The 1906 VFL season was the tenth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 17-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1906, the VFL competition consisted of eight 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 14 rounds. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.
Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1906 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
In Round 4, St Kilda defeated Essendon for the first time in its history after 36 winless matches (15 in the VFA for four draws and 11 losses and 21 in the VFL for one draw and 20 losses) over 20 years of competition (1878 and 1888–1906).
On Saturday 23 June, between Rounds 7 and 8, the VFL representative team 17.13 (115) defeated the Ballarat Football Association 10.10 (70) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Frank Caine kicked seven goals for Victoria.[1] In the return game, held at the City Oval in Ballarat during the second week of Round 13 (11 August), the BFA 11.7 (73) defeated the VFL 6.7 (43); this VFL team was limited to players from Essendon, South Melbourne and Geelong, with the other five teams either playing or on interstate tours at the time.[2] On 15 September, the weekend of the semi-finals, a VFL team selected from non-finalists defeated the Bendigo Football Association 15.14 (104) d. 2.2 (14) at the Upper Reserve in Bendigo.[3]
In Round 8, St Kilda formally protested the result of its five point loss against Fitzroy, on the grounds that the timekeeper had rung the final bell thirty seconds prematurely. The protest was dismissed three weeks later owing to a lack of evidence.[4]
A vacant Saturday was originally scheduled on 11 August in the fixture between Rounds 13 and 14, to accommodate the second game against Ballarat and to allow clubs to complete interstate tours. However, after South Australian club Norwood's tour was brought forward, the VFL turned Round 13 into a split round at less than two weeks notice, postponing the Carlton vs Fitzroy and St Kilda vs Melbourne games by a week.[5]
Mick Grace of Carlton was the first VFL player to score 50 goals in a season.
References
^"Football – Last Saturday's actions". Table Talk. Melbourne, VIC. 28 June 1906. p. 27.
^"World of Sport – Football". The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. 10 August 1906. p. 4.
^"Sporting – Football". The Bendigo Advertiser. Melbourne, VIC. 17 September 1906. p. 6.
^"Victorian Football League – protests dismissed". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 21 July 1906. p. 15.
^"A football dispute – League and Association". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 2 August 1906. p. 3.
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
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. ISBN0-670-86814-0
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The 1906 VFL season was the tenth season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured eight clubs ran from 5 May until 22 September and comprised a 17 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1906 VFL premiership seasonCarlton premiership teamTeams8PremiersCarlton1st premiershipMinor premiersCarlton1st minor premiershipLeading Goalkicker MedallistMick Grace Carlton Matches played71Highest44 437 19051907 The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the first time after it defeated Fitzroy by 49 points in the 1906 VFL Grand Final Contents 1 Premiership season 1 1 Round 1 1 2 Round 2 1 3 Round 3 1 4 Round 4 1 5 Round 5 1 6 Round 6 1 7 Round 7 1 8 Round 8 1 9 Round 9 1 10 Round 10 1 11 Round 11 1 12 Round 12 1 13 Round 13 1 14 Round 14 2 Sectional Rounds 2 1 Sectional Round 1 Round 15 2 2 Sectional Round 2 Round 16 2 3 Sectional Round 3 Round 17 3 Ladder 4 Semi finals 4 1 First Semi Final 4 2 Second Semi Final 5 Grand final 6 Awards 7 Notable events 8 References 9 External linksPremiership season EditIn 1906 the VFL competition consisted of eight 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 14 rounds Then based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds three further sectional rounds were played with the teams ranked 1st 3rd 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd 4th 6th and 8th playing in the other Once the 17 round home and away season had finished the 1906 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system Round 1 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 8 20 68 St Kilda 1 8 14 Brunswick Street Oval 5 May 1906Essendon 8 12 60 South Melbourne 9 13 67 EMCG 5 May 1906Collingwood 12 19 91 Geelong 5 7 37 Victoria Park 5 May 1906Carlton 12 11 83 Melbourne 8 8 56 Princes Park 5 May 1906Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateMelbourne 8 5 53 Fitzroy 10 13 73 MCG 12 May 1906Geelong 5 12 42 Essendon 11 14 80 Corio Oval 12 May 1906South Melbourne 12 5 77 Collingwood 8 9 57 Lake Oval 12 May 1906St Kilda 5 5 35 Carlton 15 10 100 Junction Oval 12 May 1906Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateEssendon 10 16 76 Melbourne 6 6 42 EMCG 19 May 1906Carlton 16 10 106 Geelong 6 7 43 Princes Park 19 May 1906South Melbourne 10 14 74 St Kilda 9 7 61 Lake Oval 19 May 1906Fitzroy 7 7 49 Collingwood 14 8 92 Brunswick Street Oval 19 May 1906Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateMelbourne 5 9 39 South Melbourne 5 4 34 MCG 26 May 1906Geelong 4 7 31 Fitzroy 8 9 57 Corio Oval 26 May 1906St Kilda 6 8 44 Essendon 1 7 13 Junction Oval 26 May 1906Collingwood 4 13 37 Carlton 8 9 57 Victoria Park 26 May 1906Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateEssendon 6 15 51 Fitzroy 6 10 46 EMCG 2 June 1906St Kilda 4 7 31 Collingwood 13 11 89 Junction Oval 2 June 1906Carlton 10 9 69 South Melbourne 10 5 65 Princes Park 4 June 1906Melbourne 8 8 56 Geelong 11 9 75 MCG 4 June 1906Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 8 13 61 South Melbourne 3 13 31 Corio Oval 9 June 1906St Kilda 13 16 94 Melbourne 6 9 45 Junction Oval 9 June 1906Essendon 9 12 66 Collingwood 6 13 49 EMCG 9 June 1906Fitzroy 6 8 44 Carlton 7 14 56 Brunswick Street Oval 9 June 1906Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 6 5 41 St Kilda 4 13 37 Corio Oval 16 June 1906Collingwood 13 12 90 Melbourne 6 10 46 Victoria Park 16 June 1906Carlton 4 15 39 Essendon 10 14 74 Princes Park 16 June 1906South Melbourne 5 10 40 Fitzroy 9 8 62 Lake Oval 16 June 1906Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateSt Kilda 2 8 20 Fitzroy 3 7 25 Junction Oval 30 June 1906South Melbourne 3 8 26 Essendon 8 11 59 Lake Oval 30 June 1906Geelong 9 7 61 Collingwood 11 9 75 Corio Oval 30 June 1906Melbourne 3 7 25 Carlton 9 16 70 MCG 30 June 1906Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 11 25 91 Melbourne 5 9 39 Brunswick Street Oval 7 July 1906Essendon 16 16 112 Geelong 5 11 41 EMCG 7 July 1906Collingwood 14 14 98 South Melbourne 5 8 38 Victoria Park 7 July 1906Carlton 6 13 49 St Kilda 3 7 25 Princes Park 7 July 1906Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateSt Kilda 4 11 35 South Melbourne 4 4 28 Junction Oval 14 July 1906Collingwood 6 8 44 Fitzroy 13 10 88 Victoria Park 14 July 1906Melbourne 4 5 29 Essendon 13 17 95 MCG 14 July 1906Geelong 5 6 36 Carlton 8 15 63 Corio Oval 14 July 1906Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 9 13 67 Geelong 5 7 37 Brunswick Street Oval 21 July 1906Essendon 4 11 35 St Kilda 4 9 33 EMCG 21 July 1906Carlton 11 14 80 Collingwood 6 7 43 Princes Park 21 July 1906South Melbourne 12 11 83 Melbourne 4 3 27 Lake Oval 21 July 1906Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 6 21 57 Melbourne 6 10 46 Corio Oval 28 July 1906Collingwood 11 16 82 St Kilda 2 8 20 Victoria Park 28 July 1906Fitzroy 4 6 30 Essendon 5 8 38 Brunswick Street Oval 28 July 1906South Melbourne 12 12 84 Carlton 7 3 45 Lake Oval 28 July 1906Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateCollingwood 9 15 69 Essendon 5 7 37 Victoria Park 4 August 1906South Melbourne 14 17 101 Geelong 5 8 38 Lake Oval 4 August 1906Melbourne 5 10 40 St Kilda 10 13 73 MCG 11 August 1906Carlton 5 3 33 Fitzroy 4 14 38 Princes Park 11 August 1906Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 13 11 89 South Melbourne 5 12 42 Brunswick Street Oval 18 August 1906St Kilda 10 21 81 Geelong 3 13 31 Junction Oval 18 August 1906Melbourne 6 5 41 Collingwood 15 14 104 MCG 18 August 1906Essendon 4 12 36 Carlton 10 12 72 EMCG 18 August 1906Sectional Rounds EditSectional Round 1 Round 15 Edit Sectional Round 1 Round 15 Saturday 25 August Carlton 10 12 72 def Essendon 8 6 54 Princes ParkSaturday 25 August Collingwood 11 12 78 def St Kilda 7 19 61 Victoria ParkSaturday 25 August Melbourne 2 1 13 def by Fitzroy 17 18 120 Melbourne Cricket GroundSaturday 25 August South Melbourne 10 10 70 def Geelong 7 7 49 Lake OvalSectional Round 2 Round 16 Edit Sectional Round 2 Round 16 Saturday 1 September Geelong 4 5 29 def by Carlton 13 13 91 Corio OvalSaturday 1 September Fitzroy 5 8 38 def Collingwood 3 9 27 Brunswick Street OvalSaturday 1 September Essendon 3 13 31 def by South Melbourne 10 6 66 East Melbourne Cricket GroundSaturday 1 September St Kilda 10 12 72 def Melbourne 4 9 33 Junction OvalSectional Round 3 Round 17 Edit Sectional Round 3 Round 17 Saturday 8 September South Melbourne 4 15 39 def by Carlton 12 14 86 Lake OvalSaturday 8 September Melbourne 7 9 51 def by Collingwood 15 17 107 Melbourne Cricket GroundSaturday 8 September Geelong 9 12 66 def Essendon 5 12 42 Corio OvalSaturday 8 September St Kilda 8 12 60 def by Fitzroy 11 7 73 Junction OvalLadder Edit1906 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Carlton P 17 14 3 0 1171 763 153 5 56 Semi finals2 Fitzroy 17 13 4 0 1058 690 153 3 523 Collingwood 17 11 6 0 1232 878 140 3 444 Essendon 17 10 7 0 959 833 115 1 405 South Melbourne 17 8 9 0 965 966 99 9 326 St Kilda 17 6 11 0 796 904 88 1 247 Geelong 17 5 12 0 775 1206 64 3 208 Melbourne 17 1 16 0 681 1397 48 7 4Source VFL ladderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersSemi finals EditFirst Semi Final Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 10 12 72 Essendon 5 6 36 MCG 15 September 1906 Attendance 8 500Second Semi Final Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateCarlton 9 10 64 Collingwood 8 6 54 Brunswick Street Oval 15 September 1906 Attendance 15 000Grand final EditMain article 1906 VFL Grand Final Carlton defeated Fitzroy 15 4 94 to 6 9 45 For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalCarlton 3 2 7 4 9 4 15 4 94 Fitzroy 1 6 1 7 6 8 6 9 45 Awards EditThe 1906 VFL Premiership team was Carlton The VFL s leading goalkicker was Mick Grace of Carlton with 50 goals Melbourne took the wooden spoon in 1906 Notable events EditIn Round 4 St Kilda defeated Essendon for the first time in its history after 36 winless matches 15 in the VFA for four draws and 11 losses and 21 in the VFL for one draw and 20 losses over 20 years of competition 1878 and 1888 1906 On Saturday 23 June between Rounds 7 and 8 the VFL representative team 17 13 115 defeated the Ballarat Football Association 10 10 70 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Frank Caine kicked seven goals for Victoria 1 In the return game held at the City Oval in Ballarat during the second week of Round 13 11 August the BFA 11 7 73 defeated the VFL 6 7 43 this VFL team was limited to players from Essendon South Melbourne and Geelong with the other five teams either playing or on interstate tours at the time 2 On 15 September the weekend of the semi finals a VFL team selected from non finalists defeated the Bendigo Football Association 15 14 104 d 2 2 14 at the Upper Reserve in Bendigo 3 In Round 8 St Kilda formally protested the result of its five point loss against Fitzroy on the grounds that the timekeeper had rung the final bell thirty seconds prematurely The protest was dismissed three weeks later owing to a lack of evidence 4 A vacant Saturday was originally scheduled on 11 August in the fixture between Rounds 13 and 14 to accommodate the second game against Ballarat and to allow clubs to complete interstate tours However after South Australian club Norwood s tour was brought forward the VFL turned Round 13 into a split round at less than two weeks notice postponing the Carlton vs Fitzroy and St Kilda vs Melbourne games by a week 5 Mick Grace of Carlton was the first VFL player to score 50 goals in a season References Edit Football Last Saturday s actions Table Talk Melbourne VIC 28 June 1906 p 27 World of Sport Football The Herald Melbourne VIC 10 August 1906 p 4 Sporting Football The Bendigo Advertiser Melbourne VIC 17 September 1906 p 6 Victorian Football League protests dismissed The Argus Melbourne VIC 21 July 1906 p 15 A football dispute League and Association The Argus Melbourne VIC 2 August 1906 p 3 Rogers S amp 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 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