Australian rules football season
| 1901 premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Date | 31 August – 7 September 1901 |
| Teams | 4 |
| Premiers | Essendon |
| Attendance | |
| Matches played | 3 |
| Total attendance | 55,041 (18,347 per match) |
| Highest | 30031 (Grand Final, Melbourne vs. Fitzroy) |
| ← 19001902 → | |
The 1901 Victorian Football League finals series was the 5th annual edition of the VFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the premier of the 1901 VFL season. The series ran over two weekends in August and September 1901, culminating with the 1901 VFL Grand Final at the Lake Oval on 7 September 1901.
The system used for this final series was First Argus system. The system was only used once.
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geelong | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 853 | 597 | 142.9 | 56 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Essendon (P) | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1085 | 582 | 186.4 | 48 | |
| 3 | Collingwood | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 917 | 579 | 158.4 | 48 | |
| 4 | Fitzroy | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 877 | 666 | 131.7 | 38 | |
| 5 | Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 716 | 610 | 117.4 | 38 | |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 727 | 730 | 99.6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Carlton | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 476 | 1013 | 47.0 | 8 | |
| 8 | St Kilda | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 414 | 1288 | 32.1 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Semi-final
1st Semi-final
| 1st Semi-final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 August 1901 | Collingwood | def. | Geelong | EMCG (crowd: 10,000) | Report |
| 2.3 (15) 3.5 (23) 5.8 (38) 6.9 (45) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
0.2 (2) 1.3 (9) 3.4 (22) 3.6 (24) |
Umpires: Gibson | ||
| Smith 2, Bryce, Morgan, Rowell, Tulloch | Goals | Bennion, Rankin, Woods | |||
2nd Semi-final
| 2nd Semi-final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 31 August 1901 | Essendon | def. | Fitzroy | Victoria Park (crowd: 15,000) | Report |
| 0.1 (1) 3.2 (20) 5.7 (37) 6.10 (46) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.4 (16) 2.6 (18) 3.8 (26) 6.9 (45) |
Umpires: Henry "Ivo" Crapp | ||
| Thurgood 5, Larkin | Goals | Brosnan 2, Sharp 2, Sharpe 2 | |||
Grand final
Main article: 1901 VFL Grand Final| Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 7 September 1901 | Essendon | def. | Collingwood | Lake Oval (crowd: 30,031) | Report |
| 3.0 (18) 5.2 (32) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
0.1 (1) 0.3 (3) 2.3 (15) 2.4 (16) |
Umpires: Henry "Ivo" Crapp | ||
| Thurgood 3, Kinnear, Martin, McKenzie | Goals | Bryce 2 | |||
References
| VFL/AFL finals series | |
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| VFL |
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| AFL | |