1899 premiership season | |
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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) |
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.
The clubs were divided into two groups for the sectional rounds as follows. The minor premiership was won by Fitzroy.
Section A | Section B |
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Sectional Round 1 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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 | |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
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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 |
Grand Final | |||||
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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 | |||
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