1925 VFL season
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| 1925 VFL season | |
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 Brownlow winner Colin Watson |
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| Clubs | 12 |
| Home-and-Away Season | 17 rounds |
| Premiership Team | Geelong (1st premiership) |
| Minor Premiers | Geelong |
| Brownlow Medalist | Colin Watson |
| Champion of the Season | Colin Watson |
| Top Goal kicker | Lloyd Hagger (78) |
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1925.
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[edit] New Teams
In 1915, and from 1919 to 1924, there were nine teams in the VFL competition. In these seasons each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds (i.e., they played 16 matches and had 2 byes).
In 1919, in order to eliminate these unsatisfactory byes, the VFL had sought expressions of interest from clubs wishing to join the VFL.
Whilst there was talk of an Ex-Servicemen's Club and a Public Servants' Club, applications were actually lodged on behalf of a combined Ballarat Football League team and VFA clubs Brunswick, Footscray, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, and Prahran.
The VFL took six years to make a decision.
At the end of 1924, the VFL was applications from Brighton, Brunswick, Camberwell, Caulfield (not the Caulfield Football Club that played in the VFA 1965-1987), Footscray, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, and Prahran. By its 9 January 1925 meeting, the VFL had short listed four candidates: Footscray, Hawthorn, North Melbourne, and Prahran. Three weeks later, the VFL announced that it was admitting Footscray, Hawthorn, and North Melbourne to its competition.
[edit] Premiership season
In 1925, the VFL competition consisted of twelve 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.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 17 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 6.
Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1925 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 | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 9.19 (73) | St Kilda | 3.8 (26) | MCG | 15,267 | 2 May 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 5.8 (38) | Richmond | 11.11 (77) | Glenferrie Oval | 20,000 | 2 May 1925 |
| Geelong | 8.11 (59) | North Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | Corio Oval | 12,500 | 2 May 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 8.15 (63) | Footscray | 8.6 (54) | Brunswick Street Oval | 28,000 | 2 May 1925 |
| Essendon | 14.14 (98) | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Windy Hill | 22,000 | 2 May 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Carlton | 4.6 (30) | Lake Oval | 25,000 | 2 May 1925 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 10.10 (70) | South Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Western Oval | 25,000 | 9 May 1925 |
| Collingwood | 10.11 (71) | Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 9 May 1925 |
| Carlton | 7.14 (56) | Essendon | 14.17 (101) | Princes Park | 25,000 | 9 May 1925 |
| St Kilda | 17.12 (114) | Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | Junction Oval | 12,000 | 9 May 1925 |
| Richmond | 9.5 (59) | Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 20,000 | 9 May 1925 |
| North Melbourne | 6.3 (39) | Fitzroy | 8.16 (64) | Arden Street Oval | 18,000 | 9 May 1925 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 9.8 (62) | St Kilda | 3.12 (30) | Corio Oval | 12,500 | 16 May 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 17.11 (113) | Richmond | 8.11 (59) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,000 | 16 May 1925 |
| Essendon | 16.15 (111) | Footscray | 9.9 (63) | Windy Hill | 32,000 | 16 May 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | North Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | Lake Oval | 17,000 | 16 May 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 9.11 (65) | Collingwood | 11.16 (82) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,000 | 16 May 1925 |
| Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | Carlton | 4.14 (38) | MCG | 16,570 | 16 May 1925 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 11.9 (75) | South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Punt Road Oval | 22,000 | 23 May 1925 |
| Footscray | 6.6 (42) | Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Western Oval | 12,000 | 23 May 1925 |
| Collingwood | 13.9 (87) | Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Victoria Park | 16,000 | 23 May 1925 |
| Carlton | 10.10 (70) | Hawthorn | 6.13 (49) | Princes Park | 10,000 | 23 May 1925 |
| St Kilda | 5.8 (38) | Fitzroy | 12.12 (84) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 23 May 1925 |
| North Melbourne | 5.17 (47) | Essendon | 13.10 (88) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 23 May 1925 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | North Melbourne | 10.5 (65) | MCG | 11,954 | 30 May 1925 |
| Essendon | 10.7 (67) | Richmond | 8.13 (61) | Windy Hill | 20,000 | 30 May 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 16.9 (105) | St Kilda | 10.13 (73) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 30 May 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 10.14 (74) | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 30 May 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 6.11 (47) | Collingwood | 7.10 (52) | Brunswick Street Oval | 25,000 | 30 May 1925 |
| Geelong | 22.12 (144) | Carlton | 10.12 (72) | Corio Oval | 12,500 | 30 May 1925 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 9.8 (62) | Geelong | 12.11 (83) | Western Oval | 14,000 | 6 June 1925 |
| Richmond | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Punt Road Oval | 38,000 | 6 June 1925 |
| North Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | Hawthorn | 8.9 (57) | Arden Street Oval | 7,000 | 6 June 1925 |
| Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | South Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | Victoria Park | 26,000 | 8 June 1925 |
| Carlton | 9.7 (61) | Fitzroy | 11.13 (79) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 8 June 1925 |
| St Kilda | 13.14 (92) | Essendon | 8.12 (60) | Junction Oval | 30,000 | 8 June 1925 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 15.11 (101) | Hawthorn | 7.7 (49) | Corio Oval | 11,000 | 13 June 1925 |
| Footscray | 7.12 (54) | North Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Western Oval | 15,000 | 13 June 1925 |
| Essendon | 9.11 (65) | South Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Windy Hill | 18,000 | 13 June 1925 |
| Carlton | 9.12 (66) | Richmond | 5.13 (43) | Princes Park | 25,000 | 13 June 1925 |
| Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Fitzroy | 6.9 (45) | MCG | 23,601 | 13 June 1925 |
| St Kilda | 11.10 (76) | Collingwood | 5.10 (40) | Junction Oval | 24,500 | 13 June 1925 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | St Kilda | 10.8 (68) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 20 June 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 7.15 (57) | Geelong | 9.15 (69) | Brunswick Street Oval | 25,000 | 20 June 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Melbourne | 14.16 (100) | Lake Oval | 16,000 | 20 June 1925 |
| Richmond | 9.21 (75) | Footscray | 12.9 (81) | Punt Road Oval | 12,000 | 20 June 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 9.7 (61) | Essendon | 10.14 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 20 June 1925 |
| Collingwood | 11.12 (78) | Carlton | 9.10 (64) | Victoria Park | 17,000 | 20 June 1925 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 15.9 (99) | Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | Corio Oval | 19,500 | 27 June 1925 |
| Essendon | 9.7 (61) | Fitzroy | 8.9 (57) | Windy Hill | 22,000 | 27 June 1925 |
| Collingwood | 11.14 (80) | Richmond | 8.12 (60) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 27 June 1925 |
| Carlton | 14.11 (95) | North Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | Princes Park | 15,000 | 27 June 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 15.14 (104) | Hawthorn | 5.7 (37) | Lake Oval | 10,000 | 27 June 1925 |
| St Kilda | 18.24 (132) | Footscray | 13.6 (84) | Junction Oval | 21,000 | 27 June 1925 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Richmond | 10.9 (69) | Arden Street Oval | 7,000 | 11 July 1925 |
| Geelong | 18.13 (121) | South Melbourne | 3.10 (28) | Corio Oval | 11,000 | 11 July 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 19.11 (125) | Hawthorn | 5.11 (41) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 11 July 1925 |
| Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Essendon | 5.8 (38) | MCG | 22,872 | 11 July 1925 |
| Footscray | 9.8 (62) | Collingwood | 15.16 (106) | Western Oval | 9,000 | 11 July 1925 |
| St Kilda | 8.17 (65) | Carlton | 5.10 (40) | Junction Oval | 15,000 | 11 July 1925 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 8.14 (62) | St Kilda | 6.9 (45) | Punt Road Oval | 20,000 | 18 July 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 6.10 (46) | Melbourne | 14.18 (102) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,000 | 18 July 1925 |
| Essendon | 9.11 (65) | Geelong | 11.10 (76) | Windy Hill | 30,000 | 18 July 1925 |
| Collingwood | 16.17 (113) | North Melbourne | 11.4 (70) | Victoria Park | 9,000 | 18 July 1925 |
| Carlton | 9.12 (66) | Footscray | 7.11 (53) | Princes Park | 12,000 | 18 July 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | Fitzroy | 12.12 (84) | Lake Oval | 15,000 | 18 July 1925 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 15.19 (109) | Essendon | 4.5 (29) | Victoria Park | 25,000 | 1 August 1925 |
| Carlton | 9.9 (63) | South Melbourne | 9.20 (74) | Princes Park | 12,000 | 1 August 1925 |
| St Kilda | 7.9 (51) | Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Junction Oval | 20,000 | 1 August 1925 |
| Richmond | 6.11 (47) | Hawthorn | 3.11 (29) | Punt Road Oval | 10,000 | 1 August 1925 |
| North Melbourne | 9.5 (59) | Geelong | 22.22 (154) | Arden Street Oval | 10,000 | 1 August 1925 |
| Footscray | 13.13 (91) | Fitzroy | 7.8 (50) | Western Oval | 10,000 | 1 August 1925 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 8.11 (59) | St Kilda | 8.8 (56) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 8 August 1925 |
| Geelong | 11.20 (86) | Richmond | 4.8 (32) | Corio Oval | 13,500 | 8 August 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 17.18 (120) | North Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Brunswick Street Oval | 7,000 | 8 August 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Footscray | 12.15 (87) | Lake Oval | 15,000 | 8 August 1925 |
| Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | Collingwood | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 33,642 | 8 August 1925 |
| Essendon | 15.11 (101) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 8 August 1925 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | South Melbourne | 7.16 (58) | Arden Street Oval | 5,000 | 22 August 1925 |
| Collingwood | 11.18 (84) | Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | Victoria Park | 6,000 | 22 August 1925 |
| Carlton | 6.9 (45) | Melbourne | 18.14 (122) | Princes Park | 7,000 | 22 August 1925 |
| St Kilda | 9.8 (62) | Geelong | 7.9 (51) | Junction Oval | 15,000 | 22 August 1925 |
| Richmond | 8.7 (55) | Fitzroy | 9.7 (61) | Punt Road Oval | 9,000 | 22 August 1925 |
| Footscray | 5.13 (43) | Essendon | 9.15 (69) | Western Oval | 12,000 | 22 August 1925 |
[edit] Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 11.12 (78) | St Kilda | 8.7 (55) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,000 | 29 August 1925 |
| Essendon | 14.19 (103) | North Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Windy Hill | 14,000 | 29 August 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Richmond | 9.9 (63) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 29 August 1925 |
| Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | Footscray | 9.13 (67) | MCG | 11,264 | 29 August 1925 |
| Geelong | 11.8 (74) | Collingwood | 8.17 (65) | Corio Oval | 26,025 | 29 August 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 7.10 (52) | Carlton | 11.14 (80) | Glenferrie Oval | 9,000 | 29 August 1925 |
[edit] Round 16
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | South Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 5 September 1925 |
| Footscray | 15.10 (100) | Hawthorn | 10.10 (70) | Western Oval | 8,000 | 5 September 1925 |
| Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Fitzroy | 14.15 (99) | Victoria Park | 27,000 | 5 September 1925 |
| Carlton | 14.10 (94) | Geelong | 15.13 (103) | Princes Park | 10,000 | 5 September 1925 |
| North Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Arden Street Oval | 5,000 | 5 September 1925 |
| Richmond | 7.8 (50) | Essendon | 10.14 (74) | Punt Road Oval | 18,000 | 5 September 1925 |
[edit] Round 17
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Richmond | 2.12 (24) | MCG | 16,989 | 12 September 1925 |
| Hawthorn | 7.13 (55) | North Melbourne | 4.6 (30) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 12 September 1925 |
| Essendon | 10.7 (67) | St Kilda | 8.10 (58) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 12 September 1925 |
| Geelong | 14.16 (100) | Footscray | 9.7 (61) | Corio Oval | 10,800 | 12 September 1925 |
| South Melbourne | 4.6 (30) | Collingwood | 14.11 (95) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 12 September 1925 |
| Fitzroy | 7.24 (66) | Carlton | 9.10 (64) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,000 | 12 September 1925 |
[edit] Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
Geelong defeated Collingwood 10.19 (79) to 9.15 (69), in front of a crowd of 64,288 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
[edit] Ladder
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geelong | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1564 | 1024 | 152.7 | 60 |
| 2 | Essendon | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1271 | 1065 | 119.3 | 52 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1273 | 919 | 138.5 | 50 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1377 | 1083 | 127.1 | 48 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1292 | 1028 | 125.7 | 48 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1116 | 1120 | 99.6 | 32 |
| 7 | Richmond | 6 | 10 | 1 | 981 | 1131 | 86.7 | 26 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1089 | 1271 | 85.7 | 24 |
| 9 | Carlton | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1066 | 1349 | 79.0 | 20 |
| 10 | North Melbourne | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1030 | 1370 | 75.2 | 20 |
| 11 | Footscray | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1132 | 1368 | 82.7 | 16 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 3 | 14 | 0 | 902 | 1365 | 66.1 | 12 |
[edit] Awards
- The 1925 VFL Premiership team was Geelong.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Lloyd Hagger of Geelong with 78 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Colin Watson of St Kilda, was declared 1925 Champion of the Season.
- The winner of the 1925 Brownlow Medal Colin Watson of St Kilda, with 9 votes.
- Hawthorn took the "wooden spoon" in 1925.
[edit] Notable Events
- The laws of the game were altered so that the last player to touch the ball before it went out of bounds was penalized by the award of a free kick to the opposing team. This meant that almost all of the play was directed up the centre of the ground along the goal-to-goal line, and very little was directed along the flanks at the sides of the ground. This brought a considerable advantage to full-forwards.
- Fred Rutley of North Melbourne is suspended for life for kicking an opponent in the vicious round 12 match at Geelong. Geelong footballers Stan Thomas and Arthur Coghlan are both suspended until the end of the 1926 VFL season.
[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
[edit] External links
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