The season featured ten clubs, with University (MJFA) and Richmond (VFA) newly admitted to increase the league's size for the first time since its inception. The season ran from 2 May until 26 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1908, 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 1908 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
With fiery former Collingwood coach Dick Condon as playing coach and former Collingwood champion Charlie Pannam as captain, Richmond won its first VFL match against Melbourne, 8.14 (62) to 7.9 (51). University had its first VFL victory in the second round of the season, beating Richmond 14.10 (94) to 12.4 (76).
The sixth round match between Fitzroy and Essendon, also at the Brunswick Street Oval, was a fiery affair that resulted in a number of suspensions. A horde of Fitzroy supporters invaded the ground immediately the final bell had rung, kicking, punching and otherwise assaulting Essendon players as they tried to leave the playing field. Essendon fans also jumped the fence, in order to protect their players. A riot ensued.
A ten-day Carnival, the "Jubilee of Australasian Football (1858–1908)" was held in Melbourne in August 1908, involving teams from New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.
At an official Carnival function, when proposing a toast to "The Australasian Game" the Prime Minister of Australia, the Melbourne-born Alfred Deakin (1856–1919) spoke of his youthful experiences of playing a rudimentary form of Australian football.
Article on 1908 Melbourne Carnival at AustralianFootball.com
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Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
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The 1908 VFL season was the twelfth season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria 1908 VFL premiership seasonCarlton Football Club premiersTeams10PremiersCarlton3rd premiershipMinor premiersCarlton3rd minor premiershipLeading Goalkicker MedallistDick Lee Collingwood Matches played93Highest50 261 19071909 The season featured ten clubs with University MJFA and Richmond VFA newly admitted to increase the league s size for the first time since its inception The season ran from 2 May until 26 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the third time and third time consecutively after it defeated Essendon by nine points in the 1908 VFL Grand Final Contents 1 Background 2 Home and away season 2 1 Round 1 2 2 Round 2 2 3 Round 3 2 4 Round 4 2 5 Round 5 2 6 Round 6 2 7 Round 7 2 8 Round 8 2 9 Round 9 2 10 Round 10 2 11 Round 11 2 12 Round 12 2 13 Round 13 2 14 Round 14 2 15 Round 15 2 16 Round 16 2 17 Round 17 2 18 Round 18 3 Ladder 4 Finals series 4 1 Semi finals 4 2 Grand final 5 Season notes 6 Awards 7 References 8 SourcesBackground editIn 1908 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 1908 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system Home and away season editRound 1 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Fitzroy 6 8 44 South Melbourne 7 11 53 Brunswick Street Oval 2 May 1908 Essendon 14 11 95 University 3 11 29 EMCG 2 May 1908 Carlton 6 12 48 St Kilda 3 4 22 Princes Park 2 May 1908 Richmond 8 14 62 Melbourne 7 9 51 Punt Road Oval 2 May 1908 Geelong 12 13 85 Collingwood 5 8 38 Corio Oval 2 May 1908 Round 2 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Collingwood 3 14 32 Fitzroy 9 9 63 Victoria Park 9 May 1908 University 14 10 94 Richmond 12 4 76 EMCG 9 May 1908 South Melbourne 7 9 51 Geelong 4 8 32 Lake Oval 9 May 1908 St Kilda 7 6 48 Essendon 12 14 86 Junction Oval 9 May 1908 Melbourne 6 8 44 Carlton 9 8 62 MCG 9 May 1908 Round 3 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Geelong 7 8 50 Melbourne 10 12 72 Corio Oval 16 May 1908 Carlton 5 13 43 Essendon 4 8 32 Princes Park 16 May 1908 South Melbourne 4 2 26 St Kilda 7 13 55 Lake Oval 16 May 1908 Richmond 7 13 55 Fitzroy 11 14 80 Punt Road Oval 16 May 1908 University 7 12 54 Collingwood 8 14 62 EMCG 16 May 1908 Round 4 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date St Kilda 5 10 40 University 8 6 54 Junction Oval 23 May 1908 Melbourne 12 3 75 South Melbourne 10 13 73 MCG 23 May 1908 Fitzroy 7 18 60 Geelong 6 8 44 Brunswick Street Oval 23 May 1908 Essendon 11 16 82 Richmond 6 9 45 EMCG 23 May 1908 Collingwood 5 9 39 Carlton 10 7 67 Victoria Park 23 May 1908 Round 5 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date South Melbourne 12 4 76 University 9 11 65 Lake Oval 30 May 1908 Carlton 10 12 72 Fitzroy 5 10 40 Princes Park 30 May 1908 St Kilda 9 12 66 Melbourne 2 13 25 Junction Oval 30 May 1908 Richmond 8 17 65 Geelong 8 11 59 Punt Road Oval 30 May 1908 Essendon 10 9 69 Collingwood 9 10 64 EMCG 30 May 1908 Round 6 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Geelong 5 9 39 St Kilda 6 6 42 Corio Oval 6 June 1908 Collingwood 12 7 79 Richmond 9 10 64 Victoria Park 6 June 1908 University 12 7 79 Melbourne 1 13 19 EMCG 6 June 1908 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Essendon 5 12 42 Brunswick Street Oval 6 June 1908 South Melbourne 7 9 51 Carlton 8 5 53 Lake Oval 6 June 1908 Round 7 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Richmond 9 9 63 South Melbourne 11 11 77 Punt Road Oval 8 June 1908 Carlton 13 14 92 Geelong 2 13 25 Princes Park 8 June 1908 University 9 7 61 Fitzroy 12 12 84 EMCG 8 June 1908 Melbourne 10 6 66 Essendon 10 12 72 MCG 8 June 1908 St Kilda 12 11 83 Collingwood 5 12 42 Junction Oval 8 June 1908 Round 8 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Geelong 4 11 35 University 5 9 39 Corio Oval 13 June 1908 Fitzroy 7 6 48 St Kilda 12 9 81 Brunswick Street Oval 13 June 1908 Essendon 8 11 59 South Melbourne 6 9 45 EMCG 13 June 1908 Collingwood 8 8 56 Melbourne 4 8 32 Victoria Park 13 June 1908 Carlton 17 13 115 Richmond 2 15 27 Princes Park 13 June 1908 Round 9 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date St Kilda 9 5 59 Richmond 3 15 33 Junction Oval 20 June 1908 Melbourne 4 4 28 Fitzroy 3 7 25 MCG 20 June 1908 Geelong 3 7 25 Essendon 7 9 51 Corio Oval 20 June 1908 South Melbourne 9 11 65 Collingwood 6 8 44 Lake Oval 20 June 1908 University 6 15 51 Carlton 7 15 57 EMCG 20 June 1908 Round 10 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Melbourne 11 16 82 Richmond 1 6 12 MCG 27 June 1908 Collingwood 9 12 66 Geelong 7 4 46 Victoria Park 27 June 1908 South Melbourne 2 19 31 Fitzroy 2 6 18 Lake Oval 27 June 1908 University 6 10 46 Essendon 7 14 56 EMCG 27 June 1908 St Kilda 6 5 41 Carlton 10 12 72 Junction Oval 27 June 1908 Round 11 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Richmond 11 5 71 University 8 14 62 Punt Road Oval 4 July 1908 Geelong 9 4 58 South Melbourne 9 12 66 Corio Oval 4 July 1908 Essendon 5 10 40 St Kilda 8 9 57 EMCG 4 July 1908 Carlton 8 15 63 Melbourne 4 7 31 Princes Park 4 July 1908 Fitzroy 6 6 42 Collingwood 7 2 44 Brunswick Street Oval 4 July 1908 Round 12 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date St Kilda 5 4 34 South Melbourne 4 5 29 Junction Oval 11 July 1908 Fitzroy 4 9 33 Richmond 5 4 34 Brunswick Street Oval 11 July 1908 Collingwood 3 13 31 University 2 2 14 Victoria Park 11 July 1908 Melbourne 9 12 66 Geelong 7 6 48 MCG 11 July 1908 Essendon 6 6 42 Carlton 4 5 29 EMCG 11 July 1908 Round 13 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Carlton 10 17 77 Collingwood 5 7 37 Princes Park 18 July 1908 University 7 14 56 St Kilda 5 13 43 EMCG 18 July 1908 South Melbourne 5 10 40 Melbourne 11 8 74 Lake Oval 18 July 1908 Geelong 7 14 56 Fitzroy 11 8 74 Corio Oval 18 July 1908 Richmond 7 3 45 Essendon 9 14 68 Punt Road Oval 18 July 1908 Round 14 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Melbourne 16 11 107 St Kilda 8 3 51 MCG 25 July 1908 Geelong 6 17 53 Richmond 5 8 38 Corio Oval 25 July 1908 Collingwood 8 12 60 Essendon 8 8 56 Victoria Park 25 July 1908 University 11 7 73 South Melbourne 10 11 71 EMCG 25 July 1908 Fitzroy 4 9 33 Carlton 6 8 44 Brunswick Street Oval 25 July 1908 Round 15 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Melbourne 7 12 54 University 8 10 58 MCG 1 August 1908 Essendon 8 13 61 Fitzroy 7 8 50 EMCG 1 August 1908 Carlton 8 19 67 South Melbourne 6 5 41 Princes Park 1 August 1908 St Kilda 17 5 107 Geelong 5 8 38 Junction Oval 1 August 1908 Richmond 11 8 74 Collingwood 10 9 69 Punt Road Oval 1 August 1908 Round 16 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Fitzroy 13 16 94 University 11 7 73 Brunswick Street Oval 8 August 1908 Essendon 17 17 119 Melbourne 8 11 59 EMCG 8 August 1908 Collingwood 10 10 70 St Kilda 7 9 51 Victoria Park 8 August 1908 South Melbourne 18 12 120 Richmond 4 4 28 Lake Oval 8 August 1908 Geelong 5 9 39 Carlton 6 13 49 Corio Oval 8 August 1908 Round 17 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date University 13 18 96 Geelong 6 8 44 EMCG 15 August 1908 St Kilda 4 7 31 Fitzroy 3 4 22 Junction Oval 15 August 1908 South Melbourne 5 8 38 Essendon 3 14 32 Lake Oval 15 August 1908 Melbourne 4 8 32 Collingwood 6 9 45 MCG 15 August 1908 Richmond 4 17 41 Carlton 6 12 48 Punt Road Oval 15 August 1908 Round 18 edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Richmond 16 11 107 St Kilda 6 8 44 Punt Road Oval 5 September 1908 Fitzroy 11 18 84 Melbourne 1 4 10 Brunswick Street Oval 5 September 1908 Essendon 13 20 98 Geelong 3 9 27 EMCG 5 September 1908 Collingwood 12 16 88 South Melbourne 3 4 22 Victoria Park 5 September 1908 Carlton 10 7 67 University 4 4 28 Princes Park 5 September 1908Ladder edit P Premiers Qualified for finals Team P W L D PF PA Pts 1 Carlton P 18 17 1 0 1125 664 169 4 68 2 Essendon 18 14 4 0 1160 814 142 5 56 3 St Kilda 18 10 8 0 955 942 101 4 40 4 Collingwood 18 10 8 0 966 996 97 0 40 5 South Melbourne 18 9 9 0 975 962 101 4 36 6 University 18 8 10 0 1032 1075 96 0 32 7 Fitzroy 18 7 11 0 932 852 109 4 28 8 Melbourne 18 7 11 0 927 1065 87 0 28 9 Richmond 18 6 12 0 940 1275 73 7 24 10 Geelong 18 2 16 0 803 1170 68 6 8 Rules for classification 1 premiership points 2 percentage 3 points forAverage score 54 5Source AFL TablesFinals series editSemi finals edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Essendon 9 14 68 Collingwood 5 3 33 MCG 12 September 1908 Attendance 24 700 Carlton 12 12 84 St Kilda 3 8 26 MCG 19 September 1908 Attendance 26 100 Grand final edit Main article 1908 VFL Grand Final Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr Final Carlton 2 3 5 4 5 5 5 5 35 Essendon 1 1 2 4 3 5 3 8 26 Season notes editRichmond Football Club and University Football Club were admitted to the VFL competition With fiery former Collingwood coach Dick Condon as playing coach and former Collingwood champion Charlie Pannam as captain Richmond won its first VFL match against Melbourne 8 14 62 to 7 9 51 University had its first VFL victory in the second round of the season beating Richmond 14 10 94 to 12 4 76 In the first round match between Fitzroy and South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval an umpire was hit by a stone thrown by a spectator The sixth round match between Fitzroy and Essendon also at the Brunswick Street Oval was a fiery affair that resulted in a number of suspensions A horde of Fitzroy supporters invaded the ground immediately the final bell had rung kicking punching and otherwise assaulting Essendon players as they tried to leave the playing field Essendon fans also jumped the fence in order to protect their players A riot ensued A ten day Carnival the Jubilee of Australasian Football 1858 1908 was held in Melbourne in August 1908 involving teams from New South Wales New Zealand Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria and Western Australia At an official Carnival function when proposing a toast to The Australasian Game the Prime Minister of Australia the Melbourne born Alfred Deakin 1856 1919 spoke of his youthful experiences of playing a rudimentary form of Australian football Awards editThe 1908 VFL Premiership team was Carlton The VFL s leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 54 goals Geelong took the wooden spoon in 1908 References editArticle on 1908 Melbourne Carnival at AustralianFootball com 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 9591740 2 8 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 0Sources edit1908 VFL season at AFL Tables 1908 VFL season at Australian Football Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1908 VFL season amp oldid 1185691404, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
