1901 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1901 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. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season did not feature a finals series and Port Melbourne were declared the premiers, with Billy McGee as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1901 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: Port Melbourne
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	3	52	138.2%	676	489	90	136	66	93
Richmond	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	156.9%	681	434	84	177	56	98
North Melbourne	3rd	11	-1-	4	46	130.0%	685	527	91	139	68	119
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	8	30	104.4%	621	595	84	117	80	115
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	9	28	100.9%	665	659	86	149	86	143
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	9	28	98.2%	609	620	83	111	80	140
Essendon Town	7th	7	-0-	9	28	79.0%	479	606	66	83	81	120
Brunswick	8th	6	-0-	10	24	87.7%	619	706	85	109	98	118
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	15	4	48.4%	375	774	49	81	103	156

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Prahran	Brunswick Park	53	-	41
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	40	-	34
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Essendon Town	North Port Oval	42	-	32
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Footscray	Punt Road Oval	18	-	39

Round 1 Bye: Williamstown

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	1	-0-	0	4	216.7%	39	18
Port Melbourne	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	131.3%	42	32
Brunswick	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	129.3%	53	41
North Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	0	4	117.6%	40	34
Williamstown	5th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Melbourne	6th	0	-0-	1	0	85.0%	34	40
Prahran	7th	0	-0-	1	0	77.4%	41	53
Essendon Town	8th	0	-0-	1	0	76.2%	32	42
Richmond	9th	0	-0-	1	0	46.2%	18	39

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	33	-	13
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v North Melbourne	North Port Oval	45	-	32
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Williamstown	Toorak Park	60	-	36
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	9	-	46

Round 2 Bye: Essendon Town

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	2	-0-	0	8	232.3%	72	31
Port Melbourne	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	135.9%	87	64
Richmond	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	133.3%	64	48
Prahran	4th	1	-0-	1	4	113.5%	101	89
North Melbourne	5th	1	-0-	1	4	91.1%	72	79
Brunswick	6th	1	-0-	1	4	89.2%	66	74
Essendon Town	7th	0	-0-	1	0	76.2%	32	42
Williamstown	8th	0	-0-	1	0	60.0%	36	60
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	2	0	50.0%	43	86

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Brunswick Park	66	-	57
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v North Melbourne	Windy Hill	21	-	35
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	38	-	26
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	20	-	32

Round 3 Bye: Richmond

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	3	-0-	0	12	193.0%	110	57
Prahran	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	122.0%	133	109
Port Melbourne	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	110.8%	144	130
North Melbourne	4th	2	-0-	1	8	107.0%	107	100
Brunswick	5th	2	-0-	1	8	100.8%	132	131
Richmond	6th	1	-0-	1	4	133.3%	64	48
Essendon Town	7th	0	-0-	2	0	68.8%	53	77
Williamstown	8th	0	-0-	2	0	63.3%	62	98
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	3	0	53.4%	63	118

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Essendon Town	Brunswick Park	64	-	23
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Footscray	Toorak Park	59	-	44
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Port Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	43	-	30
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v West Melbourne	WCG	42	-	24

Round 4 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Footscray	1st	3	-0-	1	12	132.8%	154	116
Brunswick	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	127.3%	196	154
Prahran	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	125.5%	192	153
Richmond	4th	2	-0-	1	8	137.2%	107	78
North Melbourne	5th	2	-0-	1	8	107.0%	107	100
Port Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	2	8	100.6%	174	173
Williamstown	7th	1	-0-	2	4	85.2%	104	122
West Melbourne	8th	0	-0-	4	0	54.4%	87	160
Essendon Town	9th	0	-0-	3	0	53.9%	76	141

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v West Melbourne	Windy Hill	41	-	24
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	37	-	8
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	29	-	41
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Richmond	Toorak Park	26	-	35

Round 5 Bye: Footscray

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	3	-0-	1	12	136.5%	142	104
North Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	133.3%	144	108
Footscray	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	132.8%	154	116
Prahran	4th	3	-0-	2	12	116.0%	218	188
Brunswick	5th	3	-0-	2	12	106.8%	204	191
Williamstown	6th	2	-0-	2	8	96.0%	145	151
Port Melbourne	7th	2	-0-	3	8	94.9%	203	214
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	3	4	70.9%	117	165
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	5	0	55.2%	111	201

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	37	-	29
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	42	-	36
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Brunswick	Punt Road Oval	82	-	21
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Essendon Town	WCG	69	-	14

Round 6 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	4	-0-	1	16	179.2%	224	125
Footscray	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	131.7%	191	145
North Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	129.2%	186	144
Williamstown	4th	3	-0-	2	12	129.7%	214	165
Prahran	5th	3	-0-	3	12	110.4%	254	230
Brunswick	6th	3	-0-	3	12	82.4%	225	273
Port Melbourne	7th	2	-0-	3	8	94.9%	203	214
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	4	4	56.0%	131	234
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	6	0	58.8%	140	238

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Prahran	Windy Hill	9	-	12
SAT	15/06/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	40	-	42
SAT	15/06/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	4	-	25
SAT	15/06/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Richmond	WCG	29	-	32

Round 7 Bye: Brunswick

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	5	-0-	1	20	166.2%	256	154
North Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	123.9%	228	184
Footscray	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	123.5%	231	187
Prahran	4th	4	-0-	3	16	111.3%	266	239
Williamstown	5th	3	-0-	3	12	123.4%	243	197
Port Melbourne	6th	3	-0-	3	12	104.6%	228	218
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	3	12	82.4%	225	273
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	5	4	56.9%	140	246
West Melbourne	9th	0	-0-	7	0	54.8%	144	263

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v West Melbourne	Brunswick Park	30	-	34
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Richmond	Windy Hill	27	-	59
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	29	-	29
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	54	-	28

Round 8 Bye: Prahran

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	6	-0-	1	24	174.0%	315	181
North Melbourne	2nd	5	-1-	1	22	120.7%	257	213
Port Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	114.6%	282	246
Prahran	4th	4	-0-	3	16	111.3%	266	239
Footscray	5th	4	-0-	3	16	107.5%	259	241
Williamstown	6th	3	-1-	3	14	120.4%	272	226
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	4	12	83.1%	255	307
West Melbourne	8th	1	-0-	7	4	60.8%	178	293
Essendon Town	9th	1	-0-	6	4	54.8%	167	305

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v Essendon Town	Western Oval	43	-	21
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Port Melbourne	Toorak Park	30	-	36
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v North Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	36	-	18
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brunswick	WCG	56	-	46

Round 9 Bye: West Melbourne

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	7	-0-	1	28	176.4%	351	199
North Melbourne	2nd	5	-1-	2	22	110.4%	275	249
Footscray	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	115.3%	302	262
Port Melbourne	4th	5	-0-	3	20	115.2%	318	276
Williamstown	5th	4	-1-	3	18	120.6%	328	272
Prahran	6th	4	-0-	4	16	107.6%	296	275
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	5	12	82.9%	301	363
West Melbourne	8th	1	-0-	7	4	60.8%	178	293
Essendon Town	9th	1	-0-	7	4	54.0%	188	348

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v Richmond	Western Oval	28	-	42
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Essendon Town	North Port Oval	33	-	25
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Brunswick	Toorak Park	63	-	47
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	18	-	56

Round 10 Bye: Williamstown

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	8	-0-	1	32	173.1%	393	227
North Melbourne	2nd	6	-1-	2	26	124.0%	331	267
Port Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	116.6%	351	301
Prahran	4th	5	-0-	4	20	111.5%	359	322
Footscray	5th	5	-0-	4	20	108.6%	330	304
Williamstown	6th	4	-1-	3	18	120.6%	328	272
Brunswick	7th	3	-0-	6	12	81.7%	348	426
West Melbourne	8th	1	-0-	8	4	56.2%	196	349
Essendon Town	9th	1	-0-	8	4	55.9%	213	381

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Footscray	Brunswick Park	46	-	45
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	43	-	60
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v West Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	74	-	16
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Prahran	WCG	57	-	29

Round 11 Bye: Essendon Town

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	9	-0-	1	36	192.2%	467	243
Port Melbourne	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	119.5%	411	344
North Melbourne	3rd	6	-1-	3	26	114.4%	374	327
Williamstown	4th	5	-1-	3	22	127.9%	385	301
Footscray	5th	5	-0-	5	20	107.1%	375	350
Prahran	6th	5	-0-	5	20	102.4%	388	379
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	6	16	83.7%	394	471
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	8	4	55.9%	213	381
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	9	4	50.1%	212	423

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Essendon Town	Arden Street Oval	45	-	29
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Brunswick	North Port Oval	56	-	25
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v West Melbourne	Toorak Park	93	-	36
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Footscray	WCG	50	-	16

Round 12 Bye: Richmond

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	9	-0-	1	36	192.2%	467	243
Port Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	126.6%	467	369
North Melbourne	3rd	7	-1-	3	30	117.7%	419	356
Williamstown	4th	6	-1-	3	26	137.2%	435	317
Prahran	5th	6	-0-	5	24	115.9%	481	415
Footscray	6th	5	-0-	6	20	97.8%	391	400
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	7	16	79.5%	419	527
Essendon Town	8th	1	-0-	9	4	56.8%	242	426
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	10	4	48.1%	248	516

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Brunswick	Windy Hill	34	-	31
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v Prahran	Western Oval	38	-	27
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Richmond	North Port Oval	26	-	15
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	28	-	44

Round 13 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	9	-0-	2	36	179.2%	482	269
Port Melbourne	2nd	9	-0-	3	36	128.4%	493	384
Williamstown	3rd	7	-1-	3	30	138.8%	479	345
North Melbourne	4th	7	-1-	3	30	117.7%	419	356
Prahran	5th	6	-0-	6	24	112.1%	508	453
Footscray	6th	6	-0-	6	24	100.5%	429	427
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	8	16	80.2%	450	561
Essendon Town	8th	2	-0-	9	8	60.4%	276	457
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	11	4	49.3%	276	560

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/08/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	38	-	57
SAT	03/08/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v West Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	45	-	25
SAT	03/08/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Prahran	Punt Road Oval	64	-	42
SAT	03/08/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Port Melbourne	WCG	14	-	39

Round 14 Bye: Footscray

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	10	-0-	2	40	175.6%	546	311
Port Melbourne	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	133.7%	532	398
North Melbourne	3rd	8	-1-	3	34	120.8%	476	394
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	4	30	128.4%	493	384
Prahran	5th	6	-0-	7	24	106.4%	550	517
Footscray	6th	6	-0-	6	24	100.5%	429	427
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	9	16	79.0%	488	618
Essendon Town	8th	3	-0-	9	12	66.6%	321	482
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	12	4	49.8%	301	605

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Richmond	Brunswick Park	19	-	38
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Williamstown	Windy Hill	40	-	27
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	Footscray v West Melbourne	Western Oval	83	-	30
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v North Melbourne	Toorak Park	50	-	41

Round 15 Bye: Port Melbourne

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	11	-0-	2	44	177.0%	584	330
Port Melbourne	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	133.7%	532	398
North Melbourne	3rd	8	-1-	4	34	116.4%	517	444
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	5	30	122.6%	520	424
Footscray	5th	7	-0-	6	28	112.0%	512	457
Prahran	6th	7	-0-	7	28	107.5%	600	558
Brunswick	7th	4	-0-	10	16	77.3%	507	656
Essendon Town	8th	4	-0-	9	16	70.9%	361	509
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	13	4	48.1%	331	688

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	88	-	41
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v West Melbourne	North Port Oval	46	-	35
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	Prahran v Essendon Town	Toorak Park	42	-	47
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Williamstown	Punt Road Oval	51	-	32

Round 16 Bye: Brunswick

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	12	-0-	2	48	175.4%	635	362
Port Melbourne	2nd	11	-0-	3	44	133.5%	578	433
North Melbourne	3rd	9	-1-	4	38	124.7%	605	485
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	6	30	116.2%	552	475
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	8	28	106.1%	642	605
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	7	28	101.5%	553	545
Essendon Town	7th	5	-0-	9	20	74.0%	408	551
Brunswick	8th	4	-0-	10	16	77.3%	507	656
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	14	4	49.9%	366	734

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Footscray	North Port Oval	44	-	33
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	Richmond v Essendon Town	Punt Road Oval	32	-	40
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	West Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	9	-	40
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	28	-	48

Round 17 Bye: Prahran

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond	1st	12	-0-	3	48	165.9%	667	402
Port Melbourne	2nd	12	-0-	3	48	133.5%	622	466
North Melbourne	3rd	10	-1-	4	42	127.3%	653	513
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	7	30	110.9%	580	523
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	8	28	106.1%	642	605
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	8	28	99.5%	586	589
Essendon Town	7th	6	-0-	9	24	76.8%	448	583
Brunswick	8th	5	-0-	10	20	82.3%	547	665
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	15	4	48.4%	375	774

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Williamstown	Brunswick Park	72	-	41
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	Essendon Town v Footscray	Windy Hill	31	-	23
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Richmond	Arden Street Oval	32	-	14
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Prahran	North Port Oval	54	-	23

Round 18 Bye: West Melbourne

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	3	52	138.2%	676	489
Richmond	2nd	12	-0-	4	48	156.9%	681	434
North Melbourne	3rd	11	-1-	4	46	130.0%	685	527
Williamstown	4th	7	-1-	8	30	104.4%	621	595
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	9	28	100.9%	665	659
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	9	28	98.2%	609	620
Essendon Town	7th	7	-0-	9	28	79.0%	479	606
Brunswick	8th	6	-0-	10	24	87.7%	619	706
West Melbourne	9th	1	-0-	15	4	48.4%	375	774

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