1889 Victorian football season

1889 Victorian football season
Date4 May – 28 September 1889

The 1889 Victorian football season was the 20th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.[1]

VFA

Main article: 1889 VFA season

South Melbourne won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the fourth time and the second year in a row, after finishing the season with 14 wins from its 19 matches.[2]

VJFA

1889 VJFA season
PremiersNorth Park
4th premiership

The 1889 VJFA season was the seventh season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).[a] North Park won the premiership for the fourth time, as part of a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890.[4][5]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA Pts PPG
1 North Park (P) 20 15 1 4 74 25 68 3.400
2 East Richmond 20 16 4 0 75 28 64 3.200
3 Britannia 19 14 3 2 66 33 60 3.158
4 St Kilda Esplanade 19 11 2 6 51 28 56 2.947
5 Camberwell 21 13 4 4 71 37 60 2.857
6 Albion United 18 11 5 2 70 43 48 2.667
7 Union Jack 19 11 5 3 44 28 50 2.632
8 South St Kilda 20 10 5 5 69 41 50 2.500
9 Coburg 21 13 8 0 37 39 52 2.476
10 South Brunswick 20 11 7 2 50 38 48 2.400
11 Fitzroy Imperial 18 9 6 3 43 41 42 2.333
12 Brunswick 18 7 5 6 42 39 40 2.222
13 Brighton 19 7 7 5 54 55 38 2.000
14 Essendon District 19 7 8 4 32 43 36 1.895
15 Parkside 19 6 9 4 46 54 32 1.684
16 Fernside 19 6 9 4 36 60 32 1.684
17 Marylebone 22 7 11 4 37 43 36 1.636
18 Clifton 21 5 14 2 26 63 24 1.143
19 Moonee Ponds 21 4 13 4 26 67 24 1.143
20 Kew 19 2 11 6 30 53 20 1.053
21 North Carlton Imperial 19 3 14 2 31 33 16 0.842
22 Marlton 19 3 14 2 29 46 16 0.842
23 Star of Brunswick 18 3 12 3 20 41 18 1.000
24 South Park 12 7 5 0 21 33 28 2.333
25 Ascot Vale 15 3 12 0 23 54 12 0.800
26 Coast 10 1 8 1 12 41 6 0.600
Source: [6][7][8]
(P) Premiers

Goulburn Valley

1889 GVFA season
PremiersNumurkah
2nd premiership
Runners-upCobram
1st runners-up result

The 1889 GVFA season was the second season of the Goulburn Valley Football Association (GVFA).[9]

Numurkah won the premiership for the second time, after defeating Cobram in the grand final held on 10 August 1889.[10]

Ladder

Pos Team
1 Numurkah (P)
2 Cobram
  Nathalia
  Wunghnu
  Yarroweyah
Source: [9]
(P) Premiers

Grand Final

1889 GVFA Grand Final
Saturday, 10 August Cobram def. by Numurkah Cobram [10]



0.3 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final


4.8 		Umpires: Kennedy
Goals Drummond 2
Best Drummond, Harford, Winchester, Vanthoff, O'Dwyer, McNamara, Cox

Sandhurst

1889 SFA season
PremiersSandhurst
2nd premiership

The 1889 SFA season was the ninth season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA).[11]

Sandhurst won the premiership for the second time after finishing the season undefeated.[12]

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA
1 Sandhurst (P)       0         
2 Bendigo                  
  Eaglehawk                  
  North Bendigo                  
Source: [13]
(P) Premiers

Notes

  1. ^ At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.[3]

References

  1. ^ "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 18 September 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Heritage Week: South Melbourne History". Sydney Swans. 3 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  3. ^ Gigacz, Andrew (5 June 2023). "Still snarling: 140 years on". Western Bulldogs. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Victorian Junior Football Association (Vic)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 17 December 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  5. ^ "JUNIOR FOOTBALL". Sportsman. 31 July 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Official list of the Junior Premiership 1889". Sportsman. 9 October 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  7. ^ "VICTORIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION". The Age. 29 March 1890. p. 10. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Hawthorn (late Riversdale) Football Club statistics 1889". Early History of the Hawthorn Football Club 1873–1935. 1998. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  9. ^ a b "Goulburn Valley Football Association (Vic/NSW)". Footypedia. Archived from the original on 16 September 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  10. ^ a b "COBRAM v. NUMURKAH". 15 August 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Sandhurst Football Association". Bendigo Advertiser. 11 June 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  12. ^ "Bendigo FNL Premiership List – Senior Football" (PDF). Bendigo Football Netball League. October 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 December 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  13. ^ Follower (14 September 1889). "FOOTBALL NOTES". Bendigo Advertiser. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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