The 1877 St Kilda Football Club season was the inaugural season in the club's history competing in the 1877 VFA season.[1]
| 1877 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Home ground | Alpaca Paddock | ||
| VFA | 5th | ||
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Background
editThe 1877 Victorian Football Association season was the first in which the Australian rules football competition in Victoria was run under a properly constituted administrative body; which was formed with the view to governing the sport via a collective body, made up of delegates representing the clubs.[2]
The association was made up of five inaugural metropolitan senior clubs (St Kilda being one of them), and a number of provincial senior teams from across the state.[3]
VFA season
editLeague table
editThe VFA did not officially endorse a system of ranking the clubs until the 1888 season.[4]
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton (P) | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 56 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2 | Melbourne | 23 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 21 | |||||||||
| 3 | Hotham | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 27 | 16 | |||||||||
| 4 | Albert Park | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | St Kilda | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 35 | |||||||||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers | Source:[5] | |||||||||||||||
Matches
editOnly matches not played at odds between the affiliated senior metropolitan and provincial clubs are listed. Matches were also played in halves, not quarters.[4]
| 2 2 June 1877 | St Kilda 
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1–1 |  Albert Park
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Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| 1 1 |
Summary | 1 1 |
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| 6 30 June 1877 | St Kilda
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0–4 |  Melbourne
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Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| 0 0 |
Summary | 0 4 |
Attendance: 700
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| 9 14 July 1877 | Geelong 
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2–0 | St Kilda
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Argyle Square Ground, Geelong | |
| 2 2 |
Summary | 0 0 |
Attendance: 1,500
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| 10 21 July 1877 | St Kilda
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0–7 |  Carlton
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Alpaca Paddock, St Kilda | |
| Summary |
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| 17 8 September 1877 | Carlton
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3–0 | St Kilda
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Madeline Street Reserve, Carlton | |
| 3 3 |
Summary | 0 0 |
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| 19 22 September 1877 | Melbourne
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6–0 | St Kilda
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Melbourne Football Ground, Richmond | |
| 2 6 |
Summary | 0 0 |
Attendance: 2,000
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References
edit- ^ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/143270959
- ^ Peter Pindar (12 May 1877). "Football Gossip". The Australasian. Vol. XXII, no. 580. Melbourne, VIC. p. 588.
- ^ Nomad (9 July 1877). "Football Notes". Leader. Melbourne, VIC. p. 12.
- ^ a b "VFA Season 1877".
- ^ Peter Pindar (13 October 1877). "The Football Season of 1877 – Part 1". The Australasian. Vol. XXIII, no. 602. Melbourne, VIC. p. 461.