1896 VFA Season: Footscray

These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1896 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in ninth place.

Team Details

Competition: 1896 VFA Season
Team: Footscray
Club: Western Bulldogs
Home Ground: Western Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 5-3-10, P%: 73.4)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1896 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 2 unknown unknown
09/05/1896 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 4 unknown unknown
16/05/1896 Round 3 Port Melbourne AWAY LOSS PMLB by 1 unknown unknown
23/05/1896 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOOT by 2 unknown unknown
30/05/1896 Round 5 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn unknown unknown
13/06/1896 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN FOOT by 6 unknown unknown
20/06/1896 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 3 unknown unknown
27/06/1896 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN FOOT by 1 unknown unknown
04/07/1896 Round 9 Williamstown AWAY LOSS WILL by 2 unknown unknown
11/07/1896 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN FOOT by 2 unknown unknown
18/07/1896 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 3 unknown unknown
25/07/1896 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 7 unknown unknown
Round 13 BYE
08/08/1896 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 12 unknown unknown
15/08/1896 Round 15 Carlton HOME WIN FOOT by 3 unknown unknown
22/08/1896 Round 16 Williamstown HOME DRAW drawn unknown unknown
05/09/1896 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STKL by 1 unknown unknown
12/09/1896 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn unknown unknown
19/09/1896 Round 19 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 4 unknown unknown
Round 20 BYE