1910 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1910 North melbourne fc 1910.jpg 250px North Melbourne, premiers 10 3 2 1909 1911 The 1910 VFA season was the 34th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA). The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Brunswick by 29 points in the 1910 VFA Grand Final. It was the club's third premiership, and the first since it was reformed after briefly ceasing to exist in 1908. 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. Ladder main WDL Q 1910 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers NOR ESS Essendon BRU Brunswick PRA Prahran PMB Port Melbourne FOO WIL Williamstown BRI Brighton NCT Northcote PRE Preston 15 2 1 1344 630 P 15 2 1 1266 674 14 4 0 1254 800 11 7 0 1273 862 10 8 0 1037 1049 9 9 0 1044 894 8 10 0 1018 922 4 14 0 876 1152 3 15 0 828 1416 0 18 0 578 2119 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 9 September 1910 Football – the semi-finals 4 Melbourne Old Boy Finals Semi Finals Saturday, 17 September Essendon 5.9 (39) H Prahran 2.7 (19) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 12,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Essendon beat Prahran 19 September 1910 5 Old Boy Saturday, 24 September 6.8 (44) A Brunswick 7.8 (50) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 20,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Match – a magnificent game 27 September 1910 5 Old Boy Preliminary Final Saturday, 1 October Essendon 6.11 (47) A Brunswick 8.4 (52) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 15,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Brunswick's victory 3 October 1910 8 Old Boy The finals were originally scheduled to begin on 10 September, but were postponed by one week.The Argus Melbourne Association Semi-Final 12 September 1910 5 Old Boy Grand Final 1910 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 8 October 1.1 (7) 5.6 (36) 6.10 (46) 9.14 (68) Caine 5, Barker, Elliott, Hardy, McCann H Brunswick 4.3 (27) 4.3 (27) 5.8 (38) 5.9 (39) McKenzie 2, Chase, Corrigan, Mills North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 25,000 The Argus Melbourne North Melbourne premiers 10 October 1910 4 Old BoyNorth Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Chronicle 14 October 1910 3 Grand Final – North Melbourne vs Brunswick Melbourne Kendall Notable events Preston became the first club to concede more than 2,000 points in a season. Frank Caine () was the Association's leading goalkicker for the season. He kicked 70 goals during the home-and-home matches, and 75 goals overall. Jack Hutchinson (Port Melbourne) was second with 54 goals. A new premiership trophy was donated to the Association, which would be awarded each year to the premiers, before being awarded permanently to the first club to win it twice consecutively or three times overall. External links Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008) List of VFA premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL