1890 VFA season

14th season of the Victorian Football Association July 2020 December 2017 1890 Southmelbourne fc 1890.jpg 255px South Melbourne – 1890 VFA premiers 3 May – 27 September 1890 12 5 white 1889 VFA season 1889 white 1891 VFA season 1891 The 1890 VFA season was the 14th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. won the premiership for the fifth time. It was third out of a sequence of three consecutive premierships won by the club from 1888 to 1890.Heritage Week: South Melbourne History https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/1371779/heritage-week-south-melbourne-history Sydney Swans 16 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250916121101/https://www.sydneyswans.com.au/news/1371779/heritage-week-south-melbourne-history 16 September 2025 3 July 2023 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 20-match season – e.g., South Melbourne played 19 matches, so its tally of premiership points was increased by a factor of 20/19. 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 ESS FIT NOR STK StK GEE MEL PMB Port Melbourne FOO RIC WIL Williamstown 16 2 1 103 42 66 69.47 13 4 2 114 58 56 58.95 10 4 5 92 59 50 52.63 11 6 1 111 51 46 51.11 9 6 4 75 60 44 46.32 8 7 3 74 70 38 42.22 9 8 2 68 91 40 42.11 6 9 4 69 89 32 33.68 6 10 4 69 91 32 32.00 4 13 1 45 75 18 20.00 3 14 1 43 113 14 15.56 2 14 2 43 107 12 13.33 #CCFFCC P complete The Argus 29 September 1890 Close of the football season 10 Melbourne, VIC Note that the final ladder as presented in the source contains multiple errors, as the total goals for does not equal total goals against: the totals presented here are correct. Notable events On 9 August, 4.13 defeated Port Melbourne 3.7 at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground.The Argus Melbourne, VIC Fitzroy v. Port Melbourne 11 August 1890 10 Port Melbourne raised a protest, on the grounds that the mark from which Jack Worrall scored Fitzroy's first goal was taken after the half time bell was rung, although neither the field umpire nor the goal umpire had heard the bell; the Association upheld the appeal, and amended the result to a 3.13 vs 3.7 draw. This decision resulted in Fitzroy dropping from third to fourth place on the premiership list, with Essendon rising to third place.The Daily Telegraph Launceston, TAS Football 2 October 1890 3 "Follower", the influential football writer in the Leader and the Age newspapers, refused to recognise the Association's decision, describing it as ultra vires, and published a premiership list with the win standing and with Fitzroy in third place;The Age Melbourne, VIC The close of the football season 29 September 1890 7 Follower his newspapers maintained this position in subsequent years.The Age Melbourne, VIC The Premiership Matches 26 September 1892 7 Later publications, including the Football Record, have listed Fitzroy as the third-placed club in 1890, but it is unclear whether this is the result of the Association reversing its decision or of the Record using the Age as its reference.http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/history-of-the-afl-could-be-turned-on-its-head-20140620-zsglu.html History of the AFL could be turned on its head 20 June 2014 18 October 2014 Caroline Wilson The Age Melbourne, VIC The premiership list given in this article recognises the match in question as a draw, consistent with the official position of the Association at the time the season was closed, and as published in the Argus. References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFA