1885 Victorian football season

1885 Victorian football season
Date2 May – 26 September 1885[1]

The 1885 Victorian football season was the 16th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[2][3]

Clubs

Founded

Future Australian Football League (AFL) club Richmond was founded in 1885.[4]

Club League Ref
East Ballarat Ballarat District [5]
Richmond VFA [6]

VFA

Main article: 1885 VFA season

South Melbourne won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the second time, having finished the season with 22 wins from its 25 total matches.[7]

VJFA

1885 VJFA season
Date2 May – 26 September 1885[1]
PremiersWilliamstown Juniors
1st premiership

The 1885 VJFA season was the third season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] Williamstown Juniors won the premiership for the first time.[9] The second-rate junior premiership was won by North Carlton Imperial, although Osborne also claimed the premiership.[10][11][12]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Williamstown Juniors (P) 22 17 5 0 54 16
2 Brunswick
3 North Park
4 South Melbourne Juniors
5 Port Melbourne
Star of Carlton
Royal Park
Britannia
Northcote

Source: [1][13][14][15]
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

South Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.[16][17] Ballarat Imperial formed a second twenty (reserves) team at the start of the season.[18] The second-rate junior premiership was won by the Reserve Football Club.[19]

Club records

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 South Ballarat (P) 13 9 3 1 49 29
2 Ballarat Imperial 12 5 7 0 30 38
Ballarat 12 0 12 0 13 48

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

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ Follower (3 October 1885). "The past season". Leader. p. 21. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  3. ^ Follower (3 October 1885). "The tabulated records, 1883". Leader. p. 22. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. ^ Bartlett, Rhett (20 February 2025). "Richmond Football Club celebrates 140th birthday". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 March 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. ^ "Club History". GameDay. East Ballarat Junior Football Club. 24 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ^ Bartlett, Rhett (20 February 2024). "Stop the Presses: The birth of a Club in 1885". Richmond Football Club. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  7. ^ Blucher, Peter (11 May 2017). "Our history: South Melbourne foundations". Sydney Swans. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 10 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. ^ "Williamstown Juniors Football Club (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 3 June 2025. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  10. ^ "North Carlton Imperial v. North Brunswick". The Age. 21 September 1885. p. 6. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  11. ^ "OSBORNE FOOTBALL CLUB". Williamstown Chronicle. 31 October 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  12. ^ "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 24 March 1885. p. 8. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  13. ^ Pindar, Peter (3 October 1885). "The football season of 1885". The Australasian. p. 22. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Williamstown Junior Football Club – premier juniors, 1885". Williamstown Advertiser. 3 October 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Evansdale Football Club statistics 1885". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  16. ^ "SOUTH BALLARAT FOOTBALL CLUB". The Ballarat Courier. 27 March 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  17. ^ "THE GRAND FINAL". The Ballarat Star. 26 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  18. ^ "BALLARAT IMPERIAL FOOTBALL CLUB". The Ballarat Star. 26 March 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  19. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. 3 April 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
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