1889 Victorian football season

1889 Victorian football season
Date	4 May – 28 September 1889
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The 1889 Victorian football season was the 20th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria. ^[1]

VFA

Main article: 1889 VFA season

South Melbourne won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fourth time and the second year in a row, after finishing the season with 14 wins from its 19 matches. ^[2]

VJFA

1889 VJFA season
Premiers	North Park 4th premiership
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The 1889 VJFA season was the seventh season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA). ^[a] North Park won the premiership for the fourth time, as part of a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890. ^{[4] [5]}

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	PPG
1	North Park (P)	20	15	1	4	74	25	68	3.400
2	East Richmond	20	16	4	0	75	28	64	3.200
3	Britannia	19	14	3	2	66	33	60	3.158
4	St Kilda Esplanade	19	11	2	6	51	28	56	2.947
5	Camberwell	21	13	4	4	71	37	60	2.857
6	Albion United	18	11	5	2	70	43	48	2.667
7	Union Jack	19	11	5	3	44	28	50	2.632
8	South St Kilda	20	10	5	5	69	41	50	2.500
9	Coburg	21	13	8	0	37	39	52	2.476
10	South Brunswick	20	11	7	2	50	38	48	2.400
11	Fitzroy Imperial	18	9	6	3	43	41	42	2.333
12	Brunswick	18	7	5	6	42	39	40	2.222
13	Brighton	19	7	7	5	54	55	38	2.000
14	Essendon District	19	7	8	4	32	43	36	1.895
15	Parkside	19	6	9	4	46	54	32	1.684
16	Fernside	19	6	9	4	36	60	32	1.684
17	Marylebone	22	7	11	4	37	43	36	1.636
18	Clifton	21	5	14	2	26	63	24	1.143
19	Moonee Ponds	21	4	13	4	26	67	24	1.143
20	Kew	19	2	11	6	30	53	20	1.053
21	North Carlton Imperial	19	3	14	2	31	33	16	0.842
22	Marlton	19	3	14	2	29	46	16	0.842
23	Star of Brunswick	18	3	12	3	20	41	18	1.000
24	South Park	12	7	5	0	21	33	28	2.333
25	Ascot Vale	15	3	12	0	23	54	12	0.800
26	Coast	10	1	8	1	12	41	6	0.600

Source: ^{[6] [7] [8]}
(P) Premiers

Goulburn Valley

1889 GVFA season
Premiers	Numurkah 2nd premiership
Runners-up	Cobram 1st runners-up result
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The 1889 GVFA season was the second season of the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA). ^[9]

Numurkah won the premiership for the second time, after defeating Cobram in the grand final held on 10 August 1889. ^[10]

Ladder

Pos	Team
1	Numurkah (P)
2	Cobram
	Nathalia
	Wunghnu
	Yarroweyah

Source: ^[9]
(P) Premiers

Grand Final

	1889 GVFA Grand Final
Saturday, 10 August	Cobram	def. by	Numurkah	Cobram	[10]
	0.3	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.8	Umpires: Kennedy
		Goals	Drummond 2
		Best	Drummond, Harford, Winchester, Vanthoff, O'Dwyer, McNamara, Cox

Sandhurst

1889 SFA season
Premiers	Sandhurst 2nd premiership
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The 1889 SFA season was the ninth season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA). ^[11]

Sandhurst won the premiership for the second time after finishing the season undefeated. ^[12]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	Sandhurst (P)			0
2	Bendigo
	Eaglehawk
	North Bendigo

Source: ^[13]
(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. ^[3]

References

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2. "Heritage Week: South Melbourne History". Sydney Swans. 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
3. Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
4. "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
5. "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 31 July 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
6. "Official list of the Junior Premiership 1889". Sportsman. 9 October 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
7. "VICTORIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 29 March 1890. p. 10. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
8. "Hawthorn (late Riversdale) Football Club statistics 1889". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
9. "Goulburn Valley Football Association (Vic/NSW)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
10. "COBRAM v. NUMURKAH". 15 August 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
11. "Sandhurst Football Association". Bendigo Advertiser. 11 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
12. "Bendigo FNL Premiership List – Senior Football" (PDF). Bendigo Football Netball League. October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
13. Follower (14 September 1889). "FOOTBALL NOTES". Bendigo Advertiser. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2025.