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1878 VFA season
The 1878 VFA season was the second season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria.
Like the 1877 season, the existence of the VFA 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.
The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club, after it defeated Melbourne in a playoff match on 5 October. It was the club's first VFA premiership, and the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880. Geelong was unbeaten during the year.
The number of senior metropolitan clubs in the Association increased from five to seven in 1878, with Essendon and West Melbourne being newly promoted to senior ranks for 1878, having been leading junior teams in 1877.
Additionally, several provincial teams, including premiers Geelong, competed as senior clubs affiliated with the Association.
Among the metropolitan clubs, Melbourne had the best record, finishing with eleven wins and five draws from its twenty-three matches, ahead of Carlton, whose record was seventeen wins and one draw from twenty-four matches.
Despite Carlton having a superior record, at the time, Melbourne and Carlton were considered to be by far the strongest of the metropolitan clubs, with Melbourne's position as the top club based almost entirely on the head-to-head matches between the two clubs, of which Melbourne won all four.
Among the provincial clubs, Geelong was by far the strongest, having gone through the season undefeated with fifteen wins and one draw from sixteen matches. However, Geelong had played only three games against metropolitan clubs (wins against West Melbourne, Carlton and Hotham), while its provincial opponents were not considered as strong as the metropolitan competition.
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1878 VFA season
The 1878 VFA season was the second season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), the highest-level Australian rules football competition in the colony of Victoria.
Like the 1877 season, the existence of the VFA 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.
The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club, after it defeated Melbourne in a playoff match on 5 October. It was the club's first VFA premiership, and the first in a sequence of three consecutive premierships won from 1878 to 1880. Geelong was unbeaten during the year.
The number of senior metropolitan clubs in the Association increased from five to seven in 1878, with Essendon and West Melbourne being newly promoted to senior ranks for 1878, having been leading junior teams in 1877.
Additionally, several provincial teams, including premiers Geelong, competed as senior clubs affiliated with the Association.
Among the metropolitan clubs, Melbourne had the best record, finishing with eleven wins and five draws from its twenty-three matches, ahead of Carlton, whose record was seventeen wins and one draw from twenty-four matches.
Despite Carlton having a superior record, at the time, Melbourne and Carlton were considered to be by far the strongest of the metropolitan clubs, with Melbourne's position as the top club based almost entirely on the head-to-head matches between the two clubs, of which Melbourne won all four.
Among the provincial clubs, Geelong was by far the strongest, having gone through the season undefeated with fifteen wins and one draw from sixteen matches. However, Geelong had played only three games against metropolitan clubs (wins against West Melbourne, Carlton and Hotham), while its provincial opponents were not considered as strong as the metropolitan competition.