1904 VFL season

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1904 VFL premiership season
Fitzroy fc 1904.jpg
Fitzroy, premier team
Teams8
Premiers Fitzroy
3rd premiership
Minor premiers Fitzroy
3rd minor premiership
Leading Goalkicker Medallist Vin Coutie (Melbourne)
Matches played71
Highest32,688
  1903
1905  

The 1904 VFL season was the eighth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 7 May until 17 September, and comprised a 17-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

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The premiership was won by the Fitzroy Football Club for the third time, after it defeated Carlton by 24 points in the 1904 VFL Grand Final.

Background

In 1904, 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. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.

Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1904 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Essendon 8.10 (58) South Melbourne 2.5 (17) EMCG 7 May 1904
Collingwood 9.15 (69) Geelong 7.9 (51) Victoria Park 7 May 1904
Carlton 1.8 (14) Fitzroy 16.12 (108) Princes Park 7 May 1904
St Kilda 12.13 (85) Melbourne 5.9 (39) Junction Oval 7 May 1904

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Fitzroy 11.17 (83) St Kilda 5.3 (33) Brunswick Street Oval 14 May 1904
Geelong 10.7 (67) Essendon 5.13 (43) Corio Oval 14 May 1904
Melbourne 7.7 (49) Collingwood 7.13 (55) MCG 14 May 1904
South Melbourne 1.13 (19) Carlton 5.6 (36) Lake Oval 14 May 1904

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 4.5 (29) South Melbourne 7.13 (55) Victoria Park 21 May 1904
Carlton 8.17 (65) Geelong 4.8 (32) Princes Park 21 May 1904
Melbourne 3.5 (23) Fitzroy 14.15 (99) MCG 21 May 1904
St Kilda 5.3 (33) Essendon 10.9 (69) Junction Oval 21 May 1904

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Geelong 6.4 (40) South Melbourne 6.16 (52) Corio Oval 28 May 1904
Fitzroy 4.9 (33) Collingwood 6.6 (42) Brunswick Street Oval 28 May 1904
St Kilda 4.7 (31) Carlton 6.4 (40) Junction Oval 28 May 1904
Melbourne 9.17 (71) Essendon 6.3 (39) SCG 28 May 1904

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Geelong 6.13 (49) St Kilda 4.10 (34) Corio Oval 4 June 1904
Essendon 6.5 (41) Fitzroy 11.17 (83) EMCG 4 June 1904
South Melbourne 8.16 (64) Melbourne 5.9 (39) Lake Oval 4 June 1904
Collingwood 6.12 (48) Carlton 8.5 (53) Victoria Park 4 June 1904

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Fitzroy 12.6 (78) Geelong 6.18 (54) Brunswick Street Oval 6 June 1904
South Melbourne 15.10 (100) St Kilda 9.4 (58) Lake Oval 6 June 1904
Essendon 6.5 (41) Collingwood 6.7 (43) EMCG 6 June 1904
Melbourne 8.10 (58) Carlton 5.5 (35) MCG 6 June 1904

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Geelong 9.12 (66) Melbourne 15.7 (97) Corio Oval 11 June 1904
Fitzroy 6.9 (45) South Melbourne 5.14 (44) Brunswick Street Oval 11 June 1904
Carlton 7.5 (47) Essendon 7.11 (53) Princes Park 11 June 1904
St Kilda 7.7 (49) Collingwood 4.10 (34) Junction Oval 11 June 1904

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Melbourne 13.13 (91) St Kilda 4.2 (26) MCG 25 June 1904
South Melbourne 10.9 (69) Essendon 4.5 (29) Lake Oval 25 June 1904
Geelong 4.10 (34) Collingwood 8.10 (58) Corio Oval 25 June 1904
Fitzroy 8.8 (56) Carlton 7.10 (52) Brunswick Street Oval 25 June 1904

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Essendon 9.12 (66) Geelong 4.4 (28) EMCG 2 July 1904
Collingwood 4.5 (29) Melbourne 8.6 (54) Victoria Park 2 July 1904
Carlton 9.7 (61) South Melbourne 5.7 (37) Princes Park 2 July 1904
St Kilda 11.12 (78) Fitzroy 4.7 (31) Junction Oval 2 July 1904

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Melbourne 5.13 (43) Brunswick Street Oval 9 July 1904
Essendon 6.8 (44) St Kilda 6.3 (39) EMCG 9 July 1904
South Melbourne 5.15 (45) Collingwood 6.6 (42) Lake Oval 9 July 1904
Geelong 4.11 (35) Carlton 5.5 (35) Corio Oval 9 July 1904

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 7.13 (55) Fitzroy 3.6 (24) Victoria Park 16 July 1904
Carlton 9.7 (61) St Kilda 4.1 (25) Princes Park 16 July 1904
South Melbourne 6.5 (41) Geelong 4.15 (39) Lake Oval 16 July 1904
Melbourne 3.12 (30) Essendon 4.11 (35) MCG 16 July 1904

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Melbourne 9.13 (67) South Melbourne 11.7 (73) MCG 23 July 1904
Carlton 6.10 (46) Collingwood 6.4 (40) Princes Park 23 July 1904
St Kilda 5.5 (35) Geelong 7.16 (58) Junction Oval 23 July 1904
Fitzroy 6.8 (44) Essendon 3.9 (27) Brunswick Street Oval 23 July 1904

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
St Kilda 6.10 (46) South Melbourne 10.5 (65) Junction Oval 30 July 1904
Collingwood 5.6 (36) Essendon 7.10 (52) Victoria Park 30 July 1904
Carlton 6.14 (50) Melbourne 4.10 (34) Princes Park 30 July 1904
Geelong 5.12 (42) Fitzroy 4.13 (37) Corio Oval 30 July 1904

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 14.12 (96) St Kilda 6.10 (46) Victoria Park 13 August 1904
Melbourne 11.10 (76) Geelong 6.4 (40) MCG 13 August 1904
South Melbourne 5.16 (46) Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Lake Oval 13 August 1904
Essendon 5.5 (35) Carlton 5.9 (39) EMCG 13 August 1904

Ladder

Section A
Section B
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Fitzroy 141040837594140.940
2 Carlton 14941634611103.838
3 South Melbourne 14950727647112.436
4 Collingwood 14770676632107.028
5 Essendon 1477063264697.828
6 Melbourne 14680771754102.324
7 Geelong 1449163578680.818
8 St Kilda 14311061886071.912

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

Sectional rounds

Round 15 (Sectional round 1)

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 14.12 (96) Carlton 6.10 (46) Victoria Park 20 August 1904
Essendon 8.9 (57) Geelong 5.9 (39) EMCG 20 August 1904
Fitzroy 4.14 (38) South Melbourne 3.15 (33) Brunswick Street Oval 20 August 1904
Melbourne 13.15 (93) St Kilda 3.3 (21) MCG 20 August 1904

Round 16 (Sectional round 2)

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Carlton 1.8 (14) Melbourne 5.13 (43) Princes Park 27 August 1904
St Kilda 2.8 (20) Collingwood 12.9 (81) Junction Oval 27 August 1904
South Melbourne 4.3 (27) Essendon 8.11 (59) Lake Oval 27 August 1904
Geelong 4.6 (30) Fitzroy 8.5 (53) Corio Oval 27 August 1904

Round 17 (Sectional round 3)

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Carlton 16.11 (107) St Kilda 7.7 (49) Princes Park 3 September 1904
Melbourne 5.10 (40) Collingwood 7.9 (51) MCG 3 September 1904
Essendon 13.9 (87) Fitzroy 4.2 (26) EMCG 3 September 1904
Geelong 3.4 (22) South Melbourne 6.8 (44) Corio Oval 3 September 1904

Final ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Fitzroy (P)171250954744128.248
2 Carlton 171061804762105.542
3 Collingwood 171070867741117.040
4 Essendon 171070835738113.140
5 South Melbourne 171070831766108.540
6 Melbourne 17890947840112.732
7 Geelong 17412172694077.218
8 St Kilda 173140708114162.112

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 49.1
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Semi-finals

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDateAttendance
Carlton 6.7 (43) Essendon 6.4 (40) Victoria Park 10 September 190416,000
Fitzroy 9.7 (61) Collingwood 7.8 (50) MCG 10 September 190425,000

Grand final

Grand final
Saturday, 17 September (2:50 pm) Fitzroy 9.7 (61)def. Carlton 5.7 (37) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 32,688)

Season notes

Awards

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