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VFA Blast from the past # 1
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A look back at old VFA Recorders from yesteryear > > Here is VFA blast from the past # 1 > From the VFA Recorder Sunday August 17, 1975 > > 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 > > 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 > > 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. > > 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 > > 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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