1896 premiership season | |
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Teams | 13 |
Premiers | Collingwood (1st premiership) |
Matches played | 118 |
The 1896 Victorian Football Association season was the 20th season of the Australian rules football competition. It was the final season in which the Association was the highest level of senior football competition in Victoria, with eight of its strongest members leaving the league and establishing the rival Victorian Football League from 1897.
The season was opened on 2 May, and concluded on 3 October with a playoff match for the premiership between the top two teams, in which Collingwood defeated South Melbourne by one goal. It was Collingwood's first VFA premiership.
In 1896, the VFA competition consisted of thirteen teams of 20 on-the-field players each. Because there was an odd number of teams, at least one team had a bye each week; the idle club often travelled to Ballarat to play one of the local senior clubs in a non-premiership match.
When reporting match scores in 1896, the number of goals and behinds scored by each team is given; however, only the number of goals scored is considered when determining the result of a match. This was the final VFA season before the introduction of the modern system of scoring, in which six points is awarded for a goal and one point is awarded for a behind.
Round 1 [1] | |||||
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Saturday, 2 May | Fitzroy 2.4 | def. by | Collingwood 6.8 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [2] |
Saturday, 2 May | Melbourne 5.4 | def. by | Essendon 9.6 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [2] |
Saturday, 2 May | Geelong 5.3 | def. | Port Melbourne 4.11 | Corio Oval | [2] |
Saturday, 2 May | Richmond 6.3 | def. | St Kilda 5.16 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [2] |
Saturday, 2 May | Footscray 3.7 | def. by | South Melbourne 5.8 | Western Reserve | [2] |
Saturday, 2 May | North Melbourne 6.6 | def. | Williamstown 2.5 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [2] |
Bye: Carlton | |||||
Round 2 [3] | |||||
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Saturday, 9 May | St Kilda 5.11 | def. | Fitzroy 2.14 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [4] |
Saturday, 9 May | Footscray 2.8 | def. by | Melbourne 6.7 | Western Reserve | [4] |
Saturday, 9 May | Collingwood 3.12 | def. | Richmond 0.1 | Victoria Park | [4] |
Saturday, 9 May | South Melbourne 5.5 | def. | North Melbourne 4.3 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4] |
Saturday, 9 May | Essendon 10.17 | def. | Carlton 0.7 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4] |
Saturday, 9 May | Port Melbourne 3.2 | drew with | Williamstown 3.1 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4] |
Bye: Geelong | |||||
Round 3 [5] | |||||
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Saturday, 16 May | Melbourne 11.8 | def. | Geelong 9.2 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [6] |
Saturday, 16 May | Fitzroy 4.8 | def. by | Essendon 5.5 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [6] |
Saturday, 16 May | Collingwood 4.5 | def. | South Melbourne 3.2 | Victoria Park | [6] |
Saturday, 16 May | Port Melbourne 2.13 | drew with | Footscray 2.7 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [6] |
Saturday, 16 May | Williamstown 6.8 | def. | Richmond 2.6 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [6] |
Saturday, 16 May | Carlton 2.6 | def. by | North Melbourne 6.4 | University Cricket Ground | [6] |
Bye: St Kilda | |||||
Round 4 (Queen's Birthday Weekend) [7] | |||||
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Saturday, 23 May | South Melbourne 8.4 | def. | Geelong 2.1 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [8] |
Saturday, 23 May | North Melbourne 2.7 | def. by | Footscray 4.6 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [8] |
Saturday, 23 May | Richmond 3.3 | def. by | Carlton 6.5 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [8] |
Monday, 25 May | Melbourne 5.8 | def. by | Fitzroy 6.3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [9] |
Monday, 25 May | Essendon 4.14 | def. | Collingwood 2.5 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [9] |
Monday, 25 May | St Kilda 3.8 | drew with | Williamstown 3.6 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [9] |
Bye: Port Melbourne | |||||
Round 5 [10] | |||||
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Saturday, 30 May | Fitzroy 3.6 | def. | North Melbourne 2.4 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [11] |
Saturday, 30 May | Geelong 2.6 | drew with | Footscray 2.7 | Corio Oval | [11] |
Saturday, 30 May | Melbourne 15.11 | def. | Williamstown 4.3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [11] |
Saturday, 30 May | Carlton 3.10 | def. by | Collingwood 4.8 | University Cricket Ground | [11] |
Saturday, 30 May | Essendon 11.6 | def. | St Kilda 3.6 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [11] |
Saturday, 30 May | Port Melbourne 9.9 | def. | Richmond 3.3 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [11] |
Bye: South Melbourne | |||||
Round 6 [12] | |||||
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Saturday, 13 June | Geelong 3.6 | def. by | Fitzroy 4.8 | Corio Oval | [13] |
Saturday, 13 June | Collingwood 4.4 | def. | Melbourne 2.4 | Victoria Park | [13] |
Saturday, 13 June | Essendon 6.7 | def. | South Melbourne 4.8 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [13] |
Saturday, 13 June | North Melbourne 5.6 | def. | Port Melbourne 3.3 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [13] |
Saturday, 13 June | Footscray 10.10 | def. | Richmond 4.8 | Western Reserve | [13] |
Saturday, 13 June | St Kilda 5.11 | def. | Carlton 3.2 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [13] |
Bye: Williamstown | |||||
Round 7 [14] | |||||
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Saturday, 20 June | Fitzroy 4.13 | def. | Footscray 1.4 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [15] |
Saturday, 20 June | Carlton 1.1 | drew with | Geelong 1.13 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [15] |
Saturday, 20 June | Williamstown 3.5 | def. by | Collingwood 4.3 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [15] |
Saturday, 20 June | South Melbourne 9.7 | def. by | Richmond 2.8 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [15] |
Saturday, 20 June | Essendon 4.13 | def. | Port Melbourne 2.4 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [15] |
Saturday, 20 June | St Kilda 1.9 | def. by | Melbourne 7.4 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [15] |
Bye: North Melbourne | |||||
Round 8 [16] | |||||
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Saturday, 27 June | Geelong 4.9 | def. by | Collingwood 5.7 | Corio Oval | [17] |
Saturday, 27 June | Melbourne 5.6 | def. by | South Melbourne 6.3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [17] |
Saturday, 27 June | Williamstown 3.2 | def. by | Essendon 7.6 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [17] |
Saturday, 27 June | Carlton 3.5 | drew with | Port Melbourne 3.6 | University Cricket Ground | [17] |
Saturday, 27 June | Footscray 3.6 | def. | St Kilda 2.7 | Western Reserve | [17] |
Saturday, 27 June | Richmond 5.6 | def. by | North Melbourne 8.11 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [17] |
Bye: Fitzroy | |||||
Round 9 [18] | |||||
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Saturday, 4 July | Carlton 1.2 | def. by | Fitzroy 3.9 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [19] |
Saturday, 4 July | North Melbourne 4.4 | def. | Geelong 2.7 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [19] |
Saturday, 4 July | Collingwood 3.2 | def. | St Kilda 0.4 | Victoria Park | [19] |
Saturday, 4 July | South Melbourne 4.4 | def. | Port Melbourne 3.3 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [19] |
Saturday, 4 July | Richmond 1.4 | def. by | Essendon 9.9 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [19] |
Saturday, 4 July | Williamstown 5.6 | def. | Footscray 3.3 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [19] |
Bye: Melbourne | |||||
Round 10 [20] | |||||
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Saturday, 11 July | South Melbourne 3.5 | def. | Fitzroy 2.7 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 11 July | Essendon 2.3 | def. by | Geelong 4.9 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 11 July | Port Melbourne 2.0 | def. by | Melbourne 5.5 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 11 July | Carlton 3.10 | def. by | Footscray 5.2 | University Cricket Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 11 July | St Kilda 6.9 | def. | Richmond 1.6 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [21] |
Saturday, 11 July | Williamstown 5.8 | def. | North Melbourne 3.8 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [21] |
Bye: Collingwood | |||||
Round 11 [22] | |||||
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Saturday, 18 July | Richmond 2.4 | def. by | Fitzroy 10.16 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [23] |
Saturday, 18 July | Geelong 12.14 | def. | Williamstown 0.2 | Corio Oval | [23] |
Saturday, 18 July | Melbourne 12.8 | def. | North Melbourne 5.6 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [23] |
Saturday, 18 July | Footscray 4.5 | def. by | Collingwood 7.5 | Western Reserve | [23] |
Saturday, 18 July | South Melbourne 3.16 | def. | Carlton 1.3 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [23] |
Saturday, 18 July | Port Melbourne 6.10 | def. | St Kilda 3.2 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [23] |
Bye: Essendon | |||||
Round 12 [24] | |||||
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Saturday, 25 July | Fitzroy 4.6 | def. | Port Melbourne 2.4 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [25] |
Saturday, 25 July | St Kilda 8.5 | def. | Geelong 5.13 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [25] |
Saturday, 25 July | Melbourne 7.11 | def. | Carlton 3.4 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [25] |
Saturday, 25 July | North Melbourne 4.4 | def. by | Collingwood 5.6 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [25] |
Saturday, 25 July | Williamstown 3.4 | def. by | South Melbourne 5.9 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [25] |
Saturday, 25 July | Essendon 10.4 | def. | Footscray 3.4 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [25] |
Bye: Richmond | |||||
Round 13 [26] | |||||
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Saturday, 1 August | Essendon 5.9 | def. | Fitzroy 2.6 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [27] |
Saturday, 1 August | Geelong 5.2 | def. by | Collingwood 8.5 | Corio Oval | [27] |
Saturday, 1 August | South Melbourne 2.14 | def. | Melbourne 0.4 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [27] |
Saturday, 1 August | Richmond 2.5 | def. by | Port Melbourne 6.15 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [27] |
Saturday, 1 August | Carlton 2.3 | def. by | Williamstown 3.7 | University Cricket Ground | [27] |
Saturday, 1 August | St Kilda 4.13 | def. | North Melbourne 2.7 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [27] |
Bye: Footscray | |||||
Round 14 [28] | |||||
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Saturday, 8 August | Fitzroy 10.13 | def. | Williamstown 3.4 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [29] |
Saturday, 8 August | Geelong 10.18 | def. | Richmond 2.4 | Corio Oval | [29] |
Saturday, 8 August | Melbourne 14.12 | def. | Footscray 2.6 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [29] |
Saturday, 8 August | Collingwood 6.6 | def. | Port Melbourne 4.11 | Victoria Park | [29] |
Saturday, 8 August | St Kilda 4.4 | def. by | South Melbourne 8.10 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [29] |
Saturday, 8 August | North Melbourne 4.1 | def. by | Essendon 11.10 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [29] |
Bye: Carlton | |||||
Round 15 [30] | |||||
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Saturday, 15 August | Fitzroy 10.13 | def. | Geelong 5.7 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [31] |
Saturday, 15 August | Melbourne 6.8 | def. | Collingwood 4.3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [31] |
Saturday, 15 August | South Melbourne 5.6 | def. | Essendon 3.0 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [31] |
Saturday, 15 August | Williamstown 2.10 | def. by | Port Melbourne 5.9 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [31] |
Saturday, 15 August | Footscray 7.8 | def. | Carlton 4.2 | Western Reserve | [32] |
Saturday, 15 August | Richmond 4.4 | def. by | North Melbourne 19.12 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [31] |
Bye: St Kilda | |||||
Round 16 [33] | |||||
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Saturday, 22 August | Port Melbourne 5.4 | def. | Fitzroy 3.8 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [34] |
Saturday, 22 August | Essendon 5.3 | def. by | Melbourne 7.11 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [34] |
Saturday, 22 August | South Melbourne 3.10 | drew with | Collingwood 3.5 | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [34] |
Saturday, 22 August | Footscray 4.4 | drew with | Williamstown 4.7 | Western Reserve | [34] |
Saturday, 22 August | Carlton 5.4 | def. | St Kilda 3.7 | University Cricket Ground | [34] |
Bye: Geelong, North Melbourne, Richmond | |||||
Round 17 [35] | |||||
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Saturday, 5 September | Fitzroy 5.6 | def. | Melbourne 3.6 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | St Kilda 6.7 | def. | Footscray 5.1 | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | Collingwood 6.8 | def. | Essendon 3.4 | Victoria Park | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | Geelong 5.6 | def. by | South Melbourne 6.9 | Corio Oval | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | Richmond 2.1 | def. by | Williamstown 4.13 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [36] |
Saturday, 5 September | North Melbourne 6.6 | def. | Carlton 1.9 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [36] |
Bye: Port Melbourne | |||||
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Round 18 [38] | |||||
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Saturday, 12 September | Fitzroy 2.15 | def. | South Melbourne 0.3 | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September | Port Melbourne 5.7 | drew with | Geelong 5.5 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September | Richmond 1.8 | def. by | Melbourne 4.12 | Richmond Cricket Ground | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September | Collingwood 9.15 | def. | Carlton 1.3 | Victoria Park | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September | Footscray 5.15 | drew with | North Melbourne 5.3 | Western Reserve | [39] |
Saturday, 12 September | Williamstown 5.10 | def. | St Kilda 2.3 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [39] |
Bye: Essendon | |||||
Round 19 [40] | |||||
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Saturday, 19 September | Collingwood 3.8 | def. by | Fitzroy 4.4 | Victoria Park | [41] |
Saturday, 19 September | Geelong 4.7 | def. by | Melbourne 5.18 | Corio Oval | [41] |
Saturday, 19 September | Port Melbourne 3.4 | def. by | South Melbourne 6.4 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [41] |
Saturday, 19 September | Footscray 5.7 | def. by | Essendon 9.15 | Western Reserve | [41] |
Saturday, 19 September | Carlton 2.6 | def. by | Richmond 5.5 | Richmond City Reserve | [41] |
Saturday, 19 September | North Melbourne 6.11 | def. | St Kilda 4.6 | North Melbourne Recreation Reserve | [41] |
Bye: Williamstown | |||||
Round 20 [42] | |||||
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Saturday, 26 September | Geelong 4.7 | def. by | Essendon 8.4 | Corio Oval | [43] |
Saturday, 26 September | Port Melbourne 3.9 | def. | North Melbourne 1.10 | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground | [43] |
Saturday, 26 September | Richmond 7.5 | def. | St Kilda 5.7 | Richmond City Reserve | [43] |
Saturday, 26 September | Williamstown 6.4 | def. | Carlton 5.3 | Williamstown Cricket Ground | [43] |
Bye: Collingwood, Fitzroy, Footscray, Melbourne, South Melbourne | |||||
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | GF | GA | Pts |
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1 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 55 | 58 |
1 | South Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 85 | 55 | 58 |
3 | Essendon | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 122 | 64 | 56 |
4 | Fitzroy | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 80 | 59 | 48 |
4 | Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 66 | 48 |
6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 92 | 80 | 34 |
6 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 71 | 34 |
6 | Williamstown | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 64 | 89 | 34 |
9 | Footscray | 18 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 69 | 94 | 26 |
9 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 69 | 88 | 26 |
11 | Geelong | 18 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 87 | 80 | 22 |
12 | Carlton | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 46 | 93 | 12 |
12 | Richmond | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 52 | 136 | 12 |
The Association had no formal tie-breakers in cases where clubs were equal on premiership points.
Collingwood and South Melbourne finished level on 58 premiership points at the conclusion of the premiership matches, meaning a playoff match for the premiership was required between them.
It is often said that this playoff match was required because, in addition to having equal win–loss records, Collingwood and South Melbourne had finished with an equal record of goals scored and goals conceded and therefore could not be split on a tie-breaker; while this version of events is given in several modern references, [44] [45] contemporary sources reveal this to be a myth. Association Rule 19, which specifically covered the event of a playoff, did not consider goals scored or conceded as a means of tie-breaker for the premiership, [46] and newspaper match previews leading into Round 19 made clear that win–loss record was the only consideration for determining whether or not there would be a playoff. [47] Additionally, the clubs' for-and-against records were not quite identical: Collingwood had scored one goal more than South Melbourne for the season, [43] but the fact that the tallies were so close helped to perpetuate the myth.
It was the second time in VFA history that a playoff match was staged for the premiership, the first having occurred in 1878, but it was the first time that a playoff had been required since the formal introduction of the premiership ladder in 1888: the 1878 playoff was required to resolve a dispute between Melbourne and Geelong. [43]
The fact that a playoff would be required between Collingwood and South Melbourne was known after Round 19: both Collingwood and South Melbourne had a bye in Round 20 with third-placed Essendon six premiership points adrift, leaving them with no chance of tying for or finishing first. [43]
As a result, the two clubs organised to stage their playoff match on Saturday 26 September, the same day as the other Round 20 matches, at the neutral East Melbourne Cricket Ground; arrangements were made and advertisements were published. However, on the Tuesday, delegates from all Association clubs voted 11–8 in favour of postponing the playoff match to Saturday 3 October, the following weekend. [48]
Arguments in favour of postponing the match centred mostly around the fact that a playoff match would detract from interest, attendances and gate takings at the rostered Round 20 matches, while arguments in favour of staging the playoff during Round 20 were to remove the need for the clubs to train for an extra week, and that public desire for the match to be held on 26 September was strong.
A second meeting was held on the Wednesday night after Collingwood and South Melbourne objected to the postponement, but the Association delegates again voted in favour of postponing the match, albeit by a reduced majority of 10–9. [46]
While Collingwood and South Melbourne initially discussed playing the match on 26 September anyway, in spite of the Association's decision, this proved to be unworkable as the Association declined to provide an umpire. [46]
Subsequently, Collingwood arranged to play Bendigo Football League premiers Eaglehawk at Victoria Park during Round 20, winning 6.7 – 3.6, while South Melbourne used the week as a bye. [43]
The playoff match itself was played at a high standard in front of 12,000 spectators at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. Two late goals in the first quarter allowed Collingwood to open up a 4–2 lead at quarter time, but Collingwood went goalless through the second and third quarters as South Melbourne dominated the game and regained the lead at 5–4. Collingwood tied the game early in the final quarter, then kicked the winning goal inside the final ten minutes to win 6–5. [49] [50]
Playoff Match for the 1896 VFA Premiership | |||||
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Saturday, 3 October (3:00 pm) | Collingwood | def. | South Melbourne | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000 approx.) | |
4.3 4.4 [51] 4.6 6.9 | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.1 3.6 5.9 [51] 5.10 | Umpires: J. J. Trait | ||
Condon, Dowdall, Flaherty, Gregory, Hailwood, Hall | Goals | McKay 2; Adamson, Pleass, Windley | |||
On the Saturday between Rounds 5 and 6, a Charity Cup event was held, the gate takings from which were donated to charity. The event consisted of four clubs – Collingwood, Essendon, Port Melbourne and South Melbourne – contesting a knock-out tournament of shortened matches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on a single afternoon, a format which has since become known as a lightning premiership. Each match was played over two periods of twenty minutes each. [52] The competition was won by Essendon.
The Charity Cup was used to trial two new rules in the VFA: [52]
Both of these rule changes were soon adopted into all levels of the game.
Charity Cup Semi-finals | |||||
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Saturday, 6 June | Essendon 3.3 | def. | Collingwood 2.5 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [57] |
Saturday, 6 June | Port Melbourne 2.1 | def. | South Melbourne 1.4 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [57] |
Charity Cup Final | |||||
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Saturday, 6 June | Essendon 2.4 | def. | Port Melbourne 1.1 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [57] |
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