3><span class="mw-headline" id="1920.E2.80.9339">1920–39</span></h3>
<p>The league originally consisted of a single section of 12 clubs, and had reached a stable membership of 14 clubs when it was abandoned on the outbreak of <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>.</p>
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