1924 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1924 VFA 10 9 8 1923 1925 The 1924 Victorian Football Association season was the 46th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Footscray Football Club, after it defeated Williamstown by 45 points in the final on 20 September. It was the club's ninth and last VFA premiership before it, along with and , joined the Victorian Football League the following year; this marked the end of a long period of dominance for Footscray, which had seen it win five minor premierships in a row and four major premierships in six years. Premiership The home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds, with each club playing the others twice; then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season. Ladder main WDL Q 1924 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 Premiers FOO WIL Williamstown NCT Northcote BRU Brunswick NOR HAW PMB Port Melbourne GEE Geelong (A) BRI Brighton PRA Prahran 16 1 1 1484 916 P 13 5 0 1197 944 11 6 1 1315 1176 11 7 0 1380 1016 10 8 0 1282 1025 10 8 0 1283 1058 10 8 0 1277 1179 4 14 0 933 1485 2 16 0 1090 1422 2 16 0 797 1818 #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 1 September 1924 The Association – End of home and home matches 14 Melbourne Onlooker Finals Semifinals Saturday, 6 September Williamstown 8.9 (57) H Brunswick 5.16 (46) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 16,000 The Argus Melbourne Penalty of inaccuracy – Williamstown wins semi-final 8 September 1924 18 Onlooker Saturday, 13 September 9.7 (61) H Northcote 4.8 (32) North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 16,000 The Argus Melbourne Footscray prevails 15 September 1924 5 Onlooker 1924 VFA Final Saturday, 20 September 3.5 (23) 4.6 (30) 9.9 (63) 11.11 (77) Mullens 5, O'Brien 4, Hopkins 2, H Williamstown 0.1 (1) 0.4 (4) 0.4 (4) 3.4 (22) Munn 2, Britt North Melbourne Recreation Reserve 15,000 The Argus Melbourne The Association – Footscray's superiority 22 September 1924 6–7 OnlookerThe Herald Melbourne Association – W'mstown (sic) v. Footscray 20 September 1924 4 Leheny Had Williamstown won, minor premiers Footscray would have been entitled to a rematch the following Saturday to decide the premiership. Notable events Prior to the season, the V.F.A. became affiliated with the Victorian Junior Football Association. Under the arrangement, each of the junior clubs which served as a seconds team for a V.F.A. club joined the V.J.F.A; and, the V.J.F.A expanded to eighteen clubs in two divisions.The Argus Melbourne Victorian Association – Affiliation with junior body 25 March 1924 6The Argus Melbourne Victorian Junior Association 4 April 1924 5 The V.J.F.A. would end up becoming the V.F.A. seconds competition over the following few years. On 2 August, a combined Association team played against the visiting Perth Football Club team at the North Melbourne Recreation Reserve. Perth 5.8 (38) defeated the Association 4.12 (36) by two points.The Daily News Perth, WA Football – Perth team victorious 4 August 1924 8 George Gough (Northcote) kicked 25 goals and 7 behinds in Northcote's match against Prahran in the final round of home-and-home matches on August 30. Gough broke the Association record of 18 goals in a match, scored by Dave McNamara (Essendon (A.)) in 1912, and broke the national record of 23 goals in a top level senior match, set by Bos Daly (Norwood) in 1893 and matched by Hugh Campbell (Western Australia) in 1924.The Argus Melbourne Football – Fourth place struggle 1 September 1924 13 Old Boy Gough scored eleven goals in the final quarter. George Gough was the Association's leading goalscorer for the year, finishing with eighty goals in the home-and-home season. Bob Johnson (Northcote) won the Woodham Cup as the best and fairest player in the Association.The Argus Melbourne Downes (sic) wins Woodham Cup 12 11 August 1925 Two clubs completed extremely long home winning streaks during the season: left the Association at the end of the season, after being unbeaten at the Western Oval in 47 consecutive matches; and Port Melbourne was beaten at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground for the first time since 1920, ending a 33-match winning streak.The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 29 28 May 1983 Injury just the start for Mills Premiers Footscray played off against League premiers on 4 October in an exhibition match for Dame Nellie Melba's appeal for Limbless Soldiers. It was only the third match between League and Association teams since the breakaway of the League in 1897. Footscray 9.10 (64) defeated Essendon 4.12 (36) by 28 points.The Argus Melbourne Football – Footscray champions 7 6 October 1924 Old Boy See also List of VFA premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL