The 1913
Victorian Football Association
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season was the 37th season of the
Australian rules football
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competition. The premiership was won by the
Footscray Football Club
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, after it defeated by one point in the final on 6 September. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership.
Premiership
The home-and-home 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.
Ladder
Finals
Notable events
* On June 9,
Melbourne City lost to
Port Melbourne
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despite having thirteen more scoring shots, by the score 4.24 (48) def. by 8.7 (55).
The seven-point loss was the closest Melbourne City came to winning a match in its two years in the Association.
External links
*
Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League history (1877–2008)
*
List of VFA/VFL Premiers (1877–2007)
References
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Victorian Football League seasons
VFL