1900 VFL season

Fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) December 2017 December 2017 1900 Melbourne 1900 VFL.jpg 258px 1900 VFL premiership team 5 May – 22 September 1900 8 1 2 Teddy Lockwood ()Albert Thurgood () 24 70 white 1899 VFL season 1899 white 1901 VFL season 1901 The 1900 VFL season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 5 May to 22 September, comprising a 14-round home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs. won the premiership, defeating by four points in the 1900 VFL grand final; it was Melbourne's first VFL premiership. Fitzroy won its second consecutive minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–3 win–loss record. 's Teddy Lockwood and 's Albert Thurgood tied for the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkickers. Background In 1900, the VFL competition consisted of eight 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 team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds. Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1900 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL finals system. Home-and-away season Round 1 Round 1 Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 4.11 (35) Princes Park Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) 10.7 (67) H 6.10 (46) Victoria Park Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) 12.10 (82) H 4.2 (26) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 05 May (3:00 pm) 10.8 (68) H 9.13 (67) Junction Oval The Saints won their first ever VFL/AFL match after losing 48 consecutive matches; however, this was their only win of the season, and it was only realised a week later due to protest. The St Kilda game marked the debut of Claude Clough, who, at 15 years and 209 days, is the youngest-ever VFL/AFL debutant; however, due to a historical clerical error, it wasn't until 2012 that this record was discovered. Round 2 Round 2 Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) 4.10 (34) H 1.4 (10) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) 7.15 (57) H 5.5 (35) Corio Oval Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) 5.4 (34) H 2.6 (18) Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 12 May (3:00 pm) 6.21 (57) H 3.7 (25) Lake Oval Round 4 Round 4 Wednesday, 23 May (3:00 pm) 13.7 (85) H 2.4 (16) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 3.9 (27) Junction Oval Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) 6.19 (55) H 3.4 (22) Brunswick Street Oval Thursday, 24 May (3:00 pm) 11.15 (81) H 2.3 (15) Corio Oval Round 5 Round 5 Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 3.5 (23) Princes Park Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) 9.11 (65) H 2.7 (19) Victoria Park Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) 3.9 (27) A 10.6 (66) Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 26 May (3:00 pm) 5.7 (37) H 3.5 (23) Lake Oval Round 6 Round 6 Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) 4.1 (25) H 0.9 (9) Princes Park Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 3.11 (29) Junction Oval Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) 6.10 (46) H 1.6 (12) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 2 June (3:00 pm) 6.8 (44) H 6.5 (41) Lake Oval Round 7 Round 7 Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) 4.6 (30) H 2.6 (18) Lake Oval Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) 8.18 (66) H 5.7 (37) Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) 8.5 (53) H 4.7 (31) Corio Oval Saturday, 9 June (3:00 pm) 16.20 (116) H 2.5 (17) Brunswick Street Oval Round 8 Round 8 Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) 5.9 (39) H 3.13 (31) Corio Oval Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) 6.6 (42) H 2.8 (20) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) 4.14 (38) H 1.4 (10) Lake Oval Saturday, 23 June (3:00 pm) 15.18 (108) H 4.5 (29) Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 9 Round 9 Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) 2.3 (15) A 7.11 (53) Princes Park Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) 6.6 (42) H 3.5 (23) Victoria Park Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 6.8 (44) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 30 June (3:00 pm) 1.5 (11) A 5.22 (52) Junction Oval Round 10 Round 10 Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) 9.14 (68) H 5.3 (33) Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) 3.8 (26) H 2.12 (24) Lake Oval Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) 7.12 (54) H 5.10 (40) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 7 July (3:00 pm) 13.8 (86) H 4.4 (28) Corio Oval Round 11 Round 11 Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) 7.7 (49) H 4.4 (28) Princes Park Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) 6.14 (50) H 4.5 (29) Victoria Park Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) 4.9 (33) A 5.9 (39) Lake Oval Saturday, 14 July (3:00 pm) 4.16 (40) H 4.5 (29) Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 12 Round 12 Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) 12.12 (84) H 5.5 (35) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) 3.5 (23) A 6.12 (48) Junction Oval Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) 8.9 (57) H 4.8 (32) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 28 July (3:00 pm) 10.10 (70) H 3.6 (24) Corio Oval Round 13 Round 13 Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) 14.12 (96) H 4.4 (28) Victoria Park Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) 17.15 (117) H 3.7 (25) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) 8.9 (57) H 1.6 (12) Corio Oval Saturday, 4 August (3:00 pm) 6.8 (44) A 7.6 (48) Melbourne Cricket Ground Round 14 Round 14 Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) 5.15 (45) H 2.7 (19) Princes Park Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) 10.13 (73) H 7.4 (46) Victoria Park Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) 10.7 (67) H 6.11 (47) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 11 August (3:00 pm) 7.7 (49) A 10.22 (82) Junction Oval Round 3 (postponed) Round 3 Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) 6.6 (42) H 3.4 (22) Princes Park Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) 5.15 (45) H 3.7 (25) Victoria Park Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) 4.9 (33) H 3.9 (27) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 18 August (3:00 pm) 2.6 (18) A 7.16 (58) Junction Oval Round 3 was scheduled to be played on Saturday, 19 May, but all matches cancelled due to heavy rain; the matches were rescheduled for the weekend after round 14.Rodgers Stephen 1992 Every Game Ever Played, VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 3rd Ringwood, Victoria Viking O'Neal 17–18 Ladder (P) Premiers Section A Section B |- style=background:#E6E6FA | 1 || align=left | || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 729 || 434 || 168.0 || 44 |- style=background:#FEEAD3 | 2 || align=left | || 14 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 670 || 444 || 150.9 || 36 |- style=background:#E6E6FA | 3 || align=left | || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 666 || 485 || 137.3 || 32 |- style=background:#FEEAD3 | 4 || align=left | || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 627 || 540 || 116.1 || 32 |- style=background:#E6E6FA | 5 || align=left | || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 481 || 532 || 90.4 || 32 |- style=background:#FEEAD3 | 6 || align=left | (P) || 14 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 654 || 643 || 101.7 || 24 |- style=background:#E6E6FA | 7 || align=left | || 14 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 394 || 558 || 70.6 || 20 |- style=background:#FEEAD3 | 8 || align=left | || 14 || 1 || 13 || 0 || 376 || 961 || 39.1 || 4 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAverage score: 41.0Source: AFL Tables Progression by round table Points by round y 06 0 / 04 4 / 03 8 / 03 12 / 02 16 / 01 20 / 01 24 / 01 28 / 01 32 / 01 36 / 01 40 / 01 40 / 01 44 / 01 44 02 4 / 01 8 / 01 12 / 02 12 / 03 12 / 03 16 / 02 20 / 03 20 / 03 24 / 03 24 / 02 28 / 02 32 / 02 32 / 02 36 01 4 / 02 4 / 02 8 / 01 12 / 01 16 / 02 16 / 04 16 / 04 16 / 05 16 / 05 16 / 05 20 / 04 24 / 04 28 / 03 32 03 4 / 05 4 / 08 4 / 04 8 / 05 8 / 07 8 / 07 8 / 06 12 / 06 12 / 06 16 / 06 20 / 06 24 / 05 28 / 04 32 08 0 / 06 4 / 06 4 / 05 8 / 04 12 / 04 16 / 03 20 / 02 24 / 02 28 / 02 28 / 03 28 / 03 32 / 03 32 / 05 32 05 0 / 03 4 / 05 4 / 07 4 / 07 4 / 05 8 / 05 12 / 05 16 / 04 20 / 04 24 / 04 24 / 05 24 / 06 24 / 06 24 07 0 / 08 0 / 07 4 / 06 4 / 06 8 / 06 8 / 06 8 / 07 8 / 07 8 / 07 12 / 07 12 / 07 12 / 07 16 / 07 20 04 4 / 07 4 / 04 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 / 08 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 complete Finals series Sectional rounds Sectional round 1 Sectional round 1 Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) 9.13 (67) H 5.8 (38) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) 8.20 (68) H 0.9 (9) Victoria Park Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) 3.1 (19) A 9.5 (59) Lake Oval Saturday, 25 August (2:30 pm) 5.15 (45) H 3.10 (28) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Sectional round 2 Sectional round 2 Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) 4.7 (31) H 4.6 (30) Princes Park Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) 6.8 (44) H 4.7 (31) Corio Oval Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) 6.3 (39) H 5.6 (36) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 1 September (2:30 pm) 2.3 (15) A 12.14 (86) Junction Oval Sectional round 3 Sectional round 3 Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) 12.23 (95) H 1.4 (10) East Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) 3.6 (24) A 4.6 (30) Lake Oval Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) 7.9 (51) H 2.8 (20) Brunswick Street Oval Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm) 5.9 (39) A 7.15 (57) Junction Oval Section A ladder Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 193 || 65 || 296.9 || 12 |- | 2 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 154 || 97 || 158.8 || 8 |- | 3 || align=left | || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 79 || 192 || 41.1 || 4 |- | 4 || align=left | || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 69 || 141 || 48.9 || 0 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forSource: AFL Tables Section B ladder Qualified for finals |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 155 || 73 || 212.3 || 8 |- | 2 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 129 || 77 || 167.5 || 8 |- | 3 || align=left | || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 129 || 115 || 112.2 || 8 |- | 4 || align=left | || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 63 || 211 || 29.9 || 0 |} Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forSource: AFL Tables Finals 120 80 Semi-final 15 September, Lake Oval A1 5.13 (43) B1 7.3 (45) Grand final 22 September, East Melbourne Cricket Ground MP 3.12 (30) 4.10 (34) All starting times are local time. Source: AFL Tables Semi-final Semi-final Saturday, 15 September (2:30 pm) 5.13 (43) A 7.3 (45) Lake Oval Grand final 1900 VFL grand final Grand final Saturday, 22 September (2:50 pm) 3.12 (30) A 4.10 (34) East Melbourne Cricket Ground 20,181 Win–loss table The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Opponents are listed above the margins and home matches are in bold. The rescheduling of round 3 until after round 14, which occurred following the cancellation of the originally scheduled matches due to heavy rain, is also reflected in this table. By winning the minor premiership and accruing at least eight premiership points from its three sectional matches, Fitzroy won the right to challenge the semi-final winner for the premiership.Victorian Football League – the premiership scheme amended The Age Melbourne 30 April 1898 10 85% yes Team Home-and-away season Home-and-awayladder Home-and-away ladder position and win–loss–draw record Finals series Sectional rounds Sectionalladders Sectional ladder position and win–loss–draw record Finals 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 S1 S2 S3 SF GF Car 06 GEE−17 07 FIT−24 04 STK+9 05 ESS−5 02 COL+16 05 SM−12 05 GEE−8 07 FIT−38 07 MEL−35 01 STK+21 08 ESS−49 07 COL−68 03 SM+26 02 MEL+20 7(5–9–0) 06 FIT−29 04 SM+1 08 ESS−85 A3(1–2–0) Col 02 FIT+21 06 GEE−22 08 ESS−69 01 STK+46 07 CAR−16 07 MEL−29 06 FIT−22 04 GEE+19 05 SM−2 02 ESS+21 03 STK+25 02 CAR+68 02 MEL+27 03 SM+20 4(8–6–0) 01 STK+59 07 GEE−13 04 MEL+6 B2(2–1–0) Ess 01 SM+56 05 MEL−16 01 COL+69 04 CAR+5 03 STK+11 06 GEE−22 07 SM−28 06 MEL−26 06 FIT−14 07 COL−21 01 CAR+49 01 STK+92 04 GEE+20 04 FIT+6 3(8–6–0) 02 SM+40 03 FIT+3 01 CAR+85 A1(3–0–0) 02 MEL−2 Fit 07 COL−21 02 CAR+24 03 SM+33 02 MEL+39 01 GEE+34 01 STK+99 03 COL+22 02 CAR+38 03 ESS+14 04 SM+6 04 MEL+25 06 GEE−45 01 STK+33 05 ESS−6 1(11–3–0) 03 CAR+29 06 ESS−3 02 SM+31 A2(2–1–0) 01 X 01 MEL−4 Gee 03 CAR+17 03 COL+22 02 MEL+66 06 SM−14 08 FIT−34 03 ESS+22 04 CAR+8 05 COL−19 01 STK+58 06 MEL−11 02 SM+46 03 FIT+45 05 ESS−20 01 STK+40 2(9–5–0) 05 MEL−17 02 COL+13 03 STK+18 B3(2–1–0) Mel 05 STK−1 04 ESS+16 07 GEE−66 07 FIT−39 06 SM−3 02 COL+29 01 STK+79 03 ESS+26 02 CAR+35 03 GEE+11 05 FIT−25 05 SM−4 07 COL−27 07 CAR−20 6(6–8–0) 04 GEE+17 01 STK+71 05 COL−6 B1(2–1–0) 03 ESS+2 02 FIT+4 SM 08 ESS−56 01 STK+32 06 FIT−33 03 GEE+14 05 MEL+3 04 CAR+12 02 ESS+28 01 STK+41 04 COL+2 05 FIT−6 07 GEE−46 04 MEL+4 06 CAR−26 06 COL−20 5(8–6–0) 07 ESS−40 05 CAR−1 07 FIT−31 A4(0–3–0) StK 04 MEL+1 08 SM−32 05 CAR−9 08 COL−46 06 ESS−11 08 FIT−99 08 MEL−79 08 SM−41 08 GEE−58 08 CAR−21 06 COL−25 08 ESS−92 08 FIT−33 08 GEE−40 8(1–13–0) 08 COL−59 08 MEL−71 06 GEE−18 B4(0–3–0) Source: AFL Tables Season notes The Round 1 match between St Kilda and Melbourne ended in a draw, but the result was changed to a St Kilda victory on protest after it was noted that the umpire did not signal the end of the third quarter in the correct fashion after hearing the bell. This was St Kilda's first-ever VFL win (after 48 losses), their first win since 1896 in the VFA (after 51 losses), and was the first of only two occasions that the score of a game has been changed on protest (the second was the 2006 AFL siren controversy between St Kilda and ). St Kilda footballer Dave Strickland, the father of Shirley Strickland, won the 1900 Stawell Gift in 12 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards. Collingwood's highly talented "loose cannon" Dick Condon was given a lifetime suspension for sustained abuse of field umpire Henry "Ivo" Crapp.After three appeals, Condon's suspension was lifted in 1902, and Condon resumed playing for Collingwood. By the end of the finals round-robin matches, more than 1,000 points had been scored against St Kilda in a single season.At the end of the 1900 season, St Kilda had scored 439 points against their opponents' collective score of 1,172 points. Melbourne won the 1900 premiership despite having a 6–8 record after the home-and-away matches and finishing sixth of the eight teams on the ladder. This unsatisfactory situation led to the formation of the Argus Final Four system for 1901, which was modified in 1902 and 1907 and used until 1930 (except for 1924). References Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. 0-646-18748-1 Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. 0-670-90809-6 Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. 0-670-86814-0 Sources 1900 VFL season at AFL Tables 1900 VFL season at Australian Football 1900 Category:1900 in Australian men's sport Category:1900 in Australian rules football