1899 VFL season
| 1899 VFL Premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers |
Fitzroy (2nd premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Fitzroy (1st minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 69 |
| Highest attendance | 4,823 |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Eddy James (Geelong) |
|
← 1898 1900 → | |
The 1899 Victorian Football League season was the third season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season
In 1899, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match).
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1899 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System.
Round 1
| Round 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 10.13 (73) | def. | Carlton 2.6 (18) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm) | Geelong 8.6 (54) | def. | Collingwood 3.9 (27) | Corio Oval | |
| Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 6.11 (47) | def. | Essendon 0.9 (9) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 16.20 (116) | def. | St Kilda 3.5 (23) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 2
| Round 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) | Carlton 1.5 (11) | def. by | Geelong 5.6 (36) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 4.3 (27) | def. by | Melbourne 7.12 (54) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 3.2 (20) | def. by | Essendon 8.18 (66) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 5.8 (38) | def. by | Fitzroy 6.6 (42) | Lake Oval | |
Round 3
| Round 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 24 May (11:00 am) | Collingwood 13.9 (87) | def. | St Kilda 2.6 (18) | Victoria Park | |
| Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | Carlton 3.1 (19) | def. by | Melbourne 6.9 (45) | Princes Park | |
| Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | Essendon 1.9 (15) | def. | South Melbourne 0.9 (9) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | Geelong 0.8 (8) | def. by | Fitzroy 4.8 (32) | Corio Oval | |
Round 4
| Round 4 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm) | Essendon 6.12 (48) | def. | Carlton 1.3 (9) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 3.4 (22) | def. by | Collingwood 3.11 (29) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 7.14 (56) | def. | St Kilda 5.3 (33) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 4.8 (32) | def. | Geelong 4.3 (27) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 5
| Round 5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) | Carlton 3.3 (21) | def. by | Collingwood 7.10 (52) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) | Geelong 3.10 (28) | def. | Essendon 3.6 (24) | Corio Oval | |
| Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 4.11 (35) | def. | Fitzroy 3.6 (24) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 4.9 (33) | def. by | South Melbourne 10.10 (70) | Junction Oval | |
Round 6
| Round 6 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 4.5 (29) | def. by | Carlton 4.7 (31) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 1.7 (13) | def. by | Fitzroy 5.5 (35) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) | Essendon 4.6 (30) | def. | Melbourne 1.10 (16) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 5.5 (35) | def. | Geelong 3.1 (19) | Lake Oval | |
Round 7
| Round 7 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 5.15 (45) | def. | Carlton 1.7 (13) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 6.12 (48) | def. | Essendon 4.4 (28) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 3.13 (31) | def. by | Geelong 12.6 (78) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 7.8 (50) | def. | South Melbourne 6.7 (43) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 8
| Round 8 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm) | Carlton 3.6 (24) | def. | South Melbourne 0.5 (5) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 2.8 (20) | def. by | Geelong 9.7 (61) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm) | Essendon 6.15 (51) | def. by | Fitzroy 10.3 (63) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 2.8 (20) | def. by | Melbourne 5.7 (37) | Junction Oval | |
Round 9
| Round 9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) | Geelong 9.9 (63) | def. | Carlton 5.3 (33) | Corio Oval | |
| Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 1.7 (13) | def. by | Collingwood 3.3 (21) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) | Essendon 11.19 (85) | def. | St Kilda 1.0 (6) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 9.8 (62) | def. | South Melbourne 4.5 (29) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Round 10
| Round 10 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 7.12 (54) | def. | Carlton 3.4 (22) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 1.5 (11) | def. by | Collingwood 13.16 (94) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 5.5 (35) | def. by | Essendon 7.9 (51) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 3.5 (23) | def. by | Geelong 8.10 (58) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Round 11
| Round 11 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) | Carlton 3.8 (26) | def. by | Essendon 8.9 (57) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 5.9 (39) | def. | South Melbourne 5.6 (36) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 4.6 (30) | def. by | Fitzroy 12.12 (84) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm) | Geelong 5.6 (36) | def. | Melbourne 2.10 (22) | Corio Oval | |
Round 12
| Round 12 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 5.13 (43) | def. | Carlton 4.3 (27) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm) | Essendon 10.7 (67) | def. | Geelong 6.7 (43) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 6.5 (41) | def. | Melbourne 4.9 (33) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 8.9 (57) | def. | St Kilda 3.6 (24) | Lake Oval | |
Round 13
| Round 13 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) | Carlton 6.11 (47) | def. | St Kilda 1.2 (8) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 3.7 (25) | def. by | Collingwood 5.7 (37) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 3.7 (25) | def. by | Essendon 5.8 (38) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm) | Geelong 7.12 (54) | def. | South Melbourne 3.9 (27) | Corio Oval | |
Round 14
| Round 14 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm) | Carlton 2.4 (16) | def. by | Fitzroy 5.9 (39) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm) | Essendon 4.7 (31) | def. by | Collingwood 8.5 (53) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm) | Geelong 16.23 (119) | def. | St Kilda 0.2 (2) | Corio Oval | |
| Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 6.13 (49) | def. | Melbourne 6.6 (42) | Lake Oval | |
Win/Loss table
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Ladder |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | SM 55 |
Geel 25 |
Melb 26 |
Ess 39 |
Coll 31 |
StK 2 |
Fit 32 |
SM 19 |
Geel 30 |
Melb 32 |
Ess 31 |
Coll 16 |
StK 39 |
Fit 23 |
7 |
| Collingwood | Geel 27 |
Melb 27 |
StK 69 |
SM 7 |
Carl 31 |
Fit 22 |
Ess 20 |
Geel 41 |
Melb 8 |
StK 83 |
SM 3 |
Carl 16 |
Fit 12 |
Ess 22 |
3 |
| Essendon | Fit 38 |
StK 46 |
SM 6 |
Carl 39 |
Geel 4 |
Melb 14 |
Coll 20 |
Fit 12 |
StK 79 |
SM 16 |
Carl 31 |
Geel 24 |
Melb 13 |
Coll 22 |
4 |
| Fitzroy | Ess 38 |
SM 4 |
Geel 24 |
StK 23 |
Melb 11 |
Coll 22 |
Carl 32 |
Ess 12 |
SM 33 |
Geel 35 |
StK 54 |
Melb 8 |
Coll 12 |
Carl 23 |
1 |
| Geelong | Coll 27 |
Carl 25 |
Fit 24 |
Melb 5 |
Ess 4 |
SM 16 |
StK 47 |
Coll 41 |
Carl 30 |
Fit 35 |
Melb 14 |
Ess 24 |
SM 27 |
StK 117 |
2 |
| Melbourne | StK 93 |
Coll 27 |
Carl 26 |
Geel 5 |
Fit 11 |
Ess 14 |
SM 7 |
StK 17 |
Coll 8 |
Carl 32 |
Geel 14 |
Fit 8 |
Ess 13 |
SM 7 |
5 |
| South Melbourne | Carl 55 |
Fit 4 |
Ess 6 |
Coll 7 |
StK 37 |
Geel 16 |
Melb 7 |
Carl 19 |
Fit 33 |
Ess 16 |
Coll 3 |
StK 33 |
Gee 27 |
Melb 7 |
6 |
| St Kilda | Melb 93 |
Ess 46 |
Coll 69 |
Fit 23 |
SM 37 |
Carl 2 |
Geel 47 |
Melb 17 |
Ess 79 |
Coll 83 |
Fit 54 |
SM 33 |
Carl 39 |
Geel 117 |
8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Ladder |
| Colour | Result |
|---|---|
| Green | Win |
| Red | Loss |
| Blue | Draw |
Bold – Home game
Opponent for round listed above margin
Ladder
| ||||||||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitzroy (P) | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 618 | 403 | 153.35 | 44 | |||
| 2 | Geelong | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 684 | 386 | 177.20 | 40 | |||
| 3 | Collingwood | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 590 | 436 | 135.32 | 40 | |||
| 4 | Essendon | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 600 | 428 | 140.19 | 36 | |||
| 5 | Melbourne | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 574 | 420 | 136.67 | 32 | |||
| 6 | South Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 528 | 502 | 105.18 | 20 | |||
| 7 | Carlton | 14 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 317 | 597 | 53.10 | 12 | |||
| 8 | St Kilda | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 288 | 1027 | 28.04 | 0 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against | ||||||||||||
Ladder progression
- No Ladder for Finals in 1899.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitzroy | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 40 | 44 |
| 2 | Geelong | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 36 | 40 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 |
| 4 | Essendon | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 36 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 7 | Carlton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Finals
Sectional Round 1
| Sectional Round 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy 5.11 (41) | def. | Carlton 6.4 (40) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) | Melbourne 3.7 (25) | def. by | Collingwood 6.9 (45) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) | Essendon 16.24 (120) | def. | St Kilda 3.4 (22) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) | Geelong 5.8 (38) | def. by | South Melbourne 6.5 (41) | Corio Oval | |
Sectional Round 2
| Sectional Round 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 5.8 (38) | def. | Carlton 2.5 (17) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 4.15 (39) | def. by | Geelong 6.11 (47) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy 5.10 (40) | def. | Melbourne 0.2 (2) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) | St Kilda 1.6 (12) | def. by | South Melbourne 12.10 (82) | Junction Oval | |
Sectional Round 3
| Sectional Round 3 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 6.5 (41) | def. | Melbourne 2.4 (16) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 4.7 (31) | def. by | Fitzroy 6.9 (45) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | South Melbourne 3.10 (28) | def. | Essendon 2.1 (13) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | Geelong 23.24 (162) | def. | St Kilda 0.1 (1) | Corio Oval | |
Section A Ladder
| ||||||||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fitzroy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 73 | 172.60 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Collingwood | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 114 | 87 | 131.03 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Carlton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 98 | 95 | 103.16 | 4 | |||
| 4 | Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 126 | 34.13 | 0 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against | ||||||||||||
Section B Ladder
| ||||||||||||
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Melbourne | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 151 | 63 | 239.68 | 12 | |||
| 2 | Geelong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 247 | 81 | 304.94 | 8 | |||
| 3 | Essendon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 172 | 97 | 177.32 | 4 | |||
| 4 | St Kilda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 364 | 9.62 | 0 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against | ||||||||||||
Grand final
Main article: 1899 VFL Grand Final
| Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September (2:50 pm) | Fitzroy | def. | South Melbourne | Junction Oval (Crowd: 4,823) | |
| 0.1 (1) 2.4 (16) 2.6 (18) 3.9 (27) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.3 (15) 2.3 (15) 3.7 (25) 3.8 (26) |
|||
| Fontaine 1, Grace 1, McSpeerin 1 | Goals | Lampe 2, Colgan 1 | |||
| Nil | Reports | Nil | |||
Awards
- The 1899 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Eddy James of Geelong with 31 goals.
- The Argus newspaper's "Player of the Year" was Fitzroy's Pat Hickey.
Notable events
- The VFL reduced the size of its teams from 20 to 18 on-the-field players, with no "reserves". In doing this, the number of followers was reduced from five (four rucks and a rover) to three (two rucks and a rover).[1]
- The third round, Queen's Birthday holiday match, between Collingwood and St Kilda at Victoria Park was held in the morning of Wednesday 24 May 1899.
- Norman "Hackenschmidt" Clark, a footballer with the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football Association, won the 1899, 130-yard Stawell Gift in eleven and four-fifths seconds, off a handicap of 14 and a half yards. Clark would later play 125 senior games for Carlton (1905–1912), captain-coach VFA team Brighton (1913), and coach Carlton (1914–1918; 1920–1922), Richmond (1919), North Melbourne (1924 and 1931) and St Kilda (1925–1926).
- In the third sectional round, Geelong set records for the highest score in a game, scoring 23.24 (162), and the highest winning margin of 161 points, against St Kilda. These records would both stand for twelve years and twenty years respectively.
- St Kilda's score of 0.1 (1) in the same match set the record for the lowest score in a VFL/AFL game, which has neither been matched nor broken since. Notably, the solitary behind was actually the first score of the match.
- Geelong's Jim McShane kicked 11 goals in the same match against St Kilda, a VFL record that was not equalled until Collingwood's Dick Lee's 11 goals in 1914 and not broken until 1922; this is more impressive considering that McShane was usually a ruckman.
- Warwick Armstrong (6'3", 190 cm), later captain of the Australian Test Cricket team, played in the ruck for the South Melbourne team that lost the 1899 "Grand Final".
References
- ↑ "Football Reform – seventeen a-side". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 18 April 1908. p. 12.
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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