1903 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1903 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Match(es): 71

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Fitzroy
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Teddy Lockwood (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood (P) 1st 15 -0- 2 159.4% Teddy Lockwood (33)
Fitzroy (R) 2nd 14 -0- 3 171.6% Percy Trotter (25)
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 136.0% Joe Sullivan (27)
Geelong 4th 9 -0- 8 120.7% Ike Woods (32)
St Kilda 5th 7 -1- 9 76.4% Charlie Baker (22)
Essendon 6th 6 -1- 10 78.6% Mick Madden (15)
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 14 64.1% Vin Coutie (19)
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 15 54.9% Charlie Goding (10)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 6
Goal Umpire 12

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 50 - 43
SAT 02/05/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 20 - 72
SAT 02/05/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 58 - 37
SAT 02/05/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 21 - 73

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 29 - 47
SAT 09/05/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 30 - 30
SAT 09/05/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 24
MON 03/08/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton SCG 55 - 45

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 100 - 32
SAT 16/05/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 35 - 56
SAT 16/05/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 113 - 33
SAT 16/05/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 22

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 25 - 28
SAT 23/05/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 37 - 47
SAT 23/05/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 88 - 10
SAT 23/05/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood SCG 62 - 45

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 77 - 46
SAT 30/05/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 73 - 40
SAT 30/05/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 34 - 67
SAT 30/05/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 95 - 28

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 57 - 27
SAT 06/06/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 51 - 84
SAT 06/06/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 56 - 29
SAT 06/06/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 41 - 48

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 08/06/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 32 - 8
MON 08/06/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 22
MON 08/06/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 33 - 25
MON 08/06/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 38 - 47

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 42 - 35
SAT 13/06/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 39 - 55
SAT 13/06/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 81 - 67
SAT 13/06/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 54 - 29

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 34 - 26
SAT 20/06/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 54 - 47
SAT 20/06/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 32 - 29
SAT 20/06/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 35 - 42

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 39 - 67
SAT 04/07/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 50 - 14
SAT 04/07/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 16 - 41
SAT 04/07/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 37 - 53

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 34 - 29
SAT 11/07/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 67 - 30
SAT 11/07/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 27 - 62
SAT 11/07/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 56 - 36

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 32 - 74
SAT 18/07/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 89 - 44
SAT 18/07/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 50 - 20
SAT 18/07/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 41 - 38

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1903 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 32 - 61
SAT 25/07/1903 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 51 - 37
SAT 25/07/1903 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 24
SAT 25/07/1903 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 37 - 59

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1903 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 41 - 56
SAT 08/08/1903 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 33 - 66
SAT 08/08/1903 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 46 - 73
SAT 08/08/1903 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 81 - 32

Sectional Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1903 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 32 - 67
SAT 15/08/1903 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 56 - 86
SAT 15/08/1903 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 55 - 74
SAT 15/08/1903 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 30 - 18

Sectional Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1903 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 31
SAT 22/08/1903 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 102 - 31
SAT 22/08/1903 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 41 - 43
SAT 22/08/1903 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 23

Sectional Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1903 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 91 - 40
SAT 29/08/1903 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 27 - 34
SAT 29/08/1903 2:30 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 28 - 31
SAT 29/08/1903 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 94 - 37

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1903 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong MCG 81 - 29 15,000
SAT 05/09/1903 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 27 - 23 16,600

Finals Week 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1903 3:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 31 - 29 32,363