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A look back at old VFA Recorders from yesteryear
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> Here is VFA blast from the past # 1
> From the VFA Recorder Sunday August 17, 1975
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> Ladders
> 1st Division
> W L FOR AGST % PTS
> Geelong West 14 2 1883 1422 132.4 56
> Port Melbourne 12 4 1963 1469 133.6 48
> Dandenong 11 5 1637 1452 112.7 44
> Coburg 9 7 1804 1579 114.2 36
> Preston 7 9 1647 1718 95.8 28
> Caulfield 6 10 1704 1899 89.7 24
> Oakleigh 6 10 1558 1767 88.1 24
> Prahran 6 10 1570 1911 82.1 24
> Sandringham 5 11 1566 1670 93.7 20
> Williamstown 4 12 1466 1911 76.7 16
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> 2nd Division
> W L D FOR AGST % PTS
> Brunswick 15 3 2264 1565 144.6 60
> Camberwell 13 4 1 2134 1622 131.5 54
> Sunshine 13 5 2155 1679 128.3 52
> Frankston 12 6 2086 1758 118.6 48
> Northcote 12 6 2028 1991 101.8 48
> Mordialloc 8 9 1 1752 1771 98.9 34
> Yarraville 7 11 1937 2166 89.4 28
> Waverley 6 12 2073 2180 95.0 24
> Werribee 2 16 1429 2475 57.7 8
> Box Hill 1 17 1578 2229 79.7 4
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> It was Finals time in 2nd Division
> The 1st Semi Final was between Sunshine and Frankston at Toorak Park.
> Sunshine was too strong in winning 17.15.117 to Frankston's 13.15.93
> Graeme Sladdin kicked 5 with Richard 'Rags' Radziminski and Club Legend
> 'Jumping Joe' Benson kicking 2 each.
Former coach of Coburg, Preston and Box Hill Harold Martin kicked one goal
for the Crows.
> Notable players for the Dolphins were Captain Coach Ray Davies who also
> played with Dandenong, plus ex Redleg team mates in Vaughan Ellis and
> Graham 'Josh' Kendall who coached the Dolphins in later years.
> Also there was Lightning Premiership Matches played at Toorak Park for the
> teams that did not make the finals in 2nd Division.
> Yarraville under Coach Laurie Aghan played BoxHill which was coached by
> Geoff Bryant.
> Laurie Aghan was the 2000 coach of VAFA team Aquinas in the VAFA D1
> Section.
> Laurie was a very successful coach in the Amateurs, especially with
> Reservoir Old Boys.
> In the other Lightning Premiership match Waverley played Werribee.
> In 1st Division the Channel 0 match of the day was played at Princes Park,
> Caulfield.
> Dandenong was too strong for Caulfield by kicking 25.16.166 to the Bears
> 16.15.111.
> For Caulfield ex North Melbourne player Mick Hawking kicked 5 goals.
> Mick Hawking along with former South Melbourne, Richmond and Caulfield
> player Ray Ball once featured in Channel 0 game show of the 70s, Almost
> Anything Goes.
> Jim 'Frosty' Miller kicked a lazy 12 goals for the Redlegs to take his
> year tally to 76 goals.Notable players for Dandenong were Alan Harper who
> was famous for the Fred Cook incident in the 1976 Grand Final, Pat
> Flaherty, Travis Payze and Caulfield Captain Coach in Tony Jewell.
> Williamstown under Captain Coach Ted Whitten sealed the Wooden Spoon after
> losing to Prahran 8.21.69 to Prahran 11.13.79.
> Wayne Johnston kicked 2 goals for Prahran.
> Star studded Geelong West under Coach Billy Goggin had a big win over
> Preston by 94 points.
> Geelong West kicked 22.16.148 to Preston 7.12.54.
> For the Roosters legendary Joe Radojevic kicked 5 goals as did centreman
> Tony Gilmore.
> Peter Stevens and Terry Bright kicked 3 each.
> John Newton relation of Bert 'Moonface' Newton kicked 2 goals for the
> Bullants, with notable players being future VFL players in Craig Stewart
> and Leigh Carlson.
> Coburg playing at home outlasted sandringham in winning 14.15.99 to
> 12.10.82.
> Former Essendon and Footscray player Alan Mannix booted 6 goals for the
> Coburg, while Peter Smith kicked 3 to take his tally to 76 goals.
> For Sandringham former St.Kilda player Ian Cooper kicked 2 goals as did a
> player called Liddell (is he any relation to current Zebra Chad) .
> Notable players for Coburg included Centreman and former Williamstown Les
> Stillman, Athol Hodgetts, Cricketing legend John 'Barrel' Scholes and a
> young Phil Cleary who was recruited from Coburg Amateurs.
> Port Melbourne won a close tussle against Oakleigh in a good win away from
> home.
> The Borough won 19.12.126 to 16.21.117.
> For Port Freddie Cook had a quiet day for his standard as he only booted 5
> to take his tally to 99 goals.
> Paul Goss and David 'Sam' Holt kicked 3 each.
> While for Oakleigh former Richmond and South Melbourne player Eric Moore
> kicked 3 for the Oaks.
> Moore was Coach for Box Hill in its first VFA flag in 1984, which happened
> to be against Oakleigh.
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> In Marc Fiddian's memory lane it was back to season 1930.
> The ladder read:
> W L D % PTS
> Oakleigh 16 4 132.4 64
> Northcote 15 5 144.9 60
> Williamstown 13 7 113.3 52
> Yarraville 12 8 115.4 48
> Port Melbourne 10 9 1 100.2 42
> Preston 10 9 1 97.4 42
> Brighton 10 10 105.4 40
> Coburg 9 9 2 104.7 40
> Brunswick 7 11 90.4 28
> Prahran 6 12 75.1 24
> Camberwell 5 13 83.2 20
> Sandringham 1 17 63.0 4
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> Oakleigh who joined the VFA the previous year, won the flag from the 1929
> premier Northcote.
> Frank Seymour from Northcote topped the Goalkicking with 110 goals and
> Port Melbourne's Ted Hyde won the Recorder Cup (forerunner to the Liston)
> with 9 votes.
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