1909 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1909.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1909, the VFL competition consisted of ten teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1909 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
[edit] Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 6.8 (44) | South Melbourne | 8.5 (53) | Corio Oval | 1 May 1909 |
| Essendon | 6.18 (54) | St Kilda | 6.8 (44) | EMCG | 1 May 1909 |
| Collingwood | 9.7 (61) | Fitzroy | 10.12 (72) | Victoria Park | 1 May 1909 |
| Carlton | 3.14 (32) | University | 6.11 (47) | Princes Park | 1 May 1909 |
| Richmond | 9.9 (63) | Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Punt Road Oval | 1 May 1909 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 3.10 (28) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8 May 1909 |
| University | 5.7 (37) | Richmond | 6.6 (42) | EMCG | 8 May 1909 |
| Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Essendon | 9.13 (67) | MCG | 8 May 1909 |
| St Kilda | 3.5 (23) | Collingwood | 3.11 (29) | Junction Oval | 8 May 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 7.3 (45) | Carlton | 4.4 (28) | Lake Oval | 8 May 1909 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 5.12 (42) | University | 2.9 (21) | Junction Oval | 15 May 1909 |
| Essendon | 8.18 (66) | Geelong | 9.5 (59) | EMCG | 15 May 1909 |
| Carlton | 7.8 (50) | Collingwood | 4.9 (33) | Princes Park | 15 May 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 12.16 (88) | Melbourne | 3.6 (24) | Lake Oval | 15 May 1909 |
| Richmond | 4.13 (37) | Fitzroy | 9.14 (68) | Punt Road Oval | 15 May 1909 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 6.15 (51) | St Kilda | 6.4 (40) | MCG | 22 May 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 5.7 (37) | South Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22 May 1909 |
| Essendon | 8.11 (59) | University | 9.14 (68) | EMCG | 22 May 1909 |
| Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Richmond | 7.7 (49) | Victoria Park | 22 May 1909 |
| Geelong | 12.13 (85) | Carlton | 8.13 (61) | Corio Oval | 22 May 1909 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 7.8 (50) | Richmond | 11.4 (70) | Junction Oval | 29 May 1909 |
| University | 9.9 (63) | Geelong | 3.10 (28) | EMCG | 29 May 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 5.7 (37) | Essendon | 8.13 (61) | Brunswick Street Oval | 29 May 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Collingwood | 3.8 (26) | Lake Oval | 29 May 1909 |
| Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Carlton | 12.8 (80) | MCG | 29 May 1909 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 10.11 (71) | South Melbourne | 8.10 (58) | Punt Road Oval | 5 June 1909 |
| Geelong | 6.12 (48)[1] | St Kilda | 6.13 (49) | Corio Oval | 5 June 1909 |
| Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Essendon | 4.7 (31) | Victoria Park | 5 June 1909 |
| Carlton | 6.12 (48) | Fitzroy | 5.9 (39) | Princes Park | 5 June 1909 |
| University | 6.10 (46) | Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | EMCG | 5 June 1909 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Essendon | 9.8 (62) | South Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | EMCG | 7 June 1909 |
| Collingwood | 8.17 (65) | University | 4.5 (29) | Victoria Park | 7 June 1909 |
| Carlton | 10.12 (72) | Richmond | 6.7 (43) | Princes Park | 7 June 1909 |
| Melbourne | 18.9 (117) | Geelong | 5.8 (38) | MCG | 7 June 1909 |
| St Kilda | 4.11 (35) | Fitzroy | 11.10 (76) | Junction Oval | 7 June 1909 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| South Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | University | 2.6 (18) | Lake Oval | 12 June 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 5.12 (42) | Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12 June 1909 |
| Essendon | 8.7 (55) | Richmond | 8.15 (63) | EMCG | 12 June 1909 |
| Geelong | 5.10 (40) | Collingwood | 10.8 (68) | Corio Oval | 12 June 1909 |
| St Kilda | 5.10 (40) | Carlton | 10.9 (69) | Junction Oval | 12 June 1909 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton | 6.14 (50) | Essendon | 4.9 (33) | Princes Park | 19 June 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | St Kilda | 2.8 (20) | Lake Oval | 19 June 1909 |
| Richmond | 4.15 (39) | Geelong | 5.7 (37) | Punt Road Oval | 19 June 1909 |
| University | 8.20 (68) | Fitzroy | 3.10 (28) | EMCG | 26 June 1909 |
| Melbourne | 10.5 (65) | Collingwood | 10.5 (65) | MCG | 26 June 1909 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Richmond | 2.3 (15) | MCG | 3 July 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 17.9 (111) | Geelong | 4.7 (31) | Lake Oval | 3 July 1909 |
| St Kilda | 6.6 (42) | Essendon | 9.18 (72) | Junction Oval | 3 July 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 2.9 (21) | Collingwood | 6.16 (52) | Brunswick Street Oval | 3 July 1909 |
| University | 7.7 (49) | Carlton | 10.9 (69) | EMCG | 3 July 1909 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 7.8 (50) | University | 11.15 (81) | Punt Road Oval | 10 July 1909 |
| Essendon | 5.10 (40) | Melbourne | 3.12 (30) | EMCG | 10 July 1909 |
| Collingwood | 11.18 (84) | St Kilda | 6.8 (44) | Victoria Park | 10 July 1909 |
| Carlton | 9.14 (68) | South Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Princes Park | 10 July 1909 |
| Geelong | 9.7 (61) | Fitzroy | 13.9 (87) | Corio Oval | 10 July 1909 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 3.6 (24) | South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | MCG | 17 July 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 9.14 (68) | Richmond | 3.7 (25) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17 July 1909 |
| University | 11.14 (80) | St Kilda | 4.2 (26) | EMCG | 17 July 1909 |
| Geelong | 6.9 (45) | Essendon | 12.8 (80) | Corio Oval | 17 July 1909 |
| Collingwood | 5.7 (37) | Carlton | 5.6 (36) | Victoria Park | 17 July 1909 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton | 19.16 (130) | Geelong | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 24 July 1909 |
| St Kilda | 5.11 (41) | Melbourne | 12.7 (79) | Junction Oval | 24 July 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 4.6 (30) | Fitzroy | 5.14 (44) | Lake Oval | 24 July 1909 |
| University | 4.19 (43) | Essendon | 11.9 (75) | EMCG | 24 July 1909 |
| Richmond | 5.7 (37) | Collingwood | 8.24 (72) | Punt Road Oval | 24 July 1909 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 9.11 (65) | St Kilda | 6.13 (49) | Punt Road Oval | 31 July 1909 |
| Geelong | 6.11 (47) | University | 12.15 (87) | Corio Oval | 31 July 1909 |
| Essendon | 10.9 (69) | Fitzroy | 7.7 (49) | EMCG | 31 July 1909 |
| Collingwood | 8.6 (54) | South Melbourne | 6.7 (43) | Victoria Park | 31 July 1909 |
| Carlton | 10.21 (81) | Melbourne | 4.6 (30) | Princes Park | 31 July 1909 |
[edit] Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 3.8 (26) | Geelong | 2.10 (22) | Junction Oval | 7 August 1909 |
| Essendon | 14.14 (98) | Collingwood | 6.6 (42) | EMCG | 7 August 1909 |
| Melbourne | 4.4 (28) | University | 2.15 (27) | MCG | 14 August 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Richmond | 3.8 (26) | Lake Oval | 14 August 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 2.9 (21) | Carlton | 11.6 (72) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14 August 1909 |
[edit] Round 16
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 6.9 (45) | Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Corio Oval | 21 August 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 11.11 (77) | St Kilda | 5.1 (31) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21 August 1909 |
| South Melbourne | 6.5 (41) | Essendon | 5.7 (37) | Lake Oval | 21 August 1909 |
| University | 5.9 (39) | Collingwood | 5.9 (39) | EMCG | 21 August 1909 |
| Richmond | 9.6 (60) | Carlton | 14.16 (100) | Punt Road Oval | 21 August 1909 |
[edit] Round 17
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 11.11 (77) | Geelong | 4.8 (32) | Victoria Park | 28 August 1909 |
| Carlton | 11.13 (79) | St Kilda | 5.3 (33) | Princes Park | 28 August 1909 |
| University | 5.9 (39) | South Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | EMCG | 28 August 1909 |
| Melbourne | 9.7 (61) | Fitzroy | 4.7 (31) | MCG | 28 August 1909 |
| Richmond | 5.9 (39) | Essendon | 12.11 (83) | Punt Road Oval | 28 August 1909 |
[edit] Round 18
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Ground | Date |
| St Kilda | 5.5 (35) | South Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | Junction Oval | 4 September 1909 |
| Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Richmond | 4.7 (31) | Corio Oval | 4 September 1909 |
| Fitzroy | 9.6 (60) | University | 8.12 (60) | Brunswick Street Oval | 4 September 1909 |
| Collingwood | 15.18 (108) | Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Victoria Park | 4 September 1909 |
| Essendon | 4.10 (34) | Carlton | 6.13 (49) | EMCG | 4 September 1909 |
[edit] Ladder
90 games were played in the 1909 AFL Season during the Home and Away series. An additional 4 finals games came after this.
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | Points | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Melbourne | 14 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 168.9 |
| 2 | Carlton Blues | 14 | 4 | 0 | 56 | 146.8 |
| 3 | Collingwood Magpies | 12 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 130.3 |
| 4 | Essendon Bombers | 11 | 7 | 0 | 44 | 121.7 |
| 5 | Melbourne Demons | 10 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 106.3 |
| 6 | Fitzroy Lions | 8 | 9 | 1 | 34 | 101.6 |
| 7 | University | 7 | 9 | 2 | 32 | 100.1 |
| 8 | Richmond Tigers | 6 | 12 | 0 | 24 | 64.4 |
| 9 | Geelong Cats | 3 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 65.5 |
| 10 | St Kilda Saints | 2 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 59.3 |
[edit] Finals
All of the 1909 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the Semi Finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.
[edit] Semi Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton Blues | 14.8 (96) | Essendon Bombers | 9.2 (56) | MCG | September 11th |
| South Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | Collingwood Magpies | 6.11 {47} | MCG | September 18th |
[edit] Preliminary Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
| South Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Carlton Blues | 10.9 (69) | MCG | September 25th |
[edit] Grand Final
This was South Melbourne's first premiership after finishing runner up twice previously.
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton Blues | 4.12 (36) | South Melbourne | 4.14 (38) | MCG | October 2nd |
[edit] Awards
- The 1909 VFL Premiership team was South Melbourne.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 58 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Bill Busbridge of Essendon, was declared 1909 Champion of the Season.
- St Kilda took the "wooden spoon" in 1909.
[edit] Notable Events
- St Kilda forfeited 4 premiership points to Geelong for playing a suspended player in round 6.
- In the second round match against the University Football Club, badly concussed Richmond follower Bill Burns, who is dressed and about to leave for the hospital, hears that Richmond is about to lose the match, strips, returns to the field of play, takes the mark of the day, kicks the winning goal, and is carried off the ground shoulder-high. Later in 1909 Burns was suspended for 44 matches after being found guilty of a kicking charge (the sentence was later reduced on appeal).
- Round 8 match between Fitzroy and Melbourne marred by numerous incident of foul play. Spectators involved in large brawl at the end of the game.
- Crowd riots after round 13 match between South Melbourne and Fitzroy.
- Imminent on-field brawl between players from Collingwood and South Melbourne in their round 14 match averted when the appearance of a policeman on the ground calms both teams down.
- Collingwood spectator jumps the fence at the round 18 match against Melbourne and punches a Melbourne player. Melbourne's Secretary, Mr. J.A. Harper, runs onto the field and makes a citizens' arrest.
- The Argus newspaper published the height, weight and occupation of each player in the finals for the first time.
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ St Kilda forfeited its 4 premiership points to Geelong after it was established that Billy Stewart, who played for St Kilda in that match, was under suspension for a striking in a Bendigo match. Although the VFL ladder counts this match as a win to Geelong, many consider that the "win" should go to St Kilda, and that only the 4 premiership points should go to Geelong.
[edit] References
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
[edit] External links
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