (13) 1976-77 Richmond (2) 1977-78 Carlton (6) 1978-79 Carlton (7) 1979-80 Footscray (1) 1980-81 Carlton (8) 1981-82 Melbourne (14) 1982-83 Richmond (3) 1983-84 Prahran (7) 1984-85 St Kilda (11) 1985-86 St Kilda (12) 1986-87 Northcote (4) 1987-88 Collingwood (4) 1988-89 Melbourne (15) 1989-90 Richmond (4) 1990-91 University (2) 1991-92 St Kilda