1973 VFA premiership season | |
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Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Prahran 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | Dandenong 3rd minor premiership |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Caulfield 1st D2 premiership |
Minor premiers | Caulfield 2nd D2 minor premiership |
The 1973 Victorian Football Association season was the 92nd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 13th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeat Oakleigh in the Grand Final on 23 September by 35 points; it was Prahran's fourth Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Caulfield; it was the first and only premiership in either division won by the club after its move from Brighton to Caulfield in 1962.
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.
1973 VFA Division 1 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Dandenong | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2144 | 1834 | 116.9 | 50 | |
2 | Oakleigh | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 2048 | 1819 | 112.5 | 48 | |
3 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2186 | 2074 | 105.4 | 44 | |
4 | Prahran (P) | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2203 | 1997 | 111.3 | 42 | |
5 | Geelong West | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1986 | 1912 | 103.9 | 40 | |
6 | Williamstown | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1867 | 1919 | 97.3 | 32 | |
7 | Sandringham | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1861 | 2236 | 83.2 | 28 | |
8 | Sunshine | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1820 | 2191 | 83.0 | 28 | |
9 | Preston | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2118 | 2151 | 98.4 | 24 | |
10 | Coburg | 18 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 1942 | 2026 | 95.8 | 24 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[1] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 2 September | Port Melbourne 10.17 (77) | def. by | Prahran 18.21 (129) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 8,000) | [2] |
Sunday, 9 September | Dandenong 13.23 (101) | def. by | Oakleigh 17.14 (116) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 14,000) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 16 September | Dandenong 12.9 (81) | def. by | Prahran 16.14 (110) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,600) | [4] |
1973 VFA Division 1 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 23 September | Oakleigh | def. by | Prahran | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 21,200) | [5] |
2.5 (17) 5.7 (37) 7.15 (57) 10.18 (78) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.4 (16) 8.11 (59) 12.17 (89) 15.23 (113) |
Umpires: Stirling | ||
Cloke 3, Halliday 2, Ford, Forster, O'Kane, Robbins, Taylor | Goals | Appleton 4, Weekes 3, Anderson 2, Smith 2, Emselle, Payne, Sinclair, Townsend | |||
Quinn, for striking Rippon in the third quarter | Reports | Rippon, for striking Quinn in the third quarter Rippon, for striking Nesbit in the fourth quarter | |||
The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.
1973 VFA Division 2 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Caulfield (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2514 | 1611 | 156.0 | 60 | |
2 | Waverley | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2570 | 1516 | 169.5 | 56 | |
3 | Brunswick | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1987 | 1722 | 115.4 | 50 | |
4 | Camberwell | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1881 | 1761 | 106.8 | 42 | |
5 | Frankston | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2094 | 1989 | 105.2 | 42 | |
6 | Northcote | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1745 | 2196 | 79.4 | 32 | |
7 | Werribee | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1787 | 2040 | 87.5 | 28 | |
8 | Yarraville | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1729 | 1994 | 86.7 | 26 | |
9 | Mordialloc | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1692 | 2077 | 81.4 | 24 | |
10 | Box Hill | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1475 | 2568 | 57.4 | 0 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[7] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 19 August | Brunswick 18.14 (122) | def. | Camberwell 10.18 (78) | Toorak Park (crowd: 4,500) | [8] |
Sunday, 26 August | Caulfield 19.14 (128) | def. | Waverley 14.9 (93) | Toorak Park (crowd: 7,000) | [1] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 2 September | Waverley 14.7 (91) | def. by | Brunswick 17.18 (120) | Toorak Park (crowd: 4,000) | [2] |
1973 VFA Division 2 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 9 September | Caulfield | def. | Brunswick | Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) | [3] |
4.4 (28) 10.6 (66) 12.10 (82) 18.20 (128) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
4.11 (35) 6.13 (49) 10.21 (81) 14.22 (106) |
Umpires: John Gambetta | ||
Logan 6, Hocking 4, Cliff 3, Jewell 3, Baker, Guinane | Goals | Hadzilias 3, Allen 2, Dimattina 2, Hobbs 2, Baird, Egan, Gutterson, Hanton, Liakaureas | |||
Injuries | Horsington (concussion) | ||||
Scores were level in time-on in the final quarter before Caulfield kicked four late goals. |