1909 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1909 Brunswick fc 1909.jpg 250px Brunswick FC, premiers 10 Brunswick 1 Prahran 1 1908 1910 The 1909 Victorian Football Association season was the 33rd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Brunswick Football Club, after it defeated minor premiers Prahran by 17 points in the Grand Final on 25 September. It was the first premiership won by the club. Association Membership In September 1908, a group of stakeholders emerged keen to re-form a West Melbourne Football Club under an entirely new committee, after the club had been banished from the Association for attempting to join the VFL in 1908. The same process had taken place to re-establish a North Melbourne Football Club during the previous preseason. The new club was established under the name of City of Melbourne Football Club and applied to join the Association.The Argus 24 September 1908 9 Melbourne A new club At the Association's meeting on 2 November 1908, the application was rejected based on concern about the effect of an eleventh club on the Association's strength. The Association instead proposed that City of Melbourne consider amalgamating with North Melbourne, with the merged entity to be named either City of Melbourne or Melbourne (Association),The Argus 3 November 1908 7 Melbourne Football – City of Melbourne Club with prominent public figures confirming that a more central name and image would open the club to wider public support. The proposal was discussed in December, but the North Melbourne members preferred to retain their traditional image, and voted down the proposal by 37–18.North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Chronicle 11 December 1908 3 Melbourne Football – North Melbourne Club's special meeting As such, the membership of the Association remained unchanged for 1909. 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 1909 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers PRA Prahran ESS Essendon BRU Brunswick FOO WIL Williamstown BRI Brighton NOR PRE Preston NCT Northcote PMB Port Melbourne 16 2 0 1144 739 15 3 0 1068 556 11 7 0 996 729 P 11 7 0 928 737 11 7 0 843 700 11 7 0 877 802 5 13 0 758 1009 5 13 0 753 1062 3 15 0 667 1202 2 16 0 545 1054 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 30 August 1909 The Association Clubs – struggle for fourth place 5 Melbourne Old Boy Finals Semi-finals Semi Finals Saturday, 4 September Prahran 5.6 (36) A Brunswick 8.6 (54) Melbourne Cricket Ground 10,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Prahran beaten 6 September 1909 5 Old Boy Saturday, 11 September Essendon 11.12 (78) H 5.7 (37) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 15,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Match – one-sided game 13 September 1909 5 Old Boy Preliminary Final Preliminary Final Saturday, 18 September Essendon 6.8 (44) A Brunswick 7.12 (54) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 25,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Brunswick triumphant 20 September 1909 5 Old Boy Grand Final 1909 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 25 September Prahran 4.2 (26) 6.4 (40) 8.4 (52) 8.7 (55) Farmer 3, White 2, Hall, Sykes, Wilson A Brunswick 0.1 (1) 3.7 (25) 5.10 (40) 10.12 (72) H. Braid 2, Marsh 2, O'Shea 2, Chase, Everett, Heaphy, Turnbull North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 20,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Football – Brunswick premiers 27 September 1909 5 Old Boy T. Kendall Notable events Northcote moved its home ground from Northcote Park to Croxton Park from this season.Santo Caruso Marc Fiddian Jim Main Football Grounds of Melbourne Pennon Publishing 2002 Essendon North, VIC 104 External links Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008) List of VFA premiers References 2 Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL