The 1914 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the eighteenth season of the VFL. The season saw 105 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 30 transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

1914 was 's final season in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1914 Club VFL debuts Change of club 11 4 7 2 84 4 1 4 1 187 13 3 South Melbourne 11 3 15 3 14 2 Total 105 30

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 134 136 111 147 95 1Previously played for St Kilda 82 14 53 1 32 55 26 14 24 3 16 27 14 6Played first-class cricket for Tasmania 13 9Previously played for Collingwood 10 1 3 1Brother of Joe Scaddan 2 0 1 1 122 149Previously played for Carlton 110 22 88 33 9 4 9 8Previously played for St Kilda and Melbourne. 6 2 4 0 3 0 1 1 68 0 23 13Previously played for South Melbourne. 23 4 13 17Previously played for Fitzroy. 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 4Previously played for Fitzroy. 2 0Previously played for St Kilda. 2 1 1 0 40 1Previously played for South Melbourne. 8 0 7 3 1 0 1 0 34 2 20 6 2 2Previously played for Essendon 1 0 1 0 49 0 52 2 43 43 20 20 18 7 15 4Previously played for St Kilda. 14 12 12 30Previously played for St Kilda. 11 2 10 2 9 0Previously played for Essendon. 9 8 8 5Previously played for Carlton. 8 0 7 1 8 0 5 1 5 3 5 5 2 0 2 2Previously played for Essendon. 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0Previously played for Collingwood. 89 217 87 51 85 1 73 0 62 3Previously played for South Melbourne. Father of Len Thomas. 30 4 23 11 11 11 6 1 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 0Previously played for Collingwood. 1 0 1 3Previously played for Essendon. South Melbourne 60 100 South Melbourne 44 15Previously played for Richmond South Melbourne 43 3 South Melbourne 32 27Son Herbie Matthews won the 1940 Brownlow Medal South Melbourne 26 14 South Melbourne 24 0 South Melbourne 13 0 South Melbourne 8 5 South Melbourne 7 0Previously played for University South Melbourne 7 1 South Melbourne 6 0 South Melbourne 3 0 South Melbourne 2 2 South Melbourne 1 1Previously played for Melbourne. 44 8 31 14 30 27 21 29 9 11Previously played for Fitzroy. 10 1 Previously played for Carlton. 8 2 7 2 7 1 7 5 6 2 5 6 5 3Previously played for Geelong and Melbourne. 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 17 1 15 0Previously played for Carlton 14 13 13 4Played first-class cricket for Victoria 11 0 8 0 7 0 6 1Received the Military Cross for gallantry during WWI 6 0 5 2 4 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0Previously played for Melbourne 1 2

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