1974 VFA season

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1974 VFA Premiership season
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Port Melbourne
(10th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne
(9th minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams10
Premiers Coburg
(2nd D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Coburg
(2nd D2 minor premiership)
  1973
1975  

The 1974 Victorian Football Association season was the 93rd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 14th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Oakleigh in the Grand Final on 22 September by 69 points; it was Port Melbourne's tenth Division 1 premiership, drawing it level with Williamstown for the most Division 1 premierships in VFA history, and the first of six premierships won in nine seasons between 1974 and 1982. The Division 2 premiership was won by Coburg in its first season after being relegated from Division 1; it was Coburg's second Division 2 premiership.

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Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.

Ladder

1974 VFA Division 1 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Port Melbourne (P)18135020281592127.352
2 Geelong West 18135018881512124.852
3 Dandenong 18126019241500128.248
4 Oakleigh 18117019481760110.648
5 Prahran 18117018551747106.144
6 Preston 189901673179393.336
7 Williamstown 189901607187385.736
8 Sandringham 1851301495191278.120
9 Caulfield 1841401722201085.616
10 Sunshine 1831501561200277.912
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, 1 September Dandenong 13.18 (96)def. by Oakleigh 13.19 (97) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,500) [2]
Sunday, 8 September Port Melbourne 16.14 (110)def. Geelong West 11.21 (87) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 15,520) [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 15 September Geelong West 13.9 (87)def. by Oakleigh 16.16 (112) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,100) [4]
1974 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 22 September Port Melbourne def. Oakleigh St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 23,936) [5]
5.4 (34)
10.10 (70)
17.15 (117)
 22.20 (152)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.3 (21)
6.7 (43)
8.13 (61)
 11.17 (83)
Umpires: John Gambetta
Cook 10, Brown 4, Holt 3, Anderson, Behan, Buckley, Harland, P. Goss Goals Moore 4, Cloke 3, J. Lilley, Quinn, Ritterman, Tessoriero
Herrod (bruised kidneys); Holt (ankle); Lockhart (cut eye); Critch (compound fracture of finger)Injuries
ReportsQuinn, for striking Lockhart

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-away 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

1974 VFA Division 2 Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPAPctPTS
1 Coburg (P)18171025911431181.068
2 Waverley 18153021431631131.360
3 Brunswick 18144021561660134.256
4 Camberwell 18108018741752112.040
5 Northcote 189901863195895.136
6 Frankston 1881001867227682.032
7 Mordialloc 1861201833203989.924
8 Box Hill 1841401640219066.616
9 Werribee 1841401631218574.116
10 Yarraville 1831501601203278.712
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, 18 August Brunswick 12.8 (80)def. Camberwell 11.12 (78) Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) [8]
Sunday, 25 August Coburg 19.19 (133)def. Waverley 8.9 (57) Toorak Park (crowd: 10,000) [1]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 1 September Waverley 16.13 (109)def. by Brunswick 16.22 (118) Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000) [2]
1974 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 8 September Coburg def. Brunswick Toorak Park (crowd: 11,000) [3]
4.3 (27)
8.7 (55)
13.12 (90)
 18.17 (125)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.5 (23)
6.10 (46)
9.13 (67)
 9.15 (69)
Umpires: John Gambetta
Smith 8, Breen 3, Paul 3, Hobbs 2, Morrison, GaitGoalsOrton 3, Baird 2, Wrout 2, Joseph, Stilo
Gale (leg)InjuriesFord (arm)

Awards

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Tom Jacob (2 September 1974). "Oakleigh by one point". The Age. Melbourne. p. 21.
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