History of Australian rules football in Victoria (1859–1900)
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Australian rules football was first organised in Victoria in 1859 when its rules were codified by the Melbourne Football Club.
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19th century records | |
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Champion clubs
Challenge Cups for Senior clubs.
Premiership
Following the establishment of the Victorian Football Association in 1877, the VFA announced a Premier team. This was usually the club with the highest number of wins but this was not always the case; if a high proportion of wins were against Junior clubs, this would count against the team. The following list shows the teams recognised as the top four VFA clubs from 1877–96 (in consecutive order). In 1888, the VFA published a list of the final four clubs at the end of what are now called home-and-away matches. However, the listings for 1877 to 1887 are based on various newspaper reports.[12][page needed] Between 1897 and 1900, the top teams for both the VFA and VFL are listed:
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Leading goalkickers[12][page needed]
1858–66 ? |