1913 VFA season
# 1913 VFA season

The 1913 Victorian Football Association season was the 37th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club, after it defeated North Melbourne by one point in the final on 6 September. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership.

## Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

### Ladder

1913 VFA ladder :

| | TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Footscray (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1209 | 778 | 155.4 | 56 |
| 2 | North Melbourne | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1317 | 943 | 139.7 | 54 |
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1154 | 966 | 119.5 | 52 |
| 4 | Brunswick | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1262 | 959 | 131.6 | 50 |
| 5 | Williamstown | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1082 | 876 | 123.5 | 48 |
| 6 | Prahran | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1214 | 962 | 126.2 | 40 |
| 7 | Brighton | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1037 | 1278 | 81.1 | 20 |
| 8 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 984 | 1260 | 78.1 | 20 |
| 9 | Northcote | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 957 | 1328 | 72.1 | 20 |
| 10 | Melbourne City | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 680 | 1552 | 43.8 | 0 |
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### Finals

| | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | Semi Finals | |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Saturday, 23 August | Footscray 7.13 (55) | def. | Essendon 8.5 (53) | Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,000) |
| Saturday, 30 August | North Melbourne 8.16 (64) | def. | Brunswick 4.2 (26) | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,500) |
| | 1913 VFA Final | 1913 VFA Final | 1913 VFA Final | | |
| Saturday, 6 September | Footscray | def. | North Melbourne | East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000) | |
| | 4.2 (26) 7.10 (52) 8.13 (61) 10.14 (74) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.4 (22) 6.4 (40) 10.6 (66) 11.7 (73) | Umpires: Hurley | Umpires: Hurley |
| Banbury 3, Grierson 2, Baxter, Cotton, Gregory, Holmes, Lawson | Banbury 3, Grierson 2, Baxter, Cotton, Gregory, Holmes, Lawson | Goals | Carpenter 2, Freeman 2, Hardy 2, Hawkins 2, K. Johnson, McKay, Treloar | Carpenter 2, Freeman 2, Hardy 2, Hawkins 2, K. Johnson, McKay, Treloar |
| Harris (ankle) | Harris (ankle) | Injuries | | |
| Had North Melbourne won, minor premiers Footscray would have been entitled to a rematch the following Saturday to decide the premiership. ||||||

## Notable events

* On June 9, Melbourne City lost to Port Melbourne despite having thirteen more scoring shots, by the score 4.24 (48) def. by 8.7 (55). The seven-point loss was the closest Melbourne City came to winning a match in its two years in the Association.
