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1923 VFL season#Preliminary Final

{{Short description|27th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1923

| image = Essendon fc 1923.jpg

| imagesize = 258px

| caption = {{AFL Ess}} 1923 VFL premiership team

| date = 5 May—20 October 1923

| teams = 9

| premiers = {{AFL Ess}}

| premcount = 5

| runnersup = {{AFL Fit}}

| rucount = 5

| minorpremiers = {{AFL Ess}}

| mpcount = 3

| leadinggoalkicker = Greg Stockdale ({{AFL Ess}})

| goals = 64

| matches = 76

| attendance = 1,544,888

| highattendha = 40,441 (round 18, {{AFL SM}} v {{AFL StK}})

| highattendfinals = 56,240 (semi-final, {{AFL Fit}} v {{AFL Gee}})

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1922 VFL season|1922}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1924 VFL season|1924}}

}}

The 1923 VFL season was the 27th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 5 May to 20 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Ess}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Fit}} by 17 points in the 1923 VFL grand final; it was Essendon's fifth VFL premiership. Essendon also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 13–3 win–loss record. Essendon's Greg Stockdale won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Background

In 1923, the VFL competition had nine 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 (i.e., 16 matches and 2 byes).

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1923 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

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.8 (50)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.13 (55)

| MCG

| 17,939

| 5 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Windy Hill

| 20,000

| 5 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.7 (79)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.5 (101)

| Lake Oval

| 16,000

| 5 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 30,000

| 5 May 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 5.22 (52)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Corio Oval

| 10,000

| 12 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 12,000

| 12 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.7 (79)

| Victoria Park

| 30,000

| 12 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.16 (100)

| Princes Park

| 15,000

| 12 May 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.13 (61)

| Corio Oval

| 12,000

| 19 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 4.15 (39)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Lake Oval

| 20,000

| 19 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Junction Oval

| 20,000

| 19 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.10 (52)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Punt Road Oval

| 15,000

| 19 May 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.13 (61)

| Punt Road Oval

| 20,000

| 26 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.18 (84)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.13 (49)

| MCG

| 15,232

| 26 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.23 (119)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Victoria Park

| 12,000

| 26 May 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.19 (103)

| Princes Park

| 33,000

| 26 May 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.13 (37)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Windy Hill

| 35,000

| 2 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.13 (85)

| Junction Oval

| 26,000

| 2 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.14 (44)

| Victoria Park

| 22,000

| 4 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 4 June 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.16 (58)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Corio Oval

| 9,500

| 9 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.16 (70)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,000

| 9 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 5.19 (49)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Princes Park

| 20,000

| 9 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.15 (87)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 9 June 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.14 (50)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Corio Oval

| 11,500

| 16 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.14 (38)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.20 (74)

| Junction Oval

| 17,000

| 16 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.8 (74)

| MCG

| 29,979

| 16 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.15 (75)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.14 (50)

| Victoria Park

| 18,000

| 16 June 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.13 (97)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.6 (54)

| Windy Hill

| 13,000

| 23 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.13 (85)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 4.10 (34)

| Lake Oval

| 20,000

| 23 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.11 (53)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.5 (47)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 20,000

| 23 June 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.8 (74)

| MCG

| 17,558

| 23 June 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.14 (56)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.9 (45)

| Junction Oval

| 20,000

| 7 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.6 (42)

| Victoria Park

| 8,000

| 7 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 7 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 6.15 (51)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Punt Road Oval

| 15,000

| 7 July 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Victoria Park

| 15,000

| 14 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.8 (86)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.13 (85)

| Princes Park

| 26,000

| 14 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.17 (83)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Punt Road Oval

| 11,000

| 14 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.5 (35)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 1.12 (18)

| Junction Oval

| 24,000

| 14 July 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.15 (75)

| MCG

| 9,353

| 21 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Lake Oval

| 23,000

| 21 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 21 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.14 (56)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.11 (47)

| Junction Oval

| 28,000

| 21 July 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.11 (47)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 12,000

| 28 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Windy Hill

| 25,000

| 28 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.7 (43)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 4.7 (31)

| Victoria Park

| 20,000

| 28 July 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.11 (59)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 5.10 (40)

| Princes Park

| 14,000

| 28 July 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 3.7 (25)

| Junction Oval

| 18,000

| 4 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 5.11 (41)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 4 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 3.8 (26)

| Corio Oval

| 15,000

| 4 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 5.7 (37)

| Windy Hill

| 25,000

| 4 August 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.13 (49)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.18 (84)

| MCG

| 15,599

| 11 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Corio Oval

| 17,000

| 11 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.18 (78)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 34,000

| 11 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.19 (55)

| Punt Road Oval

| 12,000

| 11 August 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.8 (62)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.6 (54)

| Windy Hill

| 18,000

| 25 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Junction Oval

| 30,000

| 25 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.4 (46)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.14 (80)

| MCG

| 12,146

| 25 August 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Lake Oval

| 20,000

| 25 August 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 23,000

| 1 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.20 (98)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.5 (41)

| Windy Hill

| 10,000

| 1 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Princes Park

| 18,000

| 1 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.19 (79)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 1 September 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.7 (55)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.16 (100)

| Punt Road Oval

| 25,000

| 8 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Victoria Park

| 20,000

| 8 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.20 (74)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.4 (46)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 8 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Corio Oval

| 20,000

| 8 September 1923

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,000

| 15 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 8.20 (68)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Lake Oval

| 40,441

| 15 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.21 (87)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 21.12 (138)

| MCG

| 9,414

| 15 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 4.14 (38)

| Corio Oval

| 16,000

| 15 September 1923

{{s-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} (P) || 16 || 13 || 3 || 0 || 1188 || 875 || 135.8 || 52

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 16 || 11 || 5 || 0 || 1120 || 968 || 115.7 || 44

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 1061 || 989 || 107.3 || 36

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 1128 || 1085 || 104.0 || 36

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 16 || 8 || 7 || 1 || 1138 || 1043 || 109.1 || 34

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 16 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 947 || 959 || 98.7 || 32

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 16 || 6 || 9 || 1 || 1000 || 1191 || 84.0 || 26

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 16 || 4 || 12 || 0 || 906 || 1139 || 79.5 || 16

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 16 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 980 || 1219 || 80.4 || 12

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 65.8
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1923.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

=Semi-finals=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.13 (97)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.14 (62)

| MCG

| 56,240

| 22 September 1923

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.9 (57)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| MCG

| 55,614

| 29 September 1923

{{s-end}}

=Preliminary final=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.7 (43)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.13 (55)

| MCG

| 55,039

| 6 October 1923

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1923 VFL Grand Final}}

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.10 (46)

| MCG

| 46,566

| 20 October 1923

{{s-end}}

Season notes

  • New scoreboards are erected at each home ground by the VFL's publication, The Football Record. With the help of a key published in that Saturday afternoon's Record, spectators can decipher the coded quarter-by-quarter scores of the other three matches as they appear on these scoreboards throughout the afternoon.
  • After the round 13 match against Essendon at Windy Hill, at an after-match function in the Essendon rooms, Carlton rover George Bolt and backman Jack Morrissey (who had not played in that game) came to blows. The Carlton Committee met the next day and suspended both players indefinitely. Bolt never played for Carlton again (he reappeared with Hawthorn in 1925, then he played for North Melbourne in 1926 and 1927); Jack Morrissey played his next game for Carlton on 27 June 1925 (round 9).
  • The 1922 Victorian Interstate team captain, and Carlton star ruckman, Bert Boromeo was overheard being intensely critical of the Carlton captain-coach Horrie Clover at the same function. The Carlton Committee was upset at such behaviour occurring on the premises of another club, and suspended Boromeo immediately; eventually, in 1926, Carlton cleared Boromeo to Richmond for whom he played 14 games.
  • Following {{AFL Gee}}'s two-point loss against {{AFL Ess}} in Round 17, Geelong protested the result and sought that the game be replayed, arguing that the game had been played short of its full duration because the umpire had failed to blow time on on several occasions. Although the timekeepers agreed that the final quarter had been played at least 90 seconds short of full time, the protest was dismissed.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Geelong protest dismissed|date=15 September 1923|page=38}}
  • The Essendon Premiership team was known as the "Mosquito Fleet", due to the number of small, very fast players in the side. Six were 5'6" (167 cm) or less: Charlie Hardy 5'1" (155 cm), who played his first VFL game at the age of 34, George Shorten 5'5" (165 cm), Jack Garden 5'5" (165 cm), Frank Maher 5'6" (167.5 cm), Vince Irwin 5'6" (167.5 cm), and Jimmy Sullivan 5'6" (167.5 cm).
  • In Round 10 against St. Kilda, Essendon kicked the season's lowest score, but they still won the premiership. They became the first premier team to have also kicked the season's lowest score, an occurrence replicated in 1968, 1970, 1992 and 1995.
  • The Challenge Final match had to be postponed for a week as the Melbourne Cricket Ground was under water due to intense rain. This meant that the Challenge Final was played on Saturday 20 October 1923, Caulfield Cup Day.
  • The semi-final between {{AFL Ess}} and {{AFL SM}} was held after a curtain-raiser between Camberwell and Fairfield in the Melbourne District Football Association grand final.{{cite web |title=1923 – Melbourne District FA – Grand Final match review |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1986368 |website=Trove Newspapers |publisher=The Argus |access-date=10 November 2020 |pages=12 |date=1 October 1923}}

Awards

==References==

{{Reflist}}

  • Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}}
  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}
  • 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/1923.html 1923 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1923 1923 VFL season] at Australian Football

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