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{{Short description|24th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}} |
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{{Infobox Australian rules football season |
{{Infobox Australian rules football season |
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| competition = vfl_premiership |
| competition = vfl_premiership |
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| year = 1920 |
| year = 1920 |
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| image = Richmond fc 1920.jpg |
| image = Richmond fc 1920.jpg |
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| caption = {{AFL Ric}} 1920 VFL premiership team |
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| date = 1 May—2 October 1920 |
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| teams = 9 |
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| premiers = {{AFL Ric}} |
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| count = 1 |
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| minor premiers ={{AFL Ric}} |
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| minor premiers = {{AFL Ric}} |
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| mpcount = 1 |
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| leading goal medal = [[George Bayliss]] ({{AFL Ric}})<br>62 goals |
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| pre-season cup = |
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| matches = 76 |
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| prevseason = [[1919 VFL season|1919]] |
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| nextseason = [[1921 VFL season|1921]] |
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| highattend = 62,220 |
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| leading goal medal =[[George Bayliss]] <small>({{AFL Ric}})</small> |
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| brownlow medal = |
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| prevseason = [[1919 VFL season|1919]] |
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| nextseason = [[1921 VFL season|1921]] |
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The '''1920 [[Victorian Football League (1897–1989)|Victorian Football League]] season''' was the 24th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. |
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The '''1920 VFL season''' was the 24th season of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL), the highest-level senior [[Australian rules football]] competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 1 May to 2 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week [[Argus finals system#Second amended Argus system|finals series]] featuring the top four clubs. |
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==Premiership season== |
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{{AFL Ric}} won the [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiership]], defeating {{AFL Col}} by 17 points in the [[1920 VFL grand final]]; it was Richmond's first VFL premiership. Richmond also won the [[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|minor premiership]] by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–2 win–loss record. Richmond's [[George Bayliss]] won the [[Coleman Medal|leading goalkicker medal]] as the league's leading goalkicker. |
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==Background== |
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In 1920, 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. |
In 1920, 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. |
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Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1920 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the [[Second amended Argus system|amended "''Argus'' system"]]. |
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1920 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the [[Second amended Argus system|amended "''Argus'' system"]]. |
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==Home-and-away season== |
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===Round 1=== |
===Round 1=== |
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==Ladder== |
==Ladder== |
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{| class=wikitable |
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|title=1920 VFL ladder |
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| '''(P)''' || Premiers |
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|section=Ladder |
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|loss_before_draw=true|for_against_style=points|use_goal_percentage=y |
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| bgcolor=FFFFBB | || Qualified for finals |
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|winpoints=4|drawpoints=2<!--CAN CHANGE VALUE OF WINS AND DRAWS FOR DIFFERENT LEAGUES:--> |
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{{Australian rules football ladder start}} |
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| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} '''(P)''' || 16 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 1353 || 924 || 146.4 || '''56''' |
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| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 16 || 14 || 2 || 0 || 1272 || 888 || 143.2 || '''56''' |
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| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 16 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 1189 || 924 || 128.7 || '''40''' |
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| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 16 || 10 || 6 || 0 || 1085 || 966 || 112.3 || '''40''' |
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| 5 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 16 || 7 || 9 || 0 || 1099 || 1012 || 108.6 || '''28''' |
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| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 16 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 1022 || 1164 || 87.8 || '''20''' |
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| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 16 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 1098 || 1301 || 84.4 || '''20''' |
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| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 16 || 5 || 11 || 0 || 940 || 1266 || 74.2 || '''20''' |
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| 9 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 16 || 2 || 14 || 0 || 819 || 1432 || 57.2 || '''8''' |
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Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for<br>Average score: 68.6<br>Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1920.html#lad AFL Tables]</onlyinclude> |
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|team1=Ric|team2=Fit|team3=Car|team4=Col|team5=SM|team6=Ess|team7=Gee|team8=Mel|team9=StK |
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==Finals series== |
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|win_Ric=14|loss_Ric=2|draw_Ric=0|pf_Ric=1353|pa_Ric=924|status_Ric=P |
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All of the 1920 finals were played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|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. |
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|win_Fit=14|loss_Fit=2|draw_Fit=0|pf_Fit=1272|pa_Fit=888 |
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|win_Car=10|loss_Car=6|draw_Car=0|pf_Car=1189|pa_Car=924 |
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|win_Col=10|loss_Col=6|draw_Col=0|pf_Col=1085|pa_Col=966 |
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|win_SM=7|loss_SM=9|draw_SM=0|pf_SM=1099|pa_SM=1012 |
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|win_Ess=5|loss_Ess=11|draw_Ess=0|pf_Ess=1022|pa_Ess=1164 |
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|win_Gee=5|loss_Gee=11|draw_Gee=0|pf_Gee=1098|pa_Gee=1301 |
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|win_Mel=5|loss_Mel=11|draw_Mel=0|pf_Mel=940|pa_Mel=1266 |
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|win_StK=2|loss_StK=14|draw_StK=0|pf_StK=819|pa_StK=1432 |
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===Semi-finals=== |
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|name_Ric=[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] |
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|name_Fit=[[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] |
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|name_Car=[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] |
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|name_Col=[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] |
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|name_SM=[[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]] |
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|name_Ess=[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] |
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|name_Gee=[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] |
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|name_Mel=[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] |
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|name_StK=[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] |
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|status_text_P=Premiers |
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|col_Q=#CCFFCC|text_Q=[[#Finals|Finals]] |
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|result1=Q|result2=Q|result3=Q|result4=Q |
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|class_rules = 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. |
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|update=complete |
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|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120401045221/http://stats.afl.com.au/public/statistics/ladders/1920/All/ladders_all_1920.shtml?season_idIndex=23&round_noIndex=0&AFLstatisticMenu=1 VFL ladder] |
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</onlyinclude> |
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==Finals== |
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All of the 1920 finals were played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|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. |
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===Semi finals=== |
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===Preliminary |
===Preliminary final=== |
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==Grand final== |
===Grand final=== |
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{{Main article|1920 VFL Grand Final}} |
{{Main article|1920 VFL Grand Final}} |
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[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] defeated [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] 7.10 (52) to 5.5 (35), in front of a crowd of 53,908 people. (For an explanation of scoring see [[Australian rules football]]). |
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==Season notes== |
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* The 1920 VFL Premiership team was [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]. |
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* The [[Coleman Medal|VFL's leading goalkicker]] was [[George Bayliss]] of [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] with 63 goals. |
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* [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] took the "[[wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]]" in 1920. |
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* The Victorian Junior League premiership, which is today recognised as the VFL [[reserve team|reserves]] premiership, was won by {{AFL Col}}'s team, Collingwood District, for the second straight year. Collingwood District 7.14 (56) defeated [[Melbourne University Football Club|University]] 7.2 (44) in the Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the senior Preliminary Final on 25 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|date=27 September 1920|page=11|title=Junior League Final|publication-place=Melbourne}}</ref> |
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==Notable events== |
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* All Round 5 games were played on Wednesday, 26 May, to coincide with a visit by the [[Prince of Wales]].<ref name="Fine">{{cite book|last=Fine|first=Mark|title=The Book of Footy Lists|year=2011|publisher=Slattery Media Group|location=Australia|isbn=9781921778308|pages=300}}</ref> |
* All Round 5 games were played on Wednesday, 26 May, to coincide with a visit by the [[Prince of Wales]].<ref name="Fine">{{cite book|last=Fine|first=Mark|title=The Book of Footy Lists|year=2011|publisher=Slattery Media Group|location=Australia|isbn=9781921778308|pages=300}}</ref> |
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* After only three VFL games, [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton's]] half-forward [[Horrie Clover]] was selected in the Victorian team that narrowly beat South Australia 10.11 (71) to 9.12 (66) in a match played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in front of the [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]]. |
* After only three VFL games, [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton's]] half-forward [[Horrie Clover]] was selected in the Victorian team that narrowly beat South Australia 10.11 (71) to 9.12 (66) in a match played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in front of the [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|Prince of Wales]]. |
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* Unable to tolerate the increasing levels of assaults, thrown projectiles, and ground invasions, umpires threatened to go on strike unless given stronger police protection. |
* Unable to tolerate the increasing levels of assaults, thrown projectiles, and ground invasions, umpires threatened to go on strike unless given stronger police protection. |
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==Awards== |
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* The 1920 VFL Premiership team was [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]. |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* The [[Coleman Medal|VFL's leading goalkicker]] was [[George Bayliss]] of [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] with 63 goals. |
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* [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] took the "[[wooden spoon (award)|wooden spoon]]" in 1920. |
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* The Victorian Junior League premiership, which is today recognised as the [[AFL reserves|reserves]] premiership, was won by {{AFLR ColD}} for the second straight year ''(see: [[1920 VJFL season]])''. |
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==References== |
==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}} |
* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. {{ISBN|0-646-18748-1}} |
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* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. {{ISBN|0-670-90809-6}} |
* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. {{ISBN|0-670-90809-6}} |
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* 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}} |
* 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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==Sources== |
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* [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1920.html 1920 VFL season] at AFL Tables |
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* [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1920 1920 VFL season] at Australian Football |
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Revision as of 17:42, 1 August 2024
1920 VFL premiership season | |
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![]() Richmond 1920 VFL premiership team | |
Date | 1 May—2 October 1920 |
Teams | 9 |
Premiers | Richmond 1st premiership |
Minor premiers | Richmond 1st minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | George Bayliss (Richmond) 62 goals |
Matches played | 76 |
The 1920 VFL season was the 24th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 1 May to 2 October, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Richmond won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by 17 points in the 1920 VFL grand final; it was Richmond's first VFL premiership. Richmond also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–2 win–loss record. Richmond's George Bayliss won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.
Background
In 1920, 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.
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 1920 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Home-and-away season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Ladder
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Richmond (P) | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1353 | 924 | 146.4 | 56 |
2 | Fitzroy | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1272 | 888 | 143.2 | 56 |
3 | Carlton | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1189 | 924 | 128.7 | 40 |
4 | Collingwood | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1085 | 966 | 112.3 | 40 |
5 | South Melbourne | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1099 | 1012 | 108.6 | 28 |
6 | Essendon | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1022 | 1164 | 87.8 | 20 |
7 | Geelong | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1098 | 1301 | 84.4 | 20 |
8 | Melbourne | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 940 | 1266 | 74.2 | 20 |
9 | St Kilda | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 819 | 1432 | 57.2 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 68.6
Source: AFL Tables
Finals series
All of the 1920 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
Preliminary final
Grand final
Season notes
- All Round 5 games were played on Wednesday, 26 May, to coincide with a visit by the Prince of Wales.[1]
- After only three VFL games, Carlton's half-forward Horrie Clover was selected in the Victorian team that narrowly beat South Australia 10.11 (71) to 9.12 (66) in a match played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in front of the Prince of Wales.
- Richmond's recruit from Kyabram, Billy James, aged 20, played his first senior game in the Grand Final, and kicked the final goal of the match (his only goal) in the last quarter. He badly injured his foot in a rabbit shooting accident before the start of the 1921 season, and never played again.
- At the end of the season, tired with the constant internal dissent at St Kilda, Roy Cazaly was granted a clearance to South Melbourne.
- Vic Cumberland, after four years away from football (he had been wounded three times in World War I), played 10 senior games for St Kilda in 1920, aged 43, making him the oldest player in VFL/AFL history.
- In Round 17, in the process of kicking 8.25 (73) in its 3-point loss to Geelong, South Melbourne hit the post nine times.
- Unable to tolerate the increasing levels of assaults, thrown projectiles, and ground invasions, umpires threatened to go on strike unless given stronger police protection.
Awards
- The 1920 VFL Premiership team was Richmond.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was George Bayliss of Richmond with 63 goals.
- St Kilda took the "wooden spoon" in 1920.
- The Victorian Junior League premiership, which is today recognised as the reserves premiership, was won by Collingwood District for the second straight year (see: 1920 VJFL season).
References
- ^ Fine, Mark (2011). The Book of Footy Lists. Australia: Slattery Media Group. p. 300. ISBN 9781921778308.
- Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- 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
Sources
- 1920 VFL season at AFL Tables
- 1920 VFL season at Australian Football