1986 VFA season

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1986 VFA Premiership Season
Teams22
Division 1
Teams10
Premiers Williamstown
(11th premiership)
Minor premiers Coburg
(6th minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams12
Premiers Box Hill
(2nd D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Sunshine
(3rd D2 minor premiership)
1985
1987

The 1986 Victorian Football Association season was the 105th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 26th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Coburg in the Grand Final on 21 September by 13 points; it was Williamstown's eleventh Division 1 premiership, and its first since 1959. The Division 2 premiership was won by Box Hill; it was the club's second Division 2 premiership in three years, having competed in and been relegated from Division 1 in the intervening year.

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Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the Junction Oval.

Ladder

1986 VFA Division 1 Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Coburg 18153025601658154.460
2 Frankston 18135022031899116.052
3 Williamstown (P)18126025401718147.848
4 Preston 18126022221647134.948
5 Port Melbourne 18108023842106113.240
6 Sandringham 18108022462015111.540
7 Geelong West 18711019221870102.828
8 Brunswick 1871101989221589.828
9 Springvale 1841401835224581.716
10 Camberwell 1801801091361930.10
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 31 August (2:10pm) Williamstown 19.10 (124)def. Preston 18.6 (114) Junction Oval (crowd: 6,600) [2]
Sunday, 7 September (2:10pm) Coburg 25.19 (169)def. Frankston 17.5 (107) Junction Oval (crowd: 4,500) [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 14 September (2:10pm) Frankston 12.17 (89)def. by Williamstown 19.19 (133) Junction Oval (crowd: 8,000) [4]
1986 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 21 September (2:10pm) Coburg def. by Williamstown Junction Oval (crowd: 20,146) [5]
1.3 (9)
5.6 (36)
6.9 (45)
 14.14 (98)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
2.3 (15)
6.4 (40)
14.6 (90)
 17.9 (111)
Umpires: Graeme Marcy, Jeff Ryan
Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tony Pastore (Williamstown)
Laidler 5, M. Harbinson 2, Allison, Christensen, Collins, Gumley, Ingram, Sheldon, TarantoGoals Fotheringham 5, Cahill 4, Smith 3, Simmons 2, Owen, Round, Sait
Cleary, for unduly rough play in the third quarter (ordered off)
Allison, for striking Wheeler in the final quarter
Gumley, for striking Sait in the final quarter
Sheldon, for striking Morrison in the final quarter
ReportsSmith, for striking Laidler in the first quarter
Owen, for striking Sheldon in the second quarter

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. The finals were played at Junction Oval.

Ladder

1986 VFA Division 2 Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Sunshine 18162022811302175.264
2 Box Hill (P)18153025431302195.360
3 Prahran 18153024021427168.360
4 Oakleigh 18144023781308181.856
5 Dandenong 18117017181417121.244
6 Waverley 18108020771639126.740
7 Werribee 1881001640169596.832
8 Moorabbin 1881001595173991.732
9 Caulfield 1871101860219184.928
10 Northcote 1821601466260556.38
11 Berwick 1821601330259551.38
12 Mordialloc 1801801066313534.00
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 31 August (11:10am) Prahran 21.14 (140)def. Oakleigh 13.18 (96) Junction Oval (crowd: 6,600 (C-R)) [2]
Sunday, 7 September (11:10am) Sunshine 9.13 (67)def. by Box Hill 14.17 (101) Junction Oval (crowd: 4,500 (C-R)) [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 14 September (11:10am) Sunshine 16.16 (112)def. Prahran 17.7 (109) Junction Oval (crowd: 8,000 (C-R)) [4]
1986 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 21 September (11:10am) Box Hill def. Sunshine Junction Oval (crowd: 20,146 (C-R)) [5]
4.6 (30)
8.9 (57)
11.11 (77)
 14.14 (98)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
2.4 (16)
5.7 (37)
9.11 (65)
 11.14 (80)
Umpires: Casey, Marshall
L. Bolton 3, Withers 3, Dwyer 2, Brown, Bourke, Garth, Nicholson, O'Shae, TeakelGoalsLitchfield 4, Shepparbottom 3, Scanlan 2, Brown, Nelson
ReportsQuinn, for striking Nicholson in the first quarter
Protetto, for striking Withers in the first quarter
Hodges, for striking Witnish in the first quarter
Quinn, for striking Nicholson in the second quarter
Nelson, for striking Sheridan in the second quarter
Wagland, for striking Nicholson in the second quarter
Protetto, for striking L. Bolton in the third quarter
Protetto, for using abusive language in the third quarter
Brown, for striking Garth in the final quarter
Mitrovski, for striking Dwyer in the final quarter

Awards

Notable events

Interleague matches

The Association played one interleague match during the season, against the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Phil Cleary (Coburg) took over from Gary Brice as coach. [8]

1986 Interleague Matches
Sunday, 8 June V.A.F.A. 10.8 (68)def. by V.F.A. 14.13 (97) Elsternwick Park [9]

Other notable events

See also

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