1899 VFL season#Finals
{{Short description|Third season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox VFL season
| year = 1899
| image = Fitzroy fc 1899.jpg
| imagesize = 258px
| caption = {{AFL Fit}} 1899 VFL premiership team
| date = 13 May—16 September 1899
| teams = 8
| premiers = {{AFL Fit}}
| premcount = 2
| minorpremiers = {{AFL Fit}}
| mpcount = 1
| leadinggoalkicker = Eddy James ({{AFL Gee}})
| goals = 31
| matches = 69
| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1898 VFL season|1898}}
| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1900 VFL season|1900}}
}}
The 1899 VFL season was the third season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 13 May to 16 September, comprising a 14-round home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs.
{{AFL Fit}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL SM}} by one point in the 1899 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's second (consecutive and overall) VFL premiership. Fitzroy also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–3 win–loss record. {{AFL Gee}}'s Eddy James won his second leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.
Background
In 1899, the VFL competition consisted of eight 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 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1899 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL finals system.
Home-and-away season
=Round 1=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 1}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|10.13 (73)|H|{{AFL Car}}|2.6 (18)|Lake Oval|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|8.6 (54)|H|{{AFL Col}}|3.9 (27)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|6.11 (47)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|0.9 (9)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 13 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|16.20 (116)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|3.5 (23)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 2=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 2}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|1.5 (11)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|5.6 (36)|Princes Park|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|4.3 (27)|A|{{AFL Mel}}|7.12 (54)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|3.2 (20)|A|{{AFL Ess}}|8.18 (66)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 20 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|5.8 (38)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|6.6 (42)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 3=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 3}}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 24 May (11:00 am)|{{AFL Col}}|13.9 (87)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|2.6 (18)|Victoria Park|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|3.1 (19)|A|{{AFL Mel}}|6.9 (45)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|1.9 (15)|H|{{AFL SM}}|0.9 (9)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Wednesday, 24 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|0.8 (8)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|4.8 (32)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 4=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 4}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|6.12 (48)|H|{{AFL Car}}|1.3 (9)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|3.4 (22)|A|{{AFL Col}}|3.11 (29)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|7.14 (56)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|5.3 (33)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 27 May (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|4.8 (32)|H|{{AFL Gee}}|4.3 (27)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 5=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 5}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|3.3 (21)|A|{{AFL Col}}|7.10 (52)|Princes Park|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|3.10 (28)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|3.6 (24)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|4.11 (35)|H|{{AFL Fit}}|3.6 (24)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 3 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|4.9 (33)|A|{{AFL SM}}|10.10 (70)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 6=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 6}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|4.5 (29)|A|{{AFL Car}}|4.7 (31)|Junction Oval|crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|1.7 (13)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|5.5 (35)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|4.6 (30)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|1.10 (16)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 10 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|5.5 (35)|H|{{AFL Gee}}|3.1 (19)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 7=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 7}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}} |5.15 (45)|H|{{AFL Car}}|1.7 (13)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|6.12 (48)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|4.4 (28)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|3.13 (31)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|12.6 (78)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|7.8 (50)|H|{{AFL SM}}|6.7 (43)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 8=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 8}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|3.6 (24)|H|{{AFL SM}}|0.5 (5)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|2.8 (20)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|9.7 (61)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|6.15 (51)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|10.3 (63)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 June (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|2.8 (20)|A|{{AFL Mel}}|5.7 (37)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 9=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 9}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|9.9 (63)|H|{{AFL Car}}|5.3 (33)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|1.7 (13)|A|{{AFL Col}}|3.3 (21)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|11.19 (85)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|1.0 (6)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 8 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|9.8 (62)|H|{{AFL SM}}|4.5 (29)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 10=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 10}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|7.12 (54)|H|{{AFL Car}}|3.4 (22)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|1.5 (11)|A|{{AFL Col}}|13.16 (94)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|5.5 (35)|A|{{AFL Ess}}|7.9 (51)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 15 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|3.5 (23)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|8.10 (58)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 11=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 11}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|3.8 (26)|A|{{AFL Ess}}|8.9 (57)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|5.9 (39)|H|{{AFL SM}}|5.6 (36)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|4.6 (30)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|12.12 (84)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 22 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|5.6 (36)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|2.10 (22)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 12=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 12}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|5.13 (43)|H|{{AFL Car}}|4.3 (27)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|10.7 (67)|H|{{AFL Gee}}|6.7 (43)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|6.5 (41)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|4.9 (33)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 29 July (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|8.9 (57)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|3.6 (24)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 13=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 13}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|6.11 (47)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|1.2 (8)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|3.7 (25)|A|{{AFL Col}}|5.7 (37)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|3.7 (25)|A|{{AFL Ess}}|5.8 (38)|Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 5 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|7.12 (54)|H|{{AFL SM}}|3.9 (27)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
=Round 14=
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Round 14}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|2.4 (16)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|5.9 (39)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|4.7 (31)|A|{{AFL Col}}|8.5 (53)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|16.23 (119)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|0.2 (2)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 12 August (3:00 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|6.13 (49)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|6.6 (42)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
Ladder
| class=wikitable
| (P) | Premiers |
| bgcolor=E6E6FA | | Section A |
| bgcolor=FEEAD3 | | Section B |
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} (P) || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 618 || 403 || 153.3 || 44
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 684 || 386 || 177.2 || 40
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 14 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 590 || 436 || 135.3 || 40
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 14 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 600 || 428 || 140.2 || 36
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 574 || 420 || 136.7 || 32
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 6 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 14 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 528 || 502 || 105.2 || 20
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 14 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 317 || 597 || 53.1 || 12
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 8 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 14 || 0 || 14 || 0 || 288 || 1027 || 28.0 || 0
|}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 37.5
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html#lad AFL Tables]
Progression by round
{{#invoke:Sports rbr table|table
|title=Points by round
|sortable = y
|team1 =Fitzroy
|res1= {{sort|01|4}} / {{sort|03|8}} / {{sort|02|12}} / {{sort|02|16}} / {{sort|02|16}} / {{sort|02|20}} / {{sort|01|24}} / {{sort|02|28}} / {{sort|01|32}} / {{sort|02|32}} / {{sort|01|36}} / {{sort|01|40}} / {{sort|01|40}} / {{sort|01|44}}
|team2 =Geelong
|res2= {{sort|04|4}} / {{sort|02|8}} / {{sort|03|8}} / {{sort|04|8}} / {{sort|05|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|03|16}} / {{sort|03|20}} / {{sort|03|24}} / {{sort|03|28}} / {{sort|03|32}} / {{sort|04|32}} / {{sort|03|36}} / {{sort|02|40}}
|team3 =Collingwood
|res3= {{sort|05|0}} / {{sort|06|0}} / {{sort|06|4}} / {{sort|05|8}} / {{sort|04|12}} / {{sort|05|12}} / {{sort|05|16}} / {{sort|05|16}} / {{sort|05|20}} / {{sort|05|24}} / {{sort|05|28}} / {{sort|05|32}} / {{sort|04|36}} / {{sort|03|40}}
|team4 =Essendon
|res4= {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|05|4}} / {{sort|04|8}} / {{sort|03|12}} / {{sort|03|12}} / {{sort|03|16}} / {{sort|04|16}} / {{sort|04|16}} / {{sort|04|20}} / {{sort|04|24}} / {{sort|04|28}} / {{sort|03|32}} / {{sort|02|36}} / {{sort|04|36}}
|team5 =Melbourne
|res5= {{sort|02|4}} / {{sort|01|8}} / {{sort|01|12}} / {{sort|01|16}} / {{sort|01|20}} / {{sort|01|20}} / {{sort|02|24}} / {{sort|01|28}} / {{sort|02|28}} / {{sort|01|32}} / {{sort|02|32}} / {{sort|02|32}} / {{sort|05|32}} / {{sort|05|32}}
|team6 =South Melbourne
|res6= {{sort|03|4}} / {{sort|04|4}} / {{sort|05|4}} / {{sort|06|4}} / {{sort|06|8}} / {{sort|04|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|06|12}} / {{sort|06|16}} / {{sort|06|16}} / {{sort|06|20}}
|team7 =Carlton
|res7= {{sort|06|0}} / {{sort|07|0}} / {{sort|07|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|07|4}} / {{sort|07|4}} / {{sort|07|8}} / {{sort|07|8}} / {{sort|07|8}} / {{sort|07|8}} / {{sort|07|8}} / {{sort|07|12}} / {{sort|07|12}}
|team8 =St Kilda
|res8= {{sort|07|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|07|0}} / {{sort|07|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}} / {{sort|08|0}}
| source =
| update = complete
}}
Finals series
=Sectional rounds=
==Sectional round 1==
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Sectional round 1}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|5.11 (41)|H|{{AFL Car}}|6.4 (40)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Mel}}|3.7 (25)|A|{{AFL Col}}|6.9 (45)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|16.24 (120)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|3.4 (22)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|5.8 (38)|A|{{AFL SM}}|6.5 (41)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
==Sectional round 2==
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Sectional round 2}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|5.8 (38)|H|{{AFL Car}}|2.5 (17)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Ess}}|4.15 (39)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|6.11 (47)|East Melbourne Cricket Ground |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|5.10 (40)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|0.2 (2)|Brunswick Street Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL|StK}}|1.6 (12)|A|{{AFL SM}}|12.10 (82)|Junction Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = }}
==Sectional round 3==
{{AFLGameHeader|title = Sectional round 3}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Car}}|6.5 (41)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|2.4 (16)|Princes Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Col}}|4.7 (31)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|6.9 (45)|Victoria Park |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL SM}}|3.10 (28)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|2.1 (13)|Lake Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm)|{{AFL Gee}}|23.24 (162)|H|{{AFL|StK}}|0.1 (1)|Corio Oval |crowd = |report = }}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes = *{{AFL|StK}}'s 1 point set and, as of 2024, still holds the record for the lowest score in AFL/VFL history.}}
==Section A ladder==
| class=wikitable
| style=width:1em bgcolor=FFFFBB | | Qualified for finals |
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 126 || 73 || 172.6 || 12
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 114 || 87 || 131.0 || 8
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 98 || 95 || 103.2 || 4
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 43 || 126 || 34.1 || 0
|}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html#fin AFL Tables]
==Section B ladder==
| class=wikitable
| style=width:1em bgcolor=FFFFBB | | Qualified for finals |
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 151 || 63 || 239.7 || 12
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 247 || 81 || 304.9 || 8
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 172 || 97 || 177.3 || 4
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 35 || 364 || 9.6 || 0
|}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html#fin AFL Tables]
=Grand final=
{{main|1899 VFL grand final}}
{{2TeamBracket-Info
| team-width = 120 | score-width = 80
| RD1 = Grand final
| RD1-text1 = 16 September, Junction Oval | RD1-seed1 = A1 | RD1-team1 = {{AFL Fit}} | RD1-score1 = 3.9 (27) | RD1-seed2 = B1 | RD1-team2 = {{AFL SM}} | RD1-score2 = 3.8 (26)
}}
Starting time is local time. Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html#fin AFL Tables]
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Grand final}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 16 September (2:50 pm)|{{AFL Fit}}|3.9 (27)|H|{{AFL SM}}|3.8 (26)|Junction Oval|4,823|}}
{{AFLGameFooter}}
Win–loss table
The following table can be sorted from biggest winning margin to biggest losing margin for each round. If two or more matches in a round are decided by the same margin, these margins are sorted by percentage (i.e. the lowest-scoring winning team is ranked highest and the lowest-scoring losing team is ranked lowest). Opponents are listed above the margins and home matches are in bold.
{{Australian rules football win/loss table legend}}
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"
! rowspan=3 | Team !! colspan=14 rowspan=2 | Home-and-away season !! rowspan=3 | {{Tooltip|Home- | ||||||||||||||||||||
| colspan=3 | Sectional rounds | rowspan=2 | {{Tooltip|Sectional ladders|Sectional ladder position and win/loss/draw record}} | rowspan=2 | GF | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | S1 | S2 | S3 | ||||
| align=left | {{AFL Car}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|SM -55}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|06|GEE -25}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|MEL -26}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|08|ESS -39}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|COL -31}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|04|STK +2}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|FIT -32}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|02|SM +19}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|06|GEE -30}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|06|MEL -32}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|ESS -31}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|06|COL -16}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|01|STK +39}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|FIT -23}} | 7 (3–11–0) | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|05|FIT -1}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|06|COL -21}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|02|MEL +25}} | A3 (1–2–0) | bgcolor=C0C0C0 | |
| align=left | {{AFL Col}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|05|GEE -27}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|07|MEL -27}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|01|STK +69}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|03|SM +7}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|02|CAR +31}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|08|FIT -22}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|03|ESS +20}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|08|GEE -41}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|04|MEL +8}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|01|STK +83}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|04|SM +3}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|03|CAR +16}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|04|FIT +12}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|03|ESS +22}} | 3 (10–4–0) | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|02|MEL +20}} | bgcolor=CCFFCC | {{sort|03|CAR +21}} | bgcolor=FFCFCF | {{sort|05|FIT -14}} | A2 (2–1–0) | bgcolor=C0C0C0 | |
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Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html AFL Tables]
Season notes
- The VFL reduced the size of its teams from 20 to 18 on-the-field players, with no "reserves". In doing this, the number of followers was reduced from five (four rucks and a rover) to three (two rucks and a rover).{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|title=Football Reform – seventeen a-side|date=18 April 1908|page=12|publication-place=Melbourne}}
- The first seven kicks of the round 14 game between Carlton and Fitzroy were free kicks awarded by the umpire.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=3|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|date=14 August 1899|title=Fitzroy premiers}}
- In the third sectional round, Geelong set records for the highest score in a game, scoring 23.24 (162), and the highest winning margin of 161 points, against St Kilda. These records both stood for twelve years and twenty years respectively.
- St Kilda's score of 0.1 (1) in the same match set the record for the lowest score in a VFL/AFL game, which has neither been matched nor broken since. Notably, St Kilda's solitary behind was actually the first score of the match.
- Geelong's Jim McShane kicked 11 goals in the same match against St Kilda, a VFL record that was not equalled until Collingwood's Dick Lee's 11 goals in 1914 and not broken until 1922.
- At the end of the 1899 season, in the process of naming his own "champion player", the football correspondent for The Argus ("Old Boy"), selected a team of the best players of the 1899 VFL competition:
Backs: Maurie Collins (Essendon), Bill Proudfoot (Collingwood), Peter Burns (Geelong); Halfbacks: Pat Hickey (Fitzroy), George Davidson (South Melbourne), Alf Wood (Melbourne); Centres: Fred Leach (Collingwood), Firth McCallum (Geelong), Harry Wright (Essendon); Wings: Charlie Pannam (Collingwood), Eddie Drohan (Fitzroy), Herb Howson (South Melbourne); Forwards: Bill Jackson (Essendon), Eddy James (Geelong), Charlie Colgan (South Melbourne); Ruck: Mick Pleass (South Melbourne), Frank Hailwood (Collingwood), Joe McShane (Geelong); Rovers: Dick Condon (Collingwood), Bill McSpeerin (Fitzroy), Teddy Rankin (Geelong).
From those he considered to be the three best players — that is, Condon, Hickey, and Pleass — he selected Pat Hickey as his "champion player" of the season. ([http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9030781 'Old Boy', "Football: A Review of the Season", (Monday, 18 September 1899), p.6]).
Awards
- The 1899 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Eddy James of Geelong with 31 goals.
- The Argus newspaper's "Player of the Year" was Fitzroy's Pat Hickey.
References
{{Reflist}}
- Rogers, S. & 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|0-670-86814-0}}
Sources
- [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html 1899 VFL season] at AFL Tables
- [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1899 1899 VFL season] at Australian Football
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