1936 VFA season

Australian football season December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1936 VFA 12 Northcote 5 Brunswick 2 1935 1937 The 1936 VFA season was the 58th season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Northcote Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeat Prahran by 15 points in the Grand Final on 12 September. It was the club's fifth VFA premiership, all won between 1929 and 1936, and it was the last top division VFA premiership ever won by the club before it left the Association in 1987. Premiership The home-and-home season was played over eighteen matches, 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 1936 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 BRU Brunswick PRA Prahran CAM Camberwell NOR Northcote BRI Brighton NBU Preston COB Coburg WIL Williamstown YAR Yarraville OAK Oakleigh SAN Sandringham PMB Port Melbourne 16 2 0 2063 1395 14 3 1 1896 1363 12 6 0 1882 1553 11 6 1 1639 1339 P 11 7 0 1545 1501 10 8 0 1739 1597 9 9 0 1920 1562 7 11 0 1185 1632 6 12 0 1637 1756 5 13 0 1573 1898 4 14 0 1394 2137 2 16 0 1263 2003 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 17 August 1936 Northcote in Association four 15 Melbourne Rover Finals Semifinals Saturday, 22 August Camberwell 8.16 (64) A Northcote 18.15 (123) Toorak Park 7,000 The Argus Melbourne Easy win for Northcote 24 August 1936 15 Rover Saturday, 29 August Brunswick 14.14 (98) A Prahran 15.18 (108) Toorak Park The Argus Melbourne Prahran makes a fine recovery 31 August 1936 15 Rover Preliminary Final Saturday, 5 September Brunswick 9.13 (67) A Northcote 14.10 (94) Brunswick Cricket Ground 10,000 The Argus Melbourne Northcote's Association final 7 September 1936 15 Rover 1936 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 12 September Prahran 1.3 (9) 8.8 (56) 11.10 (76) 15.15 (105) Hawkins 4, White 4, Gravell 3, Hyde 2, Thompson 2 A Northcote 7.2 (44) 7.4 (46) 13.6 (84) 19.6 (120) Ross 5, Seymour 4, Bates 3, Gray 3, Downie 2, Hart, O'Keefe Toorak Park 12,000 The Argus Melbourne Association Grand Final 14 September 1935 14 Rover Awards Lance Collins (Coburg) was the leading goalkicker for the season; he kicked 116 goals in the home-and-home season and did not participate in the finals. In the parallel Association best and fairest awards: Bert Hyde (Preston) and Peter Reville (Coburg), both in their first season of Association football, jointly won the Recorder Cup, each polling five votes. Neville Huggins (Williamstown), S. Plumridge (Port Melbourne) and Les White (Prahran) were equal third with four votes apiece.The Argus "Recorder" Cup – Hyde and Reville tie 15 24 August 1936 Melbourne The Association Medal was won by Neville Huggins (Williamstown), who polled 33 votes; Bert Hyde (Preston) finished second with 32 votes, and Les White (Prahran) was third with 27 votes.The Argus Melbourne 3 September 1936 15 Huggins best and fairest Brunswick won the seconds premiership. Brunswick 11.11 (77) defeated Coburg 10.12 (72) in the Grand Final on Saturday 12 September at the Brunswick Cricket Ground. Notable events In the seconds match between Port Melbourne and Northcote on June 13, Port Melbourne vice-captain Robert Rowe suffered a fractured skull in a head clash with a Northcote opponent. He suffered meningitis as a result of the injury, and died eight days later.The Argus 22 June 1936 9 Footballer dies Melbourne, VIC In the final round of home-and-away matches, Preston 10.11 (71) trailed Brunswick 17.19 (121) by 50 points at three-quarter time, before kicking 8.10 (58) to no score with the wind in the final quarter to win the game by eight points, 18.21 (129) d. 17.19 (121).https://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/vfa/193/premiership%2Bseason/8/8/1936/ 1936 VFA Premiership Season 6 June 2022 AustralianFootball.com The comeback set a new record for the largest final quarter comeback in VFA history, which stood until 1940.https://www.afl.com.au/news/758021/vfl-rd7-dolphins-produce-a-saturday-night-stunner VFL Rd7: Dolphins produce a Saturday night stunner 8 May 2022 6 June 2022 Australian Football League Brendan Rhodes So strong was the wind affecting the match that only two behinds out of the total 250 points were kicked to the northern end of Preston City Oval; and, the ball kept being blown so far beyond the southern goal that the extra time required to repeatedly retrieve it saw Preston's comeback finish in semi-darkness.The Age Melbourne, VIC 17 August 1936 Gale causes delay 5 A charity game for the benefit of the sportsmen's ward at Prince Henry's Hospital was held on the evening of Thursday 24 September (Show Day holiday) at Olympic Park between combined teams representing the Victorian Football League and the Victorian Football Association. The attendance was 2,000. The League 14.15 (99) defeated the Association 10.10 (70).The Argus Melbourne 25 September 1936 15 Night game – win for League See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL