1903 VFA season

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1903 premiership season
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The 1903 Victorian Football Association season was the 27th season of the Australian rules football competition. For the first time in its history, the VFA introduced an annual finals series to determine the premiership. The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club, after defeating Richmond in the challenge final; it was the first premiership in the club's history, after having competed in the Association since its inaugural season in 1877.

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Association membership

The size of the association was increased from nine to ten teams in 1903, with the Preston Football Club – which had won the previous three Victorian Junior Football Association premierships – elevated to senior level and admitted to the competition. [1]

Premiership

The Association introduced a finals system to determine the major premiership for the season. Finals had been used by the rival Victorian Football League since its establishment in 1897, but this was the first time it had been used by the Association. The finals were played according to the amended Argus system – the system which had been in use in the League since 1902, except with a slight variation that the League would not adopt until 1907; in summary: [1]

Ladder

1903 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPTS
1 Richmond 18162094135164
2 North Melbourne (P)181521101744462
3 Footscray 18144095445756
4 West Melbourne 18117092448844
5 Williamstown 18107181462042
6 Brunswick 18810072769232
7 Preston 18612068682524
8 Port Melbourne 18612055582424
9 Prahran 18315059697912
10 Essendon Town 18018033412330
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [2]

Finals

Semi Finals
Saturday, 5 September North Melbourne 8.8 (56)def. West Melbourne 4.4 (28) Port Melbourne Cricket Ground [3]
Saturday, 5 September Richmond 4.5 (29)def. by Footscray 9.11 (65) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve [3]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 12 September North Melbourne 7.11 (53)def. Footscray 4.9 (33) East Melbourne Cricket Ground [4]
1903 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September Richmond def. by North Melbourne East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000 – 20,000) [5] [6]
0.0 (0)
1.4 (10)
1.4 (10)
 3.9 (27)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		3.4 (22)
3.4 (22)
7.6 (48)
 7.6 (48)		Umpires: O'Loghlen
Johnston, Maine, WatsonGoalsConsidine 3, Londrigan, McCann, Noonan, O'Brien
  • Owing to a very strong wind blowing during the game, neither team scored to the railway end of the ground.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Football". The Argus . Melbourne. 28 March 1903. p. 18. Retrieved 18 February 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ Observer (31 August 1903). "The Association Clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 Observer (7 September 1903). "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
  4. ↑ Observer (14 September 1903). "Association Semi-Final". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
  5. ↑ Observer (21 September 1903). "Football – The Association Premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
  6. ↑ "Victorian Football Association – Final Match". North Melbourne Gazette. North Melbourne. 25 September 1903. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Short and sharp". Williamstown Chronicle. Williamstown, VIC. 20 April 1901. p. 2.
  8. ↑ "Victorian Football Association – Opinions on the Game". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 April 1903. p. 15.
  9. ↑ "Victorian Football Association". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 May 1903. p. 18.
  10. ↑ Onlooker (30 July 1928). "Association – All leaders win well". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
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