• Melbourne Football Club. It was the club's first VFA premiership. Prior to the start of the 1881 season, the West Melbourne Football Club resigned from...
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    1881). Jack Smith's playing statistics from AFL Tables Jack Smith at AustralianFootball.com Jack Smith, at Demonwiki. Jack "Ching" Smith, at The VFA Project...
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    won by the Geelong Football Club. It was the club's fourth VFA premiership in just five seasons, and was the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships...
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  • than the Association itself, and in a typical season, a club could play against other VFA teams, non-VFA clubs, at odds against junior teams (usually twenty...
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  • Grand Final has been scheduled in each season since 1903 VFA season. Premierships are recognised for all seasons of VFA/VFL competition. Several different...
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  • periods of success but also long periods of failure. During the nine VFA premiership seasons in which Melbourne took part, they never won the premiership. They...
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    (Footscray). List of VFA/VFL premiers Victorian Football League Australian Football League 2023 AFL season 2023 VFL Women's season "Wildcard Round introduced...
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    George Coulthard (category Carlton Football Club (VFA) players)
    controversy in 1882 when he received a season-long suspension—then the most severe punishment ever handed down by the VFA—for brawling and using "bad language"...
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  • August 1973). "Cooper first VFA man to kick 100 this year". The Age. Melbourne. p. 28. John Holland (20 August 1973). "Last VFA round vital". The Age. Melbourne...
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  • goals. South Melbourne unbeaten streak 1884 VFA season 24 Sep 1884 vs Fitzroy 3.7 d. 1.15 1885 VFA season 18 Apr 1885 vs Union Jack (23) 7 d. 1 25 Apr...
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  • Berwick Football Club (category 1881 establishments in Australia)
    the VFA; but Berwick went to the Supreme Court of Victoria, which, in a decision which was finalised only four days prior to the start of the season, found...
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  • Jack Geggie (category North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players)
    Collingwood. The following two seasons, he represented the league at interstate football. Geggie returned to the VFA in 1906, as captain-coach of Richmond...
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    season before going to Brunswick in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He joined Essendon in 1901, winning a premiership in his first season....
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    in both the VFA and the VFL until its closure at the end of 1921. North Melbourne Football Club used the ground during the 1897 VFA season due to upgrading...
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    Association's premier forwards, leading the VFA goalkicking in five separate seasons and kicking an all-time VFA career record of 1336 goals from his 300...
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  • secure victory against Coburg; Werribee 7.1 (43) d. Coburg 6.2 (38). List of VFA/VFL premiers Marc Fiddian (28 August 1978). "Dandy way to stay in finals"...
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  • third VFA premiership, and the last in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880; Geelong lost two matches for the season, its...
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  • Sam Stivey (category 1881 births)
    the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Stivey later became a noted boxer in bouts held in Perth and Kalgoorlie...
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    club which played in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Its senior side competed in the VFA from 1878 through 1908, its peak as a club coming after...
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  • 1961 until 1988, the VFA seniors were split into Division 1 and Division 2. Outside of the seniors, the highest score in any VFA/VFL division (and any...
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    Percy Gibb (category Richmond Football Club (VFA) players)
    Bas Publishing. p. 314. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5. "VFA players". Tigerland Archive. "THE FOOTBALL SEASON". The Argus. No. 18, 340. Victoria, Australia. 27...
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    Arthur Legge (footballer) (category North Melbourne Football Club (VFA) players)
    (5 October 1881 – 15 January 1941) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Williamstown in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and for Essendon...
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  • Geelong Football Club season is the club's 160th season playing Australian rules football, with the club competing in their 125th season in the Australian...
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    Arthur Brennan (category Footscray Football Club (VFA) players)
    Association (VFA). The son of William Brennan, and Mary Brennan, née O'Farrell, Arthur Brennan was born in Abbotsford, Victoria on 2 March 1881. He came from...
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  • considered relevant in the premiership. These clubs were active from the first VFA season in 1877 until. Notably, a number of 'junior teams' also competed alongside...
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    Billy Payne (footballer) (category Footscray Football Club (VFA) players)
    William John Payne (25 December 1881 – 22 July 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during...
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    Association: Many Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 24 April 1930), p.11. The VFA Project. Northcote v. Coburg, The Herald, Friday, 23 May 1930), p.16. Haw...
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  • the state since. Perfect seasons have been completed on five occasions in VFA/VFL history, but only twice in full-length seasons: by North Melbourne during...
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  • a new committee, successfully enabling the club to play in the VFA in the 1908 season. The reformation of the club necessitated a massive cleanout of...
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  • "1898 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 June 2018. "1899 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 30 June 2018. "1900 Season Scores...
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