1900 VFL Season

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

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Fitzroy were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Sectional Round-Robin system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Dick Wardill as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1900 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Sectional Round-Robin System
Matches: 70

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park
Collingwood Victoria Park
Essendon East Melbourne
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval
Geelong Corio Oval
Melbourne MCG
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Fitzroy
Minor Premiers: Fitzroy

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Fitzroy 1st 11 -0- 3 44 168.0% 729 434 95 159 56 98
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 150.9% 670 444 90 130 57 102
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 137.3% 666 485 92 114 63 107
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 6 32 116.1% 627 540 82 135 73 102
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 6 32 90.4% 481 532 59 127 67 130
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 8 24 101.7% 654 643 87 132 90 103
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 9 20 70.6% 394 558 51 88 73 120
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 13 4 39.1% 376 961 49 82 126 205

Major Premiership Results

Sectional Ladder A

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 296.9% 193 65 27 31 9 11
Fitzroy 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 158.8% 154 97 21 28 13 19
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 2 4 41.1% 79 192 10 19 25 42
South Melbourne 4th 0 -0- 3 0 48.9% 69 141 9 15 20 21

Sectional Ladder B

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 1 8 212.3% 155 73 20 35 9 19
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 167.5% 129 77 16 33 9 23
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 112.2% 129 115 16 33 14 31
St Kilda 4th 0 -0- 3 0 29.9% 63 211 7 21 27 49

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Melbourne 1st Premiers
Fitzroy 2nd Runners-Up
Essendon 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Geelong 4th 3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
Collingwood 5th 2nd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)
South Melbourne 6th 4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
Carlton 7th 3rd place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)
St Kilda 8th 4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder B)

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 18 - 35
SAT 05/05/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 67 - 46
SAT 05/05/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 82 - 26
SAT 05/05/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 68 - 67

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 315.4% 82 26
Geelong 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 194.4% 35 18
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 145.7% 67 46
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 101.5% 68 67
Melbourne 5th 0 -0- 1 0 98.5% 67 68
Fitzroy 6th 0 -0- 1 0 68.7% 46 67
Carlton 7th 0 -0- 1 0 51.4% 18 35
South Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 31.7% 26 82

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 34 - 10
SAT 12/05/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 57 - 35
SAT 12/05/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 34 - 18
SAT 12/05/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 57 - 25

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 2 -0- 0 8 173.6% 92 53
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 1 4 166.7% 100 60
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 117.4% 101 86
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 1 4 103.9% 80 77
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 1 4 99.0% 102 103
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 77.6% 83 107
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 75.0% 93 124
Carlton 8th 0 -0- 2 0 40.6% 28 69

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 42 - 22
SAT 18/08/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 45 - 25
SAT 18/08/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 33 - 27
SAT 18/08/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 18 - 58

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 3 -0- 0 12 211.3% 150 71
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 152.9% 133 87
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 114.8% 147 128
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 2 4 97.3% 107 110
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 2 4 96.1% 123 128
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 2 4 76.9% 70 91
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 71.1% 108 152
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 61.0% 111 182

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 23/05/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 85 - 16
THU 24/05/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 22
THU 24/05/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 81 - 15
THU 24/05/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 18 - 27

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -0- 0 16 268.6% 231 86
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 211.7% 218 103
Fitzroy 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 122.7% 162 132
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 2 8 89.0% 97 109
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 2 8 76.5% 163 213
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 3 4 66.0% 138 209
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 3 4 62.8% 130 207
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 3 4 61.7% 129 209

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 18 - 23
SAT 26/05/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 65 - 19
SAT 26/05/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 27 - 66
SAT 26/05/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 37 - 23

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -0- 1 16 206.5% 254 123
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 199.2% 241 121
Fitzroy 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 143.4% 228 159
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 2 12 98.3% 228 232
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 3 8 87.1% 115 132
South Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 3 8 72.6% 167 230
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 4 4 60.0% 165 275
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 4 4 54.0% 148 274

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 25 - 9
SAT 02/06/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 44 - 41
SAT 02/06/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 18 - 29
SAT 02/06/1900 3:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 46 - 12

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 194.2% 270 139
Fitzroy 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 160.2% 274 171
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 157.4% 266 169
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 3 12 99.3% 140 141
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 3 12 92.2% 237 257
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 77.9% 211 271
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 5 4 64.6% 206 319
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 5 4 54.8% 166 303

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 116 - 17
SAT 09/06/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 53 - 31
SAT 09/06/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 66 - 37
SAT 09/06/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 30 - 18

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 2 20 207.4% 390 188
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 159.5% 319 200
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 156.8% 301 192
South Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 3 16 83.4% 241 289
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 4 12 92.4% 158 171
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 4 12 84.8% 274 323
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 5 8 76.4% 272 356
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 6 4 43.7% 183 419

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 42 - 20
SAT 23/06/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 39 - 31
SAT 23/06/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 108 - 29
SAT 23/06/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 38 - 10

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 6 -0- 2 24 207.7% 432 208
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 155.0% 358 231
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 135.2% 311 230
South Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 3 20 93.3% 279 299
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 5 12 98.7% 380 385
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 5 12 90.0% 189 210
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 5 12 80.5% 294 365
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 7 4 40.2% 212 527

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 15 - 53
SAT 30/06/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 42 - 23
SAT 30/06/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 18 - 44
SAT 30/06/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 11 - 52

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 7 -0- 2 28 217.5% 485 223
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 139.6% 381 273
South Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 106.8% 331 310
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 4 20 120.1% 329 274
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 5 16 105.2% 424 403
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 5 16 86.6% 336 388
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 6 12 77.6% 204 263
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 8 4 38.5% 223 579

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 54 - 40
SAT 07/07/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 86 - 28
SAT 07/07/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 68 - 33
SAT 07/07/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 26 - 24

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 8 -0- 2 32 204.9% 539 263
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 155.1% 467 301
South Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 106.9% 357 334
Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 5 20 112.8% 492 436
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 5 20 112.5% 369 328
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 6 16 87.0% 360 414
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 7 12 71.6% 237 331
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 9 4 37.7% 251 665

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 49 - 28
SAT 14/07/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 50 - 29
SAT 14/07/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 40 - 29
SAT 14/07/1900 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 33 - 39

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 9 -0- 2 36 195.3% 578 296
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 145.5% 496 341
South Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 104.6% 390 373
Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 5 24 114.4% 532 465
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 6 20 105.3% 398 378
Collingwood 6th 5 -0- 6 20 92.6% 410 443
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 7 16 79.7% 286 359
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 10 4 39.1% 279 714

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 84 - 35
SAT 28/07/1900 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 32
SAT 28/07/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 70 - 24
SAT 28/07/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 23 - 48

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 10 -0- 2 40 193.6% 635 328
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 155.1% 566 365
South Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 93.5% 414 443
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 6 24 116.7% 482 413
Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 6 24 108.0% 564 522
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 6 24 98.3% 458 466
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 8 16 72.5% 321 443
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 11 4 39.6% 302 762

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 96 - 28
SAT 04/08/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 117 - 25
SAT 04/08/1900 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 57 - 12
SAT 04/08/1900 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 44 - 48

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 10 -0- 3 40 168.1% 647 385
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 165.3% 623 377
South Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 94.9% 462 487
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 6 28 136.8% 599 438
Collingwood 5th 7 -0- 6 28 112.1% 554 494
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 7 24 106.7% 608 570
Carlton 7th 4 -0- 9 16 64.7% 349 539
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 12 4 37.2% 327 879

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1900 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 45 - 19
SAT 11/08/1900 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 73 - 46
SAT 11/08/1900 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 67 - 47
SAT 11/08/1900 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 49 - 82

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 11 -0- 3 44 168.0% 729 434
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 150.9% 670 444
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 137.3% 666 485
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 6 32 116.1% 627 540
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 6 32 90.4% 481 532
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 8 24 101.7% 654 643
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 9 20 70.6% 394 558
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 13 4 39.1% 376 961

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1900 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 68 - 9
SAT 25/08/1900 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 38
SAT 25/08/1900 2:30 PM Melbourne v Geelong East Melbourne 45 - 28
SAT 25/08/1900 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 19 - 59

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1900 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 31 - 30
SAT 01/09/1900 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 39 - 36
SAT 01/09/1900 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 44 - 31
SAT 01/09/1900 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 15 - 86

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1900 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 95 - 10
SAT 08/09/1900 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 20
SAT 08/09/1900 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 24 - 30
SAT 08/09/1900 2:30 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 39 - 57

Final Round 4

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1900 2:30 PM Essendon v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 43 - 45 16,000

Final Round 5

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1900 2:50 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy East Melbourne 34 - 30 20,181