1906 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1906 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. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the First Amended Argus system. Carlton were the premiers, with Jim Flynn as the premiership captain and Jack Worrall as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1906 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: First Amended Argus System
Matches: 71

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 Alec Hall

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Fitzroy
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 3 56 153.5% 1,171 763 163 193 102 151
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 153.3% 1,058 690 144 194 91 144
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 140.3% 1,232 878 171 206 121 152
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 7 40 115.1% 959 833 126 203 110 173
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 9 32 99.9% 965 966 133 167 134 162
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 11 24 88.1% 796 904 102 184 121 178
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 12 20 64.3% 775 1,206 103 157 164 222
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 16 4 48.7% 681 1,397 93 123 192 245

Major Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 16 -0- 3 64 154.2% 1,329 862 187 207 116 166
Fitzroy 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 143.3% 1,175 820 160 215 111 154
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 136.5% 1,286 942 179 212 130 162
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 8 40 109.9% 995 905 131 209 120 185

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 83 - 56
SAT 05/05/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 91 - 37
SAT 05/05/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 60 - 67
SAT 05/05/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 68 - 14

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 1 -0- 0 4 485.7% 68 14
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 245.9% 91 37
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 148.2% 83 56
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 111.7% 67 60
Essendon 5th 0 -0- 1 0 89.6% 60 67
Melbourne 6th 0 -0- 1 0 67.5% 56 83
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 1 0 40.7% 37 91
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 20.6% 14 68

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 42 - 80
SAT 12/05/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 53 - 73
SAT 12/05/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 77 - 57
SAT 12/05/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 35 - 100

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 210.4% 141 67
Carlton 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 201.1% 183 91
South Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 123.1% 144 117
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 1 4 129.8% 148 114
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 128.4% 140 109
Melbourne 6th 0 -0- 2 0 69.9% 109 156
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 2 0 46.2% 79 171
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 2 0 29.2% 49 168

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 106 - 43
SAT 19/05/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 76 - 42
SAT 19/05/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 92
SAT 19/05/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 74 - 61

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 215.7% 289 134
South Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 122.5% 218 178
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 147.2% 240 163
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 1 8 143.0% 216 151
Fitzroy 5th 2 -0- 1 8 119.5% 190 159
Melbourne 6th 0 -0- 3 0 65.1% 151 232
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 3 0 45.5% 110 242
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 3 0 44.0% 122 277

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 37 - 57
SAT 26/05/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 31 - 57
SAT 26/05/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 39 - 34
SAT 26/05/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 44 - 13

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 202.3% 346 171
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 130.0% 247 190
South Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 116.1% 252 217
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 2 8 125.9% 277 220
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 2 8 117.4% 229 195
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 3 4 71.4% 190 266
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 3 4 60.4% 154 255
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 4 0 45.8% 153 334

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 51 - 46
SAT 02/06/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 31 - 89
MON 04/06/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 69 - 65
MON 04/06/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 56 - 75

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 175.8% 415 236
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 145.8% 366 251
Fitzroy 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 121.6% 293 241
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 2 12 116.2% 280 241
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 110.8% 317 286
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 4 4 72.1% 246 341
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 4 4 58.5% 228 390
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 4 4 53.8% 185 344

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 66 - 49
SAT 09/06/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 44 - 56
SAT 09/06/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 61 - 31
SAT 09/06/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 94 - 45

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 0 24 168.2% 471 280
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 119.3% 346 290
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 3 12 130.9% 415 317
Fitzroy 4th 3 -0- 3 12 113.5% 337 297
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 3 12 100.3% 348 347
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 4 8 71.7% 279 389
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 4 8 68.6% 289 421
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 5 4 66.9% 291 435

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 39 - 74
SAT 16/06/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 90 - 46
SAT 16/06/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 41 - 37
SAT 16/06/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 40 - 62

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 144.1% 510 354
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 127.7% 420 329
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 139.1% 505 363
Fitzroy 4th 4 -0- 3 16 118.4% 399 337
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 4 12 94.9% 388 409
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 4 12 72.1% 330 458
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 5 8 73.5% 316 430
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 6 4 64.2% 337 525

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 61 - 75
SAT 30/06/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 25 - 70
SAT 30/06/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 26 - 59
SAT 30/06/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 20 - 25

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 153.0% 580 379
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 134.9% 479 355
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 136.8% 580 424
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 3 20 118.8% 424 357
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 5 12 88.5% 414 468
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 5 12 73.4% 391 533
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 6 8 73.8% 336 455
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 7 4 60.8% 362 595

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 49 - 25
SAT 07/07/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 98 - 38
SAT 07/07/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 112 - 41
SAT 07/07/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 39

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 1 32 155.7% 629 404
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 149.2% 591 396
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 146.8% 678 462
Fitzroy 4th 6 -0- 3 24 130.1% 515 396
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 6 12 79.9% 452 566
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 6 12 67.0% 432 645
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 7 8 71.6% 361 504
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 8 4 58.5% 401 686

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 44 - 88
SAT 14/07/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 36 - 63
SAT 14/07/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 29 - 95
SAT 14/07/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 35 - 28

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 1 36 157.3% 692 440
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 161.4% 686 425
Fitzroy 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 137.0% 603 440
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 4 24 131.3% 722 550
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 7 12 79.9% 480 601
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 7 12 74.4% 396 532
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 7 12 66.1% 468 708
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 9 4 55.1% 430 781

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 80 - 43
SAT 21/07/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 35 - 33
SAT 21/07/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 37
SAT 21/07/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 83 - 27

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 1 40 159.8% 772 483
Essendon 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 157.4% 721 458
Fitzroy 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 140.5% 670 477
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 5 24 121.4% 765 630
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 7 16 89.6% 563 628
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 8 12 75.7% 429 567
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 8 12 65.2% 505 775
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 10 4 52.9% 457 864

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 82 - 20
SAT 28/07/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 30 - 38
SAT 28/07/1906 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 57 - 46
SAT 28/07/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 84 - 45

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 2 40 155.5% 759 488
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 144.1% 817 567
Fitzroy 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 135.9% 700 515
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 5 28 130.3% 847 650
South Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 7 20 96.1% 647 673
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 8 16 68.5% 562 821
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 9 12 69.2% 449 649
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 11 4 54.6% 503 921

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1906 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 69 - 37
SAT 04/08/1906 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 101 - 38
SAT 11/08/1906 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 33 - 38
SAT 11/08/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 40 - 73

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 3 40 142.9% 796 557
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 140.5% 850 605
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 134.7% 738 548
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 5 32 133.3% 916 687
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 7 24 105.2% 748 711
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 9 16 75.8% 522 689
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 9 16 65.1% 600 922
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 12 4 54.6% 543 994

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1906 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 36 - 72
SAT 18/08/1906 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 42
SAT 18/08/1906 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 41 - 104
SAT 18/08/1906 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 81 - 31

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 3 44 143.8% 922 641
Fitzroy 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 140.2% 827 590
Essendon 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 132.3% 832 629
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 5 36 140.1% 1,020 728
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 8 24 98.8% 790 800
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 9 20 83.8% 603 720
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 10 16 62.9% 631 1,003
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 13 4 53.2% 584 1,098

Round 15 (Sectional Round 1)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1906 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 72 - 54
SAT 25/08/1906 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 78 - 61
SAT 25/08/1906 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 13 - 120
SAT 25/08/1906 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 70 - 49

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 3 48 143.0% 994 695
Fitzroy 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 157.0% 947 603
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 139.2% 1,098 789
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 126.4% 886 701
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 8 28 101.3% 860 849
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 10 20 83.2% 664 798
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 11 16 63.4% 680 1,073
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 14 4 49.0% 597 1,218

Round 16 (Sectional Round 2)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1906 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 31 - 66
SAT 01/09/1906 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 38 - 27
SAT 01/09/1906 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 29 - 91
SAT 01/09/1906 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 72 - 33

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 3 52 149.9% 1,085 724
Fitzroy 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 156.3% 985 630
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 136.0% 1,125 827
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 119.6% 917 767
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 8 32 105.2% 926 880
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 10 24 88.6% 736 831
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 12 16 60.9% 709 1,164
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 15 4 48.8% 630 1,290

Round 17 (Sectional Round 3)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1906 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 66 - 42
SAT 08/09/1906 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 51 - 107
SAT 08/09/1906 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 39 - 86
SAT 08/09/1906 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 60 - 73

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 3 56 153.5% 1,171 763
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 153.3% 1,058 690
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 140.3% 1,232 878
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 7 40 115.1% 959 833
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 9 32 99.9% 965 966
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 11 24 88.1% 796 904
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 12 20 64.3% 775 1,206
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 16 4 48.7% 681 1,397

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1906 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 54 15,000
SAT 15/09/1906 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon MCG 72 - 36 8,500

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1906 2:50 PM Carlton v Fitzroy MCG 94 - 45 44,437