Английская Википедия:1915 VFL season
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The 1915 VFL season was the 19th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.
The season featured nine clubs, following the departure of Шаблон:AFL Uni after a seven-year stint in the league. The season ran from 24 April until 18 September, and comprised a 16-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the fifth time and second time consecutively, after it defeated Шаблон:AFL Col by 33 points in the 1915 VFL Grand Final.
Background
In 1915, the VFL competition consisted of nine 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. With the VFL being reduced to nine clubs, a bye was required in the fixture for the first time in the league's history. Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds (i.e., 16 matches and 2 byes); once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1915 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Home-and-away season
Round 1
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 8.16 (64) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 4.13 (37) | Junction Oval | 24 April 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 12.10 (82) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 11.7 (73) | MCG | 24 April 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 7.10 (52) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 3.8 (26) | Victoria Park | 24 April 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 5.11 (41) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 6.5 (41) | Princes Park | 24 April 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 2
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 7.14 (56) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 6.18 (54) | Corio Oval | 1 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 14.17 (101) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 9.2 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 1 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 4.6 (30) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 12.11 (83) | Punt Road Oval | 1 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 6.11 (47) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 8.12 (60) | Lake Oval | 1 May 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 3
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 9.15 (69) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 8.19 (67) | Punt Road Oval | 8 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 4.10 (34) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 16.6 (102) | EMCG | 8 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 15.12 (102) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 12.11 (83) | MCG | 8 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 7.14 (56) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 10.16 (76) | Junction Oval | 8 May 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 4
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 4.10 (34) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 10.11 (71) | Corio Oval | 15 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 5.19 (49) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 2.6 (18) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 9.13 (67) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 5.9 (39) | Victoria Park | 15 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 3.13 (31) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 8.8 (56) | Princes Park | 15 May 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 5
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 7.10 (52) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 6.4 (40) | EMCG | 22 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 8.14 (62) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 3.12 (30) | Victoria Park | 22 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 8.8 (56) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 6.4 (40) | Lake Oval | 22 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 8.3 (51) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 22 May 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 6
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 8.7 (55) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 8.16 (64) | EMCG | 29 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 9.11 (65) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 13.11 (89) | Junction Oval | 29 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 7.12 (54) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 8.12 (60) | Punt Road Oval | 29 May 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 5.10 (40) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 9.13 (67) | Corio Oval | 29 May 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 7
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 12.6 (78) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 12.8 (80) | EMCG | 5 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 11.9 (75) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 10.13 (73) | Princes Park | 5 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 7.6 (48) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 5.20 (50) | Punt Road Oval | 7 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 7.5 (47) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 10.8 (68) | Lake Oval | 7 June 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 8
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 15.17 (107) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 8.5 (53) | Princes Park | 12 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 14.17 (101) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 13.5 (83) | Lake Oval | 12 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 10.12 (72) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 6.17 (53) | MCG | 12 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 6.14 (50) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 11.8 (74) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12 June 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 9
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 5.6 (36) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 5.8 (38) | EMCG | 19 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 5.13 (43) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 3.10 (28) | Victoria Park | 19 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 4.12 (36) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 10.12 (72) | Corio Oval | 19 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 1.1 (7) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 5.15 (45) | Junction Oval | 19 June 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 10
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 9.11 (65) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 7.5 (47) | Lake Oval | 26 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 8.12 (60) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 10.11 (71) | Punt Road Oval | 26 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 5.12 (42) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 11.12 (78) | EMCG | 26 June 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 7.8 (50) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 5.8 (38) | Brunswick Street Oval | 26 June 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 11
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 10.20 (80) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 6.7 (43) | Victoria Park | 3 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 7.15 (57) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 7.5 (47) | Princes Park | 3 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 12.17 (89) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 8.7 (55) | Junction Oval | 3 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 12.13 (85) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 10.13 (73) | MCG | 3 July 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 12
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 5.9 (39) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 11.13 (79) | Corio Oval | 10 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 17.20 (122) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 3.6 (24) | Victoria Park | 10 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 10.12 (72) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 7.11 (53) | Lake Oval | 10 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 6.12 (48) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 5.5 (35) | Brunswick Street Oval | 10 July 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 13
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 12.15 (87) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 12.7 (79) | Punt Road Oval | 17 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 7.7 (49) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 14.14 (98) | Junction Oval | 17 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 8.6 (54) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 12.21 (93) | MCG | 17 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 5.15 (45) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 12.15 (87) | EMCG | 17 July 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 14
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 8.6 (54) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 7.6 (48) | Brunswick Street Oval | 24 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 11.8 (74) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 5.15 (45) | Princes Park | 24 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 10.10 (70) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 3.13 (31) | Junction Oval | 24 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 7.9 (51) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 13.13 (91) | Corio Oval | 24 July 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 15
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 9.19 (73) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 7.6 (48) | MCG | 31 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 18.17 (125) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 7.7 (49) | Brunswick Street Oval | 31 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 9.20 (74) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 8.12 (60) | Princes Park | 31 July 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 13.19 (97) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 6.4 (40) | Lake Oval | 31 July 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 16
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 4.12 (36) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 5.13 (43) | MCG | 7 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 6.18 (54) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 4.6 (30) | Junction Oval | 7 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 7.11 (53) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 6.9 (45) | Corio Oval | 7 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 9.8 (62) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 9.9 (63) | Victoria Park | 7 August 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 17
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 7.10 (52) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 10.14 (74) | Corio Oval | 14 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 10.15 (75) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 7.14 (56) | EMCG | 14 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 8.13 (61) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 8.11 (59) | Victoria Park | 14 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 7.7 (49) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 17.15 (117) | Punt Road Oval | 14 August 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Round 18
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 18.13 (121) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 4.7 (31) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 14.16 (100) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 6.8 (44) | Princes Park | 21 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 14.15 (99) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 6.11 (47) | Punt Road Oval | 21 August 1915 |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 4.9 (33) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 7.9 (51) | Lake Oval | 21 August 1915 Шаблон:S-end
Ladder
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
Шаблон:Australian rules football ladder start |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Col || 16 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 1168 || 703 || 166.1 || 56 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Car (P) || 16 || 13 || 2 || 1 || 1108 || 770 || 143.9 || 54 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Fit || 16 || 11 || 4 || 1 || 1143 || 765 || 149.4 || 46 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Mel || 16 || 9 || 7 || 0 || 1058 || 1066 || 99.2 || 36 |- | 5 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL SM || 16 || 8 || 8 || 0 || 926 || 872 || 106.2 || 32 |- | 6 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Ric || 16 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 906 || 1164 || 77.8 || 20 |- | 7 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL StK || 16 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 779 || 1026 || 75.9 || 20 |- | 8 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Ess || 16 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 750 || 1067 || 70.3 || 12 |- | 9 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Gee || 16 || 3 || 13 || 0 || 862 || 1267 || 68.0 || 12 |}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 60.4
Source: AFL Tables
Finals series
All of the 1915 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi-finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.
Semi finals
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 11.12 (78) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 10.7 (67) | MCG | 28 August |- style="background:#fff;" | Fitzroy | 9.16 (70) | Collingwood | 4.12 (36) | MCG | 4 September Шаблон:S-end
Preliminary Final
Шаблон:S-start |- style="background:#ccf;" | Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |- style="background:#fff;" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 6.18 (54) | Fitzroy | 5.8 (38) | MCG | 11 September Шаблон:S-end
Grand final
Season notes
- Prior to the season, VFL delegates voted in favour of rule changes to bring the game closer to a hybridisation of Australian rules football and rugby league: specifically the addition of a crossbar to the goal posts over which goals were to be kicked, disallowing forward handpasses, and rules to allow stronger rugby-style tackling between the shoulders and the hips.[1][2] The rules could not come into immediate effect as they required approval at a vote of Australasian Football Council delegates, and this vote never took place due to the war,[3] so none of these changes were ever implemented.
- The first round of the 1915 was played on Saturday 24 April 1915, one day before the forces of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at ANZAC Cove in their first hostile action in World War I.
- As a result of World War I St Kilda changed its traditional colours of red, white, and black (the colours of the German Empire) to red, yellow, and black, the colours of Australian ally Belgium.[4][5]
- On 12 March 1915, responding to intense public pressure, a motion was put to a VFL meeting (proposed by the Geelong delegate, seconded by the Melbourne delegate) to suspend the VFL competition for the entire season (in March 1915, nobody expected the war to last for as long as it did). The votes were Geelong, Melbourne, Essendon, St Kilda, and South Melbourne "for", and the inner-Melbourne clubs of Carlton, Fitzroy, Collingwood, and Richmond "against". In the absence of the required three-quarters majority, the motion was lost.[4]
- At the instigation of the SAFL, interstate matches were suspended.[4]
- At 2:00PM on Saturday 29 May 1915, Essendon centreman and 1914 Victorian State wingman, Cyril Gove, rode the racehorse Menthe into third place in the Springbank Corinthian Handicap. a race for amateur riders,[6] at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Immediately the race was over, he caught a fast cab down Mount Alexander Road, Melbourne to the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, where he played a full game for Essendon in its round 6 match against South Melbourne.[7][8]
Awards
- The 1915 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker were Dick Lee of Collingwood and Jimmy Freake of Fitzroy with 66 goals each.
- Geelong took the "wooden spoon" in 1915.
References
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. Шаблон:ISBN
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. Шаблон:ISBN
- 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. Шаблон:ISBN
Sources
- 1915 VFL season at AFL Tables
- 1915 VFL season at Australian Football
Шаблон:Australian Football League
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ "ST. KILDA: BELGIAN COLORS WORN, When the umpire's whistle calls the St. Kilda team to arms against South Melbourne [next Saturday] they will be in the full bloom of new colors — something like the gorgeous dahlias in the Alexandra Gardens. The public will cheer them as footballers, but probably the cheering will be more hearty because the colors are those of the brave and suffering Belgians — scarlet, yellow and black. Tho club decided last year to cast aside the old colors, which were those of tho German ruffians, pirates and baby-killers." (The Herald, (Friday, 16 April 1915), p.3.)
- ↑ Goodwood, "Notes and Chat", The Argus, (Saturday, 29 May 1915), p.22, col.A.
- ↑ Saturday's Matches: Some Close Finishes: Notes by Observer, The Argus, (Monday, 31 May 1915), p.6. col.A.
- ↑ Champion Tobacco "Sportettes", The Canberra Times, (Friday, 23 July 1954), p.8, col.A.