1906 VFA season explained

Competition:VFA Premiership season
Year:1906
Teams:10
Premiers:West Melbourne
Count:1
Minor Premiers:West Melbourne
Mpcount:1
Prevseason:1905
Nextseason: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 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.

Finals

Notable events

Interleague matches

The VFA's second match against the S.A.F.A. was originally scheduled to be played on an otherwise vacant day in the Melbourne football calendar, with a bye week in both the League and Association, and the V.F.L. team playing in Ballarat. However, the VFL made a change by shifting two of its 4 August matches onto 11 August, much to the VFA's chagrin, severely affecting the crowd at the game.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Age. The Football Season – Opening Day Matches. 7 May 1906. 9. Melbourne, VIC. Follower.
  2. News: The Herald. World of Sport – Football. 10 August 1906. 4. Melbourne, VIC.