1886 Victorian football season

17th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 1886 Victorian football season was the 17th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2]

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1886 Victorian football season
Date1 May – 2 October 1886[1]
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1887 â†’
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Clubs

Founded

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Name changes

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Former New League Ref
Cremone Richmond Juniors VJFA [9]
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VFA

Geelong won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the seventh time.[10]

VJFA

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1886 VJFA season
PremiersNorth Park
1st premiership
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The 1886 VJFA season was the fourth season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] North Park won the premiership for the first time, beginning a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890.[12]

Elgin Union and Kilmore were admitted into the VJFA on 27 May 1886.[13]

Club records

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Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 North Park (P) 18 16 0 2 57 9
2 Richmond Juniors
3 Elgin Union
4 South Melbourne Juniors
5 Britannia
6 Normanby
Brighton
Camberwell
Hawthorn Juniors
Kilmore
Lilydale
South St Kilda
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Ballarat District

South Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.[18]

Club records

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Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 South Ballarat (P) 18 13 4 1 88 43
2 Ballarat Imperial 12 3 7 2 42 59
Ballarat 17 2 12 3 33 71
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Notes

  1. At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.[11]

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