1881 Victorian football season

1881 Victorian football season
Date30 April – 1 October 1881[1]

The 1881 Victorian football season was the twelfth senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2] The season saw the formation of the Sandhurst Football Association in the Bendigo region, which followed the formation of the Victorian Football Association five years earlier in 1877.[3][4]

Clubs

New clubs

Club League Ref
Canterbury Juniors [5]

VFA

Main article: 1881 VFA season

South Melbourne won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the first time, after finishing the season with seven wins from its eleven senior matches.[6][7]

Juniors

South Park was the premier club in the junior competition.[a] Battery United, Britannia, Brunswick, Hawthorn, Hotham United, Northcote, Powlett, Royal Park, Sandridge, South Carlton, South Yarra, Southern, Waverley and Williamstown were also mentioned as being among the top teams.[9][10]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 South Park (P) 18 13 1 4 61 7
2 South Yarra 18 10 5 3 49 27
3 Hotham United 17 8 7 2 30 15
4 Hawthorn 14 7 6 1 31 29
5 Star of Carlton 19 8 3 8 30 16
6 Waverley 14 7 3 4 20 15
Powlett 18 9 4 5 37 27
Stanley 19 15 2 2 48 13
Royal Park 15 4 4 7 16 19
Battery United 16 11 1 4 36 6
Sandridge 11 4 5 2 11 18
Britannia 16 2 29 9
Williamstown 13 6 3 4 22 13
Northcote 14 4 8 2 23 35
Southern 6 0 6 0 2 21
Brunswick
South Carlton

Source: [1][11][9][10]
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

Ballarat Imperial was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition, winning nine of its twelve matches.[11][12]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Ballarat Imperial (P) 12 9 2 1 34 10
2 Ballarat City 15 10 4 1 37 9
3 Albion Imperial 10 8 0 2 21 6
4 Victoria Imperial 13 5 1 7 13 9
5 Ballarat 19 0 15 4 11 47
6 Creswick 10 5 4 1 16 12

Source: [11]
(P) Premiers

Geelong District

Geelong West was the premier club in the Geelong District competition, winning seven of its 17 matches.[13][14] A representative Geelong District team played a match against South Australia at Corio Cricket Ground on 27 August, with Geelong District winning eight goals to zero.[15][16]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Geelong West (P) 17 7 7 3 37 20
Chilwell
East Geelong
North Geelong

Source: [1]
(P) Premiers

Sandhurst

1881 SFA season
Teams7
PremiersSandhurst
1st premiership

The 1881 SFA season was the inaugural season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA), which was formed at a meeting on 10 June 1881.[17][18] Sandhurst was the premier club, winning 11 of its 19 matches.[11][19]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Sandhurst (P) 19 11 1 7 39 13
Bendigo 16 9 4 3 30 15
Civil Service 6 2 2 2 7 5
Ironbark 12 3 3 6 13 14
Coachbuilders 8 1 3 4 7 11
Epsom 4 0 3 1 1 9
Eaglehawk
− Sandhurst (2nd 20) 6 2 4 0 6 11
− Bendigo (2nd 20) 8 6 1 1 12 3

Source: [11][20][21]
(P) Premiers

Notes

  1. ^ At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c Pennings, Mark (28 May 2014). "A Golden Era Begins: Football in 'Marvellous Melbourne', 1877 to 1885" (PDF). QUT. Origins of Australian Football (Volume II). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  2. ^ An Old Player (15 October 1881). "Review of the past season". Leader. p. 12. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. 11 June 1881. p. 1. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  4. ^ Johnston, David (17 April 2024). "These 10 country footy leagues are more than 100 years old". The Weekly Times. Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Club info". Canterbury Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ^ Mark, Little (8 October 1881). "A review of the past season". The Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  7. ^ Blucher, Peter (11 May 2017). "Our history: South Melbourne foundations". Sydney Swans. Archived from the original on 13 April 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  8. ^ Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Hawthorn Football Club statistics 1881". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Archived from the original on 16 August 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  11. ^ a b c d e Pindar, Peter (15 October 1881). "The football season of 1881". The Australasian. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  12. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Courier. 14 September 1881. p. 4. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Geelong West Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Geelong West". Victorian Places. Archived from the original on 29 March 2025. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  15. ^ "FOOTBALL". Geelong Advertiser. 26 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  16. ^ "FOOTBALL". Geelong Advertiser. 29 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  17. ^ "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. 13 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Sandhurst v. Bendigo". Bendigo Advertiser. 15 September 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  19. ^ "Football banquet". Bendigo Advertiser. 21 September 1881. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  20. ^ "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. 22 August 1881. p. 3. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  21. ^ Follower (1 October 1881). "The past football season". Bendigo Advertiser. p. 1. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
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