Extracurricular Match Listings: 1906 to 1910

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IIL Interstate inter-league match
IIC Interstate club vs. club match
ILC Interstate league versus club match
IL Inter-league match - same state
IC Club vs. club match - same state
LC League vs. club match - same state
SvL State vs. league
SvC State vs. club
Other Some other category, as described in the 'Comments' box

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KEY TO SOURCES:  
100YO 100 Years On 1893-1993: Centenary Ballarat Football League
ADV 'The Advertiser'
BDT 'Barrier Daily Truth'
CA Champions Of Australia by Max Sayer
CTF A Century Of Tasmanian Football 1879-1979 by Ken Pinchin
GR Gravel Rash: 100 Years Of Goldfields Football by Les Everett
LDT 'Launceston Daily Telegraph'
MER 'The Mercury'
MFC Millicent Football Club official website at http://millicentfc.vcfl.com.au/extra.asp?id=8055&OrgID=1101
MON Men Of Norwood: The Red And Blue Blooded by Mike Coward
MS Max Sayer
NSWAR New South Wales Australian Football League Annual Reports
OBS 'The Observer'
OES Celebrating 100 Years Of Tradition by Jack Lee
RS Ross Smith
SAFPP South Australian Football The Past And The Present 1860-1965 by C.K. Knuckey
SAFS The South Australian Football Story by Bernard Whimpress
SMH 'The Sydney Morning Herald'
TIG Tigerland by Brian Hansen

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ABBREVIATION CHECKLIST:
BFA Ballarat Football Association SAFL South Australian Football League (name changed in 1907)
BFL Ballarat Football League (name changed from above in 1908) STFA Southern Tasmanian Football Association
Barrier Barrier Ranges Football Association (Broken Hill) TFA Tasmanian Football Association
GFA Goldfields Football Association TFL Tasmanian Football League (name from above changed in 1906)
GFL Goldfields Football League (name changed from above in 1908) VFA Victorian Football Association
NTFA Northern Tasmanian Football Association VFL Victorian Football League
NW Coast Combined north-west coastal team (Tasmania) WA Western Australia
NWFU North Western Football Union (Tasmania) WAFA Western Australian Football Association
SA South Australia WAFL Western Australian Football League (name changed from above in 1908)
SA2 South Australian 2nd Team    

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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:-    1906    1907    1908    1909    1910    Non-First Class Games Of Note

Year Venue Category Home Team G B Pts Visiting Team G B Pts Comments Source(s)
1906 Hobart ILC TFL 5 5 35 Fitzroy 6 18 54 The STFA changed its name to the Tasmanian Football League this year and became recognised by the Australian Football Council as the state's official controlling body. CTF
1906 Hobart ILC TFL 5 5 35 Collingwood 16 8 104 CTF
1906 Launceston IL NTFA 7 9 51 TFL 8 21 69 CTF
1906 Hobart IL TFL 10 8 68 NTFA 6 9 45 - CTF
1906 Launceston ILC NTFA 8 9 57 Collingwood 16 14 110  ADV gives Collingwood's score as 16.15 (111). RS, MER, MS, ADV
1906 Launceston Other NTFA 8 12 60 NW Coast 4 6 30 - RS, MER
1906 Melbourne IIC Essendon 4 12 36 Norwood 6 13 49 - SAFS, MS, ADV
1906 Melbourne IIC Fitzroy 8 13 61 Norwood 14 7 91 - SAFS, MS, ADV
1906 Ballarat ILC BFA 8 8 56 Norwood 11 12 78 - MS, ADV
1906 Millicent Other Millicent and District 2 3 15 Port Adelaide 14 15 99 Played at Tantram's Paddock, Millicent. MFC
1906 Sydney SvC New South Wales 8 9 57 North Adelaide 13 10 88 North finished 2nd in the SAFL in 1906. NSWAR
1906 Sydney SvC New South Wales Not given Carlton Not given Carlton won its first VFL flag this year. NSWAR
1906 Melbourne IL VFL 17 13 115 BFA 10 10 70 - 100YO
1906 Ballarat IL BFA 11 7 73 VFL 6 7 43 - 100YO
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1907 Hobart ILC TFL 4 6 30 Melbourne 14 14 98 - CTF
1907 Hobart ILC TFL 8 11 59 St Kilda 17 15 117 - CTF
1907 Hobart IL TFL 10 14 74 NTFA 7 9 51 - CTF, RS
1907 Launceston IL NTFA 6 11 47 TFL 8 13 61 - CTF, RS
1907 Launceston Other NTFA 10 9 69 NW Coast 10 13 73 - RS, MER
1907 Devonport Other NW Coast 9 9 63 NTFA 7 18 60 - RS, MER
1907 Launceston IC City 2 3 15 Lefroy 5 12 42 Unofficial state premiership match.  Results of the official contests, which began in 1909, are recorded in the Chronology. CTF
1907 Fremantle Other Combined Fremantle 7 6 48 Boulder City 8 15 63 GFA club Boulder City, which is believed to be the oldest country football club in WA, was hopeful of arranging a state premiership decider against WAFA premier Perth, but this proved impossible. GR
1907 Perth Other Combined Perth 3 8 26 Boulder City 11 14 80 GR
1907 Fremantle IC East Fremantle 5 3 33 Boulder City 8 9 57 GR
1907 Geelong IC Geelong Not given Richmond Not given Richmond played - and won -this match in defiance of the instructions of the VFA. TIG
1907 Sydney SvC New South Wales 8 9 57 Port Adelaide 5 14 44 Port came 2nd in the SAFL this year. NSWAR
1907 Sydney SvC New South Wales 9 6 60 South Melbourne 9 16 70 South was runner up in this year's VFL. NSWAR
1907 Melbourne IL VFL 25 20 170 BFA 3 7 25 By this stage, the VFL had clearly become much too strong for the BFA, and the 21 game series came to an end, with the score at 12-9 in the VFL's favour. 100YO
1907 Ballarat IL BFA 9 4 58 VFL 3 7 25 100YO
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1908 Launceston IL NTFA 8 19 67 TFL 0 4 4 The TFL's score was an all time low for these contests. CTF
1908 Hobart IL TFL 6 15 51 NTFA 4 9 33 - CTF
1908 Launceston Other NTFA 10 15 75 NW Coast 6 12 48 - RS, MER
1908 Devonport Other NW Coast 9 20 74 NTFA 7 11 53 - RS, MER
1908 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide 8 11 59 Essendon 9 11 65 Port finished 2nd in the SAFL in 1909, and Essendon 3rd in the VFL. CA
1908 Not given Other Combined Perth 10 12 72 Combined Fremantle 4 16 40 - SFS1
1908 Perth Other WA 8 9 57 Next Best 7 9 51 - SFS1
1908 Sydney IIC Balmain Not given Norwood Not given The match was won by Norwood. MON, SAFS
1908 Sydney SvC New South Wales 2 6 18 Norwood 13 9 87 - NSWAR
1908 Sydney SvC New South Wales 7 9 51 Norwood 12 14 86 - NSWAR
1908 Sydney SvC New South Wales 6 8 44 Norwood 12 12 84 - NSWAR
1908 Melbourne IC South Melbourne 17 21 123 South Ballarat 6 5 41 - 100YO
1908 Geelong IC Geelong 15 23 113 Ballarat 6 2 38 - 100YO
1908 Melbourne IC St Kilda 13 12 90 South Ballarat 4 5 29 - 100YO
1908 Ballarat Other BFL 3 8 26 New Zealand 3 9 27 New Zealand was in Victoria to compete at the inaugural interstate championship series. 100YO
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1909 Hobart ILC TFL 2 6 18 Fitzroy 8 25 73 The Roys came 6th in the VFL in 1909. CTF
1909 Hobart IL TFL 15 19 109 NTFA 6 5 41 R.Langford kicked 7 of the TFL's goals. CTF
1909 Launceston IL NTFA 3 8 26 TFL 3 6 24 - CTF
1909 Launceston Other NTFA 19 17 131 NW Coast 14 7 91 - RS, MER
1909 Launceston ILC NTFA 8 6 54 Fitzroy 10 10 70 - RS, MER
1909 Fremantle IC East Fremantle 8 10 58 Boulder City 3 9 27 East Fremantle and West Adelaide both won their respective league premierships in 1909. GR
1909 Adelaide IIC West Adelaide 6 13 49 Boulder City 4 8 32 GR
1909 Melbourne ILC VFL 15 13 103 Boulder City 5 13 43 - GR
1909 Melbourne ILC VFL 12 8 80 East Fremantle 10 12 72 Played as a curtain-raiser to the premiers' match between South Melbourne and West Adelaide. OES
1909 Broken Hill ILC Barrier Not given East Fremantle Not given Won by Barrier. OES
1909 Broken Hill ILC Barrier Not given East Fremantle Not given East Fremantle won by 1 goal. OES
1909 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide 8 16 64 East Fremantle 12 13 75 Port came 2nd in the SAFL this year, while Old Easts won their second WAFL flag in a row. MS, ADV
1909 Sydney SvC New South Wales 7 10 52 South Melbourne 10 19 79 South won its first VFL flag this year.  NSWAR
1909 Sydney SvC New South Wales 12 17 89 Geelong 15 12 102 Geelong won just 3 out of 18 in the VFL in 1909 and came 2nd last. NSWAR
1909 Sydney SvC New South Wales 3 10 28 Collingwood 12 12 84 Collingwood came 3rd in this year's VFL. NSWAR
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1910 Hobart ILC TFL 11 12 78 Norwood 7 15 57 Norwood came 3rd in the SAFL this year. CTF
1910 Hobart ILC TFL 8 7 55 Melbourne 11 6 72 Melbourne finished 9th in the VFL in 1910. CTF
1910 Launceston IL NTFA 8 13 61 TFL 5 7 37 - CTF
1910 Hobart IL TFL 14 12 96 NTFA 6 11 47 - CTF
1910 Hobart IL TFL 8 16 64 NWFU 7 6 48 The NWFU was formed this year. CTF
1910 Launceston IL NTFA 12 12 84 NWFU 11 12 78 - RS, MER
1910 Latrobe IL NWFU 6 7 43 NTFA 12 9 81 - RS, MER
1910 Launceston ILC NTFA 9 9 63 Norwood 5 10 40 - RS, MER
1910 Launceston ILC NTFA 9 5 59 Norwood 9 16 70 - RS, MER
1910 Launceston ILC NTFA 9 9 63 Melbourne 9 14 68 - RS, MER
1910 Kalgoorlie ILC GFL 12 12 84 Port Adelaide 9 13 67 The GFA had changed its name to the GFL in 1908. GR
1910 Fremantle IIC East Fremantle 5 4 34 Port Adelaide 6 10 46 - OES, CA
1910 Perth ILC WAFL 6 12 48 Port Adelaide 6 17 53 - OES, CA
1910 Kalgoorlie IC Boulder City 12 14 86 South Fremantle 9 13 67 - GR
1910 Sydney LC NSWAFL 9 11 65 North Broken Hill 9 8 62 - MS, BDT, SMH
1910 Sydney IC YMCA 5 6 36 North Broken Hill 13 15 93 Some sources describe this match as being for the championship of New South Wales. MS, BDT, SMH, ADV
1910 Adelaide IIC Port Adelaide 14 20 104 North Broken Hill 5 5 35 North Broken Hill were reigning BFA premiers, and would finish 2nd in 1910. MS, BDT, ADV
1910 Horsham IIC Horsham 4 14 38 Sturt 7 6 48 OBs gives Sturt's score as 7.7 (49). MS, ADV, OBS
1910 Sydney SvL New South Wales 13 21 99 Riverina 8 4 52 - NSWAR
1910 Sydney SvC New South Wales 12 7 79 North Adelaide 18 12 120 North Adelaide finished 2nd from last in the SAFL in 1910. NSWAR
1910 Sydney SvC New South Wales 6 6 42 North Adelaide 10 14 74 NSWAR
1910 Sydney SvC New South Wales 11 3 69 Geelong 16 12 108 Geelong finished 5th in the VFL this year. NSWAR
1910 Sydney SvC New South Wales 6 8 44 Fitzroy 6 17 53 Fitzroy came 8th in the VFL in 1910. NSWAR
1910 Sydney SvC New South Wales 6 11 47 Fitzroy 9 14 68 NSWAR
1910 Geelong IC Geelong 8 14 62 Ballarat 2 3 15 - 100YO
1910 Adelaide SvL SA2 19 11 125 BFL 12 12 84 SA's 1st choice team was playing the VFA in Melbourne. 100YO
1910 Broken Hill IIL Barrier 12 12 84 BFL 14 4 88 - 100YO
1910 Broken Hill IIL Barrier 16 13 109 BFL 6 8 44 - 100YO
1910 Broken Hill ILC South Broken Hill 7 8 50 BFL 10 9 69 - 100YO
1910 Ballarat ILC BFL 12 16 88 North Broken Hill 10 15 75 - 100YO
1910 Ballarat ILC BFL 12 7 79 Sturt 13 19 97 ADV gives the Sturt score as 13.16 (94). 100YO, MS, ADV
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Non-First Class Games Of Note
1907 Launceston ILC NTFA 7 16 58 St Kilda 9 17 71 St Kilda player Chris Bant swapped teams and played for the NTFA after half time. RS, LDT

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