1970 VFA season

1970 VFA Premiership Season
Teams 20
Division 1
Teams 10
Premiers Prahran
(3rd premiership)
Minor premiers Prahran
(3rd minor premiership)
Division 2
Teams 10
Premiers Coburg
(1st D2 premiership)
Minor premiers Coburg
(1st D2 minor premiership)
1969
1971

The 1970 Victorian Football Association season was the 89th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the tenth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, marking the club's third Division 1 premiership; it defeated Williamstown, which qualified for the Grand Final in its first season after promotion to Division 1, on 20 September by 50 points. The Division 2 premiership was won by Coburg, in its second season since being relegated from Division 1.

Division 1

The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals returned to the St Kilda Cricket Ground for the first time since 1966.

Ladder

1970 VFA Division 1 Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Prahran (P) 18 15 3 0 2102 1561 134.6 60
2 Williamstown 18 13 5 0 1962 1723 113.5 52
3 Port Melbourne 18 11 7 0 1890 1531 123.5 44
4 Waverley 18 11 7 0 2045 1720 118.9 44
5 Sandringham 18 11 7 0 2083 1975 105.9 44
6 Preston 18 11 7 0 1994 1700 105.4 44
7 Dandenong 18 10 8 0 1936 1630 118.7 40
8 Oakleigh 18 4 14 0 1656 2128 77.8 16
9 Geelong West 18 3 15 0 1581 2337 67.6 12
10 Yarraville 18 1 17 0 1585 2324 68.2 4
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
Sunday, 30 August Port Melbourne 10.15 (75) def. by Waverley 15.16 (106) St Kilda Cricket Ground [2]
Sunday, 6 September Prahran 10.15 (75) def. Williamstown 9.15 (69) St Kilda Cricket Ground [3]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 13 September Williamstown 22.22 (154) def. Waverley 7.9 (51) St Kilda Cricket Ground [4]
1970 VFA Division 1 Grand Final
Sunday, 20 September Prahran def. Williamstown St Kilda Cricket Ground (Crowd: 26,000) [5]
3.5 (23)
9.7 (61)
16.15 (111)
17.18 (120)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
3.1 (19)
5.4 (34)
5.5 (35)
10.10 (70)
Umpires: Anderson
Bartlett 4, Knox 4, Dowsing 3, Marinko 2, Emselle, Karanicolas, Kenneally, Parker Goals Hayward 2, Jackman 2, Hayward 2, Papley, Patterson, Smith, Stark
Culpin (ribs) Injuries

Awards

Division 2

The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.

Ladder

1970 VFA Division 2 Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Coburg (P) 18 16 2 0 2472 1379 179.1 64
2 Sunshine 18 15 3 0 2228 1496 148.8 60
3 Box Hill 18 12 5 1 1859 1669 111.3 50
4 Brunswick 18 10 8 0 1781 1714 103.9 40
5 Caulfield 18 9 9 0 1892 1915 95.1 36
6 Frankston 18 8 10 0 1715 1987 86.3 32
7 Mordialloc 18 7 10 1 1449 1798 80.5 30
8 Northcote 18 7 11 0 1621 1853 87.4 28
9 Werribee 18 3 15 0 1524 2022 75.3 12
10 Camberwell 18 2 16 0 1284 2010 63.8 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points Source[7]

Finals

Semi Finals
Sunday, 16 August Box Hill 20.15 (135) def. Brunswick 16.7 (103) Toorak Park [8]
Sunday, 23 August Coburg 25.12 (162) def. Sunshine 14.12 (96) Toorak Park [9]
Preliminary Final
Sunday, 30 September Sunshine 12.12 (84) def. by Box Hill 16.7 (103) Toorak Park [10]
1970 VFA Division 2 Grand Final
Sunday, 6 September Coburg def. Box Hill Toorak Park (Crowd: 8,000) [11]
5.4 (34)
11.13 (79)
16.15 (111)
20.17 (137)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Final
4.2 (26)
8.6 (54)
12.10 (82)
16.11 (107)
Umpires: Anderson
Sporton 5, Hepper 4, McCarthy 3, Morrison 3, Kirkman 2, Gale, Marsh, Sullivan Goals Barnett 6, Dawson 3, Abbott 2, Baker 2, Smith 2, Crisp

Awards

Notable events

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 Murray Hubbard (24 August 1970). "Fiery Port in the four". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 58.
  2. Murray Hubbard (31 August 1970). "Waverley strongly". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 54.
  3. 1 2 Murray Hubbard (7 September 1970). "Prahran wins by 6 points". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 52.
  4. 1 2 Murray Hubbard (14 September 1970). "Easy, but not dull". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 56.
  5. Murray Hubbard (21 September 1970). "'Town flops badly". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 52.
  6. "Cook takes VFA award". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). 27 August 1970. p. 62.
  7. 1 2 "Scores in the VFA". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). 10 August 1970. p. 46.
  8. Murray Hubbard (17 August 1970). "Sandy turns on 'power'". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 46.
  9. Murray Hubbard (24 August 1970). "Coburg's claim". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 58.
  10. 1 2 3 Murray Hubbard (31 August 1970). "Box Hill is not troubled". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 54.
  11. Murray Hubbard (7 September 1970). "Flag to Coburg". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 52.
  12. "VFA best". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). 13 August 1970. p. 58.
  13. Scot Palmer (17 March 1970). "Permits: VFA is expelled". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 62.
  14. Murray Hubbard (10 April 1970). "New look in VFA teams". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 45.
  15. Murray Hubbard (27 April 1970). "Prahran in upset win". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne). p. 57.
  16. Fiddian, Marc (2004), The VFA: a history of the Victorian Football Association, 1877–1995, p. 40
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