Английская Википедия:1947 VFA season

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The 1947 Victorian Football Association season was the 66th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, which defeated Sandringham by 31 points in the Grand Final on 4 October. It was the sixth premiership in the club's history.

Premiership

The home-and-home season was played over twenty-two matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.

Ladder

1947 VFA ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pct	PTS
1	Port Melbourne (P)	22	16	5	1	2512	2109	119.2	66
2	Williamstown	22	16	6	0	2326	2047	113.6	64
3	Sandringham	22	15	7	0	2279	2015	113.1	60
4	Prahran	22	14	7	1	2420	2181	111.0	58
5	Brighton	22	13	9	0	2693	2359	114.2	52
6	Brunswick	22	12	9	1	2693	2359	114.2	50
7	Camberwell	22	10	12	0	2220	2263	98.1	40
8	Oakleigh	22	8	13	1	2136	2341	91.2	34
9	Coburg	22	7	14	1	2052	2238	91.7	30
10	Preston	22	7	14	1	1962	2183	89.8	30
11	Yarraville	22	7	15	0	2237	2608	85.8	28
12	Northcote	22	4	18	0	1728	2263	76.4	16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points								Source

Awards

• The leading goalkicker for the season was Bill Findlay (Port Melbourne), who kicked 100 goals in the home-and-home season and 107 goals overall. Douglas (Brighton) finished level with Findlay on 100 goals after the home-and-home season, but did not participate in finals.
• The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Stan Tomlins (Sandringham), who polled 48 votes. Cec Hiscox (Northcote) was second with 39 votes and J. Turner (Brighton) was third with 35 votes.
• Coburg won the seconds premiership. Coburg 11.13 (79) defeated Prahran 9.15 (69) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 4 October.

Notable events

• Mr Henry Zwar, MLA resigned from his position as president of the Association, which he had held since May 1944. At the annual general meeting in February 1947, former Oakleigh president Mr Squire Reid, MLA was elected as his replacement; he served in the role until his death in July 1949.
• The Association introduced a free kick for "kicking in danger" – that is, kicking recklessly at the ball where there is a strong risk of kicking an opposing player in the process, even if no contact is made with the opposing player. No such provision existed under ANFC rules until at least a decade later.
• On Monday 16 June (King's Birthday holiday), a combined Association team played against a combined Bendigo Football Association team – which was bolstered by some Association players to make for a more even contest – at Golden Square Oval in Bendigo. Bendigo 19.7 (131) defeated the Association 17.5 (107).
• For the second consecutive season, Sandringham overcame a large three-quarter time deficit to beat Williamstown in the preliminary final. Sandringham 9.13 (67) trailed Williamstown 14.14 (98) at three-quarter time, before kicking seven goals to two in the final quarter to win by three points, 16.21 (117) d. 16.18 (114). In the corresponding game in 1946, Williamstown had led by 40 points at three-quarter time.

External links

• List of VFA/VFL Premiers