The season featured ten clubs, ran from 29 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The season was the beginning of the league's professional era, with clubs permitted for the first time to pay players beyond the reimbursement of expenses.
In 1911, 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 1911 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. (P) Premiers
Finals
All of the 1911 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.
In May 1911, after much agitation from the majority of clubs, 12 of the 16 club delegates voted to delete Rule 29 of the VFL constitution, expressly forbidding player payments beyond expenses, which had been added in 1900. It was widely accepted that most clubs had flouted this rule and used creative methods to provide payments: [1] by allowing payments other than reimbursement of expenses to be made to players, this made the competition professional.
The dissenting clubs who remained amateur were Melbourne and University, as their clubs' laws at the time stated that any player found to be professional would be immediately expelled.[2]
In Round 2, Geelong 7.12 (54) controversially tied Melbourne 7.12 (54) apiece, after Bert Whittington (Geelong) took a free kick after the final bell which was touched through the goal face for a behind. Under the rules at the time, the ball should have been declared dead for no score when it was touched; however, umpire Lardie Tulloch had not heard the bell over the crowd and signalled 'all clear' as if the whole passage of play had occurred before the bell. Melbourne lodged a protest against the result, but it was dismissed under a clause which had been newly added to the Laws of the Game prior to the 1911 season to provide clarity in exactly this type of situation, stating "the field umpire shall be the sole judge as to the first sound of the bell," irrespective of the volume of the bell or conduct of the timekeepers.[3][4]
In Round 4, Essendon became the first team to score 100 points against Collingwood, which was the last club remaining to have not yet conceded 100 points in a game. Essendon's score of 21.12 (138) was the highest by any club since Round 17, 1901.
On 20 August, the SAFL Interstate team defeated Victoria 11.11 (77) to 5.4 (34) to win the 1911 Adelaide Carnival.[2]
In round 9, Fitzroy back-man Bill Marchbanks, a constable with the Victorian Police Force, was refused leave to play for Fitzroy against Richmond and was instead, assigned to the South Melbourne and Essendon match to patrol as a mounted policeman. Near the end of the match, the home crowd roared as South Melbourne suddenly took the lead, causing his horse to rear and throw him against the iron fence. Marchbanks fractured his knee.[2]
Essendon player Jim Martin received a 12-match suspension for striking Fitzroy player George Holden (see also [1]) during the round 8 match, despite there being no witnesses who saw Martin throw a punch; it appeared that Holden had thrown himself at Martin, who was stationary and braced himself for the collision.[5] Martin was charged with assault,[6] and was found not guilty on appeal when the case went to the District Court,[7][8][9][10][11] but the tribunal's suspension cost him a place in Essendon's premiership team.[12]
From Round 15, St Kilda players went on strike to protest the club committee's barring of former player and captain Joe Hogan and the father of star player Wels Eicke from the club, and the Saints had to use 62 players for the season, the most by any team in the history of the VFL/AFL; due to a series of long-running disputes with the committee, St. Kilda also used 55 players in 1909 and 60 players in 1910.[13] After the strike, the club lost its last four games by an average of 96 points.
In Round 15, Vin Gardiner of Carlton became only the second player to kick ten goals in a match; his 21 scoring shots (10.11) also set a new record for a single player in a game.
In Round 16, Essendon scored 24.19 (163) against the strike-affected St Kilda, setting a new record for the highest score in a VFL match and breaking the previous record of 23.24 (162) set by Geelong in 1899.
In the 1911 finals series, players wore numbers on their backs for the first time in any VFL match played in Melbourne.
References
Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking, The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN0 86788 009 0.
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
^McConville, Andrew. "Player payments and the great bribery scandal". State Library Victoria. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^ abcRoss, John (1996). 100 Years of Australian Football. Ringwood, Australia: Viking Books. p. 382. ISBN9781854714343.
^"Geelong-Melbourne football match". The Geelong Advertiser. Geelong, VIC. 11 May 1911. p. 3.
^"Australian Football Conference". The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW. 10 November 1910. p. 12.
^"Rough football. Fitzroy player struck". The Argus. 15 June 1911. p. 7. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Footballer summoned. Service on the ground". The Argus. 26 June 1911. p. 6. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Football assault case. Martin fined £5". The Argus. 11 July 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Footballer in trouble. Fitzroy-Essendon incident". The Age. 11 July 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Strenuous football. James Martin's case. Appeal against conviction". The Argus. 31 August 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Strenuous football. James Martin's case conviction quashed". The Argus. 1 September 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^"Rough football. Another conviction quashed". The Age. 1 September 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 19 October 2019 – via Trove.
^Atkinson, Graeme (1989). 3AW Book of Footy Records. South Melbourne: Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd. p. 278. ISBN1863210091.
1911, season, 15th, season, victorian, football, league, highest, level, senior, australian, rules, football, competition, victoria, 1911, premiership, seasonessendon, premier, teamteams10premiersessendon3rd, premiershipminor, premiersessendon2nd, minor, premi. The 1911 VFL season was the 15th season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria 1911 VFL premiership seasonEssendon FC Premier teamTeams10PremiersEssendon3rd premiershipMinor premiersEssendon2nd minor premiershipLeading Goalkicker MedallistHarry Brereton Melbourne Matches played93Highest43 905 19101912 The season featured ten clubs ran from 29 April until 23 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs The season was the beginning of the league s professional era with clubs permitted for the first time to pay players beyond the reimbursement of expenses The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the third time after it defeated Collingwood by six points in the 1911 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 1 15 Round 15 1 16 Round 16 1 17 Round 17 1 18 Round 18 2 Ladder 3 Finals 3 1 Semi finals 4 Grand final 5 Awards 6 Notable events 7 References 8 External linksPremiership season EditIn 1911 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 1911 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 DateSouth Melbourne 14 18 102 University 5 10 40 Lake Oval 29 April 1911Collingwood 14 10 94 Richmond 9 11 65 Victoria Park 29 April 1911St Kilda 10 6 66 Geelong 7 15 57 Junction Oval 29 April 1911Melbourne 10 12 72 Fitzroy 11 4 70 MCG 29 April 1911Essendon 5 15 45 Carlton 6 9 45 EMCG 29 April 1911Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 7 12 54 Melbourne 7 12 54 Corio Oval 6 May 1911Carlton 10 6 66 South Melbourne 10 6 66 Princes Park 6 May 1911University 10 9 69 St Kilda 6 7 43 MCG 6 May 1911Richmond 3 11 29 Essendon 10 16 76 Punt Road Oval 6 May 1911Fitzroy 4 10 34 Collingwood 7 7 49 Brunswick Street Oval 6 May 1911Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateSt Kilda 2 5 17 South Melbourne 10 13 73 Junction Oval 13 May 1911Richmond 6 17 53 University 6 5 41 Punt Road Oval 13 May 1911Collingwood 8 17 65 Geelong 10 8 68 Victoria Park 13 May 1911Carlton 6 7 43 Fitzroy 6 9 45 Princes Park 13 May 1911Melbourne 0 9 9 Essendon 6 11 47 MCG 13 May 1911Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 8 12 60 Richmond 6 11 47 Corio Oval 20 May 1911Fitzroy 10 24 84 St Kilda 4 6 30 Brunswick Street Oval 20 May 1911South Melbourne 12 13 85 Melbourne 8 11 59 Lake Oval 20 May 1911Essendon 21 12 138 Collingwood 7 11 53 EMCG 20 May 1911University 6 8 44 Carlton 9 11 65 MCG 20 May 1911Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateMelbourne 9 15 69 St Kilda 4 7 31 MCG 27 May 1911Fitzroy 8 17 65 Geelong 4 8 32 Brunswick Street Oval 27 May 1911Essendon 12 14 86 University 6 6 42 EMCG 27 May 1911Carlton 13 11 89 Richmond 4 15 39 Princes Park 27 May 1911South Melbourne 4 10 34 Collingwood 5 10 40 Lake Oval 27 May 1911Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateRichmond 8 14 62 South Melbourne 7 12 54 Punt Road Oval 3 June 1911Collingwood 6 13 49 Melbourne 5 13 43 Victoria Park 3 June 1911University 5 12 42 Fitzroy 10 16 76 MCG 3 June 1911Geelong 6 6 42 Essendon 8 11 59 Corio Oval 3 June 1911St Kilda 5 12 42 Carlton 6 16 52 Junction Oval 3 June 1911Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateMelbourne 6 12 48 Richmond 9 15 69 MCG 5 June 1911Fitzroy 3 5 23 South Melbourne 10 11 71 Brunswick Street Oval 5 June 1911Essendon 9 10 64 St Kilda 3 6 24 EMCG 5 June 1911Collingwood 10 17 77 University 7 9 51 Victoria Park 5 June 1911Geelong 7 7 49 Carlton 5 8 38 Corio Oval 5 June 1911Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateEssendon 8 7 55 Fitzroy 3 2 20 EMCG 10 June 1911Carlton 7 13 55 Collingwood 2 10 22 Princes Park 10 June 1911St Kilda 3 8 26 Richmond 6 6 42 Junction Oval 10 June 1911University 5 9 39 Melbourne 9 13 67 MCG 10 June 1911South Melbourne 7 10 52 Geelong 5 9 39 Lake Oval 10 June 1911Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateGeelong 10 12 72 University 9 6 60 Corio Oval 17 June 1911Collingwood 12 13 85 St Kilda 4 8 32 Victoria Park 17 June 1911Richmond 4 12 36 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Punt Road Oval 17 June 1911South Melbourne 6 8 44 Essendon 5 11 41 Lake Oval 17 June 1911Melbourne 9 2 56 Carlton 13 11 89 MCG 17 June 1911Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 8 15 63 Melbourne 5 5 35 Brunswick Street Oval 22 June 1911Richmond 4 6 30 Collingwood 7 8 50 Punt Road Oval 22 June 1911Geelong 8 7 55 St Kilda 6 4 40 Corio Oval 24 June 1911Carlton 6 16 52 Essendon 5 10 40 Princes Park 24 June 1911University 4 5 29 South Melbourne 9 13 67 MCG 24 June 1911Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateSt Kilda 15 11 101 University 6 5 41 Junction Oval 1 July 1911Essendon 7 15 57 Richmond 7 5 47 EMCG 1 July 1911Collingwood 9 7 61 Fitzroy 10 12 72 Victoria Park 1 July 1911Melbourne 10 7 67 Geelong 8 7 55 MCG 1 July 1911South Melbourne 12 8 80 Carlton 9 11 65 Lake Oval 1 July 1911Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateEssendon 7 15 57 Melbourne 6 13 49 EMCG 8 July 1911South Melbourne 12 14 86 St Kilda 6 13 49 Lake Oval 8 July 1911University 3 8 26 Richmond 6 10 46 MCG 8 July 1911Geelong 6 7 43 Collingwood 8 5 53 Corio Oval 8 July 1911Fitzroy 5 13 43 Carlton 6 10 46 Brunswick Street Oval 8 July 1911Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateMelbourne 7 7 49 South Melbourne 9 8 62 MCG 15 July 1911Collingwood 2 11 23 Essendon 3 11 29 Victoria Park 15 July 1911Carlton 9 12 66 University 2 10 22 Princes Park 15 July 1911Richmond 11 14 80 Geelong 8 12 60 Punt Road Oval 15 July 1911St Kilda 3 8 26 Fitzroy 12 12 84 Junction Oval 15 July 1911Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateCollingwood 5 6 36 South Melbourne 5 7 37 Victoria Park 22 July 1911St Kilda 5 9 39 Melbourne 11 11 77 Junction Oval 22 July 1911Geelong 10 14 74 Fitzroy 6 3 39 Corio Oval 22 July 1911University 6 6 42 Essendon 12 8 80 MCG 22 July 1911Richmond 6 5 41 Carlton 11 10 76 Punt Road Oval 22 July 1911Round 15 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 12 14 86 University 7 7 49 Brunswick Street Oval 29 July 1911Essendon 9 7 61 Geelong 4 11 35 EMCG 29 July 1911Carlton 18 21 129 St Kilda 2 3 15 Princes Park 29 July 1911South Melbourne 8 25 73 Richmond 5 7 37 Lake Oval 29 July 1911Melbourne 4 6 30 Collingwood 6 16 52 MCG 29 July 1911Round 16 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateCarlton 11 5 71 Geelong 7 9 51 Princes Park 19 August 1911Richmond 7 9 51 Melbourne 9 6 60 Punt Road Oval 19 August 1911South Melbourne 5 6 36 Fitzroy 4 3 27 Lake Oval 19 August 1911St Kilda 5 8 38 Essendon 24 19 163 Junction Oval 19 August 1911University 0 9 9 Collingwood 14 14 98 MCG 19 August 1911Round 17 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateRichmond 17 21 123 St Kilda 5 6 36 Punt Road Oval 26 August 1911Melbourne 13 13 91 University 4 5 29 MCG 26 August 1911Geelong 10 12 72 South Melbourne 10 3 63 Corio Oval 26 August 1911Fitzroy 3 7 25 Essendon 6 10 46 Brunswick Street Oval 26 August 1911Collingwood 8 8 56 Carlton 4 17 41 Victoria Park 26 August 1911Round 18 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue DateFitzroy 8 9 57 Richmond 4 10 34 Brunswick Street Oval 2 September 1911Essendon 9 9 63 South Melbourne 8 10 58 EMCG 2 September 1911Carlton 9 8 62 Melbourne 8 6 54 Princes Park 2 September 1911University 7 4 46 Geelong 15 17 107 MCG 2 September 1911St Kilda 6 8 44 Collingwood 15 11 101 Junction Oval 2 September 1911Ladder Edit1911 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Essendon P 18 15 2 1 1207 677 178 3 62 Finals2 South Melbourne 18 13 4 1 1143 814 140 4 543 Carlton 18 12 4 2 1150 810 142 0 524 Collingwood 18 12 6 0 1064 855 124 4 485 Fitzroy 18 10 8 0 951 837 113 6 406 Geelong 18 8 9 1 1025 1026 99 9 347 Melbourne 18 7 10 1 989 1003 98 6 308 Richmond 18 7 11 0 931 1021 91 2 289 St Kilda 18 2 16 0 699 1454 48 1 810 University 18 1 17 0 721 1383 52 1 4Source VFL ladderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersFinals EditAll of the 1911 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 Semi finals Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue DateCollingwood 11 11 77 South Melbourne 6 11 47 MCG 9 SeptemberEssendon 9 15 69 Carlton 6 12 48 MCG 16 SeptemberGrand final Edit Dave Smith captained Essendon to victory Main article 1911 VFL Grand Final Essendon defeated Collingwood 5 11 41 to 4 11 35 in front of a crowd of 43 905 people For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalEssendon 2 4 3 9 3 11 5 11 41 Collingwood 1 1 1 5 3 8 4 11 35 Awards EditThe 1911 VFL Premiership team was Essendon The VFL s leading goalkicker was Vin Gardiner of Carlton with 47 goals University took the wooden spoon in 1911 Notable events EditIn May 1911 after much agitation from the majority of clubs 12 of the 16 club delegates voted to delete Rule 29 of the VFL constitution expressly forbidding player payments beyond expenses which had been added in 1900 It was widely accepted that most clubs had flouted this rule and used creative methods to provide payments 1 by allowing payments other than reimbursement of expenses to be made to players this made the competition professional The dissenting clubs who remained amateur were Melbourne and University as their clubs laws at the time stated that any player found to be professional would be immediately expelled 2 In Round 2 Geelong 7 12 54 controversially tied Melbourne 7 12 54 apiece after Bert Whittington Geelong took a free kick after the final bell which was touched through the goal face for a behind Under the rules at the time the ball should have been declared dead for no score when it was touched however umpire Lardie Tulloch had not heard the bell over the crowd and signalled all clear as if the whole passage of play had occurred before the bell Melbourne lodged a protest against the result but it was dismissed under a clause which had been newly added to the Laws of the Game prior to the 1911 season to provide clarity in exactly this type of situation stating the field umpire shall be the sole judge as to the first sound of the bell irrespective of the volume of the bell or conduct of the timekeepers 3 4 In Round 4 Essendon became the first team to score 100 points against Collingwood which was the last club remaining to have not yet conceded 100 points in a game Essendon s score of 21 12 138 was the highest by any club since Round 17 1901 On 20 August the SAFL Interstate team defeated Victoria 11 11 77 to 5 4 34 to win the 1911 Adelaide Carnival 2 In round 9 Fitzroy back man Bill Marchbanks a constable with the Victorian Police Force was refused leave to play for Fitzroy against Richmond and was instead assigned to the South Melbourne and Essendon match to patrol as a mounted policeman Near the end of the match the home crowd roared as South Melbourne suddenly took the lead causing his horse to rear and throw him against the iron fence Marchbanks fractured his knee 2 Essendon player Jim Martin received a 12 match suspension for striking Fitzroy player George Holden see also 1 during the round 8 match despite there being no witnesses who saw Martin throw a punch it appeared that Holden had thrown himself at Martin who was stationary and braced himself for the collision 5 Martin was charged with assault 6 and was found not guilty on appeal when the case went to the District Court 7 8 9 10 11 but the tribunal s suspension cost him a place in Essendon s premiership team 12 From Round 15 St Kilda players went on strike to protest the club committee s barring of former player and captain Joe Hogan and the father of star player Wels Eicke from the club and the Saints had to use 62 players for the season the most by any team in the history of the VFL AFL due to a series of long running disputes with the committee St Kilda also used 55 players in 1909 and 60 players in 1910 13 After the strike the club lost its last four games by an average of 96 points In Round 15 Vin Gardiner of Carlton became only the second player to kick ten goals in a match his 21 scoring shots 10 11 also set a new record for a single player in a game In Round 16 Essendon scored 24 19 163 against the strike affected St Kilda setting a new record for the highest score in a VFL match and breaking the previous record of 23 24 162 set by Geelong in 1899 In the 1911 finals series players wore numbers on their backs for the first time in any VFL match played in Melbourne References EditAtkinson G 1982 Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn t be bothered asking The Five Mile Press Melbourne ISBN 0 86788 009 0 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 McConville Andrew Player payments and the great bribery scandal State Library Victoria Retrieved 12 May 2020 a b c Ross John 1996 100 Years of Australian Football Ringwood Australia Viking Books p 382 ISBN 9781854714343 Geelong Melbourne football match The Geelong Advertiser Geelong VIC 11 May 1911 p 3 Australian Football Conference The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney NSW 10 November 1910 p 12 Rough football Fitzroy player struck The Argus 15 June 1911 p 7 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Footballer summoned Service on the ground The Argus 26 June 1911 p 6 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Football assault case Martin fined 5 The Argus 11 July 1911 p 9 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Footballer in trouble Fitzroy Essendon incident The Age 11 July 1911 p 8 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Strenuous football James Martin s case Appeal against conviction The Argus 31 August 1911 p 9 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Strenuous football James Martin s case conviction quashed The Argus 1 September 1911 p 5 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Rough football Another conviction quashed The Age 1 September 1911 p 9 Retrieved 19 October 2019 via Trove Atkinson Graeme 1989 3AW Book of Footy Records South Melbourne Magistra Publishing Company Pty Ltd p 278 ISBN 1863210091 Atkinson p 46 External links Edit1911 Season AFL Tables Player payments and the great bribery scandal Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1911 VFL season amp oldid 1129806729, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
