1947 VFA season

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1947 VFA premiership season
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Port Melbourne FC, premiers
Teams12
Premiers Port Melbourne
(6th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
(2nd minor premiership)
Matches played136
Attendance570,750 (4,197 per match)
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The 1947 Victorian Football Association season was the 66th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, which defeated Sandringham by 31 points in the Grand Final on 4 October. It was the sixth premiership in the club's history.

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Premiership

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

Ladder

1947 VFA ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne (P)22165125122109119.266
2 Williamstown 22166023262047113.664
3 Sandringham 22157022792015113.160
4 Prahran 22147124202181111.058
5 Brighton 22139026932359114.252
6 Brunswick 22129126932359114.250
7 Camberwell 22101202220226398.140
8 Oakleigh 2281312136234191.234
9 Coburg 2271412052223891.730
10 Preston 2271411962218389.830
11 Yarraville 2271502237260885.828
12 Northcote 2241801728226376.416
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [1] [2]

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 13 September Sandringham 10.6 (66)def. Prahran 6.18 (54) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 24,000) [3]
Saturday, 20 September Port Melbourne 20.19 (139)def. Williamstown 15.20 (110) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) [4]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 27 September Williamstown 16.18 (114)def. by Sandringham 16.21 (117) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) [5]
1947 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 4 October Port Melbourne def. Sandringham St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 24,000) [6] [7]
6.3 (39)
9.5 (59)
12.11 (83)
 15.13 (103)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.1 (7)
5.5 (35)
6.7 (43)
 11.8 (74)		Umpires: Barnes
Houston 5, Findlay 3, Thoms 3, Culph, Lewis, Murphy, ReynoldsGoals Brokenshire 3, Collins 3, Parker 2, Guille, Laver, Sales
Findlay (cut eye), Ferguson (concussion)InjuriesIrvine (cut eye), Parker (cut eye), O'Toole (ankle)
Butcher, for striking Bencraft in the first quarter
Butcher, for striking Brokenshire in the first quarter
Reynolds, for striking Brown in the final quarter
Thoms, for kicking Brown in the final quarter		ReportsCerini, for elbowing Thoms in the final quarter

Awards

Notable events

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References

  1. 1 2 Centre (8 September 1947). "Brighton misses four". The Age. Melbourne. p. 8.
  2. ↑ Marc Fiddian (25 June 1976). "Crowds up at VFA". The Age. Melbourne. p. 23.
  3. ↑ "Sandringham score goals; Prahran mostly points". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 September 1947. p. 38.
  4. ↑ Centre (22 September 1947). "Port's impressive defeat of Williamstown". The Age. Melbourne. p. 8.
  5. 1 2 Centre (29 September 1947). "Deficit of 31 points overtaken". The Age. Melbourne. p. 8.
  6. 1 2 3 Centre (6 October 1947). "Port wins V.F.A. premiership". The Age. Melbourne. p. 8.
  7. ↑ Centre (6 October 1947). "Fierce clash in V.F.A. Grand Final". The Age. Melbourne. p. 14.
  8. ↑ "Award goes to Tomlins". The Age. Melbourne. 11 September 1947. p. 8.
  9. ↑ "New football leader". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 May 1944. p. 9.
  10. ↑ "Mr Reid, MLA, elected VFA president". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 February 1947. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Town's brilliant win over Coburg". Williamstown Chronicle. Williamstown, VIC. 5 August 1949. p. 8.
  12. ↑ "VFA to eliminate dangerous play". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 May 1946. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "Delegate seeks VFA loyalty". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 July 1946. p. 14.
  14. ↑ "'Kicking in danger' must stop". The Argus. Melbourne. 5 July 1955. p. 18.
  15. ↑ Percy Beams (17 June 1947). "VFA code at Bendigo". The Age. Melbourne. p. 6.
  16. ↑ "Sandringham win exciting VFA final by point". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 September 1946. p. 17.
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