1875 Victorian football season

6th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria December 2017 December 2017 1875 7 vicunaffiliated 4 Carlton Imperial1st Challenge Cup win Billy DedmanWilliam Hine James Dedman https://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/DedmanWilliam.aspx Redlegs Museum 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250327112019/https://www.redlegsmuseum.com.au/ON_FIELD/PLAYERS/DedmanWilliam.aspx 27 March 2025( – 13 goals) white 1874 Victorian football season 1874 white 1876 Victorian football season 1876 The 1875 Victorian football season was the sixth senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11516200 The Argus 10 April 2025 5 1 May 1875 was the premier metropolitan club for the fourth time, while was the premier provincial club.1875 https://www.blueseum.org/1875 Blueseum 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241003024915/https://www.blueseum.org/1875 3 October 2024De Bolfo Tony Collins gifts rare 19th century football annuals to Carlton archive https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1536656/collins-gifts-rare-19th-century-football-annuals-to-carlton-archive Carlton Football Club 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240501104959/https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/1536656/collins-gifts-rare-19th-century-football-annuals-to-carlton-archive 1 May 2024 23 April 2024 Metropolitan Seven metropolitan clubs participated in senior football during the 1875 season: , , Carlton Imperial, , , and StKcumUni (a combined and Melbourne University team). The 1875 edition of The Footballer listed as many as 34 junior clubs that played matches throughout the season: Adeplhian, Abbotsford United, Albion Union, Alma, , Carlton Rifles, Cambridge Union, Clifton, East St Kilda, Elwood, Esplanade, ,McCaskie Gregor Essendon's oldest trophy https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/779858/essendons-oldest-trophy Essendon Football Club 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250410190421/https://www.essendonfc.com.au/news/779858/essendons-oldest-trophy 10 April 2025 27 December 2009 Excelsior, Fawkner Park, Hawthorn,Hawthorn Football Club statistics 1875 http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1875.htm Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935 23 September 2006 1998 23 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060923104603/http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1875.htm bot: unknown Hotham United, Jolimont, Richmond,1875 Chronology https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=1875+Chronology Tigerland Archive 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241210051554/https://www.tigerlandarchive.org/tiki-index.php?page=1875+Chronology 10 December 2024 Richmond Standard, Sands and McDougall, St Kilda Alma,Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109632466 The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian 10 April 2025 3 24 April 1875 ,FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108498625 The Record and Emerald Hill and Sandridge Advertiser 10 April 2025 3 17 June 1875 South Melbourne Imperial, South-park, Southern Rifles, Southern, Star of Richmond, Vaucluse, Victoria Parade, ,FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202138181 The Age 10 April 2025 3 25 March 1875 West Richmond, ,Williamstown Hall of Fame https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-118-0-392693-0&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=29974652 GameDay VFL / VFLW 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250410213708/https://websites.mygameday.app/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-118-0-392693-0&sID=60264&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=29974652 10 April 2025 3 June 2014 and Windsor.Power, T. P. (Thomas P) The Footballer: an annual record of football in Victoria 1875 https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/20995522 11 April 2025 Season As had been the case for several years, Carlton and Melbourne were considered the dominant clubs in the city, so the premier club was decided based entirely on the head-to-head record between the clubs. In their four meetings, Carlton won three and Melbourne won one, so Carlton was recognised as the premier club for the season.Free Kick Football notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142154236?searchTerm=Football%20notes The Australasian 10 April 2025 12 2 October 1875 A Challenge Cup played as a double round-robin amongst the second twenties (reserves teams) of the senior clubs was staged during the season.Second Twenty Challenge Cup https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202139047 The Age 10 April 2025 3 13 May 1875 The Cup was won by Carlton Imperial, after it defeated 1–0 in the final on 9 October.FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/202165672 The Age 10 April 2025 5 16 October 1875FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197933881 Leader 10 April 2025 12 16 October 1975 Senior records The table shows the results for senior clubs during the 1875 season across all matches, including senior, junior and odds matches. Clubs are listed in the order in which they were ranked in The Australasian newspaper. Other than announcing the top three place-getters, there was no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only (particularly because the fixturing of matches was not standardised). + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 (P) 17 12 1 4 36 5 2 18 12 3 3 43 9 3 Carlton Imperial 11 5 2 4 20 12 – 11 6 1 4 19 6 – 14 6 5 3 18 11 – 10 0 7 3 2 22 – StKcumUni 9 0 6 3 1 21 Source:Free Kick Football notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142154349 The Australasian 10 April 2025 12 9 October 1875THE NORTH MELBOURNE CLUB https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142154616 The Australasian 10 April 2025 12 16 October 1875 (P) Premiers Provincial were premiers in the provincial competition.Honour Roll https://www.geelongcats.com.au/history/honour-roll/ Geelong Football Club 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250405194816/https://www.geelongcats.com.au/history/honour-roll/ 5 April 2025 Other senior provincial clubs in 1875 included , Ballarat Imperial, Beechworth, Castlemaine, Inglewood, Rochester and South Ballarat. In addition to the premiership, Geelong became the permanent owners of the Western District Challenge Cup, which it had held since the start of 1874. The club won the cup after its controversial win against on 25 September at the Argyle Ground in Geelong. In the match, Austin of Geelong, while in possession of the ball, weaved through several spectators who were encroaching on the playing field, before passing to Fairbain who kicked a goal. Ballarat protested against the goal based on interference, and when the goal was upheld, walked off the ground and forfeited the match.Football notes https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197937624 Nomad Leader 10 April 2025 11 2 October 1875 References Category:Victorian football seasons Victoria