Teams: 5 then 4
Finals
On-the-field players: 18
Premiers: Long Gully


After the 1905-1906 dispute, the two football Associations amalgamated, but the power was effectively held by the clubs in the BNDFA.

The Bendigo Association Affiliated with the VFL in April 1907.


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BFA Season 1907

Week 1

Eaglehawk v Long Gully Large Crowd, R.Smith from Fitzroy played for Eaglehawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Smith_(Australian_footballer,_born_1877)
California Gully v West Bendigo about 300 Spectators. California Gully played one man short

Week 2

Long Gully v West Bendigo About 1000 spectators

Week 3

South Bendigo v West Bendigo Ladies Day
Eaglehawk v California Gully About 2000 spectators

Week 4

Week 5

Long Gully v South Bendigo about 2000 spectators
Long Gully had the Services of Baxter and Bowe from Maldon who play with metropoliton teams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Bowe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Baxter_(Australian_footballer)
South Bendigo J. W. O'Keefe (Port Melbourne, Richmond)
Both sides protested the inclusion of these players, South Bendigo's protest was pismissed and Long Gully's withdrawn
Eaglehawk v West Bendigo West played 3 men short

Week 6

California Gully v West Bendigo North Bendigo did not appear, later enquiries find that west Bendigo has withdrawn from the competition
Eaglehawk v Long Gully 5,000 spectators

Week 7

Eaglehawk v South Bendigo2,500 spectators
California Gully v Long Gully moderate Attendance
"Horace Pearce. who has only recently emerged from the junior ranks, may be classed in the foremost rank of Bendigo footballers. On Wednesday he was the most useful and prominent man on the field. In marking, kicking and ground play generally he excels." - Bendigo Advertiser 15-Jun-1907 p6

15-Jun-1907

Association votes to expunge West Bendigo results from season. The papers continue to include the results.
(1907, June 15). The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918), p. 5. Retrieved February 21, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page24132753

Week 8

California Gully v Eaglehawk about 2,000 spectators

Week 9

South Bendigo v California Gully about 3,000 spectators
Alec McDonald (ex Eaglehawk/West Melbourne) with South Bendigo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_McDonald_(footballer)
Long Gully v Eaglehawk about 1,500 spectators

Week 10

Week 11

Long Gully v South Bendigo about 2,000 spectators
Eaglehawk v California Gully attendance small

Week 12

Week 13

South Bendigo v Eaglehawk about 3,000 spectators

Week 14

Long Gully to protest inclusing of P.Mills as he had recently acted as a paid umpire.

Week 15

Long Gully v Eaglehawk 2,000 to 4000 spectators
Long Gully v Eaglehawk 3/4 time brawl

Minor Premiership

Season results excluding the West Bendigo Results

Finals

Semi Final

about 6,000 spectators
Eaglehawk started with 15 and ended with 17 men

Semi Final

California Gully lodged a protest over the inclusion of Baxter

Final

between 7000-8000 spectators

Challenge Game

Same size crowd as previous weeks final

Premiers

Long Gully

Other Games

Herald has the teams for the bendigo players - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article242558989
"Essendon had so many new men to try that by courtesy of the opposition captain they were allowed to send new players into the field at half time. His was of course rather unfair to Bendigo, but matches of the kind are in the fullest sense 'friendly'" - Argus 22-Apr-1907
The BFA played in Eaglehawks only uniforms forcing Eaglehawk to cancel their game against Centrals




Attendance: 1,500
League did not seriously try in the second half






For the Watsons Fund



For a trophy presented by Hunter Brothers.
"The first few minutes of the final quarter was uneventful, but the clouds showd promise of a heavy downfall, and a number of the Gullyites left the ground. When the rain fell there was a general scatter, only about half the teams playing to the finish." Bend Independent 12-Aug-1907