1915 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1915 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured thirteen rounds. North Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. North Melbourne were the premiers, with Syd Barker as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1915 VFA Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 13
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 68

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Brighton	Brighton Beach Oval
Brunswick	Brunswick Park
Essendon Association	Windy Hill
Footscray	Western Oval	Jim Cassidy
Hawthorn	Glenferrie Oval	Alf Gough
North Melbourne	Arden Street Oval
Northcote	Northcote Park
Port Melbourne	North Port Oval
Prahran	Toorak Park
Williamstown	WCG

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne
Runners-Up: Brunswick
Minor Premiers: North Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
North Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	0	52	180.2%	883	490	120	163	66	94
Brunswick	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	133.6%	815	610	110	155	78	142
Williamstown	3rd	9	-0-	4	36	124.3%	737	593	99	143	78	125
Port Melbourne	4th	9	-0-	4	36	126.5%	897	709	124	153	94	145
Prahran	5th	8	-1-	4	34	106.0%	724	683	97	142	91	137
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	6	28	132.5%	816	616	114	132	79	142
Northcote	7th	3	-2-	8	16	94.2%	746	792	101	140	112	120
Essendon Association	8th	2	-0-	11	8	75.3%	627	833	82	135	113	155
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	11	6	58.5%	627	1,072	85	117	149	178
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	12	4	58.9%	678	1,152	88	150	160	192

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
North Melbourne	1st	Premiers
Brunswick	2nd	Runners-Up
Williamstown	3rd	Defeated by North Melbourne (Semi Final)
Port Melbourne	4th	Defeated by Brunswick (Semi Final)
Prahran	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Footscray	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Northcote	7th	Did not qualify for finals
Essendon Association	8th	Did not qualify for finals
Brighton	9th	Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn	10th	Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/04/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v Williamstown	Brighton Beach Oval	35	-	51
SAT	24/04/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Brunswick	Windy Hill	31	-	48
SAT	24/04/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Prahran	Western Oval	18	-	38
SAT	24/04/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Northcote	Glenferrie Oval	47	-	72
SAT	24/04/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	53	-	37

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Prahran	1st	1	-0-	0	4	211.1%	38	18
Brunswick	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	154.8%	48	31
Northcote	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	153.2%	72	47
Williamstown	4th	1	-0-	0	4	145.7%	51	35
North Melbourne	5th	1	-0-	0	4	143.2%	53	37
Port Melbourne	6th	0	-0-	1	0	69.8%	37	53
Brighton	7th	0	-0-	1	0	68.6%	35	51
Hawthorn	8th	0	-0-	1	0	65.3%	47	72
Essendon Association	9th	0	-0-	1	0	64.6%	31	48
Footscray	10th	0	-0-	1	0	47.4%	18	38

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Hawthorn	Brunswick Park	102	-	39
SAT	01/05/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Footscray	Northcote Park	32	-	67
SAT	01/05/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Brighton	North Port Oval	84	-	39
SAT	01/05/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Essendon (A)	Toorak Park	81	-	54
SAT	01/05/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v North Melbourne	WCG	40	-	52

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Brunswick	1st	2	-0-	0	8	214.3%	150	70
Prahran	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	165.3%	119	72
North Melbourne	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	136.4%	105	77
Port Melbourne	4th	1	-0-	1	4	131.5%	121	92
Footscray	5th	1	-0-	1	4	121.4%	85	70
Williamstown	6th	1	-0-	1	4	104.6%	91	87
Northcote	7th	1	-0-	1	4	91.2%	104	114
Essendon Association	8th	0	-0-	2	0	65.9%	85	129
Brighton	9th	0	-0-	2	0	54.8%	74	135
Hawthorn	10th	0	-0-	2	0	49.4%	86	174

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v North Melbourne	Brunswick Park	68	-	93
SAT	08/05/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Williamstown	Windy Hill	43	-	85
SAT	08/05/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Brighton	Western Oval	95	-	59
SAT	08/05/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Port Melbourne	Glenferrie Oval	81	-	90
SAT	08/05/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Prahran	Northcote Park	64	-	77

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Prahran	1st	3	-0-	0	12	144.1%	196	136
North Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	136.6%	198	145
Footscray	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	139.5%	180	129
Williamstown	4th	2	-0-	1	8	135.4%	176	130
Brunswick	5th	2	-0-	1	8	133.7%	218	163
Port Melbourne	6th	2	-0-	1	8	122.0%	211	173
Northcote	7th	1	-0-	2	4	88.0%	168	191
Hawthorn	8th	0	-0-	3	0	63.3%	167	264
Essendon Association	9th	0	-0-	3	0	59.8%	128	214
Brighton	10th	0	-0-	3	0	57.8%	133	230

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v Northcote	Brighton Beach Oval	76	-	76
SAT	15/05/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Footscray	Arden Street Oval	66	-	46
SAT	15/05/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Essendon (A)	North Port Oval	76	-	57
SAT	15/05/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Brunswick	Toorak Park	36	-	40
SAT	15/05/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Hawthorn	WCG	45	-	42

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	4	-0-	0	16	138.2%	264	191
Prahran	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	131.8%	232	176
Brunswick	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	129.6%	258	199
Williamstown	4th	3	-0-	1	12	128.5%	221	172
Port Melbourne	5th	3	-0-	1	12	124.8%	287	230
Footscray	6th	2	-0-	2	8	115.9%	226	195
Northcote	7th	1	-1-	2	6	91.4%	244	267
Brighton	8th	0	-1-	3	2	68.3%	209	306
Hawthorn	9th	0	-0-	4	0	67.6%	209	309
Essendon Association	10th	0	-0-	4	0	63.8%	185	290

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Brunswick Park	65	-	56
SAT	22/05/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Williamstown	Western Oval	21	-	26
SAT	22/05/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v North Melbourne	Glenferrie Oval	39	-	104
SAT	22/05/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Essendon (A)	Northcote Park	28	-	48
SAT	22/05/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Brighton	Toorak Park	52	-	51

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	5	-0-	0	20	160.0%	368	230
Williamstown	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	128.0%	247	193
Brunswick	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	126.7%	323	255
Prahran	4th	4	-0-	1	16	125.1%	284	227
Port Melbourne	5th	3	-0-	2	12	116.3%	343	295
Footscray	6th	2	-0-	3	8	111.8%	247	221
Northcote	7th	1	-1-	3	6	86.3%	272	315
Essendon Association	8th	1	-0-	4	4	73.3%	233	318
Brighton	9th	0	-1-	4	2	72.6%	260	358
Hawthorn	10th	0	-0-	5	0	60.0%	248	413

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v Hawthorn	Brighton Beach Oval	84	-	69
SAT	29/05/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Williamstown	Brunswick Park	65	-	58
SAT	29/05/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Footscray	Windy Hill	33	-	56
SAT	29/05/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v North Melbourne	Northcote Park	43	-	57
SAT	29/05/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Prahran	North Port Oval	70	-	53

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	6	-0-	0	24	155.7%	425	273
Brunswick	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	124.0%	388	313
Port Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	118.7%	413	348
Williamstown	4th	4	-0-	2	16	118.2%	305	258
Prahran	5th	4	-0-	2	16	113.5%	337	297
Footscray	6th	3	-0-	3	12	119.3%	303	254
Northcote	7th	1	-1-	4	6	84.7%	315	372
Brighton	8th	1	-1-	4	6	80.6%	344	427
Essendon Association	9th	1	-0-	5	4	71.1%	266	374
Hawthorn	10th	0	-0-	6	0	63.8%	317	497

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Brighton	Brunswick Park	75	-	24
SAT	05/06/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Port Melbourne	Western Oval	40	-	42
SAT	05/06/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Essendon (A)	Arden Street Oval	67	-	23
SAT	05/06/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Hawthorn	Toorak Park	99	-	58
SAT	05/06/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Northcote	WCG	58	-	50

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	7	-0-	0	28	166.2%	492	296
Brunswick	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	137.4%	463	337
Prahran	3rd	5	-0-	2	20	122.8%	436	355
Williamstown	4th	5	-0-	2	20	117.9%	363	308
Port Melbourne	5th	5	-0-	2	20	117.3%	455	388
Footscray	6th	3	-0-	4	12	115.9%	343	296
Northcote	7th	1	-1-	5	6	84.9%	365	430
Brighton	8th	1	-1-	5	6	73.3%	368	502
Essendon Association	9th	1	-0-	6	4	65.5%	289	441
Hawthorn	10th	0	-0-	7	0	62.9%	375	596

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v North Melbourne	Brighton Beach Oval	44	-	86
SAT	12/06/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Brunswick	Western Oval	39	-	54
SAT	12/06/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Essendon (A)	Glenferrie Oval	90	-	79
SAT	12/06/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Port Melbourne	Northcote Park	55	-	62
SAT	12/06/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Prahran	WCG	41	-	51

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	8	-0-	0	32	170.0%	578	340
Brunswick	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	137.5%	517	376
Prahran	3rd	6	-0-	2	24	123.0%	487	396
Port Melbourne	4th	6	-0-	2	24	116.7%	517	443
Williamstown	5th	5	-0-	3	20	112.5%	404	359
Footscray	6th	3	-0-	5	12	109.1%	382	350
Northcote	7th	1	-1-	6	6	85.4%	420	492
Brighton	8th	1	-1-	6	6	70.1%	412	588
Essendon Association	9th	1	-0-	7	4	69.3%	368	531
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	7	4	68.9%	465	675

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Northcote	Brunswick Park	71	-	39
SAT	19/06/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Brighton	Windy Hill	74	-	57
SAT	19/06/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Footscray	Glenferrie Oval	30	-	96
SAT	19/06/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Prahran	Arden Street Oval	57	-	18
SAT	19/06/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Williamstown	North Port Oval	44	-	45

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	9	-0-	0	36	177.4%	635	358
Brunswick	2nd	8	-0-	1	32	141.7%	588	415
Port Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	115.0%	561	488
Prahran	4th	6	-0-	3	24	111.5%	505	453
Williamstown	5th	6	-0-	3	24	111.4%	449	403
Footscray	6th	4	-0-	5	16	125.8%	478	380
Essendon Association	7th	2	-0-	7	8	75.2%	442	588
Northcote	8th	1	-1-	7	6	81.5%	459	563
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	7	6	70.8%	469	662
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	8	4	64.2%	495	771

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Essendon (A)	Brunswick Park	61	-	46
SAT	26/06/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Hawthorn	Northcote Park	73	-	44
SAT	26/06/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v North Melbourne	North Port Oval	29	-	67
SAT	26/06/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Footscray	Toorak Park	59	-	83
SAT	26/06/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Brighton	WCG	94	-	30

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	10	-0-	0	40	181.4%	702	387
Brunswick	2nd	9	-0-	1	36	140.8%	649	461
Williamstown	3rd	7	-0-	3	28	125.4%	543	433
Port Melbourne	4th	6	-0-	4	24	106.3%	590	555
Prahran	5th	6	-0-	4	24	105.2%	564	536
Footscray	6th	5	-0-	5	20	127.8%	561	439
Northcote	7th	2	-1-	7	10	87.6%	532	607
Essendon Association	8th	2	-0-	8	8	75.2%	488	649
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	8	6	66.0%	499	756
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	9	4	63.9%	539	844

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v Port Melbourne	Brighton Beach Oval	53	-	100
SAT	03/07/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Prahran	Windy Hill	36	-	43
SAT	03/07/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v Northcote	Western Oval	96	-	61
SAT	03/07/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Brunswick	Glenferrie Oval	34	-	77
SAT	03/07/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	53	-	29

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	11	-0-	0	44	181.5%	755	416
Brunswick	2nd	10	-0-	1	40	146.7%	726	495
Williamstown	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	117.7%	572	486
Port Melbourne	4th	7	-0-	4	28	113.5%	690	608
Prahran	5th	7	-0-	4	28	106.1%	607	572
Footscray	6th	6	-0-	5	24	131.4%	657	500
Northcote	7th	2	-1-	8	10	84.4%	593	703
Essendon Association	8th	2	-0-	9	8	75.7%	524	692
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	9	6	64.5%	552	856
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	10	4	62.2%	573	921

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1915	2:10 PM	Brighton v Footscray	Brighton Beach Oval	44	-	121
SAT	10/07/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	56	-	36
SAT	10/07/1915	2:10 PM	Port Melbourne v Hawthorn	North Port Oval	133	-	39
SAT	10/07/1915	2:10 PM	Prahran v Northcote	Toorak Park	58	-	58
SAT	10/07/1915	2:10 PM	Williamstown v Essendon (A)	WCG	67	-	41

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	12	-0-	0	48	179.4%	811	452
Brunswick	2nd	10	-0-	2	40	138.3%	762	551
Port Melbourne	3rd	8	-0-	4	32	127.2%	823	647
Williamstown	4th	8	-0-	4	32	121.3%	639	527
Prahran	5th	7	-1-	4	30	105.6%	665	630
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	5	28	143.0%	778	544
Northcote	7th	2	-2-	8	12	85.5%	651	761
Essendon Association	8th	2	-0-	10	8	74.4%	565	759
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	10	6	61.0%	596	977
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	11	4	58.1%	612	1,054

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Prahran	Brunswick Park	53	-	59
SAT	17/07/1915	2:10 PM	Essendon (A) v Port Melbourne	Windy Hill	62	-	74
SAT	17/07/1915	2:10 PM	Footscray v North Melbourne	Western Oval	38	-	72
SAT	17/07/1915	2:10 PM	Hawthorn v Williamstown	Glenferrie Oval	66	-	98
SAT	17/07/1915	2:10 PM	Northcote v Brighton	Northcote Park	95	-	31

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	0	52	180.2%	883	490
Brunswick	2nd	10	-0-	3	40	133.6%	815	610
Port Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	4	36	126.5%	897	709
Williamstown	4th	9	-0-	4	36	124.3%	737	593
Prahran	5th	8	-1-	4	34	106.0%	724	683
Footscray	6th	7	-0-	6	28	132.5%	816	616
Northcote	7th	3	-2-	8	16	94.2%	746	792
Essendon Association	8th	2	-0-	11	8	75.3%	627	833
Brighton	9th	1	-1-	11	6	58.5%	627	1,072
Hawthorn	10th	1	-0-	12	4	58.9%	678	1,152

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/07/1915	2:10 PM	Brunswick v Port Melbourne	Arden Street Oval	74	-	56	6,000
SAT	31/07/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Williamstown	Arden Street Oval	80	-	32	4,000

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/08/1915	2:10 PM	North Melbourne v Brunswick	Arden Street Oval	76	-	28	8,000

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