1877 St Kilda Football Club season
Australian rules football club season
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The 1877 St Kilda Football Club season was the inaugural season in the club's history competing in the 1877 VFA season.[1]
| 1877 season | |
|---|---|
| Home ground | Alpaca Paddock |
| VFA | 5th |
Background
The 1877 Victorian Football Association season was the first in which the Australian rules football competition in Victoria was run under a properly constituted administrative body; which was formed with the view to governing the sport via a collective body, made up of delegates representing the clubs.[2]
The association was made up of five inaugural metropolitan senior clubs (St Kilda being one of them), and a number of provincial senior teams from across the state.[3]
VFA season
League table
The VFA did not officially endorse a system of ranking the clubs until the 1888 season.[4]
Matches
Only matches not played at odds between the affiliated senior metropolitan and provincial clubs are listed. Matches were also played in halves, not quarters.[4]
| 2 2 June 1877 | St Kilda  |
1â1 |  Albert Park |
Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| 1 1 |
Summary | 1 1 |
|
| 6 30 June 1877 | St Kilda |
0â4 |  Melbourne |
Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| 0 0 |
Summary | 0 4 |
Attendance: 700
|
| 9 14 July 1877 | Geelong  |
2â0 | St Kilda |
Argyle Square Ground, Geelong | |
| 2 2 |
Summary | 0 0 |
Attendance: 1,500
|
| 10 21 July 1877 | St Kilda |
0â7 |  Carlton |
Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| Summary |
|
| 17 8 September 1877 | Carlton |
3â0 | St Kilda |
Madeline Street Reserve, Carlton | |
| 3 3 |
Summary | 0 0 |
|
| 19 22 September 1877 | Melbourne |
6â0 | St Kilda |
Melbourne Football Ground, Richmond | |
| 2 6 |
Summary | 0 0 |
Attendance: 2,000
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