Notable Events
- The Round 1 match between St Kilda and Melbourne ended in a draw, but the result was changed to a St Kilda victory on protest, after it was noted that the umpire did not signal the end of the third quarter in the correct fashion after hearing the bell. This was St Kilda's first ever VFL win (after 48 losses), and was the first of only two occasions that the score of a game was changed on protest (the second, the 2006 AFL siren controversy, also involved St Kilda).
- St Kilda footballer Dave Strickland (the father of Shirley Strickland) won the 1900 Stawell Gift in 12 seconds, off a handicap of 10 yards.
- Collingwood's highly talented "loose cannon" Dick Condon was given a lifetime suspension for sustained abuse of field umpire Henry "Ivo" Crapp.
- By the end of the finals round-robin matches, more than 1,000 points had been scored against St Kilda in a single season.
- Melbourne won the 1900 premiership despite having a 6-8 record after the home-and-away matches and finishing sixth of the eight teams on the ladder; as of 2012, this remains the lowest home-and-away ladder position from which a team has won the premiership. This unsatisfactory situation was led to the formation of the Argus Final Four system for 1901, which was modified in 1902 and 1907 and used until 1930 (except for 1924).
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