1958 VFA season

77th season of the Victorian Football Association December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1958 VFA 16 Williamstown 9 Williamstown 7 1957 1959 The 1958 VFA season was the 77th season of the Victorian Football Association, an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated Moorabbin in the grand final replay on 4 October by 32 points. It was Williamstown's ninth premiership, drawing it level with for the most premierships won in VFA history, and it was the fourth of five premierships won in six seasons between 1954 and 1959. Association Membership Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 534 right Map of VFA club locations, highlighting the expansion into the outer suburbs (1958–1966); teams shown with blue dots or arrows joined the Association during this period of expansion.Note: the backdrop of this map is greater Melbourne ca. 2011; it includes roads and local government boundaries which did not exist until well after 1966 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 56 17 S 145 2 37 E right Moorabbin 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 52 17 S 144 54 13 E left Williamstown 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 48 54 S 144 53 3 E left Yarraville 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 49 51 S 144 56 32 E left Pt Melb. 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 45 50 S 144 57 5 E left Brunswick 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 44 38 S 144 58 6 E left Coburg 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 44 29 S 145 0 5 E right Preston 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 46 58 S 145 0 17 E right Northcote 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 51 10 S 145 0 46 E right Prahran 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 53 5 S 144 59 38 E left Brighton 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 53 38 S 145 1 30 E bottom Blue pog.svg Caulfield 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 56 42 S 145 0 1 E bottom Sandringham 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 50 16 S 145 3 46 E right Camberwell 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 53 46 S 145 5 20 E bottom Oakleigh 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 49 7 S 145 8 16 E right Box Hill 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 46 52 S 144 48 52 E left Blue pog.svg Sunshine(1958–65) 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 47 14 S 144 51 19 E right Blue pog.svg Sunshine(1966–) 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 54 17 S 144 39 11 E left Blue pog.svg Werribee 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 38 2 17 S 144 27 4 E right Arrow Blue Left 001.svg Geelong West(15km SW) 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 53 31 S 145 9 44 E right Blue pog.svg Waverley 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 38 0 13 S 145 5 33 E right Blue pog.svg Mordialloc 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 37 59 45 S 145 13 18 E right Blue pog.svg Dandenong 65 Australia Victoria metropolitan Melbourne 38 8 51 S 145 7 13 E right Blue pog.svg Frankston 65 The 1958 season marked the beginning of the expansion of the Association from fourteen clubs to twenty clubs. The Association had been planning for a scheme to expand into the fastest developing outer suburbs since as early as 1946, when it was still playing under and trying to promote the throw-pass rules.Sunshine Advocate Sunshine, VIC Senior football club possible in Sunshine 1 25 January 1946 This current plan was made public in 1956, when the Association announced its intention to expand to twenty teams, proposing a vision which focused on expansion further into the outer suburbs of greater Melbourne – Dandenong to the south-east, Heidelberg or Greensborough to the north-east, Sunshine to the west and Frankston to the south – as well as a proposed expansion into the regional markets of Ballarat and Bendigo.The Sun News-Pictorial Ballarat, Bendigo in V.F.A. plan to expand Noel Carrick 29 2 July 1956 Melbourne Between 1958 and 1966, a total of seven new clubs – Dandenong, Frankston, Mordialloc, Sunshine, Waverley and Werribee from greater Melbourne and Geelong West from regional Victoria – joined the Association, as well as Caulfield (in the form of a merger with Brighton); and with the departure of Moorabbin in 1964, this brought the number of clubs to twenty. In 1958, the first two new clubs of this expansion joined the Association to bring numbers to sixteen: Mordialloc and Dandenong, both switching from the Federal District League. Mordialloc announced in August 1957 that it had accepted the Association's invitation, and revealed that it had been approached to join at short notice for the 1957 season, but had declined.The Sun News-Pictorial V.F.A. plan for 4 new sides Noel Carrick 40 13 August 1957 Melbourne Dandenong voted to accept its invitation in September 1957, although only by a small 53–49 majority.The Sun News-Pictorial Dandenong for V.F.A. 34 6 September 1957 Melbourne The Federal District League, which was not consulted prior to the Association extending the invitations to its teams and had lost Moorabbin the same way in 1951, was unhappy with the "back-door methods" that the Association had taken.The Sun News-Pictorial V.F.A. accused of discourtesy Noel Carrick 44 14 August 1957 Melbourne Part of the Association's plans to expand to twenty clubs was the partitioning of the Association into two divisions of ten teams. The Association ultimately split into a first division and a second division with promotion and relegation between them from 1961; but, the other alternative considered attempted to reduce the travel burden between outlying suburbs by partitioning the Association into northern and southern divisions, with the winner of each division to contest the Association-wide premiership at the end of the season. To trial the geographic division structure, the clubs were divided into northern and southern sections in the 1958 fixture, and clubs were drawn to play other clubs in their own section twice and clubs from the other section only once; but, the final results were compiled into a single ladder and a single finals series.The Sun News-Pictorial Association planning 20-team competition Noel Carrick 40 19 September 1957 Melbourne The Camberwell Football Club, which was struggling due to poor support, had considered withdrawing from the Association prior to the start of the season, but decided to remain.The Sun News-Pictorial Camberwell second on VFA ladder Noel Carrick 32 26 May 1958 Melbourne Northcote and Brighton both operated as amateur clubs throughout the season, and Preston became amateur after June 11, abandoning its £4/10/– match payments.The Sun News-Pictorial Club stops its "pay for play" but... Noel Carrick 50 11 June 1958 Melbourne Premiership The home-and-home season was played over only eighteen matches, a reduction from the twenty matches played in previous years. No matches were held for the two weekends of the Interstate Carnival, which was held in Melbourne. The top four clubs then contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season. Ladder main WDL Q 1958 VFA ladder true points y 4 2 WIL Williamstown MOO Moorabbin BOX Box Hill PMB Port Melbourne COB Coburg SAN Sandringham YAR Yarraville BRU Brunswick CAM Camberwell MOR Mordialloc PRA Prahran PRE Preston OAK Oakleigh DAN Dandenong NOR Northcote BRI Brighton 15 3 0 1563 1142 P 13 3 2 1556 1036 13 5 0 1477 1045 13 5 0 1715 1221 12 6 0 1567 1330 11 6 1 1483 1309 11 7 0 1543 1222 10 7 1 1346 1258 10 8 0 1350 1224 8 9 1 1194 1317 7 11 0 1301 1604 6 11 1 1354 1393 5 13 0 1307 1469 3 15 0 1109 1733 2 16 0 1011 1739 2 16 0 1049 1883 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Sun News-Pictorial 1 September 1958 Port wins way to VFA semi-final 48 Melbourne Noel Carrick Finals Semifinals Saturday, 6 September Box Hill 11.9 (75) A Port Melbourne 17.20 (122) St Kilda Cricket Ground 9,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 8 September 1958 Fights finished Box Hill's chances in VFA semi-final 42 Melbourne Noel Carrick Saturday, 13 September Williamstown 8.21 (69) A Moorabbin 13.13 (91) St Kilda Cricket Ground 9,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 15 September 1958 'Town kicked way out of a winning change 41 Melbourne Noel Carrick Preliminary Final Saturday, 20 September Williamstown 11.14 (80) H Port Melbourne 8.10 (58) St Kilda Cricket Ground 8,400 The Sun News-Pictorial 22 September 1958 Rucks, backs give Williamstown final win 47 Melbourne Noel Carrick 1958 VFA Grand Final Saturday, 27 September Moorabbin 4.5 (29) 4.6 (30) 5.8 (38) 7.9 (51) Renwick 4, Moroney 2, Whalebone Ryan (ribs) D Williamstown 0.1 (1) 3.5 (23) 4.9 (33) 6.15 (51) Cullinan 2, Mazouris 2, Pelly, Reed Ward (ankle), Evans (jaw) St Kilda Cricket Ground 20,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 29 September 1958 Moorabbin backs saved the day 39 Melbourne Noel Carrick Rowe Moorabbin led for the entire match until Williamstown tied the scores with 30 seconds remaining 1958 VFA Grand Final replay Saturday, 4 October Moorabbin 0.0 (0) 3.3 (21) 3.5 (23) 8.16 (64) Renwick 3, Crameri 2, Evans, Jones, P. Ryan Manie (toe), Moroney (ankle) A Williamstown 3.12 (30) 5.14 (44) 12.18 (90) 13.18 (96) Cullinan 5, Mazouris 2, Pelly 2, B. Beitzel, Callahan, Murphy, Ramsay St Kilda Cricket Ground 22,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 6 October 1958 Seagulls won all over the ground 37 Melbourne Noel Carrick Rowe Awards The leading goalkicker for the home-and-home season for the third consecutive year was Bob Bonnett (Port Melbourne), who kicked 76 goals. The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by retiring amateur Keith Woolnough (Northcote), best known as the vice-captain of the VFL-VFA team in the demonstration match at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Woolnough polled 35 votes, to win ahead of Terry Devery (Box Hill), who was second with 29 votes, and John Martin (Williamstown), who was third with 27 votes.The Sun News-Pictorial 4 September 1958 "Olympian" wins Liston trophy 56 Melbourne Noel Carrick Coburg won the seconds premiership. Coburg 7.9 (51) defeated Moorabbin 5.13 (43) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 27 September.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 29 September 1958 Coburg wins the VFA seconds flag 36 Notable events Interstate Carnival The Association fielded its representative team in the 1958 Melbourne Carnival, competing in Section 1. The team was captained by Camberwell's Ken Ross. The Association finished last with a record of 1–3 and a poorer percentage than South Australia; the Association's final match of the carnival was against the then-winless South Australia, but South Australia's large win was enough to consign the Association to last place. As a result, the Association was relegated directly to Section 2 for the following carnival.The Sun News-Pictorial 11 July 1958 Unfit, but he'll try to save side 40 Melbourne Rex Pullen Barry Metcalfe (Mordialloc) was named in the All-Australian team on the wing; he was the only Association player named in the team.The Sun News-Pictorial 17 July 1958 National side selectors see "double" 39 Melbourne Kevin Hogan 1958 Melbourne Carnival Wednesday, 2 July Victoria (VFA) 15.12 (102) H Tasmania 13.16 (94) Melbourne Cricket Ground 5,852 The Sun News-Pictorial 3 July 1958 Victorian win opens football carnival 38 Melbourne Monday, 7 July (night) Victoria (VFL) 13.23 (101) H Victoria (VFA) 7.10 (52) South Melbourne Cricket Ground 7,200 The Sun News-Pictorial 8 July 1958 It was so easy for the VFL 44 Melbourne Alan Auldrige Wednesday, 9 July Western Australia 21.16 (142) H Victoria (VFA) 11.8 (74) Melbourne Cricket Ground 3,074 The Sun News-Pictorial 10 July 1958 Only 2 VFA players up to WA class 36 Melbourne Noel Carrick Friday, 11 July (night) South Australia 16.15 (111) H Victoria (VFA) 5.13 (43) South Melbourne Cricket Ground 1,750 The Sun News-Pictorial 12 July 1958 Down goes VFA 51–52 Melbourne Other notable events As had occurred in 1957, from the start of the season the match of the round was played on the preceding Wednesday night under floodlights at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground; but, the practice was abandoned after the match on 7 May was postponed due to inclement weather. The risk of worsening weather conditions in winter, disruptions to the clubs' training and social schedules, and poorer night crowds than had been seen in 1957 were the main reasons for abandoning the night matches.The Sun News-Pictorial VFA to end night matches 51 8 May 1958 Melbourne Night matches did not return in 1959. A grand final replay was held after the Grand Final between Moorabbin and Williamstown finished as a draw. The Association had not made contingency plans for the availability of the St Kilda Cricket Ground in the event of a replay being required,The Sun News-Pictorial Grand final in doubt Noel Carrick 44 29 September 1958 Melbourne and the ground needed to be prepared for St Kilda's first district cricket match on 18 October, but the Victorian Cricket Association and Carlton Cricket Club agreed to move the match to Carlton to accommodate the replay.The Sun News-Pictorial VFA replay at St Kilda 43 30 September 1958 Melbourne See also List of VFA/VFL premiers References 2 Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL