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1913 VFL season
17th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1913 VFL season was the 17th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 26 April to 27 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1913 VFL premiership season | |
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![]() Fitzroy 1913 VFL premiership team | |
Date | 26 April—27 September 1913 |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Fitzroy 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Fitzroy 4th minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Roy Park (University) 53 goals |
Matches played | 94 |
Fitzroy won the premiership, defeating St Kilda by 13 points in the 1913 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's fifth VFL premiership. Fitzroy also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 16–2 win–loss record. University's Roy Park won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.