1905 VFL premiership season | |
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Date | 6 May—30 September 1905 |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Fitzroy 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | Collingwood 3rd minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Charlie Pannam (Collingwood) 38 goals |
Matches played | 72 |
The 1905 VFL season was the ninth season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 6 May to 30 September, comprising a 17-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Fitzroy won the premiership, defeating Collingwood by 13 points in the 1905 VFL grand final; it was Fitzroy's second consecutive premiership and fourth VFL premiership overall. Collingwood won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–2 win–loss record. Collingwood's Charlie Pannam won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.