| 12.9 (81) | Junction Oval | 27 August 1904 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.3 (27) | | 8.11 (59) | Lake Oval | 27 August 1904 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.6 (30) | | 8.5 (53) | Corio Oval | 27 August 1904 Sectional Round 3 (Round 17) |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.11 (107) | | 7.7 (49) | Princes Park | 3 September 1904 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.10 (40) | | 7.9 (51) | MCG | 3 September 1904 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.9 (87) | | 4.2 (26) | EMCG | 3 September 1904 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 3.4 (22) | | 6.8 (44) | Corio Oval | 3 September 1904 Ladder Semi finals First Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | Attendance |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 6.7 (43) | | 6.4 (40) | Victoria Park | 10 September 1904 | 16,000 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Second Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | Attendance |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.7 (61) | | 7.8 (50) | MCG | 10 September 1904 | 25,000 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Grand final Fitzroy defeated Carlton 9.7 (61) to 5.7 (37). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). Awards The 1904 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy. The VFL's leading goalkicker was Vince Coutie of Melbourne with 39 goals. St Kilda took the "wooden spoon" in 1904. Notable events The final home-and-away match between South Melbourne and Fitzroy at the Lake Oval was a torrid affair. Billy McGee of South Melbourne and Harry Clarke of Fitzroy were each suspended for three matches, while South Melbourne's Billy Gent ran amok during the match, charging at players and was reported on three striking charges; Gent was suspended for the remainder of 1904 and all of 1905 (20 matches). After the drawn match between Geelong and Carlton at Corio Oval on 9 July 1904, a spectator is arrested for attacking the field umpire, Henry "Ivo" Crapp. The VFL introduces boundary umpires. In round four, Essendon plays Melbourne in Sydney in front of only 6,000 spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground, loses to Melbourne, takes