1916 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1916 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twelve rounds in a quadruple round-robin format. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Fitzroy were the premiers, with Wally Johnson as the premiership captain and George Holden as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1916 VFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 12
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 28

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Carlton	Princes Park	Norm Clark
Collingwood	Victoria Park	Jock McHale
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval	George Holden
Richmond	Punt Road Oval	Charlie Ricketts

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Carlton	1st	10	-0-	2	40	137.2%	918	669	126	162	91	123
Collingwood	2nd	6	-1-	5	26	100.0%	803	803	111	137	111	137
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	7	20	89.9%	792	881	110	132	121	155
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	9	10	81.6%	711	871	96	135	120	151

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Fitzroy	1st	Premiers
Carlton	2nd	Runners-Up
Collingwood	3rd	Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Richmond	4th	Defeated by Carlton (Semi Final)

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/05/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	60	-	64
SAT	06/05/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Collingwood	Punt Road Oval	69	-	77	6,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	1	-0-	0	4	111.6%	77	69
Fitzroy	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	106.7%	64	60
Carlton	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	93.8%	60	64
Richmond	4th	0	-0-	1	0	89.6%	69	77

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/05/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	45	-	71
SAT	13/05/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Richmond	Brunswick Street Oval	66	-	37	5,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	2	-0-	0	8	134.0%	130	97
Carlton	2nd	1	-0-	1	4	120.2%	131	109
Collingwood	3rd	1	-0-	1	4	87.1%	122	140
Richmond	4th	0	-0-	2	0	74.1%	106	143

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/05/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	50	-	50
SAT	20/05/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Carlton	Punt Road Oval	61	-	66	7,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy	1st	2	-1-	0	10	122.4%	180	147
Carlton	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	115.9%	197	170
Collingwood	3rd	1	-1-	1	6	90.5%	172	190
Richmond	4th	0	-0-	3	0	79.9%	167	209

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Richmond	Victoria Park	78	-	53	5,000
SAT	27/05/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	51	-	84

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	3	-0-	1	12	127.1%	281	221
Collingwood	2nd	2	-1-	1	10	102.9%	250	243
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-1-	1	10	100.0%	231	231
Richmond	4th	0	-0-	4	0	76.7%	220	287

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/06/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	75	-	76
MON	05/06/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Fitzroy	Punt Road Oval	127	-	68	10,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	3	-1-	1	14	102.5%	326	318
Carlton	2nd	3	-0-	2	12	119.9%	356	297
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-1-	2	10	83.5%	299	358
Richmond	4th	1	-0-	4	4	97.7%	347	355

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/06/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Richmond	Princes Park	92	-	31
SAT	10/06/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	79	-	65

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	4	-1-	1	18	105.7%	405	383
Carlton	2nd	4	-0-	2	16	136.6%	448	328
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-1-	3	10	83.3%	364	437
Richmond	4th	1	-0-	5	4	84.6%	378	447

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Richmond	Victoria Park	74	-	75
SAT	17/06/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	50	-	79

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	5	-0-	2	20	139.4%	527	378
Collingwood	2nd	4	-1-	2	18	104.6%	479	458
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-1-	4	10	80.2%	414	516
Richmond	4th	2	-0-	5	8	86.9%	453	521

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/06/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	65	-	53
SAT	24/06/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Fitzroy	Punt Road Oval	65	-	55

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	6	-0-	2	24	137.4%	592	431
Collingwood	2nd	4	-1-	3	18	101.7%	532	523
Richmond	3rd	3	-0-	5	12	89.9%	518	576
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	5	10	80.7%	469	581

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/07/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Richmond	Princes Park	91	-	41	2,000
SAT	08/07/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	59	-	58

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	7	-0-	2	28	144.7%	683	472
Collingwood	2nd	5	-1-	3	22	101.7%	591	581
Richmond	3rd	3	-0-	6	12	83.8%	559	667
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	6	10	82.3%	527	640

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/07/1916	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	81	-	62
SAT	15/07/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Collingwood	Punt Road Oval	93	-	67

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	8	-0-	2	32	143.1%	764	534
Collingwood	2nd	5	-1-	4	22	97.6%	658	674
Richmond	3rd	4	-0-	6	16	88.8%	652	734
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	7	10	81.7%	589	721

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1916	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	70	-	72
SAT	22/07/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Richmond	Brunswick Street Oval	65	-	75

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	9	-0-	2	36	138.4%	836	604
Collingwood	2nd	5	-1-	5	22	97.6%	728	746
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	6	20	91.0%	727	799
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	8	10	82.2%	654	796

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/07/1916	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	57	-	75
SAT	29/07/1916	3:00 PM	Richmond v Carlton	Punt Road Oval	65	-	82

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Carlton	1st	10	-0-	2	40	137.2%	918	669
Collingwood	2nd	6	-1-	5	26	100.0%	803	803
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	7	20	89.9%	792	881
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	9	10	81.6%	711	871

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Carlton	1st	10	-0-	2	40	137.2%	918	669	126	162	91	123
Collingwood	2nd	6	-1-	5	26	100.0%	803	803	111	137	111	137
Richmond	3rd	5	-0-	7	20	89.9%	792	881	110	132	121	155
Fitzroy	4th	2	-1-	9	10	81.6%	711	871	96	135	120	151

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/08/1916	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	MCG	57	-	63	9,690
SAT	19/08/1916	2:30 PM	Carlton v Richmond	MCG	75	-	72	11,728

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Carlton*	1st
Fitzroy	2nd
Collingwood	3rd
Richmond	4th

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 2

Final (Preliminary Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1916	2:30 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	MCG	42	-	65	15,567

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Fitzroy	1st
Carlton*	2nd
Collingwood	3rd
Richmond	4th

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 3

Challenge Final (Grand Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1916	2:50 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	MCG	85	-	56	21,130

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Fitzroy	1st
Carlton	2nd
Collingwood	3rd
Richmond	4th

Links

Fixtures (VFL/AFL)

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