1899 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1899 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty-one rounds in a triple round-robin format. Footscray were the minor premiers.

The season did not feature a finals series and Footscray were declared the premiers, with Dave De Coite as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1899 VFA Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 21
Matches: 84

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick	Brunswick Park
Footscray	Western Oval
North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval
Port Melbourne	North Port Oval
Prahran	Toorak Park
Richmond	Punt Road Oval
West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval
Williamstown	WCG

Season Results

Premiers: Footscray
Runners-Up: North Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Footscray

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Footscray	1st	18	-0-	3	72	240.6%	1,078	448	145	208	59	94
North Melbourne	2nd	17	-0-	4	68	171.7%	1,140	664	153	222	86	148
Port Melbourne	3rd	13	-0-	8	52	111.4%	869	780	118	161	101	174
Williamstown	4th	11	-0-	10	44	107.3%	694	647	89	160	84	143
Prahran	5th	8	-0-	13	32	76.1%	678	891	89	144	115	201
Richmond	6th	8	-0-	13	32	72.1%	655	909	83	157	119	195
West Melbourne	7th	6	-0-	15	24	87.5%	753	861	97	171	111	195
Brunswick	8th	3	-0-	18	12	43.2%	507	1,174	66	111	165	184

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Footscray	1st	Not applicable
North Melbourne	2nd	Not applicable
Port Melbourne	3rd	Not applicable
Williamstown	4th	Not applicable
Prahran	5th	Not applicable
Richmond	6th	Not applicable
West Melbourne	7th	Not applicable
Brunswick	8th	Not applicable

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1899	Brunswick v West Melbourne	Brunswick Park	7	-	100
SAT	06/05/1899	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	44	-	29
SAT	06/05/1899	Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	30	-	26
SAT	06/05/1899	Prahran v Richmond	Toorak Park	36	-	42

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Melbourne	1st	1	-0-	0	4	1,428.6%	100	7
North Melbourne	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	151.7%	44	29
Richmond	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	116.7%	42	36
Port Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	0	4	115.4%	30	26
Footscray	5th	0	-0-	1	0	86.7%	26	30
Prahran	6th	0	-0-	1	0	85.7%	36	42
Williamstown	7th	0	-0-	1	0	65.9%	29	44
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	1	0	7.0%	7	100

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1899		Footscray v Prahran	Western Oval	70	-	28
SAT	13/05/1899		North Melbourne v West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	41	-	30
SAT	13/05/1899		Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	25	-	46
SAT	13/05/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brunswick	WCG	47	-	14

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	149.0%	76	51
North Melbourne	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	144.1%	85	59
West Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	270.8%	130	48
Footscray	4th	1	-0-	1	4	165.5%	96	58
Williamstown	5th	1	-0-	1	4	131.0%	76	58
Richmond	6th	1	-0-	1	4	81.7%	67	82
Prahran	7th	0	-0-	2	0	57.1%	64	112
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	2	0	14.3%	21	147

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1899	Brunswick v Footscray	Brunswick Park	35	-	51
SAT	20/05/1899	North Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	60	-	23
SAT	20/05/1899	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	25	-	22
SAT	20/05/1899	Prahran v West Melbourne	Toorak Park	77	-	58

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	176.8%	145	82
Port Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	138.4%	101	73
Footscray	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	158.1%	147	93
West Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	2	4	150.4%	188	125
Williamstown	5th	1	-0-	2	4	118.1%	98	83
Prahran	6th	1	-0-	2	4	82.9%	141	170
Richmond	7th	1	-0-	2	4	63.4%	90	142
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	3	0	28.3%	56	198

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
WED	24/05/1899	10:30 AM	Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	30	-	26
WED	24/05/1899	10:30 AM	Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	71	-	11
WED	24/05/1899	11:00 AM	Prahran v Williamstown	Toorak Park	15	-	34
WED	24/05/1899	3:00 PM	West Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	17	-	42

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Melbourne	1st	4	-0-	0	16	158.9%	143	90
North Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	152.7%	171	112
Footscray	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	148.7%	177	119
Williamstown	4th	2	-0-	2	8	134.7%	132	98
Richmond	5th	2	-0-	2	8	105.2%	161	153
West Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	3	4	122.8%	205	167
Prahran	7th	1	-0-	3	4	76.5%	156	204
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	4	0	24.9%	67	269

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1899	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Brunswick Park	27	-	52
SAT	27/05/1899	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	52	-	3
SAT	27/05/1899	North Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	63	-	23
SAT	27/05/1899	Richmond v West Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	35	-	21

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Melbourne	1st	5	-0-	0	20	166.7%	195	117
Footscray	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	187.7%	229	122
North Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	173.3%	234	135
Richmond	4th	3	-0-	2	12	112.6%	196	174
Williamstown	5th	2	-0-	3	8	90.0%	135	150
West Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	4	4	111.9%	226	202
Prahran	7th	1	-0-	4	4	67.0%	179	267
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	5	0	29.3%	94	321

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1899		Port Melbourne v North Melbourne	North Port Oval	18	-	36
SAT	03/06/1899		Prahran v Brunswick	Toorak Park	66	-	43
SAT	03/06/1899		West Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	16	-	63
SAT	03/06/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Richmond	WCG	54	-	24

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	5	-0-	1	20	211.6%	292	138
North Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	176.5%	270	153
Port Melbourne	3rd	5	-0-	1	20	139.2%	213	153
Williamstown	4th	3	-0-	3	12	108.6%	189	174
Richmond	5th	3	-0-	3	12	96.5%	220	228
Prahran	6th	2	-0-	4	8	79.0%	245	310
West Melbourne	7th	1	-0-	5	4	91.3%	242	265
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	6	0	35.4%	137	387

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1899		Footscray v Richmond	Western Oval	42	-	18
SAT	10/06/1899		North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	80	-	16
SAT	10/06/1899		Port Melbourne v Prahran	North Port Oval	57	-	14
SAT	10/06/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v West Melbourne	WCG	29	-	13

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	6	-0-	1	24	214.1%	334	156
North Melbourne	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	207.1%	350	169
Port Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	1	24	161.7%	270	167
Williamstown	4th	4	-0-	3	16	116.6%	218	187
Richmond	5th	3	-0-	4	12	88.1%	238	270
Prahran	6th	2	-0-	5	8	70.6%	259	367
West Melbourne	7th	1	-0-	6	4	86.7%	255	294
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	7	0	32.8%	153	467

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1899		Footscray v Port Melbourne	Western Oval	42	-	9
SAT	17/06/1899		Richmond v Prahran	Punt Road Oval	27	-	25
SAT	17/06/1899		West Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	43	-	29
SAT	17/06/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	24	-	34

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	7	-0-	1	28	227.9%	376	165
North Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	199.0%	384	193
Port Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	2	24	133.5%	279	209
Williamstown	4th	4	-0-	4	16	109.5%	242	221
Richmond	5th	4	-0-	4	16	89.8%	265	295
West Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	6	8	92.3%	298	323
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	6	8	72.1%	284	394
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	8	0	35.7%	182	510

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1899	Brunswick v Williamstown	Brunswick Park	56	-	45
SAT	24/06/1899	Port Melbourne v Richmond	North Port Oval	66	-	25
SAT	24/06/1899	Prahran v Footscray	Toorak Park	14	-	55
SAT	24/06/1899	West Melbourne v North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	27	-	62

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	8	-0-	1	32	240.8%	431	179
North Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	1	32	202.7%	446	220
Port Melbourne	3rd	7	-0-	2	28	147.4%	345	234
Williamstown	4th	4	-0-	5	16	103.6%	287	277
Richmond	5th	4	-0-	5	16	80.3%	290	361
West Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	7	8	84.4%	325	385
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	7	8	66.4%	298	449
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	8	4	42.9%	238	555

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1899		Richmond v North Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	17	-	24
SAT	01/07/1899		West Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	45	-	9
SAT	01/07/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Port Melbourne	WCG	31	-	5
SAT	01/07/1899		Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	23	-	1

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	9	-0-	1	36	252.2%	454	180
North Melbourne	2nd	9	-0-	1	36	198.3%	470	237
Port Melbourne	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	132.1%	350	265
Williamstown	4th	5	-0-	5	20	112.8%	318	282
Richmond	5th	4	-0-	6	16	79.7%	307	385
West Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	7	12	93.9%	370	394
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	8	8	62.1%	307	494
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	9	4	41.3%	239	578

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1899		Brunswick v Richmond	Brunswick Park	23	-	29
SAT	08/07/1899		North Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	34	-	39
SAT	08/07/1899		Port Melbourne v West Melbourne	North Port Oval	32	-	31
SAT	08/07/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Prahran	WCG	29	-	9

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	1	40	230.4%	493	214
North Melbourne	2nd	9	-0-	2	36	182.6%	504	276
Port Melbourne	3rd	8	-0-	3	32	129.1%	382	296
Williamstown	4th	6	-0-	5	24	119.2%	347	291
Richmond	5th	5	-0-	6	20	82.4%	336	408
West Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	8	12	94.1%	401	426
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	9	8	60.4%	316	523
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	10	4	43.2%	262	607

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1899		Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	114	-	31
SAT	15/07/1899		Prahran v North Melbourne	Toorak Park	45	-	48
SAT	15/07/1899		West Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	42	-	13
SAT	15/07/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Footscray	WCG	27	-	24

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	2	40	214.5%	517	241
North Melbourne	2nd	10	-0-	2	40	172.0%	552	321
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	3	36	151.7%	496	327
Williamstown	4th	7	-0-	5	28	118.7%	374	315
Richmond	5th	5	-0-	7	20	77.6%	349	450
West Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	8	16	100.9%	443	439
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	10	8	63.2%	361	571
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	11	4	40.6%	293	721

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1899	Brunswick v Prahran	Brunswick Park	30	-	39
SAT	22/07/1899	Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	42	-	40
SAT	22/07/1899	North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	82	-	36
SAT	22/07/1899	Richmond v Williamstown	Punt Road Oval	46	-	37

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	11	-0-	2	44	198.9%	559	281
North Melbourne	2nd	11	-0-	2	44	177.6%	634	357
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	4	36	130.1%	532	409
Williamstown	4th	7	-0-	6	28	113.9%	411	361
Richmond	5th	6	-0-	7	24	81.1%	395	487
West Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	9	16	100.4%	483	481
Prahran	7th	3	-0-	10	12	66.6%	400	601
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	12	4	42.5%	323	760

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1899	Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	10	-	107
SAT	29/07/1899	Prahran v Port Melbourne	Toorak Park	64	-	50
SAT	29/07/1899	Richmond v Footscray	Punt Road Oval	21	-	58
SAT	29/07/1899	West Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	27	-	40

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	12	-0-	2	48	204.3%	617	302
North Melbourne	2nd	12	-0-	2	48	201.9%	741	367
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	123.0%	582	473
Williamstown	4th	8	-0-	6	32	116.2%	451	388
Richmond	5th	6	-0-	8	24	76.3%	416	545
West Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	10	16	97.9%	510	521
Prahran	7th	4	-0-	10	16	71.3%	464	651
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	13	4	38.4%	333	867

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1899		Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	34	-	29
SAT	05/08/1899		Prahran v Richmond	Toorak Park	36	-	21
SAT	05/08/1899		West Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	33	-	24
SAT	05/08/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	34	-	33

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	12	-0-	3	48	193.0%	774	401
Footscray	2nd	12	-0-	3	48	192.3%	646	336
Port Melbourne	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	122.7%	616	502
Williamstown	4th	9	-0-	6	36	115.2%	485	421
Richmond	5th	6	-0-	9	24	75.2%	437	581
West Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	10	20	99.6%	543	545
Prahran	7th	5	-0-	10	20	74.4%	500	672
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	14	4	39.7%	357	900

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1899	Brunswick v Williamstown	Brunswick Park	19	-	46
SAT	12/08/1899	Footscray v Prahran	Western Oval	67	-	23
SAT	12/08/1899	North Melbourne v West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	76	-	20
SAT	12/08/1899	Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	41	-	45

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	3	52	201.9%	850	421
Footscray	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	198.6%	713	359
Port Melbourne	3rd	11	-0-	5	44	121.7%	661	543
Williamstown	4th	10	-0-	6	40	120.7%	531	440
Richmond	5th	6	-0-	10	24	76.4%	478	626
West Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	11	20	90.7%	563	621
Prahran	7th	5	-0-	11	20	70.8%	523	739
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	15	4	39.7%	376	946

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1899	Brunswick v Footscray	Brunswick Park	18	-	92
SAT	19/08/1899	North Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	90	-	36
SAT	19/08/1899	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	45	-	34
SAT	19/08/1899	Prahran v West Melbourne	Toorak Park	32	-	27

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	14	-0-	3	56	213.5%	805	377
North Melbourne	2nd	14	-0-	3	56	205.7%	940	457
Port Melbourne	3rd	12	-0-	5	48	122.4%	706	577
Williamstown	4th	10	-0-	7	40	116.5%	565	485
Prahran	5th	6	-0-	11	24	72.5%	555	766
Richmond	6th	6	-0-	11	24	71.8%	514	716
West Melbourne	7th	5	-0-	12	20	90.4%	590	653
Brunswick	8th	1	-0-	16	4	38.0%	394	1,038

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1899		Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	100	-	23
SAT	26/08/1899		Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	40	-	47
SAT	26/08/1899		West Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	62	-	59
SAT	26/08/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Prahran	WCG	31	-	32

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	15	-0-	3	60	226.3%	905	400
North Melbourne	2nd	14	-0-	4	56	172.9%	963	557
Port Melbourne	3rd	12	-0-	6	48	119.7%	765	639
Williamstown	4th	10	-0-	8	40	115.3%	596	517
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	11	28	73.7%	587	797
West Melbourne	6th	6	-0-	12	24	91.6%	652	712
Richmond	7th	6	-0-	12	24	72.6%	554	763
Brunswick	8th	2	-0-	16	8	40.9%	441	1,078

Round 19

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1899	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	58	-	25
SAT	02/09/1899	Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	46	-	28
SAT	02/09/1899	Prahran v North Melbourne	Toorak Park	50	-	55
SAT	02/09/1899	Richmond v West Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	63	-	44

Round 19 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	16	-0-	3	64	226.6%	963	425
North Melbourne	2nd	15	-0-	4	60	167.7%	1,018	607
Port Melbourne	3rd	13	-0-	6	52	121.6%	811	667
Williamstown	4th	10	-0-	9	40	108.0%	621	575
Richmond	5th	7	-0-	12	28	76.5%	617	807
Prahran	6th	7	-0-	12	28	74.8%	637	852
West Melbourne	7th	6	-0-	13	24	89.8%	696	775
Brunswick	8th	2	-0-	17	8	41.7%	469	1,124

Round 20

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1899		Brunswick v Prahran	Brunswick Park	24	-	17
SAT	09/09/1899		Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	42	-	19
SAT	09/09/1899		North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	89	-	43
SAT	09/09/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Richmond	WCG	29	-	34

Round 20 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	17	-0-	3	68	226.4%	1,005	444
North Melbourne	2nd	16	-0-	4	64	170.3%	1,107	650
Port Melbourne	3rd	13	-0-	7	52	113.0%	854	756
Williamstown	4th	10	-0-	10	40	106.7%	650	609
Richmond	5th	8	-0-	12	32	77.9%	651	836
Prahran	6th	7	-0-	13	28	74.7%	654	876
West Melbourne	7th	6	-0-	14	24	87.5%	715	817
Brunswick	8th	3	-0-	17	12	43.2%	493	1,141

Round 21

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/09/1899		Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	14	-	33
SAT	16/09/1899		Prahran v Port Melbourne	Toorak Park	24	-	15
SAT	16/09/1899		Richmond v Footscray	Punt Road Oval	4	-	73
SAT	16/09/1899	2:10 PM	Williamstown v West Melbourne	WCG	44	-	38

Round 21 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	18	-0-	3	72	240.6%	1,078	448
North Melbourne	2nd	17	-0-	4	68	171.7%	1,140	664
Port Melbourne	3rd	13	-0-	8	52	111.4%	869	780
Williamstown	4th	11	-0-	10	44	107.3%	694	647
Prahran	5th	8	-0-	13	32	76.1%	678	891
Richmond	6th	8	-0-	13	32	72.1%	655	909
West Melbourne	7th	6	-0-	15	24	87.5%	753	861
Brunswick	8th	3	-0-	18	12	43.2%	507	1,174

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