1966 VFA premiership season | |
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Division 1 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers |
Port Melbourne 9th premiership |
Minor premiers |
Port Melbourne 8th minor premiership |
Division 2 | |
Teams | 10 |
Premiers |
Prahran 1st D2 premiership |
Minor premiers |
Northcote 2nd D2 minor premiership |
The 1966 Victorian Football Association season was the 85th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the sixth season of its second division. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Port Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Waverley in the Grand Final on 25 September by 43 points; it was Port Melbourne's ninth premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Prahran.
In July 1965, the Frankston Football Club was admitted to Division 2 of the Association for the 1966 season. The Association had been in favour of admitting Frankston for 1965, but the club failed to get a clearance from the Mornington Peninsula Football League. It was not until its third appeal for a clearance that the MPFL allowed Frankston to transfer. [1]
Frankston's admission brought the Association to a then-record twenty clubs. It was the end of a ten-year expansion plan which the Association had first announced in 1956 to increase the size of the competition from fourteen clubs to twenty. [2] It was the last change to the Association membership until 1982.
The following ground changes occurred in 1966:
The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system.
1966 VFA Division 1 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Port Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1543 | 1139 | 135.5 | 60 | |
2 | Waverley | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1660 | 1283 | 129.4 | 52 | |
3 | Yarraville | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1605 | 1373 | 116.8 | 48 | |
4 | Preston | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1500 | 1405 | 106.8 | 48 | |
5 | Sandringham | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1632 | 1397 | 116.8 | 40 | |
6 | Williamstown | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1265 | 1337 | 94.6 | 36 | |
7 | Brunswick | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1400 | 1480 | 94.6 | 32 | |
8 | Dandenong | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1331 | 1561 | 85.3 | 20 | |
9 | Coburg | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1226 | 1542 | 79.5 | 16 | |
10 | Oakleigh | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1227 | 1872 | 65.5 | 8 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [8] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Saturday, 3 September | Yarraville 12.15 (87) | def. by | Preston 13.11 (89) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 6,000) | [9] |
Saturday, 10 September | Port Melbourne 7.13 (55) | def. by | Waverley 9.9 (63) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 7,000) | [10] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 18 September | Port Melbourne 16.14 (110) | def. | Preston 11.6 (72) | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,000) | [11] |
1966 VFA Division 1 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 25 September | Waverley | def. by | Port Melbourne | St Kilda Cricket Ground (crowd: 25,000) | [12] |
3.7 (25) 3.8 (26) 4.11 (35) 6.11 (47) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.4 (16) 7.6 (48) 8.8 (56) 13.12 (90) |
Umpires: Alan O'Neill | ||
Gallus 2, Lawson 2, MacNamee 2 | Goals | Allen 3, Kerr 3, Bedford 2, Bollard, Bowen, Howell, Schmidt, Taggart | |||
MacNamee (thigh), Rivis (calf) | Injuries | Griffiths (shoulder) | |||
Reports | Bowen, for striking Rivis in the second quarter | ||||
The Division 2 home-and-home 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.
1966 VFA Division 2 Ladder | ||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pct | PTS | ||
1 | Northcote | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1736 | 1413 | 122.9 | 52 | |
2 | Geelong West | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1877 | 1390 | 135.0 | 50 | |
3 | Prahran (P) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1494 | 1325 | 112.9 | 48 | |
4 | Sunshine | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1486 | 1421 | 104.6 | 44 | |
5 | Box Hill | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1701 | 1464 | 116.2 | 40 | |
6 | Mordialloc | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1680 | 1436 | 117.0 | 38 | |
7 | Frankston | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1471 | 1580 | 93.1 | 36 | |
8 | Caulfield | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1324 | 1678 | 78.9 | 24 | |
9 | Camberwell | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1441 | 1926 | 74.8 | 16 | |
10 | Werribee | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1256 | 1883 | 68.5 | 10 | |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points | Source [14] |
Semi-finals | |||||
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Sunday, 21 August | Prahran 11.15 (81) | def. | Sunshine 2.7 (19) | Toorak Park (crowd: 5,000) | [15] |
Sunday, 28 August | Northcote 8.19 (67) | def. by | Geelong West 15.15 (105) | Toorak Park (crowd: 7,000) | [16] |
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Sunday, 4 September | Northcote 13.12 (90) | def. by | Prahran 13.13 (91) | Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000) | [17] |
1966 VFA Division 2 Grand Final | |||||
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Sunday, 11 September | Geelong West | def. by | Prahran | Toorak Park (crowd: 10,000) | [18] |
2.9 (21) 3.13 (31) 3.14 (32) 5.15 (45) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.0 (6) 6.4 (40) 9.9 (63) 17.12 (114) |
Umpires: R. Armstrong | ||
Brushfield, Gibbons, Salter, Stacey, Williams | Goals | Pearson 6, Bartlett 4, Butler 3, Richardson 3, Kerley | |||
The Association contested the 1966 Hobart Carnival during June. The team was coached by Perc Bushby ( Coburg) [20] and was captained by Keith Burns ( Brunswick). [21] The Association had a poor tournament, finishing last and losing all four matches by large margins; and, no Association players were selected in the All-Australian team. [22]
1966 Hobart Carnival | |||||
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Thursday, 9 June | Western Australia 26.18 (174) | def. | Victoria (VFA) 5.11 (41) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 20,047 CR) | [20] |
Saturday, 11 June | Tasmania 19.27 (141) | def. | Victoria (VFA) 7.11 (53) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 23,764 CR) | [23] |
Monday, 13 June | Victoria (VFL) 14.17 (101) | def. | Victoria (VFA) 9.7 (61) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 13,969 CR) | [24] |
Thursday, 16 June | South Australia 21.20 (146) | def. | Victoria (VFA) 9.11 (65) | North Hobart Oval (crowd: 10,199 CR) | [25] |