1963 VFA season

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1963 VFA premiership season
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Moorabbin
2nd premiership
Minor premiers Moorabbin
3rd minor premiership
Division 2
Teams9
Premiers Preston
1st D2 premiership
Minor premiers Waverley
1st D2 minor premiership
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The 1963 Victorian Football Association season was the 82nd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the third season of its second division. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Moorabbin Football Club, after it defeated Sandringham in the Grand Final on 21 September by 64 points; it was Moorabbin's second and last VFA premiership, before its suspension from the Association prior to the following season. The Division 2 premiership was won by Preston; it was the club's first premiership in either division since joining the Association.

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Association membership

On 12 December 1962, the Geelong West Football Club was admitted to Division 2 of the Association. Geelong West had a long and successful history prior to World War II in the Geelong & District Football League, then since 1946 in the higher standard Ballarat Football League; but, after 1962 they were encouraged by leave by the Ballarat clubs, who did not like the lower home crowds and the long travelling distances that came with the Geelong-based team in their league; so, Geelong West sought out the VFA, which was prepared to admit the club. [1] Geelong West played its games at the Western Oval in Church Street. [2] It was the first time an Association club had been based in Geelong since 1927. Geelong West's admission brought the size of the Association to nineteen clubs, the highest to that stage in Association history.

The Association had already released its Division 2 fixture for 1963, so Geelong West's admission forced the fixture to be re-drawn. The Association intentionally fixtured Geelong West to play home on weekends when the Geelong VFL team was playing away, to maximise potential attendances. [2]

Scheduling of finals

The Division 1 Grand Final was scheduled for the Saturday prior to the VFL Grand Final Note 1 ; [3] this was a break from the established tradition, which had every Grand Final since 1939 scheduled for the weekend after the VFL Grand Final. This change of scheduling also forced a change of venue from the St Kilda Cricket Ground, which had hosted all VFA finals since 1945: because the VFA first semi-final now clashed with the final round of VFL home-and-home matches, the St Kilda Cricket Ground would still be in active use as the home ground of the VFL's St Kilda Football Club. As such, the entire Division 1 finals series was played at North Port Oval. [4]

In Division 2, the Board of Management agreed that all finals were to be played on Sundays at Toorak Park; this was different from previous years, when the finals were played on Sunday only with the agreement of the clubs involved. Waverley was one of four clubs opposed to Sunday football, and it appealed to the Association to play its finals on Saturdays, but its requests were rejected. [5]

The promotion-relegation challenge match between the Division 2 runners-up and the 9th placed team in Division 1 was abandoned from the 1963 season. As such, only the Division 2 premier was promoted, and only the Division 1 wooden spooner was relegated.

Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system.

Ladder

1963 VFA Division 1 Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Moorabbin (P)18135014411083133.152
2 Sandringham 18126018051486121.548
3 Coburg 18126015691373114.348
4 Yarraville 18126014681297113.248
5 Port Melbourne 18108014961399106.940
6 Oakleigh 18108013941374101.540
7 Dandenong 1861111379142996.526
8 Williamstown 1861111227138788.526
9 Brunswick 1861201354156986.324
10 Northcote 182160952179653.08
Source: [6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-finals
Saturday, 31 August Coburg 14.20 (104)def. by Yarraville 16.15 (111) North Port Oval (crowd: 8,000) [7]
Saturday, 7 September Moorabbin 14.14 (98)def. Sandringham 13.11 (89) North Port Oval (crowd: 9,000) [8]
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 14 September Sandringham 17.11 (113)def. Yarraville 10.13 (73) North Port Oval (crowd: 10,000) [9]
1963 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Saturday, 21 September Moorabbin def. Sandringham North Port Oval (crowd: 15,000) [10]
5.5 (35)
8.8 (56)
15.10 (100)
 19.16 (130)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		2.1 (13)
4.4 (28)
5.9 (39)
 9.12 (66)		Umpires: A. O'Neill
Papley 6, Kee 4, Whalebone 4, Burns 2, Christie 2, RyanGoalsGleeson 2, O'Toole 2, Perovic 2, Wills 2, Strachan
Hoy (leg)Injuries

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over 16 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system.

Ladder

1963 VFA Division 2 Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Waverley 1612401459934156.248
2 Preston (P)1612401390996139.648
3 Sunshine 16106011671134102.940
4 Prahran 1696113381103121.338
5 Box Hill 1696111031078102.338
6 Mordialloc 1688014431196120.732
7 Camberwell 1651101078130382.720
8 Geelong West 163130889147460.312
9 Brighton–Caulfield 163130941156760.112
Source: [12]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-finals
Sunday, 25 August Sunshine 10.4 (64)def. by Prahran 10.17 (77) Toorak Park (crowd: 5,000) [13]
Sunday, 1 September Waverley 13.12 (90)def. Preston 12.10 (82) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [14]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 8 September Preston 15.16 (106)def. Prahran 11.6 (72) Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000) [15]
1963 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 15 September Waverley def. by Preston Toorak Park (crowd: 15,000) [9]
3.6 (24)
4.7 (31)
9.15 (69)
 9.15 (69)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		1.3 (9)
5.7 (37)
6.9 (45)
 11.14 (80)		Umpires: C. Mance
Angus 2, McKindley 2, Scott 2, Ingwersen, Nash, NationGoalsMills 5, Murnane 3, Parris 2, Waddell
InjuriesCataggio (leg)

Awards

Notable events

See also

Footnotes

1. ^ Based on the original schedule; as it actually happened, the VFL postponed its Round 11 due to rain, so there ended up being a two-week gap between the two competitions‘ Grand Finals.

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  2. 1 2 Scot Palmer (13 December 1962). "League outpost "invaded"". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 64.
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  4. ↑ Scot Palmer (4 March 1963). "Clubs act on VFA finals". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne.
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