1905 VFL Premiership season Fitzroy, Premier team
Teams 8 Premiers Fitzroy (4th premiership)Minor premiers Collingwood (3rd minor premiership)Matches played 72 Highest attendance 30,000 Leading Goalkicker Medallist Charlie Pannam (Collingwood )
The 1905 Victorian Football League season was the ninth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season [ ]
In 1905, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1905 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system" .
Round 1 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
9.8 (62)
St Kilda
6.10 (46)
MCG
6 May 1905
Geelong
5.9 (39)
South Melbourne
8.14 (62)
Corio Oval
6 May 1905
Carlton
8.12 (60)
Essendon
7.10 (52)
Princes Park
6 May 1905
Fitzroy
4.10 (34)
Collingwood
3.13 (31)
Brunswick Street Oval
6 May 1905
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
12.10 (82)
Geelong
7.6 (48)
EMCG
13 May 1905
South Melbourne
11.7 (73)
Melbourne
10.7 (67)
Lake Oval
13 May 1905
St Kilda
4.9 (33)
Fitzroy
9.10 (64)
Junction Oval
13 May 1905
Collingwood
10.10 (70)
Carlton
4.14 (38)
Victoria Park
13 May 1905
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Fitzroy
10.16 (76)
Geelong
4.11 (35)
Brunswick Street Oval
20 May 1905
Melbourne
8.14 (62)
Essendon
5.9 (39)
MCG
20 May 1905
St Kilda
10.10 (70)
Collingwood
18.10 (118)
Junction Oval
20 May 1905
South Melbourne
5.15 (45)
Carlton
7.13 (55)
Lake Oval
20 May 1905
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
5.13 (43)
St Kilda
7.4 (46)
Corio Oval
27 May 1905
Essendon
14.11 (95)
South Melbourne
5.9 (39)
EMCG
27 May 1905
Collingwood
5.16 (46)
Melbourne
4.7 (31)
Victoria Park
27 May 1905
Carlton
5.7 (37)
Fitzroy
10.13 (73)
Princes Park
27 May 1905
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
12.9 (81)
South Melbourne
2.10 (22)
Victoria Park
3 June 1905
Melbourne
3.12 (30)
Fitzroy
5.8 (38)
MCG
3 June 1905
Carlton
5.10 (40)
Geelong
4.4 (28)
Princes Park
5 June 1905
St Kilda
5.9 (39)
Essendon
7.12 (54)
Junction Oval
5 June 1905
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
South Melbourne
6.11 (47)
St Kilda
3.6 (24)
Lake Oval
10 June 1905
Fitzroy
5.5 (35)
Essendon
3.10 (28)
Brunswick Street Oval
10 June 1905
Geelong
4.3 (27)
Collingwood
6.10 (46)
Corio Oval
10 June 1905
Melbourne
5.8 (38)
Carlton
6.5 (41)
MCG
10 June 1905
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
7.14 (56)
Melbourne
7.12 (54)
Corio Oval
17 June 1905
Fitzroy
9.14 (68)
South Melbourne
6.6 (42)
Brunswick Street Oval
17 June 1905
Essendon
6.7 (43)
Collingwood
10.12 (72)
EMCG
17 June 1905
St Kilda
3.7 (25)
Carlton
8.15 (63)
Junction Oval
17 June 1905
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
5.11 (41)
Fitzroy
3.1 (19)
Victoria Park
1 July 1905
St Kilda
8.6 (54)
Melbourne
7.9 (51)
Junction Oval
1 July 1905
South Melbourne
4.5 (29)
Geelong
6.7 (43)
Lake Oval
1 July 1905
Essendon
7.20 (62)
Carlton
8.12 (60)
EMCG
1 July 1905
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
3.8 (26)
South Melbourne
8.10 (58)
MCG
8 July 1905
Fitzroy
14.7 (91)
St Kilda
6.4 (40)
Brunswick Street Oval
8 July 1905
Carlton
6.8 (44)
Collingwood
8.11 (59)
Princes Park
8 July 1905
Geelong
9.8 (62)
Essendon
6.12 (48)
Corio Oval
8 July 1905
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
8.17 (65)
Melbourne
5.11 (41)
EMCG
15 July 1905
Collingwood
13.19 (97)
St Kilda
3.9 (27)
Victoria Park
15 July 1905
Carlton
7.16 (58)
South Melbourne
8.13 (61)
Princes Park
15 July 1905
Geelong
9.8 (62)
Fitzroy
2.15 (27)
Corio Oval
15 July 1905
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
3.5 (23)
Geelong
6.12 (48)
Junction Oval
22 July 1905
South Melbourne
7.8 (50)
Essendon
6.13 (49)
Lake Oval
22 July 1905
Melbourne
6.5 (41)
Collingwood
9.20 (74)
MCG
22 July 1905
Fitzroy
5.9 (39)
Carlton
6.5 (41)
Brunswick Street Oval
22 July 1905
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Fitzroy
5.7 (37)
Melbourne
2.6 (18)
Brunswick Street Oval
29 July 1905
Essendon
9.16 (70)
St Kilda
3.9 (27)
EMCG
29 July 1905
South Melbourne
3.3 (21)
Collingwood
4.5 (29)
Lake Oval
29 July 1905
Geelong
6.5 (41)
Carlton
6.11 (47)
Corio Oval
29 July 1905
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
5.11 (41)
South Melbourne
5.9 (39)
Junction Oval
5 August 1905
Essendon
3.11 (29)
Fitzroy
5.12 (42)
EMCG
5 August 1905
Collingwood
7.8 (50)
Geelong
4.12 (36)
Victoria Park
5 August 1905
Carlton
12.10 (82)
Melbourne
2.8 (20)
Princes Park
5 August 1905
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
7.11 (53)
Essendon
10.6 (66)
Victoria Park
19 August 1905
Carlton
9.19 (73)
St Kilda
3.5 (23)
Princes Park
19 August 1905
Melbourne
13.12 (90)
Geelong
7.13 (55)
MCG
19 August 1905
South Melbourne
7.8 (50)
Fitzroy
7.8 (50)
Lake Oval
19 August 1905
Sectional Rounds [ ]
Sectional Round 1 (Round 15) [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
9.12 (66)
Carlton
6.13 (49)
Victoria Park
26 August 1905
Essendon
10.13 (73)
Geelong
3.11 (29)
EMCG
26 August 1905
Fitzroy
6.9 (45)
St Kilda
4.7 (31)
Brunswick Street Oval
26 August 1905
South Melbourne
13.11 (89)
Melbourne
5.10 (40)
Lake Oval
26 August 1905
Sectional Round 2 (Round 16) [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Carlton
12.20 (92)
South Melbourne
7.7 (49)
Princes Park
2 September 1905
Melbourne
3.9 (27)
Collingwood
7.18 (60)
MCG
2 September 1905
St Kilda
8.6 (54)
Essendon
12.12 (84)
Junction Oval
2 September 1905
Geelong
10.8 (68)
Fitzroy
9.12 (66)
Corio Oval
2 September 1905
Sectional Round 3 (Round 17) [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
5.8 (38)
Carlton
18.17 (125)
MCG
9 September 1905
Collingwood
17.16 (118)
South Melbourne
5.10 (40)
Victoria Park
9 September 1905
Essendon
4.13 (37)
Fitzroy
11.14 (80)
EMCG
9 September 1905
St Kilda
12.15 (87)
Geelong
3.9 (27)
Junction Oval
9 September 1905
Ladder [ ]
1905 VFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Collingwood
17
15
2
0
1111
635
175.0
60
Semi finals
2
Fitzroy (P)
17
12
4
1
884
653
135.4
50
3
Carlton
17
11
6
0
1005
789
127.4
44
4
Essendon
17
9
8
0
976
853
114.4
36
5
South Melbourne
17
7
9
1
816
975
83.7
30
6
Geelong
17
6
11
0
747
946
79.0
24
7
St Kilda
17
4
13
0
690
1076
64.1
16
8
Melbourne
17
3
14
0
736
1038
70.9
12
Source:
VFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Semi finals [ ]
First Semi Final [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Attendance
Fitzroy
12.7 (79)
Essendon
4.12 (36)
Princes Park
16 September 1905
14,000
Second Semi Final [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Attendance
Collingwood
4.6 (30)
Carlton
11.10 (76)
MCG
16 September 1905
14,000
Preliminary final [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Attendance
Fitzroy
11.6 (72)
Carlton
6.9 (45)
MCG
23 September 1905
30,000
Grand final [ ]
Fitzroy defeated Collingwood 4.6 (30) to 2.5 (17). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football ).
Team
1 Qtr
2 Qtr
3 Qtr
Final
Collingwood
0.1
1.3
2.4
2.5 (17)
Fitzroy
0.3
1.3
4.6
4.6 (30)
Awards [ ]
The 1905 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy .
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Charlie Pannam of Collingwood with 38 goals.
Melbourne took the "wooden spoon " in 1905.
Notable events [ ]
Collingwood used only 24 players to play its nineteen games – the smallest number of players to represent one club in a VFL/AFL season.[1]
Australasian Football Council formed.
VFL decides to pay field umpires 30 shillings per match, and boundary umpires 7 shillings per match (approx $75.00 and $20.00 in 2008 buying power).
References [ ]
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996 , Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition) , Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported , Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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