Victorian Football Association

Season 1890

Results

Round 1

3 May 1890	South Melbourne	1-5	3-13	5-15	8-16	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 6000
	Richmond	1-0	1-0	2-1	2-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 6 goals
3 May 1890	Geelong	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-3	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 4000
	Fitzroy	1-2	3-8	7-9	8-11	Result: Fitzroy won by 7 goals
3 May 1890	Melbourne	0-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Not very large
	Carlton	2-1	2-3	6-6	7-9	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals
3 May 1890	Essendon	1-3	1-	2-13	3-17	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Very large
	Port Melbourne	1-2	1-	2-4	3-4	Result: DRAW
3 May 1890	North Melbourne	1-3	2-4	3-4	5-4	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: 10000
	Footscray	0-2	0-3	1-5	1-6	Result: North Melbourne won by 4 goals
3 May 1890	Williamstown	-	-	-	3-15	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 3000 to 4000
	St Kilda	-	-	-	4-3	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal

Round 2

10 May 1890	Fitzroy	-	-	-	13-11	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Fine attendance
	Richmond	-	-	-	1-5	Result: Fitzroy won by 12 goals
10 May 1890	South Melbourne	1-0	-	-	7-9	Venue: South Melbourne
	Footscray	0-0	-	-	2-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 5 goals
10 May 1890	Essendon	4-2	5-2	7-3	9-4	Venue: EMCG
	Williamstown	1-1	2-1	2-5	2-6	Result: Essendon won by 7 goals
10 May 1890	St Kilda	0-0	4-2	4-3	5-3	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	3-4	3-5	5-6	7-9	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals
10 May 1890	Melbourne	-	-	-	6-7	Venue: MCG
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	7-11	Result: Port Melbourne won by 1 goal

Round 3

17 May 1890	South Melbourne	0-0	1-5	1-9	2-13	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	North Melbourne	1-5	1-7	1-7	1-7	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal
17 May 1890	Fitzroy	4-1	6-4	8-8	9-9	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large number
	St Kilda	1-0	1-1	1-1	2-1	Result: Fitzroy won by 7 goals
17 May 1890	Carlton	1-4	1-8	2-9	3-10	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Fair
	Port Melbourne	1-0	1-1	3-1	4-2	Result: Port Melbourne won by 1 goal
17 May 1890	Essendon	3-3	5-6	-	11-14	Venue: EMCG
	Richmond	0-2	1-4	-	1-6	Result: Essendon won by 10 goals
17 May 1890	Melbourne	0-2	2-5	-	5-11	Venue: Friendly Societies' Gardens; Attendance: Fairly good
	Williamstown	1-4	2-4	-	2-8	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals
17 May 1890	Geelong	0-3	1-4	2-4	2-6	Venue: Corio Oval
	Footscray	0-3	1-5	1-5	1-5	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

Round 4

24 May 1890	Essendon	0-1	0-6	1-6	2-8	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: Enormous
	South Melbourne	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	Result: DRAW
24 May 1890	North Melbourne	2-1	4-5	6-6	9-8	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Large assemblage
	Geelong	0-3	0-4	0-5	0-5	Result: North Melbourne won by 9 goals
24 May 1890	Carlton	2-3	4-4	6-6	7-7	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 4000
	Footscray	1-0	2-1	3-2	4-4	Result: Carlton won by 3 goals
24 May 1890	Port Melbourne	1-0	-	-	5-6	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Very fair
	Richmond	1-2	-	-	2-8	Result: Port Melbourne won by 3 goals

Round 5

31 May 1890	South Melbourne	1-4	2-6	2-10	5-11	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Melbourne	1-1	2-3	2-3	2-3	Result: South Melbourne won by 3 goals
31 May 1890	Port Melbourne	2-1	2-3	2-4	2-7	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Large
	Geelong	0-2	1-5	3-8	4-9	Result: Geelong won by 2 goals
31 May 1890	Williamstown	-	-	-	3-3	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 7000
	Footscray	-	-	-	3-11	Result: DRAW
31 May 1890	North Melbourne	1-0	2-1	3-1	3-1	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	1-1	2-2	2-3	3-7	Result: DRAW
31 May 1890	Essendon	2-4	4-7	6-10	6-11	Venue: EMCG
	St Kilda	1-0	2-1	3-	3-4	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals

Round 6

7 June 1890	Geelong	-	-	-	1-5	Venue: Corio Oval
	South Melbourne	-	-	-	10-15	Result: South Melbourne won by 9 goals
7 June 1890	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	4-4	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Footscray	-	-	-	1-6	Result: Port Melbourne won by 3 goals
7 June 1890	Carlton	0-1	1-6	2-10	5-10	Venue: MCG
	Essendon	0-4	0-5	0-5	0-8	Result: Carlton won by 5 goals
7 June 1890	Fitzroy	-	-	-	14-12	Venue: Fitzroy
	Williamstown	-	-	-	3-3	Result: Fitzroy won by 11 goals
7 June 1890	St Kilda	-	-	-	8-9	Venue: St Kilda
	Richmond	-	-	-	1-3	Result: St Kilda won by 7 goals
7 June 1890	North Melbourne	-	-	-	6-5	Venue: North Melbourne
	Melbourne	-	-	-	2-10	Result: North Melbourne won by 4 goals

Round 7

14 June 1890	South Melbourne	0-1	0-2	2-3	3-8	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 25000
	Fitzroy	2-0	2-0	2-1	2-3	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal
14 June 1890	Essendon	2-5	4-6	5-8	8-11	Venue: EMCG
	North Melbourne	0-0	0-4	1-5	2-5	Result: Essendon won by 6 goals
14 June 1890	Carlton	2-3	3-5	3-8	5-10	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Several thousand
	Geelong	2-1	3-2	5-2	5-3	Result: DRAW
14 June 1890	St Kilda	2-3	3-4	6-4	8-4	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large assemblage
	Port Melbourne	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-4	Result: St Kilda won by 6 goals
14 June 1890	Melbourne	2-2	3-2	6-3	6-4	Venue: Friendly Societies' Gardens
	Footscray	0-1	1-2	2-5	3-6	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals
14 June 1890	Richmond	0-5	2-10	4-11	6-12	Venue: Richmond
	Williamstown	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-3	Result: Richmond won by 5 goals

Round 8

21 June 1890	Essendon	1-4	3-4	4-5	5-5	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 18000
	Fitzroy	0-1	1-3	2-5	2-7	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals
21 June 1890	Geelong	1-2	1-7	1-8	3-8	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Limited
	Melbourne	1-0	1-1	2-3	2-3	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal
21 June 1890	North Melbourne	2-2	3-4	-	4-7	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Not great
	Port Melbourne	0-0	3-1	-	4-1	Result: DRAW
21 June 1890	Richmond	2-2	2-5	2-7	2-7	Venue: Richmond
	Footscray	0-0	0-1	0-1	0-3	Result: Richmond won by 2 goals

Round 9

28 June 1890	Essendon	0-5	0-5	3-10	4-15	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 8000
	Geelong	0-0	0-5	0-5	1-6	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals
28 June 1890	North Melbourne	0-4	0-4	2-4	2-5	Venue: North Melbourne
	Fitzroy	0-0	1-1	1-3	1-3	Result: North Melbourne won by 1 goal
28 June 1890	Melbourne	2-2	4-3	4-8	4-10	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Very small
	Richmond	1-1	1-3	2-5	2-7	Result: Melbourne won by 2 goals
28 June 1890	Footscray	-	-	-	4-4	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 3000
	St Kilda	-	-	-	2-4	Result: Footscray won by 2 goals

Round 10

5 July 1890	Footscray	0-0	0-3	0-3	0-4	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 7000
	Carlton	0-10	3-12	7-13	9-15	Result: Carlton won by 9 goals
5 July 1890	Williamstown	-	-	-	3-7	Venue: Williamstown
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	2-4	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal

Round 11

12 July 1890	St Kilda	1-1	3-2	3-2	3-2	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large number
	South Melbourne	1-0	2-1	4-4	4-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal
12 July 1890	Carlton	3-4	7-7	11-11	15-15	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Only moderate
	Williamstown	0-1	0-2	0-2	0-2	Result: Carlton won by 15 goals
12 July 1890	Essendon	-	-	-	7-9	Venue: EMCG
	Melbourne	-	-	-	7-4	Result: DRAW
12 July 1890	North Melbourne	0-3	3-5	4-6	5-11	Venue: North Melbourne
	Richmond	0-1	0-2	-	0-5	Result: North Melbourne won by 5 goals
12 July 1890	Footscray	-	-	-	1-6	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 2000
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	3-11	Result: Port Melbourne won by 2 goals

Round 12

19 July 1890	Carlton	2-1	4-3	6-5	6-9	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Many thousands
	Fitzroy	1-6	1-8	3-9	4-10	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals
19 July 1890	North Melbourne	0-6	0-7	2-11	5-15	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Moderate
	Williamstown	0-0	0-3	1-3	2-4	Result: North Melbourne won by 3 goals
19 July 1890	Port Melbourne	1-0	2-0	2-2	2-3	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	South Melbourne	0-3	0-3	4-6	7-11	Result: South Melbourne won by 5 goals
19 July 1890	Footscray	-	-	-	6-11	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: 1500
	Richmond	-	-	-	1-5	Result: Footscray won by 5 goals
19 July 1890	Geelong	1-3	2-5	3-5	5-8	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Not very large
	St Kilda	0-2	1-3	3-4	3-5	Result: Geelong won by 2 goals

Round 13

26 July 1890	Melbourne	0-2	0-2	1-2	2-3	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 4000
	North Melbourne	1-2	2-6	2-7	4-10	Result: North Melbourne won by 2 goals
26 July 1890	Port Melbourne	0-4	0-6	1-7	1-8	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: Very large
	Carlton	2-3	4-5	5-6	7-13	Result: Carlton won by 6 goals
26 July 1890	St Kilda	1-1	2-2	3-8	5-10	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Large assemblage
	Fitzroy	3-1	3-1	3-3	3-3	Result: St Kilda won by 2 goals
26 July 1890	South Melbourne	2-4	4-	-	9-16	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Very good
	Williamstown	1-2	1-2	-	1-4	Result: South Melbourne won by 8 goals
26 July 1890	Geelong	0-3	1-10	2-13	4-18	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Not very large
	Richmond	1-1	2-2	3-5	3-6	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal

Round 14

2 August 1890	Carlton	1-0	1-2	1-7	2-7	Venue: MCG; Attendance: 32595
	South Melbourne	0-6	2-7	2-10	3-13	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal
Highest attendance at a game of football in Victoria
2 August 1890	Port Melbourne	1-3	3-4	-	4-7	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Melbourne	1-8	2-10	-	7-14	Result: Melbourne won by 3 goals
2 August 1890	North Melbourne	1-2	2-8	2-11	4-12	Venue: North Melbourne; Attendance: Fair
	Geelong	1-1	1-3	3-9	4-11	Result: DRAW
2 August 1890	Richmond	0-2	0-5	0-8	1-14	Venue: Richmond
	St Kilda	2-1	2-1	-	2-8	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal
2 August 1890	Williamstown	1-1	2-3	4-2	5-2	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: Limited number
	Fitzroy	0-1	1-7	2-12	4-13	Result: Williamstown won by 1 goal
2 August 1890	Essendon	-	-	-	6-16	Venue: EMCG
	Footscray	-	-	-	1-2	Result: Essendon won by 5 goals

Round 15

9 August 1890	Melbourne	1-0	1-2	1-3	2-5	Venue: MCG; Attendance: Fair
	Geelong	0-2	0-4	1-8	1-8	Result: Melbourne won by 1 goal
9 August 1890	North Melbourne	0-2	0-6	2-7	2-7	Venue: North Melbourne
	South Melbourne	2-2	2-6	2-6	3-10	Result: South Melbourne won by 1 goal
9 August 1890	Port Melbourne	2-3	3-4	3-6	3-7	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Fitzroy	0-5	0-7	2-10	3-13	Result: DRAW
Fitzroy's first goal against Port Melbourne on 9 Aug 1890 was kicked on the half-time bell. The goal was awarded by the umpire but disputed by Port Melbourne.         The dispute was heard at a meeting of the Association on 12 Sep 1890 and the delegates decided that the goal should be disallowed.         The result of the match was changed to a draw. The result above and the final ladder reflect this decision.
9 August 1890	Richmond	-	-	-	2-8	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Large
	Essendon	-	-	-	5-12	Result: Essendon won by 3 goals
9 August 1890	Footscray	1-1	1-3	1-3	2-5	Venue: Footscray
	Williamstown	0-0	0-4	0-5	0-5	Result: Footscray won by 2 goals

Round 16

16 August 1890	South Melbourne	1-2	3-11	5-15	7-18	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Large
	Essendon	0-0	1-0	1-1	1-2	Result: South Melbourne won by 6 goals
16 August 1890	Carlton	2-3	3-8	4-14	5-18	Venue: MCG
	North Melbourne	0-4	0-4	1-5	1-6	Result: Carlton won by 4 goals
16 August 1890	Fitzroy	4-4	5-6	-	8-12	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Fairly large
	Melbourne	0-0	2-2	-	2-6	Result: Fitzroy won by 6 goals
16 August 1890	Geelong	1-2	4-4	6-5	8-6	Venue: Corio Oval
	Port Melbourne	2-1	2-1	2-3	4-5	Result: Geelong won by 4 goals
16 August 1890	Williamstown	-	-	-	4-6	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 1500
	Richmond	-	-	-	5-5	Result: Richmond won by 1 goal
16 August 1890	St Kilda	1-1	2-4	2-6	3-9	Venue: St Kilda
	Footscray	1-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal

Round 17

23 August 1890	Essendon	0-1	1-7	1-7	2-7	Venue: EMCG; Attendance: 10000
	Carlton	0-7	0-7	3-13	3-14	Result: Carlton won by 1 goal
23 August 1890	Geelong	1-2	4-11	6-11	9-16	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Large gathering
	North Melbourne	4-2	5-2	7-3	7-3	Result: Geelong won by 2 goals
23 August 1890	South Melbourne	0-0	2-4	3-8	6-13	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: Fair
	St Kilda	0-2	0-2	2-4	2-5	Result: South Melbourne won by 4 goals
23 August 1890	Richmond	1-3	1-4	4-6	4-6	Venue: Richmond
	Fitzroy	1-0	6-5	9-6	13-11	Result: Fitzroy won by 9 goals
23 August 1890	Port Melbourne	1-3	3-5	3-7	4-10	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Williamstown	1-0	1-1	2-1	3-3	Result: Port Melbourne won by 1 goal
23 August 1890	Footscray	-	-	-	5-12	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: Good
	Melbourne	-	-	-	7-10	Result: Melbourne won by 2 goals

Round 18

30 August 1890	South Melbourne	0-4	1-11	2-12	4-17	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 6000
	Port Melbourne	1-3	1-3	2-6	2-7	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals
30 August 1890	Fitzroy	1-2	2-2	2-3	4-6	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: 9000
	Geelong	0-2	0-2	2-7	2-7	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals
30 August 1890	St Kilda	2-2	3-4	6-5	6-5	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: 4000
	Essendon	1-2	4-7	5-10	6-15	Result: DRAW
30 August 1890	Williamstown	2-1	3-1	3-2	3-2	Venue: Williamstown
	Carlton	0-5	0-8	3-9	5-11	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals
30 August 1890	Richmond	0-7	2-9	3-13	4-13	Venue: Richmond
	Melbourne	1-0	2-4	3-7	4-11	Result: DRAW

Round 19

6 September 1890	South Melbourne	1-1	1-1	1-3	3-4	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 15000
	Carlton	2-6	3-11	4-16	5-19	Result: Carlton won by 2 goals
6 September 1890	Geelong	2-6	2-6	3-8	3-9	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: 4000
	Essendon	1-1	2-7	5-7	9-9	Result: Essendon won by 6 goals
6 September 1890	Fitzroy	3-3	4-3	6-4	6-7	Venue: Fitzroy
	Port Melbourne	1-1	2-2	2-4	3-4	Result: Fitzroy won by 3 goals
6 September 1890	St Kilda	2-1	2-5	2-6	3-11	Venue: St Kilda
	North Melbourne	0-3	1-6	3-7	3-11	Result: DRAW
6 September 1890	Williamstown	1-3	4-5	4-8	4-11	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 2000
	Melbourne	2-3	2-3	4-4	4-7	Result: DRAW

Round 20

13 September 1890	South Melbourne	1-1	2-3	2-5	4-9	Venue: South Melbourne
	Geelong	1-0	2-0	2-1	2-1	Result: South Melbourne won by 2 goals
13 September 1890	North Melbourne	-	-	-	6-5	Venue: North Melbourne
	Port Melbourne	-	-	-	5-4	Result: North Melbourne won by 1 goal
13 September 1890	Richmond	0-1	3-3	3-5	3-7	Venue: Richmond; Attendance: Moderate
	Footscray	4-9	4-9	4-13	6-16	Result: Footscray won by 3 goals
13 September 1890	Melbourne	1-0	1-0	1-3	1-5	Venue: Friendly Societies' Gardens
	Carlton	3-	6-9	-	13-21	Result: Carlton won by 12 goals
13 September 1890	Fitzroy	1-0	2-7	3-10	4-14	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large
	Essendon	1-0	2-2	2-3	2-3	Result: Fitzroy won by 2 goals
13 September 1890	St Kilda	1-0	5-3	6-7	8-7	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Not good
	Williamstown	1-1	2-1	2-2	2-2	Result: St Kilda won by 6 goals

Round 21

20 September 1890	Fitzroy	0-2	1-3	3-4	5-6	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large gathering
	South Melbourne	0-4	1-9	2-15	2-18	Result: Fitzroy won by 3 goals
20 September 1890	Geelong	2-0	4-1	6-1	8-1	Venue: Corio Oval; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	2-1	3-2	5-7	7-10	Result: Geelong won by 1 goal
20 September 1890	Melbourne	2-5	2-6	2-7	2-7	Venue: Friendly Societies' Gardens
	Essendon	1-5	1-10	1-13	2-20	Result: DRAW
20 September 1890	St Kilda	2-3	3-4	4-7	5-10	Venue: St Kilda
	Port Melbourne	1-5	2-9	5-12	5-12	Result: DRAW
20 September 1890	Williamstown	0-2	0-5	2-9	2-12	Venue: Williamstown; Attendance: 4000
	North Melbourne	1-0	1-1	1-6	3-8	Result: North Melbourne won by 1 goal

Round 22

27 September 1890	Fitzroy	1-2	2-4	6-4	8-6	Venue: Fitzroy; Attendance: Large
	Carlton	0-4	0-6	0-7	0-10	Result: Fitzroy won by 8 goals
27 September 1890	South Melbourne	3-4	6-10	8-10	14-14	Venue: Friendly Societies' Gardens; Attendance: Goodly array of spectators
	Richmond	0-1	0-2	1-8	3-9	Result: South Melbourne won by 11 goals
27 September 1890	North Melbourne	1-4	2-7	2-7	3-10	Venue: North Melbourne
	Essendon	2-1	3-1	4-5	4-6	Result: Essendon won by 1 goal
27 September 1890	St Kilda	1-1	1-5	1-6	2-9	Venue: St Kilda; Attendance: Good
	Melbourne	0-2	0-3	1-5	1-7	Result: St Kilda won by 1 goal
27 September 1890	Footscray	1-3	1-4	3-	3-8	Venue: Footscray; Attendance: Fair
	Geelong	0-0	3-2	3-	5-5	Result: Geelong won by 2 goals

Ladder

	Team	P	W	L	D	F	A	Points	Proportional Points	%
1	South Melbourne	19	16	2	1	103	42	66	69.47	245.24
2	Carlton	19	13	4	2	114	58	56	58.95	196.55
3	Essendon	19	10	4	5	92	59	50	52.63	155.93
4	Fitzroy	18	11	6	1	111	51	46	51.11	217.65
5	North Melbourne	19	9	6	4	75	60	44	46.32	125.00
6	St Kilda	18	8	7	3	74	70	38	42.22	105.71
7	Geelong	19	9	8	2	68	91	40	42.11	74.73
8	Melbourne	19	6	9	4	69	89	32	33.68	77.53
9	Port Melbourne	20	6	10	4	69	91	32	32.00	75.82
10	Footscray	18	4	13	1	45	75	18	20.00	60.00
11	Richmond	18	3	14	1	43	113	14	15.56	38.05
12	Williamstown	18	2	14	2	43	107	12	13.33	40.19
	Total	224	97	97	30	906	906	448

Notes:

- Teams ranked by Proportional Points. Minimum of 18 games required to qualify for the Premiership.

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

- The percentage column is an indication only. Teams finishing with equal proportional points were deemed to have achieved an equal finishing position on the final ladder.

1890 premiers: South Melbourne

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