1901 VFA season

The 1901 VFA season was the 25th season of the Victorian Football Association, an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club for the second time in the club's history.

1901 VFA premiership season
Port Melbourne, premiers
Teams	9
Premiers	Port Melbourne 2nd premiership
← 1900 1902 →

Ladder

The premiership was decided on the basis of the best record across sixteen rostered matches, with each club playing the others twice; in the event of a tie for first place, a playoff match would have been held to determine the premiership.

Richmond led the ladder for most of the season, but a couple of losses in the latter part of the season meant that Richmond and Port Melbourne were level with records of 12–3 entering the final week of matches. On the final Saturday, Port Melbourne 7.12 (54) defeated Prahran 3.5 (23), and Richmond 2.2 (14) was defeated by North Melbourne 4.8 (32), resulting in Port Melbourne winning the premiership without the need for a playoff.^[1]

1901 VFA ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pts
1	Port Melbourne (P)	16	13	3	0	676	480	52
2	Richmond	16	12	4	0	681	428	48
3	North Melbourne	16	11	4	1	685	527	46
4	Williamstown	16	7	8	1	621	595	30
5	Prahran	16	7	9	0	665	659	28
6	Footscray	16	7	9	0	609	620	28
7	Essendon Town	16	7	9	0	479	606	28
8	Brunswick	16	6	10	0	619	706	24
9	West Melbourne	16	1	15	0	369	774	4

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Notable events

• Mr James Hall, president of the Williamstown Football Club, was elected VFA president in April 1901;^[2] he served in the role until 1903.^[3] Hall replaced previous president Cr Theodore Fink, MLA.

See also

• Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History (1877-2008)
• List of VFA/VFL Premiers (1877-2007)