1946 VFA season

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1946 VFA premiership season
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The 1946 Victorian Football Association season was the 65th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October. It was the first premiership in the club's history.

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Premiership

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

Ladder

1946 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Camberwell 20154122391790125.162
2 Williamstown 20145122051866118.258
3 Sandringham (P)20146020881959106.656
4 Port Melbourne 20146021202020105.056
5 Coburg 20137019121679113.952
6 Brighton 20118121632010107.646
7 Brunswick 2081201835185898.832
8 Yarraville 2081202201236793.032
9 Oakleigh 2061401895223384.924
10 Northcote 2051411742204885.122
11 Preston 2051501777203287.520
12 Prahran 2051501960229586.320
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 14 September Sandringham 18.14 (122)def. Port Melbourne 14.9 (93) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) [2]
Saturday, 21 September Camberwell 12.19 (91)def. Williamstown 11.14 (80) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) [3]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 28 September Williamstown 16.18 (114)def. by Sandringham 16.19 (115) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000) [4]
1946 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 5 October Camberwell def. by Sandringham St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 30,000) [5]
6.7 (43)
6.9 (45)
11.12 (78)
 13.14 (92)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		2.2 (14)
9.7 (61)
11.10 (76)
 14.15 (99)
Bond 3, Herbert 2, Oliver 2, Shields 2, Boyall, Bradford, Bristowe, CollierGoals Brokenshire 4, Lowry 4, Bencraft 2, Parker 2, Holmes, Pole

Awards

Notable events

Disputed match between Northcote and Sandringham

On 25 May, Sandringham 15.13 (103) defeated Northcote 13.10 (88). [8] Northcote protested the result, on the basis that the third quarter was played 10 minutes short of the full duration. The Association resolved that the game should be replayed, but only if it had any bearing on the final four. [9]

After the home-and-home season, Sandringham finished third, four points ahead of fifth-placed Coburg but with a poorer percentage; this meant that the replay was required, and that Coburg would make the finals if it were lost by Sandringham. [10] However, on the Monday after the home-and-home matches were complete, the Association Board of Management decided to rescind its previous decision and allow Sandringham's original win to stand. Coburg was unhappy, and believed it was in a strong legal position to compel the Association to uphold its original decision to replay the match; but, it nevertheless decided not to proceed with any action and allowed the result to stand. As a result, Sandringham qualified for the finals for the first time, and went on to win the premiership. [11]

Other notable events

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References

  1. ↑ "Positions of VFA clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1946. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "VFA win for Sandringham". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 September 1946. p. 11.
  3. ↑ "Camberwell win after early setbacks". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 September 1946. p. 17.
  4. 1 2 "Sandringham win exciting VFA final by point". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 September 1946. p. 17.
  5. ↑ "Sandringham's first VFA premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 October 1946. pp. 13–14.
  6. ↑ "Findlay wins VFA Recorder Cup". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 September 1946. p. 12.
  7. ↑ "Coburg and Prahran football teams will play here at week end". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 14 October 1946. p. 3.
  8. ↑ "Sandringham's speed and marking". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 May 1946. p. 13.
  9. ↑ "Disputed match to be replayed if necessary". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 June 1946. p. 14.
  10. ↑ "Muddle over VFA Four". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1946. p. 11.
  11. ↑ "No Coburg request for a replay". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 September 1946. p. 11.
  12. ↑ ""Lightning" title to Williamstown". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1946. p. 9.
  13. ↑ "VFA is now a company". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 September 1946. p. 8.
  14. ↑ "Broken Hill football". The Mail. Adelaide, SA. 19 October 1946. p. 18.
  15. ↑ "Zinc 18 defeats Coburg-Prahran combined team". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 21 October 1946. p. 3.
  16. ↑ Rover (21 October 1946). "Effectiveness of throw pass demonstrated". Examiner. Launceston, TAS. p. 1.
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