| | 3.9 (27) | | 7.18 (60) | MCG | 2 September 1905 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 8.6 (54) | | 12.12 (84) | Junction Oval | 2 September 1905 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.8 (68) | | 9.12 (66) | Corio Oval | 2 September 1905 Sectional Round 3 (Round 17) |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 5.8 (38) | | 18.17 (125) | MCG | 9 September 1905 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 17.16 (118) | | 5.10 (40) | Victoria Park | 9 September 1905 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.13 (37) | | 11.14 (80) | EMCG | 9 September 1905 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.15 (87) | | 3.9 (27) | Junction Oval | 9 September 1905 Ladder Semi finals First Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | Attendance |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.7 (79) | | 4.12 (36) | Princes Park | 16 September 1905 | 14,000 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Second Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | Attendance |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 4.6 (30) | | 11.10 (76) | MCG | 16 September 1905 | 14,000 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Preliminary final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | Attendance |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.6 (72) | | 6.9 (45) | MCG | 23 September 1905 | 30,000 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Grand final Fitzroy defeated Collingwood 4.6 (30) to 2.5 (17). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). Awards The 1905 VFL Premiership team was Fitzroy. The VFL's leading goalkicker was Charlie Pannam of Collingwood with 38 goals. Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1905. Notable events Collingwood used only 24 players to play its nineteen games – the smallest number of players to represent one club in a VFL/AFL season. Australasian Football Council formed. VFL decides to pay field umpires 30 shillings per match, and boundary umpires 7 shillings per match (approx $75.00 and $20.00 in 2008 buying power). References Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. Rogers, S. & Brown, A.,