1946 VFA season

1946 VFA Premiership season
Teams	12
Premiers	Sandringham (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Camberwell (1st minor premiership)
← 1945 1947 →

The 1946 Victorian Football Association season was the 65th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October. It was the first premiership in the club's history.

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

1946 VFA Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Camberwell

2239

1790

125.1

Williamstown

2205

1866

118.2

Sandringham (P)

2088

1959

106.6

Port Melbourne

2120

2020

105.0

Coburg

1912

1679

113.9

Brighton

2163

2010

107.6

Brunswick

1835

1858

98.8

Yarraville

2201

2367

93.0

Oakleigh

1895

2233

84.9

Northcote

1742

2048

85.1

Preston

1777

2032

87.5

Prahran

1960

2295

86.3

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source^[1]

Finals


	Semi Finals
Saturday, 14 September	Sandringham 18.14 (122)	def.	Port Melbourne 14.9 (93)	St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 18,000)	^[2]
Saturday, 21 September	Camberwell 12.19 (91)	def.	Williamstown 11.14 (80)	St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000)	^[3]


	Preliminary Final
Saturday, 28 September	Williamstown 16.18 (114)	def. by	Sandringham 16.19 (115)	St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000)	^[4]


	1946 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 5 October	Camberwell	def. by	Sandringham	St Kilda Cricket Ground (Crowd: 30,000)	^[5]
	6.7 (43) 6.9 (45) 11.12 (78) 13.14 (92)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.2 (14) 9.7 (61) 11.10 (76) 14.15 (99)

Bond 3, Herbert 2, Oliver 2, Shields 2, Boyall, Bradford, Bristowe, Collier		Goals	Brokenshire 4, Lowry 4, Bencraft 2, Parker 2, Holmes, Pole

Awards

The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Bill Findlay (Port Melbourne), who polled 47 votes. Herbie Matthews (Camberwell) was second with 33 votes, and S. Snell (Preston) was third with 31 votes.^[6]
Prahran won the seconds premiership, after defeating Yarraville in the Grand Final.^[7]

Notable events

Disputed match between Northcote and Sandringham

On 25 May, Sandringham 15.13 (103) defeated Northcote 13.10 (88).^[8] Northcote protested the result, on the basis that the third quarter was played 10 minutes short of the full duration. The Association resolved that the game should be replayed, but only if it had any bearing on the final four.^[9]

After the home-and-home season, Sandringham finished third, four points ahead of fifth-placed Coburg but with a poorer percentage; this meant that the replay was required, and that Coburg would make the finals if it were lost by Sandringham.^[10] However, on the Monday after the home-and-home matches were complete, the Association Board of Management decided to rescind its previous decision and allow Sandringham's original win to stand. Coburg was unhappy, and believed it was in a strong legal position to compel the Association to uphold its original decision to replay the match; but, it nevertheless decided not to proceed with any action and allowed the result to stand. As a result, Sandringham qualified for the finals for the first time, and went on to win the premiership.^[11]

Other notable events

A lightning premiership was held at the St Kilda Cricket Ground on 29 June amongst all twelve teams. Williamstown won the competition, defeating Prahran in the final by the score of 4.3 (27) d. 1.2 (8).^[12]
On 2 September, the VFA was registered as an incorporated company.^[13]
In the preliminary final, Sandringham 9.12 (66) trailed Williamstown 15.16 (106) at three-quarter time, before kicking seven goals to one in the final quarter to win by one point, 16.19 (115) d. 16.18 (114).^[4]
Coburg and Prahran visited Broken Hill on the weekend of 19 October and played two exhibition matches. On Saturday 19 October, Prahran 14.13 (97) defeated Coburg 7.13 (55) under Association rules;^[14] on Sunday 20 October, a combined Prahran-Coburg team 8.11 (59) lost to the Zinc Corporation XVIII 11.6 (72) under League rules.^[15]
On Saturday 19 October, Williamstown and Camberwell played an exhibition match under Association rules at the NTCA Ground in Launceston, Tasmania, where the League rules were prevalent. Williamstown 16.11 (107) defeated Camberwell 13.16 (94) in front of a large crowd of 3,600.^[16]

External links

List of VFA/VFL Premiers

References

↑ "Positions of VFA clubs". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1946. p. 11.
↑ "VFA win for Sandringham". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 September 1946. p. 11.
↑ "Camberwell win after early setbacks". The Argus. Melbourne. 23 September 1946. p. 17.
1 2 "Sandringham win exciting VFA final by point". The Argus. Melbourne. 30 September 1946. p. 17.
↑ "Sandringham's first VFA premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 October 1946. pp. 13–14.
↑ "Findlay wins VFA Recorder Cup". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 September 1946. p. 12.
↑ "Coburg and Prahran football teams will play here at week end". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 14 October 1946. p. 3.
↑ "Sandringham's speed and marking". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 May 1946. p. 13.
↑ "Disputed match to be replayed if necessary". The Argus. Melbourne. 4 June 1946. p. 14.
↑ "Muddle over VFA Four". The Argus. Melbourne. 9 September 1946. p. 11.
↑ "No Coburg request for a replay". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 September 1946. p. 11.
↑ ""Lightning" title to Williamstown". The Argus. Melbourne. 1 July 1946. p. 9.
↑ "VFA is now a company". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 September 1946. p. 8.
↑ "Broken Hill football". The Mail. Adelaide, SA. 19 October 1946. p. 18.
↑ "Zinc 18 defeates Coburg-Prahran combined team". Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 21 October 1946. p. 3.
↑ Rover (21 October 1946). "Effectiveness of throw pass demonstrated". Examiner. Launceston, TAS. p. 1.

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