1881 VFA season

1881 VFA season
Overview
Date30 April – 1 October 1881
Teams7
PremiersSouth Melbourne
1st premiership
Leading goalkickerEddy Brookes
(Carlton − 20 goals)

The 1881 VFA season was the fifth season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria.

South Melbourne won the premiership for the first time, after finishing the season with seven wins from its eleven senior matches.