Early VFL Final Systems
Throughout its history, the Victorian Football League (known since 1990 as the Australian Football League) has used a number of finals systems, to determine the season's premiership team. The perceived need for a structured finals system was one of the most important reasons why eight senior clubs broke away from the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1896, and formed the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 1897. Between 1897 and 1930, a variety of different finals systems were used by the league. It was not until the adoption of the now well-known Page-McIntyre System in 1931 that there was stability in the structure of the league's finals system.
Read more about Early VFL Final Systems: Second Finals System (1898–1900), 1924 Finals System, Page-McIntyre System (after 1931)
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