1900 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Melbourne 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Fitzroy 2nd minor premiership |
Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Albert Thurgood (Essendon) Teddy Lockwood (Geelong) |
Matches played | 70 |
Highest | 20,181 |
The 1900 VFL season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 14-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs.
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the first time, after it defeated Fitzroy by four points in the 1900 VFL Grand Final on 22 September.
In 1900, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1900 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System.
Round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) | Carlton 2.6 (18) | def. by | Geelong 4.11 (35) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 10.7 (67) | def. | Fitzroy 6.10 (46) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) | Essendon 12.10 (82) | def. | South Melbourne 4.2 (26) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 10.8 (68) | def. | Melbourne 9.13 (67) | Junction Oval | |
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Round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 4.10 (34) | def. | Carlton 1.4 (10) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) | Geelong 7.15 (57) | def. | Collingwood 5.5 (35) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 5.4 (34) | def. | Essendon 2.6 (18) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 6.21 (57) | def. | St Kilda 3.7 (25) | Lake Oval | |
Round 4 | |||||
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Wednesday, 23 May (3:00 pm) | Essendon 13.7 (85) | def. | Collingwood 2.4 (16) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 2.6 (18) | def. by | Carlton 3.9 (27) | Junction Oval | |
Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 6.19 (55) | def. | South Melbourne 3.4 (22) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) | Geelong 11.15 (81) | def. | Melbourne 2.3 (15) | Corio Oval | |
Round 5 | |||||
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Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | Carlton 2.6 (18) | def. by | Essendon 3.5 (23) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 9.11 (65) | def. | St Kilda 2.7 (19) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 3.9 (27) | def. by | Fitzroy 10.6 (66) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 5.7 (37) | def. | Geelong 3.5 (23) | Lake Oval | |
Round 6 | |||||
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Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | Carlton 4.1 (25) | def. | Collingwood 0.9 (9) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 2.6 (18) | def. by | Essendon 3.11 (29) | Junction Oval | |
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 6.10 (46) | def. | Geelong 1.6 (12) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 6.8 (44) | def. | Melbourne 6.5 (41) | Lake Oval | |
Round 7 | |||||
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Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 4.6 (30) | def. | Carlton 2.6 (18) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 8.18 (66) | def. | Collingwood 5.7 (37) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) | Geelong 8.5 (53) | def. | Essendon 4.7 (31) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 16.20 (116) | def. | St Kilda 2.5 (17) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Round 8 | |||||
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Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | Geelong 5.9 (39) | def. | Carlton 3.13 (31) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 6.6 (42) | def. | Collingwood 2.8 (20) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 4.14 (38) | def. | Essendon 1.4 (10) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 15.18 (108) | def. | St Kilda 4.5 (29) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 9 | |||||
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Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | Carlton 2.3 (15) | def. by | Fitzroy 7.11 (53) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 6.6 (42) | def. | Geelong 3.5 (23) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | Essendon 2.6 (18) | def. by | Melbourne 6.8 (44) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 1.5 (11) | def. by | South Melbourne 5.22 (52) | Junction Oval | |
Round 10 | |||||
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Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 9.14 (68) | def. | Carlton 5.3 (33) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 3.8 (26) | def. | Collingwood 2.12 (24) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 7.12 (54) | def. | Essendon 5.10 (40) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) | Geelong 13.8 (86) | def. | St Kilda 4.4 (28) | Corio Oval | |
Round 11 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | Carlton 7.7 (49) | def. | St Kilda 4.4 (28) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 6.14 (50) | def. | Essendon 4.5 (29) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | South Melbourne 4.9 (33) | def. by | Fitzroy 5.9 (39) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 4.16 (40) | def. | Geelong 4.5 (29) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 12 | |||||
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Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | Essendon 12.12 (84) | def. | Carlton 5.5 (35) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 3.5 (23) | def. by | Collingwood 6.12 (48) | Junction Oval | |
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | Fitzroy 8.9 (57) | def. | Melbourne 4.8 (32) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) | Geelong 10.10 (70) | def. | South Melbourne 3.6 (24) | Corio Oval | |
Round 13 | |||||
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Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 14.12 (96) | def. | Carlton 4.4 (28) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) | Essendon 17.15 (117) | def. | St Kilda 3.7 (25) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) | Geelong 8.9 (57) | def. | Fitzroy 1.6 (12) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) | Melbourne 6.8 (44) | def. by | South Melbourne 7.6 (48) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Round 14 | |||||
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Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | Carlton 5.15 (45) | def. | South Melbourne 2.7 (19) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 10.13 (73) | def. | Melbourne 7.4 (46) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | Essendon 10.7 (67) | def. | Geelong 6.11 (47) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 7.7 (49) | def. by | Fitzroy 10.22 (82) | Junction Oval | |
Round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) | Carlton 6.6 (42) | def. | Melbourne 3.4 (22) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) | Collingwood 5.15 (45) | def. | South Melbourne 3.7 (25) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) | Essendon 4.9 (33) | def. | Fitzroy 3.9 (27) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) | St Kilda 2.6 (18) | def. by | Geelong 7.16 (58) | Junction Oval | |
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(P) | Premiers |
Section A | |
Section B |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Fitzroy | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 729 | 434 | 168.0 | 44 |
2 | Geelong | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 670 | 444 | 150.9 | 36 |
3 | Essendon | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 666 | 485 | 137.3 | 32 |
4 | Collingwood | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 627 | 540 | 116.1 | 32 |
5 | South Melbourne | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 481 | 532 | 90.4 | 32 |
6 | Melbourne (P) | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 654 | 643 | 101.7 | 24 |
7 | Carlton | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 394 | 558 | 70.6 | 20 |
8 | St Kilda | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 376 | 961 | 39.1 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 41.0
Source: AFL Tables
Sectional round 1 | |||||
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Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy 9.13 (67) | def. | Carlton 5.8 (38) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) | Collingwood 8.20 (68) | def. | St Kilda 0.9 (9) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) | South Melbourne 3.1 (19) | def. by | Essendon 9.5 (59) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) | Melbourne 5.15 (45) | def. | Geelong 3.10 (28) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Sectional round 2 | |||||
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Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) | Carlton 4.7 (31) | def. | South Melbourne 4.6 (30) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) | Geelong 6.8 (44) | def. | Collingwood 4.7 (31) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 6.3 (39) | def. | Fitzroy 5.6 (36) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) | St Kilda 2.3 (15) | def. by | Melbourne 12.14 (86) | Junction Oval | |
Sectional round 3 | |||||
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Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 12.23 (95) | def. | Carlton 1.4 (10) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Melbourne 3.6 (24) | def. by | Collingwood 4.6 (30) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy 7.9 (51) | def. | South Melbourne 2.8 (20) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) | St Kilda 5.9 (39) | def. by | Geelong 7.15 (57) | Junction Oval | |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Essendon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 193 | 65 | 296.9 | 12 |
2 | Fitzroy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 154 | 97 | 158.8 | 8 |
3 | Carlton | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 192 | 41.1 | 4 |
4 | South Melbourne | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 141 | 48.9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Melbourne | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 73 | 212.3 | 8 |
2 | Collingwood | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 77 | 167.5 | 8 |
3 | Geelong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 129 | 115 | 112.2 | 8 |
4 | St Kilda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63 | 211 | 29.9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables
Semi-final | Grand final | |||||||
22 September, East Melbourne Cricket Ground | ||||||||
15 September, Lake Oval | MP | Fitzroy | 3.12 (30) | |||||
A1 | Essendon | 5.13 (43) | Melbourne | 4.10 (34) | ||||
B1 | Melbourne | 7.3 (45) | ||||||
All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables
Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 15 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon 5.13 (43) | def. by | Melbourne 7.3 (45) | Lake Oval | |
Grand final | |||||
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Saturday, 22 September (2:50 pm) | Fitzroy 3.12 (30) | def. by | Melbourne 4.10 (34) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,181) | |
The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Opponents are listed above the margins and home matches are in bold. The rescheduling of round 3 until after round 14, which occurred following the cancellation of the originally scheduled matches due to heavy rain, is also reflected in this table. [1]
By winning the minor premiership and accruing at least eight premiership points from its three sectional matches, Fitzroy won the right to challenge the semi-final winner for the premiership. [2]
+ | Win | Qualified for finals | |
- | Loss | X | Bye |
Draw | Eliminated |
Team | Home-and-away season | Home- and-away ladder | Finals series | ||||||||||||||||||
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Sectional rounds | Sectional ladders | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 3 | S1 | S2 | S3 | SF | GF | |||
Carlton | GEE -17 | FIT -24 | STK +9 | ESS -5 | COL +16 | SM -12 | GEE -8 | FIT -38 | MEL -35 | STK +21 | ESS -49 | COL -68 | SM +26 | MEL +20 | 7 (5–9–0) | FIT -29 | SM +1 | ESS -85 | A3 (1–2–0) | ||
Collingwood | FIT +21 | GEE -22 | ESS -69 | STK +46 | CAR -16 | MEL -29 | FIT -22 | GEE +19 | SM -2 | ESS +21 | STK +25 | CAR +68 | MEL +27 | SM +20 | 4 (8–6–0) | STK +59 | GEE -13 | MEL +6 | B2 (2–1–0) | ||
Essendon | SM +56 | MEL -16 | COL +69 | CAR +5 | STK +11 | GEE -22 | SM -28 | MEL -26 | FIT -14 | COL -21 | CAR +49 | STK +92 | GEE +20 | FIT +6 | 3 (8–6–0) | SM +40 | FIT +3 | CAR +85 | A1 (3–0–0) | MEL -2 | |
Fitzroy | COL -21 | CAR +24 | SM +33 | MEL +39 | GEE +34 | STK +99 | COL +22 | CAR +38 | ESS +14 | SM +6 | MEL +25 | GEE -45 | STK +33 | ESS -6 | 1 (11–3–0) | CAR +29 | ESS -3 | SM +31 | A2 (2–1–0) | X | MEL -4 |
Geelong | CAR +17 | COL +22 | MEL +66 | SM -14 | FIT -34 | ESS +22 | CAR +8 | COL -19 | STK +58 | MEL -11 | SM +46 | FIT +45 | ESS -20 | STK +40 | 2 (9–5–0) | MEL -17 | COL +13 | STK +18 | B3 (2–1–0) | ||
Melbourne | STK -1 | ESS +16 | GEE -66 | FIT -39 | SM -3 | COL +29 | STK +79 | ESS +26 | CAR +35 | GEE +11 | FIT -25 | SM -4 | COL -27 | CAR -20 | 6 (6–8–0) | GEE +17 | STK +71 | COL -6 | B1 (2–1–0) | ESS +2 | FIT +4 |
South Melbourne | ESS -56 | STK +32 | FIT -33 | GEE +14 | MEL +3 | CAR +12 | ESS +28 | STK +41 | COL +2 | FIT -6 | GEE -46 | MEL +4 | CAR -26 | COL -20 | 5 (8–6–0) | ESS -40 | CAR -1 | FIT -31 | A4 (0–3–0) | ||
St Kilda | MEL +1 | SM -32 | CAR -9 | COL -46 | ESS -11 | FIT -99 | MEL -79 | SM -41 | GEE -58 | CAR -21 | COL -25 | ESS -92 | FIT -33 | GEE -40 | 8 (1–13–0) | COL -59 | MEL -71 | GEE -18 | B4 (0–3–0) |
Source: AFL Tables
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