The 1906 VFL season was the tenth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 17-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1906 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Carlton 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 1st minor premiership |
Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Mick Grace (Carlton) |
Matches played | 71 |
Highest | 44,437 |
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the first time, after it defeated Fitzroy by 49 points in the 1906 VFL Grand Final.
In 1906, 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. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other.
Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1906 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Section A | |
Section B |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Carlton | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 922 | 641 | 143.8 | 44 |
2 | Fitzroy | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 827 | 590 | 140.2 | 40 |
3 | Essendon | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 832 | 629 | 132.3 | 40 |
4 | Collingwood | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1020 | 728 | 140.1 | 36 |
5 | South Melbourne | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 790 | 800 | 98.8 | 24 |
6 | St Kilda | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 603 | 720 | 83.8 | 20 |
7 | Geelong | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 631 | 1003 | 62.9 | 16 |
8 | Melbourne | 14 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 584 | 1098 | 53.2 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables
Round 15 (Sectional round 1) | |||||
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Saturday, 25 August | Carlton 10.12 (72) | def. | Essendon 8.6 (54) | Princes Park | |
Saturday, 25 August | Collingwood 11.12 (78) | def. | St Kilda 7.19 (61) | Victoria Park | |
Saturday, 25 August | Melbourne 2.1 (13) | def. by | Fitzroy 17.18 (120) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 25 August | South Melbourne 10.10 (70) | def. | Geelong 7.7 (49) | Lake Oval | |
Round 16 (Sectional round 2) | |||||
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Saturday, 1 September | Geelong 4.5 (29) | def. by | Carlton 13.13 (91) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 1 September | Fitzroy 5.8 (38) | def. | Collingwood 3.9 (27) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Saturday, 1 September | Essendon 3.13 (31) | def. by | South Melbourne 10.6 (66) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 1 September | St Kilda 10.12 (72) | def. | Melbourne 4.9 (33) | Junction Oval | |
Round 17 (Sectional round 3) | |||||
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Saturday, 8 September | South Melbourne 4.15 (39) | def. by | Carlton 12.14 (86) | Lake Oval | |
Saturday, 8 September | Melbourne 7.9 (51) | def. by | Collingwood 15.17 (107) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Saturday, 8 September | Geelong 9.12 (66) | def. | Essendon 5.12 (42) | Corio Oval | |
Saturday, 8 September | St Kilda 8.12 (60) | def. by | Fitzroy 11.7 (73) | Junction Oval | |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Carlton (P) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1171 | 763 | 153.5 | 56 |
2 | Fitzroy | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1058 | 690 | 153.3 | 52 |
3 | Collingwood | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1232 | 878 | 140.3 | 44 |
4 | Essendon | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 959 | 833 | 115.1 | 40 |
5 | South Melbourne | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 965 | 966 | 99.9 | 32 |
6 | St Kilda | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 796 | 904 | 88.1 | 24 |
7 | Geelong | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 775 | 1206 | 64.3 | 20 |
8 | Melbourne | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 681 | 1397 | 48.7 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 56.2
Source: AFL Tables
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Carlton | 3.2 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 15.4 (94) |
Fitzroy | 1.6 | 1.7 | 6.8 | 6.9 (45) |