Ballarat Football Association / Ballarat First Rate Football Association (Vic)

Quick Premiers List :

1920 - Sebastopol. 1921 - ?. 1922 - ?. 1923 - ?. 1924 - ?. 1925 - East Ballarat 2nds. 1926 - ?. 1927 - ?. 1928 - South City. 1929 - Sebastopol. 1942 - Redan. 1943 - ?.

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 :
1920 (Ballarat FA) - Sebastopol were premiers.

1922 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Creswick,
 - East Ballarat 2nds,
 - Golden Point 2nds,
 - High School,
 - North City,
 - Redan,
 - Sebastopol and
 - South City.

1923 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - East Ballarat 2nds,
 - Golden Point 2nds,
 - High School,
 - North City,
 - Redan,
 - Sebastopol and
 - South City.

1924 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - North City,
 - Redan,
 - Sebastopol and
 - South City.

1925 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - East Ballarat 2nds,
 - North City,
 - Sebastopol,
 - Soldiers Hill and
 - South City.
Grand Final - East Ballarat 2nds 4.14.38 defeated North City 5.7.37.

1926 - The Ballarat FA had been disqualified from operating this season.^[source]
1927 - ?.

1928 (Ballarat 1st Rate FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Railways,
 - North City,
 - Sebastopol,
 - South City and
 - Wendouree.
Grand Final - South City 10.7.67 defeated North City 5.2.32.

1929 (Ballarat 1st Rate FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Railways,
 - Creswick,
 - Newlyn,
 - North City,
 - Sebastopol and
 - South City.
Grand Final - Sebastopol 6.8.44 defeated Creswick 2.3.15.

1930 - Most clubs continued on in the Ballarat & DFA.

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1942 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs were (complete) :
 - East Ballarat,
 - Golden Point,
 - Redan (premiers) and
 - Sebastopol.

1943 (Ballarat FA) :
Participating clubs included :
 - Ballarat Orphanage,
 - East Ballarat,
 - Golden Point and
 - Redan.

1946 :
The Ballarat FA had ceased operation by approximately this point.
The Ballarat FL's B Grade seemed to come into play around the same time, though with different teams.