1900 VFL season
The 1900 VFL season was the fourth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 5 May until 22 September, and comprised a 14-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the first time, after it defeated by four points in the 1900 VFL Grand Final on 22 September. Premiership season. In 1900, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the -field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match. Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds. Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1900 VFL "Premiers" were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System. Round 3 (rescheduled). The postponed games from Round 3 were played on 18 August 1900 – results are included under Round 3 (above ). Win/Loss Table. Bold – Home game X – Bye Opponent for round listed above margin Ladder. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Finals. Section A ladder. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Section B ladder. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Grand final. Melbourne defeated Fitzroy 4.10 (34) to 3.12 (30). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).