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The 1877 St Kilda Football Club season was the inaugural season in the club's history competing in the 1877 VFA season.[1]

Background

The 1877 Victorian Football Association season was the first in which the Australian rules football competition in Victoria was run under a properly constituted administrative body; which was formed with the view to governing the sport via a collective body, made up of delegates representing the clubs.[2]

The association was made up of five inaugural metropolitan senior clubs (St Kilda being one of them), and a number of provincial senior teams from across the state.[3]

VFA season

Main article: 1877 VFA season

League table

The VFA did not officially endorse a system of ranking the clubs until the 1888 season.[4]

1877 VFA Results
TEAM P W L D GF GA
1 Carlton (P) 21 14 3 4 56 11
2 Melbourne 23 16 3 4 47 21
3 Hotham 14 7 5 2 27 16
4 Albert Park 12 5 4 3 17 10
5 St Kilda 17 5 7 5 25 35
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers Source:[5]

Matches

Only matches not played at odds between the affiliated senior metropolitan and provincial clubs are listed. Matches were also played in halves, not quarters.[4]

2 2 June 1877 St Kilda 1–1 Albert Park Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda  
1
1 		Summary 1
1


6 30 June 1877 St Kilda 0–4 Melbourne Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda  
0
0 		Summary 0
4 		Attendance: 700


9 14 July 1877 Geelong 2–0 St Kilda Argyle Square Ground, Geelong  
2
2 		Summary 0
0 		Attendance: 1,500


10 21 July 1877 St Kilda 0–7 Carlton Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda  
Summary


17 8 September 1877 Carlton 3–0 St Kilda Madeline Street Reserve, Carlton  
3
3 		Summary 0
0


19 22 September 1877 Melbourne 6–0 St Kilda Melbourne Football Ground, Richmond  
2
6 		Summary 0
0 		Attendance: 2,000


References

  1. ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143270959
  2. ^ Peter Pindar (12 May 1877). "Football Gossip". The Australasian. Vol. XXII, no. 580. Melbourne, VIC. p. 588.
  3. ^ Nomad (9 July 1877). "Football Notes". Leader. Melbourne, VIC. p. 12.
  4. ^ a b "VFA Season 1877".
  5. ^ Peter Pindar (13 October 1877). "The Football Season of 1877 – Part 1". The Australasian. Vol. XXIII, no. 602. Melbourne, VIC. p. 461.

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