1889 VFA season

13th season of the Victorian Football Association December 2017 December 2017 1889 4 May – 28 September 1889 12 4 white 1888 VFA season 1888 white 1890 VFA season 1890 The 1889 VFA season was the 13th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. won the premiership for the fourth time, making it the club's second out of a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1888 to 1890. Association membership The number of teams contesting the Association premiership reduced from 16 senior teams to 12 in 1889. The three Ballarat-based clubs – Ballarat, South Ballarat and Ballarat Imperial remained senior clubs, represented on the Association Board of Management and contested the Ballarat premiership, but matches played against them by metropolitan clubs (which often occurred during bye weeks) no longer qualified for the premiership.The Australasian 20 April 1889 The Victorian Football Association 837 XLVI 1203 University, after a winless 1888 season, dropped out of the Association and went into recess. Ladder Teams did not play a uniform number of premiership matches during the season. As such, in the final standings, each team's premiership points were adjusted upwards proportionally to represent a 21-match season – e.g., South Melbourne played 19 matches, so its tally of premiership points was increased by a factor of 21/19. After this adjustment, there was no formal process for breaking a tie. main Custom 8 8 pld win loss draw gf ga points adj Adj Pts Adjusted Points 4 2 SM P Premiers CAR PMB Port Melbourne ESS GEE NOR FIT RIC STK StK WIL Williamstown MEL FOO 14 2 3 122 49 62 68.53 15 5 0 100 64 60 63.00 13 4 3 93 55 58 60.90 13 8 0 112 55 52 52.00 10 6 4 88 73 48 50.40 11 8 1 94 75 46 48.30 10 8 2 86 66 44 46.20 7 11 1 62 102 30 33.16 6 12 1 61 114 26 30.33 5 13 2 55 73 24 25.20 4 16 1 46 142 18 18.00 1 15 0 37 88 4 5.25 green1 P complete The Age 30 September 1889 Close of the football season 6 Melbourne, VIC Notable events Amendments to the rules prior to the season included: Changes the rules related to the end of a quarter, allowing a ball in transit at the sound of the bell to score, and allowing a player who had marked prior to the bell to take a set shot after the bell which would still count.The Weekly Times 9 March 1889 4 Football: the amended football rules Melbourne, VIC Prior to this, the ball was declared dead for no score as soon as the bell sounded in either instance.The Argus Melbourne, VIC Football: Geelong v. Fitzroy 22 August 1887 10 A new requirement that a team kicking off from the centre (to start a quarter or after a goal) kick a distance of at least twenty yards, preventing them from dribble-kicking and immediately recovering the ball. Footscray defeated Melbourne 5–2 in its sixth premiership fixture for the season, but the win was awarded to Melbourne on protest because Footscray fielded a player without the proper clearance. References Category:Victorian Football League seasons Vfa Season, 1889