VFA Season 1891

Victorian Football Association

Season 1891

Results

Round 1

2 May 1891	St Kilda	3-1	5-3	5-5	6-6	Venue: St Kilda
	Carlton	0-2	1-4	2-4	3-10	Result: St Kilda won by 3 goals

2 May 1891	South Melbourne	2-5	4-8	8-9	9-13	Venue: South Melbourne
	Richmond	1-1	2-2	2-3	2-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 7 goals

2 May 1891	Footscray	0-1	2-2	2-2	4-3	Venue: Footscray
	Essendon	2-3	3-4	3-5	5-9	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal

2 May 1891	Williamstown	0-1	3-7	3-7	5-7	Venue: Williamstown
	Port Melbourne	1-4	2-5	5-5	7-5	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

Round 2

9 May 1891	St Kilda	1-0	1-0	3-1	3-1	Venue: St Kilda
	South Melbourne	2-0	2-3	3-9	5-10	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals

9 May 1891	Fitzroy	0-1	0-1	2-3	2-3	Venue: Fitzroy
	Carlton	1-0	1-1	2-2	5-5	Result: Carlton won by 3 goals

9 May 1891	Melbourne	1-3	1-3	1-5	1-5	Venue: MCG
	Williamstown	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-2	Result: DRAW

9 May 1891	North Melbourne	0-4	0-5	2-	2-7	Venue: North Melbourne
	Port Melbourne	1-1	1-1	2-	2-3	Result: DRAW

9 May 1891	Essendon	2-2	5-6	7-9	8-9	Venue: EMCG
	Richmond	1-0	2-2	3-3	4-3	Result: Essendon won by 4 goals

9 May 1891	Geelong	2-7	2-11	3-15	5-16	Venue: Corio Oval
	Footscray	0-0	1-1	2-1	2-2	Result: Geelong won by 3 goals

Round 3

16 May 1891	South Melbourne	1-3	2-8	3-10	4-13	Venue: South Melbourne
	North Melbourne	0-1	0-2	0-2	1-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals

16 May 1891	St Kilda	0-0	0-4	0-4	1-8	Venue: St Kilda
	Fitzroy	0-4	0-4	2-10	2-10	Result: Fitzroy won by 1 goal

16 May 1891	Carlton	1-2	3-5	6-6	10-8	Venue: MCG
	Port Melbourne	0-1	2-1	3-1	4-1	Result: Carlton won by 6 goals

16 May 1891	Geelong	-	5-2	7-	7-4	Venue: Corio Oval
	Williamstown	-	2-4	2-	3-9	Result: Geelong won by 4 goals

16 May 1891	Essendon	2-3	5-6	6-6	11-10	Venue: EMCG
	Melbourne	1-1	2-3	5-4	5-5	Result: Essendon won by 6 goals

16 May 1891	Richmond	0-2	2-3	5-5	6-7	Venue: Richmond
	Footscray	1-1	1-3	2-5	3-5	Result: Richmond won by 3 goals

Round 4

23 May 1891	Essendon	1-5	4-6	8-10	10-12	Venue: EMCG
	St Kilda	0-2	1-5	1-7	2-7	Result: Essendon won by 8 goals

23 May 1891	Carlton	2-2	3-5	6-	9-17	Venue: MCG
	Melbourne	0-0	1-1	2-	4-3	Result: Carlton won by 5 goals

23 May 1891	Richmond	0-1	1-3	2-3	2-6	Venue: Richmond
	Fitzroy	3-2	4-2	6-7	10-12	Result: Fitzroy won by 8 goals

23 May 1891	South Melbourne	2-4	5-8	7-14	9-17	Venue: South Melbourne
	Williamstown	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-1	Result: South Melbourne won by 8 goals

23 May 1891	Footscray	-	1-4	-	3-6	Venue: Footscray
	North Melbourne	-	2-8	-	7-10	Result: North Melbourne won by 4 goals

Round 5

25 May 1891	Essendon	1-3	4-3	5-5	7-9	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 30000
	South Melbourne	2-5	4-6	5-7	7-8	Result: DRAW

25 May 1891	Geelong	-	-	-	11-8	Venue: MCG
	North Melbourne	-	-	-	4-6	Result: Geelong won by 7 goals

25 May 1891	Fitzroy	-	-	-	6-5	Venue: Fitzroy
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	2-8	Result: Fitzroy won by 4 goals

25 May 1891	Richmond	-	-	-	6-9	Venue: Richmond
	Melbourne	-	-	-	11-4	Result: Melbourne won by 5 goals

Round 6

30 May 1891	Essendon	1-6	4-10	5-15	8-18	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 8000
	North Melbourne	1-1	4-2	4-3	5-4	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

30 May 1891	South Melbourne	1-1	4-3	5-8	6-11	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 3000
	Melbourne	0-6	0-7	1-8	2-8	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

30 May 1891	Carlton	2-5	3-9	6-11	8-18	Venue: MCG
	Williamstown	0-0	1-1	1-5	1-5	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals

30 May 1891	Fitzroy	-	5-9	-	10-15	Venue: MCG
	Footscray	-	2-1	-	5-2	Result: Fitzroy won by 5 goals

30 May 1891	Richmond	-	3-3	3-	4-4	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: 7000
	St Kilda	-	5-5	9-	10-9	Result: St Kilda won by 6 goals

Round 7

6 June 1891	Essendon	2-3	4-8	5-10	5-11	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 2000
	Geelong	1-1	2-4	6-6	9-6	Result: Geelong won by 4 goals

6 June 1891	South Melbourne	3-0	5-4	6-5	9-9	Venue: South Melbourne
	Fitzroy	3-1	5-1	6-2	8-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

6 June 1891	North Melbourne	1-0	1-	1-	1-1	Venue: North Melbourne
	Carlton	1-5	3-8	5-10	8-14	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals

6 June 1891	Melbourne	-	2-3	-	4-8	Venue: MCG
	St Kilda	-	0-6	-	3-7	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

6 June 1891	Williamstown	2-1	4-2	5-3	7-4	Venue: Williamstown
	Richmond	2-0	4-2	5-4	5-5	Result: Williamstown won by 2 goals

6 June 1891	Port Melbourne	1-1	3-5	4-6	9-9	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Footscray	0-2	0-4	2-5	3-7	Result: Port Melbourne won by 6 goals

Round 8

20 June 1891	Carlton	1-2	2-5	3-5	4-7	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 25000
	Geelong	0-0	0-2	0-7	0-8	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals

20 June 1891	Port Melbourne	0-1	0-1	1-2	2-2	Venue: Port Melbourne
	South Melbourne	0-8	4-12	8-16	13-19	Result: South Melbourne won by 11 goals

20 June 1891	Melbourne	0-0	2-3	-	4-6	Venue: Warehouseman's Cricket Ground
	Essendon	1-5	1-6	-	7-12	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

20 June 1891	Fitzroy	0-2	4-6	5-10	6-13	Venue: Fitzroy
	North Melbourne	2-2	2-3	3-3	4-6	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

20 June 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	7-10	Venue: Footscray
	St Kilda	-	-	-	3-5	Result: Footscray won by 4 goals

Round 9

27 June 1891	Essendon	1-3	1-4	2-8	3-8	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Immense
	Carlton	1-2	2-7	2-7	2-12	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal

27 June 1891	Geelong	1-3	1-3	2-4	4-4	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 7000-8000
	South Melbourne	3-1	4-4	5-6	5-7	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

27 June 1891	North Melbourne	-	-	-	5-3	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Fair number
	St Kilda	-	-	-	5-10	Result: DRAW

27 June 1891	Melbourne	-	-	-	3-8	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Very good gathering
	Fitzroy	-	-	-	3-11	Result: DRAW

27 June 1891	Richmond	0-3	2-5	4-6	5-10	Venue: Richmond
	Port Melbourne	2-1	3-1	3-2	3-2	Result: Richmond won by 2 goals

27 June 1891	Williamstown	-	-	-	2-7	Venue: Williamstown
	Footscray	-	-	-	1-7	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

Round 10

4 July 1891	Melbourne	1-3	4-5	7-9	9-10	Venue: MCG
	North Melbourne	0-0	0-1	1-1	2-1	Result: Melbourne won by 7 goals

4 July 1891	Richmond	1-2	1-2	2-4	2-4	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: About 6000
	Carlton	0-0	5-5	5-6	8-8	Result: Carlton won by 6 goals

4 July 1891	South Melbourne	1-2	1-3	4-7	4-11	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Fairly large number
	Footscray	1-0	1-1	1-1	1-1	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals

4 July 1891	Essendon	3-2	7-10	7-13	9-15	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Not more than 1500
	Port Melbourne	0-3	0-3	0-3	1-3	Result: Essendon won by 8 goals

4 July 1891	Williamstown	0-2	2-	-	2-7	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: Large attendance
	St Kilda	-	3-	3-	3-4	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal

4 July 1891	Fitzroy	2-1	3-2	4-3	5-7	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Immense concourse of spectators
	Geelong	0-3	1-6	1-6	3-6	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

Round 11

11 July 1891	Carlton	2-2	2-2	2-5	2-5	Venue: MCG
	South Melbourne	0-1	0-3	0-3	0-4	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

11 July 1891	Essendon	4-1	4-1	-	5-7	Venue: EMCG
	Fitzroy	1-0	2-3	-	2-5	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

11 July 1891	Geelong	2-1	2-7	2-8	6-11	Venue: Corio Oval
	Port Melbourne	1-1	-	-	1-1	Result: Geelong won by 5 goals

11 July 1891	Williamstown	-	-	-	0-0	Venue: Williamstown
	North Melbourne	-	-	-	0-0	Result: DRAW
Game did not proceed and declared a draw after the ball was ceremoniously bounced in the middle of the ground
11 July 1891	St Kilda	-	-	-	10-5	Venue: St Kilda
	Footscray	-	-	-	0-0	Result: St Kilda won by 10 goals
Footscray only had 12 men

Round 12

18 July 1891	Carlton	1-1	1-5	1-6	1-9	Venue: MCG; Attendance: About 20000
	Fitzroy	0-5	2-8	2-9	3-10	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

18 July 1891	Williamstown	1-1	1-1	2-1	2-1	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 4000 or 5000
	South Melbourne	1-1	1-3	3-4	3-7	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

18 July 1891	St Kilda	0-0	2-0	2-1	4-2	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large number
	Geelong	2-3	3-4	3-8	6-9	Result: Geelong won by 2 goals

18 July 1891	Richmond	1-1	2-4	2-5	2-6	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Larger than usual
	North Melbourne	2-3	2-3	2-3	2-5	Result: DRAW

18 July 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	3-13	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: About 1000
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	2-1	Result: Footscray won by 1 goal

Round 13

25 July 1891	South Melbourne	0-4	1-8	1-9	1-13	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Only moderate
	North Melbourne	1-1	2-2	2-5	3-5	Result: North Melbourne won by 2 goals

25 July 1891	Fitzroy	3-5	3-5	5-6	7-7	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Fair attendance
	St Kilda	0-0	1-3	3-3	4-5	Result: Fitzroy won by 3 goals

25 July 1891	Port Melbourne	-	0-4	-	2-4	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Small gathering
	Carlton	-	2-3	-	4-9	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

25 July 1891	Williamstown	0-4	1-4	1-4	2-4	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 4000
	Geelong	0-2	0-5	1-12	3-12	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

25 July 1891	Melbourne	1-0	3-4	5-9	6-18	Venue: MCG
	Richmond	0-2	1-2	2-2	2-2	Result: Melbourne won by 4 goals

Round 14

1 August 1891	South Melbourne	-	5-7	5-11	7-16	Venue: South Melbourne
	St Kilda	-	1-2	1-4	1-4	Result: South Melbourne won by 6 goals

1 August 1891	Carlton	1-7	-	-	7-17	Venue: Warehouseman's Cricket Ground
	Footscray	0-0	-	-	3-5	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals

1 August 1891	Richmond	-	0-1	-	3-1	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: 8000
	Essendon	-	4-10	-	7-16	Result: Essendon won by 4 goals

1 August 1891	Geelong	1-6	3-7	4-10	5-13	Venue: Corio Oval
	North Melbourne	0-0	0-3	0-5	0-7	Result: Geelong won by 5 goals

1 August 1891	Melbourne	0-2	3-4	4-9	5-11	Venue: MCG
	Port Melbourne	0-0	0-0	3-1	4-1	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

Round 15

8 August 1891	Carlton	1-1	2-1	2-5	2-10	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 25000
	Essendon	0-1	1-5	2-7	2-10	Result: DRAW

8 August 1891	South Melbourne	2-4	2-6	5-6	8-9	Venue: South Melbourne
	Port Melbourne	2-0	2-2	3-4	3-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 5 goals

8 August 1891	Geelong	0-7	3-7	-	6-8	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Very large
	Melbourne	1-2	3-4	-	9-7	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals

8 August 1891	St Kilda	3-2	5-4	7-7	12-9	Venue: St Kilda
	Richmond	1-3	1-5	1-5	3-6	Result: St Kilda won by 9 goals

8 August 1891	North Melbourne	0-2	0-2	2-3	3-7	Venue: North Melbourne
	Williamstown	0-1	1-2	1-3	1-4	Result: North Melbourne won by 2 goals

Round 16

15 August 1891	South Melbourne	0-0	0-1	1-4	2-6	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: About 25000
	Essendon	0-1	0-4	2-4	3-6	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal

15 August 1891	Carlton	2-3	4-8	5-12	6-15	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Large
	North Melbourne	2-2	3-3	6-3	6-4	Result: DRAW

15 August 1891	Fitzroy	6-3	7-9	11-11	15-13	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Moderate
	Richmond	0-1	4-3	5-3	5-6	Result: Fitzroy won by 10 goals
Grace 11 goals
15 August 1891	Port Melbourne	0-2	0-6	1-7	2-7	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Sparse
	Melbourne	1-1	1-3	2-4	3-4	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

15 August 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	1-7	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 5000
	Geelong	-	-	-	4-8	Result: Geelong won by 3 goals

15 August 1891	St Kilda	-	-	-	7-16	Venue: St Kilda
	Williamstown	-	-	-	3-4	Result: St Kilda won by 4 goals

Round 17

22 August 1891	Melbourne	1-2	2-3	3-6	5-8	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 7000
	South Melbourne	0-1	1-6	1-6	2-7	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals

22 August 1891	Port Melbourne	1-0	1-0	2-2	2-2	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Fair
	Essendon	0-2	3-4	4-6	7-8	Result: Essendon won by 5 goals

22 August 1891	Geelong	2-5	3-6	3-7	3-9	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Large
	Fitzroy	0-1	1-5	3-7	4-9	Result: Fitzroy won by 1 goal

22 August 1891	Carlton	3-6	3-6	7-8	7-9	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Large
	St Kilda	0-1	1-1	1-2	1-2	Result: Carlton won by 6 goals

22 August 1891	North Melbourne	0-2	0-2	3-5	3-5	Venue: North Melbourne
	Richmond	0-1	2-4	2-4	3-6	Result: DRAW

22 August 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	2-11	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 2000 to 3000
	Williamstown	-	-	-	2-12	Result: DRAW

Round 18

29 August 1891	Fitzroy	1-0	3-2	4-3	4-5	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: 15000
	Melbourne	1-1	1-2	2-2	4-4	Result: DRAW

29 August 1891	St Kilda	1-1	2-3	2-3	3-6	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large
	Essendon	2-6	2-9	8-13	10-16	Result: Essendon won by 7 goals

29 August 1891	Richmond	0-2	1-5	1-6	1-7	Venue: Richmond
	South Melbourne	2-5	4-5	8-9	9-11	Result: South Melbourne won by 8 goals

29 August 1891	Port Melbourne	2-3	2-4	3-6	3-9	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Geelong	1-2	2-3	3-4	4-7	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

29 August 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	4-5	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	-	-	-	11-9	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals

Round 19

5 September 1891	North Melbourne	0-0	1-0	1-2	2-6	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Fair
	Melbourne	1-5	1-7	2-9	2-9	Result: DRAW

5 September 1891	Port Melbourne	3-6	3-6	6-7	6-8	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Richmond	0-1	5-3	5-3	6-5	Result: DRAW

5 September 1891	South Melbourne	-	1-3	2-4	2-6	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Very large
	Carlton	-	1-5	3-13	6-13	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals

5 September 1891	Geelong	1-1	1-5	1-6	3-11	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 4000
	Essendon	0-4	2-7	4-8	5-8	Result: Essendon won by 2 goals

5 September 1891	Fitzroy	1-0	6-3	10-4	11-8	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large
	Williamstown	1-4	2-4	4-6	4-7	Result: Fitzroy won by 7 goals

Round 20

12 September 1891	Fitzroy	1-0	2-3	3-3	3-6	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Nearly 20000
	Essendon	1-3	2-3	4-5	4-9	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal

12 September 1891	South Melbourne	1-0	4-7	8-8	11-12	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Geelong	3-2	3-2	3-4	3-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 8 goals

12 September 1891	Melbourne	1-6	1-6	4-7	4-7	Venue: Warehouseman's Cricket Ground; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	0-3	3-7	3-10	4-16	Result: DRAW

12 September 1891	St Kilda	1-0	2-2	4-2	5-2	Venue: St Kilda
	North Melbourne	1-0	2-0	2-0	3-3	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals

12 September 1891	Port Melbourne	1-1	3-6	3-6	5-7	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Williamstown	0-7	0-7	2-15	3-15	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

12 September 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	7-6	Venue: Footscray
	Richmond	-	-	-	1-4	Result: Footscray won by 6 goals

Round 21

19 September 1891	Fitzroy	1-2	3-5	3-8	7-11	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large
	South Melbourne	1-1	1-1	2-3	2-3	Result: Fitzroy won by 5 goals

19 September 1891	Geelong	0-1	1-2	2-4	3-5	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Very large
	Carlton	1-2	2-4	2-10	2-11	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

19 September 1891	St Kilda	0-0	2-2	4-	5-4	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Very good
	Melbourne	1-0	2-1	3-	4-3	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal

19 September 1891	Essendon	2-0	4-2	4-4	5-4	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground
	Footscray	1-0	1-0	2-3	2-4	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

19 September 1891	Williamstown	-	-	-	7-12	Venue: Williamstown
	Richmond	-	-	-	0-4	Result: Williamstown won by 7 goals

19 September 1891	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	1-4	Venue: Port Melbourne
	North Melbourne	-	-	-	1-8	Result: DRAW

Round 22

26 September 1891	Fitzroy	0-3	2-6	2-7	2-7	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Not less than 20000
	Carlton	0-1	3-1	4-1	4-2	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

26 September 1891	Williamstown	-	-	-	5-7	Venue: Williamstown
	Melbourne	-	-	-	3-9	Result: Williamstown won by 2 goals

26 September 1891	North Melbourne	-	0-1	0-1	1-2	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Large gathering
	Essendon	-	2-6	-	4-17	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

26 September 1891	Footscray	-	-	-	7-7	Venue: Footscray
	South Melbourne	-	-	-	2-7	Result: Footscray won by 5 goals

26 September 1891	Geelong	-	-	-	5-13	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 2000
	St Kilda	-	-	-	4-7	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

Ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	F	A	Points	Proportional Points	%
1	Essendon	20	17	1	2	125	66	72	79.20	189.39
2	Carlton	21	14	4	3	113	55	62	64.95	205.45
3	Fitzroy	19	12	5	2	110	70	52	60.21	157.14
4	South Melbourne	22	14	7	1	120	74	58	58.00	162.16
5	Geelong	19	12	7	0	90	74	48	55.58	121.62
6	Melbourne	19	8	6	5	88	84	42	48.63	104.76
7	St Kilda	20	8	11	1	92	97	34	37.40	94.85
8	North Melbourne	20	3	9	8	55	86	28	30.80	63.95
9	Williamstown	18	4	11	3	51	78	22	26.89	65.38
10	Footscray	18	4	13	1	58	95	18	22.00	61.05
11	Port Melbourne	19	3	13	3	61	103	18	20.84	59.22
12	Richmond	19	2	14	3	62	143	14	16.21	43.36
	Total	234	101	101	32	1025	1025	468

Notes:

- Teams ranked by Proportional Points. Minimum of 18 games required to qualify for the Premiership.

- Behinds were recorded but did not count towards the final score or in determining the result of matches.

- The percentage column is an indication only. Teams finishing with equal proportional points were deemed to have achieved an equal finishing position on the final ladder.

1891 premiers: Essendon

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First created: 18 July 2011
Last updated: 6 September 2024

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