The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 1 May until 9 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1926, 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 18 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 6, and match 18 the "home-and-away reverse" of match 9.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1926 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 1926 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.
The seconds premiership was won by Carlton. Carlton 14.11 (95) defeated Geelong 5.13 (43) in the challenge Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 9 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]
Notable events
In order to ensure that each team had nine home games in every season, the 17 game home-and-away season of 1925 was extended to 18 matches in 1926.
Halfway through the 1924 season, Carlton's champion Horrie Clover retired as a player due to a serious illness. He was subsequently appointed Secretary of the Carlton Club and, as well, he was made a member of the VFL's Umpire and permit Committee. By the start of 1926, Clover's health had improved to the extent that he resumed his career with Carlton, playing another 78 senior games from 1926 to 1931. Due to the perceived conflict of interest, he was made to resign from the VFL Committee.
As the players were walking off the field for their half-time break in the preliminary final, the Melbourne centreman Bob Corbett was viciously king-hit from behind, suffering a broken jaw; Essendon's Charlie May was subsequently suspended for all of 1927 for the incident. With no replacements allowed, Melbourne were forced to continue with 17 men and were gamely defending against the Essendon onslaught in the last quarter when, with only minutes to go in the match, a barely conscious Corbett staggered out onto the field with his head swathed in bandages, and took up his position in the centre, freeing up Ivor Warne-Smith to lead the Melbourne attack. In a mark of respect for Corbett's great courage, Essendon tough-man and rugged full-back Harry Hunter, who was racing up the ground towards the Essendon goals, saw a battered Corbett standing in his way. Under normal circumstances, Hunter, who was known to take no prisoners, would have run straight through Corbett; however, in what was described as an act of great chivalry by a sportsman and a gentleman, Hunter sidestepped Corbett, and delivered the ball down the ground through another avenue. Melbourne won 6.6 (42) to Essendon's 5.9 (39). The king-hit led to strong calls for substitute replacement players.[2][3]
Footnotes
^"Junior League". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 October 1926. p. 8.
^Old Boy, "Football: Preliminary Final", The Argus, (Monday, 4 October 1926), p. 16.
^Football Incident: Corbett's Injury: C. May (Essendon) Suspended, The Argus, (Friday, 15 October 1926), p. 5.Rough Football: May (Essendon) Punished: Out for a Season, The Age, (Friday, 15 October 1926), p. 10.
References
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
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
External links
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The 1926 VFL season was the 30th season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 1 May until 9 October and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1926 VFL premiership seasonMelbourne Football Club team premiersTeams12PremiersMelbourne2nd premiershipMinor premiersCollingwood8th minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistIvor Warne Smith Melbourne Leading Goalkicker MedallistGordon Coventry Collingwood Matches played112Highest50 662 19251927 The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the second time after it defeated Collingwood by 57 points in the 1926 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 3 2 Preliminary final 4 Grand final 5 Awards 6 Notable events 7 Footnotes 8 References 9 External linksPremiership season EditIn 1926 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 18 rounds matches 12 to 17 were the home and way reverse of matches 1 to 6 and match 18 the home and away reverse of match 9 Once the 18 round home and away season had finished the 1926 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 Crowd DateMelbourne 13 14 92 St Kilda 8 15 63 MCG 18 742 1 May 1926Essendon 15 14 104 North Melbourne 6 17 53 Windy Hill 15 000 1 May 1926South Melbourne 11 11 77 Richmond 12 13 85 Lake Oval 20 000 1 May 1926Geelong 13 15 93 Footscray 3 9 27 Corio Oval 15 000 1 May 1926Fitzroy 7 13 55 Collingwood 14 10 94 Brunswick Street Oval 25 000 1 May 1926Hawthorn 6 14 50 Carlton 9 16 70 Glenferrie Oval 16 000 1 May 1926Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 8 9 57 South Melbourne 13 12 90 Western Oval 15 000 8 May 1926Collingwood 6 11 47 Essendon 10 18 78 Victoria Park 25 000 8 May 1926Carlton 9 15 69 Melbourne 8 10 58 Princes Park 18 000 8 May 1926North Melbourne 5 8 38 Hawthorn 5 12 42 Arden Street Oval 7 000 8 May 1926St Kilda 15 15 105 Geelong 16 14 110 Junction Oval 20 000 8 May 1926Richmond 18 8 116 Fitzroy 8 10 58 Punt Road Oval 22 000 8 May 1926Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 17 17 119 North Melbourne 14 5 89 MCG 9 495 15 May 1926Fitzroy 11 13 79 Footscray 11 12 78 Brunswick Street Oval 15 000 15 May 1926Essendon 10 9 69 Richmond 8 13 61 Windy Hill 30 000 15 May 1926South Melbourne 6 11 47 St Kilda 6 14 50 Lake Oval 23 000 15 May 1926Hawthorn 6 11 47 Collingwood 17 17 119 Glenferrie Oval 13 000 15 May 1926Geelong 9 10 64 Carlton 8 12 60 Corio Oval 18 000 15 May 1926Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateCollingwood 12 12 84 Melbourne 12 7 79 Victoria Park 15 000 22 May 1926Carlton 10 11 71 South Melbourne 9 12 66 Princes Park 25 000 22 May 1926Richmond 16 16 112 Hawthorn 14 16 100 Punt Road Oval 14 000 22 May 1926North Melbourne 7 8 50 Geelong 7 16 58 Arden Street Oval 14 000 22 May 1926St Kilda 9 8 62 Fitzroy 7 9 51 Junction Oval 22 000 22 May 1926Footscray 7 5 47 Essendon 6 13 49 Western Oval 20 000 22 May 1926Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 19 8 122 Richmond 12 17 89 MCG 28 628 29 May 1926Essendon 13 7 85 St Kilda 5 8 38 Windy Hill 20 000 29 May 1926South Melbourne 10 15 75 North Melbourne 11 7 73 Lake Oval 15 000 29 May 1926Hawthorn 9 13 67 Footscray 14 16 100 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 29 May 1926Geelong 9 14 68 Collingwood 10 15 75 Corio Oval 19 500 29 May 1926Fitzroy 7 16 58 Carlton 7 6 48 Brunswick Street Oval 25 000 29 May 1926Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 6 10 46 Melbourne 15 15 105 Western Oval 16 000 5 June 1926Collingwood 12 16 88 South Melbourne 8 11 59 Victoria Park 16 000 5 June 1926Carlton 10 13 73 Essendon 6 15 51 Princes Park 30 000 5 June 1926St Kilda 12 7 79 Hawthorn 6 14 50 Junction Oval 10 000 5 June 1926Richmond 10 13 73 Geelong 12 11 83 Punt Road Oval 26 000 5 June 1926North Melbourne 11 11 77 Fitzroy 11 15 81 Arden Street Oval 10 000 5 June 1926Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 10 13 73 Richmond 10 14 74 Arden Street Oval 12 000 7 June 1926Melbourne 12 16 88 South Melbourne 8 17 65 MCG 20 974 7 June 1926Fitzroy 11 15 81 Hawthorn 14 12 96 Brunswick Street Oval 8 000 7 June 1926Geelong 13 11 89 Essendon 7 9 51 Corio Oval 25 600 7 June 1926St Kilda 9 12 66 Collingwood 10 16 76 Junction Oval 24 000 7 June 1926Footscray 10 11 71 Carlton 14 9 93 Western Oval 20 000 7 June 1926Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 11 19 85 St Kilda 9 12 66 Punt Road Oval 22 000 19 June 1926Essendon 10 9 69 Melbourne 11 9 75 Windy Hill 23 000 19 June 1926Collingwood 28 16 184 Footscray 8 10 58 Victoria Park 14 000 19 June 1926Carlton 17 7 109 North Melbourne 7 10 52 Princes Park 20 000 19 June 1926Hawthorn 10 12 72 Geelong 18 10 118 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 19 June 1926South Melbourne 13 15 93 Fitzroy 9 5 59 Lake Oval 15 000 19 June 1926Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 4 9 33 St Kilda 5 17 47 Arden Street Oval 5 000 26 June 1926Footscray 8 8 56 Richmond 9 13 67 Western Oval 14 000 26 June 1926Fitzroy 10 9 69 Geelong 12 12 84 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 26 June 1926Carlton 10 10 70 Collingwood 6 13 49 Princes Park 30 000 26 June 1926Melbourne 21 28 154 Hawthorn 1 7 13 MCG 7 514 26 June 1926South Melbourne 9 15 69 Essendon 8 9 57 Lake Oval 18 000 26 June 1926Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 8 10 58 South Melbourne 11 16 82 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 3 July 1926Geelong 8 19 67 Melbourne 8 5 53 Corio Oval 21 500 3 July 1926St Kilda 7 17 59 Footscray 10 7 67 Junction Oval 12 500 3 July 1926Fitzroy 6 13 49 Essendon 11 12 78 Brunswick Street Oval 13 000 3 July 1926North Melbourne 8 5 53 Collingwood 10 16 76 Arden Street Oval 5 000 3 July 1926Richmond 7 17 59 Carlton 8 6 54 Punt Road Oval 32 000 3 July 1926Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 14 9 93 North Melbourne 10 8 68 Western Oval 12 000 10 July 1926Essendon 11 8 74 Hawthorn 7 5 47 Windy Hill 10 000 10 July 1926Collingwood 14 15 99 Richmond 5 11 41 Victoria Park 23 000 10 July 1926Carlton 11 14 80 St Kilda 9 9 63 Princes Park 15 000 10 July 1926South Melbourne 9 13 67 Geelong 8 8 56 Lake Oval 20 000 10 July 1926Melbourne 14 15 99 Fitzroy 8 12 60 MCG 11 651 10 July 1926Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 10 15 75 South Melbourne 16 12 108 Punt Road Oval 27 000 17 July 1926Footscray 7 14 56 Geelong 15 17 107 Western Oval 17 000 17 July 1926Collingwood 18 16 124 Fitzroy 11 16 82 Victoria Park 16 000 17 July 1926Carlton 8 17 65 Hawthorn 8 9 57 Princes Park 12 000 17 July 1926St Kilda 3 11 29 Melbourne 17 16 118 Junction Oval 14 000 17 July 1926North Melbourne 4 8 32 Essendon 6 14 50 Arden Street Oval 10 000 17 July 1926Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 10 10 70 North Melbourne 10 10 70 Glenferrie Oval 4 500 7 August 1926Geelong 12 18 90 St Kilda 5 8 38 Corio Oval 10 500 7 August 1926Fitzroy 10 17 77 Richmond 12 20 92 Brunswick Street Oval 10 000 7 August 1926South Melbourne 15 17 107 Footscray 6 12 48 Lake Oval 14 000 7 August 1926Essendon 6 10 46 Collingwood 10 9 69 Windy Hill 20 000 7 August 1926Melbourne 12 18 90 Carlton 8 10 58 MCG 27 785 7 August 1926Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateSt Kilda 7 11 53 South Melbourne 10 21 81 Junction Oval 15 000 14 August 1926Collingwood 16 8 104 Hawthorn 3 10 28 Victoria Park 7 000 14 August 1926Carlton 12 10 82 Geelong 10 15 75 Princes Park 25 000 14 August 1926North Melbourne 10 7 67 Melbourne 9 16 70 Arden Street Oval 6 000 14 August 1926Footscray 8 15 63 Fitzroy 14 21 105 Western Oval 10 000 14 August 1926Richmond 8 14 62 Essendon 10 7 67 Punt Road Oval 20 000 14 August 1926Round 15 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 10 9 69 Richmond 14 18 102 Glenferrie Oval 5 000 21 August 1926Geelong 15 22 112 North Melbourne 7 6 48 Corio Oval 10 000 21 August 1926Fitzroy 18 18 126 St Kilda 9 10 64 Brunswick Street Oval 7 000 21 August 1926Essendon 18 15 123 Footscray 9 9 63 Windy Hill 8 000 21 August 1926Melbourne 6 7 43 Collingwood 13 15 93 MCG 32 475 21 August 1926South Melbourne 12 13 85 Carlton 9 8 62 Lake Oval 29 000 21 August 1926Round 16 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 9 16 70 South Melbourne 15 16 106 Arden Street Oval 12 000 28 August 1926Footscray 9 19 73 Hawthorn 11 14 80 Western Oval 5 000 28 August 1926Collingwood 8 16 64 Geelong 14 13 97 Victoria Park 26 550 28 August 1926Carlton 18 18 126 Fitzroy 15 14 104 Princes Park 25 000 28 August 1926Richmond 10 8 68 Melbourne 13 16 94 Punt Road Oval 15 000 28 August 1926St Kilda 2 11 23 Essendon 14 11 95 Junction Oval 13 000 28 August 1926Round 17 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 10 10 70 St Kilda 12 14 86 Glenferrie Oval 5 000 4 September 1926Geelong 19 16 130 Richmond 8 18 66 Corio Oval 11 500 4 September 1926Fitzroy 17 18 120 North Melbourne 13 7 85 Brunswick Street Oval 6 000 4 September 1926Melbourne 20 20 140 Footscray 9 14 68 MCG 6 684 4 September 1926South Melbourne 8 9 57 Collingwood 9 9 63 Lake Oval 32 000 4 September 1926Essendon 13 8 86 Carlton 11 11 77 Windy Hill 25 000 4 September 1926Round 18 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 11 12 78 Melbourne 18 13 121 Glenferrie Oval 5 000 11 September 1926Essendon 9 17 71 South Melbourne 10 14 74 Windy Hill 25 000 11 September 1926St Kilda 13 12 90 North Melbourne 11 5 71 Junction Oval 6 000 11 September 1926Richmond 6 13 49 Footscray 13 15 93 Punt Road Oval 5 000 11 September 1926Geelong 15 14 104 Fitzroy 6 13 49 Corio Oval 14 000 11 September 1926Collingwood 12 24 96 Carlton 7 5 47 Victoria Park 20 000 11 September 1926Ladder Edit1926 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Collingwood 18 15 3 0 1604 1074 149 3 60 Finals2 Geelong 18 15 3 0 1605 1105 145 2 603 Melbourne P 18 14 4 0 1720 1175 146 4 564 Essendon 18 12 6 0 1303 1048 124 3 485 South Melbourne 18 12 6 0 1408 1184 118 9 486 Carlton 18 11 7 0 1314 1234 106 5 447 Richmond 18 9 9 0 1376 1495 92 0 368 Fitzroy 18 6 12 0 1363 1583 86 1 249 St Kilda 18 6 12 0 1081 1427 75 8 2410 Footscray 18 4 14 0 1164 1665 69 9 1611 Hawthorn 18 3 14 1 1094 1648 66 4 1412 North Melbourne 18 0 17 1 1102 1496 73 7 2Source VFL LadderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersFinals EditAll of the 1926 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 Crowd DateGeelong 10 10 70 Essendon 17 15 117 MCG 50 662 18 SeptemberCollingwood 12 12 84 Melbourne 13 17 95 MCG 44 286 25 SeptemberPreliminary final Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 6 6 42 Essendon 5 9 39 MCG 50 162 2 OctoberGrand final EditMain article 1926 VFL Grand Final Melbourne defeated Collingwood 17 17 119 to 9 8 62 in front of a crowd of 59 362 people For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football Awards EditThe 1926 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne The VFL s leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 83 goals a VFL record The winner of the 1926 Brownlow Medal was Ivor Warne Smith of Melbourne with 9 votes North Melbourne took the wooden spoon in 1926 The seconds premiership was won by Carlton Carlton 14 11 95 defeated Geelong 5 13 43 in the challenge Grand Final played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 9 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1 Notable events EditIn order to ensure that each team had nine home games in every season the 17 game home and away season of 1925 was extended to 18 matches in 1926 Following the retirement due to ill health of Sir Baldwin Spencer former Melbourne footballer club doctor and VFL delegate Dr William C McClelland became President of the VFL He served from 1926 to 1956 Halfway through the 1924 season Carlton s champion Horrie Clover retired as a player due to a serious illness He was subsequently appointed Secretary of the Carlton Club and as well he was made a member of the VFL s Umpire and permit Committee By the start of 1926 Clover s health had improved to the extent that he resumed his career with Carlton playing another 78 senior games from 1926 to 1931 Due to the perceived conflict of interest he was made to resign from the VFL Committee As the players were walking off the field for their half time break in the preliminary final the Melbourne centreman Bob Corbett was viciously king hit from behind suffering a broken jaw Essendon s Charlie May was subsequently suspended for all of 1927 for the incident With no replacements allowed Melbourne were forced to continue with 17 men and were gamely defending against the Essendon onslaught in the last quarter when with only minutes to go in the match a barely conscious Corbett staggered out onto the field with his head swathed in bandages and took up his position in the centre freeing up Ivor Warne Smith to lead the Melbourne attack In a mark of respect for Corbett s great courage Essendon tough man and rugged full back Harry Hunter who was racing up the ground towards the Essendon goals saw a battered Corbett standing in his way Under normal circumstances Hunter who was known to take no prisoners would have run straight through Corbett however in what was described as an act of great chivalry by a sportsman and a gentleman Hunter sidestepped Corbett and delivered the ball down the ground through another avenue Melbourne won 6 6 42 to Essendon s 5 9 39 The king hit led to strong calls for substitute replacement players 2 3 Footnotes Edit Junior League The Argus Melbourne 11 October 1926 p 8 Old Boy Football Preliminary Final The Argus Monday 4 October 1926 p 16 Football Incident Corbett s Injury C May Essendon Suspended The Argus Friday 15 October 1926 p 5 Rough Football May Essendon Punished Out for a Season The Age Friday 15 October 1926 p 10 References EditMaplestone 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 0External links Edit1926 Season AFL Tables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1926 VFL season amp oldid 1129807113, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
