1971 VFL season

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1971 VFL premiership season
Teams12
Premiers Hawthorn
2nd premiership
Minor premiers Hawthorn
3rd minor premiership
Consolation series Melbourne
1st Consolation series win
Brownlow Medallist Ian Stewart (Richmond)
Coleman Medallist Peter Hudson (Hawthorn)
Attendance
Matches played136
Total attendance3,326,436 (24,459 per match)
Highest118,192
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The 1971 VFL season was the 75th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 3 April until 25 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

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The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the second time, after it defeated St Kilda by seven points in the 1971 VFL Grand Final. Hawthorn full-forward Peter Hudson kicked 150 goals for the season, equalling the all-time record set by Bob Pratt (South Melbourne) in 1934.

Background

In 1971, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11.

Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1971 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 24.21 (165) South Melbourne 7.18 (60) MCG 28,7273 April 1971
Geelong 8.9 (57) St Kilda 21.25 (151) Kardinia Park 20,7713 April 1971
Fitzroy 14.15 (99) Richmond 22.18 (150) Junction Oval 18,3863 April 1971
Essendon 10.12 (72) Hawthorn 13.18 (96) Windy Hill 19,2143 April 1971
Collingwood 25.10 (160) Footscray 11.11 (77) Victoria Park 27,8293 April 1971
North Melbourne 18.16 (124) Carlton 14.14 (98) Arden Street Oval 20,3993 April 1971

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 20.9 (129) Essendon 9.15 (69) Princes Park 30,48010 April 1971
South Melbourne 12.20 (92) Geelong 16.14 (110) Lake Oval 17,09010 April 1971
Hawthorn 14.13 (97) Fitzroy 7.11 (53) Glenferrie Oval 15,31010 April 1971
Footscray 8.15 (63) Melbourne 16.11 (107) Western Oval 20,37812 April 1971
St Kilda 16.12 (108) North Melbourne 12.8 (80) Moorabbin Oval 24,17412 April 1971
Richmond 10.9 (69) Collingwood 16.10 (106) MCG 82,17212 April 1971

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 14.15 (99) South Melbourne 14.9 (93) Western Oval 15,00317 April 1971
Fitzroy 17.26 (128) North Melbourne 14.10 (94) Junction Oval 8,91717 April 1971
Hawthorn 16.19 (115) Geelong 16.11 (107) Glenferrie Oval 14,09017 April 1971
Essendon 9.12 (66) Collingwood 9.12 (66) Windy Hill 22,42117 April 1971
Melbourne 19.13 (127) Carlton 15.10 (100) MCG 42,88517 April 1971
Richmond 10.8 (68) St Kilda 6.13 (49) VFL Park 33,48917 April 1971

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 19.20 (134) Fitzroy 12.9 (81) Victoria Park 25,75924 April 1971
South Melbourne 5.9 (39) Richmond 20.13 (133) Lake Oval 18,89524 April 1971
St Kilda 10.9 (69) Hawthorn 18.19 (127) Moorabbin Oval 25,15324 April 1971
North Melbourne 14.15 (99) Footscray 13.14 (92) Arden Street Oval 13,97224 April 1971
Geelong 13.8 (86) Carlton 13.21 (99) Kardinia Park 23,55524 April 1971
Melbourne 10.18 (78) Essendon 6.7 (43) VFL Park 27,34224 April 1971

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 14.8 (92) Melbourne 17.18 (120) Junction Oval 12,3631 May 1971
Essendon 21.15 (141) Geelong 16.12 (108) Windy Hill 16,4351 May 1971
Collingwood 16.15 (111) North Melbourne 10.11 (71) Victoria Park 22,5461 May 1971
Carlton 13.18 (96) St Kilda 11.17 (83) Princes Park 24,0271 May 1971
Richmond 14.17 (101) Footscray 17.19 (121) MCG 23,7581 May 1971
Hawthorn 12.21 (93) South Melbourne 6.9 (45) VFL Park 16,2061 May 1971

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 12.12 (84) Richmond 22.14 (146) Arden Street Oval 13,0478 May 1971
Footscray 18.5 (113) Hawthorn 16.11 (107) Western Oval 19,2058 May 1971
St Kilda 14.25 (109) Essendon 9.11 (65) Moorabbin Oval 21,6048 May 1971
Melbourne 10.12 (72) Collingwood 18.19 (127) MCG 80,2318 May 1971
South Melbourne 13.14 (92) Carlton 14.10 (94) Lake Oval 17,1718 May 1971
Geelong 13.13 (91) Fitzroy 20.16 (136) VFL Park 11,4328 May 1971

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 22.17 (149) North Melbourne 15.14 (104) MCG 21,06915 May 1971
Hawthorn 21.19 (145) Richmond 12.6 (78) Glenferrie Oval 22,95615 May 1971
Fitzroy 11.16 (82) St Kilda 13.14 (92) Junction Oval 17,57315 May 1971
Essendon 12.17 (89) South Melbourne 16.9 (105) Windy Hill 17,05515 May 1971
Collingwood 15.16 (106) Geelong 14.8 (92) Victoria Park 25,52515 May 1971
Carlton 12.19 (91) Footscray 11.13 (79) VFL Park 29,19515 May 1971

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 10.12 (72) Melbourne 14.22 (106) Kardinia Park 20,24722 May 1971
South Melbourne 13.11 (89) Fitzroy 19.19 (133) Lake Oval 15,14722 May 1971
Footscray 17.17 (119) Essendon 12.7 (79) Western Oval 21,29522 May 1971
St Kilda 20.15 (135) Collingwood 13.10 (88) Moorabbin Oval 38,12722 May 1971
Richmond 16.26 (122) Carlton 9.16 (70) MCG 52,78322 May 1971
North Melbourne 7.10 (52) Hawthorn 22.15 (147) VFL Park 14,86022 May 1971

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 10.10 (70) St Kilda 10.7 (67) MCG 39,38029 May 1971
Fitzroy 17.17 (119) Footscray 10.18 (78) Junction Oval 12,25529 May 1971
Collingwood 15.10 (100) South Melbourne 10.6 (66) Victoria Park 20,35029 May 1971
Carlton 4.12 (36) Hawthorn 14.12 (96) Princes Park 29,25029 May 1971
North Melbourne 16.28 (124) Geelong 16.13 (109) Arden Street Oval 7,33529 May 1971
Essendon 13.11 (89) Richmond 17.11 (113) VFL Park 16,30029 May 1971

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 13.18 (96) North Melbourne 8.15 (63) Windy Hill 14,8645 June 1971
Carlton 13.12 (90) Fitzroy 10.15 (75) Princes Park 24,0005 June 1971
South Melbourne 9.6 (60) St Kilda 18.23 (131) Lake Oval 16,0695 June 1971
Richmond 15.16 (106) Melbourne 11.9 (75) MCG 48,7085 June 1971
Hawthorn 15.17 (107) Collingwood 7.13 (55) Glenferrie Oval 28,4505 June 1971
Footscray 19.10 (124) Geelong 18.14 (122) VFL Park 11,6735 June 1971

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 12.17 (89) South Melbourne 13.20 (98) Arden Street Oval 9,45414 June 1971
Geelong 12.11 (83) Richmond 20.13 (133) Kardinia Park 23,38814 June 1971
Melbourne 10.14 (74) Hawthorn 14.10 (94) MCG 52,25614 June 1971
St Kilda 17.16 (118) Footscray 9.5 (59) Moorabbin Oval 22,48814 June 1971
Fitzroy 17.13 (115) Essendon 8.9 (57) Junction Oval 14,21214 June 1971
Collingwood 24.14 (158) Carlton 11.7 (73) VFL Park 50,24614 June 1971

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 16.18 (114) North Melbourne 3.5 (23) Princes Park 13,30019 June 1971
St Kilda 14.15 (99) Geelong 3.3 (21) Moorabbin Oval 14,18119 June 1971
Richmond 6.11 (47) Fitzroy 8.17 (65) MCG 24,83119 June 1971
Hawthorn 14.20 (104) Essendon 11.5 (71) Glenferrie Oval 14,18119 June 1971
Footscray 8.15 (63) Collingwood 6.10 (46) Western Oval 21,18819 June 1971
South Melbourne 2.6 (18) Melbourne 6.13 (49) VFL Park 12,52819 June 1971

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 6.16 (52) St Kilda 16.15 (111) Arden Street Oval 8,50826 June 1971
Geelong 13.9 (87) South Melbourne 9.12 (66) Kardinia Park 11,22226 June 1971
Collingwood 18.16 (124) Richmond 12.12 (84) Victoria Park 33,33826 June 1971
Melbourne 11.13 (79) Footscray 12.8 (80) MCG 28,47126 June 1971
Essendon 13.6 (84) Carlton 14.14 (98) Windy Hill 18,85326 June 1971
Fitzroy 7.16 (58) Hawthorn 14.9 (93) VFL Park 18,36926 June 1971

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 13.6 (84) Hawthorn 15.13 (103) Kardinia Park 14,2833 July 1971
Collingwood 30.20 (200) Essendon 7.11 (53) Victoria Park 26,8313 July 1971
St Kilda 13.9 (87) Richmond 13.12 (90) Moorabbin Oval 28,8253 July 1971
South Melbourne 18.15 (123) Footscray 19.11 (125) Lake Oval 13,3603 July 1971
North Melbourne 13.11 (89) Fitzroy 11.16 (82) Arden Street Oval 8,7773 July 1971
Carlton 12.16 (88) Melbourne 11.6 (72) VFL Park 27,5113 July 1971

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 12.18 (90) South Melbourne 11.13 (79) MCG 22,87010 July 1971
Hawthorn 20.5 (125) St Kilda 15.12 (102) Glenferrie Oval 21,64710 July 1971
Essendon 11.12 (78) Melbourne 12.17 (89) Windy Hill 14,09310 July 1971
Carlton 21.15 (141) Geelong 15.14 (104) Princes Park 21,00010 July 1971
Fitzroy 11.18 (84) Collingwood 16.6 (102) Junction Oval 24,92610 July 1971
Footscray 22.31 (163) North Melbourne 11.5 (71) VFL Park 10,07510 July 1971

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdBernard
Footscray 13.8 (86) Richmond 6.15 (51) Western Oval 17,82617 July 1971
South Melbourne 3.15 (33) Hawthorn 11.16 (82) Lake Oval 10,51917 July 1971
Melbourne 4.10 (34) Fitzroy 7.7 (49) MCG 20,01317 July 1971
North Melbourne 6.9 (45) Collingwood 8.12 (60) Arden Street Oval 9,83517 July 1971
St Kilda 13.19 (97) Carlton 8.6 (54) Moorabbin Oval 25,51817 July 1971
Geelong 13.7 (85) Essendon 16.18 (114) VFL Park 9,01217 July 1971

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 20.19 (139) Geelong 11.10 (76) Junction Oval 8,88924 July 1971
Essendon 7.8 (50) St Kilda 14.15 (99) Windy Hill 15,27324 July 1971
Collingwood 12.12 (84) Melbourne 11.12 (78) Victoria Park 27,24324 July 1971
Carlton 24.16 (160) South Melbourne 11.7 (73) Princes Park 16,50024 July 1971
Hawthorn 23.16 (154) Footscray 4.15 (39) Glenferrie Oval 21,05924 July 1971
Richmond 25.19 (169) North Melbourne 12.7 (79) VFL Park 11,41624 July 1971

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 8.14 (62) Melbourne 9.8 (62) Arden Street Oval 6,52231 July 1971
Richmond 16.12 (108) Hawthorn 11.10 (76) MCG 47,95131 July 1971
South Melbourne 13.8 (86) Essendon 13.18 (96) Lake Oval 7,89531 July 1971
Geelong 21.11 (137) Collingwood 19.14 (128) Kardinia Park 22,00031 July 1971
Footscray 11.10 (76) Carlton 15.16 (106) Western Oval 21,67031 July 1971
St Kilda 13.5 (83) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) VFL Park 14,56331 July 1971

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 23.16 (154) North Melbourne 9.8 (62) Glenferrie Oval 9,1127 August 1971
Fitzroy 11.17 (83) South Melbourne 8.10 (58) Junction Oval 8,2537 August 1971
Essendon 7.23 (65) Footscray 9.12 (66) Windy Hill 13,8157 August 1971
Carlton 8.10 (58) Richmond 14.17 (101) Princes Park 34,2247 August 1971
Melbourne 18.17 (125) Geelong 9.8 (62) MCG 23,0177 August 1971
Collingwood 8.10 (58) St Kilda 12.7 (79) VFL Park 46,3627 August 1971

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 24.7 (151) North Melbourne 11.10 (76) Kardinia Park 12,08514 August 1971
St Kilda 14.11 (95) Melbourne 9.10 (64) Moorabbin Oval 25,08114 August 1971
Footscray 11.9 (75) Fitzroy 15.20 (110) Western Oval 15,09614 August 1971
Richmond 18.18 (126) Essendon 10.12 (72) MCG 28,38814 August 1971
Hawthorn 11.15 (81) Carlton 19.6 (120) Glenferrie Oval 22,75314 August 1971
South Melbourne 9.8 (62) Collingwood 18.18 (126) VFL Park 19,49114 August 1971

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 18.14 (122) South Melbourne 6.14 (50) Moorabbin Oval 16,20521 August 1971
Melbourne 15.12 (102) Richmond 19.9 (123) MCG 37,73221 August 1971
Collingwood 15.15 (105) Hawthorn 20.20 (140) Victoria Park 41,31221 August 1971
Geelong 18.18 (126) Footscray 15.5 (95) Kardinia Park 17,86421 August 1971
North Melbourne 15.13 (103) Essendon 10.12 (72) Arden Street Oval 8,73321 August 1971
Fitzroy 15.15 (105) Carlton 11.16 (82) Junction Oval 22,41321 August 1971

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 18.16 (124) Melbourne 8.17 (65) Glenferrie Oval 14,80928 August 1971
Footscray 10.14 (74) St Kilda 12.18 (90) Western Oval 16,70728 August 1971
Essendon 12.12 (84) Fitzroy 13.17 (95) Windy Hill 12,86528 August 1971
Carlton 16.10 (106) Collingwood 13.9 (87) Princes Park 32,00028 August 1971
South Melbourne 19.17 (131) North Melbourne 8.11 (59) Lake Oval 9,30728 August 1971
Richmond 16.14 (110) Geelong 14.18 (102) MCG 36,42328 August 1971

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Hawthorn (P)22193024601601153.776
2 St Kilda 22166021761554140.064
3 Richmond 22166023181890122.664
4 Collingwood 22147123311840126.758
5 Carlton 22148021032014104.456
6 Fitzroy 221210020471915106.948
7 Melbourne 221110119621791109.546
8 Footscray 22111101966221788.744
9 North Melbourne 2251611705255166.822
10 Geelong 2251702072252382.120
11 Essendon 2241711705225275.718
12 South Melbourne 2231901618231569.912

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.7
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Semi-finals

Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Richmond 4.48.811.1018.13 (121)
Collingwood 4.15.511.811.11 (77)
Attendance: : 99,771
Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Hawthorn 2.78.1211.1612.18 (90)
St Kilda 1.44.57.712.16 (88)
Attendance: 99,822

Preliminary final

Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
St Kilda 1.26.711.1016.12 (108)
Richmond 3.27.29.412.6 (78)
Attendance: 102,494

Grand final

Team1 Qtr2 Qtr3 QtrFinal
Hawthorn 2.24.45.712.10 (82)
St Kilda 2.14.68.911.9 (75)
Attendance: 118,192

Consolation Night Series Competition

The consolation night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the home and away rounds.

Final: Melbourne 12.7 (79) defeated Fitzroy 9.9 (63).

Season notes

Awards

Major awards

Leading goalkickers

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