VFA Season 1886

Victorian Football Association

Season 1886

Season Notes

Deciding the premiership

The premiership was decided by the Proportional Points system only from the 1888 season onwards (VFA Meeting 7 October 1887).

For the 1886 season the premiership was awarded to the team with the least losses.

New clubs

Port Melbourne, Footscray admitted. St Kilda application held over to next meeting due to an informality (VFA Meeting 12 March 1886)

St Kilda, Prahran admitted. South Williamstown held over to next meeting due to an informality (VFA Meeting 27 March 1886)

South Williamstown admitted (VFA Meeting 1 April 1886)

At a meeting of the Association held on 9 April 1886, Mr T. S. Marshall the secretary noted there were now 20 clubs represented on the Association.

Further to this: “In order to stop an indiscriminate rush of clubs on the association, several amendments have been made in the constitution.”

The 20 clubs consisted of the 14 Metropolitan clubs, Geelong, the three Ballarat clubs and two Horsham clubs.

The Horsham clubs confined their matches to their district and never contested the premiership.

Ballarat clubs

All games involving the Ballarat clubs, including those between themselves are listed here.

New rules introduced at the Intercolonial Football Conference held in Melbourne on 4 November 1885 (as reported in The Argus the next day)

1. Minimum size of playing ground is to be 150 yards long and 100 yards wide

2. Teams are to change ends at quarter time instead of half-time, the 10 minutes adjournment being allowed, however, at half-time only

3. "Marks" are not to count unless the ball has been kicked five yards. The alteration was adopted to stop the practice of passing the ball from hand to hand under the pretense of "little marks".

4. Pushing is to be allowed only when players are "running" within five or six yards of the ball instead of when in "rapid motion"

5. It is mandatory instead of optional for an umpire to allow free kicks for infringements of the rules

6. A penalty of a free kick will be awarded for wilfully kicking the ball out of bounds "at any time while it is in play"

7. The umpire is now required to award free-kicks whenever he sees a breach of the rules. Previously an appeal to the umpire was required for the umpire to award a free kick.

8. The prohibition on the wearing of gutta percha, spikes etc on football boots was rescinded, while "projecting nails" and iron plates are still tabooed.

9. It was decided that notice of the disbanding of clubs must be given to the secretary of the local association not later than the 15th of July to entitle the disbanded members permission to play with other clubs for the remainder of the season.

Results

Round 1

1 May 1886	Melbourne	0-1	0-6	0-6	2-8	Venue: MCG
	Hotham	2-2	2-5	3-8	4-12	Result: Hotham won by 2 goals

1 May 1886	Geelong	0-9	3-13	5-15	9-20	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Fairly large
	Prahran	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	Result: Geelong won by 9 goals

1 May 1886	University	0-0	1-3	1-4	2-5	Venue: University
	Carlton	2-2	2-5	2-11	3-12	Result: Carlton won by 1 goal

1 May 1886	Footscray	-	-	-	4-12	Venue: Footscray
	St Kilda	-	-	-	3-10	Result: Footscray won by 1 goal

1 May 1886	Essendon	2-4	2-5	3-6	5-5	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 2500
	Richmond	0-0	2-2	2-5	2-7	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

1 May 1886	Williamstown	1-0	1-0	2-3	2-3	Venue: Williamstown, Attendance: 1000
	Fitzroy	0-0	0-4	0-4	1-11	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

1 May 1886	Port Melbourne	0-1	1-4	1-4	3-11	Venue: Port Melbourne
	South Williamstown	1-2	1-2	3-5	3-5	Result: DRAW

1 May 1886	Ballarat	0-0	1-4	1-4	1-7	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat Imperial	0-9	0-9	2-16	4-18	Result: Ballarat Imperial won by 3 goals

Round 2

8 May 1886	Melbourne	0-1	1-4	1-4	1-7	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 5000
	Carlton	2-2	3-5	4-13	6-15	Result: Carlton won by 5 goals

8 May 1886	University	0-0	1-2	2-4	2-6	Venue: University
	Geelong	1-3	2-4	3-7	6-11	Result: Geelong won by 4 goals

8 May 1886	Richmond	1-6	1-8	3-14	4-19	Venue: Richmond
	Footscray	0-2	0-10	0-11	1-12	Result: Richmond won by 3 goals

8 May 1886	Essendon	0-0	0-6	1-10	2-13	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 1350
	Williamstown	2-4	3-6	5-8	6-10	Result: Williamstown won by 4 goals

8 May 1886	Fitzroy	0-3	1-4	2-7	2-7	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Several thousands
	Hotham	0-1	1-5	2-7	3-9	Result: Hotham won by 1 goal

8 May 1886	Prahran	0-2	1-9	2-12	2-14	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	South Williamstown	3-3	3-5	3-6	4-9	Result: South Williamstown won by 2 goals

8 May 1886	South Melbourne	0-3	3-6	3-7	4-10	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 6000
	Port Melbourne	1-1	1-1	3-6	3-9	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

8 May 1886	Ballarat	2-11	3-12	-	4-16	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat; Attendance: Very Fair
	St Kilda	0-0	0-5	-	2-12	Result: Ballarat won by 2 goals

Round 3

15 May 1886	Melbourne	0-3	0-3	1-4	2-5	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 2500
	South Melbourne	1-1	1-2	2-9	3-9	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

15 May 1886	Williamstown	0-2	0-5	-	0-8	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 3000
	Geelong	4-5	4-7	-	10-14	Result: Geelong won by 10 goals

15 May 1886	University	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-2	Venue: University; Attendance: 1500
	Fitzroy	1-3	4-5	5-10	7-12	Result: Fitzroy won by 7 goals

15 May 1886	Essendon	-	2-8	3-8	4-18	Venue: EMCG
	Hotham	-	0-4	0-8	0-8	Result: Essendon won by 4 goals

15 May 1886	St Kilda	0-2	0-4	1-4	1-5	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large concourse
	Port Melbourne	2-3	3-5	4-9	6-14	Result: Port Melbourne won by 5 goals

15 May 1886	Richmond	0-1	3-3	-	3-9	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: 3000
	Carlton	1-8	2-11	-	5-20	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

15 May 1886	Footscray	0-6	0-9	-	2-12	Venue: Footscray
	Prahran	2-5	2-10	-	2-10	Result: DRAW

15 May 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	3-17	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat	-	-	-	2-6	Result: South Ballarat won by 1 goal

Round 4

22 May 1886	South Williamstown	-	6-6	-	7-9	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 1000
	University	-	1-2	-	2-9	Result: South Williamstown won by 5 goals

22 May 1886	Williamstown	3-2	4-4	7-5	11-7	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 1000
	St Kilda	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	Result: Williamstown won by 10 goals

22 May 1886	South Ballarat	-	2-7	-	4-12	Venue: Eastern Oval; Attendance: 3000
	Melbourne	-	0-7	-	5-11	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

22 May 1886	Ballarat	-	1-	-	1-13	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Fitzroy	-	2-	-	3-14	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

22 May 1886	Geelong	-	-	-	10-16	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Fairly large
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	5-3	Result: Geelong won by 5 goals

Round 5

24 May 1886	Hotham	2-5	3-5	3-9	3-9	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 15000
	Geelong	2-1	2-5	2-10	3-18	Result: DRAW

24 May 1886	Richmond	0-1	0-2	0-5	0-5	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Fair assemblage
	Port Melbourne	1-4	1-8	2-10	2-16	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

24 May 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	3-7	Venue: Eastern Oval; Attendance: 7000
	Fitzroy	-	-	-	4-8	Result: Fitzroy won by 1 goal

24 May 1886	Ballarat	-	-	-	2-18	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat; Attendance: 2000
	Carlton	-	-	-	6-17	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals

24 May 1886	Ballarat Imperial	1-3	3-6	4-6	5-7	Venue: Western Oval, Ballarat; Attendance: 3000
	South Melbourne	2-7	4-8	5-15	7-20	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals

Round 6

29 May 1886	Melbourne	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground; Attendance: Large number
	Fitzroy	0-2	2-6	3-6	3-9	Result: Fitzroy won by 1 goal

29 May 1886	Carlton	1-2	1-6	3-9	3-10	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Over 12000
	South Melbourne	1-0	2-4	2-4	3-8	Result: DRAW

29 May 1886	Footscray	0-2	0-4	1-5	1-5	Venue: Footscray
	Port Melbourne	0-4	1-9	2-11	5-13	Result: Port Melbourne won by 4 goals

29 May 1886	Richmond	0-1	0-4	1-11	4-12	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large attendance
	Williamstown	1-5	3-8	5-13	5-15	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

29 May 1886	University	1-0	1-2	1-2	1-3	Venue: University
	Hotham	1-0	1-8	1-12	1-16	Result: DRAW

29 May 1886	Prahran	1-4	1-7	3-11	3-12	Venue: Warehouseman's ground; Attendance: 500
	St Kilda	0-4	2-6	3-8	4-12	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal

29 May 1886	South Ballarat	2-3	2-8	3-10	8-14	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Ballarat Imperial	0-2	0-3	0-6	0-7	Result: Ballarat Imperial won on Protest
Ballarat Imperial awarded the game on Protest (VFA Meeting 11 June 1886) - South Ballarat played an ineligible player (Caldwell) without a permit.

Round 7

5 June 1886	Melbourne	1-2	3-3	3-5	3-6	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 4000
	Essendon	0-4	1-9	2-13	3-20	Result: DRAW

5 June 1886	University	0-5	0-6	1-9	1-12	Venue: University; Attendance: Moderate number
	Richmond	0-1	1-2	2-2	2-6	Result: Richmond won by 1 goal

5 June 1886	Hotham	-	2-5	-	4-8	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: 3500
	Port Melbourne	-	1-3	-	4-6	Result: DRAW

5 June 1886	Fitzroy	2-0	5-2	5-6	5-6	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Immense concourse
	Carlton	2-1	3-3	3-7	4-13	Result: Fitzroy won by 1 goal

5 June 1886	Geelong	-	5-11	-	10-20	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 1200
	St Kilda	-	1-4	-	1-6	Result: Geelong won by 9 goals

5 June 1886	South Melbourne	1-1	2-4	4-4	5-5	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Williamstown	0-2	0-10	2-12	3-15	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals

5 June 1886	South Williamstown	0-6	0-8	0-10	3-12	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: Large
	Prahran	0-2	1-6	1-10	1-11	Result: South Williamstown won by 2 goals

5 June 1886	Footscray	0-2	0-4	0-6	0-10	Venue: Footscray
	South Ballarat	0-5	0-6	0-7	3-7	Result: Footscray won on Protest
Footscray won on Protest - South Ballarat played an ineligible player.
5 June 1886	Ballarat	0-1	1-1	1-2	2-6	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat Imperial	0-1	1-6	2-10	3-11	Result: Ballarat Imperial won by 1 goal

Round 8

12 June 1886	Carlton	1-8	1-12	1-14	3-18	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 9000
	Geelong	1-6	2-7	6-9	8-10	Result: Geelong won by 5 goals

12 June 1886	Hotham	0-2	0-5	0-8	1-10	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: Large
	Melbourne	0-0	0-0	1-2	2-2	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

12 June 1886	Footscray	0-0	0-6	0-8	1-9	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 800
	Port Melbourne	0-8	0-12	1-16	1-17	Result: DRAW

12 June 1886	Richmond	0-1	0-2	1-4	1-4	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: 1500
	Fitzroy	2-1	3-3	3-4	4-9	Result: Fitzroy won by 3 goals

12 June 1886	University	2-1	2-2	2-3	2-4	Venue: University; Attendance: Moderate number
	Williamstown	0-3	2-5	2-7	3-8	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

12 June 1886	Essendon	0-2	1-3	1-3	1-3	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 7000
	South Melbourne	0-5	0-10	1-17	2-20	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal

12 June 1886	St Kilda	0-4	1-9	-	4-15	Venue: St Kilda
	South Williamstown	0-2	1-3	-	4-5	Result: DRAW

12 June 1886	South Ballarat	1-4	4-8	4-14	6-17	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Prahran	0-0	0-1	0-4	2-4	Result: South Ballarat won by 4 goals

Round 9

19 June 1886	Melbourne	1-2	1-4	2-8	4-14	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 700
	Prahran	0-0	1-3	1-4	2-6	Result: Melbourne won by 2 goals

19 June 1886	Essendon	1-3	2-8	3-9	4-10	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 9000
	Geelong	1-4	2-6	3-9	8-12	Result: Geelong won by 4 goals

19 June 1886	Williamstown	1-4	1-5	1-10	1-10	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 2500
	Carlton	0-2	0-6	1-6	3-9	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

19 June 1886	University	1-2	1-4	1-6	1-6	Venue: University; Attendance: Very small
	Port Melbourne	0-3	0-4	1-6	2-12	Result: Port Melbourne won by 1 goal

19 June 1886	Footscray	1-1	2-8	-	3-9	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 600
	St Kilda	1-2	2-4	-	3-7	Result: DRAW

19 June 1886	South Melbourne	1-2	4-4	4-4	5-6	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 6000
	Fitzroy	1-0	1-2	2-6	2-10	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals

19 June 1886	Hotham	1-3	3-8	3-9	3-19	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: Good
	Richmond	0-3	2-3	3-5	3-6	Result: DRAW

Round 10

26 June 1886	Geelong	0-2	1-5	1-5	3-6	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 10000
	South Melbourne	2-1	3-8	3-12	3-13	Result: DRAW

26 June 1886	South Williamstown	1-1	3-3	3-9	4-11	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 800
	Fitzroy	1-2	3-2	3-5	4-7	Result: DRAW

26 June 1886	Williamstown	1-3	1-4	2-4	2-6	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 2000
	Melbourne	0-5	2-9	3-10	3-11	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

26 June 1886	Ballarat Imperial	1-0	1-4	-	2-18	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Port Melbourne	1-1	3-2	-	4-10	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

26 June 1886	South Ballarat	1-6	2-9	4-13	8-14	Venue: Eastern Oval; Attendance: 5000
	Richmond	1-1	1-2	1-3	1-6	Result: South Ballarat won by 7 goals

Round 11

3 July 1886	Melbourne	0-0	1-4	-	1-6	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 3000
	Port Melbourne	1-0	2-5	-	4-5	Result: Port Melbourne won by 3 goals

3 July 1886	Richmond	1-0	1-2	2-4	2-7	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: 3000
	South Melbourne	2-4	5-7	5-10	6-15	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

3 July 1886	Essendon	0-0	2-4	3-7	5-8	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 8000
	Fitzroy	2-1	2-4	2-6	3-9	Result: Essendon won by 2 goals

3 July 1886	South Williamstown	1-1	1-3	1-5	1-9	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 1000
	Footscray	0-2	0-4	0-6	0-8	Result: South Williamstown won by 1 goal
Venue originally Footscray, changed at wishes of both clubs
3 July 1886	St Kilda	-	0-5	-	2-8	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large concourse
	Carlton	-	6-13	-	9-19	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals
Venue originally was Prince's Park
3 July 1886	Hotham	1-0	-	-	6-7	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: 3000
	Williamstown	1-3	-	-	2-5	Result: Hotham won by 4 goals

3 July 1886	South Ballarat	0-3	2-7	3-12	5-21	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Ballarat	0-4	1-4	1-6	1-8	Result: South Ballarat won by 4 goals

Round 12

9 July 1886	South Ballarat	4-2	4-3	5-5	6-11	Venue: Eastern Oval; Attendance: 3000
	Ballarat	0-1	1-2	1-2	1-3	Result: South Ballarat won by 4 goals
An extra match scheduled on a Friday half day holiday. Counted in premierships standings by The Leader in its end of season summary (9 October 1886)
10 July 1886	Carlton	3-5	7-9	9-11	11-20	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 8000
	Hotham	0-3	2-3	4-4	4-5	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals

10 July 1886	Essendon	2-5	3-5	5-9	7-18	Venue: EMCG
	University	0-0	2-2	2-3	2-3	Result: Essendon won by 5 goals

10 July 1886	Port Melbourne	3-3	4-5	6-6	6-8	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: 4000
	Williamstown	0-2	0-3	2-5	3-7	Result: Port Melbourne won by 3 goals

10 July 1886	South Melbourne	0-4	2-10	5-12	8-16	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 3000
	St Kilda	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	Result: South Melbourne won by 6 goals
St Kilda 19 men, caused late start
10 July 1886	Richmond	1-3	2-6	3-9	3-11	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large crowd
	South Williamstown	0-3	0-7	0-7	1-12	Result: Richmond won by 2 goals

10 July 1886	Fitzroy	1-2	2-8	3-13	4-15	Venue: Fitzroy
	Footscray	0-2	0-2	0-3	1-3	Result: Fitzroy won by 3 goals

10 July 1886	Ballarat	-	1-5	-	2-11	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat; Attendance: Not very large
	Prahran	-	2-3	-	2-9	Result: DRAW

Round 13

17 July 1886	Carlton	1-3	3-8	3-12	5-19	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 10000
	Essendon	0-3	1-4	3-5	3-7	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

17 July 1886	University	-	1-4	-	2-8	Venue: University
	South Melbourne	-	3-7	-	6-15	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

17 July 1886	Hotham	1-2	2-2	-	6-6	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: Large
	Fitzroy	1-3	1-6	-	2-10	Result: Hotham won by 4 goals

17 July 1886	Williamstown	1-3	2-14	3-14	4-17	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 1000
	Footscray	1-1	1-1	3-1	3-2	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

17 July 1886	St Kilda	2-	2-	3-	4-8	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Excellent
	Richmond	0-	0-	-	2-16	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals

17 July 1886	Port Melbourne	-	3-3	3-6	4-11	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: 2500
	South Ballarat	-	2-5	2-8	2-9	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

17 July 1886	Ballarat	-	-	-	4-14	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	4-10	Result: DRAW

Round 14

24 July 1886	South Melbourne	2-2	5-5	6-6	7-9	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 9000
	Hotham	1-3	1-3	3-4	3-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

24 July 1886	Essendon	-	1-4	-	2-8	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 5000
	Port Melbourne	-	1-4	-	1-8	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal

24 July 1886	Carlton	-	4-6	-	9-14	Venue: Princes Oval; Attendance: Fair
	University	-	0-0	-	1-1	Result: Carlton won by 8 goals

24 July 1886	Richmond	1-1	3-4	4-7	5-9	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large
	Melbourne	2-1	2-4	3-8	4-11	Result: Richmond won by 1 goal

24 July 1886	Fitzroy	0-5	0-6	2-	3-11	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: 2000
	Williamstown	0-1	2-2	2-	3-7	Result: DRAW

24 July 1886	Geelong	-	-	-	4-9	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 1000
	Footscray	-	-	-	1-4	Result: Geelong won by 3 goals

24 July 1886	Prahran	-	-	-	3-10	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	South Williamstown	-	-	-	3-10	Result: DRAW
Prahran protest dismissed at VFA Meeting 27 August 1886
24 July 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	8-13	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	4-7	Result: South Ballarat won by 4 goals

Round 15

31 July 1886	South Melbourne	1-5	4-10	-	6-14	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Melbourne	0-1	1-1	-	1-4	Result: South Melbourne won by 5 goals

31 July 1886	Hotham	1-3	1-8	-	3-13	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: Well attended
	Essendon	1-3	2-3	-	2-9	Result: Hotham won by 1 goal

31 July 1886	Carlton	-	7-	-	11-8	Venue: Princes Oval; Attendance: 5000
	Prahran	-	3-	-	4-7	Result: Carlton won by 7 goals

31 July 1886	Fitzroy	1-4	3-8	4-11	4-15	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: 2000
	University	0-1	0-4	0-6	0-10	Result: Fitzroy won by 4 goals

31 July 1886	Williamstown	0-5	1-6	1-8	1-10	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 3000
	Port Melbourne	0-2	2-2	4-2	5-2	Result: Port Melbourne won by 4 goals

31 July 1886	Footscray	-	1-4	-	1-7	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 1000
	Richmond	-	0-7	-	0-14	Result: Footscray won by 1 goal

31 July 1886	Geelong	-	-	-	13-18	Venue: Corio Oval
	Ballarat	-	-	-	2-5	Result: Geelong won by 11 goals

Round 16

7 August 1886	Essendon	-	2-5	-	3-12	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	-	3-9	-	6-14	Result: Carlton won by 3 goals

7 August 1886	Geelong	-	-	-	6-16	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 3500
	Hotham	-	-	-	3-9	Result: Geelong won by 3 goals

7 August 1886	Fitzroy	0-3	0-8	-	1-12	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Several thousand
	Melbourne	1-4	2-5	-	6-11	Result: Melbourne won by 5 goals

7 August 1886	South Melbourne	1-9	2-13	4-16	4-23	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 5000
	Richmond	0-2	1-4	1-6	1-8	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals

7 August 1886	Williamstown	-	-	2-7	6-11	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 1500
	University	-	-	1-7	1-8	Result: Williamstown won by 5 goals

7 August 1886	St Kilda	-	-	-	5-12	Venue: St Kilda
	Prahran	-	-	-	3-5	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals
Prahran protest dismissed at VFA Meeting 27 August 1886
7 August 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	4-7	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Footscray	-	-	-	3-3	Result: South Ballarat won by 1 goal
South Ballarat played two men short and the play was very rough' - Williamstown Chronicle
7 August 1886	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	7-7	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	4-6	Result: Port Melbourne won by 3 goals

Round 17

14 August 1886	Essendon	0-1	1-10	2-12	2-13	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 3000
	Melbourne	2-3	2-3	3-5	3-8	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

14 August 1886	Carlton	0-2	1-6	-	4-15	Venue: Princes Oval; Attendance: 3500
	Williamstown	2-2	2-2	-	2-3	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals

14 August 1886	South Melbourne	3-4	-	6-12	6-18	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Moderate
	Footscray	0-0	0-2	1-2	1-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 5 goals

14 August 1886	Fitzroy	-	-	-	3-7	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Good
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	1-3	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

14 August 1886	Richmond	-	1-9	-	1-16	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large
	Geelong	1-3	3-12	-	7-17	Result: Geelong won by 6 goals

14 August 1886	Hotham	1-4	1-4	2-12	2-13	Venue: Hotham
	University	0-0	0-6	0-6	1-11	Result: Hotham won by 1 goal

14 August 1886	Prahran	-	-	-	5-24	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	Ballarat	-	-	-	1-7	Result: Prahran won by 4 goals

14 August 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	3-11	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	3-8	Result: DRAW

Round 18

21 August 1886	South Melbourne	0-5	2-6	4-9	5-9	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 24000
	Carlton	0-3	0-5	2-7	3-12	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals

21 August 1886	Richmond	0-4	1-5	-	1-10	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large
	Essendon	0-1	2-6	-	5-9	Result: Essendon won by 4 goals

21 August 1886	Melbourne	2-2	3-3	5-5	6-6	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground; Attendance: Large
	University	0-0	0-1	0-5	0-6	Result: Melbourne won by 6 goals

21 August 1886	Prahran	-	-	-	5-11	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	Footscray	-	-	-	4-17	Result: Prahran won by 1 goal

21 August 1886	Fitzroy	2-4	4-7	-	9-13	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Fairly good
	St Kilda	0-1	0-3	-	1-4	Result: Fitzroy won by 8 goals

21 August 1886	Port Melbourne	0-4	1-4	-	2-9	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: 1500
	Hotham	1-2	1-3	-	2-4	Result: DRAW

21 August 1886	Geelong	-	4-8	-	8-18	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 1500
	Williamstown	-	1-3	-	2-3	Result: Geelong won by 6 goals

21 August 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	2-14	Venue: Eastern Oval
	Ballaray	-	-	-	0-6	Result: South Ballarat won by 2 goals

Round 19

28 August 1886	South Melbourne	2-4	3-6	5-7	8-9	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 7000
	Essendon	0-1	2-3	4-5	4-6	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

28 August 1886	Geelong	-	5-9	-	10-17	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 4000
	Fitzroy	-	1-2	-	1-4	Result: Geelong won by 9 goals

28 August 1886	Melbourne	2-1	3-1	5-4	6-5	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	1-3	3-3	3-6	5-8	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal

28 August 1886	Williamstown	1-3	4-7	5-10	5-12	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 2000
	Richmond	0-2	1-2	3-2	3-3	Result: Williamstown won by 2 goals

28 August 1886	Footscray	0-6	0-10	-	3-14	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 500
	University	0-0	1-2	-	3-6	Result: DRAW

28 August 1886	South Williamstown	-	6-10	-	13-18	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 200
	St Kilda	-	3-3	-	3-5	Result: South Williamstown won by 10 goals

28 August 1886	Hotham	-	-	-	6-8	Venue: Hotham
	Ballarat	-	-	-	3-5	Result: Hotham won by 3 goals

28 August 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	5-10	Venue: Eastern Oval; Attendance: 6000
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	2-8	Result: South Ballarat won by 3 goals

Round 20

4 September 1886	South Melbourne	0-1	0-3	1-4	1-5	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 28000
	Geelong	0-8	1-12	2-15	4-19	Result: Geelong won by 3 goals

4 September 1886	Fitzroy	-	-	-	6-8	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Moderate
	Richmond	-	-	-	0-2	Result: Fitzroy won by 6 goals

4 September 1886	Footscray	0-0	0-9	-	1-24	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 400
	South Williamstown	1-7	1-7	-	1-11	Result: DRAW

4 September 1886	Melbourne	2-0	3-	-	5-12	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground
	Port Melbourne	0-4	0-	-	1-6	Result: Melbourne won by 4 goals

4 September 1886	Williamstown	1-1	4-10	-	7-15	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 1000
	Essendon	0-3	1-5	-	1-8	Result: Williamstown won by 6 goals

4 September 1886	Hotham	-	4-5	-	6-9	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: 5000
	Carlton	-	1-6	-	3-9	Result: Hotham won by 3 goals

4 September 1886	Prahran	-	3-5	-	1-6	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	South Ballarat	-	5-7	-	11-17	Result: South Ballarat won by 10 goals
Upon a headcount, Prahran was found to be fielding one too many men and lost their 3 goals scored to half time.
4 September 1886	St Kilda	-	-	-	4-9	Venue: St Kilda
	University	-	-	-	2-16	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals

4 September 1886	Ballarat	-	-	-	2-9	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat Imperial	-	-	-	1-15	Result: Ballarat won by 1 goal

Round 21

11 September 1886	Hotham	0-1	1-5	1-5	1-12	Venue: Hotham; Attendance: 9000
	South Melbourne	2-3	2-5	4-10	5-13	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals

11 September 1886	Geelong	3-4	5-6	-	10-16	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 5000
	Carlton	0-3	2-4	-	2-6	Result: Geelong won by 8 goals

11 September 1886	Melbourne	1-5	1-6	1-11	5-18	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground
	Richmond	0-0	0-2	0-4	2-6	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals

11 September 1886	Fitzroy	2-4	3-8	-	4-13	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Several thousand
	Essendon	0-2	1-4	-	2-9	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals

11 September 1886	South Williamstown	-	2-5	-	3-12	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 800
	University	-	2-4	-	2-7	Result: South Williamstown won by 1 goal

11 September 1886	St Kilda	0-0	0-7	-	1-11	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large
	Williamstown	0-7	0-8	-	2-13	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

11 September 1886	Prahran	0-3	1-6	-	3-10	Venue: Warehouseman's ground
	Port Melbourne	1-	2-6	-	2-10	Result: Prahran won by 1 goal

11 September 1886	Ballarat	-	-	-	2-15	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat; Attendance: Good
	Footscray	-	-	-	2-7	Result: DRAW

Round 22

18 September 1886	Geelong	-	-	-	15-18	Venue: Corio Oval
	Essendon	-	-	-	0-7	Result: Geelong won by 15 goals

18 September 1886	Fitzroy	1-1	2-5	2-6	2-8	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Largest of season at Fitzroy
	South Melbourne	2-1	2-1	2-3	4-4	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals

18 September 1886	Carlton	4-2	-	-	12-18	Venue: Princes Oval; Attendance: Large
	Richmond	1-1	-	-	4-7	Result: Carlton won by 8 goals

18 September 1886	Melbourne	-	4-4	-	6-12	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground; Attendance: 2000
	South Williamstown	-	1-4	-	2-9	Result: Melbourne won by 4 goals

18 September 1886	Williamstown	0-4	1-10	1-13	1-17	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 3500
	Hotham	1-0	2-1	2-5	2-9	Result: Hotham won by 1 goal
Protest lodged (disputed goal in the first quarter to Williamstown). Protest dismissed at VFA Meeting 8 Oct 1886.
18 September 1886	St Kilda	3-4	4-4	5-7	5-9	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: 2000
	Port Melbourne	0-1	3-7	0-0	3-4	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals
Port Melbourne 21 men, lost score of 4 goals just after Half-time. Protest dismissed at VFA Meeting 8 Oct 1886
18 September 1886	Prahran	2-	3-	3-	4-26	Venue: Warehouseman's ground; Attendance: Moderate
	University	0-	0-	2-	2-9	Result: Prahran won by 2 goals

18 September 1886	Footscray	-	-	-	-	Venue: ???
	South Williamstown	-	-	-	-	Result: Footscray won on forfeit
Awarded to Footscray on forfeit at VFA meeting Sep 24
18 September 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	3-9	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballart Imperial	-	-	-	7-6	Result: Ballart Imperial won by 4 goals

Round 23

25 September 1886	Geelong	-	2-7	-	7-10	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 5000
	Melbourne	-	1-1	-	2-6	Result: Geelong won by 5 goals

25 September 1886	Carlton	-	1-6	-	5-9	Venue: Princes Oval; Attendance: 8000
	Fitzroy	-	1-6	-	4-9	Result: Carlton won by 1 goal

25 September 1886	South Williamstown	0-2	1-6	1-6	4-9	Venue: Williamstown
	Port Melbourne	2-5	2-5	5-10	5-14	Result: Port Melbourne won by 1 goal

25 September 1886	St Kilda	1-2	3-5	5-10	7-11	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large
	Hotham	0-1	1-3	1-4	4-7	Result: St Kilda won by 3 goals

25 September 1886	Richmond	1-5	1-7	-	4-11	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground
	University	0-3	0-4	-	1-9	Result: Richmond won by 3 goals

25 September 1886	Williamstown	1-2	2-3	3-	3-7	Venue: Garden’s Reserve, Williamstown; Attendance: 6000
	South Melbourne	1-0	5-6	5-	6-14	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals

25 September 1886	South Ballarat	-	-	-	4-14	Venue: Saxon Paddock, Ballarat
	Ballarat	-	-	-	3-4	Result: South Ballarat won by 1 goal

Round 24

2 October 1886	Melbourne	-	2-5	-	3-13	Venue: Friendly Societies' Ground; Attendance: 1000
	Williamstown	-	3-2	-	4-9	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

2 October 1886	Port Melbourne	3-5	6-7	7-9	9-13	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Prahran	0-1	0-2	0-4	0-4	Result: Port Melbourne won by 9 goals

Ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	F	A	Points	Proportional Points	%
1	Geelong	19	17	0	2	151	36	72	87.16	419.44
2	South Melbourne	21	18	1	2	104	51	76	83.24	203.92
3	Carlton	21	14	6	1	118	79	58	63.52	149.37
4	Port Melbourne	23	12	7	4	82	57	56	56.00	143.86
5	Fitzroy	23	12	9	2	81	69	52	52.00	117.39
6	Melbourne	21	11	9	1	72	67	46	50.38	107.46
7	Hotham	21	9	7	5	67	73	46	50.38	91.78
8	South Williamstown	15	6	4	5	53	39	34	52.13	135.90
9	Williamstown	23	11	11	1	78	83	46	46.00	93.98
10	St Kilda	18	6	10	2	53	100	28	35.78	53.00
11	Footscray	19	4	9	6	32	55	28	33.89	58.18
12	Essendon	18	6	11	1	55	79	26	33.22	69.62
13	Prahran	17	4	10	3	42	82	22	29.76	51.22
14	Richmond	22	5	16	1	48	95	22	23.00	50.53
15	University	20	0	18	2	28	89	4	4.60	31.46
16	*South Ballarat*	18	11	6	1	88	43	46	*58.78*	204.65
17	*Ballarat* *Imperial*	12	4	6	2	42	59	20	*38.33*	71.19
18	*Ballarat*	17	2	12	3	33	71	14	*18.94*	46.48
	Total	348	152	152	44	1227	1227	696

Notes:

- Teams ranked by least losses.

- Proportional Points system used from 1888 season included as an indication only.

- Minimum of 18 games required to qualify for the Premiership from 1888 onwards, did not apply to 1886 season.

- The Ballarat clubs are listed in italics below the other clubs due to the low number of games played, plus the lack of uniformity among contemporary sources regarding the inclusion of Ballarat matches in the 1886 premiership calculations.

- South Williamstown's place on the ladder changed due to (1) their low number of games played, and (2) their considerably easier fixture list. Consequently they place below Fitzroy, Melbourne and Hotham.

- Behinds were recorded but did not count towards the final score or in determining the result of matches.

- The percentage column (%) of ‘Goals For’ divided by ‘Goals Against’ is included as an indication only.

1886 premiers: Geelong

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First created: 24 January 2012
Last updated: 10 June 2017

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