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KEY FACTS

Official name
Ajax Amateur Football Club

Known as
Ajax

Formed
1957

Colours
Red, white and black

Emblem
Jackas

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1957–2025

Home Ground
Gary Smorgon Oval

Senior Premierships
VAFA B Section - 1979 (1 total); VAFA Premier C Section - 2011 (1 total); VAFA D Section - 1999 (1 total); VAFA E Section - 1966, 1975 (2 total)

Championships and Trophies
GT Moore Medal (B Section) - Michael Ritterman (1 total); LS Zachariah Medal (C Section) - Michael Ritterman 1978; Jason Ritterman 2008 (2 total); LS Pepper Medal (D Section) - Henry Jolson 1967; Michael Ritterman 1976 (2 total); J Fullerton Medal (E Section) - M. Herzfeld 1971; Michael Ritterman 1975 (2 total)

Website
ajaxfc.com.au

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"The greatest day in the history of the AJAX Amateur Football Club was Sunday 16th September 1979 when around 6,000 spectators witnessed the senior side’s 13.14 (92) to 11.20 (86) B Section grand final triumph over Marcellin Old Collegians. It was the crowning achievement of a season that also brought a fourth competition best and fairest award in five years for probably the greatest player the club has produced, Michael Ritterman ... "

John Devaney charts the history of one of the stalwarts of Victorian amateur football

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2017 Season (VAFA Premier B) Fixture

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Ajax's 2017 Fixture

Rnd
H&A
Club
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
R
Opponent
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
S
Mgn
Grd
Date
SC
1 A Ajax 1.25.77.77.11 53 LOST Monash Blues 1.31.54.79.9 63 -10 FRE Apr 8 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
2 H Ajax 5.27.29.511.12 78 WON Old Carey 3.14.48.811.10 76 2 GSO Apr 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A Ajax 5.76.88.1311.16 82 WON Parkdale Vultures 1.25.510.611.7 73 9 GGS Apr 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H Ajax 4.04.29.210.2 62 LOST Old Scotch 2.25.98.912.13 85 -23 GSO May 6 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 A Ajax 1.26.510.810.11 71 LOST Fitzroy 4.36.59.913.11 89 -18 BWS May 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A Ajax 1.57.1010.1319.18 132 WON Peninsula OB 0.31.43.55.5 35 97 ELS May 21 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
7 H Ajax 1.22.86.1110.11 71 WON Mazenod OC 4.04.05.17.1 43 28 GSO May 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H Ajax 1.35.79.713.10 88 WON St. Bernard's 1.38.610.1111.13 79 9 GSO Jun 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 A Ajax 3.35.47.510.7 67 LOST Old Brighton 1.43.87.1311.15 81 -14 BBO Jun 17 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 H Ajax 3.27.39.614.11 95 WON Parkdale Vultures 2.34.56.97.10 52 43 GSO Jun 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 A Ajax 1.33.45.66.9 45 LOST Old Carey 2.33.76.1111.15 81 -36 CSC Jul 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 A Ajax 0.32.46.811.9 75 LOST Old Scotch 3.48.811.1118.17 125 -50 CBW Jul 15 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 H Ajax 0.13.43.56.8 44 LOST Monash Blues 2.04.17.27.5 47 -3 GSO Jul 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 H Ajax 0.14.66.913.12 90 WON Peninsula OB 3.23.24.34.5 29 61 GSO Jul 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 A Ajax 1.02.411.613.7 85 WON Mazenod OC 2.45.96.1010.14 74 11 CR2 Aug 12 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 H Ajax 3.03.45.56.6 42 LOST Old Brighton 5.17.513.716.12 108 -66 PPC Aug 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 A Ajax 3.27.412.512.7 79 LOST St. Bernard's 5.57.118.1312.18 90 -11 SBC Aug 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 H Ajax 3.44.96.159.22 76 WON Fitzroy 0.14.65.810.9 69 7 PPC Sep 2 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.