The 1900 Victorian Football League (VFL) season was the fourth season of the VFL. The season saw 86 Australian rules footballers make their senior VFL debut and a further 16 players transfer to new clubs having previously played in the VFL.

Summary + Summary of debuts in 1908 Club VFL debuts Change of club 13 1 13 0 7 2 5 1 12 1 9 4 15 4 South Melbourne 12 3 Total 86 16

Debuts

Name Club Age at debut Round debuted Games Goals Notes 197 86 Previously played for Melbourne. 100 24 54 63 41 8 29 2 28 0 27 6 16 0 15 9 6 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 1 1 14 15 11 2 11 3 8 5 6 4 5 3 3 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 Brother of Doug Watsford. 1 0 1 0 1 0 Grandson of Alex McCracken. 50 78 Brother of Arthur, Rupe and Stan Hiskins and father of Jack Hiskins. 42 10 Previously played for Fitzroy. 6 1 Previously played for Geelong. 5 2 Brother of Jim and Mick Grace. 4 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 2 150 63 131 160 4 1 3 1 Previously played for St Kilda. 2 0 Brother of Jim and Mick Grace. 1 1 150 22 80 3 Previously played for Carlton. 31 2 Brother of George Horman. 31 4 22 4 21 11 17 0 5 0 1 0 Brother of Harold de Gruchy. 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 109 12 Previously played for St Kilda. Brother of Hugh Purse. 89 61 Son of Henry Archdall Langley, Anglican Bishop of Bendigo, and brother of Henry Thomas Langley. 85 2Previously played for Geelong. Brother of Jack Parkin. 74 3 48 0 Represented Australia at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Brother of Eric Gardner. Previously played for Essendon. 39 13 Brother of Corrie Gardner. 11 6 7 2 Brother of Ced Hay. 2 0 2 3 Also played Test cricket for Australia. 1 0 Brother of Harold Hay. 1 1 59 0 Previously played for South Melbourne. 43 12 Previously played for Geelong. 33 1 Previously played for Fitzroy. 27 6 23 8 The youngest-ever VFL/AFL player. 17 15 17 5 16 7 14 4 13 3 10 1 Previously played for Fitzroy. 3 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 Father of Shirley Strickland. 1 0 1 0 1 0 South Melbourne 56 0 South Melbourne 300 South Melbourne 22 1 Previously played for Carlton. South Melbourne 18 2 South Melbourne 15 4 Previously played for Geelong. South Melbourne 12 9 South Melbourne 9 2 South Melbourne 7 0 Previously played for Melbourne. South Melbourne 7 1 South Melbourne 6 0 South Melbourne 5 0 South Melbourne 2 1 South Melbourne 2 0 South Melbourne 2 1 South Melbourne 2 0

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