Teams: 5
Finals
On-the-field players: 18
Premiers: South Bendigo

Go to BDFA 1904
Go to BDFA 1906

Eaglehawk, Snobs Hill and Job's Gully formed a separate competition in 1904
Go to ESA 1904

South Bendigo, Long Gully and California Gully formed a separate competition in 1906
Go to BNDFA 1906

Eaglehawk returned to the competition after forming a separate competition in 1904. Golden Square returned to the juniors

BDFA Season 1905

Round 1

Week 1

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	5	9	39	Wed 03-May-05 - North Bendigo	West Bendigo	1	1	-	-	4
Eaglehawk	3	10	28	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	California Gully	1	1	-	-	4
					Eaglehawk	1	-	1	-	0
West Bendigo	4	12	36	Wed 03-May-05 - Upper Reserve	Bendigo	1	-	1	-	0
Bendigo	2	12	24	Umpire: Gordingly - (Trove)	South Bendigo	0	-	-	-	0

West Bendigo v Bendigo Both teams started several men short

Week 2

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	4	11	35	Wed 10-May-05 - Upper Reserve	South Bendigo	1	1	-	-	4
California Gully	3	2	20	- (Trove)	Eaglehawk	2	1	1	-	4
					California Gully	2	1	1	-	4
Eaglehawk	5	10	40	Wed 10-May-05 - Canterbury Park	West Bendigo	2	1	1	-	4
West Bendigo	2	8	20	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	Bendigo	1	-	1	-	0

Week 3

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	4	6	30	Wed 17-May-05 - Canterbury Park	California Gully	3	2	1	-	8
South Bendigo	3	7	25	Umpire: Gibson - (Trove)	Eaglehawk	3	2	1	-	8
					South Bendigo	2	1	1	-	4
California Gully	10	8	68	Wed 17-May-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	2	1	1	-	4
Bendigo	0	5	5	Umpire: Geake - (Trove)	Bendigo	2	-	2	-	0

Bendigo played with 15 men till half time

Week 4

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	6	11	47	Wed 24-May-05 - Upper Reserve	Eaglehawk	4	3	1	-	12
West Bendigo	1	6	12	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	California Gully	3	2	1	-	8
					South Bendigo	3	2	1	-	8
Eaglehawk	17	15	117	Wed 24-May-05 - Canterbury Park	West Bendigo	3	1	2	-	4
Bendigo	0	1	1	Umpire: Pollock - (Trove)	Bendigo	3	-	3	-	0

Week 5

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	8	4	52	Wed 31-May-05 - North Bendigo	Eaglehawk	4	3	1	-	12
West Bendigo	2	3	15	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	South Bendigo	4	3	1	-	12
					California Gully	4	3	1	-	12
South Bendigo	11	16	82	Wed 31-May-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	4	1	3	-	4
Bendigo	2	3	15	- (Trove)	Bendigo	4	-	4	-	0

Round 2

Week 6

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	7	6	48	Mon 05-Jun-05 - Upper Reserve	South Bendigo	5	4	1	-	16
West Bendigo	5	9	39	Umpire: Norden - (Trove)	Eaglehawk	4	3	1	-	12
					California Gully	4	3	1	-	12
					West Bendigo	5	1	4	-	4
					Bendigo	4	-	4	-	0

Week 7

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	6	5	41	Wed 07-Jun-05 - Canterbury Park	Eaglehawk	5	4	1	-	16
California Gully	4	6	30	Umpire: Tulluch - (Trove)	South Bendigo	5	4	1	-	16
					California Gully	5	3	2	-	12
West Bendigo	13	15	93	Wed 07-Jun-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	6	2	4	-	8
Bendigo	0	2	2	Umpire: Shepperbottom - (Trove)	Bendigo	5	-	5	-	0

Bendigo commenced the game with 11 men

Week 8

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	5	11	41	Wed 14-Jun-05 - North Bendigo	Eaglehawk	6	4	2	-	16
South Bendigo	2	8	20	Umpire: Gibson - (Trove)	California Gully	6	4	2	-	16
					South Bendigo	6	4	2	-	16
West Bendigo	5	5	35	Wed 14-Jun-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	7	3	4	-	12
Eaglehawk	4	7	31	Umpire: Norden - (Trove)	Bendigo	5	-	5	-	0

Week 9

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	3	5	23	Wed 28-Jun-05 - Upper Reserve	California Gully	7	5	2	-	20
Eaglehawk	3	2	20	Umpire: Carriss - (Trove)	South Bendigo	7	5	2	-	20
					Eaglehawk	7	4	3	-	16
California Gully	11	11	77	Wed 28-Jun-05 - North Bendigo	West Bendigo	7	3	4	-	12
Bendigo	0	2	2	Umpire: Pollock - (Trove)	Bendigo	6	-	6	-	0

South v Eaglehawk Crowd of 2000-3000

Week 10

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	4	6	30	Wed 05-Jul-05 - Upper Reserve	California Gully	7	5	2	-	20
Bendigo	1	4	10	Umpire: Pollock - (Trove)	Eaglehawk	8	5	3	-	20
					South Bendigo	7	5	2	-	20
					West Bendigo	7	3	4	-	12
					Bendigo	7	-	7	-	0

Eaglehawk took field with 12 men
Many Eaglehawk players missing due to wedding of F.Wilkinson (a popular footballer)

Week 11

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	4	15	39	Wed 12-Jul-05 - Upper Reserve	California Gully	8	6	2	-	24
West Bendigo	2	4	16	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	South Bendigo	8	6	2	-	24
					Eaglehawk	8	5	3	-	20
South Bendigo	13	15	93	Wed 12-Jul-05 - Canterbury Park	Bendigo	8	3	5	-	12
Bendigo	1	4	10	Umpire: F.Geake - (Trove)		8	-	8	-	0

West Bendigo started with 17 men. Scott appeared in the second term

Round 3

Week 12

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	4	8	32	Wed 19-Jul-05 - North Bendigo	South Bendigo	8	6	2	-	24
Eaglehawk	4	5	29	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	Eaglehawk	9	6	3	-	24
					California Gully	9	6	3	-	24
West Bendigo	7	5	47	Wed 19-Jul-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	9	4	5	-	16
Bendigo	0	6	6	Umpire: F.Geake - (Trove)	Bendigo	9	-	9	-	0

Allen Kicked a goal for California Gully after the bell. Goal disputed. Bendigo Association Awarded the game to Eaglehawk, Gully appealed to the VFL who upheld their appeal on evening of Wed 15th August. At a special meeting on Aug 22, the Bendigo Association Awarded the match to Eaglehawk.

Week 13

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	7	10	52	Wed 26-Jul-05 - Upper Reserve	South Bendigo	9	7	2	-	28
West Bendigo	3	6	24	- (Trove)	Eaglehawk	10	7	3	-	28
					California Gully	10	6	4	-	24
South Bendigo	6	5	41	Wed 26-Jul-05 - North Bendigo	West Bendigo	10	4	6	-	16
California Gully	2	10	22	Umpire: Wregg - (Trove)	Bendigo	9	-	9	-	0

Week 14

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	7	12	54	Wed 02-Aug-05 - Canterbury Park	Eaglehawk	11	8	3	-	32
South Bendigo	5	4	34	Umpire: Wraith - (Trove)	California Gully	11	7	4	-	28
					South Bendigo	10	7	3	-	28
California Gully	12	15	87	Wed 02-Aug-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	10	4	6	-	16
Bendigo	1	2	8	Umpire: Pollock - (Trove)	Bendigo	10	-	10	-	0

Eaglehawk v South Bendigo About 4000 Spectators
Umpire: Murphy missed train (a local, Wraith was appointed)

Week 15

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	6	7	43	Wed 09-Aug-05 - Upper Reserve	Eaglehawk	12	9	3	-	36
West Bendigo	6	2	38	Umpire: F.Geake - (Trove)	South Bendigo	11	8	3	-	32
					California Gully	11	7	4	-	28
Eaglehawk	19	21	135	Wed 09-Aug-05 - Canterbury Park	West Bendigo	11	4	7	-	16
Bendigo	1	3	9	Umpire:Shepperbottom - (Trove)	Bendigo	11	-	11	-	0

James Richards - Bendigo captain Injured

Week 16

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	8	10	58	Wed 16-Aug-05 - North Bendigo	Eaglehawk	12	9	3	-	36
West Bendigo	4	6	30	Umpire: F.Geake - (Trove)	South Bendigo	12	9	3	-	36
					California Gully	12	8	4	-	32
South Bendigo	23	15	153	Wed 16-Aug-05 - Upper Reserve	West Bendigo	12	4	8	-	16
Bendigo	0	1	1	Umpire: Pollock - (Trove)	Bendigo	12	-	12	-	0

Playoff for Minor Premiership

Team	G	P	T	Notes	Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	8	4	52	Wed 23-Aug-05 - North Bendigo	South Bendigo	13	10	3	-	40
Eaglehawk	5	6	36	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)	Eaglehawk	13	9	4	-	36
					California Gully	12	8	4	-	32
					West Bendigo	12	4	8	-	16
					Bendigo	12	-	12	-	0

Playoff for Minor Premiership planned before dispute of 19th July game was resolved
Crowd of 3000

Finals

Semi Final

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Eaglehawk	7	8	50	Wed 30-Aug-05 - Canterbury Park
South Bendigo	2	8	20	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)

Accusations of South Bendigo players 'playing stiff', though this was loudly contested.

Final

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	7	6	48	Wed 06-Sep-05 - Canterbury Park
Eaglehawk	4	7	31	Umpire: Norden - (Trove)

Challenge Final

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
South Bendigo	3	9	27	Fri 13-Sep-19 - Upper Reserve
California Gully	2	5	17	Umpire: Ivo Crapp - (Trove)

South Bendigo and California Gully claimed that a Challege final was not a 'Final', this meant that they could share the gate rather than share it with the other teams in the competition. This was disputed and led to separate competitions in 1906.

Premiers

South Bendigo

Other Matches

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Bendigo Association	11	8	74	Wed 21-Jun-05 - Upper Reserve
Melbourne (League)	8	9	57	Umpire T.Murphy - (Trove)

3000 attendance
No Fitzroy, Collingwood or South Melbourne players

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Fitzroy	11	12	78	Sat 12-Aug-05 - Upper Reserve
Bendigo Miners Association	10	9	69	Umpire: T.Murphy - (Trove)

Approx 4000-6000 attendance
Many Bendigo Association representative players e.g. (Daykin, Neilson, Canavan, Johnson, Ogilvie, A.Hall, Jinks, Ennor and G.Hall)

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
Ballarat F.C.	7	7	49	Sat 16-Sep-05 - Upper Reserve
South Bendigo	4	9	33	- (Trove)

Approximately 3000

Team	G	P	T	Notes		Team	P	W	L	D	Pts
California Gully	6	6	42	Wed 04-Oct-05 - North Bendigo
South Bendigo	0	2	2	- (Trove)

Charity Game for Watsons Sustenation Fund

Bendigo District Football Association 1905 Season

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