1884 Victorian football season

1884 Victorian football season
Date3 May – 27 September 1884[1]

The 1884 Victorian football season was the 15th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2]

Clubs

Founded

Club League Ref
Queenscliff Geelong District [3]

VFA

Main article: 1884 VFA season

Geelong won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fifth time, making it the club's sixth VFA premiership in just seven seasons, and the third in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1882 to 1884.[4][5]

VJFA

1884 VJFA season
Date3 May – 27 September 1884[1]
PremiersStar of Carlton
1st premiership

The 1884 VJFA season was the second season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] Star of Carlton was the premier club for the first time.[2] Sandridge changed its name to Port Melbourne during the season, in line with the renaming of the municipality.[7][8]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Star of Carlton (P) 20 14 1 5 51 11
2 Port Melbourne 19 13 2 4 46 10
3 Williamstown Juniors 17 14 2 1 34 19
Britannia 16 10 1 5
Brunswick 16 9 2 5 29 13
South Yarra 16 9 4 3 40 22
North Park 17 10 5 2 17 14
South Melbourne Juniors 18 9 6 3 24 30
St Kilda Royal 17 10 4 3 41 29
Avenue 16 9 5 2 31 18
Evansdale 17 5 8 4 29 52

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

Ballarat District

Ballarat Imperial was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.[12] This was disputed by South Ballarat (which had renamed itself from Albion Imperial at the start of the season).[13][14]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Ballarat Imperial (P) 8 6 2 0 27 15
2 South Ballarat 13 8 5 0 43 33
Ballarat 14 0 13 1 9 59

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.[6]

References

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  2. ^ a b Pindar, Peter (4 October 1884). "The football season of 1884". The Australasian. p. 22. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Coutas hope to hook the flag". The Age. 14 August 2011. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ Collings, Tom (15 July 2019). "Geelong's Premiership History". Geelong Football Club. Archived from the original on 6 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Seisman Street". Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society. 6 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  8. ^ "William 'Billy' Hannaysee". Blueseum. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  9. ^ "Football season, 1884". Sportsman. 22 October 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "Evansdale Football Club statistics 1884". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Archived from the original on 16 August 2004. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  11. ^ "1880s". Williamstown Football Club. 24 June 2024. Archived from the original on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Courier. 7 October 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  13. ^ "ALBION IMPERIAL FOOTBALL CLUB". The Ballarat Star. 3 April 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ^ "THE GRAND FINAL". The Ballarat Star. 26 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
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