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{{Short description|Eleventh season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox VFL season
| year              = 1907
| image             = Carlton premiers 1907.jpg
| imagesize         = 258px
| caption           = {{AFL Car}} 1907 VFL premiership team
| date              = 27 April – 21 September 1907
| teams             = 8
| premiers          = {{AFL Car}}
| premcount         = 2
| minorpremiers     = {{AFL Car}}
| mpcount           = 2
| leadinggoalkicker = [[Dick Lee (Australian footballer)|Dick Lee]] ({{AFL Col}})
| goals             = 47
| matches           = 71
| prevseason        = {{coloured link|white|1906 VFL season|1906}}
| nextseason        = {{coloured link|white|1908 VFL season|1908}}
}}

The '''1907 VFL season''' was the eleventh season of the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]] (VFL), the highest-level senior [[Australian rules football]] competition in Victoria. The season featured eight clubs and ran from 27 April to 21 September, comprising a 17-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week [[Argus finals system#Second amended Argus system|finals series]] featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Car}} won the [[List of VFL/AFL premiers|premiership]], defeating {{AFL SM}} by five points in the [[1907 VFL grand final]]; it was Carlton's second (consecutive and overall) VFL premiership. Carlton also won its second consecutive [[List of VFL/AFL minor premiers|minor premiership]] by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 13–4 win–loss record. {{AFL Col}}'s [[Dick Lee (Australian footballer)|Dick Lee]] won the [[Coleman Medal|leading goalkicker medal]] as the league's leading goalkicker.

==Background==
In 1907, 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. Then, based on ladder positions after those 14 rounds, three further 'sectional rounds' were played, with the teams ranked 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th playing in one section and the teams ranked 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th playing in the other. 

Once the 17 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1907 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the [[Second amended Argus system|amended "''Argus'' system"]].

==Home-and-away season==

===Round 1===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Ess}}'''
| '''14.15 (99)'''
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 9.2 (56)
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 27 April 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''6.11 (47)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.9 (39)
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 27 April 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 4.6 (30)
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''8.8 (56)'''
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 27 April 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 6.5 (41)
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''9.6 (60)'''
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 27 April 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 2===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Fit}}'''
| '''7.15 (57)'''
| {{AFL SM}}
| 7.5 (47)
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 4 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 5.11 (41)
| '''{{AFL Ess}}'''
| '''6.12 (48)'''
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 4 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''8.14 (62)'''
| {{AFL Col}}
| 8.6 (54)
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 4 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 3.9 (27)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''8.14 (62)'''
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 4 May 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 3===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 9.10 (64)
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''12.5 (77)'''
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 11 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''9.13 (67)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 5.7 (37)
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 11 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''9.12 (66)'''
| {{AFL Col}}
| 5.8 (38)
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 11 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 7.5 (47)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''12.14 (86)'''
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 11 May 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 4===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 7.4 (46)
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''11.16 (82)'''
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 18 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 6.8 (44)
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''6.11 (47)'''
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 18 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 4.10 (34)
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''6.10 (46)'''
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 18 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''10.17 (77)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 3.7 (25)
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 18 May 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 5===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''9.5 (59)'''
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 7.9 (51)
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 25 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 5.16 (46)
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''9.7 (61)'''
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 25 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''13.9 (87)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 9.10 (64)
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 25 May 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 5.8 (38)
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''6.11 (47)'''
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 25 May 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 6===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 7.9 (51)
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''15.18 (108)'''
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 1 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 4.6 (30)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''4.17 (41)'''
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 1 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''6.9 (45)'''
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 4.9 (33)
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 3 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Fit}}'''
| '''10.7 (67)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 4.12 (36)
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 3 June 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 7===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL StK}}
| 4.8 (32)
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''7.2 (44)'''
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 15 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''15.14 (104)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 7.8 (50)
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 15 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''8.7 (55)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 6.11 (47)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 15 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 3.14 (32)
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''5.8 (38)'''
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 15 June 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 8===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''7.10 (52)'''
| {{AFL SM}}
| 5.10 (40)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 22 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''7.11 (53)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 3.10 (28)
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 22 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 11.3 (69)
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''11.12 (78)'''
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 22 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL StK}}
| 3.15 (33)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''8.14 (62)'''
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 22 June 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 9===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Ess}}'''
| '''5.13 (43)'''
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 3.10 (28)
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 29 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''9.13 (67)'''
| {{AFL StK}}
| 7.10 (52)
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 29 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 5.9 (39)
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''7.4 (46)'''
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 29 June 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 6.8 (44)
| '''{{AFL Fit}}'''
| '''7.10 (52)'''
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 29 June 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 10===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 5.7 (37)
| '''{{AFL StK}}'''
| '''9.11 (65)'''
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 6 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''8.9 (57)'''
| {{AFL SM}}
| 7.8 (50)
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 6 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''9.16 (70)'''
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 8.6 (54)
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 6 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''10.11 (71)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 4.8 (32)
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 6 July 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 11===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL StK}}
| 6.18 (54)
| '''{{AFL Gee}}'''
| '''9.5 (59)'''
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 13 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''8.11 (59)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 6.11 (47)
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 13 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 2.10 (22)
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''15.11 (101)'''
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 13 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 3.8 (26)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''15.14 (104)'''
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 13 July 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 12===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Fit}}'''
| '''3.7 (25)'''
| {{AFL StK}}
| 3.5 (23)
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 20 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''10.10 (70)'''
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 3.5 (23)
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 20 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''6.13 (49)'''
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 4.10 (34)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 20 July 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 3.9 (27)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''4.12 (36)'''
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 20 July 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 13===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.6 (42)
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''7.8 (50)'''
| [[Corio Oval]]
| 3 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Ess}}'''
| '''8.10 (58)'''
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 3.13 (31)
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 3 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''5.15 (45)'''
| {{AFL Col}}
| 5.4 (34)
| [[Princes Park Football Ground|Princes Park]]
| 3 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL StK}}
| 4.6 (30)
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''7.5 (47)'''
| [[Junction Oval]]
| 3 August 1907
{{s-end}}

===Round 14===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.9 (39)
| '''{{AFL Mel}}'''
| '''6.19 (55)'''
| [[Brunswick Street Oval]]
| 10 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Col}}'''
| '''15.6 (96)'''
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.9 (57)
| [[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]
| 10 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''8.16 (64)'''
| {{AFL StK}}
| 5.14 (44)
| [[Lake Oval]]
| 10 August 1907
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 3.7 (25)
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''10.18 (78)'''
| [[East Melbourne Cricket Ground|EMCG]]
| 10 August 1907
{{s-end}}

===Pre-sectional ladder===
<onlyinclude>
{| class=wikitable
| style=width:1em bgcolor=E6E6FA |  || Section A
|-
| style=width:1em bgcolor=FEEAD3 |  || Section B
|}
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 14 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 880 || 541 || 162.7 || '''44'''
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 14 || 9 || 5 || 0 || 791 || 642 || 123.2 || '''36'''
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 14 || 8 || 6 || 0 || 685 || 640 || 107.0 || '''32'''
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 14 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 795 || 687 || 115.7 || '''28'''
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 14 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 658 || 780 || 84.4 || '''28'''
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 14 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 692 || 789 || 87.7 || '''24'''
|- style=background:#E6E6FA
| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 14 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 613 || 813 || 75.4 || '''16'''
|- style=background:#FEEAD3
| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 14 || 4 || 10 || 0 || 637 || 859 || 74.2 || '''16'''
|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for<br>Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1907.html#lad AFL Tables]</onlyinclude>

===Round 15 (Sectional round 1)===
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 15 (Sectional round 1)}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 August|{{AFL SM}}|8.9&nbsp;(57)|H|{{AFL Car}}|4.16&nbsp;(40)|[[Lake Oval]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 August|{{AFL StK}}|8.19&nbsp;(67)|H|{{AFL Col}}|3.8&nbsp;(26)|[[Junction Oval]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 August|{{AFL Ess}}|10.11&nbsp;(71)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|8.8&nbsp;(56)|[[East Melbourne Cricket Ground]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 17 August|{{AFL Fit}}|12.16&nbsp;(88)|H|{{AFL Gee}}|5.8&nbsp;(38)|[[Brunswick Street Oval]]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
}}

===Round 16 (Sectional round 2)===
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 16 (Sectional round 2)}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 August|{{AFL Car}}|11.12&nbsp;(78)|H|{{AFL Ess}}|7.5&nbsp;(47)|[[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 August|{{AFL Col}}|11.16&nbsp;(82)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|15.4&nbsp;(94)|[[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 August|{{AFL Gee}}|5.8&nbsp;(38)|A|{{AFL StK}}|4.17&nbsp;(41)|[[Corio Oval]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 24 August|{{AFL Mel}}|7.8&nbsp;(50)|A|{{AFL SM}}|10.14&nbsp;(74)|[[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
}}

===Round 17 (Sectional round 3)===
{{AFLGameHeader|title=Round 17 (Sectional round 3)}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 31 August|{{AFL Car}}|9.8&nbsp;(62)|H|{{AFL Mel}}|4.12&nbsp;(36)|[[Princes Park (stadium)|Princes Park]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 31 August|{{AFL Col}}|9.17&nbsp;(71)|A|{{AFL Gee}}|12.4&nbsp;(76)|[[Victoria Park, Melbourne|Victoria Park]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 31 August|{{AFL Ess}}|6.7&nbsp;(43)|A|{{AFL SM}}|15.9&nbsp;(99)|[[East Melbourne Cricket Ground]]}}
{{AFLGame|Saturday, 31 August|{{AFL StK}}|3.14&nbsp;(32)|A|{{AFL Fit}}|6.9&nbsp;(45)|[[Junction Oval]]}}
{{AFLGameFooter|notes=
}}

==Ladder==
<onlyinclude>
{| class=wikitable
| '''(P)''' || Premiers
|-
| bgcolor=FFFFBB |  || Qualified for finals
|}
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} '''(P)''' || 17 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 1060 || 681 || 155.7 || '''52'''
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 17 || 11 || 6 || 0 || 915 || 773 || 118.4 || '''44'''
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 17 || 9 || 8 || 0 || 935 || 796 || 117.5 || '''36'''
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 17 || 9 || 8 || 0 || 970 || 879 || 110.4 || '''36'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 17 || 7 || 10 || 0 || 864 || 1011 || 85.5 || '''28'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 17 || 7 || 10 || 0 || 844 || 989 || 85.3 || '''28'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 17 || 7 || 10 || 0 || 800 || 987 || 81.1 || '''28'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 17 || 5 || 12 || 0 || 774 || 1046 || 74.0 || '''20'''
|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for<br>Average score: 52.7<br>Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1907.html#flad AFL Tables]</onlyinclude>

==Finals series==

===Semi-finals===
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Venue'''
| '''Date'''
| ''' '''
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL SM}}'''
| '''12.10 (82)'''
| {{AFL Col}}
| 6.12 (48)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 07 September 1907
| Attendance: 28,856
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| '''{{AFL Car}}'''
| '''13.13 (91)'''
| {{AFL StK}}
| 4.11 (35)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|MCG]]
| 14 September 1907
| Attendance: 25,531
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
{{s-end}}

===Grand final===
{{Main|1907 VFL Grand Final}}
{| class="wikitable"
!Team
!1 Qtr
!2 Qtr
!3 Qtr
!Final
|-
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
|align=center|1.4
|align=center|4.6
|align=center|6.10
|align=center|6.14 (50)
|-
|[[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]
|align=center|1.3
|align=center|3.5
|align=center|4.7
|align=center|6.9 (45)
|-
|}

==Season notes==
*In November 1906, the VFL was a founding member of the [[Australasian Football Council]], which served as the new national administrative body governing the sport.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Express and Telegraph|date=8 November 1906|page=3|publication-place=Adelaide, SA|title=Football – a National Council formed}}</ref>
*The rules concerning [[kick-in]]s were amended, such that if the full back crossed outside the goal square before kicking the ball, a ball-up would be called on the top of the goal square. Previously, the full-back was given a second opportunity to kick legally, before a free kick would be awarded.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Victorian Football League – a Football Squabble|date=16 April 1907|page=16|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC}}</ref>
* Due to the "Special" football train arriving late, the start of the Round 3 match between [[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] and [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] at [[Brunswick Street Oval]] was delayed by twenty minutes.
* In round 6, [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] defeated [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] 15.18 (108) to 7.9 (51); it was the first time in the club's 173 VFL matches to that point that St Kilda had scored 100 points or more.
* The VFL played two representative matches on Saturday 8 June, in the week between Rounds 6 and 7: on the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], the VFL 25.20 (170) defeated the [[Ballarat Football League|Ballarat Football Association]] 3.7 (25); and at Bendigo, the VFL 14.10 (94) defeated the [[Bendigo Football League]] 7.11 (53).<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Ballarat Star|title=Sporting News|date=10 June 1907|page=4|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|author=}}</ref> The VFL also played a return match against the Ballarat Association on the Ballarat City Oval on Saturday 27 July, the week between Rounds 12 and 13; in a rain-affected game, the VFL 8.4 (52) defeated Ballarat 3.7 (25).<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Victorian League v Ballarat|date=29 July 1907|page=10|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|author=Follower}}</ref>
* In Round 8, Fitzroy kicked eleven goals without a behind against Collingwood, before three misses in the last quarter. They did not score in the second and third quarters after kicking 7.0 (42) in the first quarter.
* In Round 11, Geelong defeated St Kilda despite having ten fewer scoring shots; before this, no VFL team had won with a deficit in scoring shots greater than eight. They repeated the feat of winning with ten fewer shots against Collingwood in the last round.
* During that last match, Collingwood succumbed to Geelong despite being 38 points ahead at three quarter time; this record was not beaten until 1936.
* Owing to rough play – and, in some observers' opinions, an over-correction after no players were reported in the particularly rough round 14 match between South Melbourne and St Kilda<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Leader|title=Football Gossip|date=31 August 1907|page=18|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|author=Follower}}</ref> – eight players were reported during the matches in Sectional Round 1: three by the matches' central umpires, and five (all in the Carlton vs South Melbourne match) by the club delegates. The VFL Investigation Committee took three full evenings to complete the hearings, with Friday evening's session forced to run until almost 5am to complete it in time for Saturday's matches. Seven of the eight reported players were suspended, most notably {{AFL SM}}'s [[Billy Gent]] who was disqualified for life.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Rough football|date=26 August 1907|page=6}}</ref> The four suspensions from the Carlton vs South Melbourne match – [[Fred Elliott (footballer)|Fred Elliott]], [[Jim Marchbank]], [[Bert Franks]] and Billy Gent – were later overturned on procedural grounds in May 1908, after it was determined that the historical VFL practice of players being reported by club delegates was not allowed under the Australasian Football Council rules which the VFL had adopted in 1907.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|title=Football disqualifications – cases of Ghent ''(sic)'' and Franks|date=16 May 1908|page=15|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|author=}}</ref>
* The playing surface in each of the season's semi-finals that had been played on the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] (South Melbourne vs Collingwood, and Carlton vs St Kilda) had been so rock hard and dusty that the two match winners demanded that the MCG be watered before the next Saturday, unless there was substantial rain. The VFL acquiesced to this request, and the ground was watered; the ensuing premiership final, which Carlton won by five points, was on significantly softer ground.
* In the 1907 pre-season, then VFA team [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] played a practice match against VFL team [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] at Corio Oval, in direct defiance of a VFA edict. On 22 October 1907, Richmond, who had become quite dissatisfied with the VFA, applied to join the VFL: their application was unanimously accepted at a meeting five days later, and Richmond competed for the first time in the 1908 VFL season.
* St Kilda qualified for its first VFL finals appearance.

==Awards==
* The 1907 VFL Premiership team was [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]].
* The [[Coleman Medal|VFL's leading goalkicker]] was [[Dick Lee (Australian footballer)|Dick Lee]] of [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] with 47 goals.
* [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] took the "wooden spoon" in 1907.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. {{ISBN|0-670-90809-6}}
* Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. {{ISBN|0-670-86814-0}}

==Sources==
* [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1907.html 1907 VFL season] at AFL Tables
* [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1907 1907 VFL season] at Australian Football

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