 Had there not been a clear points winner to the finals ladder, a Grand Final would have been played between the two top-placed clubs.After experimenting with another rather complicated finals system between 1898 and 1900, the VFL used what was later to be known as the "original "Argus" system" in 1901, and converting that into what became known as the "amended "Argus" system" 1902.Except for 1924 (see above), the "amended "Argus" system" operated continuously from 1902 to 1930 (the VFL adopted the Page–McIntyre system, a.k.a.