1895 VFA season

1895 premiership season
Fitzroy FC, Premier team
Teams	13
Premiers	Fitzroy 1st premiership
Matches played	117
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The 1895 Victorian Football Association season was the 19th season of the Australian rules football competition. The season was opened on 4 May, and concluded on 21 September. Fitzroy won the premiership by six points, with a record of 12 wins, 5 draws and one loss. It was Fitzroy's first VFA premiership.

Premiership season

In 1895, the VFA competition consisted of thirteen teams of 20 on-the-field players each. Unless otherwise noted, matches began at 3pm. Because there was an odd number of teams, at least one team had a bye each week; the idle club often travelled to Ballarat to play one of the local senior clubs in a non-premiership match. When reporting match scores in 1895, the number of goals and behinds scored by each team is given; however, only the number of goals scored is considered when determining the result of a match.

Round 1

	Round 1 [1]
Saturday, 4 May	Essendon 8.17	def.	Richmond 4.3	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[2]
Saturday, 4 May	Melbourne 10.10	def.	South Melbourne 7.8	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[2]
Saturday, 4 May	Geelong 11.11	def.	North Melbourne 2.3	Corio Oval	[2]
Saturday, 4 May	Footscray 3.9	def. by	Fitzroy 5.5	Western Reserve	[2]
Saturday, 4 May	Port Melbourne 3.5	def. by	Collingwood 6.3	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[2]
Saturday, 4 May	Williamstown 7.3	def.	St Kilda 4.8	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[2]
	Bye Carlton

Round 2

	Round 2 [3]
Saturday, 11 May	Port Melbourne 2.3	def. by	Essendon 4.7	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[4]
Saturday, 11 May	Collingwood 2.1	def. by	Melbourne 6.9	Victoria Park	[4]
Saturday, 11 May	St Kilda 4.3	def.	South Melbourne 3.12	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[4]
Saturday, 11 May	Geelong 10.15	def.	Carlton 3.2	Corio Oval	[4]
Saturday, 11 May	Fitzroy 3.13	def.	Williamstown 2.2	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[4]
Saturday, 11 May	Richmond 9.5	def.	Footscray 5.16	Richmond Cricket Ground	[4]
	Bye North Melbourne

Round 3

	Round 3 [5]
Saturday, 18 May	Essendon 3.6	def. by	Melbourne 5.10	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000)	[6]
Saturday, 18 May	Fitzroy 3.13	def.	South Melbourne 2.9	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[6]
Saturday, 18 May	Footscray 2.4	def. by	Geelong 4.8	Western Reserve	[6]
Saturday, 18 May	North Melbourne 4.6	def. by	Port Melbourne 5.2 [7]	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[6]
Saturday, 18 May	St Kilda 4.5	def. by	Collingwood 6.8	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[6]
Saturday, 18 May	Carlton 7.10	def.	Richmond 1.9	University Cricket Ground	[6]
	Bye Williamstown

Round 4

	Round 4 (Queen's Birthday) [8]
Friday, 24 May	North Melbourne 4.7	def. by	South Melbourne 10.11	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[9]
Friday, 24 May	Carlton 6.8	def.	St Kilda 3.3	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[9]
Friday 24 May	Geelong 7.10	def.	Fitzroy 1.3	Corio Oval	[9]
Saturday, 25 May	Melbourne 10.11	def.	Footscray 5.10	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 5,000)	[10]
Saturday, 25 May	Collingwood 7.11	def.	Richmond 2.4	Victoria Park	[10]
Saturday, 25 May	Port Melbourne 4.6	drew with	Williamstown 4.6	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[10]
	Bye Essendon

Round 5

	Round 5 [11]
Saturday, 1 June	St Kilda 3.7	def. by	North Melbourne 4.10	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[12]
Saturday, 1 June	Geelong 15.13	def.	Port Melbourne 3.2	Corio Oval	[12]
Saturday, 1 June	South Melbourne 3.10	def.	Collingwood 2.10	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[12]
Saturday, 1 June	Essendon 6.10	def.	Williamstown 3.3	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[12]
Saturday, 1 June	Fitzroy 9.14	def.	Richmond 2.5	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[12]
Saturday, 1 June	Carlton 3.8	def. by	Footscray 6.5	University Cricket Ground	[12]
	Bye Melbourne

Round 6

	Round 6 [13]
Saturday, 15 June	Geelong 8.11	def.	South Melbourne 1.8	Corio Oval (crowd: 5,000)	[14]
Saturday, 15 June	Essendon 3.9 [15]	drew with	Fitzroy 3.8 [15]	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 6,000)	[14]
Saturday, 15 June	Melbourne 6.13	def.	North Melbourne 3.8	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[14]
Saturday, 15 June	Williamstown 7.7	def.	Footscray 5.6	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[14]
Saturday, 15 June	Richmond 6.14	drew with	St Kilda 6.9	Richmond Cricket Ground	[14]
Saturday, 15 June	Carlton 4.3	def. by	Collingwood 5.8	University Cricket Ground	[14]
	Bye Port Melbourne

Round 7

	Round 7 [16]
Saturday, 22 June	South Melbourne 7.9	def.	Port Melbourne 6.6	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[17]
Saturday, 22 June	Williamstown 5.8	def.	North Melbourne 4.9	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[17]
Saturday, 22 June	Geelong 9.11	def.	St Kilda 3.10	Corio Oval	[17]
Saturday, 22 June	Fitzroy 2.12	drew with	Carlton 2.3	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[17]
Saturday, 22 June	Richmond 7.9	def. by	Melbourne 15.13	Richmond Cricket Ground	[17]
Saturday, 22 June	Collingwood 4.2	def.	Essendon 3.9	Victoria Park	[17]
	Bye Footscray

Round 8

	Round 8 [18]
Saturday, 29 June	South Melbourne 9.5	def.	Essendon 7.10	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[19]
Saturday, 29 June	North Melbourne 1.6	def. by	Fitzroy 6.10	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[19]
Saturday, 29 June	Footscray 5.5	def.	Collingwood 4.3	Western Reserve	[19]
Saturday, 29 June	Williamstown 4.10	def. by	Geelong 9.10	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[19]
Saturday, 29 June	Melbourne 8.11	def.	Carlton 1.3	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[19]
Saturday, 29 June	St Kilda 3.8	def. by	Port Melbourne 5.4	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[19]
	Bye Richmond

Round 9

	Round 9 [20]
Saturday, 6 July	Footscray 4.6	drew with	Port Melbourne 4.8	Western Reserve	[21]
Saturday, 6 July	Carlton 2.2	def.	North Melbourne 1.9	Melbourne Cricket Ground [22]	[21]
Saturday, 6 July	Richmond 5.3	drew with	South Melbourne 5.17	Richmond Cricket Ground	[21]
Saturday, 6 July	St Kilda 3.8	def. by	Essendon 7.10	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[21]
Saturday, 6 July	Williamstown 2.1	def. by	Melbourne 3.9	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[21]
Saturday, 6 July	Geelong 6.8	def.	Collingwood 1.5	Corio Oval	[21]
	Bye Fitzroy

Round 10

	Round 10 [23]
Saturday, 13 July	Footscray 7.11	def.	Essendon 6.12	Western Reserve	[24]
Saturday, 13 July	Fitzroy 2.4	def.	Melbourne 1.3	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[24]
Saturday, 13 July	North Melbourne 1.3	def. by	Collingwood 2.4	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[24]
Saturday, 13 July	Richmond 4.3	def. by	Geelong 14.19	Richmond Cricket Ground	[24]
Saturday, 13 July	Port Melbourne 5.3	def.	Carlton 3.3	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[24]
Saturday, 13 July	South Melbourne 3.7	def.	Williamstown 0.6	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[24]
	Bye St Kilda

Round 11

	Round 11 [25]
Saturday, 20 July	Essendon 10.5	def.	Geelong 5.15	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[26]
Saturday, 20 July	Melbourne 6.11	def.	Port Melbourne 2.3	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[26]
Saturday, 20 July	Collingwood 2.3	drew with	Fitzroy 2.4	Victoria Park	[26]
Saturday, 20 July	North Melbourne 1.9	def. by	Richmond 2.8	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[26]
Saturday, 20 July	St Kilda 3.11	def. by	Footscray 5.4	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[26]
Saturday, 20 July	Carlton 6.5	def.	Williamstown 5.4	University Cricket Ground	[26]
	Bye South Melbourne

Round 12

	Round 12 [27]
Saturday, 27 July	Essendon 3.5	def.	Carlton 1.7	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[28]
Saturday, 27 July	Melbourne 3.8	def. by	Geelong 9.9	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000)	[28]
Saturday, 27 July	South Melbourne 7.7	def.	Footscray 2.1	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[28]
Saturday, 27 July	Fitzroy 7.18	def.	St Kilda 2.5	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[28]
Saturday, 27 July	North Melbourne 6.13	def.	Williamstown 2.0	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[28]
Saturday, 27 July	Richmond 6.4	drew with	Port Melbourne 6.8	Richmond Cricket Ground	[28]
	Bye Collingwood

Round 13

	Round 13 [29]
Saturday, 3 August	Footscray 4.1	def. by	Collingwood 5.10	Western Reserve	[30]
Saturday, 3 August	Melbourne 3.9	def.	St Kilda 2.7	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[30]
Saturday, 3 August	Essendon 2.7	def. by	North Melbourne 3.9	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[30]
Saturday, 3 August	Carlton 3.4	def. by	South Melbourne 5.7	University Cricket Ground	[30]
Saturday, 3 August	Port Melbourne 2.14	def. by	Fitzroy 6.7	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[30]
Saturday, 3 August	Williamstown 4.19	def. by	Richmond 5.4	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[30]
	Bye Geelong

Round 14

	Round 14 [31]
Saturday, 10 August	St Kilda 5.10	def.	Carlton 1.10	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[32]
Saturday, 10 August	Richmond 4.9	def. by	Fitzroy 7.11	Richmond Cricket Ground	[32]
Saturday, 10 August	South Melbourne 6.9	def.	Geelong 3.12	South Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000)	[32]
Saturday, 10 August	Melbourne 4.2	def. by	Essendon 7.12	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[32]
Saturday, 10 August	Footscray 3.7	def. by	North Melbourne 4.7	Western Reserve	[32]
Saturday, 10 August	Collingwood 5.14	def.	Williamstown 1.9	Victoria Park	[32]
	Bye Port Melbourne

Round 15

	Round 15 [33]
Saturday, 17 August	Geelong 8.6	def.	Essendon 6.4	Corio Oval	[34]
Saturday, 17 August	Melbourne 2.4	def. by	Fitzroy 4.8	Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 8,000)	[34]
Saturday, 17 August	North Melbourne 6.6	def.	South Melbourne 1.7	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[34]
Saturday, 17 August	Footscray 5.12	def.	Williamstown 3.5	Western Reserve	[34]
Saturday, 17 August	Port Melbourne 4.15	def.	St Kilda 3.3	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[34]
Saturday, 17 August	Richmond 5.4	def. by	Collingwood 7.11	Richmond Cricket Ground	[34]
	Bye Carlton

Round 16

	Round 16 [35]
Saturday, 24 August	Essendon 3.13	def. by	South Melbourne 6.15	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[36]
Saturday, 24 August	North Melbourne 2.3	def. by	Melbourne 4.4	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[36]
Saturday, 24 August	Footscray 2.3	def. by	Fitzroy 5.8	Western Reserve	[36]
Saturday, 24 August	Collingwood 5.3	def.	Geelong 4.2	Victoria Park	[36]
Saturday, 24 August	St Kilda 7.7	def.	Richmond 6.8	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[36]
Saturday, 24 August	Carlton 3.3	def.	Port Melbourne 2.6	University Cricket Ground	[36]
	Bye Williamstown

Round 17

	Round 17 [37]
Saturday, 31 August	Fitzroy 4.13	def.	Geelong 2.4	Fitzroy Cricket Ground	[38]
Saturday, 31 August	South Melbourne 3.3 [39]	def. by	Melbourne 6.13	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[38]
Saturday, 31 August	Collingwood 3.8	drew with	North Melbourne 3.3	Victoria Park	[38]
Saturday, 31 August	Essendon 4.11	def.	Footscray 3.3	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[38]
Saturday, 31 August	Port Melbourne 8.8	def.	Richmond 2.8	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[38]
Saturday, 31 August	Williamstown 3.11	def.	Carlton 2.6	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[38]
	Bye St Kilda

Round 18

	Round 18 [40]
Saturday, 7 September	Fitzroy 5.5	drew with	Essendon 5.7	Fitzroy Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000)	[41]
Saturday, 7 September	Geelong 4.9	def.	Melbourne 3.7	Corio Oval	[41]
Saturday, 7 September	Footscray 7.3	def.	South Melbourne 3.5	Western Reserve	[41]
Saturday, 7 September	Williamstown 6.5	def.	Port Melbourne 3.4 [42]	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[41]
Saturday, 7 September	Richmond 5.6	def.	Carlton 4.8	Richmond Cricket Ground	[41]
Saturday, 7 September	North Melbourne 9.7	def.	St Kilda 4.4	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[41]
	Bye Collingwood

Round 19

	Round 19 [43]
Saturday, 14 September	North Melbourne 6.2	def.	Essendon 4.6	North Melbourne Recreation Reserve	[44]
Saturday, 14 September	Footscray 5.8	def. by	Melbourne 7.9	Western Reserve	[44]
Saturday, 14 September	South Melbourne 3.5	drew with	Fitzroy 3.4	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[44]
Saturday, 14 September	Port Melbourne 1.0	def.	Geelong 0.9	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[44]
Saturday, 14 September	St Kilda 4.7	def. by	Williamstown 7.9	St Kilda Cricket Ground	[44]
Saturday, 14 September	Collingwood 7.6	def.	Carlton 3.1	Victoria Park	[44]
	Bye Richmond

Round 20

	Round 20 [45]
Saturday, 21 September	Port Melbourne 7.9	def.	Richmond 5.3	Port Melbourne Cricket Ground	[46]
Saturday, 21 September	St Kilda 1.5	drew with	Carlton 1.10	Victoria Park	[46]
Saturday, 21 September	Williamstown 4.7	def. by	Collingwood 10.4	Williamstown Cricket Ground	[46]
	Bye Essendon, Fitzroy, Footscray, Geelong, Melbourne, North Melbourne, South Melbourne

Ladder

1895 VFA ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts
1	Fitzroy (P)	18	12	1	5	77	47	58
2	Collingwood	18	12	4	2	83	63	52
2	Geelong	18	13	5	0	128	62	52
2	Melbourne	18	13	5	0	102	70	52
5	South Melbourne	18	9	7	2	84	82	40
6	Essendon	18	8	8	2	91	81	36
7	Port Melbourne	18	7	8	3	72	87	34
8	North Melbourne	18	7	10	1	64	75	30
9	Footscray	18	6	11	1	78	93	26
9	Williamstown	18	6	11	1	69	85	26
11	Carlton	18	5	11	2	55	77	24
12	Richmond	18	4	11	3	80	127	22
13	St Kilda	18	3	13	2	64	96	16

Source: ^[46]
(P) Premiers

The Association had no formal tie-breakers in cases where clubs were equal on premiership points.

Premiership

Fitzroy won the 1895 VFA premiership with 58 points, finishing six points clear of Geelong, Collingwood and Melbourne, who all finished equal-second on 52 points. While Fitzroy finished with fewer wins than either Geelong or Melbourne, and also scored 51 goals fewer than Geelong, it lost only one match for the season, and conceded 15 goals fewer than any other team. This was also the first ever premiership in the history of the Fitzroy Football Club. ^[46]

Fitzroy was unbeaten in its last fourteen matches, coming from behind to claim the premiership from Geelong and Melbourne. Geelong, who had begun the season with a ten-match winning streak, and Melbourne, who had begun the season with an eight-match winning streak, were considered most likely to win the premiership at mid-season, but both teams' form fell off in the second half of the season to finish 13–5.

Fitzroy officially clinched the premiership in Round 19, its last match for the season, with a draw against South Melbourne: this, and Geelong's unusual 0.9 – 1.0 loss to Port Melbourne, ensured that Fitzroy could not be tied or passed for first place. ^[44]

Leading goalkickers

The leading goalkicker for the season was Decoit of Geelong, kicking 42 goals. He finished comfortably ahead of the second-placed Archie Smith of Collingwood. The high-scoring Geelong team produced three of the top five goalkickers for the season. ^[47]

Player	Team	Goals
David Decoit	Geelong	42
Archie Smith	Collingwood	27
Jim Grace	Fitzroy	24
Eddy James	Geelong	24
Henry McShane	Geelong	20

Notable events

• The round 3 match between North Melbourne and Port Melbourne at the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve was unusually scheduled for the same day and at the same venue as the third day's play of a pennant cricket match between North Melbourne and Fitzroy, which had been arranged at the end of the season to decide last place in the A Class division. The cricketers were forced to leave the field at 3pm to accommodate the footballers; ^[6] the cricket match was awarded to Fitzroy and the North Melbourne Cricket Club was fined one shilling. ^[48]
• Carlton won its round 9 match against North Melbourne by one goal after Langley marked on the final bell, and kicked a goal after the bell from 40 yards. ^[21]

Non-premiership matches

Association teams often played exhibition matches separate to the premiership season, particularly during bye weeks. This is not a complete list of all such matches, but is a selection of the most notable such games in 1895.

Charity Saturday

On the Saturday between Rounds 5 and 6, a charity event was held. Although the league had previously held charity days during the premiership season, this was the first time that the premiership season had been suspended entirely to accommodate the event. Two shortened matches, each lasting approximately one hour and played across two separate periods, were played as part of the event; two pairs of fierce rivals were selected to maximise interest in the matches. The charity event trialled the use of boundary umpires. ^[49]

	Charity Saturday
Saturday, 8 June (3:00 pm)	Fitzroy 3.10	drew with	Collingwood 3.5	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000)	[49]
Saturday, 8 June (4:00 pm)	Melbourne 5.9	def.	Essendon 1.0	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000)	[49]

Additionally, a 130-yard sprint race, open to any Association players and run without handicap, was held. The race was won by Drew of Port Melbourne; Palmer of Essendon finished second and Morton of Footscray finished third. ^[49]

Norwood's tour of Victoria

Norwood, the winners of the 1894 South Australian Football Association (SAFA) premiership, undertook a two-week tour of Victoria in May and June, playing five exhibition matches against Association clubs and a combined Ballarat team.

While Norwood finished with one win and two draws from the five matches, the tour proved to be a financial disaster for the club, as all five matches were poorly attended. With Norwood's share of the gate takings being a mere £30, the club lost £170 on the tour.

	Norwood's tour of Victoria
Friday, 24 May (11:00 am)	Essendon 7.12	def. by	Norwood 9.8	East Melbourne Cricket Ground	[9]
Tuesday, 28 May	Collingwood 3.2	drew with	Norwood 3.6	Victoria Park	[50]
Thursday, 30 May	South Melbourne 5.8	drew with	Norwood 5.5	South Melbourne Cricket Ground	[51]
Saturday, 1 June	Melbourne 8.13	def.	Norwood 6.9	Melbourne Cricket Ground	[12]
Monday, 3 June	Combined Ballarat 11.14	def.	Norwood 4.3	Saxon Paddock	[52]

Other notable matches

• On the Saturday prior to Round 1, the defending premiers Essendon played the traditional match against a combined team of juniors at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. Essendon, fielding twenty players against the juniors' twenty-three, won by the score of 13.15 to 3.3.
• On Sunday, 30 September, premiers Fitzroy faced a Combined Ballarat team at Saxon Paddock. The Combined Ballarat team won by the score of 7.8 to 5.4.

References

1. "Football". The Age. Melbourne. 4 May 1895. p. 8.
2. Observer (6 May 1895). "Opening of the Football Season". The Argus. Melbourne. pp. 5–6.
3. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 May 1895. p. 3.
4. Observer (13 May 1895). "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
5. "Football – this afternoon's matches". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 May 1895. p. 8.
6. Observer (20 May 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
7. The Age alternatively gives Port Melbourne's score as 5.4. Half-Back (20 May 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
8. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 May 1895. p. 7.
9. Observer (25 May 1895). "Football – the birthday matches". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 8.
10. Observer (27 May 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
11. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 June 1895. p. 9.
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13. "Football – to-day's matches". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1895. p. 8.
14. Observer (17 June 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. pp. 5–6.
15. The Age alternatively gave the score for this match as Fitzroy 3.9, Essendon 3.8, but either way the Age and the Argus agreed that the match was drawn. Half-Back (17 June 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
16. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 June 1895. p. 7.
17. Observer (24 June 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
18. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 June 1895. p. 3.
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22. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 July 1895. p. 7.
23. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 July 1895. p. 3.
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25. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 July 1895. p. 6.
26. Observer (22 July 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
27. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 July 1895. p. 7.
28. Observer (29 July 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. pp. 5–6.
29. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 August 1895. p. 9.
30. Half-Back (5 August 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
31. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 8 August 1895. p. 6.
32. Observer (12 August 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
33. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 13 August 1895. p. 3.
34. Half-Back (19 August 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. pp. 5–6.
35. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 August 1895. p. 7.
36. Observer (26 August 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
37. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 August 1895. p. 9.
38. Observer (2 September 1895). "Football – the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
39. The Age alternatively lists South Melbourne's score as 3.13, but interpreting the prose suggests this is more than likely a misprint. Half-Back (2 September 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
40. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 September 1895. p. 8.
41. Half-Back (9 September 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
42. The Argus alternatively gave Port Melbourne's score as 2.4. Either newspaper could be correct, but since the Age was able to print three separate goalscorers for Port Melbourne, it is more likely to be correct. Observer (2 September 1895). "Football the battle for the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
43. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 September 1895. p. 7.
44. Observer (16 September 1895). "Football – Fitzroy won the premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 7.
45. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 September 1895. p. 8.
46. Observer (23 September 1895). "Football – the finish of the season". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
47. Half-Back (23 September 1895). "The Football Season – a review". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
48. "Cricket". The Argus. Melbourne. 24 May 1895. p. 3.
49. Half-Back (10 June 1895). "The Football Season". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
50. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 May 1895. p. 7.
51. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 May 1895. p. 6.
52. "Football". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 June 1895. p. 3.