1905 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1905 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds in a double round-robin format with three sectional rounds. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the First Amended Argus system. Fitzroy were the premiers, with Gerald Brosnan as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1905 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Matches: 72

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 2 60 175.0% 1,111 635 150 211 83 137
Fitzroy 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 135.4% 884 653 119 170 84 149
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 127.4% 1,005 789 133 207 104 165
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 8 36 114.4% 976 853 129 202 114 169
South Melbourne 5th 7 -1- 9 30 83.7% 816 975 110 156 132 183
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 11 24 79.0% 747 946 99 153 127 184
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 13 16 64.1% 690 1,076 93 132 146 200
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 14 12 70.9% 736 1,038 97 154 140 198

Major Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 160.5% 1,141 711 154 217 94 147
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -1- 4 58 141.0% 1,035 734 142 183 94 170
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 126.4% 1,126 891 150 226 119 177
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 9 36 108.6% 1,012 932 133 214 126 176

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Fitzroy 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by Fitzroy (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 4th Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
South Melbourne 5th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 6th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 7th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 60 - 52
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 34 - 31
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 39 - 62
SAT 06/05/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 62 - 46

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 159.0% 62 39
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 134.8% 62 46
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 115.4% 60 52
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 0 4 109.7% 34 31
Collingwood 5th 0 -0- 1 0 91.2% 31 34
Essendon 6th 0 -0- 1 0 86.7% 52 60
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 74.2% 46 62
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 1 0 62.9% 39 62

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 70 - 38
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 82 - 48
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 73 - 67
SAT 13/05/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 33 - 64

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 153.1% 98 64
South Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 127.4% 135 106
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 140.3% 101 72
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 1 4 124.1% 134 108
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 108.4% 129 119
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 1 4 80.3% 98 122
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 2 0 62.7% 79 126
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 2 0 60.4% 87 144

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 35
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 62 - 39
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 45 - 55
SAT 20/05/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 70 - 118

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 3 -0- 0 12 175.8% 174 99
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 154.2% 219 142
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 120.9% 191 158
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 111.8% 180 161
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 1 8 91.6% 153 167
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 2 4 101.8% 173 170
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 3 0 61.1% 149 244
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 3 0 55.5% 122 220

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 37 - 73
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 46 - 31
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 95 - 39
SAT 27/05/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 43 - 46

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 4 -0- 0 16 181.6% 247 136
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 153.2% 265 173
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 128.2% 268 209
Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 108.8% 222 204
South Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 2 8 85.5% 219 256
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 79.2% 190 240
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 3 4 67.9% 195 287
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 4 0 62.0% 165 266

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 81 - 22
SAT 03/06/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 30 - 38
MON 05/06/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 40 - 28
MON 05/06/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 39 - 54

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 0 20 171.7% 285 166
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 177.4% 346 195
Essendon 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 129.8% 322 248
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 2 12 85.8% 230 268
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 3 8 104.1% 252 242
South Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 3 8 71.5% 241 337
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 4 4 68.6% 234 341
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 5 0 63.1% 193 306

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 35 - 28
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 27 - 46
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 38 - 41
SAT 10/06/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 47 - 24

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 6 -0- 0 24 164.9% 320 194
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 176.6% 392 222
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 88.6% 271 306
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 3 12 123.7% 350 283
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 3 12 79.8% 288 361
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 4 8 102.5% 290 283
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 5 4 66.5% 258 388
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 6 0 62.5% 220 352

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 43 - 72
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 42
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 56 - 54
SAT 17/06/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 25 - 63

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 7 -0- 0 28 164.4% 388 236
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 175.1% 464 265
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 100.9% 334 331
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 4 12 110.7% 393 355
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 4 12 76.9% 330 429
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 5 8 101.5% 344 339
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 6 4 68.0% 276 406
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 6 4 62.7% 283 451

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 41 - 19
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 62 - 60
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 29 - 43
SAT 01/07/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 51

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 1 28 177.8% 505 284
Fitzroy 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 146.9% 407 277
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 100.3% 394 393
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 4 16 109.6% 455 415
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 5 12 76.1% 359 472
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 6 8 100.5% 395 393
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 6 8 73.3% 319 435
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 6 8 67.1% 337 502

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 44 - 59
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 40
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 62 - 48
SAT 08/07/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 26 - 58

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 1 32 172.0% 564 328
Fitzroy 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 157.1% 498 317
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 96.9% 438 452
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 5 16 105.5% 503 477
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 5 16 83.7% 417 498
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 6 12 78.9% 381 483
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 7 8 93.3% 421 451
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 7 8 63.6% 377 593

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 58 - 61
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 97 - 27
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 65 - 41
SAT 15/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 62 - 27

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 1 36 186.2% 661 355
Fitzroy 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 138.5% 525 379
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 5 20 109.7% 568 518
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 5 20 96.7% 496 513
South Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 5 20 86.0% 478 556
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 6 16 86.9% 443 510
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 8 8 89.5% 462 516
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 8 8 58.6% 404 690

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 39 - 41
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 41 - 74
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 50 - 49
SAT 22/07/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 23 - 48

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 1 40 185.6% 735 396
Fitzroy 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 134.3% 564 420
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 5 24 97.3% 537 552
South Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 5 24 87.3% 528 605
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 6 20 108.6% 617 568
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 6 20 92.1% 491 533
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 9 8 85.3% 503 590
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 9 8 57.9% 427 738

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 70 - 27
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 37 - 18
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 41 - 47
SAT 29/07/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 21 - 29

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 1 44 183.2% 764 417
Fitzroy 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 137.2% 601 438
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 98.5% 584 593
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 6 24 115.5% 687 595
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 6 24 86.6% 549 634
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 7 20 91.7% 532 580
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 10 8 83.1% 521 627
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 10 8 56.2% 454 808

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 82 - 20
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 50 - 36
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 29 - 42
SAT 05/08/1905 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 41 - 39

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 1 48 179.7% 814 453
Fitzroy 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 137.7% 643 467
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 108.6% 666 613
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 7 24 112.4% 716 637
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 7 24 87.1% 588 675
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 8 20 90.2% 568 630
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 10 12 58.4% 495 847
Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 11 8 76.3% 541 709

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 73 - 23
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 53 - 66
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 90 - 55
SAT 19/08/1905 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 50 - 50

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 167.1% 867 519
Fitzroy 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 134.0% 693 517
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 116.2% 739 636
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 7 28 113.3% 782 690
South Melbourne 5th 6 -1- 7 26 88.0% 638 725
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 9 20 86.5% 623 720
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 11 12 82.6% 631 764
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 11 12 56.3% 518 920

Round 15 (Sectional Round 1)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 66 - 49
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 73 - 29
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 31
SAT 26/08/1905 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 89 - 40

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 164.3% 933 568
Fitzroy 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 134.7% 738 548
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 112.3% 788 702
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 7 32 118.9% 855 719
South Melbourne 5th 7 -1- 7 30 95.0% 727 765
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 10 20 82.2% 652 793
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 12 12 78.7% 671 853
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 12 12 56.9% 549 965

Round 16 (Sectional Round 2)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 92 - 49
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 68 - 66
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 27 - 60
SAT 02/09/1905 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 54 - 84

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 2 56 166.9% 993 595
Fitzroy 2nd 11 -1- 4 46 130.5% 804 616
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 117.2% 880 751
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 7 36 121.5% 939 773
South Melbourne 5th 7 -1- 8 30 90.5% 776 857
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 10 24 83.8% 720 859
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 13 12 76.5% 698 913
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 13 12 57.5% 603 1,049

Round 17 (Sectional Round 3)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 118 - 40
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 37 - 80
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 38 - 125
SAT 09/09/1905 2:30 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 87 - 27

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 2 60 175.0% 1,111 635
Fitzroy 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 135.4% 884 653
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 127.4% 1,005 789
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 8 36 114.4% 976 853
South Melbourne 5th 7 -1- 9 30 83.7% 816 975
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 11 24 79.0% 747 946
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 13 16 64.1% 690 1,076
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 14 12 70.9% 736 1,038

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1905 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 30 - 76 14,000
SAT 16/09/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Princes Park 79 - 36 14,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1905 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton MCG 72 - 45 30,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1905 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood MCG 30 - 17 30,000