1886 Victorian football season
17th senior season of Australian rules football in Victoria
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The 1886 Victorian football season was the 17th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2]
| 1886 Victorian football season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1 May â 2 October 1886[1] |
Clubs
Founded
| Club | League | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| VJFA | [3] | |
| VJFA | [4] | |
| [5] | ||
| VFA | [6] | |
| VFA | [7] | |
| [8] |
Name changes
VFA
Geelong won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the seventh time.[10]
VJFA
| 1886 VJFA season | |
|---|---|
| Premiers | North Park 1st premiership |
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
| 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 |
Ballarat District
South Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.[18]
Club records
| 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 |