| KEY TO CATEGORIES: | |||||
| IIL | Intercolonial inter-league match | ||||
| IIC | Intercolonial club vs. club match | ||||
| ILC | Intercolonial league versus club match | ||||
| IL | Inter-league match - same colony | ||||
| IC | Club vs. club match - same colony | ||||
| LC | League vs. club match - same colony | ||||
| CovL | Colony vs. league | ||||
| CovC | Colony vs. club | ||||
| Other | Some other category, as described in the 'Comments' box | ||||
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Note: Although they do not conform to the strict definition of an 'extra-curricular match', intercolonial matches are also listed if they comprised part of a tour or series during which extra curricular games were played. |
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| KEY TO SOURCES: | |||||
| 100YO | 100 Years On 1893-1993: Centenary Ballarat Football League | ||||
| AGE | 'The Age' | ||||
| ARG | 'The Argus' | ||||
| ADV | 'The Advertiser' | ||||
| AU | 'The Australasian' | ||||
| CA | Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer | ||||
| COL | 'The Colonist' | ||||
| CTF | A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin | ||||
| DE | Dave Eastman | ||||
| FFT | Football's Forgotten Tour by John Williamson | ||||
| GO | A Game Of Our Own: The Origins Of Australian Football by Geoffrey Blainey | ||||
| GR | Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett | ||||
| HVFA | The VFA: A History Of The Victorian Football Association 1877-1995 by Marc Fiddian | ||||
| LDT | 'Launceston Daily Telegraph' | ||||
| LEX | 'Launceston Examiner' | ||||
| MER | 'The Mercury' | ||||
| MS | Max Sayer | ||||
| NSWAR | New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports | ||||
| REG | 'The Register' (Melbourne) | ||||
| RS | Ross Smith | ||||
| SAFPP | South Australian Football The Past And The Present 1860-1965 by C.K. Knuckey | ||||
| SAFB | 'The South Australian Football Budget' | ||||
| SAFS | The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress | ||||
| SFS1 | The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 1 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee | ||||
| STB | Simply The Best: The Story of The Port Adelaide Football Club 1870-1901 by John Wood | ||||
| SMH | 'Sydney Morning Herald' | ||||
| TM | 'The Tasmanian Mail' |
| ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST: | ||||||||||||||
| BFA | Ballarat Football Association | SAFA | South Australian Football Association | |||||||||||
| BFA2 | Ballarat Football Association 2nd Team | STFA | Southern Tasmanian Football Association | |||||||||||
| GB | Touring Great Britain rugby team | TFA | Tasmanian Football Association | |||||||||||
| HDFA | Hannans Districts Football Association (precursor of Goldfields Football Association/League) | VFA | Victorian Football Association | |||||||||||
| NTFA | Northern Tasmanian Football Association | VFL | Victorian Football League | |||||||||||
| SA | South Australia | |||||||||||||
PLEASE NOTE: Results of Championship of Australia matches are recorded in a separate section, here, while you can find the results of all Tasmanian and Western Australian state premiership matches in the Chronology.
QUICK LINKS:- 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
| Year | Venue | Category | Home Team | G | B | Pts | Visiting Team | G | B | Pts | Comments | Source(s) |
| 1888 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 2 | 7 | N/A | Carlton | 3 | 8 | N/A | Both Geelong (2nd) and Carlton (4th) were among the leading VFA clubs in 1888. | DE/MER (CTF reverses result) |
| 1888 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 5 | 2 | N/A | Geelong | 2 | 14 | N/A | DE/MER, CTF | |
| 1888 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 7 | 4 | N/A | Carlton | 6 | 8 | N/A | - | DE/MER |
| 1888 | Hobart | ILC | City | 3 | 5 | N/A | Carlton | 8 | 6 | 54 | - | DE/MER |
| 1888 | Launceston | ILC | NTFA | 1 | 6 | N/A | Geelong | 4 | 7 | N/A | - | RS, MER |
| 1888 | Hobart | IIC | Railway | 2 | 6 | N/A | Geelong | 3 | 7 | N/A | - | DE, MER |
| 1888 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 5 | N/A | Geelong | 4 | 4 | N/A | Geelong was originally scheduled to meet Holebrook, but public pressure brought about a re-match with the STFA. | DE, MER |
| 1888 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 4 | 8 | N/A | NTFA | 2 | 15 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1888 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 5 | 6 | N/A | STFA | 3 | 7 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Other | Carlton | 14 | 17 | N/A | GB | 3 | 8 | N/A | As part of their longest overseas tour up to that point, Great Britain's rugby team agreed to undertake several of their matches - 19, as it turned out, although 20 were originally planned - according to 'Victorian Rules'. The matches were an outstanding popular success, and the team performed much better than expected, particularly later in the tour once they had adjusted more to the idiosyncrasies of the foreign code. The 20th match of this particular section of the tour, which was to have been against NSW club Newcastle, was cancelled after the tragic drowning of the GB captain, Robert Seddon, at Maitland. | FFT |
| 1888 | Bendigo | Other | Bendigo | 1 | 14 | N/A | GB | 5 | 16 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Castlemaine | Other | Castlemaine | 1 | 4 | N/A | GB | 1 | 2 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Other | South Melbourne | 7 | 20 | N/A | GB | 3 | 7 | N/A | FFT (ARG gives South score as 7.29) | |
| 1888 | Maryborough | Other | Maryborough | 4 | 12 | N/A | GB | 3 | 11 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Ballarat | Other | South Ballarat | 7 | 18 | N/A | GB | 3 | 7 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Other | Fitzroy | 12 | 20 | N/A | GB | 3 | 4 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Other | Port Melbourne | 7 | 15 | N/A | GB | 6 | 11 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Adelaide | Other | South Adelaide | 8 | 9 | N/A | GB | 5 | 9 | N/A | FFT, SSFPP | |
| 1888 | Adelaide | Other | Port Adelaide | 7 | 8 | N/A | GB | 8 | 8 | N/A | FFT, SSFPP | |
| 1888 | Adelaide | Other | Adelaide | 6 | 13 | N/A | GB | 3 | 5 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Adelaide | Other | Norwood | 5 | 8 | N/A | GB | 3 | 1 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Horsham | Other | Horsham | 0 | 2 | N/A | GB | 6 | 5 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Ballarat | Other | Ballarat Imperials | 4 | 15 | N/A | GB | 1 | 2 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Ballarat | Other | Ballarat | 4 | 8 | N/A | GB | 5 | 8 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Bendigo | Other | Sandhurst | 2 | 9 | N/A | GB | 2 | 3 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Kyneton | Other | Kyneton | 1 | 6 | N/A | GB | 2 | 6 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Melbourne | Other | Essendon | 7 | 16 | N/A | GB | 3 | 5 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Maitland | Other | Northern District | 9 | 19 | N/A | GB | 4 | 5 | N/A | FFT | |
| 1888 | Melbourne | IC | North Melbourne | 10 | 12 | N/A | Bendigo | 0 | 3 | N/A | North had originally been scheduled to play GB, but Bendigo filled in after the tourists left the colony early. | DE, ARG |
| 1888 | Newcastle | IL | Northern Association | 3 | 11 | N/A | Combined Sydney | 0 | 2 | N/A | Described as "an annual match". | DE/ARG, SMH |
| 1888 | Adelaide | IIC | Port Adelaide | 3 | 13 | N/A | Essendon | 3 | 14 | N/A | Behinds did not count, so this match was drawn. | MS, STB |
| 1888 | Not given | Other | Port Adelaide | 15 | 8 | N/A | Broken Hill | 0 | 0 | N/A | - | MS, STB |
| 1888 | Unknown | CovC | Melbourne | Unknown | New South Wales | Unknown | - | NSWAR | ||||
| 1888 | Brisbane | CovC | Queensland | 3 | 5 | N/A | Melbourne | 6 | 16 | N/A | Played at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground. | DE/ARG |
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| 1889 | Melbourne | CovL | Victoria | 6 | 9 | N/A | Tasmania | 1 | 6 | N/A | The match between Victoria (whose players sported special blue and gold uniforms) and Tasmania attracted 20,000 spectators to the MCG. | CTF, AU |
| 1889 | Melbourne | ILC | St Kilda | 5 | 3 | N/A | Tasmania | 4 | 11 | N/A | CTF, AU | |
| 1889 | Melbourne | ILC | Williamstown | 1 | 4 | N/A | Tasmania | 0 | 1 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1889 | Geelong | ILC | Geelong | 10 | 15 | N/A | Tasmania | 2 | 5 | N/A | CTF, AU | |
| 1889 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 7 | N/A | South Melbourne | 3 | 9 | N/A | South Melbourne won the second of three successive VFA premierships in 1889. | CTF |
| 1889 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 1 | 6 | N/A | South Melbourne | 7 | 8 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1889 | Sydney | CovC | New South Wales | 2 | 4 | N/A | Port Melbourne | 6 | 12 | N/A | - | NSWAR |
| 1889 | Adelaide | IIC | Port Adelaide | Not given | North Melbourne | Not given | Won by Port Adelaide. | SAFS | ||||
| 1889 | Melbourne | IIC | South Melbourne | 5 | 7 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 3 | 10 | N/A | - | RS, AU |
| 1889 | Melbourne | IIC | North Melbourne | 7 | 1 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 2 | 5 | N/A | - | RS, AU |
| 1889 | Melbourne | IIC | Richmond | 7 | 15 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 8 | 2 | N/A | As behinds were not counted in the score at this time, this match was won by Port Adelaide. | RS, AU |
| 1889 | Adelaide | IIC | Norwood | Not given | North Melbourne | Not given | Won by Norwood. | SAFS | ||||
| 1889 | Melbourne | Other | Carlton | 13 | 16 | N/A | Maoris | 2 | 4 | N/A | The Maoris were a touring rugby team which, like the Great Britain team of 1888, played some of their matches according to Australian rules. | RS, AU |
| 1889 | Melbourne | Other | St Kilda | 6 | 7 | N/A | Maoris | 1 | 6 | N/A | RS, AU | |
| 1889 | Melbourne | Other | South Melbourne | 4 | 13 | N/A | Maoris | 6 | ? | N/A | RS, AU | |
| 1889 | Melbourne | Other | Essendon | 11 | 14 | N/A | Maoris | 5 | 5 | N/A | RS, AU | |
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| 1890 | Sydney | ILC | Carlton | 9 | 14 | N/A | STFA | 2 | 8 | N/A | RS, COL | CTF |
| 1890 | Sydney | CovL | New South Wales | 2 | 4 | N/A | STFA | 8 | 18 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Sydney | ILC | Sydney | 2 | 1 | N/A | STFA | 8 | 20 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Maitland | ILC | Maitland | 3 | 5 | N/A | STFA | 7 | 3 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Sydney | ILC | Wallsend | 2 | 9 | N/A | STFA | 2 | 10 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Newcastle | ILC | Newcastle | 8 | 2 | N/A | STFA | 28 | 4 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Sydney | CovL | New South Wales | 4 | 5 | N/A | STFA | 17 | 39 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Sydney | ILC | West Sydney | 3 | 2 | N/A | STFA | 17 | 18 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 9 | N/A | Fitzroy | 4 | 5 | N/A | Fitzroy finished 4th in the VFA in 1890. | CTF |
| 1890 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 5 | 9 | N/A | Fitzroy | 3 | 5 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 2 | 4 | N/A | Essendon | 2 | 9 | N/A | Essendon came 3rd in the VFA in 1890. | CTF |
| 1890 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 3 | 10 | N/A | Essendon | 3 | 9 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1890 | Launceston | ILC | NTFA | 3 | 3 | N/A | Fitzroy | 7 | 7 | N/A | - | RS, MER |
| 1890 | Launceston | ILC | NTFA | 2 | 3 | N/A | Essendon | 8 | 14 | N/A | - | RS, MER |
| 1890 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 3 | 10 | N/A | STFA | 5 | 6 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1890 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 13 | 14 | N/A | NTFA | 1 | 4 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1890 | Adelaide | IIC | Norwood | 3 | 6 | N/A | South Melbourne | 9 | 12 | N/A | - | MS, ADV |
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| 1891 | Ballarat | Other | Ballarat | 4 | - | N/A | Norwood | 5 | - | N/A | - | SAFS |
| 1891 | Melbourne | IIC | Carlton | Not given | Norwood | Not given | Won by Norwood. | SAFS | ||||
| 1891 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 5 | 18 | N/A | Norwood | 3 | 9 | N/A | Norwood's visit to Tasmania was the first by a South Australian club. Both Norwood and Essendon won their respective premierships in 1891. | CTF |
| 1891 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 7 | N/A | Norwood | 5 | 6 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1891 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 5 | N/A | Essendon | 8 | 12 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1891 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 1 | 6 | N/A | Essendon | 4 | 11 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1891 | Launceston | ILC | NTFA | 1 | 4 | N/A | Essendon | 10 | 8 | N/A | - | RS, MER |
| 1891 | Hobart | IC | Holebrook | 11 | 16 | N/A | Launceston | 10 | 8 | N/A | Held mid-season, and not for the unofficial Tasmanian championship as sometimes suggested. | RS/MER, CTF |
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| 1892 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 5 | 12 | N/A | Geelong | 1 | 9 | N/A | Geelong finished 3rd in the VFA in 1892. | CTF |
| 1892 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 8 | 6 | N/A | Geelong | 6 | 4 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1892 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 4 | 12 | N/A | NTFA | 3 | 7 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1892 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 2 | 9 | N/A | STFA | 1 | 8 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1892 | Launceston | IC | Launceston | 1 | 12 | N/A | City | 2 | 6 | N/A | Unofficial Tasmanian championship match. | RS/MER, CTF |
| 1892 | Melbourne | IIC | Melbourne | 5 | 9 | N/A | South Adelaide | 7 | 7 | N/A | Melbourne came 4th this year, while South won the flag. | AGE, ARG |
| 1892 | Melbourne | IIC | Carlton | 5 | 5 | N/A | South Adelaide | 5 | 7 | N/A | As behinds were not counted, this match was a draw. Carlton came 5th this year. | SAFPP, AGE, ARG, REG |
| 1892 | Melbourne | IIC | Fitzroy | 10 | 7 | N/A | South Adelaide | 4 | 9 | N/A | Played the day after the Carlton match. Fitzroy finished 2nd in the VFA. | AGE, ARG, REG |
| 1892 | Adelaide | IIC | Norwood | 3 | 6 | N/A | South Melbourne | 9 | 12 | N/A | South was VFA premier, while Norwood had finished 2nd in the SAFA. | CA |
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| 1893 | Hobart | CovL | STFA | 6 | 11 | N/A | Victoria | 6 | 8 | N/A | It had been hoped to arrange a full scale intercolonial match, but the NTFA declined to allow its players to participate. | CTF |
| 1893 | Hobart | CovL | STFA | 5 | 7 | N/A | Victoria | 5 | 5 | N/A | CTF | |
| 1893 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 5 | 10 | N/A | STFA | 7 | 2 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1893 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 5 | 8 | N/A | NTFA | 3 | 3 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1893 | Adelaide | CovC | Norwood | 2 | 10 | N/A | Victoria | 6 | 9 | N/A | - | MS, SAFS |
| 1893 | Melbourne | CovC | Victoria | 12 | 14 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 4 | 8 | N/A | - | MS, SAFS |
| 1893 | Melbourne | IIC | South Melbourne | 4 | 9 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 9 | 5 | N/A | - | MS, SAFS |
| 1893 | Melbourne | IIC | Fitzroy | 5 | 6 | N/A | Port Adelaide | 7 | 1 | N/A | - | MS, SAFS |
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| 1894 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 5 | 8 | N/A | STFA | 4 | 12 | N/A | - | RS, LDT |
| 1894 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 9 | 13 | N/A | STFA | 3 | 5 | N/A | - | RS, LDT |
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| 1895 | Launceston | IL | NTFA | 6 | 11 | N/A | STFA | 7 | 7 | N/A | - | CTF |
| 1895 | Hobart | IL | STFA | 13 | 7 | N/A | NTFA | 7 | 6 | N/A | - | RS, CTF |
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| 1896 | Not given | IL | Combined Coolgardie | 4 | 17 | N/A | Combined Perth | 6 | 6 | N/A | - | GR |
| 1896 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 8 | N/A | Melbourne | 7 | 9 | N/A | - | RS, TM |
| 1896 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 16 | N/A | Melbourne | 5 | 11 | N/A | - | RS, TM |
| 1896 | Hobart | ILC | STFA | 4 | 2 | N/A | Melbourne | 9 | 16 | N/A | - | RS, TM |
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| 1897 | Melbourne | IL | VFL | 8 | 6 | 54 | BFA | 13 | 11 | 89 | - | 100YO |
| 1897 | Ballarat | IL | BFA | 6 | 11 | 47 | VFA | 7 | 8 | 50 | The VFA played in borrowed Port Melbourne jumpers. | HVFA |
| 1897 | Adelaide | IIC | Port Adelaide | 2 | 6 | 18 | Collingwood | 9 | 8 | 62 | Port won this year's SAFA flag, while Collingwood came 4th in the VFL. | SAFS, MS, SAFB |
| 1897 | Adelaide | IIC | South Adelaide | 3 | 5 | 23 | Collingwood | 6 | 4 | 40 | South was runner-up to Port this year. | SAFS, MS, SAFB |
| 1897 | Adelaide | IIC | Norwood | Not given | Collingwood | Not given | Norwood, which came 3rd in the SAFA, won by 1 point. | SAFS, MS, SAFB | ||||
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| 1898 | Melbourne | IL | VFL | 9 | 7 | 61 | BFA | 9 | 6 | 60 | Both of these matches took place on the same day. Collingwood had 3 players in the VFL side. | 100YO |
| 1898 | Ballarat | LC | BFA2 | 5 | 11 | 41 | Collingwood | 11 | 9 | 75 | 100YO | |
| 1898 | Ballarat | IL | BFA | 9 | 17 | 71 | VFL | 8 | 9 | 57 | - | 100YO |
| 1898 | Adelaide | IIC | South Adelaide | Not given | Essendon | Not given | Essendon played a total of 3 matches in Adelaide, losing this one, but winning the others. | SAFS | ||||
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| 1899 | Launceston | IC | Launceston | 1 | 6 | 12 | Lefroy | 10 | 12 | 72 | - | RS/LEX, CTF |
| 1899 | Ballarat | IL | BFA | 4 | 11 | 35 | VFL | 4 | 7 | 31 | These were by no means weak or '2nd string' VFL sides, containing as they did players of the ilk of champion all rounder Mick Grace, Geelong's inaugural VFL skipper Jim Conway, redoubtable Collingwood 'man mountain' William Proudfoot, accomplished Essendon defender Tod Collins. | 100YO |
| 1899 | Melbourne | IL | VFL | 4 | 11 | 35 | BFA | 6 | 1 | 37 | 100YO | |
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| 1900 | Melbourne | IL | VFL | 6 | 11 | 47 | BFA | 5 | 7 | 37 | - | 100YO |
| 1900 | Ballarat | IL | BFA | 10 | 11 | 71 | VFL | 8 | 11 | 59 | - | 100YO |
| 1900 | Not given | LC | Mines Rovers | 7 | 9 | 51 | WAFA | 7 | 10 | 52 | Formed in 1899, Mines Rovers won the HDFA premiership in 1900. | GR |
| 1900 | Not given | IL | HDFA | 8 | 15 | 63 | WAFA | 7 | 3 | 45 | - | GR |
| 1900 | Not given | Other | Combined Fremantle | 12 | 12 | 84 | Combined Perth | 3 | 11 | 29 | Lee and Harrison describe this as an 'annual Test match'. | SFS1 |
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