The History of Yallourn Soccer Club YSC - Episode 2...by Murray Lobley

THE HISTORY OF YALLOURN SOCCER CLUB
EPISODE 2 1920 - 1930
SOME "NEED TO KNOWS" CONCERNING HISTORICAL SOCCER IN VICTORIA

1. Competition Structure
The competition structure of soccer in Victoria was based on the European experience and this was to be expected as the early administrators of the game were migrants. The basic competition was the "League Championship" a home and away competition, the premier team was the one that finished on top of the league with the most points (and better goal difference if teams finished on the same number of points). There was no final four and finals matches as played in Australian Rules competitions. There were other competitions through the season of equal import, these were "cup" or "shield" competitions that had great status. A team not going well in the league competition may have a dream run in cup or shield competition .
There could be a number of cup and shield competitions available in the one League, for instance in the Wonthaggi League, teams entered into the Hospital Cup, Taberners' Cup and Dockerty Cup, as well as their bread and butter League title.
In addition, there was the annual "international series". This was where national teams were drawn up from players of the various nationalities participating in the league. For instance, in the Latrobe Valley during the 1950's the international teams playing in this Sunday competition were Australia, England, Scotland, Holland, Malta, Italy and "the rest of Europe".
Finally there were the interleague competitions usually played at the end of the season (an early trophy was the Carrick Cup and later the Federation Cup was introduced).

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