page_title: 1871 Victorian football season
section_title: 1871 season
hierarchical_section_title: 1871 Victorian football season / 1871 season
caption_attribution_description: English: Players of Carlton FC, the text says "Season 1871 - Winners of the South Yarra Presentation Cup". From left to right top row; W. 'Bill' Newing, W. Dedman, F. Goodall, J. A. Clark (J. E. Clarke?), W. Johnson*. J. Ellis, J. MacGibbon, H. Guy, J. Robertson, O. T. L. O'Brien. J. Dobson*, J. Walls (Vice president), A. McHarg (Committee), W. Robertson (Vice president), F. Gillman*. T. Aram*, J. A. Donovan, G. Coppin (President), J. Conway, J. S. Dismorr? Harry Bannister, S. Wallace, T. P. Power (Sec/Treasurer), A. Blanchard, G. Kennedy. J. Williams, T. Gorman, W. Williams. Frank Hillsden.
context_page_description: The 1871 Victorian football season was an Australian rules football competition played during the winter of 1871. The season consisted of matches between football clubs in the colony of Victoria. The Carlton Football Club was the premier club for the season.
context_section_description: Four clubs participated in senior football during the 1870 season: Albert-park, Carlton, Melbourne and South Yarra.
  The formal practice of senior clubs playing matches at odds against junior clubs was established during the season. In matches played at odds, the senior team fielded fifteen players and the junior team fielded twenty players. Matches played at odds were quite competitive: the premier club Carlton was unbeaten at even strength against senior clubs, but lost two of five matches played at odds. Three metropolitan junior clubs – Collingwood, Richmond and Carlton United – played against the senior clubs during the year. Senior clubs also played matches against provincial clubs Ballarat (at odds) and Geelong (even strength) during the year.
  During the 1871 season, the senior clubs competed in specific matches for the Challenge Cup; and, separately, a premier team was selected based on all matches during the season, including Challenge Cup matches.
caption: Carlton, winning team of both competitions, club season and Challenge Cup
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