1914 VFL Premiership season Carlton team that won its 4th Premiership
Teams 10 Premiers Carlton (4th premiership)Minor premiers Carlton (5th minor premiership)Matches played 94 Highest attendance 30,495 Leading Goalkicker Medallist Dick Lee (Collingwood )
The 1914 Victorian Football League season was the 18th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season [ ]
In 1914, 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 1914 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
Fitzroy
13.15 (93)
Melbourne
5.7 (37)
Brunswick Street Oval
25 April 1914
University
6.8 (44)
South Melbourne
14.14 (98)
MCG
25 April 1914
St Kilda
8.16 (64)
Richmond
5.12 (42)
Junction Oval
25 April 1914
Geelong
8.13 (61)
Essendon
8.13 (61)
Corio Oval
25 April 1914
Collingwood
8.8 (56)
Carlton
6.20 (56)
Victoria Park
25 April 1914
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
12.14 (86)
University
7.8 (50)
EMCG
2 May 1914
Carlton
4.11 (35)
St Kilda
6.12 (48)
Princes Park
2 May 1914
South Melbourne
8.14 (62)
Geelong
7.9 (51)
Lake Oval
2 May 1914
Richmond
3.10 (28)
Fitzroy
9.15 (69)
Punt Road Oval
2 May 1914
Melbourne
6.7 (43)
Collingwood
9.13 (67)
MCG
2 May 1914
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
10.14 (74)
Melbourne
9.4 (58)
Corio Oval
9 May 1914
Fitzroy
9.12 (66)
South Melbourne
11.8 (74)
Brunswick Street Oval
9 May 1914
Collingwood
12.18 (90)
Richmond
4.12 (36)
Victoria Park
9 May 1914
St Kilda
7.10 (52)
Essendon
9.15 (69)
Junction Oval
9 May 1914
University
4.8 (32)
Carlton
13.24 (102)
MCG
9 May 1914
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
7.11 (53)
Richmond
7.7 (49)
EMCG
16 May 1914
St Kilda
17.13 (115)
Melbourne
8.7 (55)
Junction Oval
16 May 1914
University
11.5 (71)
Geelong
13.9 (87)
MCG
16 May 1914
Fitzroy
7.12 (54)
Collingwood
7.10 (52)
Brunswick Street Oval
16 May 1914
South Melbourne
8.4 (52)
Carlton
7.10 (52)
Lake Oval
16 May 1914
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Collingwood
18.17 (125)
University
7.11 (53)
Victoria Park
23 May 1914
Carlton
4.4 (28)
Fitzroy
6.10 (46)
Princes Park
23 May 1914
South Melbourne
11.11 (77)
St Kilda
9.12 (66)
Lake Oval
23 May 1914
Richmond
10.17 (77)
Geelong
6.17 (53)
Punt Road Oval
23 May 1914
Melbourne
5.7 (37)
Essendon
5.24 (54)
MCG
23 May 1914
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
5.11 (41)
South Melbourne
5.13 (43)
EMCG
30 May 1914
Carlton
13.19 (97)
Melbourne
5.9 (39)
Princes Park
30 May 1914
University
5.6 (36)
Richmond
16.14 (110)
MCG
30 May 1914
Geelong
4.8 (32)
Fitzroy
6.4 (40)
Corio Oval
30 May 1914
St Kilda
12.10 (82)
Collingwood
5.14 (44)
Junction Oval
30 May 1914
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Richmond
4.12 (36)
South Melbourne
7.12 (54)
Punt Road Oval
6 June 1914
Melbourne
14.9 (93)
University
5.16 (46)
MCG
6 June 1914
Fitzroy
10.13 (73)
St Kilda
7.6 (48)
Brunswick Street Oval
6 June 1914
Collingwood
11.12 (78)
Essendon
9.9 (63)
Victoria Park
6 June 1914
Geelong
9.11 (65)
Carlton
3.16 (34)
Corio Oval
6 June 1914
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Richmond
14.11 (95)
Melbourne
6.17 (53)
Punt Road Oval
8 June 1914
St Kilda
12.10 (82)
Geelong
8.10 (58)
Junction Oval
8 June 1914
University
3.6 (24)
Fitzroy
15.18 (108)
MCG
8 June 1914
South Melbourne
5.13 (43)
Collingwood
6.10 (46)
Lake Oval
8 June 1914
Essendon
6.3 (39)
Carlton
11.10 (76)
EMCG
8 June 1914
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
15.11 (101)
University
10.7 (67)
Junction Oval
13 June 1914
Melbourne
8.7 (55)
South Melbourne
13.12 (90)
MCG
13 June 1914
Carlton
5.13 (43)
Richmond
5.11 (41)
Princes Park
13 June 1914
Fitzroy
10.6 (66)
Essendon
7.8 (50)
Brunswick Street Oval
13 June 1914
Geelong
9.17 (71)
Collingwood
5.6 (36)
Corio Oval
13 June 1914
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
South Melbourne
9.16 (70)
University
8.7 (55)
Lake Oval
20 June 1914
Richmond
9.14 (68)
St Kilda
9.12 (66)
Punt Road Oval
20 June 1914
Essendon
9.13 (67)
Geelong
5.11 (41)
EMCG
20 June 1914
Carlton
6.16 (52)
Collingwood
5.15 (45)
Princes Park
20 June 1914
Melbourne
8.15 (63)
Fitzroy
12.11 (83)
MCG
20 June 1914
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Geelong
9.20 (74)
South Melbourne
6.9 (45)
Corio Oval
27 June 1914
Fitzroy
10.11 (71)
Richmond
4.15 (39)
Brunswick Street Oval
27 June 1914
Collingwood
11.16 (82)
Melbourne
7.10 (52)
Victoria Park
27 June 1914
University
3.8 (26)
Essendon
14.21 (105)
MCG
27 June 1914
St Kilda
7.8 (50)
Carlton
7.11 (53)
Junction Oval
27 June 1914
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
6.18 (54)
St Kilda
8.6 (54)
EMCG
4 July 1914
Carlton
11.21 (87)
University
8.8 (56)
Princes Park
4 July 1914
Melbourne
3.4 (22)
Geelong
9.14 (68)
MCG
4 July 1914
South Melbourne
10.4 (64)
Fitzroy
7.12 (54)
Lake Oval
4 July 1914
Richmond
9.11 (65)
Collingwood
6.13 (49)
Punt Road Oval
4 July 1914
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
7.6 (48)
St Kilda
14.16 (100)
MCG
11 July 1914
Geelong
8.17 (65)
University
3.3 (21)
Corio Oval
11 July 1914
Collingwood
5.7 (37)
Fitzroy
3.16 (34)
Victoria Park
11 July 1914
Carlton
11.14 (80)
South Melbourne
9.6 (60)
Princes Park
11 July 1914
Richmond
8.21 (69)
Essendon
5.7 (37)
Punt Road Oval
11 July 1914
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
St Kilda
12.7 (79)
South Melbourne
7.15 (57)
Junction Oval
18 July 1914
Geelong
13.12 (90)
Richmond
3.12 (30)
Corio Oval
18 July 1914
Essendon
14.15 (99)
Melbourne
6.5 (41)
EMCG
18 July 1914
University
3.5 (23)
Collingwood
15.13 (103)
MCG
18 July 1914
Fitzroy
4.13 (37)
Carlton
7.4 (46)
Brunswick Street Oval
18 July 1914
Round 15 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Richmond
14.10 (94)
University
10.11 (71)
Punt Road Oval
25 July 1914
Fitzroy
8.5 (53)
Geelong
11.13 (79)
Brunswick Street Oval
25 July 1914
Collingwood
12.14 (86)
St Kilda
7.5 (47)
Victoria Park
25 July 1914
South Melbourne
4.8 (32)
Essendon
15.14 (104)
Lake Oval
25 July 1914
Melbourne
8.10 (58)
Carlton
16.15 (111)
MCG
25 July 1914
Round 16 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Carlton
4.12 (36)
Geelong
5.4 (34)
Princes Park
1 August 1914
South Melbourne
8.9 (57)
Richmond
5.13 (43)
Lake Oval
1 August 1914
University
6.12 (48)
Melbourne
11.9 (75)
MCG
1 August 1914
St Kilda
6.15 (51)
Fitzroy
7.11 (53)
Junction Oval
1 August 1914
Essendon
5.9 (39)
Collingwood
6.12 (48)
EMCG
1 August 1914
Round 17 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Melbourne
8.10 (58)
Richmond
15.15 (105)
MCG
22 August 1914
Geelong
9.7 (61)
St Kilda
5.15 (45)
Corio Oval
22 August 1914
Fitzroy
18.19 (127)
University
6.2 (38)
Brunswick Street Oval
22 August 1914
Collingwood
4.12 (36)
South Melbourne
8.9 (57)
Victoria Park
22 August 1914
Carlton
10.11 (71)
Essendon
7.8 (50)
Princes Park
22 August 1914
Round 18 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Date
Essendon
9.14 (68)
Fitzroy
7.8 (50)
EMCG
29 August 1914
Collingwood
4.10 (34)
Geelong
8.10 (58)
Victoria Park
29 August 1914
University
7.10 (52)
St Kilda
13.15 (93)
MCG
29 August 1914
South Melbourne
10.18 (78)
Melbourne
5.5 (35)
Lake Oval
29 August 1914
Richmond
8.9 (57)
Carlton
9.9 (63)
Punt Road Oval
29 August 1914
Finals [ ]
All of the 1914 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the Semi Finals and Preliminary Final is purely 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
South Melbourne
5.14 (44)
Geelong
5.7 (37)Note 1
MCG
5 September
Carlton
9.8 (62)
Fitzroy
5.12 (42)
MCG
12 September
Preliminary final [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Date
South Melbourne
5.13 (43)
Carlton
3.6 (24)
MCG
19 September
Grand final [ ]
Carlton defeated South Melbourne 6.9 (45) to 4.15 (39), in front of a crowd of 30427 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football .)
Ladder [ ]
1914 VFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Carlton (P)
18
13
3
2
1122
865
129.7
56
Finals
2
South Melbourne
18
12
5
1
1113
1017
109.4
50
3
Fitzroy
18
12
6
0
1177
858
137.2
48
4
Geelong
18
11
6
1
1122
874
128.4
46
5
Collingwood
18
10
7
1
1114
928
120.0
42
6
Essendon
18
9
7
2
1139
944
120.7
40
7
St Kilda
18
9
8
1
1243
1052
118.2
38
8
Richmond
18
8
10
0
1084
1077
100.6
32
9
Melbourne
18
2
16
0
922
1505
61.3
8
10
University
18
0
18
0
813
1729
47.0
0
Source:
VFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Awards [ ]
The 1914 VFL Premiership team was Carlton .
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 57 goals.
University took the "wooden spoon " in 1914.
Notable events [ ]
A crowd of 2,000 angry Carlton fans mobbed the field umpire after Carlton lost to St Kilda in round 2.[1]
In Round 14, Collingwood full-forward Dick Lee kicked eleven goals in the victory over University, equalling the record set by Jim McShane in 1899 for the most goals by a player in a game.[1]
In Round 16, a spectator ran onto the ground during the Essendon and South Melbourne match and hit Essendon captain Alan Belcher behind the ear.[1] Belcher chased the spectator, struck him, and was reported for unseemly play.[1] Belcher was cleared by the VFL tribunal.
In Round 16, University lost its 49th consecutive match, breaking the record of 48 consecutive losses set by St Kilda in 1897–1899. University dropped out of the league and folded at the end of the season, having lost its last 51 matches. As of 2021, this remains the longest winless streak in VFL/AFL history.[2]
In his 27th and final game of VFL football in Round 18, Arthur Fitzroy Best kicked the entire Melbourne score of 5.5 (35).[3]
See also [ ]
Notes [ ]
:1.^ Geelong's score in the first semi-final is given in different sources as either 5.7 (37)[4] [5] or 5.8 (38).[6] [7]
References [ ]
^ a b c d Ross, John (1996). 100 Years of Australian Football . Ringwood, Australia: Viking Books. p. 382. ISBN 9781854714343 .
^ "Streaks – All Teams" . AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 March 2014 .
^ Rodgers, Stephen (1998). Every Game Ever Played VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 . Ringwood: Penguin Books Australia Pty Ltd. p. 850. ISBN 0670908096 . .
^ "1914 Season Scores" . AFL Tables. Retrieved 21 June 2012 .
^ VFL Football Record , 12 September 1914, p. 29
^ Observer (7 September 1914). "FOOTBALL" . The Argus . Melbourne. p. 13. Retrieved 14 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played – VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991 , Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil, p. 109
Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old , The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
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
Ross, J. (ed.), The Australian Football Hall of Fame , HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X
Atkinson, Graeme 3AW Book of Footy Records , Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd (South Melbourne), 1989. ISBN 1863210091
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