The 1913 VFA season was the 37th season of the

Victorian Football Association The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...

(VFA), an

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competition played in the state of Victoria. The season began on 26 April and concluded on 6 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season, followed by a three-week finals series. The premiership was won by the

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, after it defeated by one point in the 1913 VFA Final. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership.

Home-and-away season

The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended ''Argus'' system to determine the premiers for the season.

Round 1

Round 2

Ladder

Finals

Semi-finals

Final

Notable events

* On June 9, Melbourne City lost to

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despite having thirteen more scoring shots, by the score 4.24 (48) def. by 8.7 (55). The seven-point loss was the closest Melbourne City came to winning a match in its two years in the Association.

References

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