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1897 VFL Finals Series
The Victorian Football League (1897–1989), Victorian Football League's 1897 VFL finals series, finals series determined the top four final positions of the 1897 VFL season. It began on the weekend of 21 August and ended on the weekend of 3 September. was crowned the 1897 VFL premiers, finishing the finals series on top of the mini-ladder. Final ladder Finals system Abandoned systems When the VFL was initially established at the end of 1896, it immediately announced that a finals series would be played. However, there were two other announcements of different finals formats, before the system used was ultimately decided upon late in the season. The format that was originally announced in October 1896 was that after fourteen weeks of home-and-away matches, a finals series would be played as a simple four-team knock out tournament, knock-out tournament amongst the top four clubs, and the gate takings from the semi-finals would be donated to charity. By February 1897, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1898 VFL Finals Series
The 1898 VFL season was the second season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 14 May to 24 September, comprising a 14-round home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs. won the premiership, defeating by 15 points in the 1898 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's first VFL premiership. Essendon won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–3 win–loss record. 's Archie Smith won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker. Background In 1898, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 20 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 20 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. Once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Cleghorn
Arthur Cleghorn (1 December 1873 – 27 May 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of the tailor and outfitter James Cleghorn (1826-1886), and Ann McPherson Cleghorn, née McGregor (1847-1928), Arthur Cleghorn was born at Richmond, Victoria on 1 December 1873. Football Essendon (VFL) Playing as a rover, and making his debut, he was one of the 20 who played for Essendon in its first VFL match against Geelong, at Corio Oval, on 8 May 1897: Jim Anderson, Edward "Son" Barry, Arthur Cleghorn, Tod Collins, Jim Darcy, Charlie Forbes, Johnny Graham, Joe Groves, George Hastings, Ted Kinnear, George Martin, Bob McCormick, Pat O'Loughlin, Gus Officer, Ned Officer, Bert Salkeld, George Stuckey, George Vautin, Norman Waugh, and Harry Wright. In the first year of the VFL competition, 1897, he became one of the club's and the VFL's first premiership players. He topped the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Forbes
Charlie "Tracker" Forbes (8 May 1865 – 20 June 1922) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of James Forbes (1815-1900), and Jessie Forbes (1830-1914), née Walker, Charles Forbes was born at West Melbourne, Victoria on 8 May 1865. Football Forbes was a high marking ruckman — "being strong and wiry with a long reach he was able to take the ball well above the head of the average size footballer" — who, with his Essendon team-mates, ruckman Fred Ball and rover Colin Campbell, formed the dominant ruck combination of the era. Essendon (VFA) Recruited from the North Park "junior team" in West Melbourne, Forbes played 140 games between 1889 and 1896 for Essendon in the VFA, prior to the VFL's foundation. A member of the Essendon teams that won four successive premierships from 1891 and 1894, Forbes was named Player of the Season in 1892 by '' The Argus''. Essendon (VFL) In 1897, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Brockwell
Frederick Leopold Samuel Brockwell (4 February 1871 – 12 February 1945) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.96. See also * The Footballers' Alphabet On Saturday 23 July 1898, the Melbourne weekly newspaper '' The Leader'' published ''The Footballers' Alphabet''. The poem, which had been written by its influential (Australian Rules) football correspondent, "Follower", delivered a brief comment ... Notes References 'Follower', "The Footballers' Alphabet", ''The Leader'', (Saturday, 23 July 1898), p.17.* External links * * 1871 births 1945 deaths People educated at Geelong College Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club (VFA) players Geelong Football Club players Sydney Swans players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Pontin
Alfred Edward Pontin (22 September 1869 – 7 March 1930) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1869 births 1930 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club (VFA) players Geelong Football Club players People from the Colony of Victoria {{AFL-bio-1860s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Conway (footballer)
John Joseph Conway (26 March 1867 – 22 October 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Family Jack married Mary Catherine Doloughty and had five children from 1899 to 1915. Football Conway was Geelong's first captain in the VFL, captaining the club for its first three seasons in the new competition before retiring at the end of the 1899 season. He is also notable for being in the inaugural team for Geelong in the VFL, and is credited with being the first pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firth McCallum
Firth William McCallum (27 December 1872 – 11 July 1910) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung language, Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in Victoria, Australia, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River (Victo ... in both the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of James McCallum (1844-1888), and Ann Whitely McCallum (1843–1928), née Leake, later, Mrs. Richard West Beach, Firth William McCallum was born at Birregurra, Victoria on 27 December 1872. He married Jeanetta Gilmore "Nettie" Douglas (1877–1949), at Geelong, on 22 April 1903; they had three children. Football Geelong (VFA) Recruited by the VFA club, Geelong, from the Birregurra Football Club, he played in 12 matches for the team in 1893, 13 matches in 1894, 17 matches in 1895, and 15 matches in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Burns (footballer, Born 1866)
Peter Charles Burns (5 January 1866 – 11 October 1952) was an Australian rules footballer in the (then) Victorian Football Association (VFA) and Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of John Burns (1829–1897), and Martha Burns (1833–1914), née Harrison, Peter Charles Burns was born at Steiglitz, Victoria, on 5 January 1866. One of his brothers, Allen Burns, played for South Melbourne in the VFL. Peter Burns married Elizabeth Corbett (1867–1951) in South Melbourne on 18 April 1889. Football Burns was a tall ruckman and full-back who made his debut in 1881, aged 16 years, with Ballarat Imperial Football Club, Ballarat Imperials before transferring to powerful VFA club Sydney Swans, South Melbourne in 1885. South Melbourne (VFA) Burns played 126 games for South and played in four premierships before joining Geelong Football Club, Geelong in 1892. Geelong (VFA and VFL) In his last VFA game, in Round 20 of 1896, Burns played his 216 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Maguire (footballer)
Thomas Joseph Maguire (24 December 1873 – 26 August 1944) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family Thomas Maguire, aged 26 married Catherine Frances Kennelly, aged 25 in Ballarat, Victoria, in 1900. Tom and Catherine moved to Ararat and this is where five of the children were born between 1901 and 1910. William Joseph (1901), Mary Elizabeth (1903), Thomas “Jack” (1905), Ethel Josephine (1906), Joseph (1910). The family moved to Brunswick where Catherine Margaret (1913) was born. Tom, Catherine and their children moved to Beechworth where Tom was appointed Head Warden of Beechworth Asylum. Another daughter Imelda Mary (1916) was born. Later in life, Thomas and Catherine moved to Moonee Ponds, Tom Maguire passing away in 1944, aged 70. He is buried at the Melbourne Cemetery The Melbourne Cemetery or City of Melbourne Cemetery is a cemetery in Melbourne, Florida, Melbourne, Florida, United States. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred White (Australian Footballer)
Frederick John White (6 May 1877 – 10 August 1907) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ... (VFL). Notes External links * * 1877 births 1907 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Geelong Football Club players 19th-century Australian sportsmen {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Quinn (footballer, Born 1874)
John James "Jack" Quinn (28 September 1874 – 11 December 1918) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Football career Quinn was a member of the Geelong squad which played in the VFL's inaugural season in 1897 and was one of the 20 Geelong players that debuted in the opening round fixture against Essendon. A forward, Quinn kicked three goals in Geelong's 81-point win over St Kilda at Junction Oval in round seven. Geelong's winning score 16.18 (114) set a league record which lasted until the 1899 VFL season. He missed just one game in the home and away season, which Geelong finished on top of the ladder. By the end of 1897 VFL finals series which was to be decided through the round robin format, Geelong were second, with the club's six-point loss to eventual premiers Essendon in week one of the finals proving the difference. Quinn played in all three finals, for a total of 16 games for the year. He kicked 14 goals, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddy James
Edwin Ernest James (14 February 1874 – 16 September 1937) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong in the years before and following the formation of the VFL. Football James started his career as a backman, playing a game at 15 after Geelong were short for players. He moved to the forward line in his return in 1892, and in 1895 finished with 24 goals to be equal third in the VFA goalkicking. In the inaugural VFL season in 1897, he kicked 22 goals in the home-and-away season to share the Leading Goalkicker Award with Jack Leith; incidentally, this is the lowest number of goals to have ever earned this award, and will likely hold this record in perpetuity due to the high-scoring nature of the modern game. His end-of-year tally of 27 goals (including finals) was also the most in the league for that year. He kicked a career-high seven goals in game against St Kilda in 1898. He again topped the VFL's goalkicking in 1899 with 31 goals, and he was rewarded wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
