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1919 VJFL season

The 1919 VJFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1919 VJFL season
Date3 May – 11 October 1919
Teams9
PremiersCollingwood District
1st premiership
Minor premiersCollingwood District
1st minor premiership
1920 →

Collingwood District won the first grand final, finishing the season undefeated.[1]

Background

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The Victorian Junior Football League was established to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the VFL senior clubs into a single competition – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football.[2] The league was intended to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the Victorian Football League (VFL) senior clubs into a single competition, and to adopt the same district eligibility scheme which the VFL had introduced in 1916.[3] Player permit rules allowed for automatic transfers between the junior and senior clubs until July, allowing the juniors to serve as second eighteens for the seniors. The junior and senior clubs shared a home ground, with the juniors playing home when the seniors played away.[4]

For the inaugural season, four existing junior clubs – the Fitzroy Juniors, Collingwood District (also known as Collingwood Juniors) and Leopold (affiliated with South Melbourne) and Caulfield (affiliated with Melbourne) – initially crossed to the new league from the Metropolitan Amateur Association; West Melbourne was affiliated with Essendon; and new junior clubs were formed in Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda.[3] University, which had left the VFL senior competition after 1914, also entered a stand-alone junior team in the competition.[5][6]

Shortly before the season, Caulfield withdrew, and a second University team was quickly arranged to take its place for the 1919 season.[7] As was the case in the seniors, once the home-and-away season had finished, the VJFL premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Pre-season

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A number of practice matches were held before the start of the season, including against several Victorian Football Association clubs.[8]

Pre-season
Saturday, 5 April Richmond 11.8 (74) def. Camberwell 3.6 (24) [8]
Saturday, 12 April Hawthorn v Richmond St James Park [8]
Saturday, 19 April Richmond v Richmond (seniors) Richmond City Reserve [8]
Monday, 21 April Ballarat Association 9.14 (68) def. by Carlton District 12.25 (97) Eastern Oval [1]
Saturday, 26 April Prahran 6.10 (46) def. by Richmond 7.5 (47) Toorak Park [8]
Saturday, 26 April (3:30 pm) Carlton v Carlton District [1]

Home-and-away season

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Round 1

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Round 1
Saturday, 3 May Fitzroy Juniors 6.6 (42) def. by Carlton District 9.9 (63) Fitzroy Cricket Ground [1]
Saturday, 3 May West Melbourne 7.9 (51) def. Richmond 4.8 (32) East Melbourne Cricket Ground [8]

Round 2

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Round 2
Saturday, 10 May Carlton District 10.6 (66) def. West Melbourne 5.14 (44) [1]
Saturday, 10 May Richmond 6.10 (46) def. by University A 14.15 (99) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Round 3

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Round 3
Saturday, 17 May Richmond 6.10 (46) def. by University B 15.11 (101) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]
Bye
Carlton District

Round 4

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Round 4
Saturday, 24 May University A 8.8 (56) def. Carlton District 6.10 (46) University Oval [1]
Saturday, 24 May Collingwood District 9.20 (74) def. Richmond 3.5 (23) Victoria Park [8]

Round 5

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Round 5
Saturday, 31 May University B 13.13 (91) def. Carlton District 4.4 (28) University Oval [1]
Saturday, 31 May Fitzroy Juniors 6.10 (46) def. Richmond 1.10 (16) [8]

Round 6

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Round 6
Saturday, 7 June Carlton District 6.9 (45) def. St Kilda District 4.12 (36) [1]
Saturday, 7 June Leopold 14.10 (94) def. Richmond 1.8 (14) South Melbourne Cricket Ground [8]

Round 7

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Round 7
Saturday, 14 June Collingwood District 11.25 (91) def. Carlton District 7.4 (46) Victoria Park [1]
Saturday, 14 June Richmond 6.14 (50) def. St Kilda District 4.6 (30) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Round 8

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Round 8
Saturday, 21 June Carlton District 4.16 (40) def. by Leopold 6.15 (51) Princes Park [1]

Round 9

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Round 9
Saturday, 28 June Richmond 5.14 (55) def. by Carlton District 12.7 (79) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Round 10

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Round 10
Saturday, 5 July Carlton District v Fitzroy Juniors Princes Park [1]

Round 11

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Round 11
Saturday, 12 July Collingwood District v Leopold [1]
Saturday, 12 July St Kilda District v University B [1]
Saturday, 12 July Richmond 5.14 (55) def. by West Melbourne 12.7 (79) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Round 12

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Round 12
Saturday, 19 July Collingwood District 30.18 (198) def. St Kilda District 3.6 (24)
Saturday, 19 July Carlton District 5.12 (42) def. by West Melbourne 6.12 (48) [1]
Saturday, 19 July University A 12.15 (87) def. Richmond 4.10 (34) University Oval [8]

Round 13

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Round 13
Saturday, 26 July University B 13.10 (88) def. Richmond 8.9 (57) Melbourne Cricket Ground [8]
Saturday, 26 July Carlton District 5.10 (40) def. by University A 8.11 (59) Princes Park [1]

Round 14

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Round 14
Saturday, 9 August Carlton District 7.9 (51) def. University B 6.11 (47) Princes Park [1]

Round 15

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Round 15
Saturday, 16 August St Kilda District 7.10 (52) def. by Carlton District 8.9 (57) Junction Oval [1]
Saturday, 16 August Fitzroy Juniors 11.18 (84) def. Richmond 3.6 (24) Fitzroy Cricket Ground [8]

Round 16

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Round 16
Saturday, 23 August Carlton District 3.5 (23) def. by Collingwood District 10.12 (72) Princes Park [1]
Saturday, 23 August Richmond 4.14 (38) def. by Leopold 11.23 (89) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Round 17

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Round 17
Saturday, 30 August St Kilda District 10.11 (71) def. Richmond 8.11 (59) St Kilda Cricket Ground [8]
Saturday, 30 August Leopold 7.13 (55) def. Carlton District 2.8 (20) South Melbourne Cricket Ground [1]
Saturday, 30 August Collingwood District 31.16 (202) def. University B 4.1 (25) [9]

Round 18

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Round 18
Saturday, 6 September (1:00 pm) Richmond 6.7 (43) def. by Carlton District 6.14 (50) Richmond Cricket Ground [8]

Ladder

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Pos Team Pld W L D Pts
1 Collingwood District (P) 16 16 0 0 64
2 University A 16 44
3 Leopold 16 40
4 University B 16 40
5 Fitzroy Juniors 16 36
6 Carlton District 16 8 8 0 32
7 West Melbourne 16 20
8 St Kilda District 16 8
9 Richmond 16 1 15 0 4

Finals series

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Week 1

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Week 1
Saturday, 27 September University A def. University B Melbourne Cricket Ground [1]
Saturday, 27 September Collingwood District def. Leopold [1]

Week 2

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Week 2
Saturday, 4 October Leopold def. Collingwood District [1]

Grand Final

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Grand final
Saturday, 11 October Collingwood District 6.11 (47) def. University A 4.8 (32) Melbourne Cricket Ground [10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "1919 Reserves". Blueseum.
  2. ^ Ross, John (1996). 100 Years of Australian Football. Ringwood, Australia: Viking Books. p. 382. ISBN 9781854714343.
  3. ^ a b "NEW JUNIOR ORGANISATION". The Age. 18 January 1919. p. 13. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  4. ^ "District junior football". Malvern Standard. 8 March 1919. p. 3.
  5. ^ The Sporting World: A Look Ahead The Age 12 March 1919 page 11
  6. ^ Smith, W.H. & Ogilvey, A., The Football Season (Letter to the Editor) The Age 13 March 1919 page 6
  7. ^ "Football". The Age. Melbourne. 15 May 1919. p. 10.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "1919 Seconds scores". Tigerland Archive.
  9. ^ "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever.
  10. ^ "Junior League Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 October 1919. p. 8.
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