1929 VFA season

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The 1929 VFA season was the 51st season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.

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Northcote won the VFA premiership for the first time, after defeating Port Melbourne by 42 points in the 1929 VFA Grand Final.

Association membership

Two new clubs − Oakleigh and Sandringham − entered the VFA, bringing the size of the Association to twelve clubs (the largest it had been since 1896). [1] This was the last change to the Association membership until 1951.

Oakleigh admission

In November 1928, the Oakleigh Football Club applied to join the Association. Oakleigh had been a successful club in the Sub-District Association, had a good quality ground, the growing suburb of Oakleigh provided the team strong support, and the club had been previously considered for Association membership. Oakleigh's application was accepted unanimously. [2] [3]

Sandringham admission

This section is an excerpt from Sandringham Football Club § Origins and formation.[ edit ]

The first steps towards establishing a semi-professional football team from the Sandringham area were made in 1927, with the Black Rock Football Club (Black Rock Amateurs), the Hampton Football Club, the Sandringham Amateur Football Club and the Sandringham District Football Club discussing the viability of amalgamating to form a team in the VFA. [4] The proposal failed after a meeting of club representatives on 17 February 1927 despite Sandringham Amateurs "unreservedly" favouring the concept, wih Black Rock unable to field a team, Hampton opposing the merger on the grounds of losing local identity and Sandringham District wanting at least three clubs involved. [5] All four clubs competed in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA) for the 1927 season. [6] On 15 August 1927, four other clubs merged to form the Sandringham Football Club. [7]

On 17 February 1928, Sandringham, Sandringham District and the Sandringham United Football Club amalgamated to form a new Sandringham Football Club. [8] [9] The club entered two teams in the MAFA and one team in the Federal Football Association (FFA) junior competition. [10] [11] The second Sandringham team in the MAFA (known as Sandringham B) withdrew from C Section in August 1928 after having a record score kicked against them. [12] [13]

Sandringham was told by the VFA in November 1928 that it would be admitted into the competition if it obtained permission to build a fence around Beach Road Oval; the lack of a fence had prevented the club from entering for the 1928 VFA season. [14] [15] In January 1929, the Sandringham Council supported a bid from an (apparently new) senior Sandringham Football Club to enter the VFA. [16] [17] [18] The bid was successful, and Sandringham was accepted into the Association on 4 February 1929. [19] [20] [21]

Despite the admission, the club still faced a challenge prior to its first game. [22] Sandringham applied for the use of Beach Road Oval for its reserves team (Second Eighteen) on Saturdays, but the Sandringham Amateurs also applied for its use, having played at the ground for 20 years. [23] [24] Sandringham Amateurs requested for use on alternate Saturdays and during the week for training purposes, while Sandringham said its VFA bid would have to be abandoned if it did not have access to the ground. [25] [26] Ultimately, Sandringham Council choose to allow the Amateurs to continue using the ground. [27] [28] Sandringham's VFA reserves team instead played its home games at Tulip Street Reserve. [29] [30] The club wore the colours of gold, black and blue, taken from Sandringham Amateurs, Black Rock and Hampton. [31]

Premiership

To accommodate a balanced fixture with the two extra clubs, the home-and-home season was extended from eighteen matches to twenty-two matches, the longest it had been since fixed-length seasons were first introduced in 1894. Then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1929 VFA ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Northcote (P)2217502099140066.768
2 Port Melbourne 2217501804139177.168
3 Preston 2216601992146173.364
4 Brunswick 2215611931161583.662
5 Oakleigh 2215701717138180.460
6 Coburg 2214711726147685.558
7 Yarraville 22111101804163690.744
8 Williamstown 22913014731605109.036
9 Brighton 22813117161805105.234
10 Prahran 22516115431768114.622
11 Camberwell 22220014382347163.28
12 Sandringham 22121013362803209.84
Source: [32]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 14 September Port Melbourne 10.15 (75)def. Brunswick 9.14 (68) Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,000) [33]
Saturday, 21 September Northcote 9.10 (64)def. Preston 7.8 (50)Brunswick Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,500) [34]
Final
Saturday, 28 September Northcote 9.17 (71)drew with Port Melbourne 10.11 (71) Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,500) [35]
Saturday, 5 October Northcote 6.15 (51)def. by Port Melbourne 8.7 (55) Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 21,217) [36]
1929 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 12 October Northcote def. Port Melbourne Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,304) [37]
3.3 (21)
10.10 (70)
12.13 (85)
15.21 (111)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.5 (17)
5.5 (35)
8.9 (57)
10.9 (69)		Umpires: McKinnon
Pruser 4, Seymour 3, Cole 2, Gray 2, Heenan, Koop, Milne, Rowe Goals Kuhlken 4, Plumridge 2, Carpenter, Hyde, Perrett, Skilton
Wilson (hip)InjuriesPerrett (ankles), Crompton (hip), Crossan (arm)
Towers, for fighting with LovettReportsLovett, for fighting with Towers

Awards

Notable events

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