2003 VFL season | |
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Teams | 13 |
Premiers | Williamstown 13th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Melbourne 16th minor premiership |
The 2003 Victorian Football League season was the 122nd season of the Australian rules football competition.
The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after defeating Box Hill by 29 points in the Grand Final on 21 September.
There were several changes to the VFL–AFL reserves affiliations prior to the 2003 season: [1]
As a result of the changes, the VFL was reduced from sixteen teams to thirteen. Geelong was now the only one of the ten Victorian AFL clubs left fielding its own reserves team in the VFL, with nine clubs in VFL-AFL affiliations.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1918 | 1439 | 133.3 | 58 | Finals |
2 | Williamstown (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1856 | 1284 | 144.5 | 56 | |
3 | Box Hill | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1789 | 1389 | 128.8 | 56 | |
4 | Sandringham | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1623 | 1553 | 104.5 | 40 | |
5 | Tasmania | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1708 | 1582 | 108.0 | 34 | |
6 | Springvale | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1783 | 1702 | 104.8 | 34 | |
7 | Werribee | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1656 | 1668 | 99.3 | 32 | |
8 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1623 | 1763 | 92.1 | 32 | |
9 | Frankston | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1285 | 1420 | 90.5 | 32 | |
10 | Bendigo | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1519 | 1791 | 84.8 | 30 | |
11 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1763 | 1824 | 96.7 | 24 | |
12 | Coburg | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1408 | 1896 | 74.3 | 24 | |
13 | North Ballarat | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1249 | 1869 | 66.8 | 16 |
Qualifying and elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||
August 30, North Port Oval | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | Port Melbourne | 14.18 (102) | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Sandringham | 18.13 (121) | September 7, Bellerive Oval | ||||||||||||||||
Tasmania | 14.21 (105) | ||||||||||||||||||
August 30, Bellerive Oval | Port Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | September 13, North Port Oval | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Tasmania | 18.10 (118) | Sandringham | 9.9 (63) | |||||||||||||||
8 | Geelong | 16.7 (103) | Box Hill | 14.14 (98) | September 21, Optus Oval | ||||||||||||||
Box Hill | 9.9 (63) | ||||||||||||||||||
August 31, North Port Oval | September 14, North Port Oval | Williamstown | 13.14 (92) | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Springvale | 6.8 (44) | Williamstown | 17.11 (113) | |||||||||||||||
7 | Werribee | 21.18 (144) | September 6, North Port Oval | Port Melbourne | 15.16 (106) | ||||||||||||||
Box Hill | 12.12 (84) | ||||||||||||||||||
August 30, Box Hill City Oval | Werribee | 12.11 (83) | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Williamstown | 16.14 (110) | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Box Hill | 8.(13 61) | |||||||||||||||||
2003 VFL Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday 21 September (2:00 pm) | Box Hill | def. by | Williamstown | Optus Oval (crowd: 10,500) | [4] |
1.1 (7) 2.4 (16) 8.6 (54) 9.9 (63) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 6.5 (41) 9.9 (63) 12.9 (81) 13.14 (92) | Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Adrian Fletcher (Williamstown) | ||
Bayford 2, Kenna 2, Ball, Campbell, Harford, Johnson, Marguccio | Goals | Baldwin 4, Mahoney 2, Molloy 2, Cranage, McGouch, Smoker, Swan, Williams | |||
M. Smith, for striking Maxwell in the fourth quarter | Reports | ||||
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