1885 Victorian football season

16th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria June 2025 June 2025 1885 18 April – 26 September 1885Pennings Mark A Golden Era Begins: Football in 'Marvellous Melbourne', 1877 to 1885 https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74662/16/46666_MARK%27S_ORIGINS_OF_AUSTRALIAN_RULES_FOOTY_-_LOW_RES.pdf QUT Origins of Australian Football (Volume II) 3 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250521235327/https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74662/16/46666_MARK%27S_ORIGINS_OF_AUSTRALIAN_RULES_FOOTY_-_LOW_RES.pdf 21 May 2025 28 May 2014BRITANNIA FOOTBALL CLUB https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58432254 Mercury and Weekly Courier 18 September 2025 3 3 April 1885 vic white 1884 Victorian football season 1884 white 1886 Victorian football season 1886 The 1885 Victorian football season was the 16th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.Follower The past season https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197984413 Leader 5 June 2025 21 3 October 1885Follower The tabulated records, 1883 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197984412/21338032 Leader 5 June 2025 22 3 October 1885 Clubs Founded Future Australian Football League (AFL) club was founded in 1885.Bartlett Rhett Richmond Football Club celebrates 140th birthday https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1718359/richmond-football-club-celebrates-140th-birthday Richmond Football Club 6 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250319141952/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1718359/richmond-football-club-celebrates-140th-birthday 19 March 2025 20 February 2025 Club League Ref 15x15px EastBal Ballarat District Club History https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=550548 GameDay East Ballarat Junior Football Club 6 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250606033832/https://websites.mygameday.app/get_file.cgi?id=550548 6 June 2025 24 December 2008 15x15px VFA Bartlett Rhett Stop the Presses: The birth of a Club in 1885 https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1062013/stop-the-presses-the-birth-of-a-club-in-1885 Richmond Football Club 6 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20240220170517/https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1062013/stop-the-presses-the-birth-of-a-club-in-1885 20 February 2024 20 February 2024 VFA 1885 VFA season won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the second time, having finished the season with 22 wins from its 25 total matches.Blucher Peter Our history: South Melbourne foundations https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/10080/our-history-south-melbourne-foundations Sydney Swans 10 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20221112063806/https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/10080/our-history-south-melbourne-foundations 12 November 2022 11 May 2017 VJFA 1885 vjfa 2 May – 26 September 1885 WilJun 1 white 1884 Victorian football season#VJFA 1884 white 1886 Victorian football season#VJFA 1886 The 1885 VJFA season was the third season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.Gigacz Andrew Still snarling: 140 years on https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1270716/still-snarling-140-years-on Western Bulldogs 4 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250604165235/https://www.westernbulldogs.com.au/news/1270716/still-snarling-140-years-on 4 June 2025 5 June 2023 WilJun won the premiership for the first time.Williamstown Juniors Football Club (Vic) https://footypedia.info/00003181.htm Footypedia 5 June 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250603012947/https://footypedia.info/00003181.htm 3 June 2025 The second-rate junior premiership was won by NthCarImp, although Osborne also claimed the premiership.North Carlton Imperial v. North Brunswick https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197027912 The Age 5 June 2025 6 21 September 1885OSBORNE FOOTBALL CLUB. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/68597373 Williamstown Chronicle 5 June 2025 2 31 October 1885FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227680474 Sportsman 7 June 2025 8 24 March 1885 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 WilJun (P) 22 17 5 0 54 16 2 3 NorthPark 4 SMJun 5 StarCar RoyalParkOG Britannia Source:Pindar Peter The football season of 1885 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/138637777 The Australasian 5 June 2025 22 3 October 1885Williamstown Junior Football Club – premier juniors, 1885 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/270753544 Williamstown Advertiser 5 June 2025 2 3 October 1885Evansdale Football Club statistics 1885 http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1885.htm Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935 16 August 2004 1998 https://web.archive.org/web/20040816062648/http://members.optushome.com.au/wardead/hawks/1885.htm 16 August 2004 (P) Premiers Ballarat District was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.SOUTH BALLARAT FOOTBALL CLUB https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/267589119 The Ballarat Courier 5 June 2025 4 27 March 1885THE GRAND FINAL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/219317776 The Ballarat Star 4 June 2025 6 26 September 1921 formed a second twenty (reserves) team at the start of the season.BALLARAT IMPERIAL FOOTBALL CLUB https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207634918 The Ballarat Star 6 June 2025 4 26 March 1885 The second-rate junior premiership was won by the Reserve Football Club.FOOTBALL https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204430099 The Ballarat Star 7 June 2025 4 3 April 1886 Club records + Pos Position on ladder Team Pld Games played W Won L Lost D Drawn GF Goals for GA Goals against 1 (P) 13 9 3 1 49 29 2 BalImp 12 5 7 0 30 38 Ballarat 12 0 12 0 13 48 Source: (P) Premiers Notes References Category:Victorian football seasons Victorian