VFA-VFL FINALS RECORDS
GRAND FINALS
CONSECUTIVE PREMIERSHIPS
4 - Essendon (1891-92-93-94)
3 - Geelong (1878-79-80) 3 - Geelong (1882-83-84) 3 - South Melbourne (1888-89-90) 3 - Footscray (1898-99-00) 3 - North Melbourne (1914-15-19) 3 - Coburg (1926-27-28) 3 - Northcote (1932-33-34) 3 - Williamstown (1954-55-56) 3 - Port Melbourne (1980-81-82) 3 - Sandringham (2004-05-06) 3 - North Ballarat (2008-09-10) 2 - North Melbourne (1903-04) 2 - Essendon 'A' (1911-12) 2 - Footscray (1919-20) 2 - Footscray (1923-24) 2 - Port Melbourne (1940-41) 2 - Williamstown (1958-59) 2 - Preston (1968-69) 2 - Port Melbourne (1976-77) 2 - Preston (1983-84) 2 - Coburg (1988-89) 2 - Springvale (1995-96) 2 - Springvale (1998-99) |
CONSECUTIVE GRAND FINALS
8 - Port Melbourne (1950-57), won 1 of 8
6 - Footscray (1919-24), won 4 of 6 6 - Northcote (1929-34), won 4 of 6 5 - North Melbourne (1913-19), won 3 of 5 4 - Brunswick (1908-11), won 1 of 4 4 - Port Melbourne (1964-67), won 2 of 4 4 - Preston (1981-84), won 2 of 4 3 - North Melbourne (1903-05), won 2 of 3 3 - Richmond (1903-05), won 1 of 3 3 - Footscray (1912-14), won 1 of 3 3 - Coburg (1926-28), won all three 3 - Coburg (1932-34), lost all three 3 - Brunswick (1937-39), won 1 of 3 3 - Williamstown (1954-56), won all three 3* - Moorabbin (1957-58), won 1 of 3 3* - Williamstown (1958-59), won 2 of 3 3 - Geelong West (1966-68), won promotion in 1968 (D2) 3 - Brunswick (1973-75), won promotion in 1975 (D2) 3 - Oakleigh (1973-74), won 1 of 3 3 - Port Melbourne (1980-82), won all three 3 - Williamstown (1988-90), won 1 of 3 3 - Sandringham (2004-06), won all three 3 - North Ballarat (2008-10), won all three 3 - Box Hill (2013-15), won 1 of 3 *includes a drawn Grand Final |
MOST GOALS IN A VFA-VFL GRAND FINAL
GOALS |
PLAYER |
CLUB |
YEAR |
OPPONENT |
12 |
Ted Freyer |
Port Melbourne |
1940 |
Prahran |
Rino Pretto* |
Oakleigh |
1985 (D2) |
Brunswick |
|
10 |
Paddy Gardiner |
Coburg |
1927 |
Brighton |
Fred Cook |
Port Melbourne |
1974 |
Oakleigh |
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Dale Carroll |
Box Hill |
1984 (D2) |
Oakleigh |
|
9 |
Tom Stevens |
North Melbourne |
1918 |
Prahran |
Roy Lyons* |
Prahran |
1940 |
Port Melbourne |
|
Jim 'Frosty' Miller* |
Dandenong |
1972 |
Oakleigh |
|
Fred Cook |
Port Melbourne |
1977 |
Sandringham |
|
8 |
Frank Seymour |
Northcote |
1932 |
Coburg |
Peter Smith |
Coburg |
1974 (D2) |
Brunswick |
|
Peter Neville |
Mordialloc |
1977 (D2) |
Yarraville |
|
Fred Cook |
Port Melbourne |
1981 |
Preston |
|
7 |
Jim Walsh* |
Brighton |
1927 |
Coburg |
Alec Duncan* |
Coburg |
1934 |
Northcote |
|
Don 'Mopsy' Fraser |
Port Melbourne |
1953 |
Yarraville |
|
Jim 'Frosty' Miller* |
Dandenong |
1969 |
Preston |
|
John Murnane |
Oakleigh |
1972 |
Dandenong |
|
Greg Boxall |
Williamstown |
1976 (D2) |
Mordialloc |
|
Kim Smith |
Prahran |
1978 |
Preston |
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* indicates a
player on the losing team |
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HIGHEST G.F. LOSING SCORES
22.12 (144) - 1985, Oakleigh (D2) - lost by 24 points
20.14 (134) - 1982, Preston - lost by 7 points 18.15 (123) - 1968, Williamstown (D2) - lost by 12 points 18.15 (123) - 1972, Dandenong - lost by 44 points 17.17 (119) - 1978, Preston - lost by 22 points |
LOWEST G.F. SCORES
3.4 (22) - 1924, Williamstown
3.8 (26) - 1911, Brunswick 3.9 (27) - 1903, Richmond 3.10 (28) - 1915, Brunswick 3.10 (28) - 1918, Prahran 4.4 (28) - 1993, Port Melbourne (lowest score of the modern era) 3.16 (34) - 1907, West Melbourne 4.10 (34) - 1911, Essendon 'A' (lowest winning score, won by 8 points) 5.6 (36) - 1905, North Melbourne 5.8 (38) - 1923, Port Melbourne 5.9 (39) - 1906, Footscray 5.9 (39) - 1910, Brunswick 5.9 (39) - 1921, Footscray 6.7 (43) - 1919, North Melbourne 6.4 (40) - 1908, Brunswick 5.11 (41) - 1912, Footscray 5.14 (44) - 1997, Frankston 5.15 (45) - 1966, Geelong West (D2) 5.15 (45) - 1998, Werribee |
LOWEST G.F. WINNING SCORES
4.10 (34) - 1911, Essendon 'A' def. Brunswick
7.6 (48) - 1903, North Melbourne def. Richmond 7.8 (50) - 1906, West Melbourne def. Footscray 7.10 (52) - 1907, Williamstown def. West Melbourne 7.10 (52) - 1923, Footscray def. Port Melbourne 8.9 (57) - 1921, Williamstown def. Footscray 8.10 (58) - 2019, Richmond Res. def. Williamstown 9.6 (60) - 1922, Port Melbourne def. Footscray 9.6 (60) - 1930, Oakleigh def. Northcote 9.7 (61) - 1905, Richmond def. North Melbourne 9.8 (62) - 1912, Essendon 'A' def. Footscray 9.10 (64) - 1908, Footscray def. Brunswick 8.17 (65) - 1919, Footscray def. North Melbourne 10.5 (65) - 1949, Williamstown def. Oakleigh 9.13 (67) - 2004, Sandringham def. Port Melbourne |
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SMALLEST G.F. WINNING MARGIN
1 point - 1913, Footscray def. North Melbourne
1 point - 1962, Sandringham def. Moorabbin 2 points - 1922, Port Melbourne def. Footscray 2 points - 1937, Prahran def. Brunswick 2 points - 1990, Williamstown def. Springvale 3 points - 1920, Footscray def. Brunswick 3 points - 1931, Oakleigh def. Northcote 3 points - 1949, Williamstown def. Oakleigh 3 points - 1996, Springvale def. Frankston 3 points - 2019, Richmond Res. def. Williamstown 4 points - 2004, Sandringham def. Port Melbourne 4 points - 2017, Port Melbourne def. Richmond Reserves 5 points - 1982, Northcote def. Caulfield (D2) 6 points - 1971, Dandenong def. Preston 6 points - 1972, Geelong West def. Caulfield (D2) 6 points - 1985, Sandringham def. Williamstown |
NOTE - the VFA-VFL's only drawn Grand Final occurred in 1958: Williamstown defeated Moorabbin by 32 points in the replay.
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BIGGEST GRAND FINAL CROWDS
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POST-1970
32,317
1976, Port Melbourne vs Dandenong 30,569 1978, Preston vs Prahran 29,664 1977, Port Melbourne vs Sandringham 27,582 1975, Geelong West vs Dandenong 23,936 1974, Port Melbourne vs Oakleigh 23,816 2014, Footscray Bulldogs vs Box Hill 23,272 1989, Williamstown vs Coburg 22,400 1972, Oakleigh vs Dandenong 22,341 1985, Williamstown vs Sandringham 22,034 1988, Williamstown vs Coburg 22,010 1980, Port Melbourne vs Coburg |
2ND DIVISION
12,921
1978, Camberwell vs Frankston 12,023 1979, Camberwell vs Oakleigh 11,897 1977, Mordialloc vs Yarraville 11,855 1976, Mordialloc vs Williamstown 11,328 1975, Camberwell vs Brunswick 10,736 1984, Box Hill vs Oakleigh Only years with exact crowd figures are shown above. Some sources estimate other years as high as: 15,000 - 1963, Preston vs Waverley 15,000 - 1972, Geel. West vs Caulfield 12,000 - 1962, Dandenong vs Prahran 11,000 - 1974, Coburg vs Brunswick |
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SMALLEST G.F. CROWDS
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FINALS
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GOLDEN ERAS
Footscray (1903-24) - played 15 of 20 finals series [6 premierships]
North Melbourne (1903-22) - played 14 of 18 [6] Northcote (1924-39) - played 13 of 16 [5] Port Melbourne (1940-58) - played 14 of 16 [4] Williamstown (1945-64) - played 17 of 20 [7] Sandringham (1959-71) - played 11 of 13 [1] Port Melbourne (1964-83) - played 17 of 20 [8] Dandenong (1965-78) - played 11 of 14 [2] Preston (1981-90) - played 8 of 10 [2] Williamstown (1985-92) - played 7 of 8 [2] Springvale/Casey (1987-2003) - played 14 of 17 [5] Werribee (1990-2015) - played 21 of 26 [1] Box Hill (2000-19) - played 16 of 20 [3] Williamstown (2000-19) - played 17 of 20 [2] Port Melbourne (2002-19) - played 16 of 18 [2] North Ballarat (2004-11) - played 7 of 8 [3] Springvale/Casey (2007-18) - played 11 of 12 [0] |
Written and researched by David Eastman
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First published 4/5/2014
Page last updated 9/10/2019 |