1937 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1937 VFA 12 Prahran 1 Brunswick 3 1936 1938 The 1937 Victorian Football Association season was the 59th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeat Brunswick by two points in the Grand Final on 4 September 1937. It was the club's first VFA premiership since it joined the Association in 1899. Premiership The home-and-home season was played over sixteen matches, a reduction from the eighteen games staged in 1936, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season. Ladder main WDL Q 1937 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 BRU Brunswick BRI Brighton YAR Yarraville PRA Prahran NOR Northcote COB Coburg SAN Sandringham CAM Camberwell PMB Port Melbourne WIL Williamstown NBU Preston OAK Oakleigh 12 4 0 1486 1182 12 4 0 1456 1334 11 5 0 1375 1071 11 5 0 1557 1320 P 10 6 0 1353 1173 9 7 0 1454 1419 7 9 0 1338 1335 7 9 0 1390 1477 5 11 0 1161 1464 4 12 0 1177 1370 4 12 0 1227 1461 4 12 0 1296 1664 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 2 August 1937 Statistics of the games 14 Melbourne Finals Semifinals Saturday, 7 August Yarraville 12.12 (84) D Prahran 11.18 (84) Toorak Park 8,000 The Argus Melbourne 8000 see thrilling match drawn 9 August 1937 14 Rover Saturday, 14 August Brunswick 13.17 (95) H Brighton 6.9 (45) Toorak Park 8,000 The Argus Melbourne Brunswick wins second semi-final 16 August 1937 14 Rover Saturday, 21 August Yarraville 14.8 (92) A Prahran 18.12 (120) Toorak Park 6,000 The Argus Melbourne Prahran easily wins replay 23 August 1937 14 Rover Preliminary Final Saturday, 28 August Brighton 9.9 (63) A Prahran 14.12 (96) Toorak Park 7,000 The Argus Melbourne Prahran in form 30 August 1937 15 1937 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 4 September Brunswick 3.3 (21) 6.6 (42) 10.13 (73) 11.17 (83) Crawford 3, McInnes 3, Gardner 2, Bailey, Dowling, McKay Turner, for striking Wiltshire in the second quarterGardner, for striking Wiltshire in the third quarterKanngieser, for striking Gravell in the third quarter A Prahran 1.3 (9) 3.6 (24) 9.9 (63) 12.13 (85) Hawkins 6, Anderson 2, Thompson 2, Fleming, White Wiltshire, for striking Turner in the second quarterWiltshire, for striking Gardner in the third quarterGravell, for kicking Kanngeiser in the third quarter Toorak Park 9,000 The Argus Melbourne Won premiership after 38 years 6 September 1937 6 Rover Awards Geoff McInnes (Brunswick) was the leading goalkicker for the season; he kicked 78 goals in the home-and-home season and 86 goals overall. In the parallel Association best and fairest awards: Neville Huggins (Williamstown) won the Recorder Cup, polling six votes. Jack Lowry (Prahran), L. Wedgwood (Yarraville) and J. Holden (Prahran) finished equal second with three votes apiece. The Association Medal was won jointly by Neville Huggins (Williamstown) and Jack Lowry (Prahran), who tied with 24 votes apiece. It was Huggins' second Association Medal in a row. G. Weber (Brighton) and E. Watson (Oakleigh) finished equal-third with 23 votes.The Argus Melbourne Huggins, Lowry tie for medal 20 August 1937 19 Coburg won the seconds premiership. Coburg 9.11 (65) defeated Brunswick 4.13 (37) in the Grand Final on Saturday 28 August at Preston. See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL