1890 Victorian football season

1890 Victorian football season
Date	3 May – 27 September 1890
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The 1890 Victorian football season was the 21st senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.

Clubs

Dissolved

Club	League	Dissolved	Ref
Hawthorn	VJFA	28 March 1890	[1]

VFA

Main article: 1890 VFA season

South Melbourne won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fifth time and the third year in a row, after finishing the season with 16 wins from its 19 matches. ^[2]

VJFA

1890 VJFA season
Premiers	North Park 5th premiership
Leading goalkicker	A. Butler [3] (North Park – 31 goals)
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The 1890 VJFA season was the eighth season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA). ^[a] North Park won the premiership for the fifth time, as part of a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890. ^{[5] [6]}

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	PPG
1	North Park (P)	21	20	1	0	92	59	80	3.810
2	Marylebone	19	17	1	1	82	21	70	3.684
3	Albion United	19	17	2	0	87	46	68	3.579
4	Napier Imperial	21	18	2	1	108	35	74	3.524
5	Britannia	20	14	2	4	53	24	64	3.200
6	East Richmond	19	13	5	1	67	34	54	2.842
7	Preston	18	11	4	3	41	37	50	2.778
8	Camberwell	21	14	6	1	74	49	58	2.762
9	Essendon District	19	11	4	4	46	39	52	2.737
10	South St Kilda	19	12	6	1	64	40	50	2.632
11	Parkside	20	10	9	1	61	49	42	2.100
12	South Brunswick	19	8	8	3	34	41	38	2.000
13	Union Jack	21	9	9	3	51	60	42	2.000
14	St Kilda Esplanade	19	8	9	2	31	34	36	1.895
15	Star of Brunswick	18	7	8	3	31	54	34	1.889
16	Clifton	19	6	8	5	41	50	34	1.789
17	Brighton	19	6	10	3	32	74	30	1.579
18	South Melbourne Juniors	15	5	9	1	28	39	22	1.467
19	Marlton	20	7	12	1	50	64	30	1.500
20	North Fitzroy	19	6	12	1	31	40	26	1.368
21	Brunswick	21	8	10	3	53	53	38	1.810
22	Fernside	19	4	13	2	23	46	20	1.053
23	Kew	19	3	12	4	28	74	20	1.053
24	Moonee Ponds	20	5	15	0	22	84	20	1.000
25	St Kilda Grosvenor	21	1	18	2	26	59	8	0.381
26	Coburg	21	1	18	2	26	66	8	0.381
27	Ascot Vale	20	0	19	1	12	55	2	0.100
28	South Park	16	6	8	2	34	38	28	1.750

Source: ^[7]
(P) Premiers

Goulburn Valley

1890 GVFA season
Premiers	Numurkah 3rd premiership
Runners-up	Yarroweyah 1st runners-up result
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The 1890 GVFA season was the third season of the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA). ^{[8] [9]}

Numurkah won the premiership for the third time, after defeating Yarroweyah in the grand final held on 16 August 1890. ^[10]

Ladder

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

Source: ^[10]
(P) Premiers

Grand Final

	1890 GVFA Grand Final
Saturday, 17 August	Yarroweyah	def. by	Numurkah	Numurkah	[10]
	1.13	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.10	Umpires: T. Mason

Sandhurst

1890 SFA season
Premiers	Sandhurst 3rd premiership
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The 1890 SFA season was the tenth season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA). ^[11]

Sandhurst won the premiership for the third time. ^[12]

Ladder

Pos	Team
1	Sandhurst (P)
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. ^[4]

References

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3. "THE PREMIER JUNIORS — NORTH PARK". The Age. 29 September 1890. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
4. Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
5. "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
6. "JUNIOR PREMIERSHIP". The Australasian. 4 October 1890. p. 18. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
7. "Final result of the junior premiership of 1890". The Australasian. 4 October 1890. p. 18. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
8. "Goulburn Valley Football Association (Vic/NSW)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
9. "Goulburn Valley Football Association". Cobram Courier. 1 May 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
10. "YARROWEYAH V. NUMURKAH". Cobram Courier. 21 August 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
11. "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. 17 June 1890. p. 3. Retrieved 18 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 (20 September 1890). "FOOTBALL NOTES". Bendigo Advertiser. p. 3. Retrieved 18 September 2025.