Download and watch classic Victorian Football Association games via the BitTorrent network.
This is currently only being trialled.
Long time Port Melbourne supporter Mic Rees, put together a piece on a 1981 home and away high scoring classic.
https://australianfootball.com/articles/view/A%2BBeach%2BRoad%2Bbelting…
Hi , Is there any footage of the whole game of the 1976 VFA grand final Port Melbourne v Dandenong .
The 1953 Victorian Football Association season was the 72nd season of the Australian rules football competition.
The premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Yarraville by 60 points in the Grand Final on 3 October.
It was Port Melbourne's seventh VFA premiership, and it was the only premiership that the club won during a sequence of eight consecutive Grand Finals played from 1950 until 1957,
and five consecutive minor premierships won from 1951 until 1955.
1953 VFA Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Port Melbourne (P) 20 18 2 0 2052 1047 195.9 72
2 Williamstown 20 16 3 1 1939 1278 151.7 66
3 Yarraville 20 13 5 2 1542 1361 113.2 56
4 Prahran 20 13 6 1 1745 1403 124.3 54
5 Oakleigh 20 13 6 1 1667 1354 123.1 54
6 Coburg 20 12 7 1 1682 1413 119.0 50
7 Brunswick 20 10 10 0 1383 1385 99.8 40
8 Moorabbin 20 9 10 1 1436 1477 97.2 38
9 Preston 20 8 12 0 1375 1484 92.6 32
10 Box Hill 20 7 13 0 1370 1704 80.3 28
11 Camberwell 20 5 14 1 1389 1730 80.2 22
12 Northcote 20 5 15 0 1312 1482 88.5 20
13 Sandringham 20 5 15 0 1237 2103 58.8 20
14 Brighton 20 2 18 0 1138 2046 55.6 8
Finals
Semi Finals
Saturday, 12 September Yarraville 8.16 (64) def. Prahran 9.7 (61) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 16,000)
Saturday, 19 September Port Melbourne 12.14 (86) def. Williamstown 12.4 (76) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 12,000)
Preliminary Final
Saturday, 26 September Williamstown 11.13 (79) def. by Yarraville 12.11 (83) St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 20,000)
1953 VFA Grand Final
Saturday, 3 October Port Melbourne def. Yarraville St Kilda Cricket Ground (Crowd: 40,000)
2.4 (16)
7.9 (51)
12.10 (82)
21.15 (141) Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 2.2 (14)
3.5 (23)
9.8 (62)
12.9 (81)
Fraser 7, Bonnett 6, Miller 2, Murray 2, Atkinson, Bragg, Laffey, Owens Goals Salt 3, Smallwood 3, Marchesi 2, H. Mason 2, N. Rohleder 2
Injuries Cook (ankle), Gwynn (thigh), Jones (concussion), Smith (back)
Awards
The leading goalkicker for the home-and-home season was Johnny Walker (Williamstown), who kicked 98 goals.[6]
The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Ted Henrys (Preston), who polled 37 votes. Vic Hill (Oakleigh) was second with 33 votes, and H. Simpson (Williamstown) and C. Boyd (Prahran) were equal-third with 31 votes.[7]
Yarraville won the seconds premiership. Yarraville 10.13 (73) defeated Moorabbin 8.11 (59) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 3 October.[5]
Notable events
Adelaide Carnival
The Association competed in the 1953 Adelaide Carnival, and finished in fourth place with a record of 1–3.[8]
Two Association players were named in the inaugural All-Australian team, which was named based on performances at the carnival: Frank Johnson and Ted Henrys.[9]
1953 Adelaide Carnival
Wednesday, 8 July Victoria (VFA) 11.18 (84) def. Tasmania 5.11 (41) Adelaide Oval
Monday, 13 July Victoria (VFL) 16.13 (109) def. Victoria (VFA) 11.10 (76) Adelaide Oval
Wednesday, 15 July South Australia 16.16 (112) def. Victoria (VFA) 7.11 (53) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 18 July Western Australia 12.8 (80) def. Victoria (VFA) 8.14 (62) Adelaide Oval
Other notable events
Early in the V.F.A. Sub-Districts season, the Port Melbourne Thirds team lost its first match since 1946, ending a 127-game winning streak.
The team lost its first match in its inaugural season of 1946, before embarking on the record-breaking winning streak, which incorporated seven consecutive premierships.[13][14][15]
On 16 May, a premiership match between 1952 Grand Finalists Oakleigh and Port Melbourne was played at Bolton Park, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
The match was arranged by the Australian National Football Council to help spread the game to the New South Wales riverina district.[16] Port Melborne 11.13 (79) defeated Oakleigh 8.13 (61) before a crowd of 4,000 people.[17]
On Tuesday 2 June (Coronation Day holiday), a representative match was played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground between teams representing the six North-of-the-Yarra clubs
(Brunswick, Coburg, Northcote, Preston, Williamstown, Yarraville) and the eight South-of-the-Yarra clubs (Box Hill, Brighton, Camberwell, Moorabbin, Oakleigh, Port Melbourne, Prahran, Sandringham).
[18] North 11.20 (86) defeated South 10.9 (69), after overcoming an eighteen-point three-quarter time deficit.[19]
In July, the Association was granted full voting rights within the Australian National Football Council for the first time.
When the Association first affiliated with the ANFC in 1950, it had all rights of a full delegate except that it could not vote on motions.[20]
Several Association clubs encountered financial difficulties during the 1953 season.
By July, Brighton, Camberwell and Northcote were all operating on an amateur basis, having lost the financial capacity to pay their players.[21]
http://www.isnare.com/encyclopedia/1961_VFA_season
Check this info on the 1961 VFA season.
It was the first year of the two Divisions that lasted for 28 seasons between 1961 and 1988.
Hi all,
My dad uncovered some old slides he took before the 1968 Preston v Prahran grand final at Punt Rd Oval. I've used them in a post i did on Punt Rd.
Admin...please delete if plugging your own stuff is innappropriate! VFLfooty link has been in my blogroll for the past couple of years ;)
Go Stangas...wherever you are
Check below as the channel 0 highlights from a VFA game is listed. The date of this game is actually 11/4/1982 is listed as highlights ? This game would be only highlight footage as it was not televised.
I reckon there will be quite a few televised games from the channel 0 days that will have the atv10 Sunday news/sports with the VFA highlights and scores in the National Archives. There seems to be several news items listed from 1971 to 1974. Only have to find Sundays between the footy season and there will be bound to be some VFA highlights from the televised game with the VFA scores of the day.
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Title No: 631224
Title: [EYEWITNESS NEWS. 1982. ENG LIBRARY REEL NO. 0489, 1982.04.09-1982.05.23]
Broadcast Date: 9 April 1982 - 23 May 1982
Production Date: 9 April 1982 - 23 May 1982
Produced as: Series
Category: News
Media: Television
Summary: Contents: 1. Tennis - Borg v. Noah (9.4.82) -- 2. Viva Vilas (12.4.82) -- 3. Michael fight (15.4.82) -- 4. Barassi tips (16.4.82) -- 5. Anne falls (18.4.82) -- 6. Rugby - Swans (19.4.82) -- 7. Collingwood injuries (20.4.82) -- 8. Nth. Melb. trains (22.4.82) -- 9. VFA highlights - Camb. vs. Prn (23.4.82) -- 10. Wrestling (27.4.82) -- 11. Umpires (4.5.82) -- 12. Greyhounds preview (9.5.82) -- 13. Racing - Sandown (11.5.82) -- 14. Barassi tips (14.5.82) -- 15. Barassi - Melbourne (18.5.82) -- 16. Ararat inquiry (22.5.82) -- 17. UK soccer - FA Cup final draw (23.5.2). General note: Summary information is taken from the label on the box and may not accurately reflect the content.
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English
Has anyone ever compiled a list of all the channel 0/10 VFA games?
Like these days with ABC what did they base their decision on when choosing the game to broadcast?
How many clubs never got a VFA game televised?
The 1960 VFA Grand Final between Oakleigh v Sandringham which was televised by the abc does exist. See listing below. It was discovered in 1999 from the reels. In 2001 it was listed as lost. It is probably misplaced somewhere and hopefullt it will be found and then converted to DVD format. They are also on the lookout for more VFA stuff. The ABC are trying to slowly digitise all the old reels they have on their archives. It would be great if other VFA games bobbed up in these old reels. Billy, Zebraman, Zebra, Blackrocker and co, I would not give up on the 1962 VFA GF just yet. If the 1960 GF was found as well as the 1963 a few years ago they might find a few others from that era.
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VFA AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL: GRAND FINAL SANDRINGHAM VS OAKLEIGH
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8/11/1999
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1/10/1960
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VFA AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL: GRAND FINAL: SANDRINGHAM VS OAKLEIGH.
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I am wondering if anyone has any footage of any Yarraville games from the VFA. My dad is a historian for Yarraville and I am helping him find any footage that might be out there.
At the moment the games we have are:
1953 Grand Final Port Melbourne Vs Yarraville Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ugBj-IdsZI
1979 Lightening Premiership (2 18 min half's)
Yarraville V Northcote Full Game
Yarraville V Caulfeild Full Game
Yarraville V Sandringham Second Half (Grand Final)
Going to try get these onto youtube soon.
