1914 VFL season

Infobox Victorian Football League season
year = 1914


imagesize = px
caption =
clubs = 10
home-and-away season = 18 rounds
premiership team = Carlton
count = 4th
minor premiers = Carlton
champion of the season = Dave McNamara
top goal kicker = Dick Lee (57)Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1914.

Premiership season

In 1914, the VFL competition was comprised of ten teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.

Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1914 VFL "Premiers" were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus" system".

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Grand Final

"See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list."

Carlton defeated South Melbourne 6.9 (45) to 4.15 (39), in front of a crowd of 30427 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Ladder

Awards

* The 1914 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.
* The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 57 goals.
* "The Argus" newspaper's "Player of the Year", Dave McNamara of St Kilda, was declared 1914 Champion of the Season.
* University took the "wooden spoon" in 1914.

Notable Events

* A crowd of 2,000 angry Carlton fans mob field umpire after Carlton loses to St Kilda in round 2.
* University having lost 51 consecutive matches from their last victory in round 2 of the 1911 season through to the end of the 1914 season, left the VFL competition.

References

* Hogan, P., "The Tigers Of Old", The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
* Maplestone, M., "Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996", Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., "Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition)", Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
* Ross, J. (ed), "100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported", Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
* Ross, J. (ed.), "The Australian Football Hall of Fame", HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999. ISBN 0-7322-6426-X

External links

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/1914.html 1914 Season - AFL Tables]