1904 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1904 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Match(es): 71

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Fitzroy
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Vin Coutie (Melbourne)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Fitzroy (P) 1st 12 -0- 5 128.2% Percy Trotter (32)
Carlton (R) 2nd 10 -1- 6 105.5% Mick Grace (24)
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 7 117.0% Charlie Pannam (22)
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 7 113.1% Mick Madden (24)
South Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 7 108.5% Charles Clements (37)
Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 9 112.7% Vin Coutie (39)
Geelong 7th 4 -1- 12 77.2% Ike Woods (20)
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 14 62.1% Charlie Baker (30)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 8
Goal Umpire 4
Boundary Umpire 16

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 85 - 39
SAT 07/05/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 69 - 51
SAT 07/05/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 14 - 108
SAT 07/05/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 58 - 17

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 49 - 55
SAT 14/05/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 67 - 43
SAT 14/05/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 19 - 36
SAT 14/05/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 33

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 23 - 99
SAT 21/05/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 65 - 32
SAT 21/05/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 33 - 69
SAT 21/05/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 29 - 55

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne SCG 39 - 71
SAT 28/05/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 40 - 52
SAT 28/05/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 31 - 40
SAT 28/05/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 33 - 42

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 64 - 39
SAT 04/06/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 49 - 34
SAT 04/06/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 48 - 53
SAT 04/06/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 41 - 83

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 06/06/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 58 - 35
MON 06/06/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 78 - 54
MON 06/06/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 41 - 43
MON 06/06/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 100 - 58

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 66 - 97
SAT 11/06/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 47 - 53
SAT 11/06/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 49 - 34
SAT 11/06/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 44

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 91 - 26
SAT 25/06/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 34 - 58
SAT 25/06/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 52
SAT 25/06/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 69 - 29

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 29 - 54
SAT 02/07/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 66 - 28
SAT 02/07/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 61 - 37
SAT 02/07/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 78 - 31

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 43
SAT 09/07/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 35 - 35
SAT 09/07/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 44 - 39
SAT 09/07/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 45 - 42

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 30 - 35
SAT 16/07/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 41 - 39
SAT 16/07/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 61 - 25
SAT 16/07/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 55 - 24

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 67 - 73
SAT 23/07/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 35 - 58
SAT 23/07/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 46 - 40
SAT 23/07/1904 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 44 - 27

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1904 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 50 - 34
SAT 30/07/1904 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 42 - 37
SAT 30/07/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 36 - 52
SAT 30/07/1904 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 46 - 65

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1904 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 76 - 40
SAT 13/08/1904 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 35 - 39
SAT 13/08/1904 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 96 - 46
SAT 13/08/1904 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 46 - 58

Sectional Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1904 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 93 - 21
SAT 20/08/1904 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 57 - 39
SAT 20/08/1904 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 59 - 49
SAT 20/08/1904 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 38 - 33

Sectional Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1904 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 14 - 43
SAT 27/08/1904 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 30 - 53
SAT 27/08/1904 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 27 - 59
SAT 27/08/1904 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 20 - 81

Sectional Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1904 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 40 - 51
SAT 03/09/1904 2:30 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 22 - 44
SAT 03/09/1904 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 107 - 49
SAT 03/09/1904 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 87 - 26

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1904 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Victoria Park 43 - 40 16,000
SAT 10/09/1904 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood MCG 61 - 50 25,000

Finals Week 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1904 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 61 - 37 32,688