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1919 VJFL season

The 1919 VJFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

1919 VJFL season
3 May – 11 October 1919
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Collingwood District 1st premiership
Collingwood District 1st minor premiership

The 1919 VJFL season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Collingwood District won the first grand final, finishing the season undefeated.

The Victorian Junior Football League was established to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the VFL senior clubs into a single competition – at this time, junior was the term used for open age football of a lower standard than senior football, rather than for under age football. The league was intended to bring a junior club affiliated with each of the Victorian Football League (VFL) senior clubs into a single competition, and to adopt the same district eligibility scheme which the VFL had introduced in 1916. Player permit rules allowed for automatic transfers between the junior and senior clubs until July, allowing the juniors to serve as second eighteens for the seniors. The junior and senior clubs shared a home ground, with the juniors playing home when the seniors played away.

For the inaugural season, four existing junior clubs – the Fitzroy Juniors, Collingwood District (also known as Collingwood Juniors) and Leopold (affiliated with South Melbourne) and Caulfield (affiliated with Melbourne) – initially crossed to the new league from the Metropolitan Amateur Association; West Melbourne was affiliated with Essendon; and new junior clubs were formed in Carlton, Richmond and St Kilda. University, which had left the VFL senior competition after 1914, also entered a stand-alone junior team in the competition.

Shortly before the season, Caulfield withdrew, and a second University team was quickly arranged to take its place for the 1919 season. As was the case in the seniors, once the home-and-away season had finished, the VJFL premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

A number of practice matches were held before the start of the season, including against several Victorian Football Association clubs.

Column 1Column 2Column 3Column 4Column 5Column 6
Saturday, 5 AprilRichmond 11.8 (74)def.Camberwell 3.6 (24)
Saturday, 12 AprilHawthornvRichmondSt James Park
Saturday, 19 AprilRichmondvRichmond (seniors)Richmond City Reserve
Monday, 21 AprilBallarat Association 9.14 (68)def. byCarlton District 12.25 (97)Eastern Oval
Saturday, 26 AprilPrahran 6.10 (46)def. byRichmond 7.5 (47)Toorak Park
Saturday, 26 April (3:30 pm)CarltonvCarlton District
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Saturday, 3 MayFitzroy Juniors 6.6 (42)def. byCarlton District 9.9 (63)Fitzroy Cricket Ground
Saturday, 3 MayWest Melbourne 7.9 (51)def.Richmond 4.8 (32)East Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 10 MayCarlton District 10.6 (66)def.West Melbourne 5.14 (44)
Saturday, 10 MayRichmond 6.10 (46)def. byUniversity A 14.15 (99)Richmond Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 17 MayRichmond 6.10 (46)def. byUniversity B 15.11 (101)Richmond Cricket Ground
ByeCarlton District
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Saturday, 24 MayUniversity A 8.8 (56)def.Carlton District 6.10 (46)University Oval
Saturday, 24 MayCollingwood District 9.20 (74)def.Richmond 3.5 (23)Victoria Park
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Saturday, 31 MayUniversity B 13.13 (91)def.Carlton District 4.4 (28)University Oval
Saturday, 31 MayFitzroy Juniors 6.10 (46)def.Richmond 1.10 (16)
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Saturday, 7 JuneCarlton District 6.9 (45)def.St Kilda District 4.12 (36)
Saturday, 7 JuneLeopold 14.10 (94)def.Richmond 1.8 (14)South Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 14 JuneCollingwood District 11.25 (91)def.Carlton District 7.4 (46)Victoria Park
Saturday, 14 JuneRichmond 6.14 (50)def.St Kilda District 4.6 (30)Richmond Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 21 JuneCarlton District 4.16 (40)def. byLeopold 6.15 (51)Princes Park
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Saturday, 28 JuneRichmond 5.14 (55)def. byCarlton District 12.7 (79)Richmond Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 5 JulyCarlton DistrictvFitzroy JuniorsPrinces Park
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Saturday, 12 JulyCollingwood DistrictvLeopold
Saturday, 12 JulySt Kilda DistrictvUniversity B
Saturday, 12 JulyRichmond 5.14 (55)def. byWest Melbourne 12.7 (79)Richmond Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 19 JulyCollingwood District 30.18 (198)def.St Kilda District 3.6 (24)
Saturday, 19 JulyCarlton District 5.12 (42)def. byWest Melbourne 6.12 (48)
Saturday, 19 JulyUniversity A 12.15 (87)def.Richmond 4.10 (34)University Oval
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Saturday, 26 JulyUniversity B 13.10 (88)def.Richmond 8.9 (57)Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 26 JulyCarlton District 5.10 (40)def. byUniversity A 8.11 (59)Princes Park
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Saturday, 9 AugustCarlton District 7.9 (51)def.University B 6.11 (47)Princes Park
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Saturday, 16 AugustSt Kilda District 7.10 (52)def. byCarlton District 8.9 (57)Junction Oval
Saturday, 16 AugustFitzroy Juniors 11.18 (84)def.Richmond 3.6 (24)Fitzroy Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 23 AugustCarlton District 3.5 (23)def. byCollingwood District 10.12 (72)Princes Park
Saturday, 23 AugustRichmond 4.14 (38)def. byLeopold 11.23 (89)Richmond Cricket Ground
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Saturday, 30 AugustSt Kilda District 10.11 (71)def.Richmond 8.11 (59)St Kilda Cricket Ground
Saturday, 30 AugustLeopold 7.13 (55)def.Carlton District 2.8 (20)South Melbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 30 AugustCollingwood District 31.16 (202)def.University B 4.1 (25)
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Saturday, 6 September (1:00 pm)Richmond 6.7 (43)def. byCarlton District 6.14 (50)Richmond Cricket Ground
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1Collingwood District (P)16160064
2University A1644
3Leopold1640
4University B1640
5Fitzroy Juniors1636
6Carlton District1688032
7West Melbourne1620
8St Kilda District168
9Richmond1611504
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Saturday, 27 SeptemberUniversity Adef.University BMelbourne Cricket Ground
Saturday, 27 SeptemberCollingwood Districtdef.Leopold
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Saturday, 4 OctoberLeopolddef.Collingwood District
Under the amended "Argus system", Collingwood District had the right to challenge as the minor premier.
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Saturday, 11 OctoberCollingwood District 6.11 (47)def.University A 4.8 (32)Melbourne Cricket Ground
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