1900 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1900 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Each team received two byes. 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: 1900 VFA Season
Teams: 9
Rounds: 18
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick	Brunswick Park
Essendon Town	Windy Hill
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: Williamstown
Minor Premiers: Footscray

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Footscray	1st	15	-0-	1	60	237.3%	847	357	112	175	45	87
Williamstown	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	138.2%	568	411	69	154	53	93
Richmond	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	97.5%	550	564	69	136	74	120
Prahran	4th	9	-0-	7	36	108.2%	689	637	92	137	86	121
Port Melbourne	5th	8	-0-	8	32	98.2%	536	546	75	86	68	138
North Melbourne	6th	7	-0-	9	28	103.9%	582	560	79	108	73	122
Brunswick	7th	6	-0-	10	24	88.4%	493	558	63	115	72	126
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	13	12	65.9%	441	669	58	93	86	153
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	15	4	50.7%	415	819	52	103	112	147

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Footscray	1st	Not applicable
Williamstown	2nd	Not applicable
Richmond	3rd	Not applicable
Prahran	4th	Not applicable
Port Melbourne	5th	Not applicable
North Melbourne	6th	Not applicable
Brunswick	7th	Not applicable
Essendon Town	8th	Not applicable
West Melbourne	9th	Not applicable

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1900	Brunswick v Williamstown	Brunswick Park	20	-	35
SAT	05/05/1900	Essendon Town v Footscray	Windy Hill	12	-	59
SAT	05/05/1900	North Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	47	-	54
SAT	05/05/1900	Port Melbourne v Prahran	North Port Oval	46	-	33

Round 1 Bye: West Melbourne

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	1	-0-	0	4	491.7%	59	12
Williamstown	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	175.0%	35	20
Port Melbourne	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	139.4%	46	33
Richmond	4th	1	-0-	0	4	114.9%	54	47
West Melbourne	5th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
North Melbourne	6th	0	-0-	1	0	87.0%	47	54
Prahran	7th	0	-0-	1	0	71.7%	33	46
Brunswick	8th	0	-0-	1	0	57.1%	20	35
Essendon Town	9th	0	-0-	1	0	20.3%	12	59

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1900		Footscray v Port Melbourne	Western Oval	70	-	13
SAT	12/05/1900		Richmond v Essendon Town	Punt Road Oval	20	-	16
SAT	12/05/1900		West Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	14	-	25
SAT	12/05/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	38	-	24

Round 2 Bye: Prahran

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	2	-0-	0	8	516.0%	129	25
Williamstown	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	165.9%	73	44
Richmond	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	117.5%	74	63
Brunswick	4th	1	-0-	1	4	91.8%	45	49
Port Melbourne	5th	1	-0-	1	4	57.3%	59	103
North Melbourne	6th	0	-0-	2	0	77.2%	71	92
Prahran	7th	0	-0-	1	0	71.7%	33	46
West Melbourne	8th	0	-0-	1	0	56.0%	14	25
Essendon Town	9th	0	-0-	2	0	35.4%	28	79

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1900	North Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	5	-	26
SAT	19/05/1900	Port Melbourne v West Melbourne	North Port Oval	28	-	18
SAT	19/05/1900	Prahran v Essendon Town	Toorak Park	34	-	16
SAT	19/05/1900	Richmond v Williamstown	Punt Road Oval	20	-	39

Round 3 Bye: Brunswick

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	3	-0-	0	12	516.7%	155	30
Williamstown	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	175.0%	112	64
Richmond	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	92.2%	94	102
Port Melbourne	4th	2	-0-	1	8	71.9%	87	121
Prahran	5th	1	-0-	1	4	108.1%	67	62
Brunswick	6th	1	-0-	1	4	91.8%	45	49
North Melbourne	7th	0	-0-	3	0	64.4%	76	118
West Melbourne	8th	0	-0-	2	0	60.4%	32	53
Essendon Town	9th	0	-0-	3	0	38.9%	44	113

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
THU	24/05/1900	Brunswick v Richmond	Brunswick Park	33	-	35
THU	24/05/1900	Essendon Town v Williamstown	Windy Hill	22	-	23
THU	24/05/1900	Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	108	-	11
THU	24/05/1900	Prahran v North Melbourne	Toorak Park	27	-	57

Round 4 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	4	-0-	0	16	641.5%	263	41
Williamstown	2nd	4	-0-	0	16	157.0%	135	86
Richmond	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	95.6%	129	135
Port Melbourne	4th	2	-0-	1	8	71.9%	87	121
Brunswick	5th	1	-0-	2	4	92.9%	78	84
North Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	3	4	91.7%	133	145
Prahran	7th	1	-0-	2	4	79.0%	94	119
Essendon Town	8th	0	-0-	4	0	48.5%	66	136
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	3	0	26.7%	43	161

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1900		Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	30	-	16
SAT	26/05/1900		Richmond v Prahran	Punt Road Oval	38	-	27
SAT	26/05/1900		West Melbourne v Essendon Town	Arden Street Oval	30	-	24
SAT	26/05/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Port Melbourne	WCG	31	-	23

Round 5 Bye: Footscray

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	5	-0-	0	20	152.3%	166	109
Footscray	2nd	4	-0-	0	16	641.5%	263	41
Richmond	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	103.1%	167	162
Brunswick	4th	2	-0-	2	8	108.0%	108	100
Port Melbourne	5th	2	-0-	2	8	72.4%	110	152
North Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	4	4	85.1%	149	175
Prahran	7th	1	-0-	3	4	77.1%	121	157
West Melbourne	8th	1	-0-	3	4	39.5%	73	185
Essendon Town	9th	0	-0-	5	0	54.2%	90	166

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1900	Essendon Town v Brunswick	Windy Hill	42	-	17
SAT	02/06/1900	Footscray v Prahran	Western Oval	55	-	26
SAT	02/06/1900	Richmond v Port Melbourne	North Port Oval	44	-	28
SAT	02/06/1900	West Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	16	-	35

Round 6 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	6	-0-	0	24	160.8%	201	125
Footscray	2nd	5	-0-	0	20	474.6%	318	67
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	1	20	111.1%	211	190
Brunswick	4th	2	-0-	3	8	88.0%	125	142
Port Melbourne	5th	2	-0-	3	8	70.4%	138	196
North Melbourne	6th	1	-0-	4	4	85.1%	149	175
Essendon Town	7th	1	-0-	5	4	72.1%	132	183
Prahran	8th	1	-0-	4	4	69.3%	147	212
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	4	4	40.5%	89	220

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1900		North Melbourne v Essendon Town	Arden Street Oval	76	-	43
SAT	09/06/1900		Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	30	-	40
SAT	09/06/1900		Prahran v West Melbourne	Toorak Park	84	-	39
SAT	09/06/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Footscray	WCG	20	-	14

Round 7 Bye: Richmond

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	7	-0-	0	28	159.0%	221	139
Footscray	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	381.6%	332	87
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	1	20	111.1%	211	190
Brunswick	4th	3	-0-	3	12	95.9%	165	172
North Melbourne	5th	2	-0-	4	8	103.2%	225	218
Prahran	6th	2	-0-	4	8	92.0%	231	251
Port Melbourne	7th	2	-0-	4	8	71.2%	168	236
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	6	4	67.6%	175	259
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	5	4	42.1%	128	304

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1900		Brunswick v Footscray	Brunswick Park	36	-	54
SAT	16/06/1900		North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	22	-	39
SAT	16/06/1900		Richmond v West Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	50	-	32
SAT	16/06/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Prahran	WCG	43	-	22

Round 8 Bye: Essendon Town

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	8	-0-	0	32	164.0%	264	161
Footscray	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	313.8%	386	123
Richmond	3rd	6	-0-	1	24	117.6%	261	222
Brunswick	4th	3	-0-	4	12	88.9%	201	226
Port Melbourne	5th	3	-0-	4	12	80.2%	207	258
North Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	5	8	96.1%	247	257
Prahran	7th	2	-0-	5	8	86.1%	253	294
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	6	4	67.6%	175	259
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	6	4	45.2%	160	354

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1900		Footscray v Richmond	Western Oval	44	-	22
SAT	23/06/1900		North Melbourne v West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	35	-	23
SAT	23/06/1900		Prahran v Brunswick	Toorak Park	50	-	41
SAT	23/06/1900	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Port Melbourne	Windy Hill	10	-	32

Round 9 Bye: Williamstown

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	8	-0-	0	32	164.0%	264	161
Footscray	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	296.6%	430	145
Richmond	3rd	6	-0-	2	24	106.4%	283	266
Port Melbourne	4th	4	-0-	4	16	89.2%	239	268
North Melbourne	5th	3	-0-	5	12	100.7%	282	280
Prahran	6th	3	-0-	5	12	90.4%	303	335
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	5	12	87.7%	242	276
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	7	4	63.6%	185	291
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	7	4	47.0%	183	389

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1900	Footscray v Essendon Town	Western Oval	59	-	19
SAT	30/06/1900	Prahran v Port Melbourne	Toorak Park	37	-	47
SAT	30/06/1900	Richmond v North Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	36	-	32
CANCELLED		Brunswick v Williamstown

Round 10 Bye: West Melbourne

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	9	-0-	0	36	164.0%	264	161
Footscray	2nd	8	-0-	1	32	298.2%	489	164
Richmond	3rd	7	-0-	2	28	107.0%	319	298
Port Melbourne	4th	5	-0-	4	20	93.8%	286	305
North Melbourne	5th	3	-0-	6	12	99.4%	314	316
Prahran	6th	3	-0-	6	12	89.0%	340	382
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	6	12	87.7%	242	276
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	8	4	58.3%	204	350
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	7	4	47.0%	183	389

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1900	Brunswick v West Melbourne	Brunswick Park	54	-	27
SAT	07/07/1900	Essendon Town v Richmond	Windy Hill	51	-	32
SAT	07/07/1900	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	24	-	18
SAT	07/07/1900	Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	26	-	27

Round 11 Bye: Prahran

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	9	-0-	1	36	271.6%	516	190
Williamstown	2nd	9	-0-	1	36	152.4%	282	185
Richmond	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	100.6%	351	349
Port Melbourne	4th	5	-0-	5	20	94.0%	312	332
North Melbourne	5th	4	-0-	6	16	101.2%	338	334
Brunswick	6th	4	-0-	6	16	97.7%	296	303
Prahran	7th	3	-0-	6	12	89.0%	340	382
Essendon Town	8th	2	-0-	8	8	66.8%	255	382
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	8	4	47.4%	210	443

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1900		Essendon Town v Prahran	Windy Hill	38	-	52
SAT	21/07/1900		Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	50	-	30
SAT	21/07/1900		West Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	50	-	69
SAT	21/07/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Richmond	WCG	41	-	18

Round 12 Bye: Brunswick

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	10	-0-	1	40	257.3%	566	220
Williamstown	2nd	10	-0-	1	40	159.1%	323	203
Richmond	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	94.6%	369	390
Port Melbourne	4th	6	-0-	5	24	99.7%	381	382
Brunswick	5th	4	-0-	6	16	97.7%	296	303
North Melbourne	6th	4	-0-	7	16	95.8%	368	384
Prahran	7th	4	-0-	6	16	93.3%	392	420
Essendon Town	8th	2	-0-	9	8	67.5%	293	434
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	9	4	50.8%	260	512

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1900		Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	40	-	23
SAT	28/07/1900		North Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	24	-	61
SAT	28/07/1900		Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	25	-	23
SAT	28/07/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Essendon Town	WCG	47	-	31

Round 13 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	11	-0-	1	44	249.4%	606	243
Williamstown	2nd	11	-0-	1	44	158.1%	370	234
Richmond	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	95.4%	394	413
Port Melbourne	4th	6	-0-	5	24	99.7%	381	382
Prahran	5th	5	-0-	6	20	102.0%	453	444
Brunswick	6th	4	-0-	7	16	97.3%	319	328
North Melbourne	7th	4	-0-	8	16	88.1%	392	445
Essendon Town	8th	2	-0-	10	8	67.4%	324	481
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	10	4	51.3%	283	552

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1900	Essendon Town v West Melbourne	Windy Hill	47	-	38
SAT	04/08/1900	North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	61	-	25
SAT	04/08/1900	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	16	-	29
SAT	04/08/1900	Prahran v Richmond	Toorak Park	57	-	43

Round 14 Bye: Footscray

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	12	-0-	1	48	159.6%	399	250
Footscray	2nd	11	-0-	1	44	249.4%	606	243
Richmond	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	93.0%	437	470
Prahran	4th	6	-0-	6	24	104.7%	510	487
Port Melbourne	5th	6	-0-	6	24	96.6%	397	411
North Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	8	20	96.4%	453	470
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	8	16	88.4%	344	389
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	10	12	71.5%	371	519
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	11	4	53.6%	321	599

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1900		Brunswick v Essendon Town	Brunswick Park	42	-	16
SAT	11/08/1900		Prahran v Footscray	Toorak Park	22	-	46
SAT	11/08/1900		Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	54	-	27
SAT	11/08/1900	2:10 PM	Williamstown v West Melbourne	WCG	91	-	35

Round 15 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Williamstown	1st	13	-0-	1	52	171.9%	490	285
Footscray	2nd	12	-0-	1	48	246.0%	652	265
Richmond	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	98.8%	491	497
Prahran	4th	6	-0-	7	24	99.8%	532	533
Port Melbourne	5th	6	-0-	7	24	91.2%	424	465
North Melbourne	6th	5	-0-	8	20	96.4%	453	470
Brunswick	7th	5	-0-	8	20	95.3%	386	405
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	11	12	69.0%	387	561
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	12	4	51.6%	356	690

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1900	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Brunswick Park	41	-	22
SAT	18/08/1900	Essendon Town v North Melbourne	Windy Hill	38	-	45
SAT	18/08/1900	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	63	-	23
SAT	18/08/1900	West Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	16	-	46

Round 16 Bye: Richmond

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	13	-0-	1	52	248.3%	715	288
Williamstown	2nd	13	-0-	2	52	147.4%	513	348
Richmond	3rd	9	-0-	5	36	98.8%	491	497
Prahran	4th	7	-0-	7	28	105.3%	578	549
Brunswick	5th	6	-0-	8	24	100.0%	427	427
North Melbourne	6th	6	-0-	8	24	98.0%	498	508
Port Melbourne	7th	6	-0-	8	24	88.1%	446	506
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	12	12	70.1%	425	606
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	13	4	50.5%	372	736

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1900	Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	83	-	33
SAT	25/08/1900	Port Melbourne v North Melbourne	North Port Oval	27	-	24
SAT	25/08/1900	Prahran v Williamstown	Toorak Park	63	-	55
SAT	25/08/1900	West Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	18	-	23

Round 17 Bye: Essendon Town

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	14	-0-	1	56	248.6%	798	321
Williamstown	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	138.2%	568	411
Richmond	3rd	10	-0-	5	40	99.8%	514	515
Prahran	4th	8	-0-	7	32	106.1%	641	604
Port Melbourne	5th	7	-0-	8	28	89.2%	473	530
North Melbourne	6th	6	-0-	9	24	97.6%	522	535
Brunswick	7th	6	-0-	9	24	90.2%	460	510
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	12	12	70.1%	425	606
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	14	4	51.4%	390	759

Round 18

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/09/1900	Brunswick v Prahran	Brunswick Park	33	-	48
SAT	01/09/1900	Port Melbourne v Essendon Town	North Port Oval	63	-	16
SAT	01/09/1900	Richmond v Footscray	Punt Road Oval	36	-	49
SAT	01/09/1900	West Melbourne v North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	25	-	60

Round 18 Bye: Williamstown

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	15	-0-	1	60	237.3%	847	357
Williamstown	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	138.2%	568	411
Richmond	3rd	10	-0-	6	40	97.5%	550	564
Prahran	4th	9	-0-	7	36	108.2%	689	637
Port Melbourne	5th	8	-0-	8	32	98.2%	536	546
North Melbourne	6th	7	-0-	9	28	103.9%	582	560
Brunswick	7th	6	-0-	10	24	88.4%	493	558
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	13	12	65.9%	441	669
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	15	4	50.7%	415	819

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