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Essendon 1912 VFL premiership team
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Date | 27 April—28 September 1912 |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Essendon 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | South Melbourne 2nd minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Harry Brereton (Melbourne) 56 goals |
Matches played | 94 |
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The 1912 VFL season was the 16th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 27 April to 28 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Essendon won the premiership, defeating South Melbourne by 14 points in the 1912 VFL grand final; it was Essendon's second consecutive premiership and fourth VFL premiership overall. South Melbourne won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–4 win–loss record. Melbourne's Harry Brereton won his second consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.
In 1912, the VFL competition consisted 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 1912 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Essendon | 17.14 (116) | University | 6.6 (42) | EMCG | 27 April 1912 |
Carlton | 9.16 (70) | Geelong | 4.7 (31) | Princes Park | 27 April 1912 |
St Kilda | 6.10 (46) | Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Junction Oval | 27 April 1912 |
South Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | Fitzroy | 4.10 (34) | Lake Oval | 27 April 1912 |
Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Collingwood | 5.9 (39) | MCG | 27 April 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Richmond | 5.8 (38) | South Melbourne | 2.23 (35) | Punt Road Oval | 4 May 1912 |
Geelong | 13.15 (93) | St Kilda | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 4 May 1912 |
Collingwood | 6.17 (53) | Essendon | 10.10 (70) | Victoria Park | 4 May 1912 |
University | 8.12 (60) | Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | MCG | 4 May 1912 |
Fitzroy | 5.11 (41) | Carlton | 9.10 (64) | Brunswick Street Oval | 4 May 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Fitzroy | 7.14 (56) | Geelong | 5.6 (36) | Brunswick Street Oval | 11 May 1912 |
University | 9.9 (63) | Richmond | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 11 May 1912 |
South Melbourne | 6.18 (54) | Melbourne | 3.4 (22) | Lake Oval | 11 May 1912 |
St Kilda | 12.21 (93) | Collingwood | 4.12 (36) | Junction Oval | 11 May 1912 |
Essendon | 8.11 (59) | Carlton | 6.14 (50) | EMCG | 11 May 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Geelong | 11.12 (78) | Melbourne | 5.5 (35) | Corio Oval | 18 May 1912 |
Carlton | 6.9 (45) | Collingwood | 6.10 (46) | Princes Park | 18 May 1912 |
University | 3.13 (31) | St Kilda | 7.14 (56) | MCG | 18 May 1912 |
Richmond | 9.6 (60) | Fitzroy | 13.8 (86) | Punt Road Oval | 18 May 1912 |
South Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Essendon | 9.8 (62) | Lake Oval | 18 May 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
St Kilda | 5.5 (35) | South Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | Junction Oval | 25 May 1912 |
Fitzroy | 8.11 (59) | University | 4.8 (32) | Brunswick Street Oval | 25 May 1912 |
Essendon | 7.7 (49) | Geelong | 7.10 (52) | EMCG | 25 May 1912 |
Collingwood | 10.12 (72) | Richmond | 6.4 (40) | Victoria Park | 25 May 1912 |
Melbourne | 8.2 (50) | Carlton | 5.14 (44) | MCG | 25 May 1912 |
Prior to this round, it was noted by the Football Record that Melbourne had been generally strong while competing at their home ground, but had faltered while away.[1]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Fitzroy | 11.12 (78) | Melbourne | 10.6 (66) | Brunswick Street Oval | 1 June 1912 |
Carlton | 12.15 (87) | St Kilda | 6.11 (47) | Princes Park | 1 June 1912 |
University | 5.8 (38) | South Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | MCG | 1 June 1912 |
Richmond | 10.10 (70) | Essendon | 13.14 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 1 June 1912 |
Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Collingwood | 2.15 (27) | Corio Oval | 1 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | University | 4.12 (36) | Victoria Park | 3 June 1912 |
South Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Geelong | 8.13 (61) | Lake Oval | 3 June 1912 |
St Kilda | 6.10 (46) | Fitzroy | 8.7 (55) | Junction Oval | 3 June 1912 |
Melbourne | 8.6 (54) | Essendon | 16.12 (108) | MCG | 3 June 1912 |
Richmond | 7.8 (50) | Carlton | 17.17 (119) | Punt Road Oval | 3 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | Richmond | 4.9 (33) | MCG | 8 June 1912 |
Geelong | 8.15 (63) | University | 3.8 (26) | Corio Oval | 8 June 1912 |
Essendon | 6.19 (55) | St Kilda | 10.6 (66) | EMCG | 8 June 1912 |
Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | Fitzroy | 11.7 (73) | Victoria Park | 8 June 1912 |
Carlton | 8.16 (64) | South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Princes Park | 8 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
St Kilda | 2.12 (24) | Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Junction Oval | 15 June 1912 |
Richmond | 4.16 (40) | Geelong | 7.12 (54) | Punt Road Oval | 15 June 1912 |
Fitzroy | 3.7 (25) | Essendon | 8.8 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15 June 1912 |
South Melbourne | 4.16 (40) | Collingwood | 4.8 (32) | Lake Oval | 15 June 1912 |
University | 8.10 (58) | Carlton | 10.17 (77) | MCG | 15 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Richmond | 6.6 (42) | St Kilda | 12.14 (86) | Punt Road Oval | 22 June 1912 |
Fitzroy | 3.10 (28) | South Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22 June 1912 |
Collingwood | 6.17 (53) | Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Victoria Park | 22 June 1912 |
University | 7.10 (52) | Essendon | 16.24 (120) | MCG | 22 June 1912 |
Geelong | 12.7 (79) | Carlton | 8.12 (60) | Corio Oval | 22 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | University | 5.7 (37) | MCG | 29 June 1912 |
Carlton | 6.8 (44) | Fitzroy | 4.15 (39) | Princes Park | 29 June 1912 |
South Melbourne | 19.12 (126) | Richmond | 5.7 (37) | Lake Oval | 29 June 1912 |
St Kilda | 12.11 (83) | Geelong | 9.14 (68) | Junction Oval | 29 June 1912 |
Essendon | 6.18 (54) | Collingwood | 6.10 (46) | EMCG | 29 June 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Richmond | 11.19 (85) | University | 4.4 (28) | Punt Road Oval | 13 July 1912 |
Melbourne | 0.8 (8) | South Melbourne | 13.8 (86) | MCG | 13 July 1912 |
Collingwood | 8.15 (63) | St Kilda | 6.4 (40) | Victoria Park | 13 July 1912 |
Carlton | 10.16 (76) | Essendon | 4.9 (33) | Princes Park | 13 July 1912 |
Geelong | 10.13 (73) | Fitzroy | 5.10 (40) | Corio Oval | 13 July 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
St Kilda | 15.12 (102) | University | 6.14 (50) | Junction Oval | 20 July 1912 |
Fitzroy | 10.10 (70) | Richmond | 3.11 (29) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20 July 1912 |
Essendon | 7.10 (52) | South Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | EMCG | 20 July 1912 |
Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Geelong | 5.13 (43) | MCG | 20 July 1912 |
Collingwood | 3.14 (32) | Carlton | 8.7 (55) | Victoria Park | 20 July 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Carlton | 4.18 (42) | Melbourne | 5.7 (37) | Princes Park | 27 July 1912 |
South Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | St Kilda | 7.18 (60) | Lake Oval | 27 July 1912 |
University | 7.8 (50) | Fitzroy | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 27 July 1912 |
Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Essendon | 5.10 (40) | Corio Oval | 27 July 1912 |
Richmond | 6.4 (40) | Collingwood | 10.15 (75) | Punt Road Oval | 27 July 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
South Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | University | 7.5 (47) | Lake Oval | 3 August 1912 |
Essendon | 10.12 (72) | Richmond | 5.13 (43) | EMCG | 3 August 1912 |
Collingwood | 7.15 (57) | Geelong | 6.8 (44) | Victoria Park | 3 August 1912 |
Melbourne | 6.6 (42) | Fitzroy | 6.7 (43) | MCG | 3 August 1912 |
St Kilda | 6.15 (51) | Carlton | 7.12 (54) | Junction Oval | 3 August 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Geelong | 4.8 (32) | South Melbourne | 6.15 (51) | Corio Oval | 17 August 1912 |
Fitzroy | 12.17 (89) | St Kilda | 8.7 (55) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17 August 1912 |
Essendon | 9.8 (62) | Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | EMCG | 17 August 1912 |
Carlton | 8.20 (68) | Richmond | 8.11 (59) | Princes Park | 17 August 1912 |
University | 6.7 (43) | Collingwood | 6.20 (56) | MCG | 17 August 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Richmond | 9.9 (63) | Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Punt Road Oval | 24 August 1912 |
University | 7.8 (50) | Geelong | 12.22 (94) | MCG | 24 August 1912 |
St Kilda | 15.18 (108) | Essendon | 7.8 (50) | Junction Oval | 24 August 1912 |
Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | Collingwood | 4.3 (27) | Brunswick Street Oval | 24 August 1912 |
South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Carlton | 7.10 (52) | Lake Oval | 24 August 1912 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | St Kilda | 7.7 (49) | MCG | 31 August 1912 |
Geelong | 9.16 (70) | Richmond | 4.9 (33) | Corio Oval | 31 August 1912 |
Essendon | 7.13 (55) | Fitzroy | 6.13 (49) | EMCG | 31 August 1912 |
Collingwood | 5.7 (37) | South Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | Victoria Park | 31 August 1912 |
Carlton | 10.14 (74) | University | 10.9 (69) | Princes Park | 31 August 1912 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | South Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1160 | 739 | 157.0 | 56 |
2 | Carlton | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1145 | 873 | 131.2 | 56 |
3 | Essendon (P) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1205 | 1049 | 114.9 | 48 |
4 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1154 | 911 | 126.7 | 44 |
5 | Fitzroy | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1016 | 936 | 108.5 | 40 |
6 | Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 985 | 996 | 98.9 | 36 |
7 | Collingwood | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 912 | 995 | 91.7 | 36 |
8 | St Kilda | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1094 | 1090 | 100.4 | 28 |
9 | Richmond | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 863 | 1333 | 64.7 | 12 |
10 | University | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 812 | 1424 | 57.0 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 57.5
Source: AFL Tables
All of the 1912 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.
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
Carlton | 10.11 (71) | Geelong | 4.19 (43) | MCG | 7 September |
Essendon | 7.12 (54) | South Melbourne | 6.6 (42) | MCG | 14 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
Essendon | 7.10 (52) | Carlton | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 21 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Date |
Essendon | 5.17 (47) | South Melbourne | 4.9 (33) | MCG | 28 September |