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The 1972 Victorian Football Association season was the 91st season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the twelfth season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Oakleigh Football Club, after it defeated Dandenong in the Grand Final on 24 September by 44 points; it was Oakleigh's sixth and final Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Geelong West, which went undefeated through the season with an overall record of 20–0, becoming the first team since North Melbourne in 1918 to complete a perfect season; overall, it was the club's third Division 2 premiership.
1972 VFA premiership season | |
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Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Oakleigh 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Oakleigh 4th minor premiership |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Geelong West 3rd D2 premiership |
Minor premiers | Geelong West 1st D2 minor premiership |
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.
1972 VFA Division 1 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Oakleigh (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2315 | 1942 | 119.2 | 52 | |
2 | Dandenong | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2039 | 1963 | 103.8 | 46 | |
3 | Williamstown | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2022 | 1821 | 111.0 | 44 | |
4 | Preston | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2050 | 1929 | 106.2 | 44 | |
5 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2076 | 1902 | 109.1 | 42 | |
6 | Sunshine | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2051 | 1969 | 104.2 | 32 | |
7 | Sandringham | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1941 | 2043 | 95.0 | 32 | |
8 | Coburg | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1895 | 2082 | 91.0 | 24 | |
9 | Prahran | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1849 | 2134 | 86.6 | 24 | |
10 | Waverley | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1764 | 2217 | 79.5 | 20 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[1] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 3 September | Williamstown 22.19 (151) | def. | Preston 19.17 (131) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 15,000) | [2] |
Sunday, 10 September | Oakleigh 27.15 (177) | def. | Dandenong 16.19 (115) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,000) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 17 September | Dandenong 22.14 (146) | def. | Williamstown 11.16 (82) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 10,000) | [4] |
1972 VFA Division 1 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 24 September | Oakleigh | def. | Dandenong | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 22,400) | [5] |
4.6 (30) 11.12 (78) 15.13 (103) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.6 (18) 8.8 (56) 13.14 (92) |
Field umpires: Hayes | ||
25.17 (167) | Final | 18.15 (123) | |||
Murnane 7, Johnson 5, Taylor 4, Barrot 2, Carr 2, J. Lilley 2, Colcott, Ford, Robbins | Goals | Miller 9, Flaherty 4, Hibbert 2, Davies, Ellis, Shinners | |||
Wenn, for striking Miller in the first quarter West, for striking Miller in the first quarter West, for striking Ellis in the third quarter |
Reports | Miller, for striking Wenn in the first quarter | |||
The Division 2 home-and-away 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.
1972 VFA Division 2 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Geelong West (P) | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2696 | 1517 | 177.7 | 72 | |
2 | Caulfield | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2377 | 1694 | 140.3 | 60 | |
3 | Brunswick | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1940 | 1938 | 100.1 | 44 | |
4 | Yarraville | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2087 | 1989 | 104.9 | 38 | |
5 | Northcote | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1846 | 1973 | 93.5 | 36 | |
6 | Camberwell | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 2081 | 2197 | 94.7 | 36 | |
7 | Box Hill | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1969 | 2099 | 93.8 | 24 | |
8 | Mordialloc | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1547 | 2371 | 65.2 | 24 | |
9 | Frankston | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 2018 | 2141 | 94.2 | 20 | |
10 | Werribee | 18 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 1783 | 2425 | 73.5 | 12 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[7] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 20 August | Brunswick 14.19 (103) | def. by | Yarraville 15.16 (106) | Toorak Park | [8] |
Sunday, 27 August | Geelong West 17.18 (120) | def. | Caulfield 17.13 (115) | Toorak Park (crowd: 9,000) | [1] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 3 September | Caulfield 31.23 (209) | def. | Yarraville 16.11 (107) | Toorak Park (crowd: 5,000) | [2] |
1972 VFA Division 2 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 10 September | Geelong West | def. | Caulfield | Toorak Park (crowd: 10,000) | [3] |
4.1 (25) 7.10 (52) 10.13 (73) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.5 (17) 3.5 (23) 13.7 (85) |
Field umpires: Torney | ||
14.16 (100) | Final | 14.10 (94) | |||
McLean 3, M. Browne 2, R. Browne 2, Harris 2, Colley, Gilles, Irvin, Linke, Manson | Goals | Williams 5, R. Brown 2, Guinane 2, Baker, Cliff, Hamblin, Hocking, Logan | |||
Reports | Renownden, for striking Manson in the first quarter Hocking, for striking Deeath in the second quarter | ||||
Geelong West won all twenty games it played during the 1972 season, becoming the third team to complete a perfect season in Association history. It was the first time the feat had been achieved since North Melbourne in 1918, and the last time it was achieved until Port Melbourne in 2011. Geelong West entered the season after being relegated from Division 1 at the end of 1971, although it was not disgraced during that season, as its win–loss record of 6–12 was at the time the best ever for a wooden-spooner.[12] Geelong West's Thirds team was also unbeaten during the 1972 season.[13]
Geelong West's unbeaten record hides the fact that it was very evenly matched with runners-up Caulfield; three of Geelong West's four wins against Caulfield, including both finals, were by a goal or less:
In 1972, the Association established a post-season lightning premiership, contested by the twelve teams which did not reach the finals (six from each division). Matches were played as curtain-raisers to senior finals matches on Sundays, and were played at half the length of a normal match over two periods of play. The format of the competition was knock-out, and was arranged such that the Division 1 teams competed separately to the Division 2 teams up to the semi-final stage; then, the semi-final stage was contested by three Division 1 teams and one Division 2 team. The post-season lightning premiership was contested from 1972 until 1979.[17]
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