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1915 VFL season
19th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 1915 VFL season was the 19th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 24 April to 18 September, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1915 VFL premiership season | |
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![]() Carlton 1915 VFL premiership team | |
Date | 24 April—18 September 1915 |
Teams | 9 |
Premiers | Carlton 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Collingwood 4th minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Jimmy Freake (Fitzroy) 65 goals |
Matches played | 76 |
Carlton won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by 33 points in the 1915 VFL grand final; it was Carlton's second consecutive premiership and fifth VFL premiership overall. Collingwood won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 14–2 win–loss record. Fitzroy's Jimmy Freake won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.