1907 VFL season
The 1907 Victorian Football League season was the 11th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
| 1907 VFL Premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Carlton, Premier team | |
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | Carlton (2nd premiership) |
| Minor premiers | Carlton (2nd minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 71 |
| Highest attendance | 45,477 |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Dick Lee (Collingwood) |
Premiership season
In 1907, the VFL competition consisted of eight 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 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1907 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Essendon | 14.15 (99) | Geelong | 9.2 (56) | EMCG | 27 April 1907 |
| Collingwood | 6.11 (47) | Fitzroy | 5.9 (39) | Victoria Park | 27 April 1907 |
| Carlton | 4.6 (30) | St Kilda | 8.8 (56) | Princes Park | 27 April 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 6.5 (41) | Melbourne | 9.6 (60) | Lake Oval | 27 April 1907 |
Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 7.15 (57) | South Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Brunswick Street Oval | 4 May 1907 |
| Melbourne | 5.11 (41) | Essendon | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 4 May 1907 |
| St Kilda | 8.14 (62) | Collingwood | 8.6 (54) | Junction Oval | 4 May 1907 |
| Geelong | 3.9 (27) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | Corio Oval | 4 May 1907 |
Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | Geelong | 12.5 (77) | Brunswick Street Oval | 11 May 1907 |
| St Kilda | 9.13 (67) | Essendon | 5.7 (37) | Junction Oval | 11 May 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Collingwood | 5.8 (38) | Lake Oval | 11 May 1907 |
| Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Carlton | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 11 May 1907 |
Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 7.4 (46) | St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Corio Oval | 18 May 1907 |
| Essendon | 6.8 (44) | South Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | EMCG | 18 May 1907 |
| Collingwood | 4.10 (34) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Victoria Park | 18 May 1907 |
| Carlton | 10.17 (77) | Fitzroy | 3.7 (25) | Princes Park | 18 May 1907 |
Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 9.5 (59) | Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Corio Oval | 25 May 1907 |
| Carlton | 5.16 (46) | South Melbourne | 9.7 (61) | Princes Park | 25 May 1907 |
| St Kilda | 13.9 (87) | Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | Junction Oval | 25 May 1907 |
| Essendon | 5.8 (38) | Collingwood | 6.11 (47) | EMCG | 25 May 1907 |
Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | St Kilda | 15.18 (108) | MCG | 1 June 1907 |
| Collingwood | 4.6 (30) | Carlton | 4.17 (41) | Victoria Park | 1 June 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Geelong | 4.9 (33) | Lake Oval | 3 June 1907 |
| Fitzroy | 10.7 (67) | Essendon | 4.12 (36) | Brunswick Street Oval | 3 June 1907 |
Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 4.8 (32) | South Melbourne | 7.2 (44) | Junction Oval | 15 June 1907 |
| Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Essendon | 7.8 (50) | Princes Park | 15 June 1907 |
| Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Fitzroy | 6.11 (47) | MCG | 15 June 1907 |
| Geelong | 3.14 (32) | Collingwood | 5.8 (38) | Corio Oval | 15 June 1907 |
Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | South Melbourne | 5.10 (40) | MCG | 22 June 1907 |
| Geelong | 7.11 (53) | Essendon | 3.10 (28) | Corio Oval | 22 June 1907 |
| Fitzroy | 11.3 (69) | Collingwood | 11.12 (78) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22 June 1907 |
| St Kilda | 3.15 (33) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | Junction Oval | 22 June 1907 |
Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Essendon | 5.13 (43) | Melbourne | 3.10 (28) | EMCG | 29 June 1907 |
| Collingwood | 9.13 (67) | St Kilda | 7.10 (52) | Victoria Park | 29 June 1907 |
| Carlton | 5.9 (39) | Geelong | 7.4 (46) | Princes Park | 29 June 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Fitzroy | 7.10 (52) | Lake Oval | 29 June 1907 |
Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Essendon | 5.7 (37) | St Kilda | 9.11 (65) | EMCG | 6 July 1907 |
| Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | South Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | Victoria Park | 6 July 1907 |
| Carlton | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 8.6 (54) | Princes Park | 6 July 1907 |
| Geelong | 10.11 (71) | Fitzroy | 4.8 (32) | Corio Oval | 6 July 1907 |
Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 6.18 (54) | Geelong | 9.5 (59) | Junction Oval | 13 July 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 8.11 (59) | Essendon | 6.11 (47) | Lake Oval | 13 July 1907 |
| Melbourne | 2.10 (22) | Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 13 July 1907 |
| Fitzroy | 3.8 (26) | Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Brunswick Street Oval | 13 July 1907 |
Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 3.7 (25) | St Kilda | 3.5 (23) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20 July 1907 |
| Collingwood | 10.10 (70) | Essendon | 3.5 (23) | Victoria Park | 20 July 1907 |
| Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | Geelong | 4.10 (34) | MCG | 20 July 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Carlton | 4.12 (36) | Lake Oval | 20 July 1907 |
Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 6.6 (42) | South Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | Corio Oval | 3 August 1907 |
| Essendon | 8.10 (58) | Fitzroy | 3.13 (31) | EMCG | 3 August 1907 |
| Carlton | 5.15 (45) | Collingwood | 5.4 (34) | Princes Park | 3 August 1907 |
| St Kilda | 4.6 (30) | Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Junction Oval | 3 August 1907 |
Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 5.9 (39) | Melbourne | 6.19 (55) | Brunswick Street Oval | 10 August 1907 |
| Collingwood | 15.6 (96) | Geelong | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 10 August 1907 |
| South Melbourne | 8.16 (64) | St Kilda | 5.14 (44) | Lake Oval | 10 August 1907 |
| Essendon | 3.7 (25) | Carlton | 10.18 (78) | EMCG | 10 August 1907 |
Sectional Rounds
Sectional Round 1 (Round 15)
| Sectional Round 1 (Round 15) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 17 August | South Melbourne 8.9 (57) | def. | Carlton 4.16 (40) | Lake Oval | |
| Saturday, 17 August | St Kilda 8.19 (67) | def. | Collingwood 3.8 (26) | Junction Oval | |
| Saturday, 17 August | Essendon 10.11 (71) | def. | Melbourne 8.8 (56) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 17 August | Fitzroy 12.16 (88) | def. | Geelong 5.8 (38) | Brunswick Street Oval | |
Sectional Round 2 (Round 16)
| Sectional Round 2 (Round 16) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 24 August | Carlton 11.12 (78) | def. | Essendon 7.5 (47) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 24 August | Collingwood 11.16 (82) | def. by | Fitzroy 15.4 (94) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 24 August | Geelong 5.8 (38) | def. by | St Kilda 4.17 (41) | Corio Oval | |
| Saturday, 24 August | Melbourne 7.8 (50) | def. by | South Melbourne 10.14 (74) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
Sectional Round 3 (Round 17)
| Sectional Round 3 (Round 17) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 August | Carlton 9.8 (62) | def. | Melbourne 4.12 (36) | Princes Park | |
| Saturday, 31 August | Collingwood 9.17 (71) | def. by | Geelong 12.4 (76) | Victoria Park | |
| Saturday, 31 August | Essendon 6.7 (43) | def. by | South Melbourne 15.9 (99) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Saturday, 31 August | St Kilda 3.14 (32) | def. by | Fitzroy 6.9 (45) | Junction Oval | |
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton (P) | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1060 | 681 | 155.7 | 52 | Semi finals |
| 2 | South Melbourne | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 915 | 773 | 118.4 | 44 | |
| 3 | St Kilda | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 935 | 796 | 117.5 | 36 | |
| 4 | Collingwood | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 970 | 879 | 110.4 | 36 | |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 864 | 1011 | 85.5 | 28 | |
| 6 | Geelong | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 844 | 989 | 85.3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Melbourne | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 800 | 987 | 81.1 | 28 | |
| 8 | Essendon | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 774 | 1046 | 74.0 | 20 |
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Semi finals
First Semi Final
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | |
| South Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Collingwood | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 12 September 1907 | Attendance: 28,856 |
Grand final
Carlton defeated South Melbourne 6.14 (50) to 6.9 (45). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
| Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 1.4 | 4.6 | 6.10 | 6.14 (50) |
| South Melbourne | 1.3 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 6.9 (45) |
Awards
- The 1907 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 47 goals.
- Essendon took the "wooden spoon" in 1907.
Notable events
- The VFL played two inter-provincial matches against Ballarat and Bendigo, winning both matches. It was the first such match against Bendigo.
- Due to the "Special" football train arriving late, the start of the third match between Fitzroy and Geelong at Brunswick Street Oval was delayed by twenty minutes.
- In round 6, St. Kilda defeated Melbourne 15.18 (108) to 7.9 (51); It was the first time in the club's 173 VFL matches to that point that St. Kilda scored 100 points.
- In Round 8, Fitzroy kicked eleven goals without a behind against Collingwood, before three misses in the last quarter. They did not score in the second and third quarters after kicking 7.0 (42) in the first quarter.
- In Round 11, Geelong defeated St. Kilda despite having ten fewer scoring shots; before this, no VFL team had won with a deficit in scoring shots greater than eight. They repeated the feat of winning with ten fewer shots against Collingwood in the last round.
- During that last match, Collingwood succumbed to Geelong despite being 38 points ahead at three quarter time; this record was not beaten until 1936.
- The playing surface in each of the season's Semi-Finals that had been played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground (South Melbourne v. Collingwood, and Carlton v. St. Kilda) had been so rock hard and dusty that the two match winners demanded that the MCG be watered before the next Saturday, unless there was substantial rain. The VFL acquiesced to this request, and the ground was watered; the ensuing Premiership final, which Carlton won by 5 points, was on significantly softer ground.
- In the 1907 pre-season, then VFA team Richmond played a practice match against VFL team Geelong at Corio Oval, in direct defiance of a VFA edict. On 22 October 1907, Richmond, who had become quite dissatisfied with the VFA, applied to join the VFL; their application was unanimously accepted at a meeting nine days later, and Richmond competed for the first time in the 1908 VFL season.
- St Kilda qualify for their first VFL Finals appearance.
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References
- 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
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