1876 Victorian football season

7th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria December 2017 December 2017 1876 13 vicunaffiliated 3 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( – 18 goals) white 1875 Victorian football season 1875 white 1877 Victorian football season 1877 (Vic) →white 1877 VFA season 1877 (VFA) The 1876 Victorian football season was the seventh senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.1876 Fixture https://www.blueseum.org/1876+Fixture Blueseum 13 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250117021412/https://www.blueseum.org/1876+Fixture 17 January 2025 was the premier metropolitan club for the third time, while Barw was the premier provincial club.1876 https://www.blueseum.org/1876 Blueseum 13 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241114054721/https://blueseum.org/1876 14 November 20241876 http://www.demonwiki.org/1876 Demonwiki 13 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20241003160315/http://www.demonwiki.org/1876 3 October 2024 This was the final season of decentralised administration of football in Victoria, with the Victorian Football Association (VFA) formed the following year to provide a committee-based approach to the administration of the sport.Victorian Football Association https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5921398 The Argus 13 April 2025 7 9 May 1877 Clubs Founded The following clubs were established ahead of the 1876 season: Club Region Ref 15x15px Kew Metropolitan CLUB HISTORY https://www.kewfc.com/club-history/ Kew Football Club 25 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20230419112433/https://www.kewfc.com/club-history/ 19 April 2023 Mergers Albert-park cum North Melbourne In May 1876, shortly before the start of the season, the North Melbourne Football Club was disbanded, and most senior players and many members of the club joined the Albert-park Football Club, which was itself in a weakened position due to the departure of many players.Tonball Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71568147 North Melbourne Advertiser 13 April 2025 3 26 May 1876 There was no formal amalgamation between the two clubs, but Albert-park took on a strong North Melbourne character, fielding more former North Melbourne players than Albert-park players, and many fans openly cheered for North Melbourne rather than Albert-parkMelbourne v. Albert Park https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196555006 Leader 13 April 2025 13 3 June 1876 – and some in the media came to describe the club as "Albert-park cum North Melbourne". The arrangement lasted only for one year, and the Hotham Football Club was re-established in North Melbourne in 1877.Carlton v. Hotham https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206920436 The Age 13 April 2025 3 9 July 1877Pindar Peter Football gossip https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143268313 The Australasian 13 April 2025 11 14 July 1876 Metropolitan Six metropolitan clubs participated in senior football during the 1876 season: , , CarImp, , and StK. As had been the case for a few 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, Melbourne won two, Carlton won one, and one was drawn, so Melbourne was recognised as the premier club for the season.Pindar Peter The Football Season of 1876 – Part I https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139772049 The Australasian 13 April 2025 12 7 October 1876 won the Second Twenties' Challenge Cup, while was the leading junior club and won the Junior Challenge Cup. Disputed match between Carlton and Melbourne The result of the final match for the season, a de facto premiership playoff match between Carlton and Melbourne held at the Madeline Street Reserve on 23 September was disputed between the two clubs, owing to a disagreement over whether the first half goal scored by Melbourne's Fred Baker was valid. Baker had taken a mark right on the goal line and quickly kicked the ball between the posts, despite protests by Carlton players that Baker had illegally pushed Carlton defender Harry Nudd out of the marking contest. According to The Australasian reporter Peter Pindar, who reported the details of a conversation he had with field umpire Searcey after the game, Searcey agreed that Nudd had been illegally pushed and was about to annul the goal (which the goal umpire had already awarded) and award a free kick when the Carlton players began to protest. However, Searcy was offended by the language that the Carlton players had used toward him and instead left the ground immediately, without having resolved the issue of the goal.Pindar Peter Football Gossip https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139771897 The Australasian 13 April 2025 12 30 September 1876 There was a delay of fifteen minutes before a new umpire, Bride, could be found, during which Carlton unsuccessfully protested the awarding of the goal. Each club scored one additional goal during the rest of the game, resulting in a 2–1 victory for Melbourne.Melbourne v. Carlton https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5903633 The Argus 13 April 2025 7 25 September 1876 Following the match, Carlton maintained its position of disputing Baker's goal, and claimed the match as a 1–1 draw; with no formal means of resolving the dispute, both clubs maintained their positions to the point that the two clubs reported different results for the match in their annual reports.Pindar Peter Football gossip https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142999255 The Australasian 13 April 2025 12 5 May 1877 Despite this discrepancy, the major newspapers all considered the match to be a Melbourne victory; as the four matches between Carlton and Melbourne saw Melbourne win twice (including in this match) and Carlton win once, with the other match being drawn, Melbourne was thus declared the premier club for the season. Club records The below table shows the results for senior clubs during the 1876 season. The list shows the club records across all matches, including senior, junior and odds matches. The clubs are listed here 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 since the fixturing of matches was not standardised. main Custom 6 pld w l d GF Goals for GA Goals against 0 complete 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 10 2 5 33 15 P 15 2 3 54 12 6 2 2 18 7 5 5 5 17 18 – 3 4 6 18 17 – 2 6 0 16 18 – CarImp Premiers Q green2 Q Provincial In the provincial competition, Barwon was the premier team, and was the winner of the Geelong, Ballarat and Wimmera District Challenge Cup. Barwon was presented with the cup after defeating 2–1 on 29 July.Pindar Peter The Football Season of 1876 – Part II https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/139772428 The Australasian 13 April 2025 12 21 October 1876Football https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5897054 The Argus 13 April 2025 6 31 July 1876 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 Barw (P) 8 6 2 0 19 9 – 11 3 5 3 16 16 – GeeImp 5 1 2 2 3 5 – BenOG 4 2 2 0 3 8 – Ararat 3 1 2 0 3 8 – 11 6 2 3 19 10 – Maryb 9 4 4 1 16 10 Source: (P) Premiers References Category:Victorian football seasons Victorian