1984 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 1984 VFA Premiership Season Teams 23 Division 1 Teams 12 Premiers Preston(4th premiership) Minor premiers Preston(6th minor premiership) Division 2 Teams 11 Premiers Box Hill(1st D2 premiership) Minor premiers Box Hill(1st D2 minor premiership) left ← 1983 right 1985 → The 1984 Victorian Football Association season was the 103rd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 24th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Preston Football Club, after it defeated Frankston in the Grand Final on 23 September by 54 points; it was Preston's fourth Division 1 premiership, and its second in a row. The Division 2 premiership was won by Box Hill; it was the club's first premiership in either division since joining the Association in 1951. Association membership On 25 January, the Association's board of directors declined to renew Yarraville's membership; this decision was made unilaterally by the board of directors, and did not require a vote of club delegates. The decision followed a review of Yarraville's on-field and off-field position which concluded that the club had no prospects of long-term viability. The club had been in decline since its relegation from Division 1 in 1970, and had almost folded in 1976; it could not attract sufficient fans or sponsors from the Yarraville area, which had a declining population and an increasing ethnic demographic, and consequently struggled to finance a competitive team – in 1983, the club had won one senior game and been winless in both minor grades.The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 30 26 January 1984 Yarraville axed The decision ended Yarraville's 57-year affiliation with the Association, which had yielded two top division premierships (1935 and 1961). The club initially sought to compete in another competition, but ultimately disbanded. Yarraville's departure resulted in Division 2 being reduced to eleven clubs, and the Association as a whole to twenty-three clubs. Yarraville was the first of fifteen clubs to leave the Association during its period of decline between 1984 and 1996. Division 1 The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the Junction Oval. Ladder main WDL 5 Q 1984 VFA Division 1 Ladder true points y 4 2 NBU Preston GLW Geelong West FRA Frankston CAM Camberwell SAN Sandringham PMB Port Melbourne WIL Williamstown COB Coburg SPR Springvale PRA Prahran WER Werribee DAN Dandenong 16 2 0 2658 1626 P 15 3 0 2156 1651 12 6 0 2312 1999 11 7 0 2385 1898 11 7 0 2777 2378 10 8 0 2532 2032 10 8 0 2335 2254 9 9 0 2186 1991 5 13 0 1949 2419 5 13 0 1796 2425 3 15 0 1707 2627 1 17 0 1476 2969 Premiers #CCFFCC QF QF QF QF #FFCCCC R 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Age 27 August 1984 Frankston pushes out Sandringham 25 Melbourne Dennis Jose Finals Semi-finals Sunday, 2 September Frankston 18.16 (124) H Camberwell 9.16 (70) Junction Oval 3,751 The Age 23 Dennis Jose Windfall helps Dolphins crush Cobras 3 September 1984 Melbourne Sunday, 9 September Preston 17.19 (131) H Geelong West 10.26 (86) Junction Oval 4,090 The Age 23 Dennis Jose 10 September 1984 Russell's 10 goals seal Preston win Melbourne Preliminary Final Sunday, 16 September Geelong West 9.18 (72) A Frankston 16.11 (107) Junction Oval 2,645 The Age 25 Dennis Jose Box Hill the best – by 135 points 17 September 1984 Melbourne 1984 VFA Division 1 Grand Final Sunday, 23 September Preston 6.7 (43) 9.15 (69) 14.15 (99) 19.21 (135) Bourke 5, Salvador 3, Atkin 2, Brine 2, Hackney 2, Halas 2, Jordan 2, Fyffe Plowman, for striking Bardoel H Frankston 5.0 (30) 5.2 (32) 9.7 (61) 12.9 (81) Boyd 5, Baldwin 2, Thomas 2, Walsh 2, Membrey Junction Oval 8,664 Bullants win flag double Michael Reid 24 September 1984 The Sun News-Pictorial 75 Melbourne Graeme Marcy, Phillips Norm Goss Memorial Medal Neil Jordan (Preston) Awards The leading goalkicker for the second consecutive season was Mark Fotheringham (Williamstown), who kicked 114 goals during the home-and-away season and did not participate in finals. The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Peter Geddes (Frankston), who polled 18 votes. Geddes finished ahead of Kim Kershaw (Williamstown), Ross Gallagher (Sandringham) and Kevin Sait (Williamstown), who all polled 13 votes.The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 24 30 August 1984 Geddes walks away with Liston Preston won the seconds premiership, after it defeated Port Melbourne in the grand final. It also won the thirds premiership; it was the second consecutive season in which Preston won the premiership in all three grades. Division 2 The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at Toorak Park. The home-and-away fixture had already been released when Yarraville's membership was revoked. Rather than redraft the fixture, the club drawn to play Yarraville each week instead had a bye; because the fixture was unbalanced, this meant that seven clubs had two byes and four clubs had one bye. In the ladder, a bye was treated as though it were a Yarraville forfeiture: the club was awarded a win and four premiership points, was credited with the round's average winning score as 'points for', and debited the round's average losing score as 'points against'.The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 25 16 April 1984 Zebras' twin spearhead rocks Vales The ladder as it is shown here distinguishes byes from wins in completed matches, but not all sources make this distinction. Ladder main WDL OT Q 5 1984 VFA Division 2 Ladder true points y 4 2 BOX Box Hill BRU Brunswick OAK Oakleigh CAU Caulfield WAV Waverley MOO Moorabbin BER Berwick MOR Mordialloc NOR Northcote KIL Kilsyth SUN Sunshine WB Byes caused by Yarraville's absence (four points and average scores) 4 n 14 2 0 2 2899 1581 P 13 2 1 2 2753 1535 12 4 0 2 2893 1537 12 4 1 1 2269 1670 11 4 1 2 2259 1738 7 8 1 2 2060 2079 7 9 0 2 2302 2001 5 12 0 1 1989 2163 4 12 0 2 1884 2165 2 15 0 1 1282 2889 1 16 0 1 1397 3202 Premiers #CCFFCC QF QF QF QF 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 25 20 August 1984 Sandy proves pathetic on every count Finals Semi-finals Sunday, 26 August Oakleigh 15.14 (104) H Caulfield 15.12 (102) Toorak Park Sunday, 2 September Box Hill 19.19 (133) H Brunswick 13.6 (84) Toorak Park 6,200 Preliminary Final Sunday, 9 September Brunswick 16.18 (114) A Oakleigh 26.15 (171) Toorak Park 3,520 1984 VFA Division 2 Grand Final Sunday, 16 September Box Hill 6.9 (45) 12.11 (83) 21.18 (144) 32.23 (215) Carroll 10, Nicholson 5, Bolton 3, A. Dickinson 3, Brown 2, Stark 2, Withers 2, R. Witnish 2, Gleeson, O'Shea, Teakel H Oakleigh 3.2 (20) 3.7 (25) 10.11 (71) 11.14 (80) Pretto 3, M. Roach 2, S. Roach 2, Dyrden, Harper, McDonald, Sutherland Toorak Park 10,735 Vergona, Casey Awards The leading goalkicker for the season was Dale Carroll (Box Hill), who kicked 110 goals during the season, including finals.http://www.boxhillhawks.com.au/pdf/BHH%20Business%20Directory%202011.pdf Box Hill Hawks 2011 Business Directory Box Hill Hawks Football Club 2011 19 September 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150310205346/http://boxhillhawks.com.au/pdf/BHH%20Business%20Directory%202011.pdf 10 March 2015 The J. Field Medal was originally won outright by Peter Nicholson (Box Hill), who polled 19 votes, including six first preferences. Nicholson originally finished ahead of David Callander (Brunswick) on a countback; Callander polled 19 votes with four first preferences. A decision was made in 1989 to retrospectively eliminate the countback, so Nicholson and Callander are now recognized as joint Field Medallists.The Sun News-Pictorial 83 Amanda Buivids 21 September 1989 Champs rewarded at last Melbourne Brunswick won the seconds premiership for the second consecutive season. Brunswick 17.13 (115) defeated Box Hill 8.12 (60) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the senior Grand Final on 16 September. Notable events Interleague matches The Association's Division 1 and Division 2 teams each played one interleague match during the season. Gary Brice was coach of the Division 1 team for the fourth consecutive season, despite the fact that he was no longer an Association coach: he had left Port Melbourne and was now serving as a specialist coach at League club ; Ray Shaw (Preston) was captain.The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 26 15 June 1984 Shaw leads revenge bid Geoff Rosenow (Mordialloc) was coach of the Division 2 team,The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 35 28 April 1984 Time for an appeals board and Peter Allen (Berwick) was captain.The Age Melbourne 24 11 May 1984 VFA teams 1984 Interleague Matches Sunday, 13 May S.A.F.A. 15.14 (104) A V.F.A. Second Division 17.14 (116) Thebarton Oval The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 31 14 May 1984 VFA beats SA by two goals Sunday, 17 June V.A.F.A. 14.11 (95) A V.F.A. First Division 22.14 (146) Elsternwick Park 5,000 The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 28 18 June 1984 VFA makes amends in first Vic Cup win Other notable events The two-division format was abandoned in the thirds competition, in response to the increasingly heavy losses which were suffered by first division clubs with weak Thirds teams during the previous season.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne Peter Martin 71 27 July 1983 VFA plan to even up compMarc Fiddian 2004 The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995 302 Under the new format, the thirds played as one large division; in the first seven rounds, the clubs were fixtured against their nearest opponents by being split into three groups geographically; based on a full ranking from 1–23, clubs were split into four groups (1st–6th, 7th–12th, 13th–18th and 19th–23rd) and their round 8–12 matches were fixtured within those groups; and then based on another full ranking from 1–23, the clubs were again split into four groups to determine their round 13–17 matches. The finals then featured the top six teams.Thirds VFA Recorder 8 April 1984 10, 11, 14 Blackburn, VIC Hall's Sporting Publicity Moorabbin moved its home ground from Moorabbin Oval to McKinnon Reserve from 1984.Santo Caruso Marc Fiddian Jim Main Football Grounds of Melbourne Pennon Publishing 2002 Essendon North, VIC The club had rented Moorabbin Oval from the St Kilda Football Club for $1,000 per game in 1983, plus paid $1,500 in rent for the year for McKinnon Reserve as a training ground; but, after taking much less revenue from sponsorship and membership than it had budgeted for, it recognised that it needed to find a home ground for games at a lower cost.The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 30 20 May 1983 Shaw in charge of VFA team On 12 August, Camberwell defeated Port Melbourne for the first time since 24 June 1950, a streak of more than 34 years (although the clubs were in the same division for only 14 of those years). In the Division 2 Grand Final, Box Hill scored 32.23 (215) and defeated Oakleigh by 135 points, both of which are records for an Association Grand Final in either division. For the first time since 1981, Association games were broadcast on television, albeit only for the last six weeks of the season. The Association arranged a deal with Network Ten for a live telecast of one game in each of the last two rounds of the home-and-away season, and for all of the Division 1 finals.The Age Melbourne Dennis Jose 39 18 August 1984 VFA back in the ratings game The Division 1 finals crowds were the lowest for many years, with fewer than 10,000 attending the Grand Final. One reason for this was that the Victorian Football League had received permission at mid-season to play its finals on Sundays for the first time; but the effect of live telecasts on the gate, and the fact that Preston was the only one of the four finalists which was noted for drawing strong crowds were also contributing factors. The Association sought as much as $70,000 compensation from the League for the effect its Sunday finals had on Association gates, but received only $9,000.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne VFA hits Sunday finals 13 December 1984 83 John Hine See also List of VFA/VFL premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL