1887 Victorian football season

The 1887 Victorian football season was the 18th senior season of Australian rules football in the colony of Victoria.^[1]

1887 Victorian football season
Date	1 May – 2 October 1886
← 1886 1888 →

Clubs

Founded

Club	League	Ref
Frankston		[2]

Name changes

Former	New	League	Ref
Hawthorn Juniors	Riversdale	VJFA	[3]

VFA

Main article: 1887 VFA season

Carlton won the Victorian Football Association (VFA) premiership for the second time, after finishing the season with 15 wins from its 18 matches.^[4] It was the club's last VFA premiership.^[5]

VJFA

1887 VJFA season
Premiers	North Park 2nd premiership
← 1886 1888 →

The 1887 VJFA season was the fifth season of the Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA).^[a] North Park won the premiership for the second time, as part of a sequence of five premierships won by the club between 1886 and 1890.^[7][8]

The third-rate junior premiership was won by Capel United.^[9] Vaucluse also claimed the premiership and Victory was considered one of the best-performing clubs of the 1887 season.^[10][11]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	North Park (P)	16	14	0	2	47	9
	Camberwell
	Footscray Excelsior
	Kew
	Lilydale
	Riversdale
	South St Kilda
	Union Jack
	Werribee Juniors

Source:^[12][13][14]
(P) Premiers

Ballarat District

Ballarat was the premier club in the Ballarat District competition.^[15][16] The premiers in the second-rate junior competition was disputed, with Soldiers Hill Imperial and Wanderers both claiming the title.^[17][18][19]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	Ballarat (P)	13	5	6	2	49	43
2	Ballarat Imperial	13	6	4	3	52	44
	South Ballarat	10	3	2	5	50	40

Source:^[20]
(P) Premiers

Sandhurst

1887 SFA season
Premiers	Eaglehawk 4th premiership
← 1886 1888 →

The 1887 SFA season was the seventh season of the Sandhurst Football Association (SFA).^[21]

The official history of the Bendigo Football Netball League lists Eaglehawk as winning the premiership for the fourth time and for the second consecutive season.^[22] However, contemporary news reports state Bendigo was awarded the premiership following a meeting of SFA club representatives, which included a representative from Eaglehawk.^[23][24]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	Eaglehawk (P)
2	Bendigo
3	Sandhurst

Source:^[23]
(P) Premiers

Upper Murray and Mitta District

Tallangatta was the premier club in the Upper Murray and Mitta District competition, after finishing the season with six wins from its seven matches.^[25][26]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA
1	Tallangatta (P)	7	6	1	0	17	8
2	Granya	2	0	2	0	0	4
3	Mitta Mitta	2	0	2	0	1	6
4	Granya Juniors	3	2	0	1
	Bethanga
	Bungil

Source:^[25][27]
(P) Premiers

Notes

1. At the time, the term "junior" was used to describe open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than under age football.^[6]