1901 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1901 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Argus System
Match(es): 71

Season Results

Premiers: Essendon
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Geelong
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Fred Hiskins (Essendon)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Geelong 1st 14 -0- 3 142.9% Charlie Coles (24)
Essendon (P) 2nd 12 -0- 5 186.4% Fred Hiskins (34)
Collingwood (R) 3rd 12 -0- 5 158.4% Ted Rowell (30)
Fitzroy 4th 9 -1- 7 131.7% Gerald Brosnan (31)
Melbourne 5th 9 -1- 7 117.4% Frank Langley (17)
South Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 9 99.6% Harry Lampe (20)
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 15 47.0% Joe Sullivan (14)
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 16 32.1% Cecil Sandford (9)

Umpire Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 23 - 21
SAT 04/05/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 19
SAT 04/05/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 21 - 64
SAT 04/05/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 41 - 49

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 09/05/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 36 - 40
THU 09/05/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 38 - 48
THU 09/05/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 94 - 7
THU 09/05/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 19 - 68

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 58 - 21
SAT 11/05/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 26 - 55
SAT 11/05/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 44 - 47
SAT 11/05/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 58 - 47

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 44 - 22
SAT 18/05/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 34 - 30
SAT 18/05/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 27 - 25
SAT 18/05/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 23

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 50 - 24
SAT 25/05/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 24 - 32
SAT 25/05/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 40 - 20
SAT 25/05/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 25 - 41

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 49 - 34
SAT 01/06/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 17 - 78
SAT 01/06/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 35 - 41
SAT 01/06/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 55 - 45

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 03/06/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 36 - 36
MON 03/06/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 65 - 22
MON 03/06/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 105 - 25
MON 03/06/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 19 - 53

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 46 - 59
SAT 08/06/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 37 - 44
SAT 08/06/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 49 - 48
SAT 08/06/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 56 - 7

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 45 - 61
SAT 22/06/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 52 - 51
SAT 22/06/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 42 - 63
SAT 22/06/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 136 - 29

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 28 - 38
SAT 29/06/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 63 - 31
SAT 29/06/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 44 - 92
SAT 29/06/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 31 - 51

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 36 - 35
SAT 06/07/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 49 - 24
SAT 06/07/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 70 - 20
SAT 06/07/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 34 - 73

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 42 - 33
SAT 13/07/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 41 - 83
SAT 13/07/1901 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 50 - 32
SAT 13/07/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 79

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 36 - 42
SAT 20/07/1901 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 55 - 29
SAT 20/07/1901 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 52 - 51
SAT 20/07/1901 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 19 - 24

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1901 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 29 - 23
SAT 27/07/1901 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 45 - 49
SAT 27/07/1901 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 20 - 79
SAT 27/07/1901 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 80 - 13

Sectional Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1901 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 44 - 28
SAT 10/08/1901 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 23 - 54
SAT 10/08/1901 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 9 - 69
SAT 10/08/1901 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 27 - 99

Sectional Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1901 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 124 - 22
SAT 17/08/1901 2:30 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 54 - 30
SAT 17/08/1901 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 102 - 33
SAT 17/08/1901 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 48 - 18

Sectional Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1901 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 37 - 24
SAT 24/08/1901 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 33 - 66
SAT 24/08/1901 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 24 - 37
SAT 24/08/1901 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 143 - 15

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1901 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood East Melbourne 24 - 45 10,000
SAT 31/08/1901 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Victoria Park 46 - 45 15,000

Finals Week 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1901 2:50 PM Essendon v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 43 - 16 30,031