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first final. A stipulation was included to remove the minor premier's right to challenge if it performed poorly in the sectional rounds in order to prevent the team from resting its players or failing to take the sectional rounds seriously. The minor premier's right to challenge was not included in the original release of the fixture, but was added shortly before the start of the season.
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Fitzroy and Essendon, the football correspondent of
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Consequently, from the 1901 season, this scheme was replaced with the
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had the right to challenge the semi-final winner in the grand final.
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Boy, Old (18 September 1899). "Football – A Review of the Season".
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1937:"Victorian Football League – the premiership scheme amended".
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have better records of wins as against defeats than
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1967:Goalpost (17 August 1901). "Football notes".
1952:Goalpost (11 August 1900). "Football notes".
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2017:The complete book of AFL finals
193:Problems with the finals system
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1956:. Adelaide, SA. p. 7.
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24:finals series
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1654:Grand Final
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771:14.18 (102)
461:14.19 (103)
340:(6th, 5–8–1)
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262:Argus system
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1610:Grand Final
1414:Collingwood
1393:Semi-final
1361:Collingwood
1317:Collingwood
1064:Collingwood
688:Collingwood
596:Collingwood
544:12.18 (90)
479:11.12 (78)
459:Collingwood
346:(8th, 0–14)
328:(2nd, 10–4)
326:Collingwood
306:(3rd, 10–4)
300:(1st, 11–3)
2738:Categories
1900:References
1351:Semi-final
784:Corio Oval
744:6.11 (47)
717:5.15 (45)
690:7.13 (55)
580:5.11 (41)
492:Corio Oval
434:6.11 (47)
398:9.21 (75)
334:(4th, 9–5)
312:(5th, 7–7)
290:Section B
287:Section A
1999:The Argus
1915:The Argus
1814:McSpeerin
1810:Descrimes
1765:McSpeerin
1761:McDougall
1573:Proudfoot
1523:McSpeerin
1519:Descrimes
1440:2.10 (22)
1283:2.10 (22)
1242:Semifinal
1132:Melbourne
780:4.3 (27)
757:Lake Oval
753:3.4 (22)
726:2.4 (16)
699:6.5 (41)
697:Melbourne
634:5.8 (38)
632:Melbourne
625:2.5 (17)
607:4.6 (30)
598:6.9 (45)
584:Lake Oval
571:3.6 (24)
488:2.4 (16)
486:Melbourne
452:4.3 (27)
438:Lake Oval
425:5.3 (33)
338:Melbourne
246:Melbourne
1888:See also
1844:Hastings
1840:Cleghorn
1818:J. Grace
1786:M. Grace
1757:M. Grace
1753:J. Grace
1726:Umpires:
1721:3.5 (23)
1718:3.2 (20)
1716:3.1 (19)
1701:5.8 (38)
1698:5.6 (36)
1696:4.5 (29)
1694:2.5 (17)
1675:Essendon
1626:Essendon
1543:J Dalton
1535:Fontaine
1531:Robinson
1490:Fontaine
1465:Umpires:
1460:1.5 (11)
1457:1.4 (10)
1455:1.4 (10)
1437:1.8 (14)
1435:1.5 (11)
1335:3.5 (23)
1331:Essendon
1321:1.5 (11)
1297:5.8 (38)
1209:Essendon
1197:Source:
1166:St Kilda
997:Source:
898:Essendon
778:St Kilda
724:Essendon
628:def. by
623:St Kilda
578:Essendon
574:def. by
553:1.1 (7)
455:def. by
450:St Kilda
428:def. by
407:1.2 (8)
396:Essendon
344:St Kilda
298:Essendon
157:Week one
44:Essendon
1984:The Age
1939:The Age
1856:Kearney
1852:Officer
1836:Jackson
1832:Stuckey
1775:Collins
1714:1.0 (6)
1667:Fitzroy
1622:Fitzroy
1569:Dowdall
1553:F Leach
1511:M Grace
1504:Gillard
1453:1.2 (8)
1433:0.3 (3)
1406:Fitzroy
1363:at the
1357:Fitzroy
1291:Fitzroy
1277:Fitzroy
1203:Bracket
1098:Geelong
966:Carlton
864:Fitzroy
769:Geelong
751:Carlton
715:Fitzroy
605:Geelong
551:Carlton
542:Fitzroy
477:Geelong
432:Fitzroy
405:Carlton
332:Geelong
316:Carlton
304:Fitzroy
268:Matches
244:, when
203:The Age
107:Group B
100:Group A
40:Fitzroy
2023:
1828:Forbes
1802:Potter
1798:Hickey
1794:Drohan
1711:Final
1686:Report
1561:Condon
1557:Pannam
1539:Sharpe
1527:Noonan
1515:Potter
1494:Potter
1467:Keenan
1450:Final
1425:Report
1369:Potter
1120:238.6
1086:207.1
920:171.4
886:325.0
155:Winner
78:Group
71:Group
1848:Gavin
1806:Sloan
1779:Moore
1770:Goals
1729:Crapp
1671:def.
1624:meet
1499:Goals
1410:def.
1359:host
1249:Final
1188:29.2
1154:63.3
1015:Team
988:17.5
954:94.5
815:Team
774:def.
747:def.
720:def.
693:def.
601:def.
547:def.
482:def.
401:def.
252:, as
88:only.
22:1898
2723:2023
2718:2022
2713:2021
2708:2020
2703:2019
2698:2018
2693:2017
2688:2016
2683:2015
2678:2014
2673:2013
2668:2012
2663:2011
2658:2010
2653:2009
2648:2008
2643:2007
2638:2006
2633:2005
2628:2004
2623:2003
2618:2002
2613:2001
2608:2000
2603:1999
2598:1998
2593:1997
2588:1996
2583:1995
2578:1994
2573:1993
2568:1992
2563:1991
2558:1990
2542:1989
2537:1988
2532:1987
2527:1986
2522:1985
2517:1984
2512:1983
2507:1982
2502:1981
2497:1980
2492:1979
2487:1978
2482:1977
2477:1976
2472:1975
2467:1974
2462:1973
2457:1972
2452:1971
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2432:1967
2427:1966
2422:1965
2417:1964
2412:1963
2407:1962
2402:1961
2397:1960
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2387:1958
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2347:1950
2342:1949
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2332:1947
2327:1946
2322:1945
2317:1944
2312:1943
2307:1942
2302:1941
2297:1940
2292:1939
2287:1938
2282:1937
2277:1936
2272:1935
2267:1934
2262:1933
2257:1932
2252:1931
2247:1930
2242:1929
2237:1928
2232:1927
2227:1926
2222:1925
2217:1924
2212:1923
2207:1922
2202:1921
2197:1920
2192:1919
2187:1918
2182:1917
2177:1916
2172:1915
2167:1914
2162:1913
2157:1912
2152:1911
2147:1910
2142:1909
2137:1908
2132:1907
2127:1906
2122:1905
2117:1904
2112:1903
2107:1902
2102:1901
2097:1900
2092:1899
2087:1898
2082:1897
2021:ISBN
1823:Best
1790:Reid
1565:Fell
1548:Best
1185:243
1151:150
1114:210
1080:203
985:212
951:110
948:104
914:132
880:182
250:1899
187:1901
182:1899
140:the
121:the
16:The
2551:AFL
2075:VFL
1777:2,
1755:2,
1182:71
1148:95
1117:88
1089:12
1083:98
1054:Pts
1019:Pld
1011:Pos
982:37
917:77
889:12
883:56
854:Pts
819:Pld
811:Pos
153:vs
138:and
105:1st
103:vs
98:1st
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1854:,
1850:,
1846:,
1842:,
1838:,
1834:,
1830:,
1816:,
1812:,
1808:,
1804:,
1800:,
1796:,
1792:,
1788:,
1763:,
1759:,
1709:Q3
1707:Q2
1705:Q1
1571:,
1567:,
1563:,
1559:,
1555:,
1541:,
1537:,
1533:,
1529:,
1525:,
1521:,
1517:,
1513:,
1492:,
1448:Q3
1446:Q2
1444:Q1
1313:B1
1272:A1
1191:0
1179:0
1176:3
1173:0
1170:3
1162:4
1157:4
1145:0
1142:2
1139:1
1136:3
1128:3
1123:8
1111:0
1108:1
1105:2
1102:3
1094:2
1077:0
1074:0
1071:3
1068:3
1060:1
1049:PP
1044:PA
1039:PF
991:0
979:0
976:3
973:0
970:3
962:4
957:4
945:0
942:2
939:1
936:3
928:3
923:8
911:0
908:1
905:2
902:3
894:2
877:0
874:0
871:3
868:3
860:1
849:PP
844:PA
839:PF
264:.
136:,
119:or
117:,
110:.
2060:e
2053:t
2046:v
2029:.
1034:D
1029:L
1024:W
834:D
829:L
824:W
80:B
73:A
65:.
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