1906 VFA season

1906 Premiership season
Teams	10
Premiers	West Melbourne (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	West Melbourne (1st minor premiership)
← 1905 1907 →

The 1906 Victorian Football Association season was the 30th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the West Melbourne Football Club, after defeating Footscray in the close final by eleven points. It was the first and only premiership won by West Melbourne during its nine-season stint in the VFA.

Premiership

The home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1906 VFA Ladder

TEAM

PTS

West Melbourne (P)

1162

595

Richmond

1135

693

North Melbourne

853

624

Footscray

916

644

Williamstown

1017

768

Brunswick

705

919

Port Melbourne

629

1068

Prahran

726

1095

Preston

796

953

Essendon

568

1245

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source^[1]

Finals


	Semi Finals
Saturday, 15 September	West Melbourne 9.18 (72)	def.	North Melbourne 4.4 (28)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	^[2]
Saturday, 22 September	Richmond 6.5 (41)	def. by	Footscray 6.14 (50)	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000)	^[3]


	1906 VFA Final
Saturday, 29 September	West Melbourne	def.	Footscray	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (Crowd: 20,000)	^[4]^[5]
	0.0 (0) 3.4 (22) 4.7 (31) 7.8 (50)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.2 (20) 3.5 (23) 5.8 (38) 5.9 (39)	Umpires: Souter

Williamson 3, Armstrong 2, McCann 2		Goals	Jacobson 2, Hedley, McCarthy, Hughes




Had Footscray won, minor premiers West Melbourne would have been entitled to a rematch the following Saturday to decide the premiership.

External links

References

↑ Observer (10 September 1906). "Football - Preparing for the Finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 5.
↑ Observer (17 September 1906). "Association finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 7.
↑ "Football - Association Finals". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 1906. p. 4.
↑ Observer (1 October 1906). "The Association Final". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. p. 5.
↑ "Premiership won by West Melbourne". North Melbourne Courier and West Melbourne Chronicle. Melbourne, VIC. 5 October 1906. p. 3.

VFA/VFL seasons

Pre-VFA	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876

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VFL seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Victorian Football League clubs

Current clubs	Box Hill Casey Scorpions Coburg Collingwood reserves Essendon reserves Footscray reserves Geelong reserves North Ballarat Northern Blues Port Melbourne Richmond reserves Sandringham Werribee Williamstown

Former clubs	Albert Park Ballarat Ballarat Imperial Berwick Bendigo Brighton/Caulfield Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Carlton reserves Collingwood Dandenong East Melbourne Essendon Essendon 'A' Fitzroy Footscray Frankston Geelong Geelong 'A' Geelong West Gold Coast Hawthorn Hotham/North Melbourne Kilsyth Melbourne Melbourne City Moorabbin Mordialloc Murray Kangaroos Northcote Oakleigh Prahran Richmond St Kilda St Kilda reserves South Ballarat South Melbourne South Williamstown Sunshine Tasmanian Devils Traralgon University Waverley West Melbourne Yarraville

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Mallee (1997-2015) Riviera (1986-2003) Tyrrell (1945-1978) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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