Obviously pre Eastern Football League days.
Would love to know the makeup of the teams.
Have you checked each individual team's website.
Other ideas would be checking footypedia website or the long haul of going through old newspapers in the state library.

I know Lilydale is probably the oldest team in the east. In fact Lilydale would be one of the oldest clubs going around. Maybe top twenty in the oldest existing clubs in Australia. Lilydale wears the Williamstown colours. Mooroolbark use to wear the Northcote jumpers.

Box Hill you should be able to find out pretty easy.
I'll have a look around the traps and see what I can find out for you Marc.

I'll post some highlights from a Kilsyth v Oakleigh clash from Kilsyth Rec Reserve in 1984. Interesting as I was watching a tape of a 1981 clash between Sandy v Caulfield. Russell Hodges ex Fitzroy and South Melbourne was playing for Sandy. A year later5 he crossed over to Kilsyth as captain coach.

Keep up the good work with scores and results from all the eastern leagues from years gone by.
Speaking of history I would also find interesting scores and results from the defunct Eastern Suburban Churches League. A side like Donvale have come a long way since they were running around in the Churches League.

http://footypedia.yuku.com/topic/593/Box-Hill-Reporter-FL#.T9n1aBdo0hE

Try this site EasternFooty.
You won't get scores but it will give you ladders from the Box Hill reporter District as well as the Croydon FTG Leagues.

The following I found at the Footypedia website.

1950
KILSYTH, CROYDON, LILYDALE, FERNTREE GULLY;
Boronia, Upper FTG, Bayswater, Warrandyte
1951
KILSYTH, EAST RINGWOOD, FERNTREE GULLY, CROYDON;
Lilydale, Boronia, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Upper FTG
1952
KILSYTH, EAST RINGWOOD, CROYDON, LILYDALE;
Ferntree Gully, Boronia, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Upper FTG, Wantirna
1953
EAST RINGWOOD, KILSYTH, FERNTREE GULLY, BORONIA;
Croydon, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Upper FTG
1954
EAST RINGWOOD, KILSYTH, BORONIA, CROYDON;
Ferntree Gully, Bayswater, Upper FTG, Scoresby, Keysborough, Warrandyte
1955
RINGWOOD, EAST RINGWOOD, BORONIA, MITCHAM;
Ferntree Gully, Upper FTG, Kilsyth, Croydon, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Scoresby, Mulgrave
1956 (Division 1)
RINGWOOD, EAST RINGWOOD, CROYDON, KILSYTH;
Boronia, Mitcham, Ferntree Gully, Upper FTG, Lilydale, Warrandyte, Box Hill/Surrey Hills, Bayswater
1956 (Division 2)
MULGRAVE, SCORESBY, KEYSBOROUGH, HEATHMONT;
Coldstream, Yarra Glen, South Wantirna
1957 (Division 1)
RINGWOOD, EAST RINGWOOD, CROYDON, BORONIA;
Mitcham, Kilsyth, Box Hill/Surrey Hills, Warrandyte
1957 (Division 2)
HEATHMONT, BAYSWATER, SCORESBY, KEYSBOROUGH;
Mulgrave, Coldstream, Yarra Glen, Mount Evelyn, The Basin
1958 (Division 1)
EAST RINGWOOD, KILSYTH, BORONIA, RINGWOOD;
Croydon, Mitcham
1958 (Division 2)
WARRANDYTE, BAYSWATER, HEATHMONT, MULGRAVE;
Box Hill/Surrey Hills, Scoresby
1958 (Division 3)
EAST RINGWOOD 2, YARRA GLEN, COLDSTREAM, THE BASIN;
Boronia 2, Mount Evelyn

And there is a Croydon District FL/Croydon Mail FL dating back to WW2 - and I think it may have been known as the Ringwood District FL prior to WW2.
it was the Ringwood Districts FL from 1927-1941 then after the war it become the Croydon Mail FL from 1945-49

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If you've got the premiers of the Ringwood league - that will help. I'll be going after the complete ladders myself soon (hopefully this summer!) but I'm trying to clear as much of post WW2 as I can.

1945 (Croydon Mail FL)
BAYSWATER, CROYDON;
Kilsyth, Boronia
1946
CROYDON, BAYSWATER, EAST RINGWOOD, KILSYTH;
Boronia, Warrandyte, Montrose
1947
EAST RINGWOOD, LILYDALE, CROYDON, KILSYTH;
Boronia, Bayswater, Warrandyte, Montrose
1948 (Croydon District FL)
CROYDON, LILYDALE, BORONIA, KILSYTH;
East Ringwood, Bayswater, Warrandyte
1949
BORONIA, LILYDALE, CROYDON, EAST RINGWOOD;
Kilsyth, Bayswater

It's funny. I have the centenary history book of Mitcham, and they never recognised the CTFGFL (which they joined in 1955) and the Ringwood league (which they left before WW2 for the ESFL) as essentially the same league! Go figure!
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Here's some info on the Box Hill Reporter FL, got the ladders of the 1921 & 22 seasons & here's my premiers list so far.
Could have existed before 1903

1927 Surrey Hills
1926 Auburn
1925 Auburn
1924 Ringwood
1923 Ringwood
1922 Blackburn Ringwood Canterbury Auburn
Vermont Micham Doncaster Balwyn Burwood
1921 Mitcham Burwood Vermont Ringwood
Canterbury Auburn Doncaster Box Hill Blackburn Warrandyte
1920 Canterbury
1919 Mitcham
1916-18 No Comp (WW1)
1915 Mitcham
1914 Mitcham
1913 Fern Tree Gully
1912 Fern Tree Gully
1911 Camberwell
1910 Blackburn
1909 Camberwell
1908 Camberwell
1907 Camberwell
1906 ???
1905 Burwood
1904 Mitcham
1903 Mitcham (Box Hill come second, Mitcham beat them in a playoff game for the premiership as they were level on points at the end of the season)
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Glad i'm helping ,

Here's the Box Hill Reporter Ladders (missing 1906-190

Between 1903-1909 the team with the most points at the end of the Home & Home Season was the Premiers but if two teams where tied on points a Grand Final was played to decide the premiership.

1903
Mitcham
Box Hill
Canterbury
Ringwood
Bayswater
Fern Tree Gully

1904
Mitcham
Burwood
Fern Tree Gully
Ringwood
Box Hill
Canterbury

1905
Burwood (Premiers)
Fern Tree Gully (Runners Up)

1906
???
1907
Camberwell (Premiers)

1908
Camberwell (Premiers)

1909
Camberwell
Mitcham
Nunawading
Blackburn
Doncaster
Burwood
Croydon
Warrandyte
Rose of Camberwell

In 1910 there was two sections with the top teams in each section playing off for the premiership. 2nd in each division also played of (but couldn't win the premiership) with the loser coming 4th & the winner playing the loser of the Grand Final to see who came second in the finals. Blackburn beat Camberwell for the premiership, Mitcham beat Doncaster (so Doncaster came 4th) then with the premiership already decided Mitcham played Camberwell the following week to see who would come second (Dont know who won).

1910
Section A
Camberwell
Mitcham
Nunawading
Burwood

Section B
Blackburn (Premiers)
Doncaster
Ringwood
Fern Tree Gully
Croydon
Warrandyte

In 1911 & 1912 clubs played in two section (A & B) with the top two clubs of each section making up the final 4.
1st in Section a played 2nd in Section B & 1st in Section B playing 2nd in Section A with the two winners playing in the Grand Final.

1911
Section A
Camberwell (Premiers)
Burwood (Runners Up)
Doncaster
Blackburn A
Surrey Hills
Deepdene
Ringwood

Section B
Fern Tree Gully
Box Hill
Croydon
Blackburn B
Kilsyth
Warrandyte
East Burwood

Semi Finals:
Burwood Def FTG
Camberwell Def Box Hill

Grand Final:
Camberwell Def Burwood

1912
Section A
Burwood (Runners Up)
Kew
Box Hill
Surrey Hills
Doncaster
Deepdene

Section B
Fern Tree Gully (Premiers)
Blackburn
Ringwood
Lilydale
Croydon-Kilsyth
Warrandyte

Semi Finals:
FTG Def Kew
Burwood Def Blackburn

Grand Final:
FTG Def Burwood

In 1913 the final four was introduced.
1913
Fern Tree Gully
Mitcham
Ringwood
Kew
Box Hill
Blackburn
East Burwood
Kilsyth
Warrandyte

1914
Mitcham
Kew
Blackburn
Ringwood
Fern Tree Gully
Box Hill
Deepdene
East Burwood

1915
Mitcham
Blackburn
Ringwood
Canterbury
Fern Tree Gully
Kew
Burwood

1921
Mitcham
Burwood
Vermont
Ringwood
Canterbury
Auburn
Doncaster
Box Hill
Blackburn
Warrandyte

1922
Blackburn
Ringwood
Canterbury
Auburn
Vermont
Mitcham
Doncaster
Balwyn
Burwood

1923
Ringwood
Blackburn
Auburn
Burwood
Box Hill
Surrey Hills
Fern Tree Gully
Vermont
Balwyn
Mitcham
Croydon
Canterbury

1924
Ringwood
Blackburn
Auburn
Surrey Hills
Balwyn
Vermont
Box Hill
Canterbury
Mitcham

1925
Auburn
Blackburn
Box Hill
Surrey Hills
Balwyn
Vermont
Ringwood
Mitcham

1926
Auburn
Balwyn
Vermont
Surrey Hills
Ringwood
Box Hill
Mitcham
Doncaster

1927
Surrey Hills
Box Hill Stars
Balwyn
Mitcham
Tunstall
Ringwood (Withdrew after 10 matches)

Trinity played at what became Howard Dawson Reserve, South Camberwell,as a club in the Eastern Suburban* Protestant Churches Football Association. With the admission of Catholic clubs to that competition, the word Protestant was deleted from its name. I think the ESCFA clubs which remained were absorbed into the SESFL, which itself has split, whatever, into Sthn FL, partly Eastern FL(??).
Later, a club called South Yarra played at Dawson Reserve -- not sure of which competition. I think its colours included a blue.

Trinity was green and yellow,like Northcote, if my failing memory recalls correctly. It may have changed to yellow sash.

The home I lived in for nearly 40 years backed onto Dawson Reserve. It has been used since for rugby and soccer. Nearmap shows soccer markings.

It was also the umpires training venue. We knew footy season was close when the whistles of the umpires was heard!

* Suburbs(?) Correct forum for this?

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