1935 VFA season

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1935 VFA premiership season
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The 1935 Victorian Football Association season was the 57th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Yarraville Football Club, after it defeated Camberwell by nine points in the Grand Final on 7 September. It was the club's first VFA premiership, won in its eighth season of competition.

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Finals venue

After having played finals at the central Olympic Park for the previous two seasons, the Association returned to the practice of playing finals at suburban Association grounds. [1] Toorak Park, which had never previously hosted a final, was used for both a semi-final and the Grand Final.

Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over eighteen matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1935 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Northcote 18162018541274145.564
2 Yarraville (P)18126018171302139.648
3 Camberwell 18126017201271135.348
4 Coburg 18116116341457112.146
5 Prahran 18117015671139138.844
6 Preston 1810711457145799.042
7 Oakleigh 189811606171093.938
8 Brunswick 1899013661293105.636
9 Port Melbourne 1871011383156488.430
10 Brighton 1831501454186977.812
11 Sandringham 1831501268194765.112
12 Williamstown 1831501184202358.512
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [2]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 17 August Camberwell 20.13 (133)def. Coburg 11.10 (76) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [3]
Saturday, 24 August Northcote 13.9 (87)def. by Yarraville 15.14 (104) Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 5,000) [4]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 31 August Northcote 10.10 (70)def. by Camberwell 9.18 (72)Brunswick Cricket Ground (crowd: 6,500) [5]
1935 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 7 September Yarraville def. Camberwell Toorak Park (crowd: 14,600) [6]
0.0 (0)
4.4 (28)
6.6 (42)
 10.10 (70)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		2.5 (17)
2.8 (20)
7.12 (54)
 8.13 (61)
Buckley 3, McGrath 3, Cashman 2, Cave, KennyGoals Luff 2, Mason 2, Williams 2, Meehan, Tatham
InjuriesClamp (concussion)
R. Smith, for elbowing Mason ReportsTatham, for striking Storey
Meehan, for charging Kenny

Awards

Notable events

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References

  1. ↑ "Association finals – play on own grounds". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 April 1935. p. 11.
  2. 1 2 "Association four decided". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 August 1935. p. 13.
  3. 1 2 "Association captains reported". The Argus. Melbourne. 19 August 1935. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "Yarraville enters Grand Final". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 August 1935. p. 13.
  5. ↑ "Northcote two points down". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 September 1935. p. 13.
  6. 1 2 3 "Yarraville Association premiers". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1935. p. 13.
  7. ↑ "Football Medal: Brooks (Williamstown) and Dowling (Brunswick)". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 August 1935. p. 12.
  8. ↑ "Night match – Innovation unpopular". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 September 1935. p. 12.
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