1908 VFL season

Premiership season

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

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder

Semi finals

First Semi Final

Second Semi Final

Grand final

Awards

• The 1908 VFL Premiership team was Carlton.
• The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 54 goals.
• Geelong took the "wooden spoon" in 1908.

  Notable events

• Richmond Football Club and University Football Club were admitted to the VFL competition.
• With fiery former Collingwood coach Dick Condon as playing coach and former Collingwood champion Charlie Pannam as captain, Richmond win their first VFL match against Melbourne, 8.14 to 7.9. University had their first VFL victory in the second round of the season, beating Richmond 14.10 to 12.4.
• In the first round match between Fitzroy and South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval, an umpire was hit by a stone thrown by a spectator.
• The sixth round match between Fitzroy and Essendon, also at the Brunswick Street Oval, was a fiery affair that resulted in a number of suspensions. A horde of Fitzroy supporters invaded the ground immediately the final bell had rung, kicking, punching and otherwise assaulting Essendon players as they tried to leave the playing field. Essendon fans also jumped the fence, in order to protect their players. A riot ensued.
• A ten-day Carnival, the "Jubilee of Australasian Football " was held in Melbourne in August 1908, involving teams from New South Wales, New Zealand, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.
• At an official Carnival function, when proposing a toast to "The Australasian Game" the Prime Minister of Australia, the Melbourne-born Alfred Deakin spoke of his youthful experiences of playing a rudimentary form of Australian football.