1947 VFL Premiership season Teams 12 Premiers Carlton (8th premiership)Minor premiers Carlton (11th minor premiership)Matches played 118 Highest attendance 85,793 Leading Goalkicker Medallist Fred Fanning (Melbourne ) Brownlow Medallist Bert Deacon (Carlton )
The 1947 Victorian Football League season was the 51st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season [ ]
In 1947, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man . A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 8.
Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1947 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system .
Round 1 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
19.15 (129)
Hawthorn
12.12 (84)
Kardinia Park
13,000
19 April 1947
Essendon
16.23 (119)
South Melbourne
10.8 (68)
Windy Hill
19,000
19 April 1947
Collingwood
20.18 (138)
Fitzroy
14.8 (92)
Victoria Park
24,000
19 April 1947
Carlton
17.20 (122)
Melbourne
16.13 (109)
Princes Park
24,000
19 April 1947
Richmond
18.27 (135)
North Melbourne
15.14 (104)
Punt Road Oval
20,000
19 April 1947
St Kilda
12.16 (88)
Footscray
22.17 (149)
Junction Oval
14,000
19 April 1947
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
8.11 (59)
St Kilda
8.13 (61)
Arden Street Oval
8,000
26 April 1947
Fitzroy
13.22 (100)
Richmond
11.11 (77)
Brunswick Street Oval
22,000
26 April 1947
Melbourne
14.25 (109)
Geelong
11.7 (73)
MCG
12,000
26 April 1947
Footscray
15.13 (103)
Essendon
13.11 (89)
Western Oval
22,000
26 April 1947
Hawthorn
13.9 (87)
Collingwood
19.20 (134)
Glenferrie Oval
15,000
26 April 1947
South Melbourne
12.12 (84)
Carlton
9.16 (70)
Lake Oval
30,000
26 April 1947
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy
12.20 (92)
Melbourne
12.11 (83)
Brunswick Street Oval
18,000
3 May 1947
Essendon
21.10 (136)
St Kilda
19.11 (125)
Windy Hill
13,000
3 May 1947
South Melbourne
10.18 (78)
North Melbourne
12.10 (82)
Lake Oval
18,000
3 May 1947
Hawthorn
12.10 (82)
Footscray
20.14 (134)
Glenferrie Oval
11,000
3 May 1947
Geelong
12.17 (89)
Collingwood
14.24 (108)
Kardinia Park
14,600
3 May 1947
Richmond
5.18 (48)
Carlton
17.19 (121)
Punt Road Oval
32,000
3 May 1947
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Collingwood
19.24 (138)
South Melbourne
12.14 (86)
Victoria Park
25,000
10 May 1947
Carlton
16.16 (112)
Footscray
7.16 (58)
Princes Park
37,000
10 May 1947
Richmond
10.12 (72)
Melbourne
18.12 (120)
Punt Road Oval
16,000
10 May 1947
St Kilda
10.17 (77)
Hawthorn
12.12 (84)
Junction Oval
10,500
10 May 1947
North Melbourne
4.15 (39)
Fitzroy
19.26 (140)
Arden Street Oval
12,000
10 May 1947
Geelong
11.17 (83)
Essendon
16.19 (115)
Kardinia Park
14,500
10 May 1947
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
16.11 (107)
Richmond
10.9 (69)
Glenferrie Oval
13,000
17 May 1947
Footscray
17.18 (120)
North Melbourne
11.13 (79)
Western Oval
13,000
17 May 1947
Fitzroy
19.18 (132)
St Kilda
7.14 (56)
Brunswick Street Oval
10,000
17 May 1947
South Melbourne
13.9 (87)
Geelong
15.16 (106)
Lake Oval
12,000
17 May 1947
Melbourne
15.5 (95)
Collingwood
9.16 (70)
MCG
33,500
17 May 1947
Essendon
8.16 (64)
Carlton
14.7 (91)
Windy Hill
32,000
17 May 1947
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
9.12 (66)
Melbourne
12.9 (81)
Glenferrie Oval
16,000
24 May 1947
Fitzroy
8.15 (63)
South Melbourne
15.11 (101)
Brunswick Street Oval
16,000
24 May 1947
Richmond
18.18 (126)
Geelong
11.11 (77)
Punt Road Oval
14,500
24 May 1947
North Melbourne
15.12 (102)
Essendon
14.10 (94)
Arden Street Oval
12,000
24 May 1947
Footscray
13.12 (90)
Collingwood
10.16 (76)
Western Oval
26,000
24 May 1947
St Kilda
7.11 (53)
Carlton
23.17 (155)
Junction Oval
18,000
24 May 1947
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
7.12 (54)
St Kilda
6.13 (49)
Kardinia Park
13,500
31 May 1947
Essendon
11.17 (83)
Fitzroy
10.14 (74)
Windy Hill
17,500
31 May 1947
Collingwood
10.13 (73)
Richmond
10.14 (74)
Victoria Park
27,500
31 May 1947
Carlton
13.21 (99)
North Melbourne
11.14 (80)
Princes Park
25,000
31 May 1947
South Melbourne
15.14 (104)
Hawthorn
12.20 (92)
Lake Oval
15,000
31 May 1947
Melbourne
17.3 (105)
Footscray
15.8 (98)
MCG
34,500
31 May 1947
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
15.15 (105)
St Kilda
5.13 (43)
MCG
11,000
7 June 1947
Hawthorn
10.15 (75)
North Melbourne
10.11 (71)
Glenferrie Oval
12,000
7 June 1947
Carlton
16.21 (117)
Geelong
7.10 (52)
Princes Park
16,000
7 June 1947
South Melbourne
15.9 (99)
Richmond
15.13 (103)
Lake Oval
24,000
7 June 1947
Footscray
12.11 (83)
Fitzroy
7.7 (49)
Western Oval
20,000
7 June 1947
Essendon
9.14 (68)
Collingwood
11.16 (82)
Windy Hill
22,000
7 June 1947
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy
16.15 (111)
Hawthorn
8.14 (62)
Brunswick Street Oval
13,000
14 June 1947
North Melbourne
9.6 (60)
Melbourne
11.15 (81)
Arden Street Oval
14,000
14 June 1947
Geelong
16.7 (103)
Footscray
11.20 (86)
Kardinia Park
14,500
14 June 1947
Richmond
7.14 (56)
Essendon
18.17 (125)
Punt Road Oval
34,000
14 June 1947
St Kilda
11.9 (75)
South Melbourne
18.13 (121)
Junction Oval
12,000
16 June 1947
Collingwood
16.16 (112)
Carlton
13.8 (86)
Victoria Park
43,500
16 June 1947
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
8.11 (59)
South Melbourne
9.15 (69)
MCG
28,000
21 June 1947
Footscray
4.17 (41)
Richmond
10.12 (72)
Western Oval
20,000
21 June 1947
North Melbourne
13.8 (86)
Geelong
18.11 (119)
Arden Street Oval
8,000
21 June 1947
Hawthorn
6.9 (45)
Essendon
18.20 (128)
Glenferrie Oval
14,000
21 June 1947
St Kilda
9.13 (67)
Collingwood
15.20 (110)
Junction Oval
11,000
21 June 1947
Fitzroy
8.7 (55)
Carlton
10.8 (68)
Brunswick Street Oval
29,000
21 June 1947
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Richmond
23.15 (153)
St Kilda
7.10 (52)
Punt Road Oval
13,000
28 June 1947
Essendon
12.13 (85)
Melbourne
10.15 (75)
Windy Hill
21,000
28 June 1947
Collingwood
14.19 (103)
North Melbourne
9.15 (69)
Victoria Park
15,000
28 June 1947
Carlton
18.17 (125)
Hawthorn
8.14 (62)
Princes Park
14,000
28 June 1947
South Melbourne
15.9 (99)
Footscray
12.10 (82)
Lake Oval
25,000
28 June 1947
Geelong
10.10 (70)
Fitzroy
11.15 (81)
Kardinia Park
16,000
28 June 1947
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
4.10 (34)
Richmond
12.11 (83)
Arden Street Oval
7,500
5 July 1947
Footscray
5.14 (44)
St Kilda
6.8 (44)
Western Oval
10,000
5 July 1947
Hawthorn
12.11 (83)
Geelong
16.21 (117)
Glenferrie Oval
5,500
5 July 1947
South Melbourne
8.14 (62)
Essendon
11.17 (83)
Lake Oval
18,000
5 July 1947
Fitzroy
9.11 (65)
Collingwood
7.6 (48)
Brunswick Street Oval
18,000
5 July 1947
Melbourne
9.10 (64)
Carlton
10.9 (69)
MCG
38,000
5 July 1947
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
16.11 (107)
Melbourne
5.16 (46)
Kardinia Park
15,000
12 July 1947
Essendon
10.18 (78)
Footscray
8.11 (59)
Windy Hill
20,000
12 July 1947
Collingwood
8.17 (65)
Hawthorn
6.9 (45)
Victoria Park
12,000
12 July 1947
Carlton
10.14 (74)
South Melbourne
9.16 (70)
Princes Park
28,000
12 July 1947
St Kilda
8.15 (63)
North Melbourne
13.25 (103)
Junction Oval
6,000
12 July 1947
Richmond
12.12 (84)
Fitzroy
11.12 (78)
Punt Road Oval
28,000
12 July 1947
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
8.14 (62)
South Melbourne
8.18 (66)
Arden Street Oval
8,000
19 July 1947
Footscray
13.18 (96)
Hawthorn
10.7 (67)
Western Oval
10,000
19 July 1947
Collingwood
12.11 (83)
Geelong
11.11 (77)
Victoria Park
15,000
19 July 1947
Carlton
10.10 (70)
Richmond
9.9 (63)
Princes Park
26,000
19 July 1947
Melbourne
7.10 (52)
Fitzroy
11.8 (74)
MCG
23,000
19 July 1947
St Kilda
7.13 (55)
Essendon
14.18 (102)
Junction Oval
7,000
19 July 1947
Round 15 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
10.12 (72)
Richmond
11.15 (81)
MCG
32,000
26 July 1947
Hawthorn
16.18 (114)
St Kilda
10.9 (69)
Glenferrie Oval
5,000
26 July 1947
Fitzroy
16.7 (103)
North Melbourne
7.14 (56)
Brunswick Street Oval
11,000
26 July 1947
Essendon
16.21 (117)
Geelong
12.5 (77)
Windy Hill
16,000
26 July 1947
South Melbourne
9.15 (69)
Collingwood
9.15 (69)
Lake Oval
25,000
26 July 1947
Footscray
13.11 (89)
Carlton
14.9 (93)
Western Oval
25,000
26 July 1947
Round 16 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Carlton
7.12 (54)
Essendon
13.16 (94)
Princes Park
38,000
2 August 1947
Richmond
13.18 (96)
Hawthorn
8.7 (55)
Punt Road Oval
12,000
2 August 1947
St Kilda
9.9 (63)
Fitzroy
10.17 (77)
Junction Oval
8,000
2 August 1947
Geelong
13.19 (97)
South Melbourne
7.19 (61)
Kardinia Park
15,500
9 August 1947
Collingwood
7.14 (56)
Melbourne
7.19 (61)
Victoria Park
25,000
9 August 1947
North Melbourne
10.12 (72)
Footscray
11.10 (76)
Arden Street Oval
12,000
9 August 1947
Round 17 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
16.19 (115)
Richmond
13.9 (87)
Kardinia Park
18,500
16 August 1947
Essendon
19.12 (126)
North Melbourne
12.14 (86)
Windy Hill
13,000
16 August 1947
Collingwood
17.10 (112)
Footscray
12.12 (84)
Victoria Park
25,000
16 August 1947
Carlton
14.19 (103)
St Kilda
3.12 (30)
Princes Park
11,000
16 August 1947
Melbourne
13.21 (99)
Hawthorn
14.9 (93)
MCG
11,500
16 August 1947
South Melbourne
10.11 (71)
Fitzroy
12.10 (82)
Lake Oval
20,000
16 August 1947
Round 18 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
12.11 (83)
South Melbourne
19.14 (128)
Glenferrie Oval
8,000
23 August 1947
Footscray
11.14 (80)
Melbourne
24.11 (155)
Western Oval
11,000
23 August 1947
St Kilda
10.13 (73)
Geelong
15.17 (107)
Junction Oval
7,000
23 August 1947
Fitzroy
18.22 (130)
Essendon
8.14 (62)
Brunswick Street Oval
18,000
23 August 1947
Richmond
20.14 (134)
Collingwood
8.12 (60)
Punt Road Oval
31,000
23 August 1947
North Melbourne
10.12 (72)
Carlton
14.13 (97)
Arden Street Oval
12,000
23 August 1947
Round 19 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Richmond
16.17 (113)
South Melbourne
11.13 (79)
Punt Road Oval
22,000
30 August 1947
Fitzroy
20.18 (138)
Footscray
10.14 (74)
Brunswick Street Oval
13,000
30 August 1947
Collingwood
14.17 (101)
Essendon
16.12 (108)
Victoria Park
33,000
30 August 1947
St Kilda
10.18 (78)
Melbourne
27.9 (171)
Junction Oval
6,000
30 August 1947
North Melbourne
10.14 (74)
Hawthorn
10.10 (70)
Arden Street Oval
4,000
30 August 1947
Geelong
17.7 (109)
Carlton
16.11 (107)
Kardinia Park
21,500
30 August 1947
Ladder [ ]
1947 VFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Carlton (P)
19
15
4
0
1833
1368
134.0
60
Finals
2
Essendon
19
14
5
0
1876
1528
122.8
56
3
Fitzroy
19
13
6
0
1736
1370
126.7
52
4
Richmond
19
12
7
0
1726
1582
109.1
48
5
Collingwood
19
11
7
1
1738
1546
112.4
46
6
Melbourne
19
11
8
0
1742
1488
117.1
44
7
Geelong
19
11
8
0
1761
1705
103.3
44
8
South Melbourne
19
8
10
1
1602
1652
97.0
34
9
Footscray
19
8
10
1
1646
1713
96.1
34
10
North Melbourne
19
4
15
0
1390
1789
77.7
16
11
Hawthorn
19
4
15
0
1456
1907
76.4
16
12
St Kilda
19
1
17
1
1221
2079
58.7
6
Source:
VFL ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals [ ]
Semi finals [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy
16.7 (103)
Richmond
11.9 (75)
MCG
6 September
Carlton
14.15 (99)
Essendon
11.17 (83)
MCG
75,475
13 September
Preliminary Final [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Essendon
16.13 (109)
Fitzroy
14.12 (96)
MCG
55,648
20 September
Grand final [ ]
Carlton defeated Essendon 13.8 (86) to 11.19 (85) in front of a crowd of 85,793 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football ).
Awards [ ]
The 1947 VFL Premiership team was Carlton .
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Fred Fanning of Melbourne with 97 goals.
The winner of the 1947 Brownlow Medal was Bert Deacon of Carlton with 20 votes.
St Kilda took the "wooden spoon" in 1947.
The seconds premiership was won by North Melbourne . North Melbourne 16.13 (109) defeated Richmond 14.10 (94) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the senior Grand Final on Saturday 27 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground .[1]
The thirds premiership was won by Melbourne . Melbourne 12.13 (85) defeated North Melbourne 11.7 (73) on Saturday 6 September.[2]
Notable events [ ]
In Round 2, South Melbourne returned to the Lake Oval for the first time since 1941 after it was vacated by the military and had its grandstand rebuilt; this was the final home ground change related to World War II.
At the first bounce, at the very start of the round 5 match between Hawthorn and Richmond , Richmond ruckman Laurie Taylor punched the ball an amazing 40 yards and dislocated his shoulder.
Richmond champion Jack Titus , having retired early in the 1946 VFA season, having scored 1159 goals in his senior career of 294 games with Richmond (1926–1943), 23 games with Coburg (1945–1946), and 14 games for Victoria (1929–1934, 1936), played one match for the Richmond Second Eighteen when it was short of players at the age of 39 and scored 12 goals against North Melbourne .
In round 6, with North Melbourne trailing Essendon by 44 points at three quarter time, North Melbourne captain Les Foote moved into the ruck and almost single-handedly led a comeback which ended with an eight-point victory to North Melbourne: North Melbourne 15.12 (102) to Essendon 14.10 (94).[3]
Western Australia defeated Victoria 16.10 (106) to 14.17 (101) at the Tenth ANFC Carnival in Tasmania. Also, in a challenge match, a combined South Australian and Western Australian team defeated the Victorian team 21.14 (140) to 19.15 (129).
In the final round and his last league match before accepting a coaching job in the Western District, Melbourne's Fred Fanning kicked 18 goals 1 behind. This broke Gordon Coventry 's Round 12, 1930 record for the most goals by one player in a VFL match, and still stands today.
Carlton won the Grand Final by a point after Fred Stafford kicked a goal just before the final bell.
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ "North Seconds win first pennant". The Argus . Melbourne. 29 September 1947. p. 18.
^ "Melbourne 3rds title". The Sporting Globe . Melbourne. 6 September 1947. p. 3.
^ Les Foote#Sixth round 1947
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996 , Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported , Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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