1899 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1899 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Match(es): 69

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: South Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Fitzroy
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Eddy James (Geelong)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Fitzroy (P) 1st 11 -0- 3 153.3% Bill McSpeerin (16)
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 4 177.2% Eddy James (28)
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 135.3% Archie Smith (13)
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 5 140.2% Jimmy Larkin (14)
Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 6 136.7% Jack Leith (19)
South Melbourne (R) 6th 5 -0- 9 105.2% Charlie Colgan (17)
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 11 53.1% Dick Walker, Wally O'Cock (7)
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 14 28.0% Andy Stewart (16)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 7
Goal Umpire 12

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 116 - 23
SAT 13/05/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 54 - 27
SAT 13/05/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 73 - 18
SAT 13/05/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 47 - 9

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 27 - 54
SAT 20/05/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 11 - 36
SAT 20/05/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 20 - 66
SAT 20/05/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 38 - 42

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 24/05/1899 11:00 AM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 87 - 18
WED 24/05/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 19 - 45
WED 24/05/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 8 - 32
WED 24/05/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 15 - 9

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 32 - 27
SAT 27/05/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 48 - 9
SAT 27/05/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 33
SAT 27/05/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 22 - 29

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 35 - 24
SAT 03/06/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 28 - 24
SAT 03/06/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 21 - 52
SAT 03/06/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 33 - 70

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 30 - 16
SAT 10/06/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 35 - 19
SAT 10/06/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 29 - 31
SAT 10/06/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 13 - 35

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 50 - 43
SAT 17/06/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 31 - 78
SAT 17/06/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 13
SAT 17/06/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 48 - 28

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 20 - 37
SAT 24/06/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 20 - 61
SAT 24/06/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 24 - 5
SAT 24/06/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 51 - 63

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 13 - 21
SAT 08/07/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 63 - 33
SAT 08/07/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 85 - 6
SAT 08/07/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 29

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 54 - 22
SAT 15/07/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 23 - 58
SAT 15/07/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 35 - 51
SAT 15/07/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 11 - 94

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 36 - 22
SAT 22/07/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 26 - 57
SAT 22/07/1899 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 30 - 84
SAT 22/07/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 39 - 36

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 41 - 33
SAT 29/07/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 67 - 43
SAT 29/07/1899 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 43 - 27
SAT 29/07/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 57 - 24

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1899 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 25 - 38
SAT 05/08/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 54 - 27
SAT 05/08/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 47 - 8
SAT 05/08/1899 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 25 - 37

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1899 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 49 - 42
SAT 12/08/1899 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 119 - 2
SAT 12/08/1899 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 16 - 39
SAT 12/08/1899 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 31 - 53

Finals Week 1

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1899 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 25 - 45
SAT 26/08/1899 2:30 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 38 - 41
SAT 26/08/1899 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 41 - 40
SAT 26/08/1899 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 120 - 22

Finals Week 2

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1899 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 40 - 2
SAT 02/09/1899 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 39 - 47
SAT 02/09/1899 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 38 - 17
SAT 02/09/1899 2:30 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 12 - 82

Finals Week 3

Round-Robin Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1899 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 41 - 16
SAT 09/09/1899 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 162 - 1
SAT 09/09/1899 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 28 - 13
SAT 09/09/1899 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 31 - 45

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1899 2:50 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 27 - 26 4,823