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1910 VFL season

{{Short description|14th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1910

| image = Collingwood players 1910.jpg

| imagesize = 150px

| caption = {{AFL Col}} 1910 VFL premiership team

| date = 30 April—1 October 1910

| teams = 10

| premiers = {{AFL Col}}

| premcount = 3

| minorpremiers = {{AFL Car}}

| mpcount = 4

| leadinggoalkicker = Percy Martini ({{AFL Gee}})

| goals = 51

| matches = 94

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1909 VFL season|1909}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1911 VFL season|1911}}

}}

The 1910 VFL season was the 14th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 30 April to 1 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Col}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Car}} by 14 points in the 1910 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's third VFL premiership. Carlton won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. {{AFL Gee}}'s Percy Martini won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Background

In 1910, the VFL competition comprised ten 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 18 rounds.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1910 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Home-and-away season

=Round 1=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 3.12 (30)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Junction Oval

| 30 April 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 3.18 (36)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.10 (64)

| EMCG

| 30 April 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.9 (63)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 5.5 (35)

| Princes Park

| 30 April 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 4.8 (32)

| Lake Oval

| 30 April 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.6 (42)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.21 (99)

| MCG

| 30 April 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.12 (36)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.9 (87)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.16 (46)

| Victoria Park

| 14 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.7 (37)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 8.10 (58)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.17 (107)

| EMCG

| 14 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Corio Oval

| 14 May 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.11 (53)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.13 (67)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 21 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 2.6 (18)

| Victoria Park

| 21 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.10 (52)

| EMCG

| 21 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.7 (67)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.7 (73)

| Lake Oval

| 21 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.6 (36)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.15 (69)

| MCG

| 21 May 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 9.4 (58)

| Corio Oval

| 28 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.13 (49)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 4.8 (32)

| Princes Park

| 28 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.6 (54)

| Junction Oval

| 28 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.19 (61)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.8 (32)

| Punt Road Oval

| 28 May 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.7 (43)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 4.17 (41)

| EMCG

| 28 May 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.14 (50)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Lake Oval

| 4 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.16 (46)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 4.5 (29)

| Corio Oval

| 4 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.9 (51)

| EMCG

| 4 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.16 (76)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.4 (28)

| Victoria Park

| 4 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.9 (63)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.20 (104)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 4 June 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.6 (42)

| Corio Oval

| 6 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.7 (49)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Junction Oval

| 6 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.7 (67)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.21 (117)

| MCG

| 6 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 6 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 5.5 (35)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.8 (74)

| EMCG

| 6 June 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.15 (51)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Princes Park

| 11 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Lake Oval

| 11 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Junction Oval

| 11 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 13.14 (92)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.8 (56)

| EMCG

| 11 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.7 (37)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.9 (45)

| Punt Road Oval

| 11 June 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.5 (29)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Junction Oval

| 18 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 5.12 (42)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 2.9 (21)

| EMCG

| 18 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.10 (46)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 6.6 (42)

| Victoria Park

| 18 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.14 (50)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.18 (66)

| MCG

| 18 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.6 (48)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.15 (57)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18 June 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.13 (55)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.6 (72)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 25 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.7 (31)

| Princes Park

| 25 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.7 (49)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.11 (35)

| EMCG

| 25 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 6.10 (46)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.14 (68)

| Punt Road Oval

| 25 June 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.11 (47)

| Corio Oval

| 25 June 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.7 (67)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Punt Road Oval

| 2 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.10 (100)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.3 (51)

| Corio Oval

| 2 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.12 (54)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 6.9 (45)

| EMCG

| 2 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.5 (71)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.17 (89)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 2 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 2.10 (22)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.15 (51)

| Victoria Park

| 2 July 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.10 (34)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.15 (87)

| MCG

| 9 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.9 (57)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 11.9 (75)

| EMCG

| 9 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.11 (107)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 3.15 (33)

| Princes Park

| 9 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.10 (34)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Junction Oval

| 9 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.17 (95)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 4.9 (33)

| Lake Oval

| 9 July 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.11 (41)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 10.7 (67)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 5.4 (34)

| EMCG

| 16 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.22 (100)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.11 (35)

| Princes Park

| 16 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.6 (72)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.9 (33)

| Corio Oval

| 16 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.12 (54)

| Junction Oval

| 16 July 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.12 (48)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.11 (35)

| MCG

| 23 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 3.7 (25)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.5 (35)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 23 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 5.13 (43)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 2.9 (21)

| Victoria Park

| 23 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 8.13 (61)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.8 (38)

| EMCG

| 23 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 4.7 (31)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.8 (44)

| Lake Oval

| 23 July 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 5.13 (43)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.16 (40)

| Princes Park

| 30 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 3.6 (24)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.7 (67)

| EMCG

| 30 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.12 (42)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.6 (42)

| Punt Road Oval

| 30 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.8 (38)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Junction Oval

| 30 July 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.6 (48)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.12 (66)

| MCG

| 30 July 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.6 (54)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 1.10 (16)

| Punt Road Oval

| 6 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.12 (54)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.6 (42)

| Victoria Park

| 6 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 3.8 (26)

| Lake Oval

| 6 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.18 (42)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.12 (54)

| EMCG

| 13 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 6.14 (50)

| Princes Park

| 13 August 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.6 (54)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 8.10 (58)

| MCG

| 20 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.11 (53)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 3.6 (24)

| Corio Oval

| 20 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 3.5 (23)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 20 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.13 (61)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.4 (34)

| Victoria Park

| 20 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.10 (52)

| EMCG

| 20 August 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 2.11 (23)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 27 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.8 (62)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 6.9 (45)

| Princes Park

| 27 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.5 (65)

| Lake Oval

| 27 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.19 (79)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Corio Oval

| 27 August 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 9.5 (59)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.15 (75)

| EMCG

| 27 August 1910

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Uni}}

| 7.7 (49)

| MCG

| 3 September 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.14 (50)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.9 (51)

| EMCG

| 3 September 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 4.13 (37)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 2.9 (21)

| Victoria Park

| 3 September 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.10 (52)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.5 (29)

| Lake Oval

| 3 September 1910

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.6 (36)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 2.12 (24)

| Junction Oval

| 3 September 1910

{{s-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1167 || 729 || 160.1 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} (P) || 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 993 || 812 || 122.3 || 52

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1080 || 884 || 122.2 || 48

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1113 || 963 || 115.6 || 48

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 10 || 7 || 1 || 1008 || 952 || 105.9 || 42

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Uni}} || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 994 || 979 || 101.5 || 40

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 7 || 10 || 1 || 937 || 913 || 102.6 || 30

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 952 || 1048 || 90.8 || 20

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 802 || 1347 || 59.5 || 16

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 692 || 1111 || 62.3 || 4

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 54.1
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1910.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

All of the 1910 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=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 14.11 (95)

| Essendon

| 5.7 (37)

| MCG

| 10 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Carlton

| 6.17 (53)

| South Melbourne

| 10.5 (65)

| MCG

| 17 September

{{s-end}}

=Preliminary final=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 8.7 (55)

| South Melbourne

| 6.8 (44)

| MCG

| 24 September

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1910 VFL Grand Final}}

class="wikitable"

!Team

!1 Qtr

!2 Qtr

!3 Qtr

!Final

Carlton

|align=center|1.2

|align=center|2.6

|align=center|4.9

|align=center|6.11 (47)

Collingwood

|align=center|4.3

|align=center|5.3

|align=center|8.5

|align=center|9.7 (61)

Season notes

  • Former Carlton coach Jack Worrall was appointed umpires' coach, with a view to raising standards and decreasing violence.{{cite book|last1=Ross|first1=John|title=100 Years of Australian Football|date=1996|publisher=Viking Books|location=Ringwood, Australia|isbn=9781854714343|pages=382}}
  • Round 2, originally scheduled for 7 May, was postponed by one week, and remaining rounds pushed back by one week, due to the death of King Edward VII on 6 May.{{citation|first=Stephen|last=Rodgers|publisher=Viking O'Neal|title=Every Game Ever Played, VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991|page=78|publication-place=Ringwood, VIC}} The Victorian Football Association and Metropolitan Junior Football Association also took the same action.{{cite web |title=METROPOLITAN ASSOCIATION |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10855866 |publisher=The Argus |access-date=14 October 2024 |page=7 |date=13 May 1910}}{{citation|first=Stephen|last=Rodgers|publisher=Viking O'Neal|title=Every Game Ever Played, VFL/AFL Results 1897–1991|page=78|publication-place=Ringwood, VIC}}
  • In the last quarter of the round 4 match between Carlton and South Melbourne, Carlton's George Topping coward-hit South Melbourne's Bert Streckfuss behind the play, causing spectators to jump the fence and participate in an all-in melee with players and officials. Topping was suspended for the remainder of 1910 and all of 1911 as a result of the incident.
  • VFL conducted an inquiry into allegations that particular players from Carlton, Fitzroy, Melbourne, and South Melbourne had been paid to play "dead". In particular, Carlton's Doug Gillespie, Alex "Bongo" Lang, and Doug Fraser were investigated (the inquiry dealt with Lang and Fraser behind closed doors). Gillespie was exonerated, while Lang and Fraser were each suspended for five years.
  • St Kilda, after losing its first seventeen games, defeated minor premier Carlton in a major upset in the last round to avoid its expected fifth winless season. It remains the worst start by a VFL/AFL team that did not finish winless, equalled in 2001 by {{AFL Fre}}.
  • Carlton player and Secretary Arthur Charles "Shooter" Ford was charged with abusing and physically threatening the field umpire (off the field) after Carlton's round 14 match against Fitzroy; Ford was suspended for 12 months and debarred from his role as Club Secretary. There was speculation that the issue between the two was connected with the suspension of George Topping earlier in the season.
  • T.W Sherrin manufactured special footballs for the Premiership Finals.

Awards

References

{{Reflist}}

  • [https://blogs.slv.vic.gov.au/such-was-life/player-payments-and-the-great-bribery-scandal/ Player payments and the great bribery scandal]

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1910.html 1910 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1910 1910 VFL season] at Australian Football

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Category:Australian Football League seasons

VFL season