1906 VFA season
| 1906 premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | West Melbourne 1st premiership |
| Minor premiers | West Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
The 1906 Victorian Football Association season was the 30th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the West Melbourne Football Club, after defeating Footscray in the close final by eleven points. It was the first and only premiership won by West Melbourne during its nine-season stint in the VFA.
Premiership
The home-and-away 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
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PTS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1162 | 595 | 58 | ||||
| 2 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1135 | 693 | 56 | ||||
| 3 | North Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 853 | 624 | 52 | ||||
| 4 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 916 | 644 | 50 | ||||
| 5 | Williamstown | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1017 | 768 | 48 | ||||
| 6 | Brunswick | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 705 | 919 | 24 | ||||
| 7 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 629 | 1068 | 24 | ||||
| 8 | Prahran | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 726 | 1095 | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Preston | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 796 | 953 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | Essendon | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 568 | 1245 | 4 | ||||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[1] | |||||||||||
Finals
| Semi Finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 15 September | West Melbourne 9.18 (72) | def. | North Melbourne 4.4 (28) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [2] |
| Saturday, 22 September | Richmond 6.5 (41) | def. by | Footscray 6.14 (50) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000) | [3] |
| 1906 VFA Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 29 September | West Melbourne | def. | Footscray | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000) | [4][5] |
| 0.0 (0) 3.4 (22) 4.7 (31) 7.8 (50) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.2 (20) 3.5 (23) 5.8 (38) 5.9 (39) |
Umpires: Souter | ||
| Williamson 3, Armstrong 2, McCann 2 | Goals | Jacobson 2, Hedley, McCarthy, Hughes | |||
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External links
- Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History (1877-2008)
- List of VFA/VFL Premiers (1877-2007)
References
- ^ Observer (10 September 1906). "Football - Preparing for the Finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 5.
- ^ Observer (17 September 1906). "Association finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 7.
- ^ "Football - Association Finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 1906. p. 4.
- ^ Observer (1 October 1906). "The Association Final". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 5.
- ^ "Premiership won by West Melbourne". North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Chronicle. Melbourne, VIC. 5 October 1906. p. 3.