1899 VFL finals series

1899 premiership season
Date	26 August – 16 September 1899
Teams	8
Premiers	Fitzroy
Matches played	13
Attendance	4,823 (371 per match)
Highest attendance	4,823 (Grand Final, Fitzroy vs. South Melbourne)
←  1898 1900  →

The 1899 Victorian Football League finals series was the 3rd annual edition of the VFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 1899 VFL season. The series ran over four weekends in August and September 1899, culminating with the 1899 VFL Grand Final at the Junction Oval on 16 September 1899.

All eight teams from the 1899 VFL season qualified for the finals series. The system used was the same as the previous season.

Matches

The clubs were divided into two groups for the sectional rounds as follows. The minor premiership was won by Fitzroy.

Section A	Section B
Fitzroy (1st, 11–3) Collingwood (3rd, 10–4) Melbourne (5th, 8–6) Carlton (7th, 3–11)	Geelong (2nd, 10–4) Essendon (4th, 9–5) South Melbourne (6th, 5–9) St Kilda (8th, 0–14)

Sectional Round Results

Sectional Round 1

	Sectional Round 1
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy 5.11 (41)	def.	Carlton 6.4 (40)	Brunswick Street Oval
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)	Melbourne 3.7 (25)	def. by	Collingwood 6.9 (45)	Lake Oval
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)	Essendon 16.24 (120)	def.	St Kilda 3.4 (22)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)	Geelong 5.8 (38)	def. by	South Melbourne 6.5 (41)	Corio Oval

Sectional Round 2

	Sectional Round 2
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)	Collingwood 5.8 (38)	def.	Carlton 2.5 (17)	Victoria Park
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)	Essendon 4.15 (39)	def. by	Geelong 6.11 (47)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy 5.10 (40)	def.	Melbourne 0.2 (2)	Brunswick Street Oval
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)	St Kilda 1.6 (12)	def. by	South Melbourne 12.10 (82)	Junction Oval

Sectional Round 3

	Sectional Round 3
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)	Carlton 6.5 (41)	def.	Melbourne 2.4 (16)	Princes Park
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)	Collingwood 4.7 (31)	def. by	Fitzroy 6.9 (45)	Victoria Park
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)	South Melbourne 3.10 (28)	def.	Essendon 2.1 (13)	Lake Oval
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)	Geelong 23.24 (162)	def.	St Kilda 0.1 (1)	Corio Oval
St Kilda's 1 point is the lowest score in AFL/VFL history

Sectional ladders

Section A Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Fitzroy	3	3	0	0	126	73	172.6	12
2	Collingwood	3	2	1	0	114	87	131.0	8
3	Carlton	3	1	2	0	98	95	103.2	4
4	Melbourne	3	0	3	0	43	126	34.1	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Section B Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	South Melbourne	3	3	0	0	151	63	239.7	12
2	Geelong	3	2	1	0	247	81	304.9	8
3	Essendon	3	1	2	0	172	97	177.3	4
4	St Kilda	3	0	3	0	35	364	9.6	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Grand Final

Main article: 1899 VFL Grand Final

	Grand Final
16 September (2:50 pm)	Fitzroy	def.	South Melbourne	Junction Oval (crowd: 4,823)
	0.1 (1) 2.4 (16) 2.6 (18)  3.9 (27)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	2.3 (15) 2.3 (15) 3.7 (25)  3.8 (26)
Fontaine 1, Grace 1, McSpeerin 1		Goals	Lampe 2, Colgan 1
Nil		Reports	Nil