1921 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1921.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1921, the VFL competition was comprised 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 1921 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
[edit] Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 10.6 (66) | South Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | Junction Oval | 15,000 | 7 May 1921 |
| Essendon | 11.12 (78) | Melbourne | 12.6 (78) | EMCG | 3,500 | 7 May 1921 |
| Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | Fitzroy | 9.3 (57) | Victoria Park | 20,000 | 7 May 1921 |
| Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | Punt Road Oval | 32,000 | 7 May 1921 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 7.11 (53) | St Kilda | 8.15 (63) | Brunswick Street Oval | 25,000 | 14 May 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Richmond | 11.16 (82) | Lake Oval | 27,000 | 14 May 1921 |
| Geelong | 11.19 (85) | Essendon | 10.16 (76) | Corio Oval | 15,000 | 14 May 1921 |
| Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | Collingwood | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 14,994 | 14 May 1921 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 5.6 (36) | Richmond | 5.14 (44) | Brunswick Street Oval | 18,000 | 21 May 1921 |
| Collingwood | 16.9 (105) | Geelong | 13.9 (87) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 21 May 1921 |
| Carlton | 15.11 (101) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 21 May 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 4.14 (38) | Essendon | 11.15 (81) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 21 May 1921 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | South Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | MCG | 8,892 | 28 May 1921 |
| Geelong | 11.13 (79) | Richmond | 9.8 (62) | Corio Oval | 10,000 | 28 May 1921 |
| Carlton | 5.20 (50) | Fitzroy | 6.14 (50) | Princes Park | 28,000 | 28 May 1921 |
| Essendon | 7.12 (54) | Collingwood | 9.17 (71) | EMCG | 18,000 | 28 May 1921 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 7.11 (53) | Collingwood | 6.16 (52) | Punt Road Oval | 30,000 | 4 June 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Carlton | 10.10 (70) | Lake Oval | 25,000 | 4 June 1921 |
| Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | Geelong | 12.12 (84) | Brunswick Street Oval | 35,000 | 6 June 1921 |
| St Kilda | 12.18 (90) | Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | Junction Oval | 20,000 | 6 June 1921 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 11.13 (79) | St Kilda | 5.5 (35) | Corio Oval | 12,000 | 11 June 1921 |
| Collingwood | 9.13 (67) | South Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Victoria Park | 20,000 | 11 June 1921 |
| Richmond | 14.11 (95) | Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 12,000 | 11 June 1921 |
| Essendon | 7.18 (60) | Carlton | 18.9 (117) | EMCG | 18,000 | 11 June 1921 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | St Kilda | 9.10 (64) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 18 June 1921 |
| Carlton | 11.15 (81) | Geelong | 8.13 (61) | Princes Park | 40,000 | 18 June 1921 |
| Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | Fitzroy | 4.17 (41) | MCG | 11,214 | 18 June 1921 |
| Richmond | 12.14 (86) | Essendon | 10.11 (71) | Punt Road Oval | 12,000 | 18 June 1921 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 5.12 (42) | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | Junction Oval | 15,000 | 25 June 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 10.14 (74) | Geelong | 8.5 (53) | Lake Oval | 15,000 | 25 June 1921 |
| Fitzroy | 12.13 (85) | Essendon | 6.10 (46) | Brunswick Street Oval | 10,000 | 25 June 1921 |
| Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Carlton | 8.14 (62) | MCG | 19,889 | 25 June 1921 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 11.10 (76) | Melbourne | 8.16 (64) | Corio Oval | 9,000 | 2 July 1921 |
| Essendon | 5.12 (42) | St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | EMCG | 6,000 | 2 July 1921 |
| Carlton | 12.16 (88) | Collingwood | 10.4 (64) | Princes Park | 35,000 | 2 July 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 8.18 (66) | Fitzroy | 6.12 (48) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 2 July 1921 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Carlton | 14.15 (99) | Richmond | 6.12 (48) | Princes Park | 42,000 | 9 July 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | St Kilda | 11.8 (74) | Lake Oval | 20,000 | 9 July 1921 |
| Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Essendon | 11.14 (80) | MCG | 7,783 | 9 July 1921 |
| Fitzroy | 8.18 (66) | Collingwood | 8.8 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 9 July 1921 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 9.12 (66) | South Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | Punt Road Oval | 15,000 | 16 July 1921 |
| Essendon | 2.15 (27) | Geelong | 9.18 (72) | EMCG | 6,000 | 16 July 1921 |
| Collingwood | 3.14 (32) | Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | Victoria Park | 4,500 | 16 July 1921 |
| St Kilda | 0.18 (18) | Fitzroy | 6.8 (44) | Junction Oval | 6,000 | 16 July 1921 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 8.13 (61) | South Melbourne | 5.13 (43) | EMCG | 15,000 | 23 July 1921 |
| Richmond | 8.12 (60) | Fitzroy | 14.13 (97) | Punt Road Oval | 27,000 | 23 July 1921 |
| Geelong | 10.12 (72) | Collingwood | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 14,000 | 23 July 1921 |
| St Kilda | 5.14 (44) | Carlton | 22.10 (142) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 23 July 1921 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 10.11 (71) | Essendon | 2.11 (23) | Victoria Park | 4,000 | 30 July 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 8.21 (69) | Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | Lake Oval | 5,000 | 30 July 1921 |
| Richmond | 9.15 (69) | Geelong | 5.6 (36) | Punt Road Oval | 10,000 | 30 July 1921 |
| Fitzroy | 4.15 (39) | Carlton | 3.6 (24) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,000 | 30 July 1921 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 6.20 (56) | St Kilda | 5.19 (49) | MCG | 6,488 | 20 August 1921 |
| Collingwood | 6.10 (46) | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | Victoria Park | 25,000 | 20 August 1921 |
| Carlton | 11.15 (81) | South Melbourne | 7.14 (56) | Princes Park | 25,000 | 20 August 1921 |
| Geelong | 13.8 (86) | Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | Corio Oval | 16,000 | 20 August 1921 |
[edit] Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 8.11 (59) | Richmond | 12.6 (78) | MCG | 13,832 | 27 August 1921 |
| Carlton | 7.19 (61) | Essendon | 7.11 (53) | Princes Park | 10,000 | 27 August 1921 |
| St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Geelong | 9.9 (63) | Junction Oval | 9,000 | 27 August 1921 |
| South Melbourne | 5.10 (40) | Collingwood | 8.7 (55) | Lake Oval | 25,000 | 27 August 1921 |
[edit] Round 16
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 9.8 (62) | Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 3 September 1921 |
| Essendon | 5.15 (45) | Richmond | 11.14 (80) | EMCG | 14,000 | 3 September 1921 |
| St Kilda | 10.7 (67) | Collingwood | 12.7 (79) | Junction Oval | 16,000 | 3 September 1921 |
| Geelong | 6.11 (47) | Carlton | 8.15 (63) | Corio Oval | 24,000 | 3 September 1921 |
[edit] Round 17
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 14.11 (95) | St Kilda | 7.5 (47) | Punt Road Oval | 15,000 | 10 September 1921 |
| Geelong | 10.7 (67) | South Melbourne | 3.10 (28) | Corio Oval | 14,000 | 10 September 1921 |
| Essendon | 10.14 (74) | Fitzroy | 11.8 (74) | EMCG | 6,000 | 10 September 1921 |
| Carlton | 14.16 (100) | Melbourne | 10.16 (76) | Princes Park | 16,000 | 10 September 1921 |
[edit] Round 18
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Fitzroy | 10.19 (79) | South Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 17 September 1921 |
| Melbourne | 16.19 (115) | Geelong | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 9,789 | 17 September 1921 |
| St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | Essendon | 13.16 (94) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 17 September 1921 |
| Collingwood | 5.7 (37) | Carlton | 9.10 (64) | Victoria Park | 30,000 | 17 September 1921 |
[edit] Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
Richmond defeated Carlton 5.6 (36) to 4.8 (32), in front of a crowd of 43,122 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
[edit] Ladder
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1265 | 891 | 142.0 | 56 |
| 2 | Richmond | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1132 | 975 | 116.1 | 48 |
| 3 | Collingwood | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1066 | 953 | 111.9 | 36 |
| 4 | Geelong | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1118 | 1054 | 106.1 | 36 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 6 | 8 | 2 | 957 | 921 | 103.9 | 28 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1096 | 1149 | 95.4 | 28 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 5 | 10 | 1 | 908 | 1073 | 84.6 | 22 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 4 | 11 | 1 | 998 | 1295 | 77.1 | 18 |
| 9 | Essendon | 3 | 11 | 2 | 965 | 1194 | 80.8 | 16 |
[edit] Awards
- The 1921 VFL Premiership team was Richmond.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 64 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Horrie Clover of Carlton, was declared 1921 Champion of the Season.
- Essendon took the "wooden spoon" in 1921.
[edit] Notable Events
- Umpires demand that the VFL provides greater protection, including the wire netting of the umpire's race to the ground (in order to protect them from fists, projectiles and, particularly, ladies' hat-pins) and a stronger police guard.
- In the last quarter of the round 7 match between Richmond and Essendon at the Punt Road Oval, Richmond had kicked a point. The ball was returned from the crowd to the Essendon full-back Bert Day who was on the boundary line, not the goal line. The ball had been stabbed by someone in the crowd. Day, noticing the deflated condition of the ball, kicked it idly from the boundary line over to the field Umpire (E. P. Willamson) to inspect. Richmond full-forward George Bayliss pounced on the ball and kicked a goal with it. Day's kick from the boundary line was mistakenly treated as if it had been a kick out from the goal line and, despite all of Essendon's protests, a goal was awarded to Bayliss.
- Prior to the round 12 match between St Kilda and Carlton, a "ladies" football match was played between two female teams, "The Chorleys" and "The Fleetwoods", to the delight of the crowd. The Fleetwoods won 4.2 (26) to 2.4 (16). Whilst the women played in mens guernseys, shorts, socks, boots, etc. The (male) field umpire wore a dress.
- In round 11, St Kilda are unable to score a goal, and lose badly to a Fitzroy team that had six fewer scoring shots: Fitzroy 6.8 (44) to St Kilda 0.18 (18).
- The fourth Australian Football Carnival was held in Perth. Western Australia were the Australian Champions.[1]
- In round 17, Essendon plays its last match at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- The 15 October "Grand Final" between Richmond and Carlton was played in greasy conditions and drizzling rain. The previous week's (8 October) "Preliminary Final", also between Richmond and Carlton, had been played in deep mud — the second-half was delayed until a driving hail-storm, that had turned the Melbourne Cricket Ground's playing surface white, had passed — and the second half was played with the MCG covered with pools of water six inches (15cm) deep.
[edit] References
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
- 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
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