1899 VFA season

23rd season of the Victorian Football Association May 2020 December 2017 1899 Footscray fc 1899.jpg 250px Footscray – 1899 VFA premiers 8 2 white 1898 VFA season 1898 white 1900 VFA season 1900 The 1899 VFA season was the 23rd season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club for the second time in the club's history, and the second in a sequence of three premierships won consecutively from 1898 to 1900. Association membership The size of the association increased from six teams to eight in 1899, with two senior clubs joining the association: Prahran and West Melbourne. West Melbourne was invited to join the association as a senior club after having previously competed in the Victorian Junior Football Association;News and Notes – West Melbourne Football Club North Melbourne Gazette North Melbourne 2 2 December 1898 it accepted the invitation,North Melbourne Gazette 3 February 1899 3 West Melbourne Football Club – Special Meeting North Melbourne but with no ground of suitable standard available in its district, West Melbourne shared tenancy of the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve as a venue for home matches.The Independent Footscray, VIC Half-Forward 3 15 April 1899 Football Notes http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73249575 Prahran was newly formed as a senior club in 1899;A senior club at Prahran The Argus Melbourne 16 March 1899 7 it was the second time that Prahran had been represented by a senior club in the VFA, after a previous unrelated Prahran club had competed from 1886 to 1887 before merging with neighbouring StK.The Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian 7 7 April 1888 Football Rover The new club played its matches at the Hawksburn Cricket Ground (Toorak Park) in Armadale.The Australasian Football notes Markwell 1028 13 May 1899 Ladder The premiership was decided on the basis of the best record across twenty-one rostered matches, with each club playing the others three times. For the first time, each team had a calculated 'average' (known today as 'percentage'), calculated as the ratio of points scored to points conceded; this was used to break ties in the final placings. main WDL Q 1899 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers FOO NOR PMB Port Melbourne WIL Williamstown PRA Prahran RIC WME West Melbourne BRU Brunswick 18 3 0 1078 448 P 17 4 0 1140 664 13 8 0 869 780 11 10 0 694 647 8 13 0 678 897 8 13 0 655 909 6 15 0 759 861 3 18 0 507 1174 #CCFFCC A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 18 September 1899 Victorian Football Association – Final Results 6 Melbourne Old Boy Notable events The leading goalkicker for the season was Daily of (39 goals). External links Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008) List of VFA premiers History of Australian rules football in Victoria (1853–1900) References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL