1923 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1923 VFA 10 8 7 1922 1924 The 1923 Victorian Football Association season was the 45th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne by 14 points in the Grand Final on 1 October. It was the club's eighth VFA premiership, which meant that the club surpassed Geelong (L.) for the most premierships won in VFA history. Rule changes In 1923, the League and Association entered into a new agreement in which players could not transfer from one competition to the other without a clearance from his club and a permit from his current competition. Such a rule had existing prior to 1918, but since it had lapsed a refusal by one competition to permit a transfer was not binding in the other.The Argus 20 January 1923 Football Control 20 Melbourne The League was motivated to enter into the agreement by the aggressive recruiting of some Association clubs over the previous few years. The agreement was intended to last for five years, but it was broken prior to the 1925 season during the off-field machinations which led to , and leaving the Association and joining the League.The Argus Melbourne Football prospects – the broken agreement 9 28 January 1925 Old Boy Premiership The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season. Ladder main WDL Q 1923 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers FOO PMB Port Melbourne WIL Williamstown HAW BRU Brunswick NOR BRI Brighton PRA Prahran NCT Northcote GEE Geelong 16 2 0 1527 910 P 15 2 1 1399 930 12 6 0 1187 966 11 7 0 1203 975 9 8 1 1120 1109 9 8 1 1143 1132 8 10 0 1170 1213 3 14 1 861 1535 3 15 0 952 1217 2 16 0 855 1439 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 3 September 1923 The Association 14 Melbourne Observer Finals Semifinals Saturday, 8 September Port Melbourne 14.11 (95) H 9.13 (67) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 12,000 The Argus Melbourne Association semi-final 10 September 1923 14 Observer Saturday, 15 September 12.7 (79) H Williamstown 6.11 (47) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 15,000 The Argus Melbourne Exit Williamstown 17 September 1923 18–19 Observer Final Saturday, 22 September 5.11 (41) A Port Melbourne 8.9 (57) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 20,000 The Argus Melbourne Preliminary Final 24 September 1923 8 Observer 1923 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 29 September 3.4 (22) 3.4 (22) 6.9 (45) 7.10 (52) Mullins 2, Eason, Howell, O'Brien, Samson, Scanlon C. Howell, for elbowing H. BissettC. Howell for fighting with H. BissettV. Samson, for striking G. DobrighA. Smith, for retaliating against G. Dobrigh after being struck H Port Melbourne 0.0 (0) 2.1 (13) 2.2 (14) 5.8 (38) Kerley 2, Barfoot, Cruddin, Taylor G. Ogilvie, for striking L. ZinnickJ. Garbutt, for striking L. MullinsH. Bissett, for fighting with C. HowellG. Dobrigh, for charging A. SmithG. Dobrigh, for retaliating against V. Samson after being chargedG. Dobrigh, for striking A. SmithG. Dobrigh, for using bad language with the umpire North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 18,000 The Argus Melbourne The Association – Footscray premiers 1 October 1923 12 ObserverThe Argus Melbourne Rough football – seven men reported 2 October 1923 9 Observer Jones Awards Carpenter (Williamstown) was the leading goalkicker for the home-and-home matches, with 61 goals, narrowly beating George Taylor (Port Melbourne), who kicked 58 goals. Across all matches including finals, Taylor (65) led from Carpenter (63). See also List of VFA premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL