1905 VFL season

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1905 VFL premiership season
Fitzroy, premier team
Teams8
PremiersFitzroy
4th premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood
3rd minor premiership
Leading Goalkicker MedallistCharlie Pannam (Collingwood)
Matches played72
Highest30,000
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The 1905 VFL season was the ninth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 6 May until 30 September, and comprised a 17-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The premiership was won by the Fitzroy Football Club for the fourth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Collingwood by 13 points in the 1905 VFL Grand Final.

Background[edit]

In 1905, 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. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.

Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1905 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Home-and-away season[edit]

Round 1[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 9.8 (62) St Kilda 6.10 (46) MCG 6 May 1905
Geelong 5.9 (39) South Melbourne 8.14 (62) Corio Oval 6 May 1905
Carlton 8.12 (60) Essendon 7.10 (52) Princes Park 6 May 1905
Fitzroy 4.10 (34) Collingwood 3.13 (31) Brunswick Street Oval 6 May 1905

Round 2[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Essendon 12.10 (82) Geelong 7.6 (48) EMCG 13 May 1905
South Melbourne 11.7 (73) Melbourne 10.7 (67) Lake Oval 13 May 1905
St Kilda 4.9 (33) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) Junction Oval 13 May 1905
Collingwood 10.10 (70) Carlton 4.14 (38) Victoria Park 13 May 1905

Round 3[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 10.16 (76) Geelong 4.11 (35) Brunswick Street Oval 20 May 1905
Melbourne 8.14 (62) Essendon 5.9 (39) MCG 20 May 1905
St Kilda 10.10 (70) Collingwood 18.10 (118) Junction Oval 20 May 1905
South Melbourne 5.15 (45) Carlton 7.13 (55) Lake Oval 20 May 1905

Round 4[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 5.13 (43) St Kilda 7.4 (46) Corio Oval 27 May 1905
Essendon 14.11 (95) South Melbourne 5.9 (39) EMCG 27 May 1905
Collingwood 5.16 (46) Melbourne 4.7 (31) Victoria Park 27 May 1905
Carlton 5.7 (37) Fitzroy 10.13 (73) Princes Park 27 May 1905

Round 5[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 12.9 (81) South Melbourne 2.10 (22) Victoria Park 3 June 1905
Melbourne 3.12 (30) Fitzroy 5.8 (38) MCG 3 June 1905
Carlton 5.10 (40) Geelong 4.4 (28) Princes Park 5 June 1905
St Kilda 5.9 (39) Essendon 7.12 (54) Junction Oval 5 June 1905

Round 6[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
South Melbourne 6.11 (47) St Kilda 3.6 (24) Lake Oval 10 June 1905
Fitzroy 5.5 (35) Essendon 3.10 (28) Brunswick Street Oval 10 June 1905
Geelong 4.3 (27) Collingwood 6.10 (46) Corio Oval 10 June 1905
Melbourne 5.8 (38) Carlton 6.5 (41) MCG 10 June 1905

Round 7[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Geelong 7.14 (56) Melbourne 7.12 (54) Corio Oval 17 June 1905
Fitzroy 9.14 (68) South Melbourne 6.6 (42) Brunswick Street Oval 17 June 1905
Essendon 6.7 (43) Collingwood 10.12 (72) EMCG 17 June 1905
St Kilda 3.7 (25) Carlton 8.15 (63) Junction Oval 17 June 1905

Round 8[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 5.11 (41) Fitzroy 3.1 (19) Victoria Park 1 July 1905
St Kilda 8.6 (54) Melbourne 7.9 (51) Junction Oval 1 July 1905
South Melbourne 4.5 (29) Geelong 6.7 (43) Lake Oval 1 July 1905
Essendon 7.20 (62) Carlton 8.12 (60) EMCG 1 July 1905

Round 9[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 3.8 (26) South Melbourne 8.10 (58) MCG 8 July 1905
Fitzroy 14.7 (91) St Kilda 6.4 (40) Brunswick Street Oval 8 July 1905
Carlton 6.8 (44) Collingwood 8.11 (59) Princes Park 8 July 1905
Geelong 9.8 (62) Essendon 6.12 (48) Corio Oval 8 July 1905

Round 10[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Essendon 8.17 (65) Melbourne 5.11 (41) EMCG 15 July 1905
Collingwood 13.19 (97) St Kilda 3.9 (27) Victoria Park 15 July 1905
Carlton 7.16 (58) South Melbourne 8.13 (61) Princes Park 15 July 1905
Geelong 9.8 (62) Fitzroy 2.15 (27) Corio Oval 15 July 1905

Round 11[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
St Kilda 3.5 (23) Geelong 6.12 (48) Junction Oval 22 July 1905
South Melbourne 7.8 (50) Essendon 6.13 (49) Lake Oval 22 July 1905
Melbourne 6.5 (41) Collingwood 9.20 (74) MCG 22 July 1905
Fitzroy 5.9 (39) Carlton 6.5 (41) Brunswick Street Oval 22 July 1905

Round 12[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 5.7 (37) Melbourne 2.6 (18) Brunswick Street Oval 29 July 1905
Essendon 9.16 (70) St Kilda 3.9 (27) EMCG 29 July 1905
South Melbourne 3.3 (21) Collingwood 4.5 (29) Lake Oval 29 July 1905
Geelong 6.5 (41) Carlton 6.11 (47) Corio Oval 29 July 1905

Round 13[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
St Kilda 5.11 (41) South Melbourne 5.9 (39) Junction Oval 5 August 1905
Essendon 3.11 (29) Fitzroy 5.12 (42) EMCG 5 August 1905
Collingwood 7.8 (50) Geelong 4.12 (36) Victoria Park 5 August 1905
Carlton 12.10 (82) Melbourne 2.8 (20) Princes Park 5 August 1905

Round 14[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 7.11 (53) Essendon 10.6 (66) Victoria Park 19 August 1905
Carlton 9.19 (73) St Kilda 3.5 (23) Princes Park 19 August 1905
Melbourne 13.12 (90) Geelong 7.13 (55) MCG 19 August 1905
South Melbourne 7.8 (50) Fitzroy 7.8 (50) Lake Oval 19 August 1905

Ladder[edit]

Section A
Section B
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 14 12 2 0 867 519 167.1 48
2 Fitzroy 14 10 3 1 693 517 134.0 42
3 Carlton 14 9 5 0 739 636 116.2 36
4 Essendon 14 7 7 0 782 690 113.3 28
5 South Melbourne 14 6 7 1 638 725 88.0 26
6 Geelong 14 5 9 0 623 720 86.5 20
7 Carlton 14 3 11 0 631 764 82.6 12
8 St Kilda 14 3 11 0 518 920 56.3 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

Sectional rounds[edit]

Round 15 (Sectional round 1)[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 9.12 (66) Carlton 6.13 (49) Victoria Park 26 August 1905
Essendon 10.13 (73) Geelong 3.11 (29) EMCG 26 August 1905
Fitzroy 6.9 (45) St Kilda 4.7 (31) Brunswick Street Oval 26 August 1905
South Melbourne 13.11 (89) Melbourne 5.10 (40) Lake Oval 26 August 1905

Round 16 (Sectional round 2)[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Carlton 12.20 (92) South Melbourne 7.7 (49) Princes Park 2 September 1905
Melbourne 3.9 (27) Collingwood 7.18 (60) MCG 2 September 1905
St Kilda 8.6 (54) Essendon 12.12 (84) Junction Oval 2 September 1905
Geelong 10.8 (68) Fitzroy 9.12 (66) Corio Oval 2 September 1905

Round 17 (Sectional round 3)[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Melbourne 5.8 (38) Carlton 18.17 (125) MCG 9 September 1905
Collingwood 17.16 (118) South Melbourne 5.10 (40) Victoria Park 9 September 1905
Essendon 4.13 (37) Fitzroy 11.14 (80) EMCG 9 September 1905
St Kilda 12.15 (87) Geelong 3.9 (27) Junction Oval 9 September 1905

Final ladder[edit]

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 17 15 2 0 1111 635 175.0 60
2 Fitzroy (P) 17 12 4 1 884 653 135.4 50
3 Carlton 17 11 6 0 1005 789 127.4 44
4 Essendon 17 9 8 0 976 853 114.4 36
5 South Melbourne 17 7 9 1 816 975 83.7 30
6 Geelong 17 6 11 0 747 946 79.0 24
7 St Kilda 17 4 13 0 690 1076 64.1 16
8 Melbourne 17 3 14 0 736 1038 70.9 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 51.2
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Attendance
Fitzroy 12.7 (79) Essendon 4.12 (36) Princes Park 16 September 1905 14,000
Collingwood 4.6 (30) Carlton 11.10 (76) MCG 16 September 1905 14,000

Preliminary final[edit]

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Attendance
Fitzroy 11.6 (72) Carlton 6.9 (45) MCG 23 September 1905 30,000

Grand final[edit]

Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final
Collingwood 0.1 1.3 2.4 2.5 (17)
Fitzroy 0.3 1.3 4.6 4.6 (30)

Season notes[edit]

  • Collingwood used only 24 players to play its nineteen games – the smallest number of players to represent one club in a VFL/AFL season.[1]
  • The Australasian Football Council was formed.
  • VFL decides to pay field umpires 30 shillings per match, and boundary umpires seven shillings per match (approx $75.00 and $20.00 in 2008 buying power).

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
  • 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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