1950 VFA season

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The 1950 Victorian Football Association season was the 69th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Oakleigh Football Club, which defeated Port Melbourne by 19 points in the Grand Final on 30 September. It was the third premiership won by the club.

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Australian National Football Council affiliation

During the 1949 season, the Association had made the decision to re-affiliate with the Australian National Football Council. This meant that from 1950, the Association played under the national standard code of rules. Most notably, this meant that throwing the ball in general play was no longer legal. [1] [2] Other rules, including the free kick for 'kicking in danger' which had been introduced under Association rules in 1947, also had to be dropped. [3]

Premiership

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

Ladder

1950 VFA ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Oakleigh (P)19154016011304122.860
2 Port Melbourne 19145016001285124.556
3 Williamstown 19136014861411105.352
4 Brighton 19126118531330139.350
5 Coburg 19127017091461117.048
6 Prahran 19109016211446112.140
7 Sandringham 19109016441570104.740
8 Brunswick 189811353136699.038
9 Camberwell 1881001326136896.932
10 Northcote 1941501233186566.116
11 Preston 1931601242172372.112
12 Yarraville 1921701446198572.88
Source: [4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semifinals
Saturday, 9 September Williamstown 9.10 (64)def. by Brighton 15.12 (102) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) [5]
Saturday, 16 September Oakleigh 12.15 (87)def. Port Melbourne 11.10 (76) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 23,000) [6]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 23 September Port Melbourne 11.6 (72)def. Brighton 8.12 (60) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 19,000) [7]
1950 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 30 September Oakleigh def. Port Melbourne St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 38,000

Field Umpire Jack Cleary)

 [8]
5.5 (35)
6.8 (44)
13.9 (87)
 13.9 (87)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		2.0 (12)
6.8 (44)
7.11 (53)
 9.14 (68)
Edwards 3, Hill 3, Lambert 2, Cunningham, Deayton, Howell, C. Watson, J. WatsonGoalsLewis 4, Woodbridge 2, Atkinson, Culph, Walsh

Awards

Notable events

Brisbane Carnival

As a consequence of joining the ANFC, the Association was permitted to send a representative team to the 1950 Brisbane Carnival. The team was coached by Bill Faul (Prahran) and captained by Jack Whelan (Brunswick). [12] The Association competed in the top division, and finished in last place with a record of 1–3; this meant that the Association was required to play off against the winner of the lower division, the Australian Amateurs, during 1951 to determine which team qualified for the top division at the next carnival. [13]

1950 Brisbane Carnival
Wednesday, 19 July Tasmania 14.7 (91)def. Victoria (VFA) 9.15 (69) Brisbane Exhibition Ground (crowd: 5,200) [14]
Monday, 24 July Victoria (VFA) 6.6 (42)def. South Australia 4.10 (34) Brisbane Exhibition Ground [15]
Wednesday, 26 July Victoria (VFL) 18.13 (121)def. Victoria (VFA) 6.5 (41) Brisbane Exhibition Ground [16]
Saturday, 29 July Western Australia 15.20 (110)def. Victoria (VFA) 6.6 (42) Brisbane Exhibition Ground [17]

Other notable events

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Association joins ANFC". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 August 1949. p. 20.
  2. ↑ "Privileges but not voting power". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 June 1949. p. 16.
  3. ↑ "Rules "outlaw" flick passes". The Argus. Melbourne. 18 May 1950. p. 23.
  4. ↑ "Association statistics". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 September 1950. p. 10.
  5. ↑ Jack Dunn (11 September 1950). "Brighton go away to 6-goal victory". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12.
  6. ↑ Jack Dunn (18 September 1950). "Oakleigh down Port in thrilling game". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12.
  7. ↑ Jack Dunn (25 September 1950). "Port hit top to win V.F.A. final". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 13.
  8. 1 2 Jack Dunn (2 October 1950). "Third-quarter burst made game safe". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12.
  9. ↑ Jack Oates (4 September 1950). "Association details". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 29.
  10. ↑ Jack Oates (2 October 1950). "Steadiness, defence win title for Oakleigh". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 27.
  11. ↑ "Frank Stubbs wins V.F.A. award". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 September 1950. p. 11.
  12. ↑ "V.F.A. coach advises his carnival team". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 July 1950. p. 14.
  13. ↑ "Australian Amateurs V.F.A. team to play at Manuka tomorrow". The Canberra Times. Canberra, ACT. 12 July 1951. p. 5.
  14. ↑ Percy Taylor (20 July 1950). "V.F.A. team defeated in Brisbane". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 13.
  15. ↑ Percy Taylor (26 July 1950). "First national carnival upset". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 15.
  16. ↑ Percy Taylor (27 July 1950). "Hollow carnival victory". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 13.
  17. ↑ "WA were far too good". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 July 1950. p. 12.
  18. ↑ "Won after bell". The Argus. Melbourne. 21 August 1950. p. 12.
  19. ↑ Jack Oates (30 August 1950). "Brunswick win "no game", V.F.A. declares". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 29.
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