1971 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
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 played | 136 |
Total attendance | 3,326,436 (24,459 per match) |
Highest | 118,192 |
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.
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.
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.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2460 | 1601 | 153.7 | 76 |
2 | St Kilda | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2176 | 1554 | 140.0 | 64 |
3 | Richmond | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2318 | 1890 | 122.6 | 64 |
4 | Collingwood | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2331 | 1840 | 126.7 | 58 |
5 | Carlton | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2103 | 2014 | 104.4 | 56 |
6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2047 | 1915 | 106.9 | 48 |
7 | Melbourne | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1962 | 1791 | 109.5 | 46 |
8 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1966 | 2217 | 88.7 | 44 |
9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1705 | 2551 | 66.8 | 22 |
10 | Geelong | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2072 | 2523 | 82.1 | 20 |
11 | Essendon | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 1705 | 2252 | 75.7 | 18 |
12 | South Melbourne | 22 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 1618 | 2315 | 69.9 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.7
Source: AFL Tables
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Richmond | 4.4 | 8.8 | 11.10 | 18.13 (121) |
Collingwood | 4.1 | 5.5 | 11.8 | 11.11 (77) |
Attendance: : 99,771 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Hawthorn | 2.7 | 8.12 | 11.16 | 12.18 (90) |
St Kilda | 1.4 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 12.16 (88) |
Attendance: 99,822 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
St Kilda | 1.2 | 6.7 | 11.10 | 16.12 (108) |
Richmond | 3.2 | 7.2 | 9.4 | 12.6 (78) |
Attendance: 102,494 | ||||
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hawthorn | 2.2 | 4.4 | 5.7 | 12.10 (82) |
St Kilda | 2.1 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 11.9 (75) |
Attendance: 118,192 | ||||
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.
Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | SF | PF | GF | Total | |
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1 | Peter Hudson | 55 | 49 | 110 | 717 | 522 | 325 | 1035 | 742 | 547 | 552 | 557 | 663 | 972 | 779 | 1291 | 697 | 9106 | 6112 | 6118 | 3121 | 9130 | 10140 | 7147 | 3150 | 150 | |
2 | Peter McKenna | 44 | 913 | 316 | 1026 | 430 | 1040 | 646 | 753 | 659 | 564 | 872 | 173 | 1083 | 1295 | 6101 | DNP | 2103 | 8111 | 1112 | 8120 | 6126 | 4130 | 4134 | 134 | ||
3 | Doug Wade | 33 | 47 | 613 | 417 | 421 | DNP | DNP | 223 | 730 | 535 | 641 | 243 | 3 46 | 753 | 861 | 263 | DNP | 972 | 274 | 1387 | 390 | 494 | 94 | |||
4 | Alan Davis | 11 | DNP | 01 | 12 | 46 | 39 | 413 | 1023 | 528 | 533 | 336 | 541 | 243 | 346 | 450 | 353 | 255 | 257 | DNP | 461 | 263 | 063 | DNP | 669 | 170 | 70 |
5 | Bill Ryan | 33 | 47 | 411 | 011 | 213 | 215 | 419 | 322 | 729 | 332 | 032 | 032 | 335 | 338 | 038 | DNP | 341 | 647 | 350 | 757 | 865 | 267 | 67 | |||
6 | Royce Hart | 44 | 37 | 310 | 010 | 313 | 215 | 116 | 420 | 222 | 426 | 228 | 028 | 028 | 129 | 534 | DNP | 640 | 242 | 648 | 048 | 250 | 454 | 357 | 259 | 59 | |
7 | Alex Jesaulenko | 33 | DNP | 69 | 312 | 214 | 519 | DNP | DNP | 120 | 424 | 125 | DNP | 227 | DNP | 532 | 234 | 741 | 344 | 347 | 754 | 155 | 156 | 56 | |||
8 | Kevin Bartlett | 66 | 17 | 29 | 413 | 114 | 317 | 118 | 422 | 325 | 328 | 533 | 235 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 041 | 445 | 247 | 249 | 352 | 153 | 53 | |
9 | Barry Breen | 11 | 34 | 04 | 26 | 39 | 211 | 213 | 417 | 017 | 219 | 120 | 020 | 424 | 125 | 227 | 027 | 128 | 331 | 233 | 336 | 339 | 443 | 447 | 350 | 353 | 53 |
10 | Barry Richardson | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 22 | 02 | 02 | 02 | 02 | DNP | 68 | 513 | 316 | 016 | 521 | 425 | 530 | 737 | 643 | 245 | 045 | 550 | 50 |
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