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Vermont to form Mitcham-Vermont and the combined team finished third. Mitcham-Vermont "Combineds" were again third in 1933 after having been minor premiers before finishing low down in 1934. In 1935 Mitcham competed as the Mitcham Stars in the Second Eighteen competition of the Ringwood District FL and won the premiership. They spent another year as a junior club in 1936 before becoming a senior club again in 1937.
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After World War 1 Mitcham again won premierships in 1919 and 1921 while coming runners-up in 1920. After that they began to struggle and finished last in 1924 and 1925. In the final season of the
Reporter competition in 1926 Mitcham only just avoided another wooden spoon, finishing one game ahead of
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Burwood, Box Hill and Surrey Hills. For 1893 and 1894 Mitcham united with the Box Hill and Surrey Hills clubs to form the Nunawading Football Club (named after the shire district) and
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newspaper sponsored a football competition in 1903. Mitcham being a founding club won the first and second premierships. When the
Reporter District F.A. lapsed for one season in 1906, Mitcham joined the Eastern Suburbs Junior F.A. that year before re-entering the Reporter competition in 1907 when
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Ringwood District F.A., where they remained until 1937. They lost the 1929 Grand Final, having future South Melbourne champion Bob Pratt in their team, to Doncaster and were again finalists in 1930 before tumbling down the
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Football Club first appeared in 1886, when they were recorded playing two matches against Lilydale, at Lilydale on August 14 and a return match at Mitcham on August 28 This is two years before their recognised formation date.
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Doncaster. In 1927 Mitcham decided against joining the newly formed
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