1911 VFA season

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1911 premiership season
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Premiers Essendon (A.)
(1st premiership)
Minor premiers Essendon (A.)
(1st minor premiership)
  1910
1912  

The 1911 Victorian Football Association season was the 35th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Essendon (Association) Football Club, after it defeated Brunswick by eight points in a rain-affected Grand Final on 23 September. It was the first premiership won by the club, and it came after having finished second on the ladder in three consecutive seasons without playing in the final match.

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Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1911 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Essendon (P)1816201292732176.564
2 North Melbourne 1814401179749157.456
3 Prahran 1813501284890144.252
4 Brunswick 1812601225815150.248
5 Port Melbourne 1812601044797130.948
6 Footscray 189901098865126.936
7 Williamstown 18513072497574.020
8 Brighton 184140684108063.316
9 Northcote 184140768129258.216
10 Preston 181170662176138.14
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semi Finals
Saturday, 2 September North Melbourne 3.7 (25)def. by Brunswick 5.10 (40) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve (crowd: 15,000) [2]
Saturday, 9 September Essendon 8.9 (57)def. Prahran 7.8 (50) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve (crowd: 15,000) [3]
Final
Saturday, 16 September Essendon 9.9 (63)def. by Brunswick 10.5 (65) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve (crowd: 20,000) [4]
1911 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 23 September Essendon def. Brunswick North Melbourne Recreation Reserve (crowd: 30,000) [5]
1.3 (9)
2.5 (17)
4.10 (34)
 4.10 (34)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.1 (1)
1.3 (9)
1.4 (10)
 3.8 (26)
Umpires: Kendall
McNamara 2, Gough, McCannGoalsChase 2, McKenzie
Maine (leg)Injuries

Notable events

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