1914 VFL premiership season | |
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Date | 25 April—26 September 1914 |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Carlton 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 5th minor premiership |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Dick Lee (Collingwood) 57 goals |
Matches played | 94 |
The 1914 VFL season was the 18th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 25 April to 26 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs. It was the last season to feature University, which withdrew from the VFL after seven seasons after its strict policy of amateurism when player payments were becoming common, and its players focusing primarily on their studies, meant that the club could not remain competitive or viable in the league.
Carlton won the premiership, defeating South Melbourne by six points in the 1914 VFL grand final; it was Carlton's fourth VFL premiership. Carlton also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 13–3–2 win–loss–draw record. Collingwood's Dick Lee won his fourth leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.