1913 VFL Premiership season Fitzroy FC, Premiers
Teams 10 Premiers Fitzroy (5th premiership)Minor premiers Fitzroy (4th minor premiership)Matches played 94 Highest attendance 59,479 Leading Goalkicker Medallist Roy Park (University )
The 1913 Victorian Football League season was the 17th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season [ ]
In 1913, the VFL competition consisted of ten 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 18 rounds.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1913 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
Geelong
7.13 (55)
Richmond
5.7 (37)
Corio Oval
26 April 1913
Fitzroy
10.19 (79)
University
5.7 (37)
Brunswick Street Oval
26 April 1913
South Melbourne
8.15 (63)
St Kilda
8.6 (54)
Lake Oval
26 April 1913
Melbourne
5.7 (37)
Collingwood
8.12 (60)
MCG
26 April 1913
Essendon
9.13 (67)
Carlton
11.17 (83)
EMCG
26 April 1913
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
10.17 (77)
Geelong
11.2 (68)
Victoria Park
3 May 1913
Carlton
8.13 (61)
South Melbourne
9.7 (61)
Princes Park
3 May 1913
University
10.12 (72)
Melbourne
14.15 (99)
MCG
3 May 1913
St Kilda
10.7 (67)
Fitzroy
3.16 (34)
Junction Oval
3 May 1913
Richmond
11.12 (78)
Essendon
13.11 (89)
Punt Road Oval
3 May 1913
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Fitzroy
8.14 (62)
Geelong
6.7 (43)
Brunswick Street Oval
10 May 1913
Carlton
11.13 (79)
Melbourne
7.11 (53)
Princes Park
10 May 1913
University
9.11 (65)
St Kilda
10.13 (73)
MCG
10 May 1913
South Melbourne
8.9 (57)
Richmond
9.2 (56)
Lake Oval
10 May 1913
Essendon
10.5 (65)
Collingwood
10.10 (70)
EMCG
10 May 1913
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Richmond
9.14 (68)
St Kilda
7.12 (54)
Punt Road Oval
17 May 1913
Geelong
14.14 (98)
University
7.9 (51)
Corio Oval
17 May 1913
Essendon
7.14 (56)
South Melbourne
15.13 (103)
EMCG
17 May 1913
Melbourne
4.7 (31)
Fitzroy
7.11 (53)
MCG
17 May 1913
Collingwood
6.8 (44)
Carlton
5.8 (38)
Victoria Park
17 May 1913
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
7.15 (57)
South Melbourne
9.17 (71)
Corio Oval
24 May 1913
Collingwood
9.16 (70)
Richmond
6.12 (48)
Victoria Park
24 May 1913
St Kilda
8.13 (61)
Melbourne
7.14 (56)
Junction Oval
24 May 1913
Fitzroy
7.9 (51)
Essendon
5.6 (36)
Brunswick Street Oval
24 May 1913
University
8.8 (56)
Carlton
10.12 (72)
MCG
24 May 1913
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Fitzroy
6.7 (43)
Richmond
5.6 (36)
Brunswick Street Oval
31 May 1913
Essendon
3.5 (23)
Geelong
6.11 (47)
EMCG
31 May 1913
Carlton
4.13 (37)
St Kilda
3.6 (24)
Princes Park
31 May 1913
South Melbourne
6.16 (52)
Melbourne
4.4 (28)
Lake Oval
31 May 1913
University
2.8 (20)
Collingwood
7.12 (54)
MCG
31 May 1913
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
14.22 (106)
University
6.5 (41)
EMCG
7 June 1913
Collingwood
13.11 (89)
St Kilda
7.12 (54)
Victoria Park
7 June 1913
Melbourne
7.10 (52)
Geelong
12.12 (84)
MCG
7 June 1913
South Melbourne
7.8 (50)
Fitzroy
11.17 (83)
Lake Oval
7 June 1913
Richmond
8.13 (61)
Carlton
10.7 (67)
Punt Road Oval
7 June 1913
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
5.7 (37)
Fitzroy
6.11 (47)
Victoria Park
9 June 1913
University
10.9 (69)
South Melbourne
13.12 (90)
MCG
9 June 1913
Richmond
7.10 (52)
Melbourne
5.10 (40)
Punt Road Oval
9 June 1913
St Kilda
9.11 (65)
Essendon
7.13 (55)
Junction Oval
9 June 1913
Geelong
7.12 (54)
Carlton
9.15 (69)
Corio Oval
9 June 1913
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
9.17 (71)
Melbourne
3.12 (30)
EMCG
14 June 1913
University
5.10 (40)
Richmond
12.11 (83)
MCG
14 June 1913
St Kilda
11.12 (78)
Geelong
10.11 (71)
Junction Oval
14 June 1913
South Melbourne
10.15 (75)
Collingwood
7.9 (51)
Lake Oval
14 June 1913
Fitzroy
14.15 (99)
Carlton
9.10 (64)
Brunswick Street Oval
14 June 1913
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
9.11 (65)
South Melbourne
13.14 (92)
Junction Oval
21 June 1913
Collingwood
14.11 (95)
Melbourne
6.11 (47)
Victoria Park
21 June 1913
Carlton
15.15 (105)
Essendon
11.12 (78)
Princes Park
21 June 1913
Richmond
12.9 (81)
Geelong
8.15 (63)
Punt Road Oval
21 June 1913
University
5.5 (35)
Fitzroy
10.15 (75)
MCG
21 June 1913
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
7.20 (62)
University
7.11 (53)
MCG
28 June 1913
Fitzroy
7.11 (53)
St Kilda
5.9 (39)
Brunswick Street Oval
28 June 1913
Essendon
8.9 (57)
Richmond
10.7 (67)
EMCG
28 June 1913
Geelong
8.12 (60)
Collingwood
11.5 (71)
Corio Oval
28 June 1913
South Melbourne
12.16 (88)
Carlton
5.11 (41)
Lake Oval
28 June 1913
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
18.20 (128)
University
7.14 (56)
Junction Oval
5 July 1913
Richmond
3.17 (35)
South Melbourne
8.11 (59)
Punt Road Oval
5 July 1913
Collingwood
10.12 (72)
Essendon
7.12 (54)
Victoria Park
5 July 1913
Geelong
11.12 (78)
Fitzroy
8.13 (61)
Corio Oval
5 July 1913
Melbourne
10.7 (67)
Carlton
7.12 (54)
MCG
5 July 1913
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Fitzroy
12.14 (86)
Melbourne
3.10 (28)
Brunswick Street Oval
19 July 1913
Carlton
6.18 (54)
Collingwood
11.11 (77)
Princes Park
19 July 1913
St Kilda
9.8 (62)
Richmond
5.6 (36)
Junction Oval
19 July 1913
University
5.6 (36)
Geelong
17.18 (120)
MCG
19 July 1913
South Melbourne
5.12 (42)
Essendon
7.20 (62)
Lake Oval
19 July 1913
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
5.5 (35)
St Kilda
9.17 (71)
MCG
26 July 1913
Essendon
4.12 (36)
Fitzroy
7.12 (54)
EMCG
26 July 1913
Carlton
9.22 (76)
University
3.8 (26)
Princes Park
26 July 1913
South Melbourne
12.10 (82)
Geelong
9.12 (66)
Lake Oval
26 July 1913
Richmond
5.15 (45)
Collingwood
10.9 (69)
Punt Road Oval
26 July 1913
Round 15 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
2.7 (19)
South Melbourne
5.18 (48)
MCG
2 August 1913
Collingwood
12.15 (87)
University
10.10 (70)
Victoria Park
2 August 1913
Richmond
6.10 (46)
Fitzroy
11.13 (79)
Punt Road Oval
2 August 1913
Geelong
11.10 (76)
Essendon
8.5 (53)
Corio Oval
2 August 1913
St Kilda
10.10 (70)
Carlton
11.3 (69)
Junction Oval
2 August 1913
Round 16 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
4.23 (47)
Melbourne
4.2 (26)
Corio Oval
9 August 1913
Fitzroy
8.11 (59)
South Melbourne
7.14 (56)
Brunswick Street Oval
9 August 1913
Carlton
9.9 (63)
Richmond
7.9 (51)
Princes Park
9 August 1913
University
8.12 (60)
Essendon
9.8 (62)
MCG
9 August 1913
St Kilda
12.10 (82)
Collingwood
6.8 (44)
Junction Oval
9 August 1913
Round 17 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
South Melbourne
17.9 (111)
University
8.13 (61)
Lake Oval
23 August 1913
Essendon
7.8 (50)
St Kilda
9.8 (62)
EMCG
23 August 1913
Carlton
6.10 (46)
Geelong
9.15 (69)
Princes Park
23 August 1913
Richmond
8.5 (53)
Melbourne
9.10 (64)
Punt Road Oval
23 August 1913
Fitzroy
9.10 (64)
Collingwood
4.13 (37)
Brunswick Street Oval
23 August 1913
Round 18 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Richmond
15.11 (101)
University
8.11 (59)
Punt Road Oval
30 August 1913
Geelong
15.18 (108)
St Kilda
5.10 (40)
Corio Oval
30 August 1913
Collingwood
7.12 (54)
South Melbourne
8.8 (56)
Victoria Park
30 August 1913
Carlton
4.8 (32)
Fitzroy
7.13 (55)
Princes Park
30 August 1913
Melbourne
6.6 (42)
Essendon
6.16 (52)
MCG
30 August 1913
Ladder [ ]
1913 VFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Fitzroy (P)
18
16
2
0
1137
788
144.3
64
Finals
2
South Melbourne
18
14
3
1
1256
977
128.6
58
3
Collingwood
18
13
5
0
1158
984
117.7
52
4
St Kilda
18
11
7
0
1149
1081
106.3
44
5
Geelong
18
10
8
0
1264
1016
124.4
40
6
Carlton
18
9
8
1
1110
1100
100.9
38
7
Richmond
18
6
12
0
1034
1090
94.9
24
8
Essendon
18
6
12
0
1072
1148
93.4
24
9
Melbourne
18
4
14
0
816
1143
71.4
16
10
University
18
0
18
0
907
1576
57.6
0
Source:
VFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals [ ]
All of the 1913 finals were played at the MCG , so the home team in the semi-finals and preliminary final was the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the grand final the home team was the team that won the preliminary final.
Semi-finals [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
12.12 (84)
South Melbourne
6.15 (51)
MCG
6 September
Fitzroy
11.14 (80)
Collingwood
6.7 (43)
MCG
13 September
Preliminary final [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
10.10 (70)
Fitzroy
6.9 (45)
MCG
20 September
Grand final [ ]
Fitzroy defeated St Kilda 7.14 (56) to 5.13 (43), in front of a crowd of 59,479 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football ).
Awards [ ]
The 1913 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy .
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Roy Park of University with 53 goals.
University took the "wooden spoon " in 1913.
Notable events [ ]
The VFL formed an independent tribunal to hear charges against players.
Prior to Melbourne's Round 4 match against Fitzroy, six of the club's players went on strike to protest the club committee's failure to support a player charged by police after striking a Carlton player in Round 3. After Melbourne President Dr. William C. McClelland entered the club rooms and personally informed the players they would be expelled from the club if they did not take the field, the players called off their strike.[1]
In the round 14 match against Fitzroy , controversy erupted after VFL Stewards incorrectly reported Essendon follower Bill Walker .[1]
University Football Club's full-forward Roy Park , who stood only 5"5" (165 cm), was selected as the Victorian Interstate team's full-forward, and kicked 53 of university's 115 goals for the season. Park was the second player to win the goalkicking when his team won the wooden spoon, after Charlie Baker of St Kilda in 1902, whose team also finished last without a win.
References [ ]
^ a b Ross, John (1996). 100 Years of Australian Football . Ringwood, Australia: Viking Books. p. 382. ISBN 9781854714343 .
Sources [ ]
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition) , Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
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