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Old Xaverians Football Club

Australian rules football club

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Australian rules football club

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league	VAFA
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coach	James Byrne
ground	Toorak Park
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The Old Xaverians Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Toorak, an inner suburb of Melbourne.

The club was established in 1923 by alumni of Jesuit school Xavier College in Kew. The club is one of the most successful in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, having won 14 VAFA Premier Section flags, with its first in 1981. It won an unprecedented six premierships in six years between 1995 and 2000.

Playing and training at Toorak park, in the inner south east of Melbourne as a very central location for players to go to. Ex students come from all over Melbourne to play for Old Xaverians as students from Xavier College historically live in and around Boroondara or Bayside with all inbewteen. As these areas are within close proximity to Xaviers junior campus in Brighton and Kew.

The OXFC currently fields nine teams in the VAFA competition (seven men's, two women's). And are renowned as one of the most successful clubs in the VAFA. With Toorak park in Armadale being the seniors main home ground, the other men's teams (including the u19's) are based at Stradbroke Park, Kew East. The women's team, established in 2017 and a foundation member of the VAFA's Premier Women Section, plays home games at Xavier College, Kew.

History

The club was established in 1923 by four alumni of Xavier College of Kew. The team entered to the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association where it started to compete at a very high standard among other Old boy football associations. After a first difficult season, the club realised it would need to recruit new players.

Rivalry

From right when the Old Xaverians football club was formed in the 1920s, a lasting rivalry with the St Kevins old boys football club begun. Even lasting to today with it being the biggest game on both teams calendar. This rivalry carry's through from school football between the two private schools.

Premierships

Senior

Premier A (14): 1981, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2016
Premier B (3): 1948, 1962, 1980
Premier C (2): 1938, 1978
Division 1 (1): 1976

Reserves

Reserve Division (18): 1964, 1966, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025

Thirds

OXFC Blacks (Les Ménages) (6): 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2023
OXFC Reds (U23) (4): 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019

U19

U19 Premier Section (12): 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2022
U19 Reserves Premierships (2): 2011, 2018

Club XVIII

OXFC Crocodiles (21): 1983, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

References

[https://www.oldxavs.com.au/the-early-years "The early days"] {{Webarchive. link. (8 May 2019 on Old Xavs website)

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