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Wal William's results can now be accessed here: http://www.elitetograssroots.net/vfa/ This is now the permanent home for Wal's results.

In the VFA, the highest accuracy I found occurred in a Division Two match played on 21 April 1985: Oakleigh 26.7 (163) vs. Dandenong 24.8 (152), an accuracy of 76.92% Perhaps this is also the best accuracy rate anywhere for a game where both teams scored over 150 points! For the top division...

I have recently updated the VFA Season 1887 page on my website with a few Ballarat results that were outstanding, sourced from recent additions to Trove. With this done, I am fairly confident my site contains the first complete record of all VFA matches for seasons 1877 to 1896 ever published...

A few updates from my site VFA Results and Tables: Full details of VFA seasons 1897 to 1960 are now available, including quarter scores, goal kickers, best players and more Seasons prior to 1896 are being gradually reviewed and updated, as more sources have recently become available to me A...

My VFA site has recently expanded to start covering post-1897 seasons in detail, with more to come. I also have the data to create a similar site for the NSW Sydney comp, which will be a future project.

VFA team scoring records have been added to the VFA Results and Tables site.

1997 Ladder positions at end of H&A 1. Frankston 2. Springvale 3. Sandringham 4. Werribee 5. Port Melbourne 6. Williamstown 7. Preston 8. North Ballarat 9. Box Hill 10. Traralgon 11. Coburg (The 1997 top 5 listed in my previous posting was incorrect. Other information in that posting has been...

- I checked The Age (20 July 1885 edition) and found the reserves match final score listed as "Essendon second 1 goal 9 behinds v. Melbourne second 5 behinds." The Argus similarly states the result as "Essendon v Melbourne (second), won by the former by 1 goal 9 behinds to 5 behinds". So I think...

Hi Rainier, I don't have the crowd figures you are after, but the other information follows: 1990 Grand Final Williamstown 5-4 6-4 10-5 16-11-107 Springvale 2-5 8-11 13-15 15-15-105 1992 Grand Final Sandringham 6-3 11-4 15-13 19-16-130 Williamstown 3-3 4-3 8-4 13-8-86...

For seasons on my website where only the ladders and final results appear, and not the home & away results (ie from 1898 onwards), I assumed ladders in the Argus/Age were correct if the points for and against reconciled. Only for seasons where there were discrepancies (which was about 50% of...

Here are the three highest VFA scores for each period: 1877-1896 1. 19-12 North Melbourne vs Richmond (4-4) 15-8-1896 at North Melbourne 2. 18-18 South Melbourne vs Melbourne (1-3) 1-9-1888 at the Friendly Societies' Ground 3. 17-8 South Melbourne vs Carlton (6-5) 22-7-1893 at the MCG...

The short answer is a new coach (Ron Brown) and a few good recruits, including a full-forward (Hugh Litchfield) who kicked 100+ goals in 1985 and 1986. It was quite a turnaround for Sunshine, as they managed just 6 wins (and 65 losses!) from 1981 to 1984, but managed to reach the finals each...

Results from seasons 1880 to 1883 have recently been added to VFA Results and Tables, so the complete record from 1877 to 1896 is now available. A few results have been inferred from final ladders and are awaiting substantiation, but these are noted on the respective website pages - 1880, 1881...

Here are the top three in each category I found for the VFA: VFA NEGATIVE FORM REVERSALS -320 Rd 16, 1986 - Williamstown won 347-32 v Camberwell Rd 17, 1986 - Williamstown lost 94-99 v Frankston -295 Rd 18, 1984 - Brunswick won 268-22 v Kilsyth SF 2, 1984 - Brunswick lost 84-133 v Box Hill...

Seasons 1877, 1878 and 1879 have now been added to VFA Results and Tables In addition, the 1875 and 1876 Challenge Cup seasons plus the early Melbourne vs Carlton results (1866 to 1886) have been added to provide context to the VFA's formative years. I intend to add 1880 to 1883 over coming...

On the theme of all teams reaching 100 points, the first ever instance in the VFA was Round 3, 1972. Oakleigh 25.16 (166) d Preston 16.15 (111) Dandenong 16.25 (121) d Sunshine 17.14 (116) Sandringham 15.14 (104) d Coburg 15.13 (103) Williamstown 18.19 (127) d Waverley 16.15 (111) Prahran 17.18...

Between 1965 and 1981 there was a static 20 clubs that participated in the two divisions. During these season three clubs were always in Div 1: Port Melbourne, Sandringham and Dandenong, while three clubs never left Div 2: Box Hill, Werribee and Northcote. You correctly state that Port and...

Results for the 1884 VFA Season have now been added. Any feedback is welcome. The list of results includes more comments which help add context to the games, although I would like to expand this at some stage as there are many interesting and forgotten stories attached to these games. Yes, I've...

From 1888 when the Proportional Points system was adopted by the Association, there are no discrepancies in placings. In prior years the situation is less clear-cut. Immediately prior to 1888 there are various reports that the premiership was decided by least losses. However due to the...

Yes, I have created a database for results. As well as the results published online, the database also includes results against Junior teams, practice matches, Charity Matches, Inter-Colonial matches and matches against touring teams (such as the 'England' tour of 1888). Only by checking where...

Thanks for that. I have updated this result, and also the Williamstown v St Kilda match details from the 29 May 1886 edition. After I have reached 1877, I plan to review results for 1886-1896 more thoroughly against the suburban papers on Trove, and double check against The Argus and The Age...

I have now uploaded results from the 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889 seasons to the website: VFA Results and Tables Any corrections or suggestions are welcome. Thanks.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I presume that these are the same tables published online at http://footystats.freeservers.com/Footystats/Vicfooty1856-96.html While a useful guide, there are discrepancies in these ladders which I am seeking to correct. For example, I often wondered...

Thanks for the suggestion. I agree and will update pages in a new format over coming days.

The Warehouseman's Cricket Ground is the former name of the Albert Cricket Ground in St Kilda Road (also known as the Albert Reserve). It has mainly been used as a cricket and tennis venue over the years. Some of its history is set out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Cricket_Ground

I would speculate that the author of the 1939 letter was out by a year with his dates. Perhaps the chain of events went something like this: 1875 North Melbourne played at senior level. They played Carlton twice on June 26 and September 4 of that year, but Melbourne not at all. Of the Sep 4...

I have read in many places of the 1876 merger of North Melbourne and Albert Park (including on Wikipedia), but can't find a primary source to verify this. If it did occur, then Albert Park were the senior partner, and they continually existed during the 1870s. Albert Park FC's is reported as a...

Geelong Association was made up of a team representing the Geelong District League team. It was admitted to the VFA at the same time as North Melbourne was re-admitted, at a meeting of the Association on 19 Dec 1921. The new Geelong team's admission to the VFA was strongly opposed by the...

A few months ago I commenced compiling results and final ladders for the VFA (period 1877 to 1995) as I was unable to locate this information online. I started with 1896 and have published each result going back to 1890 so far, reconciling the final ladder to ensure accuracy. Going forward from...

In 1896 the top two clubs (Collingwood and Sth Melb) finished on equal premiership points and it was known a play-off would be required after the second last round played on 19 Sep 1896 had been completed. There were four games to be played on 26 Sep 1896: PM vs NM, Rich vs St K, Will vs Carl...