1923 VJFL season

5th season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL)

1923 VJFL season
Date	5 May – 20 October
Teams	10
Premiers	Geelong 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Richmond 1st minor premiership
← 1922 1924 →

The 1923 VJFL season was the 5th season of the Victorian Junior Football League (VJFL), the Australian rules football competition operating as the second-tier competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Geelong won its first VJFL premiership, defeating Richmond by 26 points. The 18-round home-and-away season began on 5 May and ended on 15 September.^[1]^[2]

Background

Prior to the start of the season, representatives from the VJFL asked the VFL to allow the names of teams to be changed to 'Second Eighteen' − for instance, Carlton District would become Carlton Second Eighteen, and known simply as Carlton.^[3]^[4]

The move was formally approved by the VFL on 27 April, although Collingwood District retained its name.^[5]^[6]

Ladder


Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts
1	Richmond	18	13	5	0	60
2	Collingwood District	18				56
3	Geelong (P)	18				56
4	Essendon	18				44
5	Leopold	18				36
6	Coburg	18				36
7	Carlton	18				32
8	Fitzroy	18				20
9	St Kilda	18				16
10	Melbourne	18				4

Finals series

Grand final


	Grand final
Saturday, 20 October	Geelong 9.12 (66)	def.	Richmond 5.10 (40)	Melbourne Cricket Ground

References

^ "Junior League Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 October 1923. p. 16.
^ "League Seconds". Trove. Sporting Globe.
^ "Name change". The Herald. 5 April 1923. p. 10.
^ "1923 Reserves". Blueseum.
^ "Name change". The Age. 27 April 1923. p. 14.
^ "Collingwood District Football Club". Collingwood Forever.

AFL reserves

Clubs

Final season	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Kangaroos Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Sydney Western Bulldogs
Former	Brisbane Bears Carlton District Coburg Collingwood District Fitzroy Fitzroy Juniors Leopold St Kilda District University A University B West Melbourne