1931 VFA premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers |
Oakleigh 2nd premiership |
Minor premiers |
Oakleigh 2nd minor premiership |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 113 |
Total attendance | 446,500 (3,951 per match) |
The 1931 Victorian Football Association season was the 53rd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Oakleigh Football Club, after it defeated Northcote by three points in the Grand Final on 26 September. It was the club's second VFA premiership, achieved in only its third season of senior competition, and it was Oakleigh's second premiership in a row.
After playing sectional games in 1930, the Association reverted to a simple season format, with each club playing eighteen home-and-home matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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1 | Oakleigh (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1546 | 1047 | 67.7 | 56 | |||
2 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1502 | 1089 | 72.5 | 56 | |||
3 | Preston | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1418 | 1273 | 92.6 | 50 | |||
4 | Northcote | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1620 | 1171 | 72.3 | 48 | |||
5 | Yarraville | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1386 | 1328 | 95.8 | 46 | |||
6 | Coburg | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1371 | 1342 | 97.9 | 44 | |||
7 | Brunswick | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1386 | 1236 | 89.2 | 36 | |||
8 | Sandringham | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1665 | 1796 | 107.9 | 32 | |||
9 | Prahran | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1283 | 1492 | 115.8 | 28 | |||
10 | Williamstown | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1209 | 1476 | 122.1 | 20 | |||
11 | Brighton | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1237 | 1798 | 145.4 | 8 | |||
12 | Camberwell | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1164 | 1734 | 149.0 | 8 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [1] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 5 September | Port Melbourne 5.8 (38) | def. by | Northcote 9.11 (65) | Brunswick Cricket Ground (crowd: 9,000) | [2] |
Saturday, 12 September | Oakleigh 6.8 (44) | def. by | Preston 9.13 (67) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000) | [3] |
Final | |||||
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Saturday, 19 September | Preston 7.9 (51) | def. by | Northcote 11.22 (88) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) | [4] |
1931 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 26 September | Oakleigh | def. | Northcote | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) | [1] |
2.3 (15) 3.7 (25) 7.11 (53) 10.14 (74) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.1 (13) 4.3 (27) 9.3 (57) 11.5 (71) |
Umpires: Stuart | ||
Fraser 3, Rodwell 3, Maher 2, Crameri, Dolan | Goals | Simmonds 4, Seymour 3, Byrne 2, Corrigan, Ross | |||
Injuries | Humphries (groin), Pruser (concussion) | ||||
Onlooker (5 September 1932). "Association – Northcote on top". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12.
1931 VFA premiership season | |
---|---|
Teams | 12 |
Premiers |
Oakleigh 2nd premiership |
Minor premiers |
Oakleigh 2nd minor premiership |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 113 |
Total attendance | 446,500 (3,951 per match) |
The 1931 Victorian Football Association season was the 53rd season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Oakleigh Football Club, after it defeated Northcote by three points in the Grand Final on 26 September. It was the club's second VFA premiership, achieved in only its third season of senior competition, and it was Oakleigh's second premiership in a row.
After playing sectional games in 1930, the Association reverted to a simple season format, with each club playing eighteen home-and-home matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||||
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1 | Oakleigh (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1546 | 1047 | 67.7 | 56 | |||
2 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1502 | 1089 | 72.5 | 56 | |||
3 | Preston | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1418 | 1273 | 92.6 | 50 | |||
4 | Northcote | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1620 | 1171 | 72.3 | 48 | |||
5 | Yarraville | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1386 | 1328 | 95.8 | 46 | |||
6 | Coburg | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1371 | 1342 | 97.9 | 44 | |||
7 | Brunswick | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1386 | 1236 | 89.2 | 36 | |||
8 | Sandringham | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1665 | 1796 | 107.9 | 32 | |||
9 | Prahran | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1283 | 1492 | 115.8 | 28 | |||
10 | Williamstown | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1209 | 1476 | 122.1 | 20 | |||
11 | Brighton | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1237 | 1798 | 145.4 | 8 | |||
12 | Camberwell | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1164 | 1734 | 149.0 | 8 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [1] |
Semifinals | |||||
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Saturday, 5 September | Port Melbourne 5.8 (38) | def. by | Northcote 9.11 (65) | Brunswick Cricket Ground (crowd: 9,000) | [2] |
Saturday, 12 September | Oakleigh 6.8 (44) | def. by | Preston 9.13 (67) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000) | [3] |
Final | |||||
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Saturday, 19 September | Preston 7.9 (51) | def. by | Northcote 11.22 (88) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) | [4] |
1931 VFA Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 26 September | Oakleigh | def. | Northcote | Port Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) | [1] |
2.3 (15) 3.7 (25) 7.11 (53) 10.14 (74) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.1 (13) 4.3 (27) 9.3 (57) 11.5 (71) |
Umpires: Stuart | ||
Fraser 3, Rodwell 3, Maher 2, Crameri, Dolan | Goals | Simmonds 4, Seymour 3, Byrne 2, Corrigan, Ross | |||
Injuries | Humphries (groin), Pruser (concussion) | ||||
Onlooker (5 September 1932). "Association – Northcote on top". The Argus. Melbourne. p. 12.