1886 Victorian football season

1886 Victorian football season
Date	1 May – 2 October 1886 [1]
←  1885 1887  →

The 1886 Victorian football season was the 17th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria. ^[2]

Clubs

Founded

Club	League	Ref
Camberwell	VJFA	[3]
Hawthorn Juniors	VJFA	[4]
Koroit		[5]
Prahran	VFA	[6]
South Williamstown	VFA	[7]
Williamstown CYMS		[8]

Name changes

Former	New	League	Ref
Cremone	Richmond Juniors	VJFA	[9]

VFA

Main article: 1886 VFA season

Geelong won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the seventh time. ^[10]

VJFA

1886 VJFA season
Premiers	North Park 1st premiership
←  1885 1887  →

The 1886 VJFA season was the fourth season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA). ^[a] North Park won the premiership for the first time, beginning a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890. ^[12]

Elgin Union and Kilmore were admitted into the VJFA on 27 May 1886. ^[13]

Club records

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	North Park (P)	18	16	0	2	57	9
2	Richmond Juniors
3	Elgin Union
4	South Melbourne Juniors
5	Britannia
6	Normanby
	Brighton
	Camberwell
	Hawthorn Juniors
	Kilmore
	Lilydale
	South St Kilda

Source: ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]}
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

South Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition. ^[18]

Club records

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	South Ballarat (P)	18	13	4	1	88	43
2	Ballarat Imperial	12	3	7	2	42	59
	Ballarat	17	2	12	3	33	71

Source: ^{[19] [20]}
(P) Premiers

Notes

1. At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football. ^[11]

References

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2. Goal Post (6 October 1886). "The past football season". Sportsman. p. 6. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
3. "The battle to play sport in Camberwell on Sunday". sarahcraze.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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5. "ABOUT THE CLUB". Koroit Football Netball Club. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
6. "Prahran Football Club". Prahran Football Club. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
7. "South Williamstown Senior Football Club". Williamstown Advertiser. 3 April 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
8. "History of Williamstown CYMS" (PDF). Williamstown CYMS Football Club. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "1886 Chronology". Tigerland Archive. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
10. Collings, Tom (15 July 2019). "Geelong's Premiership History". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
11. Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
12. "JUNIOR PREMIERSHIP". The Australasian. 4 October 1890. p. 18. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
13. "JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Sportsman. 2 June 1886. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
14. "Lilydale v. Camberwell". The Lilydale Express. 14 July 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
15. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 7 August 1886. p. 11. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
16. Umpire (29 September 1886). "FOOTBALL CHAT". Sportsman. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
17. "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
18. "THE GRAND FINAL". The Ballarat Star. 26 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
19. Follower (9 October 1886). "The past season". Leader. p. 20. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
20. Follower (9 October 1886). "The past season". Leader. p. 21. Retrieved 7 June 2025.