1883 Victorian football season

1883 Victorian football season
Date21 April – 29 September 1883[1]

The 1883 Victorian football season was the 14th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2]

Clubs

Founded

Two future Australian Football League (AFL) clubs − Fitzroy and Footscray − were founded in 1883.[3]

Club League Ref
Fitzroy VJFA [4]
Footscray VJFA [5]

VFA

Main article: 1883 VFA season

Geelong won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fifth time, making it the club's fifth VFA premiership in just six seasons, and the second in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884.[6][7]

VJFA

1883 VJFA season
Date21 April – 29 September 1883[1]
PremiersWaverley
1st premiership

The 1883 VJFA season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] The competition was officially established on 26 April 1883, with eleven clubs − Albion, Brunswick, Emerald Hill, Footscray, Fortrose, North Park, Richmond, South Park, South Yarra, Star of Carlton and Waverley − represented at the inaugural meeting.[9][10]

Waverley were the premiers, only losing two of its 20 matches for the season.[11][12] South Park secretary McKinery disputed this, saying his club was the only one entitled to the premiership.[13][14] Britannia, Brunswick, Clifton, Fortrose, Normanby, Northcote, North Park, Powlett, Royal Park, Sandridge, Star of Carlton, Toorak and Williamstown were also named as the season's top clubs.[15][16]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D
1 Waverley (P) 20 9 2 8
2 South Park 18 12 2 4
3 Star of Carlton 16 9 2 5
Northcote 19 13 5 1
Sandridge 17 11 5 1
Brunswick 20 7 7 5
Britannia
Clifton
Fortrose
Normanby
North Park
Powlett
Royal Park
Toorak
Williamstown

Source: [1][17][18][19][20]
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

Albion Imperial was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition for the second consecutive season.[21] Victoria Imperial was the premier junior club.[22]

During a match on 15 September 1883, Ballarat Imperial captain John Williams Mills was struck in the abdomen, but played out the remainder of the match against Albion Imperial .[23] However, he died the following morning.[24]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Albion Imperial (P) 8 4 4 0 24 23
2 Ballarat 9 1 6 2 16 24
Ballarat Imperial 6 2 3 1 12 22

Source: [1]
(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

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  2. ^ Goal Post (10 October 1883). "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Chronology". AFL.com.au. Archived from the original on 28 May 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ^ "The Unofficial History of the Fitzroy Football Club". ABC Listen. 23 May 2024. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Western Bulldogs Hall of Fame event returns". Western Bulldogs. 1 May 2023. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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  7. ^ Riley, Michael (11 August 2019). "The Evolution of 'the Premiership' 1870−1888". Hidden Footy Histories. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 3 June 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. ^ "The Victorian Football Association". The Age. 27 April 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  10. ^ Pindar, Peter (28 April 1883). "FOOTBALL GOSSIP". The Australasian. p. 14. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Waverley v. Star of Carlton". The Australasian. 29 September 1883. p. 14. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  12. ^ R. M. G. (1 October 1883). "THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. p. 2. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  13. ^ "Victorian Junior Football Association". The Argus. 17 September 1883. p. 10. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  14. ^ "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 3 October 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  15. ^ Pindar, Peter (6 October 1883). "The football season of 1883". The Australian. p. 14. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  16. ^ "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  17. ^ Foster, J. (24 September 1883). "THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. p. 3. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  18. ^ Pearson, Charles (26 September 1883). "THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP". The Herald. Retrieved 25 July 2024. I beg to state that the Waverley have not yet claimed the premiership. But if the Waverley is not defeated on Saturday next by Brunswick, I certainly claim that the Waverley are premiers on the ground that they will have played nineteen matches, and will have only suffered two defeats.
  19. ^ "Evansdale Football Club statistics 1883". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  20. ^ "1880s". Williamstown Football Club. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  21. ^ "THE GRAND FINAL". The Ballarat Star. 26 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  22. ^ "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 17 October 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  23. ^ "A FATAL FOOTBALL ACCIDENT". The Age. 18 September 1883. p. 6. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Another Death in the Football Field". Weekly Times. 22 September 1883. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
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