1899 premiership season
Date26 August – 16 September 1899
Teams8
PremiersFitzroy
Attendance
Matches played13
Total attendance4,823 (371 per match)
Highest4,823 (Grand Final, Fitzroy vs. South Melbourne)
← 1898
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The 1899 Victorian Football League finals series was the 3rd annual edition of the VFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 1899 VFL season. The series ran over four weekends in August and September 1899, culminating with the 1899 VFL Grand Final at the Junction Oval on 16 September 1899.

All eight teams from the 1899 VFL season qualified for the finals series. The system used was the same as the previous season.

Matches

The clubs were divided into two groups for the sectional rounds as follows. The minor premiership was won by Fitzroy.

Section A Section B

Sectional Round Results

Sectional Round 1

Sectional Round 1
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 5.11 (41) def. Carlton 6.4 (40) Brunswick Street Oval
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) Melbourne 3.7 (25) def. by Collingwood 6.9 (45) Lake Oval
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) Essendon 16.24 (120) def. St Kilda 3.4 (22) East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 26 August (2:30 pm) Geelong 5.8 (38) def. by South Melbourne 6.5 (41) Corio Oval

Sectional Round 2

Sectional Round 2
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 5.8 (38) def. Carlton 2.5 (17) Victoria Park
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) Essendon 4.15 (39) def. by Geelong 6.11 (47) East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 5.10 (40) def. Melbourne 0.2 (2) Brunswick Street Oval
Saturday, 2 September (2:30 pm) St Kilda 1.6 (12) def. by South Melbourne 12.10 (82) Junction Oval

Sectional Round 3

Sectional Round 3
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Carlton 6.5 (41) def. Melbourne 2.4 (16) Princes Park
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 4.7 (31) def. by Fitzroy 6.9 (45) Victoria Park
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) South Melbourne 3.10 (28) def. Essendon 2.1 (13) Lake Oval
Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) Geelong 23.24 (162) def. St Kilda 0.1 (1) Corio Oval
  • St Kilda's 1 point is the lowest score in AFL/VFL history

Sectional ladders

Section A Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Fitzroy 3 3 0 0 126 73 172.6 12
2 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 114 87 131.0 8
3 Carlton 3 1 2 0 98 95 103.2 4
4 Melbourne 3 0 3 0 43 126 34.1 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Section B Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 South Melbourne 3 3 0 0 151 63 239.7 12
2 Geelong 3 2 1 0 247 81 304.9 8
3 Essendon 3 1 2 0 172 97 177.3 4
4 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 35 364 9.6 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Grand Final

Main article: 1899 VFL Grand Final
Grand Final
16 September (2:50 pm) Fitzroy def. South Melbourne Junction Oval (crowd: 4,823)
0.1 (1)
2.4 (16)
2.6 (18)
 3.9 (27) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		2.3 (15)
2.3 (15)
3.7 (25)
 3.8 (26)
Fontaine 1, Grace 1, McSpeerin 1 Goals Lampe 2, Colgan 1
Nil Reports Nil

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