1970 VFA season

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1970 VFA premiership season
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Prahran
(3rd premiership)
Minor premiers Prahran
(3rd minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams10
Premiers Coburg
(1st D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Coburg
(1st D2 minor premiership)
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Prahran 1970 VFA Premiership Team.jpg

The 1970 Victorian Football Association season was the 89th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the tenth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, marking the club's third Division 1 premiership; it defeated Williamstown, which qualified for the Grand Final in its first season after promotion to Division 1, on 20 September by 50 points. The Division 2 premiership was won by Coburg, in its second season since being relegated from Division 1.

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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. The finals returned to the St Kilda Cricket Ground for the first time since 1966.

Ladder

1970 VFA Division 1 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Prahran (P)18153021021561134.660
2 Williamstown 18135019621723113.552
3 Port Melbourne 18117018901531123.544
4 Waverley 18117020451720118.944
5 Sandringham 18117020831975105.944
6 Preston 18117019941700105.444
7 Dandenong 18108019361630118.740
8 Oakleigh 1841401656212877.816
9 Geelong West 1831501581233767.612
10 Yarraville 1811701585232468.24
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
Sunday, 30 August Port Melbourne 10.15 (75)def. by Waverley 15.16 (106) St Kilda Cricket Ground [2]
Sunday, 6 September Prahran 10.15 (75)def. Williamstown 9.15 (69) St Kilda Cricket Ground [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 13 September Williamstown 22.22 (154)def. Waverley 7.9 (51) St Kilda Cricket Ground [4]
1970 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 20 September Prahran def. Williamstown St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 26,000) [5]
3.5 (23)
9.7 (61)
16.15 (111)
 17.18 (120)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		3.1 (19)
5.4 (34)
5.5 (35)
 10.10 (70)		Umpires: Anderson
Bartlett 4, Knox 4, Dowsing 3, Marinko 2, Emselle, Karanicolas, Kenneally, ParkerGoalsHayward 2, Jackman 2, Hayward 2, Papley, Patterson, Smith, Stark
Culpin (ribs)Injuries

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.

Ladder

1970 VFA Division 2 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Coburg (P)18162024721379179.164
2 Sunshine 18153022281496148.860
3 Box Hill 18125118591669111.350
4 Brunswick 18108017811714103.940
5 Caulfield 189901892191595.136
6 Frankston 1881001715198786.332
7 Mordialloc 1871011449179880.530
8 Northcote 1871101621185387.428
9 Werribee 1831501524202275.312
10 Camberwell 1821601284201063.88
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership pointsSource [7]

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 16 August Box Hill 20.15 (135)def. Brunswick 16.7 (103) Toorak Park [8]
Sunday, 23 August Coburg 25.12 (162)def. Sunshine 14.12 (96) Toorak Park [9]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 30 August Sunshine 12.12 (84)def. by Box Hill 16.7 (103) Toorak Park [10]
1970 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 6 September Coburg def. Box Hill Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [11]
5.4 (34)
11.13 (79)
16.15 (111)
 20.17 (137)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		4.2 (26)
8.6 (54)
12.10 (82)
 16.11 (107)		Umpires: Anderson
Sporton 5, Hepper 4, McCarthy 3, Morrison 3, Kirkman 2, Gale, Marsh, SullivanGoalsBarnett 6, Dawson 3, Abbott 2, Baker 2, Smith 2, Crisp

Awards

Notable events

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  2. ↑ Murray Hubbard (31 August 1970). "Waverley strongly". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 54.
  3. 1 2 Murray Hubbard (7 September 1970). "Prahran wins by 6 points". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 52.
  4. 1 2 Murray Hubbard (14 September 1970). "Easy, but not dull". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 56.
  5. ↑ Murray Hubbard (21 September 1970). "'Town flops badly". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 52.
  6. ↑ "Cook takes VFA award". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 27 August 1970. p. 62.
  7. 1 2 "Scores in the VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 10 August 1970. p. 46.
  8. ↑ Murray Hubbard (17 August 1970). "Sandy turns on 'power'". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 46.
  9. ↑ Murray Hubbard (24 August 1970). "Coburg's claim". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 58.
  10. 1 2 3 Murray Hubbard (31 August 1970). "Box Hill is not troubled". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 54.
  11. ↑ Murray Hubbard (7 September 1970). "Flag to Coburg". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 52.
  12. ↑ "VFA best". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. 13 August 1970. p. 58.
  13. ↑ Scot Palmer (17 March 1970). "Permits: VFA is expelled". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 62.
  14. ↑ Murray Hubbard (10 April 1970). "New look in VFA teams". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 45.
  15. ↑ Murray Hubbard (27 April 1970). "Prahran in upset win". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 57.
  16. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2004), The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995, p. 40
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