1917 VFL season

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1917 VFL premiership season
Collingwood team 1917.jpg
Collingwood 1917 VFL premiership team
Date12 May—22 September 1917
Teams6
Premiers Collingwood
4th premiership
Minor premiers Collingwood
5th minor premiership
Leading goalkicker medallist Dick Lee (Collingwood)
50 goals
Matches played49
  1916
1918  

The 1917 VFL season was the 21st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. Played during the latter stages of World War I, six of the league's nine clubs featured in 1917, with Geelong and South Melbourne returning after being in recess the previous season. The season ran from 12 May to 22 September, comprising a 15-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

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Collingwood won the premiership, defeating Fitzroy by 35 points in the 1917 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's fourth VFL premiership. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 10–4–1 win–loss–draw record. Collingwood's Dick Lee won his sixth leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Background

In 1917, the VFL competition consisted of six 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 of the six teams played each other three times in a 15 match home-and-away season (Geelong, Richmond, and South Melbourne each hosting eight games, while Carlton, Collingwood, and Fitzroy each hosted seven).

Once the 15 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1917 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 11.11 (77) Richmond 4.4 (28) Victoria Park 12 May 1917
South Melbourne 9.18 (72) Geelong 4.14 (38) Lake Oval 12 May 1917
Fitzroy 6.9 (45) Carlton 6.9 (45) Brunswick Street Oval 12 May 1917

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Richmond 6.16 (52) South Melbourne 8.16 (64) Punt Road Oval 19 May 1917
Carlton 13.7 (85) Collingwood 8.6 (54) Princes Park 19 May 1917
Geelong 6.10 (46) Fitzroy 8.16 (64) Corio Oval 19 May 1917

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Richmond 14.6 (90) Geelong 6.16 (52) Punt Road Oval 26 May 1917
Fitzroy 8.14 (62) Collingwood 11.12 (78) Brunswick Street Oval 26 May 1917
South Melbourne 5.16 (46) Carlton 3.13 (31) Lake Oval 26 May 1917

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 8.18 (66) South Melbourne 6.9 (45) Victoria Park 2 June 1917
Fitzroy 6.13 (49) Richmond 5.8 (38) Brunswick Street Oval 4 June 1917
Carlton 5.12 (42) Geelong 6.7 (43) Princes Park 4 June 1917

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Carlton 14.13 (97) Richmond 7.11 (53) Princes Park 9 June 1917
South Melbourne 5.20 (50) Fitzroy 8.7 (55) Lake Oval 9 June 1917
Geelong 6.7 (43) Collingwood 8.9 (57) Corio Oval 9 June 1917

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Geelong 6.14 (50) South Melbourne 6.11 (47) Corio Oval 16 June 1917
Carlton 4.17 (41) Fitzroy 8.9 (57) Princes Park 16 June 1917
Richmond 7.8 (50) Collingwood 6.14 (50) Punt Road Oval 16 June 1917

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Fitzroy 8.4 (52) Geelong 9.11 (65) Brunswick Street Oval 23 June 1917
South Melbourne 9.17 (71) Richmond 6.3 (39) Lake Oval 23 June 1917
Collingwood 13.14 (92) Carlton 8.7 (55) Victoria Park 23 June 1917

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Geelong 11.15 (81) Richmond 5.4 (34) Corio Oval 30 June 1917
Collingwood 11.11 (77) Fitzroy 10.14 (74) Victoria Park 30 June 1917
Carlton 9.11 (65) South Melbourne 7.12 (54) Princes Park 30 June 1917

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Richmond 13.9 (87) Fitzroy 5.8 (38) Punt Road Oval 7 July 1917
South Melbourne 13.12 (90) Collingwood 10.13 (73) Lake Oval 7 July 1917
Geelong 3.11 (29) Carlton 4.10 (34) Corio Oval 7 July 1917

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Fitzroy 9.10 (64) South Melbourne 8.9 (57) Brunswick Street Oval 14 July 1917
Collingwood 10.19 (79) Geelong 2.11 (23) Victoria Park 14 July 1917
Richmond 6.10 (46) Carlton 7.9 (51) Punt Road Oval 14 July 1917

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 11.19 (85) Richmond 7.7 (49) Victoria Park 21 July 1917
South Melbourne 14.14 (98) Geelong 6.13 (49) Lake Oval 21 July 1917
Fitzroy 5.15 (45) Carlton 8.11 (59) Brunswick Street Oval 21 July 1917

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Richmond 5.11 (41) South Melbourne 7.14 (56) Punt Road Oval 28 July 1917
Carlton 4.13 (37) Collingwood 3.8 (26) Princes Park 28 July 1917
Geelong 10.3 (63) Fitzroy 12.10 (82) Corio Oval 28 July 1917

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Richmond 5.12 (42) Geelong 7.8 (50) Punt Road Oval 11 August 1917
Fitzroy 7.3 (45) Collingwood 14.17 (101) Brunswick Street Oval 11 August 1917
South Melbourne 8.7 (55) Carlton 6.14 (50) Lake Oval 11 August 1917

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Collingwood 6.16 (52) South Melbourne 2.9 (21) Victoria Park 18 August 1917
Richmond 10.11 (71) Fitzroy 7.11 (53) Punt Road Oval 18 August 1917
Geelong 5.8 (38) Carlton 10.11 (71) Corio Oval 18 August 1917

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueDate
Carlton 12.8 (80) Richmond 4.17 (41) Princes Park 25 August 1917
South Melbourne 12.13 (85) Fitzroy 7.5 (47) Lake Oval 25 August 1917
Geelong 8.17 (65) Collingwood 9.9 (63) Corio Oval 25 August 1917

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Collingwood (P)1510411030772133.442
2 Carlton 15951843724116.438
3 South Melbourne 15960911772118.036
4 Fitzroy 1568183296386.426
5 Geelong 1569073592779.324
6 Richmond 15311176195479.814

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 56.8
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Semi-finals

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Carlton 6.8 (44) Fitzroy 6.17 (53) MCG 15,605Saturday, 1 September
Collingwood 13.17 (95) South Melbourne 3.17 (35) MCG 16,505Saturday, 8 September

Preliminary final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Collingwood 7.10 (52) Fitzroy 8.10 (58) MCG 22,786Saturday, 15 September

Grand final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueAttendanceDate
Collingwood 9.20 (74) Fitzroy 5.9 (39) MCG 28,512Saturday, 22 September

Season notes

Awards

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