Английская Википедия:1931 VFL season

The 1931 VFL season was the 35th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 2 May until 10 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the second time, after it defeated Шаблон:AFL Ric by 20 points in the 1931 VFL Grand Final.

Background

In 1931, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th 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 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.

Once the 18-round home-and-away season had finished, the 1931 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system. This was the first season to feature the new finals format, with the winner of the 2nd Semi Final going direct through to the Grand Final, and the loser through to a Preliminary Final against the winner of the 1st Semi Final. The league predominantly used variations of the Argus Challenge System over the previous thirty seasons.^[1]

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Шаблон:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Nor | 11.17 (83) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 19.21 (135) | Arden Street Oval | 10,000 | 2 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Foo | 8.13 (61) | Шаблон:AFL Haw | 9.6 (60) | Western Oval | 12,000 | 2 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 13.14 (92) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 12.15 (87) | Victoria Park | 16,000 | 2 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 15.8 (98) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 14.23 (107) | Princes Park | 26,500 | 2 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 15.16 (106) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 14.10 (94) | MCG | 19,330 | 2 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 13.14 (92) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 11.14 (80) | Junction Oval | 19,000 | 2 May 1931 Шаблон:S-end

Round 2

Шаблон:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 20.6 (126) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 7.12 (54) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 9 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 12.5 (77) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 10.13 (73) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 9 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Ric |30.19.199 | Шаблон:AFL Nor | 4.7 (31) | Punt Road Oval | 11,000 | 9 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 13.13 (91) | Шаблон:AFL Foo | 16.15 (111) | Lake Oval | 20,000 | 9 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Haw | 8.17 (65) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 11.18 (84) | Glenferrie Oval | 15,000 | 9 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 13.15 (93) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 19.19 (133) | Brunswick Street Oval | 35,000 | 9 May 1931 Шаблон:S-end

Round 3

Шаблон:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Foo | 7.10 (52) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 13.16 (94) | Western Oval | 30,000 | 16 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Col | 13.16 (94) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 10.13 (73) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 16 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 18.18 (126) | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 5.14 (44) | Princes Park | 20,000 | 16 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 10.12 (72) | Шаблон:AFL Haw | 10.8 (68) | Junction Oval | 14,000 | 16 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 12.15 (87) | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 11.17 (83) | MCG | 19,767 | 16 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Nor | 6.12 (48) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 12.16 (88) | Arden Street Oval | 7,000 | 16 May 1931 Шаблон:S-end

Round 4

Шаблон:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Haw | 13.16 (94) | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 16.13 (109) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 23 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 10.15 (75) | Шаблон:AFL Foo | 12.12 (84) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,000 | 23 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 12.13 (85) | Шаблон:AFL Nor | 9.9 (63) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 23 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL SM | 18.19 (127) | Шаблон:AFL StK | 16.10 (106) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 23 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 10.12 (72) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 9.14 (68) | Punt Road Oval | 40,000 | 23 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 11.14 (80) | Шаблон:AFL Car | 11.8 (74) | Corio Oval | 12,500 | 23 May 1931 Шаблон:S-end

Round 5

Шаблон:S-start |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Haw | 11.10 (76) | Шаблон:AFL SM | 11.13 (79) | Glenferrie Oval | 11,000 | 30 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 10.12 (72) | Шаблон:AFL Ric | 11.20 (86) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 30 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Car | 16.11 (107) | Шаблон:AFL Col | 13.13 (91) | Princes Park | 35,000 | 30 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL StK | 13.19 (97) | Шаблон:AFL Nor | 7.10 (52) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 30 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Mel | 13.9 (87) | Шаблон:AFL Foo | 10.11 (71) | MCG | 20,244 | 30 May 1931 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | Шаблон:AFL Gee | 20.22 (142) | Шаблон:AFL Fit | 12.9 (81) | Corio Oval | 9,000 | 30 May 1931 Шаблон:S-end

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

Шаблон:Australian rules football ladder start |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 1 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Gee (P) || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1572 || 1038 || 151.4 || 60 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 2 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Ric || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1627 || 1153 || 141.1 || 60 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 3 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Car || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1613 || 1289 || 125.1 || 48 |- style=background:#FFFFBB | 4 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Col || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1589 || 1281 || 124.0 || 48 |- | 5 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Foo || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1161 || 1054 || 110.2 || 48 |- | 6 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Ess || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 1416 || 1428 || 99.2 || 40 |- | 7 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL SM || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1393 || 1406 || 99.1 || 36 |- | 8 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Mel || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1286 || 1403 || 91.7 || 32 |- | 9 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL StK || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1323 || 1484 || 89.2 || 32 |- | 10 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Fit || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 1380 || 1605 || 86.0 || 16 |- | 11 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL Haw || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1145 || 1395 || 82.1 || 12 |- | 12 || align=left | Шаблон:AFL NM || 18 || 0 || 18 || 0 || 1000 || 1969 || 50.8 || 0 |}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 76.4
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

All of the 1931 finals were played at the MCG, so the home team in the semi-finals and preliminary final is purely the higher-ranked team from the ladder; however, in the Grand Final, the home team was the team that won the preliminary final.

Season notes

The VFL changed its Brownlow Medal voting procedure. The field umpire now voted for the three "fairest and best" on the ground in each match, casting 3, 2, and 1 votes. If there was a tie, the player with the most "3" votes would be declared the winner, then the most "2" votes; the countback system was altered retrospectively in 1989 so that the medal would be shared in the event of a tie.^[3] A player who had been suspended during the year was now considered ineligible for the medal.
The VFL altered the manner in which it determined its premiership team. Abandoning the "amended Argus systems" that had operated from 1902 to 1930 (except in 1924), the VFL instituted the Page–McIntyre system which, amongst other innovations, guaranteed that there would be a "Grand Final" at the end of every season (this system continued to operate until 1972).
Prior to the season, the VFL and the Grounds Management Association (which represented the operators of most of the VFL grounds) entered a dispute over the use of the grounds for football matches. The dispute covered financial arrangements and the demarcation between the football and cricket seasons.^[4] After arbitration from the Minister for Lands, it was agreed that cricket clubs would be required to pay the league £20 per 100 members, ending the long-standing practice of cricket club members receiving admission to football games without compensation to the football clubs; but that the grounds management would still retain all receipts for admission to reserve areas, with the league receiving none of these takings.^[5] During the stand-off, the VFL arranged for the Motordrome and the Exhibition Oval to be available to serve as alternative venues during the year, and drew up a fixture which saw each of those grounds holding twelve games – with Fitzroy, Carlton, North Melbourne, St Kilda, Collingwood and Essendon each to have played four of their nine home games at one of the replacement grounds.^[6]
In round 2, Richmond set the record for highest score in a game, scoring 30.19 (199) against Шаблон:AFL Nor. This beat South Melbourne's 1919 record by ten points, and remained unbeaten until 1969.
In round 12, Carlton rover Tommy Downs was reported for kicking Richmond captain Maurie Hunter; despite the efforts of future Australian Prime Minister R. G. Menzies, KC, Downs was suspended for the remainder of the 1931 season and the whole of the 1932 season.
The round 17 match between St Kilda and Collingwood was the first in which both sides scored twenty goals. Both Bill Mohr and Gordon Coventry kicked eleven goals. Coventry was the first to kick ten for a losing side.
In the first semi-final, Carlton thrashed Collingwood 20.10 (130) to 5.12 (42). Harry "Soapy" Vallence, at full-forward for Carlton kicked a finals record 11 goals, including six in the last quarter.

Awards

The 1931 VFL Premiership team was Geelong.
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Harry "Soapy" Vallence of Carlton with 86 goals.
In his first VFL season, and only 20 years old, the winner of the 1931 Brownlow Medal was Haydn Bunton, Sr of Fitzroy with 26 votes.
North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1931.
The seconds premiership was won by Шаблон:AFL Mel. Melbourne 8.13 (61) defeated Шаблон:AFL Gee 8.5 (53) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 10 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.^[7]

References

Шаблон:Reflist

Hogan, P., The Tigers of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. Шаблон:ISBN
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. Шаблон:ISBN
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. Шаблон:ISBN
1931 VFL v VFA Match – BoylesFootballPhotos

Sources

1931 VFL season at AFL Tables
1931 VFL season at Australian Football

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