1914 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 1914 10 4 3 Tom Clarke( − 46 goals) white 1913 VFA season 1913 white 1915 VFA season 1915 The 1914 VFA season was the 38th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated by 35 points in the final on 22 August. It was the club's fourth VFA premiership, and marked the beginning of a period of unprecedented dominance for , which included three consecutive premierships and a 58-match winning streak which lasted from 1914 to 1919.The Argus 15 September 1919 3 Melbourne Association Semi-Final – North Melbourne's Waterloo Old Boy Association membership In October 1913, the Hawthorn Football Club submitted an application to join the Association and leave the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA).The Argus Melbourne 13 Football – Association meeting 29 October 1913 The application was accepted in December, after the Melbourne City Football Club, having endured two winless seasons since joining the Association in 1912, disbanded.The Argus 4 December 1913 Football – new Association club 12 Melbourne As such, the size of the Association remained constant at ten clubs. Home-and-away season 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. Starting from 1914, percentage in the Association was calculated as the number of points conceded for every 100 points scored. Where level on premiership points, clubs were ranked in ascending order by percentage. Previously (and again later) percentage was calculated as the number of points scored for every 100 points conceded. Ladder main WDL Q 1914 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers NOR FOO ESS Essendon WIL Williamstown BRU Brunswick PRA Prahran BRI Brighton PMB Port Melbourne HAW Hawthorn NCT Northcote 14 4 0 1389 873 P 14 4 0 1222 864 12 6 0 1331 1053 11 7 0 1084 1045 9 8 1 1246 1106 8 8 2 1120 1117 9 9 0 1024 1027 7 11 0 1165 1311 3 14 1 1145 1629 1 17 0 757 1581 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 3 August 1914 The Association – first round completed 6 Melbourne Old Boy Finals Semi-finals Semi-finals Saturday, 8 August 13.11 (89) H Essendon 8.10 (58) Melbourne Cricket Ground 15,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Finals – two easy victories 10 August 1914 4 Old Boy Saturday, 8 August 13.12 (90) H Williamstown 5.6 (36) East Melbourne Cricket Ground 7,000 Final 1914 VFA Final Saturday, 22 August 1.3 (9) 6.10 (46) 9.13 (67) 12.14 (86) Moran 5, Hardy 3, Miles 2, Carpenter, Hawkins H 2.2 (14) 4.2 (26) 5.5 (35) 7.9 (51) Banbury 2, Baxter 2, Cotton 2, Crouch East Melbourne Cricket Ground 10,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Premiership – North Melbourne win 24 August 1914 5 Old Boy McMurray Had Footscray won, minor premiers North Melbourne would have been entitled to a rematch the following Saturday to decide the premiership. Awards Tom Clarke (Essendon) was the leading goalkicker for the season, with 46 (including finals). References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFA