1919 VJFL season

1919 VJFL season
1919 VJFL season
Date	3 May – 11 October
Teams	9
Premiers	Collingwood District; 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Collingwood District; 1st minor premiership
	1920 →

The 1919 VJFL season was the 1st 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).

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

Background

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. 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. University, which had left the VFL senior competition after 1914, also entered a stand-alone junior team in the competition.^[2]

Shortly before the season, Caulfield withdrew, and a second University team was quickly arranged to take its place for the 1919 season. The two University teams were known as University A and University B.^[3]

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

A number of practice matches were held before the start of the season, including against several Victorian Football Association clubs.^[4]


	Pre-season
Saturday, 5 April	Richmond 11.8 (74)	def.	Camberwell 3.6 (24)		^[4]
Saturday, 12 April	Hawthorn	v	Richmond	St James Park	^[4]
Saturday, 19 April	Richmond	v	Richmond (seniors)	Richmond City Reserve	^[4]
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	^[4]
Saturday, 26 April (3:30 pm)	Carlton	v	Carlton District		^[1]

Home-and-away season

Round 1


	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	^[4]

Round 2


	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	^[4]

Round 3


	Round 3
Saturday, 17 May	Richmond 6.10 (46)	def. by	University B 15.11 (101)	Richmond Cricket Ground	^[4]
	Bye Carlton District

Round 4


	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	^[4]

Round 5


	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)		^[4]

Round 6


	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	^[4]

Round 7


	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	^[4]

Round 8


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

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 28 June	Richmond 5.14 (55)	def. by	Carlton District 12.7 (79)	Richmond Cricket Ground	^[4]

Round 10


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

Round 11


	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	^[4]

Round 12


	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	^[4]

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 26 July	University B 13.10 (88)	def.	Richmond 8.9 (57)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	^[4]
Saturday, 26 July	Carlton District 5.10 (40)	def. by	University A 8.11 (59)	Princes Park	^[1]

Round 14


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

Round 15


	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	^[4]

Round 16


	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	^[4]

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 30 August	St Kilda District 10.11 (71)	def.	Richmond 8.11 (59)	St Kilda Cricket Ground	^[4]
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)		^[5]

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 6 September (1:00 pm)	Richmond 6.7 (43)	def. by	Carlton District 6.14 (50)	Richmond Cricket Ground	^[4]

Ladder


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

Week 1


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

Week 2


	Week 2
Saturday, 4 October	Leopold	def.	Collingwood District	^[1]
Under the amended "Argus system", Collingwood District had the right to challenge as the minor premier.

Grand final


	Grand final
Saturday, 11 October	Collingwood District 6.11 (47)	def.	University A 4.8 (32)	Melbourne Cricket Ground	^[6]

References

^ ^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.
^ "New junior organisation". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 18 January 1919. p. 13.
^ "Football". The Age. Melbourne. 15 May 1919. p. 10.
^ ^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.
^ "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever.
^ "Junior League Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 October 1919. p. 8.

[blues-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.

[neworg-2] "New junior organisation". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 18 January 1919. p. 13.

[3] "Football". The Age. Melbourne. 15 May 1919. p. 10.

[tiger-4] ^ ^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.

[forever-5] "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever.

[6] "Junior League Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 October 1919. p. 8.

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