1951 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1951 VFA 14 Prahran 3 Port Melbourne 3 1950 1952 The 1951 Victorian Football Association season was the 70th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne by nine points in the Grand Final on 6 October. It was Prahran's second VFA premiership. Association membership For the first time since 1929, the membership of the Association changed, expanding from twelve clubs to fourteen. The Association saw itself in a strong enough position to provide the opportunity for top level senior football in the booming outer suburbs which were experiencing strong post-war growth. In August 1950, the Association delegates unanimously voted to admit two new clubs for 1951:The Argus 25 July 1950 V.F.A. to admit two new clubs 15 Melbourne Bill Moorhead Box Hill Football Club – winners of three Eastern Suburban League premierships since 1945,The Argus 28 July 1950 They have faith in Box Hill 11 Melbourne Peter Banfield and tenants of the high quality Box Hill City Oval. Moorabbin Football Club – nicknamed the Kangaroos,The Argus 11 April 1951 New VFA badges are "excellent" 11 Melbourne winners of six Federal District League premierships in the previous seven seasons.Williamstown Chronicle 4 August 1950 Camberwell will be no "push-over" 4 Williamstown, VIC Moorabbin played its home games at the Cheltenham Recreation Reserve in 1951, but as a condition of admission and with the support of the city council, it developed the Moorabbin Oval to use as its home ground from 1952 onwards.http://australianfootball.com/clubs/info/Moorabbin/159 Moorabbin Football Club – Info 10 August 2013 Australian Football.com Premiership The home-and-home season was played over twenty 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 1951 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 PMB Port Melbourne PRA Prahran SAN Sandringham OAK Oakleigh BRI Brighton NOR Northcote WIL Williamstown BRU Brunswick COB Coburg NBU Preston YAR Yarraville CAM Camberwell MOO Moorabbin BOX Box Hill 16 3 1 2028 1322 16 4 0 1899 1560 P 15 5 0 2017 1568 13 6 1 2015 1537 12 8 0 1874 1685 11 9 0 1418 1384 10 9 1 1788 1528 10 9 1 1443 1436 10 10 0 1770 1688 8 10 2 1627 1683 9 11 0 1554 1724 3 16 1 1409 1949 3 17 0 1571 2133 0 19 1 1121 2334 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 10 September 1951 Sandringham win easily in semi-final test 10 Melbourne Peter Banfield Finals Semifinals Saturday, 15 September Sandringham 11.16 (82) A Oakleigh 15.11 (101) St Kilda Cricket Ground 20,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 17 September 1951 Oakleigh's title chance after great semi-final win 20 Melbourne Jack Oates Saturday, 22 September Port Melbourne 12.13 (85) A Prahran 19.19 (133) St Kilda Cricket Ground The Argus 24 September 1951 Prahran walkover shocks rivals 13 Melbourne Peter Banfield Preliminary Final Saturday, 29 September Port Melbourne 9.10 (64) H Oakleigh 8.9 (57) St Kilda Cricket Ground 20,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 1 October 1951 Port's chance for title after fine win over Oakleigh 19 Melbourne Jack Oates 1951 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 6 October Prahran 1.6 (12) 4.8 (32) 8.9 (57) 11.13 (79) Burgess 3, McCullock 2, Shillabeer 2, Grambeau, Harvey, Walsh, Worrall Shillabeer (shoulder) H Port Melbourne 2.1 (13) 4.2 (26) 8.6 (54) 10.10 (70) Miller 5, Walsh 2, Laffey, Lowrie, Murray Walsh (leg/ankle), Tucker (cramp) St Kilda Cricket Ground 32,500 The Sun News-Pictorial 8 October 1951 Lucky title win to Prahran 23 Melbourne Jack Oates Merrington Awards The leading goalkicker for the season was Bruce Harper (Sandringham), who kicked 101 goals in the home-and-home season and 104 goals overall.The Sun News-Pictorial 10 September 1951 Display by Oakleigh may prove costly 23 Melbourne Jack Oates The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Cec Hiscox (Northcote), who polled 40 votes. Frank Johnson (Port Melbourne) and Walsh (Prahran) were equal second with 28 votes.The Sun News-Pictorial 11 September 1951 Hiscox best in V.F.A. 20 Melbourne Port Melbourne won the seconds premiership. Port Melbourne 9.17 (71) defeated Yarraville 9.10 (64) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 6 October. Notable events After increasing factional in-fighting within the Board of Management, former Brighton president Lewis Page took over the presidency of the Association, after he challenged and defeated incumbent Dr Frank Hartnett, who had served as president since August 1949,The Argus Melbourne 30 August 1949 20 Dr F. Hartnett is new VFA president at the annual general meeting in February 1951. After the original vote was tied 16–16, Hartnett stepped aside by giving his casting vote to Page.The Argus 20 February 1951 Dr. Hartnett votes his V.F.A. office away Jack Dunn Melbourne Page served as president from 1951 until 1954.The Argus Melbourne 23 February 1954 17 V.F.A. president defeated Because the Association had finished last in the top division of the 1950 Brisbane Carnival, it was required to play off against the winners of the lower division, the Australian Amateurs, to determine which team qualified for the top division at the next carnival, held in Adelaide in 1953. The play-off match was held at Manuka Oval, Canberra, on Saturday 14 July.The Canberra Times 12 July 1951 Australian Amateurs V.F.A. team to play at Manuka tomorrow 5 Canberra, ACT The Association 20.17 (137) defeated the Amateurs 12.12 (84), to retain their place in the 1953 Carnival. The crowd was 2,500, and Prime Minister Robert Menzies executed the opening bounce of the match.The Canberra Times 16 July 1951 Victorian Football teams stage fast match for Canberra followers 2 Canberra, ACT Association representative teams played two other interstate matches during the season:The Argus 15 February 1951 V.F.A. to start April 21 12 Melbourne Jack Dunn On Wednesday 9 May, South Australia 28.19 (187) defeated the Association 13.14 (92) at Adelaide Oval before a crowd of 21,000.The Advertiser 10 May 1951 Overwhelming football win 13 Adelaide, SA Harry Kneebone On Saturday 30 June, the Association 26.15 (171) defeated Tasmania 12.11 (83) at North Hobart Oval, before a crowd of 6,949.The Advocate 2 July 1951 Tasmania no match for V.F.A. 5 Burnie, Tas See also List of VFA/VFL Premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFA