1920 VFA season

none August 2020 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1920 VFA Footscray team 1920.jpg 250px Footscray team, premiers 10 7 4 1919 1921 The 1920 Victorian Football Association season was the 42nd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club, after it defeated Brunswick by 3 points in the final on 9 October. It was the club's seventh VFA premiership, drawing it level with for the most premierships in VFA history, and it was the club's second consecutive premiership. Premiership 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 1920 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers FOO BRU Brunswick NOR PMB Port Melbourne NCT Northcote WIL Williamstown PRA Prahran HAW ESS Essendon BRI Brighton 16 2 0 1384 913 P 13 5 0 1209 903 13 5 0 1072 864 12 6 0 1311 1021 9 9 0 1139 1045 8 10 0 1040 1179 7 11 0 1079 1175 6 12 0 1027 1375 5 13 0 994 1228 1 17 0 872 1423 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 6 September 1920 The Association Clubs – Footscray leads 5 Melbourne Old Boy Finals Semifinals Saturday, 11 September Brunswick 5.15 (45) H Port Melbourne 2.9 (21) East Melbourne Cricket Ground 7,000 The Argus 13 September 1920 The Association – an unpleasant game 5 Melbourne Old Boy Saturday, 18 September (postponed) V East Melbourne Cricket Ground The Argus 20 September 1920 The Association – semi-final postponed 12 Melbourne Old Boy Saturday, 25 September 8.8 (56) V 6.15 (51) East Melbourne Cricket Ground 10,000 The Argus 27 September 1920 The Association – abortive semi-final 10 Melbourne Old BoyThe Argus 27 September 1920 Football incident – when is time up? 6 Melbourne Saturday, 2 October 10.9 (69) H 9.11 (65) East Melbourne Cricket Ground 20,000 The Argus 4 October 1920 Association Football – Footscray too good 4 Melbourne Old Boy 1920 VFA Final Saturday, 9 October 3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) 10.9 (69) Park 5, Craddock 3, Howell, Martin H Brunswick 1.5 (11) 3.12 (30) 6.15 (51) 8.18 (66) Christie 3, Kieley 2, Alessio, Cahill, Moore East Melbourne Cricket Ground 18,000 The Argus Melbourne Footscray premiers – success of the unbeatable 11 October 1920 11 Old Boy Hurley Had Brunswick won, minor premiers Footscray would have been entitled to a rematch the following Saturday to decide the premiership. Notable events Footscray vs North Melbourne unfinished semi-final The semi-final played on 25 September between Footscray and North Melbourne ended with no result, due to the circumstances of its conclusion. Footscray was leading by five points, and North Melbourne forward Considine took a mark 30 yards out from goal directly in front, at almost the exact moment that the final bell rang. Umpire Hurley paid the mark to Considine, but much of the crowd which believed the game to be over flooded onto the field, preventing Considine from taking his kick for goal after the bell. After the crowd refused to subside, the players left the field. As Considine had been prevented from taking a potentially match-winning kick for goal, the match was declared unfinished for no result. At a meeting on Monday 27 September, the Association agreed by a 10–5 majority that the match remained undecided, and that a full replay be played the following Saturday.The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Semi-final game to be replayed 28 September 1920 6 The circumstances surrounding the conclusion to this semi-final were practically identical to those which surrounded the infamous 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, in which North Hobart's David Collins was prevented by the crowd from taking a potential match-winning kick (a much easier kick than Considine's) after the final siren. Other notable events The Victorian Football League announced in October 1919 that it was seeking applications for a tenth team to join it for the 1920 season. It received applications from Brunswick, , , and Prahran, but ultimately decided to remain at nine clubs for the season.The Australasian 4 October 1919 Association – the final 718 Melbourne J.W. CVII 2792 The semi-final between and was postponed from 18 to 25 September due to heavy rain leading up to and on the day of the match. See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL