1917 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the VFL/AFL season of 1917.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1917, the VFL competition was comprised of six 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 of the four teams played each other four times in a 12 match home-and-way season.
Once the 12 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1917 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 |
| Collingwood | 11.11 (77) | Richmond | 4.4 (28) | Victoria Park | 12 May 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 9.18 (72) | Geelong | 4.14 (38) | Lake Oval | 12 May 1917 |
| Fitzroy | 6.9 (45) | Carlton | 6.9 (45) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12 May 1917 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 6.16 (52) | South Melbourne | 8.16 (64) | Punt Road Oval | 19 May 1917 |
| Carlton | 13.7 (85) | Collingwood | 8.6 (54) | Princes Park | 19 May 1917 |
| Geelong | 6.10 (46) | Fitzroy | 8.16 (64) | Corio Oval | 19 May 1917 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 14.6 (90) | Geelong | 6.16 (52) | Punt Road Oval | 26 May 1917 |
| Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | Collingwood | 11.12 (78) | Brunswick Street Oval | 26 May 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 5.16 (46) | Carlton | 3.13 (31) | Lake Oval | 26 May 1917 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 6.13 (49) | Richmond | 5.8 (38) | Brunswick Street Oval | 2 June 1917 |
| Collingwood | 8.18 (66) | South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Victoria Park | 2 June 1917 |
| Carlton | 5.12 (42) | Geelong | 6.7 (43) | Princes Park | 4 June 1917 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton | 14.13 (97) | Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Princes Park | 9 June 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 5.20 (50) | Fitzroy | 8.7 (55) | Lake Oval | 9 June 1917 |
| Geelong | 6.7 (43) | Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | Corio Oval | 9 June 1917 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 6.14 (50) | South Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 16 June 1917 |
| Carlton | 4.17 (41) | Fitzroy | 8.9 (57) | Princes Park | 16 June 1917 |
| Richmond | 7.8 (50) | Collingwood | 6.14 (50) | Punt Road Oval | 16 June 1917 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 8.4 (52) | Geelong | 9.11 (65) | Brunswick Street Oval | 23 June 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | Richmond | 6.3 (39) | Lake Oval | 23 June 1917 |
| Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | Carlton | 8.7 (55) | Victoria Park | 23 June 1917 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 11.15 (81) | Richmond | 5.4 (34) | Corio Oval | 30 June 1917 |
| Collingwood | 11.11 (77) | Fitzroy | 10.14 (74) | Victoria Park | 30 June 1917 |
| Carlton | 9.11 (65) | South Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Princes Park | 30 June 1917 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 13.9 (87) | Fitzroy | 5.8 (38) | Punt Road Oval | 7 July 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Lake Oval | 7 July 1917 |
| Geelong | 3.11 (29) | Carlton | 4.10 (34) | Corio Oval | 7 July 1917 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | South Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14 July 1917 |
| Collingwood | 10.19 (79) | Geelong | 2.11 (23) | Victoria Park | 14 July 1917 |
| Richmond | 6.10 (46) | Carlton | 7.9 (51) | Punt Road Oval | 14 July 1917 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 11.19 (85) | Richmond | 7.7 (49) | Victoria Park | 21 July 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | Geelong | 6.13 (49) | Lake Oval | 21 July 1917 |
| Fitzroy | 5.15 (45) | Carlton | 8.11 (59) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21 July 1917 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 5.11 (41) | South Melbourne | 7.14 (56) | Punt Road Oval | 28 July 1917 |
| Carlton | 4.13 (37) | Collingwood | 3.8 (26) | Princes Park | 28 July 1917 |
| Geelong | 10.3 (63) | Fitzroy | 12.10 (82) | Corio Oval | 28 July 1917 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Richmond | 5.12 (42) | Geelong | 7.8 (50) | Punt Road Oval | 11 August 1917 |
| Fitzroy | 7.3 (45) | Collingwood | 14.17 (101) | Brunswick Street Oval | 11 August 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Carlton | 6.14 (50) | Lake Oval | 11 August 1917 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 6.16 (52) | South Melbourne | 2.9 (21) | Victoria Park | 18 August 1917 |
| Richmond | 10.11 (71) | Fitzroy | 7.11 (53) | Punt Road Oval | 18 August 1917 |
| Geelong | 5.8 (38) | Carlton | 10.11 (71) | Corio Oval | 18 August 1917 |
[edit] Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton | 12.8 (80) | Richmond | 4.17 (41) | Princes Park | 25 August 1917 |
| South Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | Fitzroy | 7.5 (47) | Lake Oval | 25 August 1917 |
| Geelong | 8.17 (65) | Collingwood | 9.9 (63) | Corio Oval | 25 August 1917 |
[edit] Finals
[edit] Semi Finals
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Carlton | 6.8 (44) | Fitzroy | 6.17 (53) | MCG | 15,605 | Saturday, 1 September |
| Collingwood | 13.17 (95) | South Melbourne | 3.17 (35) | MCG | 16,505 | Saturday, 8 September |
[edit] Preliminary Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Collingwood | 7.10 (52) | Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | MCG | 22,786 | Saturday, 15 September |
[edit] Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Attendance | Date |
| Collingwood | 9.20 (74) | Fitzroy | 5.9 (39) | MCG | 25,512 | Saturday, 22 September |
[edit] Ladder
All teams played 15 games during the home and away season, for a total of 45. An additional 4 games were played during the finals series.
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 10 | 4 | 1 | 42 |
| 2 | Carlton | 9 | 5 | 1 | 38 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 9 | 6 | 0 | 36 |
| 4 | Fitzroy | 6 | 8 | 1 | 26 |
| 5 | Geelong | 6 | 9 | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Richmond | 3 | 11 | 1 | 14 |
[edit] Awards
- The 1917 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 54 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Paddy O'Brien of Carlton, was declared 1917 Champion of the Season.
- Richmond took the "wooden spoon" in 1917.
[edit] Notable Events
- Geelong and South Melbourne, having refused to compete in 1916 on "patriotic grounds" return to the VFL competition, having concluded that the drop in the number of recruits in 1916 indicated that the VFL competition had no effect on military recruitment. The Geelong team members met their own expenses and played as amateurs, with the club donating all of its 1918 profits to war funds.
- In 1917, whilst winning nine of its 15 home-and-away matches, the South Melbourne team is notorious for its inaccurate kicking and finishes the season with 214 behinds and only 122 goals.
- On 12 May 1917, recruiting officers visiting VFL grounds are heckled by spectators. On another occasion a Fitzroy crowd attacks a recruiting sergeant,
- On 4 August, the entire thirteenth round was put back a week, at the request of the State War Council, so that recruiting meetings could be held at each VFL ground.
[edit] References
- 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
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