2019 VFL season

2019 VFL season
2019 VFL season
	Richmond and Williamstown line up for the national anthem at the 2019 VFL Grand Final
Teams	15
Premiers	Richmond reserves ; 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Richmond reserves ; 2nd minor premiership
J. J. Liston Trophy	Tom Gribble (Werribee); (25 votes)
Leading goalkicker	Jordan Lisle (Port Melbourne); (40 goals)
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Last updated April 06, 2023

The 2019 Victorian Football League season was the 138th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League Australian rules football competition. The season ran from April 2019 until September 2019.^[1] The premiership was won by the Richmond reserves, after it defeated Williamstown in the Grand Final on 22 September 2019 by 3 points. It was the Richmond reserves team's first VFL premiership since entering the competition in 2014; and, the club's third VFA/VFL premiership overall including the two premierships won by its senior team in the early 1900s.

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Richmond (P)	18	16	2	0	1550	1144	135.5	64	Finals
2	Footscray	18	14	3	1	1651	1120	147.4	58
3	Williamstown	18	13	4	1	1442	1183	121.9	54
4	Essendon	18	12	6	0	1627	1222	133.1	48
5	Werribee	18	11	7	0	1579	1236	127.8	44
6	Geelong	18	11	7	0	1487	1215	122.4	44
7	Port Melbourne	18	10	7	1	1552	1399	110.9	42
8	Box Hill Hawks	18	9	8	1	1413	1268	111.4	38
9	Casey Demons	18	9	9	0	1211	1183	102.4	36
10	Northern Blues	18	7	11	0	1288	1500	85.9	28
11	Collingwood	18	7	11	0	1090	1298	84.0	28
12	Sandringham	18	6	12	0	1163	1488	78.2	24
13	North Melbourne	18	5	13	0	1235	1777	69.5	20
14	Coburg	18	2	16	0	1204	1719	70.0	8
15	Frankston	18	1	17	0	1002	1742	57.5	4

Source: SportsTG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

Finals

Qualifying and Elimination Finals


	Qualifying Finals
Saturday 31 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond 15.10 (100)	def.	Essendon 15.8 (98)	Swinburne Centre
Saturday 31 August (1:00 pm)	Footscray 9.10 (64)	def. by	Williamstown 11.11 (77)	VU Whitten Oval


	Elimination Finals
Sunday 1 September (2:10 pm)	Werribee 12.9 (81)	def.	Box Hill 5.10 (40)	Adcon Stadium
Saturday 31 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong 6.5 (41)	def. by	Port Melbourne 11.11 (77)	Adcon Stadium

Semi-finals


	Semi-finals
SF1: September 8 (2:10 pm)	Essendon 8.7 (55)	def.	Werribee 7.10 (52)	Adcon Stadium
SF2: September 7 (11:40 am)	Footscray 4.17 (41)	def. by	Port Melbourne 8.8 (56)	Adcon Stadium

Preliminary Finals


	Preliminary Finals
PF1: September 14 (2:10 pm)	Richmond 14.15 (99)	def.	Port Melbourne 10.13 (73)	Adcon Stadium
PF2: September 15 (2:10 pm)	Williamstown 14.12 (96)	def.	Essendon 9.16 (70)	Adcon Stadium

Grand Final


	2019 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 22 September (2:10 pm)	Richmond	vs.	Williamstown	Ikon Park (crowd: 13,165)	Report
	4.4 (28) 4.8 (32) 5.10 (40) 8.10 (58)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 2.4 (16) 3.8 (26) 7.13 (55)	Umpires: Pell, Rebeschini, Rodger, Porter Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Marlion Pickett (Richmond) Television broadcast: Seven Network


Townsend 2, Collier-Dawkins 2, Pickett, Ballard, Naish, Markov		Goals	Master, Myers, Rodda, Pickess, Kennedy, Wheeler, Ottavi
Pickett, Morris, Eggmolesse-Smith, Collier-Dawkins, Balta		Best	Hibberd, Dorgan, Wheeler, Meese

Awards

The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Tom Gribble (Werribee), who polled 25 votes. Gribble finished ahead of Rhylee West (Footscray), who polled 17 votes, and Tom Campbell (North Melbourne), who polled 15 votes.^[2]
The Frosty Miller Medal was won by Jordan Lisle (Port Melbourne), who kicked 40 goals during the home-and-away season,^[3] and 46 goals overall.^[4] It was Lisle's third medal, having previously won in 2017 and 2015.
The Fothergill–Round–Mitchell Medal was won by Jake Riccardi (Werribee).^[2]

Notable events

In 2019, the VFL announced new naming partners, with Hard Yakka and Totally Workwear joining as major sponsors.^[5]

Related Research Articles

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References

↑ "2019 - Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL - VFL". Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.
1 2 Paul Amy (10 September 2019). "Werribee midfielder Tom Gribble claims VFL Liston Trophy with runaway victory". Wyndham Leader. Werribee, VIC. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
↑ "Scoring Summary" . Retrieved 27 August 2019.
↑ "Scoring Summary" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.
↑ "New naming rights for VFL fixture release". Victorian Football League. 19 December 2018.

External links

Season results

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[1] "2019 - Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL - VFL". Archived from the original on 2019-03-22. Retrieved 2019-03-22.

[Liston-2] 1 2 Paul Amy (10 September 2019). "Werribee midfielder Tom Gribble claims VFL Liston Trophy with runaway victory". Wyndham Leader. Werribee, VIC. Retrieved 10 September 2019.

[3] "Scoring Summary" . Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[4] "Scoring Summary" . Retrieved 22 September 2019.

[5] "New naming rights for VFL fixture release". Victorian Football League. 19 December 2018.

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