1924 VFL premiership season | |
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Overview | |
Date | 26 April—27 September 1924 |
Teams | 9 |
Premiers | Essendon 6th premiership |
Runners-up | Richmond 2nd runners-up result |
Minor premiers | Essendon 4th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Carji Greeves (Geelong) 7 votes |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Jack Moriarty (Fitzroy) 75 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 78 |
Total attendance | 1,646,273 (21,106 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 40,000 (round 2, Carlton v Essendon) |
Highest (finals) | 44,522 (semi-final, Essendon v Fitzroy) |
The 1924 VFL season was the 28th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 26 April to 27 September, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Essendon won the premiership by finishing atop the finals ladder at the end of the round-robin series with a 2–1 win–loss record and superior percentage to runners-up Richmond; it was Essendon's second consecutive premiership and sixth VFL premiership overall. Essendon also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 11–4–1 win–loss–draw record. Geelong's Carji Greeves won the inaugural Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Fitzroy's Jack Moriarty won the leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.