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The 1977 Victorian Football Association season was the 96th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 17th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Sandringham in the Grand Final on 25 September by 100 points; it was Port Melbourne's 12th Division 1 premiership, its second in a row, and the third of six premierships won by the club in nine seasons between 1974 and 1982. The Division 2 premiership was won by Mordialloc; it was the first and only Association premiership in either division ever won by the club.
1977 VFA Premiership Season | |
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Teams | 20 |
Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Port Melbourne (12th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Port Melbourne (11th minor premiership) |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers | Mordialloc (1st D2 premiership) |
Minor premiers | Mordialloc (1st D2 minor premiership) |
Centenary Cup | |
Teams | 20 |
Champions | Port Melbourne |
← 1976 1978 → |
During the season, the Association celebrated the centenary of its foundation in 1877. As part of these celebrations, the Association ran an additional competition called the Centenary Cup, which was a knock-out competition which ran concurrently with the premiership season and featured all twenty clubs from both divisions. The Centenary Cup was won by Port Melbourne.
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.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | |||||
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1 | Port Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2325 | 1871 | 124.2 | 60 | ||||
2 | Sandringham | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2231 | 2100 | 106.2 | 52 | ||||
3 | Coburg | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2001 | 1821 | 109.8 | 44 | ||||
4 | Brunswick | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2041 | 1991 | 102.5 | 44 | ||||
5 | Dandenong | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2005 | 1734 | 115.6 | 40 | ||||
6 | Geelong West | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2099 | 2042 | 102.7 | 40 | ||||
7 | Prahran | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1893 | 2139 | 88.4 | 28 | ||||
8 | Caulfield | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 2131 | 2226 | 95.7 | 24 | ||||
9 | Preston | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1993 | 2256 | 88.3 | 20 | ||||
10 | Williamstown | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1696 | 2235 | 75.8 | 8 | ||||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source[1] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 4 September | Coburg 27.11 (173) | def. | Brunswick 20.19 (139) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,496) | [2] |
Sunday, 11 September | Port Melbourne 23.28 (166) | def. | Sandringham 18.7 (115) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 14,793) | [3] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 18 September | Sandringham 15.23 (113) | def. | Coburg 16.6 (102) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 9,189) | [4] |
1977 VFA Division 1 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 25 September | Port Melbourne | def. | Sandringham | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 29,664) | [5] |
6.4 (40) 13.10 (88) 18.14 (122) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
2.2 (14) 3.4 (22) 3.8 (26) |
Field umpires: Graeme Marcy | ||
23.19 (157) | Final | 7.15 (57) | |||
Cook 9, Rasmussen 5, Christou 4, Holt 3, Clark 2 | Goals | Simms 2, Clark, Giles, Kennedy, Laube, Lyons | |||
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.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | |||||
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1 | Mordialloc (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2362 | 1698 | 139.1 | 56 | ||||
2 | Yarraville | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2269 | 1634 | 138.8 | 56 | ||||
3 | Camberwell | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2265 | 1819 | 124.5 | 56 | ||||
4 | Oakleigh | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 2354 | 1934 | 121.7 | 52 | ||||
5 | Frankston | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2388 | 2061 | 113.4 | 44 | ||||
6 | Northcote | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 2060 | 1927 | 106.9 | 32 | ||||
7 | Werribee | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1851 | 2247 | 82.3 | 24 | ||||
8 | Sunshine | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1902 | 2204 | 86.2 | 20 | ||||
9 | Waverley | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1769 | 2234 | 80.3 | 20 | ||||
10 | Box Hill | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1450 | 2289 | 50.1 | 0 | ||||
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, 21 August | Camberwell 25.12 (162) | def. | Oakleigh 11.13 (79) | Toorak Park (crowd: 8,735) | [8] |
Sunday, 28 August | Mordialloc 15.15 (105) | def. by | Yarraville 19.20 (134) | Toorak Park (crowd: 8,616) | [1] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 4 September | Mordialloc 16.9 (105) | def. | Camberwell 12.15 (87) | Toorak Park (crowd: 5,432) | [2] |
1977 VFA Division 2 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 11 September | Yarraville | def. by | Mordialloc | Toorak Park (crowd: 7,300) | [9] |
5.2 (32) 10.6 (66) 11.9 (75) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
5.5 (35) 10.11 (71) 12.14 (86) |
Field umpires: Bill Torney | ||
14.11 (95) | Final | 19.19 (133) | |||
Gibson 4, Bisset 3, Grandin 3, Wellington 2, Lowe, Sait | Goals | Neville 8, Deaton 4, Norris 2, Scott 2, Bloomfield, Guy, Johnston | |||
As part of celebrations of the centenary of the Association's foundation in 1877, the Association held a special once-off tournament called the Centenary Cup. The competition was a knock-out tournament featuring all twenty clubs from both divisions, and it was held concurrently with the premiership season. To accommodate the competition, the VFA season began in March, its earliest start ever.[10] The competition was scheduled as follows:
Port Melbourne won the competition, giving it a double of the premiership and Centenary Cup for the season. It was a comfortable 71-point winner against Caulfield in the Grand Final. An official best-on-ground award was presented in the Grand Final to Fred Cook, who kicked 12.4 in Port Melbourne's dominant victory.
Qualification round | |||||
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Sunday, 27 March | Yarraville 23.16 (154) | def. | Northcote 3.2 (20) Note | Yarraville Oval | [15] |
Sunday, 27 March | Camberwell 25.12 (162) | def. | Waverley 11.11 (77) | Camberwell Sports Ground | [15] |
Sunday, 27 March | Frankston 12.22 (94) | def. | Sunshine 10.19 (79) | Frankston Park | [15] |
Sunday, 27 March | Werribee 19.17 (131) | def. | Box Hill 10.10 (70) | Chirnside Park | [15] |
Round of sixteen | |||||
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Sunday, 22 May | Preston 18.10 (118) | def. by | Caulfield 18.11 (119) Note | Preston City Oval | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Oakleigh 10.12 (72) | def. by | Brunswick 16.24 (120) | Oakleigh Cricket Ground | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Geelong West 17.16 (118) | def. | Mordialloc 16.20 (106) | Western Oval | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Port Melbourne 22.32 (164) | def. | Werribee 7.19 (61) | North Port Oval | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Dandenong 20.19 (139) | def. | Camberwell 13.12 (90) | Shepley Oval | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Frankston 21.22 (148) | def. | Sandringham 19.13 (127) | Frankston Park | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Yarraville 15.12 (102) | def. by | Prahran 18.9 (117) | Yarraville Oval | [16] |
Sunday, 22 May | Coburg 23.19 (157) | def. | Williamstown 15.7 (97) | Coburg City Oval | [16] |
Quarter-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 3 July | Brunswick 8.10 (58) | def. by | Dandenong 10.9 (69) | Gillon Oval (crowd: 1,500) | [13] |
Sunday, 3 July | Caulfield 17.14 (116) | def. | Geelong West 15.16 (106) | Princes Park (crowd: 1,250) | [13] |
Sunday, 3 July | Port Melbourne 13.9 (87) | def. | Coburg 9.12 (66) | North Port Oval (crowd: 4,500) | [13] |
Wednesday, 6 July (7:30pm) | Prahran 31.13 (199) | def. | Frankston 11.13 (79) | Toorak Park (crowd: 500) | [17] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Wednesday, 3 August (7:45pm) | Port Melbourne 20.17 (137) | def. | Prahran 7.9 (51) | South Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 1,954) | [18] |
Wednesday, 10 August (7:45pm) | Caulfield 18.15 (123) | def. | Dandenong 13.8 (86) | South Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 982) | [19] |
1977 VFA Centenary Cup Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 14 August | Port Melbourne | def. | Caulfield | Toorak Park (crowd: 3,000) | [7] |
6.6 (42) 13.10 (88) 21.11 (137) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 |
3.2 (20) 6.4 (40) 8.8 (56) |
Best on ground: Fred Cook Field umpires: Stabb | ||
26.16 (172) | Final | 15.11 (101) | |||
Cook 12, Holt 5, Christou 4, Bond 2, Anderson, Critch, Evans | Goals | O'Sullivan 7, Haywood 2, Milner 2, Sutherland 2, Booth, Einsiedel | |||
In 1977, the NFL Night Series competition, known as the Ardath Cup, was to have been contested by clubs from the VFL, SANFL and WANFL, and state representative teams from the minor states – with the competition again running mostly on Tuesday nights, and in a knock-out form. However, plans were disrupted when the VFL opted to withdraw its clubs from the competition and establish its own rival night series. To make up the shortfall of teams, the NFL invited the top four Association clubs from 1976 – Port Melbourne, Dandenong, Preston and Caulfield – to participate in the competition. It was the first time that the Association had participated in an ANFC/NFL competition in any capacity since 1969, when a clearance dispute between the Association and the League led to the Association's expulsion from the council.[20] As was normal for interleague matches, the Association clubs were forced to play under the national standard 18-a-side rules in these matches.[10]
Port Melbourne progressed the furthest in the competition, reaching the quarter-finals. The Association clubs results were:
The Association played one interleague representative match during the season, on Queen's Birthday weekend against Queensland – the same state that Port Melbourne had earlier beaten in Ardath Cup competition.[28] Midway through the third quarter of the match, the Association held a comfortable 41-point lead, Association 12.14 (86) vs Queensland 6.9 (45); but, Queensland recovered to kick eight of the last nine goals of the match, and won the match by seven points.[29]
1977 Interleague Matches | |||||
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Sunday, 12 June | Queensland 14.18 (102) | def. | V.F.A. 13.17 (95) | Gabba | [29] |
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