Extracurricular Match Listings: 1901 to 1905

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IIL Interstate inter-league match
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LC League vs. club match - same state
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KEY TO SOURCES:  
100YO 100 Years On 1893-1993: Centenary Ballarat Football League
ADV 'The Advertiser'
AGE 'The Age'
ARG 'The Argus'
BM 'Barrier Miner'
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CSAFL The Complete Story Of The AFL by John Ross (ed.)
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
DE Dave Eastman
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
MER 'The Mercury'
MON Men Of Norwood: The Red And Blue Blooded by Mike Coward
MS Max Sayer
NSWAR New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports
RS Ross Smith
SFS1 The South Fremantle Story 1900-1975 Volume 1 by Frank Harrison and Jack Lee
TIG Tigerland by Brian Hansen
TR 'Traralgon Record'

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BdFA Bendigo Football Association STFA Southern Tasmanian Football Association
BFA Ballarat Football Association TFL Tasmanian Football League
Barrier Barrier Ranges Football Association (Broken Hill) VFA Victorian Football Association
GFA Goldfields Football Association VFL Victorian Football League
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association WA Western Australia
SA South Australia WAFA Western Australian Football Association
SAFA South Australian Football Association    

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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:-    1901    1902    1903    1904    1905 

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1901 Hobart ILC STFA 5 5 35 Fitzroy 16 12 108 Fitzroy finished 4th in the VFL in 1901. CTF
1901 Hobart ILC STFA 5 11 41 Fitzroy 8 16 64 CTF
1901 Launceston ILC NTFA 3 0 18 Fitzroy 13 18 96 RS, MER
1901 Perth IL WAFA 4 8 32 GFA 8 9 57 The HDFA changed its name to the GFA in 1901. GR
1901 Perth IL WAFA 13 9 87 GFA 10 1 61 GR
1901 Not given Other Combined Fremantle 8 10 58 Combined Perth 8 6 54 - SFS1
1901 Ballarat IL BFA 6 9 45 VFL 10 10 70 - 100YO
1901 Melbourne IL VFL 9 11 65 BFA 7 15 57 - 100YO
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1902 Hobart ILC STFA 8 11 49 Collingwood 17 17 119 - RS, MER
1902 Hobart ILC STFA 7 15 57 Essendon 8 8 56 Essendon champion Albert Thurgood did not play in this match. RS, MER
1902 Hobart ILC STFA 10 5 65 Essendon 14 18 102 Thurgood played on this occasion and booted 6 goals. RS, MER
1902 Hobart IL STFA 12 18 90 NTFA 7 6 48 - CTF
1902 Launceston IL NTFA 6 8 44 STFA 3 9 27 - CTF
1902 Melbourne IL VFL 16 13 109 BFA 6 10 46 VFL players in these games included Vince Couttie, Percy Trotter, 'Dookie' McKenzie, Harvey Kelly and Fred Leach. 100YO
1902 Ballarat IL BFA 6 15 51 VFL 7 7 49 100YO
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1903 Launceston ILC NTFA 3 5 23 South Melbourne 9 18 72 A scheduled game against the STFA was cancelled following a smallpox outbreak in Hobart. RS, MER, CTF
1903 Launceston IL NTFA 3 3 21 STFA 5 15 45 The smallpox outbreak caused the cancellation of the return match in Hobart. CTF
1903 Kalgoorlie LC GFA 4 8 32 East Fremantle 6 10 46 East Fremantle also played Railways for the inaugural state premiership on this tour.  Results of all such matches are listed in the Chronology. GR
1903 Kalgoorlie IC Mines Rovers 6 10 46 East Fremantle 4 12 36 GR
1903 Not given Other Combined Fremantle 11 13 69 Combined Perth 6 9 45 - SFS1
1903 Geelong IC Geelong 11 9 75 Richmond 1 5 11 - TIG
1903 Melbourne IC Collingwood 7 15 57 Richmond 4 4 28 This was the first ever challenge match between the reigning (i.e. 1902 in this instance) premiers of the VFL (Collingwood) and VFA. TIG
1903 Sydney SvC New South Wales 7 5 47 Fitzroy 8 22 70 Fitzroy came 2nd to Collingwood in the VFL this year. NSWAR
1903 Sydney SvC New South Wales 6 13 49 Carlton 9 15 69 Carlton finished 3rd in the VFL in 1903. NSWAR
1903 Ballarat IL BFA 12 11 83 VFL 17 7 109 - 100YO
1903 Melbourne IL VFL 11 14 80 BFA 6 12 48 With this win, the VFL moved ahead in the series (7-6) for the first time. 100YO
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1904 Launceston IL NTFA 7 2 44 STFA 13 23 101 - CTF
1904 Hobart IL STFA 5 13 43 NTFA 4 9 33 - CTF
1904 Perth LC WAFA 9 14 68 Kalgoorlie Railways 13 10 88 Ted Rowell kicked 7 goals for the victors. GR
1904 Adelaide IIC Norwood 8 8 56 Carlton 11 13 79 Norwood was the SAFA premier, and Carlton the VFL runner-up. CA
1904 Perth Other WA 13 14 92 Next Best 3 12 30 WA played its first ever interstate matches in 1904. SFS1
1904 Perth Other WA Locals 6 4 40 Visitors 9 7 61 Locals were WA born; visitors were born outside WA. SFS1
1904 Melbourne IL VFL 13 16 94 BFA 8 14 62 - 100YO
1904 Ballarat IL BFA 9 8 62 VFL 6 10 46 - 100YO
1904 Broken Hill ILC Barrier Not given Port Adelaide Not given Won by the Barrier representative team. BM
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1905 Launceston ILC NTFA 8 10 58 Essendon 11 15 81 The Same Old came 4th in the VFL in 1905.  The first match against the STFA attracted a crowd of 3,000, including "an unusually large number of ladies".  The second match, watched by 2,000, was played midweek. RS, MER
1905 Hobart ILC STFA 6 16 52 Essendon 9 11 65 RS, MER
1905 Hobart ILC STFA 4 5 29 Essendon 13 12 90 CTF, MS, ADV
1905 Hobart IL STFA 9 9 63 NTFA 9 7 61 - CTF
1905 Launceston IL NTFA 6 13 49 STFA 6 7 43 - CTF
1905 Geelong IC Geelong 5 11 41 Ballarat 2 3 15 - 100YO
1905 Traralgon LC Traralgon District 5 7 37 Melbourne 10 14 74 - CSAFL, TR, AGE, ARG, DE
1905 Bendigo LC BdFA 10 9 69 Fitzroy 11 12 78 - CSAFL
1905 Melbourne IL VFL Juniors 9 12 66 BFA Juniors 8 9 57 Both matches played at the MCG on the same afternoon. DE/AGE
1905 Melbourne IL VFL 15 20 110 BFA 4 5 29 100YO
1905 Ballarat IL BFA 10 12 72 VFL 7 10 52 - 100YO
1905 Broken Hill ILC Barrier Not given Port Adelaide Not given Won by the Barrier representative team. BM
1905 Broken Hill ILC Barrier 2 9 21 Collingwood 7 7 49 The Magpies came 2nd in the VFL this year. MS, ADV, BM
1905 Adelaide IIC Norwood 6 10 46 Collingwood 9 13 67 Norwood finished 3rd on the SAFL ladder. MS, ADV
1905 Sydney IC Fitzroy 9 10 64 South Melbourne 8 9 57 Played at the SCG. DE/AGE
1905 Sydney Other New South Wales 2 18 12 120 Rest 9 9 63 Played at Erskinville Oval.  The senior NSW team met the VFL in Melbourne the same day. DE/AGE

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