1905 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1905 VFL Season
Team(s): 8
Round(s): 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Match(es): 72

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Charlie Pannam (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood (R) 1st 15 -0- 2 175.0% Charlie Pannam (38)
Fitzroy (P) 2nd 12 -1- 4 135.4% Alf Wilkinson (28)
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 127.4% Frank Caine (24)
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 8 114.4% George Barker (28)
South Melbourne 5th 7 -1- 9 83.7% Charles Clements (31)
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 11 79.0% Ike Woods (19)
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 13 64.1% Charlie Baker (19)
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 14 70.9% Harry Cordner (16)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 9
Goal Umpire 3
Boundary Umpire 16

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 62 - 46
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 39 - 62
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 60 - 52
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 34 - 31

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 73 - 67
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 82 - 48
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 70 - 38
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 33 - 64

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 62 - 39
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 35
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 45 - 55
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 70 - 118

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 46 - 31
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 43 - 46
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 37 - 73
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 95 - 39

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 30 - 38
SAT 03/06/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 81 - 22
MON 05/06/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 40 - 28
MON 05/06/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 39 - 54

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 38 - 41
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 27 - 46
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 35 - 28
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 47 - 24

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 56 - 54
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 25 - 63
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 43 - 72
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 42

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 51
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 29 - 43
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 62 - 60
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 41 - 19

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 26 - 58
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 62 - 48
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 44 - 59
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 40

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 65 - 41
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 62 - 27
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 58 - 61
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 97 - 27

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 41 - 74
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 23 - 48
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 39 - 41
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 50 - 49

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 37 - 18
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 41 - 47
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 70 - 27
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 21 - 29

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 82 - 20
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 50 - 36
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 29 - 42
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 41 - 39

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 90 - 55
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 73 - 23
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 53 - 66
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 50 - 50

Sectional Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 89 - 40
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 73 - 29
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 66 - 49
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 31

Sectional Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 27 - 60
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 68 - 66
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 92 - 49
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 54 - 84

Sectional Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 38 - 125
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 87 - 27
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 37 - 80
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 118 - 40

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 30 - 76 14,000
SAT 16/09/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Princes Park 79 - 36 14,000

Finals Week 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 72 - 45 30,000

Finals Week 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1905 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood MCG 30 - 17 30,000