The 1899 VFL season was the third season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs, ran from 13 May until 16 September, and comprised a 14-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring all eight clubs. The premiership was won by the Fitzroy Football Club for the second time and second time consecutively, after it defeated by one point in the 1899 VFL Grand Final. Premiership season In 1899, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves" (although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match). Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds. Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1899 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the 1898 VFL Premiership System. Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Round 9 Round 10 Round 11 Round 12 Round 13 Round 14 Win/Loss table {| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; width:90%" |- valign="top" !valign="middle"| Team ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 ! 4 ! 5 ! 6 ! 7 ! 8 ! 9 ! 10 ! 11 ! 12 ! 13 ! 14 ! SR1 ! SR2 ! SR3 ! GF !valign="middle"| Ladder |- |align="left"| |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|SM-55 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-25 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Melb-26 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Ess-39 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Coll-31 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+2 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-32 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+19 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-30 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Melb-32 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Ess-31 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Coll-16 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+39 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-23 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-1 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Coll-21 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+25 | X | style="text-align:center;"|7 |- |align="left"| |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-27 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Melb-27 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+69 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+7 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+31 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-22 | style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+20 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-41 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+8 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+83 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+3 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+16 | style="background:#cfc;"|Fit+12 |style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+22 |style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+20 |style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+21 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-14 | X | style="text-align:center;"|4 |- |align="left"| |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-38 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+46 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+6 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+39 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-4 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+14 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Coll-20 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-12 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+79 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+16 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+31 | style="background:#cfc;"|Geel+24 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+13 |style="background:#FFCFCF;" |Coll-22 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+98 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-8 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|SM-15 | X | style="text-align:center;"|5 |- |align="left"| | style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+38 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+4 | style="background:#cfc;"|Geel+24 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+23 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Melb-11 | style="background:#cfc;"|Coll+22 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+32 | style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+12 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+33 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Geel-35 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+54 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+8 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Coll-12 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+23 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+1 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+38 | style="background:#cfc;"|Coll+14 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+1 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |- |align="left"| | style="background:#cfc;"|Coll+27 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+25 |style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Fit-24|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Melb-5 | style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+4|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|SM-16 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+47 | style="background:#cfc;"|Coll+41 | style="background:#cfc;"|Carl+30| style="background:#cfc;"|Fit+35 | style="background:#cfc;"|Melb+14|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|Ess-24 | style="background:#cfc;"|SM+27| style="background:#cfc;"|StK+117|style="background:#FFCFCF;"|SM-3| style="background:#cfc;"|Ess+8 | style="background:#cfc;"|StK+161| X