1887 Victorian Football Season Pictorial Record

Over 100 photographs and 300 player profiles make this the most pictorial record of the 1887 Victorian Football Season published to date. This publication is one of a series that provides details of the season of the Victorian Football Association from its inception in 1877 through to the formation of the Victorian Football League in 1897. The early years of Association football in Victoria have been little published. They should be recognised as the foundation years of football in Victoria. This series of publications is the result of research to collect and collate the details of the seasons in the first 20 years of organised football competition in Victoria. These important seasons established Australian Rules football as an integral part of the sporting landscape of Victoria. It has become very evident that the passion and fervour experienced now as players and followers of the game, was familiar to those connected with the game in this foundation era. The features of the game, attendances and interest in the game made football a very significant feature of the sporting community of Melbourne and Victoria at the time. It is hoped that these publications make an addition to the documentation of these pioneering early years of football in Victoria.