1877 VFA season

1877 VFA season
Overview
Date19 May – 6 October 1877
PremiersCarlton
1st premiership
Leading goalkickerCharles Baker
(Melbourne – 14 goals)

The 1877 VFA season was the inaugural season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria. It was the first season in which football in Victoria was run under a properly constituted administrative body.

The VFA was formed with the view to governing the sport via a collective body, made up of delegates representing the clubs. Although the formation was a significant step in the organisation of football, it was effectively an administrative change only, and there was no significant change to the manner in which matches were scheduled and played – or the premiership decided – compared to the unaffiliated 1876 season.

Carlton won the inaugural VFA premiership after finishing the season with 14 wins from its 21 matches.

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