Ballarat Football Association (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :
1891 - Ballarat Imperial.
1892 - Ballarat Imperial.
1893 - Ballarat Imperial.
1894 - Ballarat Imperial.
1895 - Ballarat Imperial.
1896 - Ballarat Imperial.
1897 - Ballarat.
1898 - Ballarat.
1899 - Ballarat Imperial.
1900 - Ballarat Imperial.
1901 - Ballarat Imperial.
1902 - Ballarat Imperial.
1903 - Ballarat Imperial.
1904 - ?.
1905 - Ballarat Imperial.
1906 - Ballarat Imperial.
1907 - South Ballarat.

General :
As data comes in, it is seeming less and less likely that the earlier Ballarat FA and the later Ballarat FA were the same league.

Timeline :
1874 :
Note - The league was not a constituted competition until 1893. Not sure what name it went under, if any.
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Albert (final season due to merger),
 - Albion,
 - Ballarat (final season due to merger) and
 - Phoenix (final season).

1875 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Albion and
 - Albert-Ballarat (debut, result of merger).

1978 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Albion (final season),
 - City (debut) and
 - 3 others (total of 5).

1979 - Participating clubs included City.

1882 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Imperial (merged and then separated midseason) and
 - City (merged, then separated and disbanded midseason).

1885 - Participating clubs included East Ballarat (debut, folded midseason).
1891 - Ballarat Imperial were premiers.
1892 - Ballarat Imperial were premiers.

1893 :
The Ballarat FA was constituted.
Participating clubs were (complete, in final ladder order) :
 1. Ballarat Imperial,
 2. Ballarat,
 3. South Ballarat and
 4. Sebastopol (debut).

1894 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Imperial (premiers) and
 - Sebastopol.

1895 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Imperial (premiers),
 - Sebastopol (final season) and
 - South Ballarat.

1896 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat,
 - Ballarat Imperial (premiers) and
 - 1 other (total of 3).

1897 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Ballarat (equal 1st after H&As),
 - Ballarat Imperial (equal 1st after H&As) and
 - South Ballarat.
Final - Ballarat defeated Ballarat Imperial by 3 pts.

1898 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat (equal 1st after H&As),
 - Ballarat Imperial (equal 1st after H&As) and
 - South Ballarat (winless).
Finals Series :
 - Final - Ballarat 7.3.45 drew with Ballarat Imperial 6.9.45.
 - Final Replay - Ballarat defeated Ballarat Imperial by 11 points.

1899 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Imperial and
 - South Ballarat (winless, yet they made the Final!).
Final - Ballarat Imperial 10.12.72 defeated South Ballarat 0.7.7.

1900 :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat (equal 1st after H&As) and
 - Ballarat Imperial (equal 1st after H&As).
Final - Ballarat Imperial defeated Ballarat by 21 pts.

1901 - Ballarat Imperial were premiers.
1902 - Ballarat Imperial were premiers.
1903 - Final : Ballarat Imperial 8.8.56 defeated Ballarat 4.12.36.

1905 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Ballarat (equal 1st after H&As),
 - Ballarat Imperial (equal 1st after H&As),
 - Golden Point (this season only) and
 - South Ballarat.
Final - Ballarat Imperial 5.12.42 defeated Ballarat 3.6.24.

1906 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Ballarat,
 - Ballarat Imperial (premiers) and
 - South Ballarat.

1907 :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - Ballarat,
 - Ballarat Imperial and
 - South Ballarat (premiers).

1908 - All three clubs moved to the Ballarat FL, though it seems that a new Ballarat FA had commenced by 1920.