1924 Finals System
For the 1924 season only, the VFL reverted to a round-robin finals format similar to the format used in 1897, but including the Minor Premiers' right to challenge and using percentage as a tie-breaker. At the end of the home-and-away season, the top four teams qualified for the finals tournament.
The finals were played over three weeks (with a provision for a fourth week), under the fixture:
- Week one: 1st vs 3rd; 2nd vs 4th
- Week two: 1st vs 2nd; 3rd vs 4th
- Week three: 1st vs 4th; 2nd vs 3rd
At the conclusion of the first three weeks, if the Minor Premier had finished on top of the round-robin ladder, then that team automatically won the Major Premiership, but if another team won the round-robin competition, then the finals progressed to Week Four.
- Week Four: the Grand Final was played between Minor Premier vs 1st Round robin
The winner of this match became the Major Premier for the season.
As in 1897, no Grand Final was ultimately required in this season.
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