1916 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1916 VFL Season
Team(s): 4
Round(s): 12
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Match(es): 28

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Carlton
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Dick Lee (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Carlton (R) 1st 10 -0- 2 137.2% Vin Gardiner (36)
Collingwood 2nd 6 -1- 5 100.0% Dick Lee (46)
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 7 89.9% Percy Martini (22)
Fitzroy (P) 4th 2 -1- 9 81.6% Jim Freake (20)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 4
Goal Umpire 9
Boundary Umpire 10

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 60 - 64
SAT 06/05/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 69 - 77 6,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 45 - 71
SAT 13/05/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 66 - 37 5,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 61 - 66 7,000
SAT 20/05/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 50

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 84
SAT 27/05/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 78 - 53 5,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 75 - 76
MON 05/06/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 127 - 68 10,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 92 - 31
SAT 10/06/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 79 - 65

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 79
SAT 17/06/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 74 - 75

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 65 - 53
SAT 24/06/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 65 - 55

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 91 - 41 2,000
SAT 08/07/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 59 - 58

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1916 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 81 - 62
SAT 15/07/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 93 - 67

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1916 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 70 - 72
SAT 22/07/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 75

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1916 3:00 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 82
SAT 29/07/1916 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 75

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1916 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 57 - 63 9,690

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1916 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 75 - 72 11,728

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1916 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy MCG 42 - 65 15,567

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1916 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 85 - 56 21,130