1924 VFL season

1924 VFL Premiership season
Essendon's premiership captain-coach Syd Barker
Teams	9
Premiers	Essendon (6th premiership)
Minor premiers	Essendon (4th minor premiership)
Matches played	78
Highest attendance	42,522
Leading Goalkicker Medallist	Jack Moriarty (Fitzroy)
Brownlow Medallist	Edward Greeves (Geelong)
← 1923 1925 →

The 1924 Victorian Football League season was the 28th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

In 1924, the VFL competition consisted of nine teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.

Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds (i.e., 16 matches and 2 byes).

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1924 VFL Premiership was determined by an experimental 1924 Finals System, which the VFL used in this season only. The format was similar to the round-robin format used in 1897 Finals System, but included the minor premiers' right to challenge, which existed under the amended Argus System.

In 1924, the VFL experimented with a round-robin finals series to determine the premiership. The format did not live up to expectations, and the VFL reverted to the "amended Argus system" format for the 1925 season.

Essendon finished on top of the finals ladder at the conclusion of the round-robin final series on the basis of its greater percentage. As Essendon had won the minor premiership, Essendon was awarded the 1924 premiership immediately. Had a different team finished atop the finals ladder, Essendon would have had the right to challenge that team to a Grand Final, consistent with the minor premiers' right to challenge under the amended Argus system.

Because Essendon had won the minor premiership and the round-robin competition, it was awarded the premiership without the need for a Grand Final.

As there was no designated "Grand Final", this also meant that there were no "Grand Final" teams in 1924;) instead there was an "Essendon Finals Squad", a "Fitzroy Finals Squad", a "Richmond Finals Squad", and a "South Melbourne Finals Squad". Listed in alphabetical order the four squads were: