matches in the first season, followed by semi finals and a grand final in the following season. In 1974, the O&MFL were disaffiliated with the VCFL, when the O&MFL refused to accept an application from the Lavington Football Club to join the league and were not allowed to compete in the Victorian Country Championships in 1974. The VCFL Country Championships was put on hold from 1975 to 1977. The O&MFL were re-affiliated with VCFL in 1976. In 1998, the VAFA defeated the O&MFL at Waverley Park to win the Smokefree Victorian Challenge match, as a curtain raiser to the AFL Ansett Cup Pre season grand final, then the O&MFL turned the tables on the VAFA the following year in the same challenge match at the same venue. From 2004 to 2006 the championships were decided at a carnival round-robin competition at one venue over a single weekend, with each of the four sides playing the others in matches of two twenty-minute halves. The team on top of the ladder, after these three matches, were declared the winner. Leagues not represented in the top four pools of four participated in other inter-league matches organised by the VCFL. In 2007, there was no statewide VCFL Championships, just a rivalry round was played between close by leagues, (with the O&MFL playing the GVFL), with the round robin format returning in 2008. The O&M have gone onto win the first division of the Victorian Country Football League interleague championship fourteen times, the most recent victory being in 2009. The O&MFL representative teams wears a gold guernsey, emblazoned with a monogram-style black "O&M" initials, with black shorts and black socks.\ VCFL League Rankings In 2009 the VCFL decided to rank each country football league, with the O&MFL initially ranked number one. The Metropolitan and Country Football Championships merged in 2016 to create a statewide competition, with the rankings reorganised to include metropolitan leagues in 2017. The O&MFL were ranked number five in Victoria in the 2019 VCFL Country Championships. As of 2020, AFL Victoria decided to scrap it's traditional interleague competition, but leagues could decide amongst themselves, if they wish to play or not. 2009 - 1 2010 - 3 2011 - 5 2012 - 5 2013 - 3 2014 - 5 2015 - 4 2016 - 5 2017 - 6 2018 - 4 2019 - 5 2020 - AFL Victoria abandon the Victorian Country