1913 VFA season
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The 1913 VFA season was the 37th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.[1] The season began on 26 April and concluded on 6 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series.[2][3]
| 1913 VFA season | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Date | 26 April â 6 September 1913 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | Footscray 5th premiership |
| Minor premiers | Footscray 3rd minor premiership |
| Leading goalkicker | Thornton Clarke Essendon â 58 goals) |
The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club, after it defeated North Melbourne by one point in the 1913 VFA Final. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership.
Home-and-away season
The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.
Round 1
| Round 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Brunswick 11.32 (98) | def. | Port Melbourne 5.10 (40) | Brunswick Park | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Northcote 4.11 (35) | def. by | Essendon 8.12 (60) | Croxton Park | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne 10.15 (75) | def. | Melbourne City 4.7 (31) | Arden Street Oval | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray 8.6 (54) | def. | Williamstown 5.5 (35) | Western Oval | |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Prahran 15.15 (105) | def. | Brighton 5.15 (45) | Toorak Park | |
Round 2
| Round 2 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Essendon 9.8 (62) | def. by | North Melbourne 11.12 (78) | Windy Hill | |
| Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Williamstown 7.18 (60) | def. | Northcote 5.7 (37) | Williamstown Cricket Ground | |
| Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne City 7.3 (45) | def. by | Prahran 14.16 (100) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Port Melbourne 4.9 (33) | def. by | Footscray 10.17 (77) | North Port Oval | |
| Sunday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Brighton 9.7 (61) | def. by | Brunswick 8.20 (68) | Brighton Beach Oval | |
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Footscray (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1209 | 778 | 155.4 | 56 |
| 2 | North Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1317 | 943 | 139.7 | 54 |
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1154 | 966 | 119.5 | 52 |
| 4 | Brunswick | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1262 | 959 | 131.6 | 50 |
| 5 | Williamstown | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1082 | 876 | 123.5 | 48 |
| 6 | Prahran | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1214 | 962 | 126.2 | 40 |
| 7 | Brighton | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1037 | 1278 | 81.1 | 20 |
| 8 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 984 | 1260 | 78.1 | 20 |
| 9 | Northcote | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 957 | 1328 | 72.1 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 680 | 1552 | 43.8 | 0 |
Finals
Semi-finals
| Semi-finals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 23 August | Footscray 7.13 (55) | def. | Essendon 8.5 (53) | Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,000) | [5] |
| Saturday, 30 August | North Melbourne 8.16 (64) | def. | Brunswick 4.2 (26) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,500) | [6] |
Final
| 1913 VFA Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 6 September | Footscray | def. | North Melbourne | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000) | [7][8] |
| 4.2 (26) 7.10 (52) 8.13 (61) 10.14 (74) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.4 (22) 6.4 (40) 10.6 (66) 11.7 (73) |
Umpires: Hurley | ||
| Banbury 3, Grierson 2, Baxter, Cotton, Gregory, Holmes, Lawson | Goals | Carpenter 2, Freeman 2, Hardy 2, Hawkins 2, K. Johnson, McKay, Treloar | |||
| Harris (ankle) | Injuries | ||||
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Notable events
- On June 9, Melbourne City lost to Port Melbourne despite having thirteen more scoring shots, by the score 4.24 (48) def. by 8.7 (55).[9] The seven-point loss was the closest Melbourne City came to winning a match in its two years in the Association.[10]