1916 VFL season

1916 VFL Premiership season

Premiership captain Wally Johnson
Teams 4
Premiers Fitzroy
(6th premiership)
Minor premiers Carlton
(6th minor premiership)
Matches played 28
Highest attendance 21,130
Leading Goalkicker Medallist Dick Lee (Collingwood)
1915
1917

The 1916 Victorian Football League season was the 20th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

The 1916 season of the VFL saw just four teams competing, due to World War I. This led to the anomaly of Fitzroy having the distinction of winning both the wooden spoon and the premiership in the same year, finishing 4th out of 4 but progressing through to the Grand Final in the final four finals system and winning that match.

Premiership season

In 1916, the VFL competition consisted of four 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 of the four teams played each other four times in a 12 match home-and-away season (each team hosting each of the others twice).

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1916 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Round 1

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Carlton 7.18 (60) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) Princes Park 6 May 1916
Richmond 10.9 (69) Collingwood 11.11 (77) Punt Road Oval 6 May 1916

Round 2

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 9.12 (66) Richmond 5.7 (37) Brunswick Street Oval 13 May 1916
Collingwood 7.3 (45) Carlton 10.11 (71) Victoria Park 13 May 1916

Round 3

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 7.8 (50) Collingwood 6.14 (50) Brunswick Street Oval 20 May 1916
Richmond 7.19 (61) Carlton 9.12 (66) Punt Road Oval 20 May 1916

Round 4

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 10.18 (78) Richmond 7.11 (53) Victoria Park 27 May 1916
Fitzroy 7.9 (51) Carlton 13.6 (84) Brunswick Street Oval 27 May 1916

Round 5

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Carlton 10.15 (75) Collingwood 11.10 (76) Princes Park 3 June 1916
Richmond 19.13 (127) Fitzroy 9.14 (68) Punt Road Oval 3 June 1916

Round 6

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 11.13 (79) Fitzroy 8.17 (65) Victoria Park 10 June 1916
Carlton 14.8 (92) Richmond 3.13 (31) Princes Park 10 June 1916

Round 7

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 10.14 (74) Richmond 11.9 (75) Victoria Park 17 June 1916
Fitzroy 7.8 (50) Carlton 10.19 (79) Brunswick Street Oval 17 June 1916

Round 8

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Carlton 9.11 (65) Collingwood 7.11 (53) Princes Park 24 June 1916
Richmond 9.11 (65) Fitzroy 7.13 (55) Punt Road Oval 24 June 1916

Round 9

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Collingwood 8.11 (59) Fitzroy 8.10 (58) Victoria Park 8 July 1916
Carlton 12.19 (91) Richmond 6.5 (41) Princes Park 8 July 1916

Round 10

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Carlton 11.15 (81) Fitzroy 8.14 (62) Princes Park 15 July 1916
Richmond 14.9 (93) Collingwood 9.13 (67) Punt Road Oval 15 July 1916

Round 11

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 9.11 (65) Richmond 10.15 (75) Brunswick Street Oval 22 July 1916
Collingwood 10.10 (70) Carlton 9.18 (72) Victoria Park 22 July 1916

Round 12

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date
Fitzroy 8.9 (57) Collingwood 11.9 (75) Brunswick Street Oval 29 July 1916
Richmond 9.11 (65) Carlton 12.10 (82) Punt Road Oval 29 July 1916

Ladder

1916 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Carlton 12 10 2 0 918 669 137.22 40
2 Collingwood 12 6 5 1 803 803 100.00 26
3 Richmond 12 5 7 0 792 881 89.90 20
4 Fitzroy (P) 12 2 9 1 711 871 81.63 10
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Finals

Semi finals

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Attendance
Collingwood 8.9 (57) Fitzroy 9.9 (63) MCG 12 August 1916 9,690
Carlton 10.15 (75) Richmond 10.12 (72) MCG 19 August 1916 11,728

Preliminary final

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Attendance
Carlton 5.12 (42) Fitzroy 9.11 (65) MCG 26 August 1916 15,567

Grand final

Main article: 1916 VFL Grand Final

Fitzroy defeated Carlton 12.13 (85) to 8.8 (56), in front of a crowd of 21,130 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Date Attendance
Carlton 8.8 (56) Fitzroy 12.13 (85) MCG 2 September 1916 21,130

Awards

Notable events

The situation of the VFL in 1916 was rather complex.

References

External links

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