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 VFA season was the 35th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

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The premiership was won by the Essendon (Association), 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 they finished second on the ladder in three consecutive seasons without playing in the final match.

Home-and-away season

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
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Essendon (P)1816201292732176.564
2 North Melbourne 1814401179749157.456
3 Prahran 1813501284890144.352
4 Brunswick 1812601225815150.348
5 Port Melbourne 1812601044797131.048
6 Footscray 189901098865126.936
7 Williamstown 18513072497574.320
8 Brighton 184140684108063.316
9 Northcote 184140768129259.416
10 Preston 181170662176137.64
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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]

Grand Final

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

See also

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