1937 VFA season

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1937 VFA premiership season
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Premiers Prahran
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Minor premiers Brunswick
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The 1937 Victorian Football Association season was the 59th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeat Brunswick by two points in the Grand Final on 4 September. It was the club's first VFA premiership since it joined the Association in 1899.

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Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over sixteen matches, a reduction from the eighteen games staged in 1936, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1937 VFA Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Brunswick 16124014861182125.748
2 Brighton 16124014561334109.148
3 Yarraville 16115013751071128.444
4 Prahran (P)16115015571320118.044
5 Northcote 16106013531173115.340
6 Coburg 1697014541419102.536
7 Sandringham 1679013381335100.228
8 Camberwell 167901390147794.128
9 Port Melbourne 1651101161146479.320
10 Williamstown 1641201177137085.916
11 Preston 1641201227146184.016
12 Oakleigh 1641201296166477.916
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semi Finals
Saturday, 7 August Yarraville 12.12 (84)drew with Prahran 11.18 (84) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [2]
Saturday, 14 August Brunswick 13.17 (95)def. Brighton 6.9 (45) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [3]
Saturday, 21 August Yarraville 14.8 (92)def. by Prahran 18.12 (120) Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000) [4]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 28 August Brighton 9.9 (63)def. by Prahran 14.12 (96) Toorak Park (crowd: 7,000) [5]
1937 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 4 September Brunswick def. by Prahran Toorak Park (crowd: 9,000) [6]
3.3 (21)
6.6 (42)
10.13 (73)
 11.17 (83)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.3 (9)
3.6 (24)
9.9 (63)
 12.13 (85)
Crawford 3, McInnes 3, Gardner 2, Bailey, Dowling, McKay Goals Hawkins 6, Anderson 2, Thompson 2, Fleming, White
Turner, for striking Wiltshire in the second quarter
Gardner, for striking Wiltshire in the third quarter
Kanngieser, for striking Gravell in the third quarter		ReportsWiltshire, for striking Turner in the second quarter
Wiltshire, for striking Gardner in the third quarter
Gravell, for kicking Kanngeiser in the third quarter

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics of the games". The Argus. Melbourne. 2 August 1937. p. 14.
  2. 1 2 Rover (9 August 1937). "8000 see thrilling match drawn". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 14.
  3. ↑ Rover (16 August 1937). "Brunswick wins second semi-final". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 14.
  4. ↑ Rover (23 August 1937). "Prahran easily wins replay". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 14.
  5. 1 2 "Prahran in form". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 August 1937. p. 15.
  6. 1 2 Rover (6 September 1937). "Won premiership after 38 years". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Huggins, Lowry tie for medal". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 August 1937. p. 19.
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