1947 VFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Port Melbourne 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Melbourne 2nd minor premiership |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 136 |
Total attendance | 570,750 (4,197 per match) |
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.
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.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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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[1][2] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 13 September | Sandringham 10.6 (66) | def. | Prahran 6.18 (54) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 24,000) | [3] |
Saturday, 20 September | Port Melbourne 20.19 (139) | def. | Williamstown 15.20 (110) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) | [4] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Saturday, 27 September | Williamstown 16.18 (114) | def. by | Sandringham 16.21 (117) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000) | [5] |
1947 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 October | Port Melbourne | def. | Sandringham | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 24,000) | [6][7] |
6.3 (39) 9.5 (59) 12.11 (83) 15.13 (103) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.1 (7) 5.5 (35) 6.7 (43) 11.8 (74) |
Umpires: Barnes | ||
Houston 5, Findlay 3, Thoms 3, Culph, Lewis, Murphy, Reynolds | Goals | Brokenshire 3, Collins 3, Parker 2, Guille, Laver, Sales | |||
Findlay (cut eye), Ferguson (concussion) | Injuries | Irvine (cut eye), Parker (cut eye), O'Toole (ankle) | |||
Butcher, for striking Bencraft in the first quarter Butcher, for striking Brokenshire in the first quarter Reynolds, for striking Brown in the final quarter Thoms, for kicking Brown in the final quarter |
Reports | Cerini, for elbowing Thoms in the final quarter | |||