1887 Victorian football season

1887 Victorian football season
Date1 May – 2 October 1886

The 1887 Victorian football season was the 18th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[1]

Clubs

Founded

Club League Ref
Frankston [2]

Name changes

Former New League Ref
Hawthorn Juniors Riversdale VJFA [3]

VFA

Main article: 1887 VFA season

Carlton won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the second time, after finishing the season with 15 wins from its 18 matches.[4] It was the club's last VFA premiership.[5]

VJFA

1887 VJFA season
PremiersNorth Park
2nd premiership

The 1887 VJFA season was the fifth season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] North Park won the premiership for the second time, as part of a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890.[7][8]

The third-rate junior premiership was won by Capel United.[9] Vaucluse also claimed the premiership and Victory was considered one of the best-performing clubs of the 1887 season.[10][11]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 North Park (P) 16 14 0 2 47 9
Camberwell
Footscray Excelsior
Kew
Lilydale
Riversdale
South St Kilda
Union Jack
Werribee Juniors

Source: [12][13][14]
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.[15][16] The premiers in the second-rate junior competition was disputed, with Soldiers Hill Imperial and Wanderers both claiming the title.[17][18][19]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Ballarat (P) 13 5 6 2 49 43
2 Ballarat Imperial 13 6 4 3 52 44
South Ballarat 10 3 2 5 50 40

Source: [20]
(P) Premiers

Sandhurst

1887 SFA season
PremiersEaglehawk
4th premiership

The 1887 SFA season was the seventh season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA).[21]

The official history of the Bendigo Football Netball League lists Eaglehawk as winning the premiership for the fourth time and for the second consecutive season.[22] However, contemporary news reports state Bendigo was awarded the premiership following a meeting of SFA club representatives, which included a representative from Eaglehawk.[23][24]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Eaglehawk (P)
2 Bendigo
3 Sandhurst

Source: [23]
(P) Premiers

Upper Murray and Mitta District

Tallangatta was the premier club in the Upper Murray and Mitta District competition, after finishing the season with six wins from its seven matches.[25][26]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Tallangatta (P) 7 6 1 0 17 8
2 Granya 2 0 2 0 0 4
3 Mitta Mitta 2 0 2 0 1 6
4 Granya Juniors 3 2 0 1
Bethanga
Bungil

Source: [25][27]
(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

  1. ^ "KYNETON FOOTBALL CLUB". The Kyneton Observer. 6 October 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. ^ "Club History". Frankston Football Club. Archived from the original on 17 April 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ^ "Riversdale Football Club statistics 1887". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2004.
  4. ^ "1887". Blueseum. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  5. ^ "History of Achievement". Carlton Football Club. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 8 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. ^ "JUNIOR PREMIERSHIP". The Australasian. 4 October 1890. p. 18. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  9. ^ Thomlinson, H. (21 September 1887). "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. p. 7. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  10. ^ "THE JUNIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP". The Herald. 23 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  11. ^ Lumsden, J. R. (12 October 1887). "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. p. 7. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  12. ^ "The Werribee Juniors FC". Sportsman. 14 September 1887. p. 7. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  13. ^ "UNION JACK FOOTBALL CLUB". Record. 24 September 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  14. ^ "NORTH PARK CLUB". Sportsman. 28 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Ballarat v. South Ballarat". The Ballarat Star. 3 October 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  16. ^ "BALLARAT FOOTBALL CLUB BANQUET". The Ballarat Star. 24 October 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  17. ^ "SECOND-RATE PREMIERSHIP OF FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. 27 September 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  18. ^ Look Before You Leap (28 September 1887). "SECOND-RATE PREMIERSHIP OF FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  19. ^ Smith, J. C. (29 September 1887). "SECOND-RATE PREMIERSHIP OF FOOTBALL". The Ballarat Star. p. 4. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  20. ^ "THE GRAND FINAL". The Ballarat Star. 26 September 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  21. ^ "FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 19 October 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  22. ^ "Bendigo FNL Premiership List – Senior Football" (PDF). Bendigo Football Netball League. October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  23. ^ a b "THE FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIP OF THE SANDHURST DISTRICT". Bendigo Advertiser. 20 September 1887. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  24. ^ "SANDHURST FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". Sportsman. 28 September 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  25. ^ a b "FOOTBALL". Upper Murray and Mitta Herald. 29 September 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  26. ^ "The Early Days". Tallangatta & District Football League. Archived from the original on 28 March 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  27. ^ Clark, Peter (6 September 2023). "Up the Mighty Murray! – Episode 21: 'The MCG of the Bush'". The Footy Almanac. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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