1919 VJFL season

1st season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL)

Australian rules football season

1919 VJFL season

Date| 3 May – 11 October
Teams| 9
Premiers| Collingwood District
1st premiership
Minor premiers| Collingwood District
1st minor premiership

1920 ->

The 1919 VJFL season was the 1st season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Collingwood District won the first grand final, finishing the season undefeated.[1]

## Background

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The Victorian Junior Football League was established to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the VFL senior clubs into a single competition – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football. For the inaugural season, four existing junior clubs – the Fitzroy Juniors, Collingwood District (also known as Collingwood Juniors) and Leopold (affiliated with South Melbourne) and Caulfield (affiliated with Melbourne) – initially crossed to the new league from the Metropolitan Amateur Association; West Melbourne was affiliated with Essendon; and new junior clubs were formed in Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda. University, which had left the VFL senior competition after 1914, also entered a stand-alone junior team in the competition.[2]

Shortly before the season, Caulfield withdrew, and a second University team was quickly arranged to take its place for the 1919 season. The two University teams were known as University A and University B.[3]

As was the case in the seniors, once the home-and-away season had finished, the VJFL premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

## Pre-season

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A number of practice matches were held before the start of the season, including against several Victorian Football Association clubs.[4]

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Saturday, 5 April  | Richmond 11.8 (74)  | def.  | Camberwell 3.6 (24)  |  | [4]
Saturday, 12 April  | Hawthorn | v  | Richmond | St James Park  | [4]
Saturday, 19 April  | Richmond | v  | Richmond (seniors)  | Richmond City Reserve  | [4]
Monday, 21 April  | Ballarat Association 9.14 (68)  | def. by  | Carlton District 12.25 (97)  | Eastern Oval | [1]
Saturday, 26 April  | Prahran 6.10 (46)  | def. by  | Richmond 7.5 (47)  | Toorak Park | [4]
Saturday, 26 April (3:30 pm)  | Carlton | v  | Carlton District |  | [1]

## Home-and-away season

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### Round 1

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Saturday, 3 May  | Fitzroy Juniors 6.6 (42)  | def. by  | Carlton District 9.9 (63)  | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [1]
Saturday, 3 May  | West Melbourne 7.9 (51)  | def.  | Richmond 4.8 (32)  | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 2

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Saturday, 10 May  | Carlton District 10.6 (66)  | def.  | West Melbourne 5.14 (44)  |  | [1]
Saturday, 10 May  | Richmond 6.10 (46)  | def. by  | University A 14.15 (99)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 3

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Saturday, 17 May  | Richmond 6.10 (46)  | def. by  | University B 15.11 (101)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]
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### Round 4

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Saturday, 24 May  | University A 8.8 (56)  | def.  | Carlton District 6.10 (46)  | University Oval | [1]
Saturday, 24 May  | Collingwood District 9.20 (74)  | def.  | Richmond 3.5 (23)  | Victoria Park | [4]

### Round 5

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Saturday, 31 May  | University B 13.13 (91)  | def.  | Carlton District 4.4 (28)  | University Oval | [1]
Saturday, 31 May  | Fitzroy Juniors 6.10 (46)  | def.  | Richmond 1.10 (16)  |  | [4]

### Round 6

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Saturday, 7 June  | Carlton District 6.9 (45)  | def.  | St Kilda District 4.12 (36)  |  | [1]
Saturday, 7 June  | Leopold 14.10 (94)  | def.  | Richmond 1.8 (14)  | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 7

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Saturday, 14 June  | Collingwood District 11.25 (91)  | def.  | Carlton District 7.4 (46)  | Victoria Park | [1]
Saturday, 14 June  | Richmond 6.14 (50)  | def.  | St Kilda District 4.6 (30)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 8

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Saturday, 21 June  | Carlton District 4.16 (40)  | def. by  | Leopold 6.15 (51)  | Princes Park | [1]

### Round 9

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Saturday, 28 June  | Richmond 5.14 (55)  | def. by  | Carlton District 12.7 (79)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 10

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Saturday, 5 July  | Carlton District | v  | Fitzroy Juniors | Princes Park | [1]

### Round 11

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Saturday, 12 July  | Collingwood District | v  | Leopold |  | [1]
Saturday, 12 July  | St Kilda District | v  | University B |  | [1]
Saturday, 12 July  | Richmond 5.14 (55)  | def. by  | West Melbourne 12.7 (79)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

### Round 12

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Saturday, 19 July  | Collingwood District 30.18 (198)  | def.  | St Kilda District 3.6 (24)  |  |
Saturday, 19 July  | Carlton District 5.12 (42)  | def. by  | West Melbourne 6.12 (48)  |  | [1]
Saturday, 19 July  | University A 12.15 (87)  | def.  | Richmond 4.10 (34)  | University Oval | [4]

### Round 13

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Saturday, 26 July  | University B 13.10 (88)  | def.  | Richmond 8.9 (57)  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [4]
Saturday, 26 July  | Carlton District 5.10 (40)  | def. by  | University A 8.11 (59)  | Princes Park | [1]

### Round 14

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Saturday, 9 August  | Carlton District 7.9 (51)  | def.  | University B 6.11 (47)  | Princes Park | [1]

### Round 15

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Saturday, 16 August  | St Kilda District 7.10 (52)  | def. by  | Carlton District 8.9 (57)  | Junction Oval | [1]
Saturday, 16 August  | Fitzroy Juniors 11.18 (84)  | def.  | Richmond 3.6 (24)  | Fitzroy Cricket Ground | [4]

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Saturday, 23 August  | Carlton District 3.5 (23)  | def. by  | Collingwood District 10.12 (72)  | Princes Park | [1]
Saturday, 23 August  | Richmond 4.14 (38)  | def. by  | Leopold 11.23 (89)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

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Saturday, 30 August  | St Kilda District 10.11 (71)  | def.  | Richmond 8.11 (59)  | St Kilda Cricket Ground | [4]
Saturday, 30 August  | Leopold 7.13 (55)  | def.  | Carlton District 2.8 (20)  | South Melbourne Cricket Ground | [1]
Saturday, 30 August  | Collingwood District 31.16 (202)  | def.  | University B 4.1 (25)  |  | [5]

### Round 18

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Saturday, 6 September (1:00 pm)  | Richmond 6.7 (43)  | def. by  | Carlton District 6.14 (50)  | Richmond Cricket Ground | [4]

## Ladder

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | D | Pts

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1  | Collingwood District (P) | 16  | 16  | 0  | 0  | 64
2  | University A | 16  |  |  |  | 44
3  | Leopold | 16  |  |  |  | 40
4  | University B | 16  |  |  |  | 40
5  | Fitzroy Juniors | 16  |  |  |  | 36
6  | Carlton District | 16  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 32
7  | West Melbourne | 16  |  |  |  | 20
8  | St Kilda District | 16  |  |  |  | 8
9  | Richmond | 16  | 1  | 15  | 0  | 4

## Finals series

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### Week 1

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Saturday, 27 September  | University A | def.  | University B | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [1]
Saturday, 27 September  | Collingwood District | def.  | Leopold |  | [1]

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Saturday, 4 October  | Leopold | def.  | Collingwood District |  | [1]

* Under the amended "Argus system", Collingwood District had the right to challenge as the minor premier.

### Grand final

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Saturday, 11 October  | Collingwood District 6.11 (47)  | def.  | University A 4.8 (32)  | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "1919 Reserves". Blueseum.
2. ^ "New junior organisation". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 18 January 1919. p. 13.
3. ^ "Football". The Age. Melbourne. 15 May 1919. p. 10.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t "1919 Seconds scores". Tigerland Archive.
5. ^ "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever.
6. ^ "Junior League Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 October 1919. p. 8.

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