The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October.
[8] Northcote protested the result, on the basis that the third quarter was played 10 minutes short of the full duration.
[9] After the home-and-home season, Sandringham finished third, four points ahead of fifth-placed Coburg but with a poorer percentage; this meant that the replay was required, and that Coburg would make the finals if it were lost by Sandringham.
[10] However, on the Monday after the home-and-home matches were complete, the Association Board of Management decided to rescind its previous decision and allow Sandringham's original win to stand.
Coburg was unhappy, and believed it was in a strong legal position to compel the Association to uphold its original decision to replay the match; but, it nevertheless decided not to proceed with any action and allowed the result to stand.