1925 VFL season

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1925 VFL premiership season
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Geelong Football Club, premier team
Teams12
Premiers Geelong
1st premiership
Minor premiers Geelong
3rd minor premiership
Brownlow Medallist Colin Watson (St Kilda)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist Lloyd Hagger (Geelong)
Matches played106
Highest64,288
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The 1925 VFL season was the 29th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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The league expanded to twelve clubs, with Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne all newly admitted from the VFA to increase the league's size to its highest since its inception. The season ran from 2 May until 10 October, and comprised a 17-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the first time, after it defeated Collingwood by ten points in the 1925 VFL Grand Final.

Background

Public Service Football Club

In July 1924, the Public Service Football Club, a club whose players would consist entirely of state and federal public servants rather than being drawn from a geographical recruiting district, was established and applied to join the VFL. [1] Melbourne Carnivals Ltd had offered to lease the Public Service club its newly developed venue, the Amateur Sports Ground, for football if it could gain entrance to the league. The venue was centrally located, between Batman Avenue and Swan Street, the site which later became Olympic Park, and was to have been expanded to a capacity of 100,000. The VFL was keen to have control over the venue, and equally keen to prevent the VFA or the local rugby league or soccer associations from controlling such a valuable asset. [2]

Since the end of World War I, the VFL had contained nine clubs; and, while the League had taken applications several times for a tenth club, it had each time opted to remain at nine clubs. But, the availability of the Amateur Sports Ground was an important strategic opportunity, and in September 1924, the VFL formally resolved to "draw up a scheme for the inclusion of one or more clubs, and secure the Amateur Sports Ground for the League" before the 1925 season. [3]

Claims of the Footscray Football Club

While the league reviewed the application of the Public Service, it was also fielding other applications, most notably that of the Footscray Football Club from the VFA. Footscray was widely regarded as the strongest candidate among existing clubs to join the VFL, and had been considered as such for many years. It was the richest VFA club, had a strong corporate backing due to its location in the heart of the industrial district of the western suburbs, and it had dominated the Association since the war, winning four of the previous six premierships and five minor premierships in a row. [2] Its win against VFL premiers Essendon in Dame Nellie Melba's Limbless Soldiers' Appeal match at the end of the 1924 season had affirmed its credentials. [4] [5]

Admitting the Public Service team would have met both of the League's aims, but admitting Footscray would not have secured the Amateur Sports Ground. The League investigated other means of securing the venue without having to admit Public Service, including having Richmond leave the nearby Punt Road Oval to use it as a home venue, [6] having Geelong play all of its away matches at the venue, [7] or scheduling each club to play one or more of its home games at the neutral venue – similar to the way that VFL Park was later used in the 1970s and 1980s. [3]

There were two other significant problems with admitting Footscray – or indeed any other club from the VFA:

After having waited many months without response since first applying to the VFL in July 1924, the Public Service withdrew its application on 3 November and submitted an application to join the VFA; [10] and in December, the VFA provisionally accepted the application. [11] However, Melbourne Carnivals withdrew its offer to the Public Service to use the Amateur Sports Ground (now known as the Motordrome, with a motorcycling arena having been installed in November) [12] in the meantime. [13] Public Service was unable to secure a replacement, so withdrew from the VFA without playing a game. [14]

Breaking the agreement

With the Public Service club no longer available, and 'the agreement' all but preventing the VFL from admitting a VFA club, it looked likely that the VFL would remain at nine teams. [15] But, in December 1924, the VFA admitted the Coburg Football Club, from the VFL seconds competition, into its senior ranks. [11] The VFL contended that 'the agreement' was valid specifically between the two bodies as they were constituted at the time it was signed; and that by admitting a new club, the constitution of the VFA had changed and the agreement was voided. [16] This gave the VFL the opportunity to admit VFA clubs. The VFA considered its legal position, but decided not to proceed, the result being that both competitions considered the agreement broken. [17]

Admission of new VFL clubs

With 'the agreement' no longer an impediment, the VFL set about admitting a tenth club. Footscray and North Melbourne were both discussed, but both were rejected by the clubs set to lose sections of their recruiting districts. It was then proposed to admit three clubs instead of one; the VFL delegates agreed, and Footscray, Hawthorn and North Melbourne were admitted. This league saw two specific benefits with this scheme: [15]

One impediment to admitting North Melbourne was that the State Government had prevented the VFL from moving into the Arden Street Oval in 1921, after protest from the VFA that it would lose its most central venue. The VFL wrote to the Minister for Lands and obtained the necessary permission from the minister to use the venue before it was able to admit North Melbourne. [18] It is thought that Prahran would have been the twelfth team, had this permission not been obtained.

Through all of this, the VFL failed to secure use of the Motordrome, and the VFA began using it for finals matches, but it never became one of its regularly used venues. It never was expanded to become the 100,000 capacity, strategically critical, centrally located venue once imagined.

Format

In 1925, the VFL competition consisted of twelve 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. Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 17 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 6. Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1925 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 scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 9.19 (73) St Kilda 3.8 (26) MCG 15,2672 May 1925
Hawthorn 5.8 (38) Richmond 11.11 (77) Glenferrie Oval 20,0002 May 1925
Geelong 8.11 (59) North Melbourne 9.13 (67) Corio Oval 12,5002 May 1925
Fitzroy 8.15 (63) Footscray 8.6 (54) Brunswick Street Oval 28,0002 May 1925
Essendon 14.14 (98) Collingwood 10.13 (73) Windy Hill 22,0002 May 1925
South Melbourne 9.14 (68) Carlton 4.6 (30) Lake Oval 25,0002 May 1925

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 10.10 (70) South Melbourne 8.12 (60) Western Oval 25,0009 May 1925
Collingwood 10.11 (71) Melbourne 7.12 (54) Victoria Park 15,0009 May 1925
Carlton 7.14 (56) Essendon 14.17 (101) Princes Park 25,0009 May 1925
St Kilda 17.12 (114) Hawthorn 8.12 (60) Junction Oval 12,0009 May 1925
Richmond 9.5 (59) Geelong 13.14 (92) Punt Road Oval 20,0009 May 1925
North Melbourne 6.3 (39) Fitzroy 8.16 (64) Arden Street Oval 18,0009 May 1925

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 9.8 (62) St Kilda 3.12 (30) Corio Oval 12,50016 May 1925
Fitzroy 17.11 (113) Richmond 8.11 (59) Brunswick Street Oval 20,00016 May 1925
Essendon 16.15 (111) Footscray 9.9 (63) Windy Hill 32,00016 May 1925
South Melbourne 12.10 (82) North Melbourne 8.13 (61) Lake Oval 17,00016 May 1925
Hawthorn 9.11 (65) Collingwood 11.16 (82) Glenferrie Oval 13,00016 May 1925
Melbourne 12.12 (84) Carlton 4.14 (38) MCG 16,57016 May 1925

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 11.9 (75) South Melbourne 10.10 (70) Punt Road Oval 22,00023 May 1925
Footscray 6.6 (42) Melbourne 9.16 (70) Western Oval 12,00023 May 1925
Collingwood 13.9 (87) Geelong 13.12 (90) Victoria Park 16,00023 May 1925
Carlton 10.10 (70) Hawthorn 6.13 (49) Princes Park 10,00023 May 1925
St Kilda 5.8 (38) Fitzroy 12.12 (84) Junction Oval 17,00023 May 1925
North Melbourne 5.17 (47) Essendon 13.10 (88) Arden Street Oval 15,00023 May 1925

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 12.13 (85) North Melbourne 10.5 (65) MCG 11,95430 May 1925
Essendon 10.7 (67) Richmond 8.13 (61) Windy Hill 20,00030 May 1925
South Melbourne 16.9 (105) St Kilda 10.13 (73) Lake Oval 18,00030 May 1925
Hawthorn 10.14 (74) Footscray 8.10 (58) Glenferrie Oval 10,00030 May 1925
Fitzroy 6.11 (47) Collingwood 7.10 (52) Brunswick Street Oval 25,00030 May 1925
Geelong 22.12 (144) Carlton 10.12 (72) Corio Oval 12,50030 May 1925

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 9.8 (62) Geelong 12.11 (83) Western Oval 14,0006 June 1925
Richmond 9.16 (70) Melbourne 10.10 (70) Punt Road Oval 38,0006 June 1925
North Melbourne 8.13 (61) Hawthorn 8.9 (57) Arden Street Oval 7,0006 June 1925
Collingwood 13.14 (92) South Melbourne 7.11 (53) Victoria Park 26,0008 June 1925
Carlton 9.7 (61) Fitzroy 11.13 (79) Princes Park 30,0008 June 1925
St Kilda 13.14 (92) Essendon 8.12 (60) Junction Oval 30,0008 June 1925

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 15.11 (101) Hawthorn 7.7 (49) Corio Oval 11,00013 June 1925
Footscray 7.12 (54) North Melbourne 11.12 (78) Western Oval 15,00013 June 1925
Essendon 9.11 (65) South Melbourne 8.9 (57) Windy Hill 18,00013 June 1925
Carlton 9.12 (66) Richmond 5.13 (43) Princes Park 25,00013 June 1925
Melbourne 12.11 (83) Fitzroy 6.9 (45) MCG 23,60113 June 1925
St Kilda 11.10 (76) Collingwood 5.10 (40) Junction Oval 24,50013 June 1925

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 9.9 (63) St Kilda 10.8 (68) Arden Street Oval 15,00020 June 1925
Fitzroy 7.15 (57) Geelong 9.15 (69) Brunswick Street Oval 25,00020 June 1925
South Melbourne 7.12 (54) Melbourne 14.16 (100) Lake Oval 16,00020 June 1925
Richmond 9.21 (75) Footscray 12.9 (81) Punt Road Oval 12,00020 June 1925
Hawthorn 9.7 (61) Essendon 10.14 (74) Glenferrie Oval 10,00020 June 1925
Collingwood 11.12 (78) Carlton 9.10 (64) Victoria Park 17,00020 June 1925

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 15.9 (99) Melbourne 10.15 (75) Corio Oval 19,50027 June 1925
Essendon 9.7 (61) Fitzroy 8.9 (57) Windy Hill 22,00027 June 1925
Collingwood 11.14 (80) Richmond 8.12 (60) Victoria Park 15,00027 June 1925
Carlton 14.11 (95) North Melbourne 10.7 (67) Princes Park 15,00027 June 1925
South Melbourne 15.14 (104) Hawthorn 5.7 (37) Lake Oval 10,00027 June 1925
St Kilda 18.24 (132) Footscray 13.6 (84) Junction Oval 21,00027 June 1925

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 7.9 (51) Richmond 10.9 (69) Arden Street Oval 7,00011 July 1925
Geelong 18.13 (121) South Melbourne 3.10 (28) Corio Oval 11,00011 July 1925
Fitzroy 19.11 (125) Hawthorn 5.11 (41) Brunswick Street Oval 8,00011 July 1925
Melbourne 8.7 (55) Essendon 5.8 (38) MCG 22,87211 July 1925
Footscray 9.8 (62) Collingwood 15.16 (106) Western Oval 9,00011 July 1925
St Kilda 8.17 (65) Carlton 5.10 (40) Junction Oval 15,00011 July 1925

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 8.14 (62) St Kilda 6.9 (45) Punt Road Oval 20,00018 July 1925
Hawthorn 6.10 (46) Melbourne 14.18 (102) Glenferrie Oval 6,00018 July 1925
Essendon 9.11 (65) Geelong 11.10 (76) Windy Hill 30,00018 July 1925
Collingwood 16.17 (113) North Melbourne 11.4 (70) Victoria Park 9,00018 July 1925
Carlton 9.12 (66) Footscray 7.11 (53) Princes Park 12,00018 July 1925
South Melbourne 6.11 (47) Fitzroy 12.12 (84) Lake Oval 15,00018 July 1925

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 15.19 (109) Essendon 4.5 (29) Victoria Park 25,0001 August 1925
Carlton 9.9 (63) South Melbourne 9.20 (74) Princes Park 12,0001 August 1925
St Kilda 7.9 (51) Melbourne 10.10 (70) Junction Oval 20,0001 August 1925
Richmond 6.11 (47) Hawthorn 3.11 (29) Punt Road Oval 10,0001 August 1925
North Melbourne 9.5 (59) Geelong 22.22 (154) Arden Street Oval 10,0001 August 1925
Footscray 13.13 (91) Fitzroy 7.8 (50) Western Oval 10,0001 August 1925

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 8.11 (59) St Kilda 8.8 (56) Glenferrie Oval 10,0008 August 1925
Geelong 11.20 (86) Richmond 4.8 (32) Corio Oval 13,5008 August 1925
Fitzroy 17.18 (120) North Melbourne 11.8 (74) Brunswick Street Oval 7,0008 August 1925
South Melbourne 13.14 (92) Footscray 12.15 (87) Lake Oval 15,0008 August 1925
Melbourne 7.10 (52) Collingwood 9.11 (65) MCG 33,6428 August 1925
Essendon 15.11 (101) Carlton 8.14 (62) Windy Hill 10,0008 August 1925

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 12.8 (80) South Melbourne 7.16 (58) Arden Street Oval 5,00022 August 1925
Collingwood 11.18 (84) Hawthorn 8.12 (60) Victoria Park 6,00022 August 1925
Carlton 6.9 (45) Melbourne 18.14 (122) Princes Park 7,00022 August 1925
St Kilda 9.8 (62) Geelong 7.9 (51) Junction Oval 15,00022 August 1925
Richmond 8.7 (55) Fitzroy 9.7 (61) Punt Road Oval 9,00022 August 1925
Footscray 5.13 (43) Essendon 9.15 (69) Western Oval 12,00022 August 1925

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 11.12 (78) St Kilda 8.7 (55) Brunswick Street Oval 20,00029 August 1925
Essendon 14.19 (103) North Melbourne 6.9 (45) Windy Hill 14,00029 August 1925
South Melbourne 6.9 (45) Richmond 9.9 (63) Lake Oval 12,00029 August 1925
Melbourne 10.9 (69) Footscray 9.13 (67) MCG 11,26429 August 1925
Geelong 11.8 (74) Collingwood 8.17 (65) Corio Oval 26,02529 August 1925
Hawthorn 7.10 (52) Carlton 11.14 (80) Glenferrie Oval 9,00029 August 1925

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 11.9 (75) South Melbourne 9.8 (62) Junction Oval 10,0005 September 1925
Footscray 15.10 (100) Hawthorn 10.10 (70) Western Oval 8,0005 September 1925
Collingwood 12.13 (85) Fitzroy 14.15 (99) Victoria Park 27,0005 September 1925
Carlton 14.10 (94) Geelong 15.13 (103) Princes Park 10,0005 September 1925
North Melbourne 11.7 (73) Melbourne 6.10 (46) Arden Street Oval 5,0005 September 1925
Richmond 7.8 (50) Essendon 10.14 (74) Punt Road Oval 18,0005 September 1925

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 9.9 (63) Richmond 2.12 (24) MCG 16,98912 September 1925
Hawthorn 7.13 (55) North Melbourne 4.6 (30) Glenferrie Oval 8,00012 September 1925
Essendon 10.7 (67) St Kilda 8.10 (58) Windy Hill 15,00012 September 1925
Geelong 14.16 (100) Footscray 9.7 (61) Corio Oval 10,80012 September 1925
South Melbourne 4.6 (30) Collingwood 14.11 (95) Lake Oval 12,00012 September 1925
Fitzroy 7.24 (66) Carlton 9.10 (64) Brunswick Street Oval 20,00012 September 1925

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Geelong (P)17152015641024152.760
2 Essendon 17134012711065119.352
3 Melbourne 1712411273919138.550
4 Collingwood 17125013771083127.148
5 Fitzroy 17125012921028125.748
6 St Kilda 178901116112099.632
7 Richmond 176101981113186.726
8 South Melbourne 1761101089127185.724
9 Carlton 1751201066134979.020
10 North Melbourne 1751201030137075.220
11 Footscray 1741301132136882.716
12 Hawthorn 173140902136566.112

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 69.1
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

All of the 1925 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi-finals and preliminary final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the preliminary final. Geelong lost to Melbourne in the semi-final, but still went on to the grand final because they were minor premiers.

Semi-finals

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 10.8 (68) Collingwood 12.6 (78) MCG 60,05519 September
Geelong 13.8 (86) Melbourne 14.17 (101) MCG 51,25626 September

Preliminary final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 3.8 (26) Collingwood 8.15 (63) MCG 49,8333 October

Grand final

Season notes

Awards

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