1885 VFA season

1885 Premiership season
Teams 10
Premiers South Melbourne
(2nd premiership)
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The 1885 Victorian Football Association season was the 9th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the South Melbourne Football Club. It was the club's second VFA premiership.

Association membership

The senior membership of the Association increased from eight to ten clubs in 1885. The two new clubs were Richmond and University.

1885 VFA premiership

The 1885 premiership was won by the South Melbourne Football Club, which finished the season undefeated from a total of 25 matches. Essendon, which lost only two of its 21 matches, finished as runner up, and the defending premiers Geelong finished third.

Club senior records

The below table details the playing records of the ten clubs in all matches during the 1885 season. Two sets of results are given:

The clubs are listed in the order in which they were ranked in the Sportsman newspaper. However, other than announcing the top three place-getters, the VFA had no formal process by which the clubs were ranked, so the below order should be considered indicative only, particularly since the fixturing of matches was not standardised.

1885 VFA Results
Senior Results Total Results
TEAM P W L D GF GA P W L D GF GA
1 South Melbourne (P) 16 14 0 2 101 24 25 22 0 3 158 39
2 Essendon 18 12 2 4 84 43 21 15 2 4 108 45
3 Geelong 17 8 4 5 61 51 21 12 4 5 81 60
Carlton 20 10 8 2 61 58 22 12 8 2 73 61
Fitzroy 19 8 8 3 51 51 23 10 9 4 59 58
Williamstown 15 6 7 2 35 45 18 9 7 2 45 49
Hotham 16 6 6 4 49 49 23 13 6 4 97 63
Melbourne 21 5 14 2 35 78 23 6 15 2 44 88
Richmond 17 4 11 2 30 64 17 4 11 2 30 64
University 17 1 14 2 24 68 18 2 14 2 28 69
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers Source:[1]

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References

  1. ↑ Goal Post (30 September 1885). "Review of the Football Season". The Sportsman (Melbourne, VIC). p. 8.