The VFA Project (original) (raw)
9/06/1877
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
8,000
First time in many years that a game was played on the M.C.G..
11/05/1878
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hawthorn (Original)
18/05/1878
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Clifton
25/05/1878
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
1/06/1878
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
2,000
1-Jun-1878 The clipper ship Loch Ard is wrecked at Mutton Bird Island, just off the recently formed township of Port Campbell.
8/06/1878
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
5,000
22/06/1878
9
RegularSeason
Carlton v Hotham
4,000
29/06/1878
InterClub
Carlton v Waratahs
Rugby Union Rules
VFA1898-Waratahs_v_Carlton-Vic
1/07/1878
11
InterClub
Carlton v Waratahs
Victoria Rules
3/05/1879
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Public Schools
1,000
10/05/1879
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hawthorn (Original)
17/05/1879
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
2,000
31/05/1879
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
6,500
7/06/1879
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
10,000
21/06/1879
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
19/07/1879
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v East Melbourne
2/08/1879
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
4,500
9/08/1879
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
12,000
13/08/1879
InterClub
Melbourne v Carlton
7,000
1/05/1880
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Public Schools
3,000
8/05/1880
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Yarra
300
15/05/1880
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v East Melbourne
1,000
22/05/1880
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v West Melbourne
29/05/1880
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
5,000
5/06/1880
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
15,000
12/06/1880
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
6,000
1/07/1880
Interclub
Melbourne v Norwood
500
1/07/1880
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Norwood
500
24/07/1880
17
RegularSeason
Melbourne v West Melbourne
West Melbourne unable to field team
30/04/1881
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Public Schools
1,000
7/05/1881
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Yarra
1,000
14/05/1881
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Northcote
4,000
19/05/1881
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown Trades
28/05/1881
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
2,500
4/06/1881
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
12,000
11/06/1881
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
16,000
18/06/1881
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
postponed - rain
25/06/1881
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v East Melbourne
2,000
1/07/1881
Representative
VFA v New South Wales
3,000
2/07/1881
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
9/07/1881
13
RegularSeason
Essendon v Geelong
3,500
16/07/1881
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
6,000
29/04/1882
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Public Schools
6/05/1882
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Yarra
13/05/1882
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Powlett
2,000
20/05/1882
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
10,000
27/05/1882
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
3/06/1882
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
9,000
10/06/1882
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
5,000
17/06/1882
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
10,000
24/06/1882
Interclub
Melbourne v Norwood
1/07/1882
Interclub
Carlton v Norwood
8/07/1882
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
15/07/1882
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
3,000
22/07/1882
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
29/07/1882
16
RegularSeason
Hotham v South Melbourne
28/04/1883
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Public Schools
5/05/1883
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Waverley
12/05/1883
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
7,000
19/05/1883
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Yarra
26/05/1883
6
RegularSeason
Hotham v Carlton
12,000
2/06/1883
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
7,300
9/06/1883
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
10,000
16/06/1883
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
12,000
23/06/1883
10
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
13,000
30/06/1883
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
6,000
2/07/1883
Interclub
Melbourne v Port Adelaide
3/05/1884
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
3,000
10/05/1884
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
12,000
17/05/1884
3
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
10,000
24/05/1884
Interclub
Carlton v Norwood
4,000
29/05/1884
Interclub
Melbourne v Norwood
31/05/1884
Interclub
Geelong v Norwood
14/06/1884
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Hotham
2,000
21/06/1884
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
10,000
28/06/1884
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
4,000
5/07/1884
10
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
12,000
12/07/1884
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
4,000
2/05/1885
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
9,000
9/05/1885
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
5,000
16/05/1885
3
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
9,000
23/05/1885
Interclub
South Melbourne v Port Adelaide
25/05/1885
Interclub
Melbourne v Port Adelaide
30/05/1885
Interclub
Geelong v Port Adelaide
6/06/1885
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
8,000
13/06/1885
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v Ballarat
300
20/06/1885
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
5,000
27/06/1885
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
6,000
4/07/1885
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown
700
11/07/1885
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
12,000
18/07/1885
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
500
1/05/1886
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
2,000
8/05/1886
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
4,000
15/05/1886
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
2,500
22/05/1886
Representative
VFA v New South Wales
12,000
29/05/1886
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
12,000
5/06/1886
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
4,000
12/06/1886
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
9,000
19/06/1886
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Prahran
500
3/07/1886
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
3,000
10/07/1886
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v Hotham
8,000
17/07/1886
13
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
8,000
14/05/1887
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Hotham
6,000
21/05/1887
Representative
VFA v Tasmania
4/06/1887
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
5,000
11/06/1887
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
14,000
25/06/1887
9
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
16,000
2/07/1887
10
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
2,000
9/07/1887
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
16/07/1887
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
3,000
23/07/1887
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
30/07/1887
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v Hotham
5/05/1888
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
12/05/1888
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
4,000
24/05/1888
4
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
16,000
24/05/1888
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
5,000
26/05/1888
5
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
6,000
2/06/1888
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
13,000
9/06/1888
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
18,000
30/06/1888
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
14/07/1888
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
30,000
28/07/1888
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
10,000
4/08/1888
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
11/08/1888
16
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
3,000
18/08/1888
17
RegularSeason
Carlton v Williamstown
5,000
4/05/1889
1
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
4,000
11/05/1889
2
RegularSeason
Carlton v Melbourne
5,000
18/05/1889
Representative
VFA v Southern Tasmania (STFA)
24/05/1889
4
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
20,000
1/06/1889
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
10,000
15/06/1889
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
500
22/06/1889
9
RegularSeason
Carlton v St Kilda
6,000
29/06/1889
10
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
14,000
6/07/1889
11
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
20,000
13/07/1889
Representative
VFA v Northern NSW (NDFA)
20/07/1889
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
27/07/1889
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
600
3/08/1889
15
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
10,000
10/08/1889
16
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
17/08/1889
17
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
700
3/05/1890
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
10/05/1890
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
17/05/1890
3
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
12,000
24/05/1890
4
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
4,000
31/05/1890
5
RegularSeason
Port Melbourne v Geelong
3,000
7/06/1890
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
25,000
14/06/1890
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
21/06/1890
8
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Port Melbourne
28/06/1890
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Richmond
5/07/1890
Representative
VFA v S.A.
12/07/1890
11
RegularSeason
Carlton v Williamstown
2,000
19/07/1890
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
19/07/1890
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
15,000
26/07/1890
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
4,000
2/08/1890
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
32,595
9/08/1890
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
3,000
16/08/1890
16
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
2,000
9/05/1891
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown
16/05/1891
3
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
6,500
23/05/1891
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
25/05/1891
5
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
7,000
30/05/1891
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v Williamstown
6/06/1891
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v St Kilda
2,000
20/06/1891
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
25,000
27/06/1891
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
1,350
4/07/1891
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
11/07/1891
11
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
5,000
18/07/1891
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
19,500
25/07/1891
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Richmond
1/08/1891
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
8/08/1891
15
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
29,000
15/08/1891
16
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
2,000
22/08/1891
17
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
9,500
14/05/1892
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
21/05/1892
3
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
24/05/1892
4
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
4,000
4/06/1892
6
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
19,000
11/06/1892
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
10,000
18/06/1892
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
27,500
25/06/1892
Representative
VFA v S.A.
20,000
2/07/1892
9
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Richmond
6,000
9/07/1892
10
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
1,000
16/07/1892
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
250
23/07/1892
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
30/07/1892
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
6/08/1892
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
21,000
13/08/1892
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown
20/08/1892
16
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
6/05/1893
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Footscray
450
13/05/1893
2
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
4,000
20/05/1893
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v St Kilda
6,000
24/05/1893
4
RegularSeason
North Melbourne v Geelong
2,500
27/05/1893
5
RegularSeason
Carlton v St Kilda
2,500
3/06/1893
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Richmond
2,000
VFA1893-Victoria'C'(VFA3rd20)_v_PortAdelaideFC
10/06/1893
Representative
Victoria 'C' (VFA 3rd 20) v Port Adelaide FC
12,000
17/06/1893
7
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
10,000
14-Jun-1893 - Gold discovered at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia by Paddy Hannan and two others. This strike will draw many Victorian players to Western Australia over the next few years.
24/06/1893
8
RegularSeason
Carlton v Essendon
11,000
8/07/1893
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
15/07/1893
11
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
5,000
22/07/1893
12
RegularSeason
Carlton v South Melbourne
29/07/1893
13
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
5/08/1893
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
28,240
12/08/1893
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
19/08/1893
16
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
12/05/1894
2
RegularSeason
Carlton v Port Melbourne
19/05/1894
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
7,000
26/05/1894
5
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
6,000
2/06/1894
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
11,000
9/06/1894
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Collingwood
16/06/1894
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
30/06/1894
10
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown
7/07/1894
11
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
14/07/1894
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Collingwood
2,000
21/07/1894
Representative
VFA v S.A.
28/07/1894
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
8,500
4/08/1894
14
RegularSeason
Carlton v Richmond
11/08/1894
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Footscray
4/05/1895
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
8,500
24/05/1895
4
RegularSeason
Carlton v St Kilda
3,300
25/05/1895
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Footscray
5,000
15/06/1895
6
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
29/06/1895
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
6/07/1895
9
RegularSeason
Carlton v North Melbourne
20/07/1895
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Port Melbourne
27/07/1895
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
19,900
3/08/1895
13
RegularSeason
Melbourne v St Kilda
10/08/1895
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
17/08/1895
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
8,000
2/05/1896
1
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Essendon
6,300
16/05/1896
3
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Geelong
25/05/1896
4
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Fitzroy
4,000
30/05/1896
5
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Williamstown
20/06/1896
7
RegularSeason
Carlton v Geelong
Venue originally University Ground
27/06/1896
8
RegularSeason
Melbourne v South Melbourne
4/07/1896
9
RegularSeason
Carlton v Fitzroy
18/07/1896
11
RegularSeason
Melbourne v North Melbourne
25/07/1896
12
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Carlton
8/08/1896
14
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Footscray
15/08/1896
15
RegularSeason
Melbourne v Collingwood
5,000
1/05/1897
1
RegularSeason
Richmond v Brunswick
4/09/1902
Representative
V.F.L. v V.F.A.
7,000
Fred McGinis Benefit Match
31/08/1908
F
Finals
Footscray v Brunswick
41,000
4/09/1909
1SF
Finals
Prahran v Brunswick
10,000
Allocations of Match fixing. In response Key Prahran players stood down and would not play in the Final
5/08/1911
15
RegularSeason
Brunswick v Footscray
23,000
Remembered as one of the greatest exhibitions of Football.
23/08/1913
1SF
Finals
Footscray v Essendon Association
14,000
8/08/1914
1SF
Finals
North Melbourne v EssendonAssociation
15,073
4/10/1924
InterClub
Footscray (V.F.A.) v Essendon (V.F.L.)
46,100
1924 match for Dame Nellie Melba's Appeal for Limbless Soldiers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924\_Championship\_of\_Victoria
18/07/1928
7
RegularSeason
Brighton v Brunswick
5,000
5/10/1929
F-R
Finals
Port Melbourne v Northcote
22,000
12/10/1929
GF
Finals
Northcote v Port Melbourne
18,000
6/06/1931
Representative
V.F.L. v V.F.A.
16,500
16/06/1934
Representative
VFL (2nd XVIII) v V.F.A.
17,931
29/06/1936
VFLvVFA1
Representative
V.F.L. v V.F.A.
14,000
7/10/1939
GF
Finals
Brunswick v Williamstown
47,098
5/10/1940
GF
Finals
Port Melbourne v Prahran
30,882
4/10/1941
GF
Finals
Port Melbourne v Coburg
36,289
7/12/1956
Exhibition
VFA-VFL v VAFA
21,236
Olympic Games
2/07/1958
Representative
VFA v Tasmania
5,852
Carnival
2/07/1958
Representative
VFA v Tasmania
5,852
9/07/1958
Representative
VFA v Western Australia
3,074
Carnival
9/07/1958
Representative
VFA v Western Australia
3,074
25/04/1961
3
RegularSeason
Moorabbin (Original) v Sandringham
19/07/1986
13
RegularSeason
Coburg v Frankston
6,253
19/07/1986
13
RegularSeason
Sandringham v Brunswick
6,253
[VFA1992-VFA_v_Vic Country F.L.](../Games/VFA1992-VFA%5Fv%5FVic Country F.L..php)
26/05/1992
Representative
V.F.A. v Victoria_Country_F.L.
curtain-raiser for the VIC vs WA State of Origin matc
17/06/1995
Representative
V.F.A. v N.S.W.
curtain-raiser for the VIC vs SA State of Origin match.