The 1935 VFL season was the 39th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 5 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

for the tenth time, after it defeated by 20 points in the

1935 VFL Grand Final The 1935 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 5 October 1935. It was the 37th annual Grand ...

Premiership season

In 1935, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th 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 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7. Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1935 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the

Page–McIntyre system The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...

Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.19 (61) , , 14.12 (96) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...

, 17,000 , 27 April 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 15.16 (106) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 30,000 , 27 April 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 15.18 (108) , Princes Park , 23,000 , 27 April 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 14.3 (87) ,

Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

, 7,000 , 27 April 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 14.8 (92) ,

Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...

, 21,000 , 27 April 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.9 (99) , , 24.15 (159) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 15,615 , 27 April 1935

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.20 (104) , , 16.6 (102) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 11,000 , 4 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 13.14 (92) , Windy Hill , 21,500 , 4 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.11 (95) , , 10.12 (72) ,

Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...

, 14,000 , 4 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 15.9 (99) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...

, 28,000 , 4 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 14.9 (93) ,

Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...

, 36,000 , 6 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.6 (60) , , 14.27 (111) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 23,000 , 6 May 1935

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.14 (44) , , 13.11 (89) ,

, 12,500 , 11 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.17 (143) , , 12.11 (83) ,

, 18,000 , 11 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 10.8 (68) , Princes Park , 35,000 , 11 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.19 (109) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 7,788 , 11 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.20 (128) , , 18.15 (123) ,

, 19,000 , 11 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 20,000 , 11 May 1935

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.17 (53) , , 16.8 (104) ,

, 11,000 , 18 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.16 (124) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 13,000 , 18 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.20 (128) , , 14.8 (92) ,

, 15,000 , 18 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.8 (50) , , 16.5 (101) ,

, 17,000 , 18 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 17.13 (115) ,

, 13,000 , 18 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 14.6 (90) ,

, 35,000 , 18 May 1935

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.10 (100) , , 17.12 (114) ,

, 14,700 , 25 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 35,000 , 25 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.20 (98) , , 12.14 (86) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 25 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 12,000 , 25 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.15 (69) , , 13.20 (98) ,

, 16,057 , 25 May 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 20.9 (129) ,

, 29,000 , 25 May 1935

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.11 (149) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 17,500 , 1 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 22.19 (151) ,

, 9,500 , 1 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.14 (152) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 33,000 , 1 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 15.20 (110) ,

, 22,711 , 3 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 13.9 (87) , Windy Hill , 26,000 , 3 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.16 (136) , , 9.14 (68) , Princes Park , 20,000 , 3 June 1935

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 35,000 , 8 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 13.8 (86) ,

, 9,000 , 8 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 18.11 (119) ,

, 7,000 , 8 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 4.12 (36) ,

, 10,000 , 8 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 19.16 (130) ,

, 17,000 , 8 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.7 (79) , , 9.25 (79) ,

, 15,000 , 8 June 1935

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.23 (77) , , 17.14 (116) ,

, 12,000 , 15 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 13,000 , 15 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.7 (61) , , 14.19 (103) , Windy Hill , 17,000 , 15 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.30 (126) , , 6.10 (46) ,

, 8,000 , 15 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.10 (94) , , 7.13 (55) ,

, 20,000 , 15 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.12 (54) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 19,546 , 15 June 1935

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.9 (45) , , 8.14 (62) ,

, 4,000 , 22 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.4 (34) , , 4.15 (39) ,

, 5,500 , 22 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.5 (65) , , 6.14 (50) ,

, 8,500 , 22 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 8.10 (58) , Princes Park , 17,000 , 22 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.7 (91) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 4,000 , 22 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.22 (100) , , 9.7 (61) ,

, 8,000 , 22 June 1935

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 26.16 (172) , , 15.7 (97) ,

, 7,000 , 29 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 15.17 (107) ,

, 11,000 , 29 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 9.15 (69) ,

, 19,000 , 29 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 14.6 (90) ,

, 9,000 , 29 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 13.4 (82) ,

, 25,000 , 29 June 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 22.8 (140) , Windy Hill , 18,000 , 29 June 1935

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 18.14 (122) ,

, 19,086 , 6 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 16.7 (103) ,

, 11,000 , 6 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 12.3 (75) ,

, 8,000 , 6 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.21 (135) , , 8.6 (54) , Princes Park , 24,000 , 6 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 7.8 (50) ,

, 20,000 , 6 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 10.14 (74) ,

, 8,000 , 6 July 1935

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.18 (114) , , 6.10 (46) ,

, 4,000 , 13 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 15,000 , 13 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 12.21 (93) , Windy Hill , 8,000 , 13 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.10 (106) , , 3.11 (29) ,

, 16,000 , 13 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.16 (124) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 31,000 , 13 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.7 (43) , , 11.10 (76) ,

, 14,500 , 13 July 1935

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.6 (48) , , 15.11 (101) ,

, 7,000 , 20 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 15.8 (98) ,

, 16,000 , 20 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.21 (105) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 18,000 , 20 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.16 (142) , , 11.10 (76) , Princes Park , 12,000 , 20 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 6.13 (49) ,

, 12,817 , 20 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 11.3 (69) ,

, 16,000 , 20 July 1935

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 14.17 (101) ,

, 7,000 , 27 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 13.15 (93) ,

, 13,000 , 27 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.11 (95) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 30,000 , 27 July 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 13.8 (86) ,

, 7,000 , 17 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.13 (109) , , 15.10 (100) ,

, 7,000 , 17 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.10 (106) , , 16.17 (113) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 17 August 1935

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.25 (115) , , 12.10 (82) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 10 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.13 (145) , , 16.15 (111) ,

, 9,000 , 10 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.26 (122) , , 12.9 (81) , Princes Park , 40,000 , 10 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.22 (124) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 9,000 , 10 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 7,000 , 10 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 27,572 , 17 August 1935

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 10.9 (69) ,

, 7,000 , 24 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 10.19 (79) ,

, 10,500 , 24 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.22 (130) , , 16.12 (108) , Princes Park , 33,000 , 24 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.12 (138) , , 8.14 (62) ,

, 12,000 , 24 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.16 (118) , , 12.9 (81) ,

, 16,500 , 24 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.26 (74) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 5,000 , 24 August 1935

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 13.9 (87) ,

, 2,500 , 31 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 17,000 , 31 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.8 (122) , , 16.14 (110) ,

, 18,000 , 31 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 13,000 , 31 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.17 (53) , , 12.14 (86) ,

, 7,500 , 31 August 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 16.16 (112) ,

, 13,000 , 31 August 1935

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 7.12 (54) ,

, 5,084 , 7 September 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.23 (107) , , 11.13 (79) , Windy Hill , 6,000 , 7 September 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.18 (72) , , 7.15 (57) ,

, 16,000 , 7 September 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.24 (144) , , 10.17 (77) , Princes Park , 12,000 , 7 September 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.23 (107) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 28,000 , 7 September 1935 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.26 (110) , , 15.6 (96) ,

, 11,000 , 7 September 1935

Ladder

Finals

All of the 1935 finals were played at the

so the home team in the semi-finals and preliminary final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the preliminary final.

Semi-finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.20 (104) , , 19.11 (125) ,

, 49,759 , 14 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 11.17 (83) ,

, 53,766 , 21 September

Preliminary final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.10 (94) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 46,191 , 28 September

Grand Final

Collingwood defeated

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...

11.12 (78) to 7.16 (58), in front of a crowd of 54,154 people. (For an explanation of scoring see

Awards

* The 1935 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was

Bob Pratt Harold Robert Pratt Sr. (31 August 1912 – 6 January 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Asso ...

with 97 goals (103 after finals). * The winner of the 1935

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

was

Haydn Bunton, Sr Haydn William Bunton (5 July 1911 – 5 September 1955) was an Australian rules footballer who represented in the Victorian Football League (VFL), in the West Australian Football League (WAFL), and in the South Australian National Football L ...

Fitzroy Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to: People As a given name *Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name: **FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855) ** Henry Charles FitzRoy Somerset, 8th Duke of Beau ...

with 24 votes. *

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

took the "

wooden spoon Wooden Spoon may refer to: * Wooden spoon, implement * Wooden spoon (award) A wooden spoon is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous e ...

" in 1935. * The seconds premiership was won by for the fifth consecutive season. Melbourne defeated in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 5 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Notable events

* In February 1935, the VFL advanced an emergency interest-free loan of £500 to the

North Melbourne Football Club The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Kangaroos also ...

, which had not won a match since 19 August 1933. * The VFL experimented with rubber footballs during pre-season practice matches. The experiment was not successful: the balls were found to float far too much in the air, and bounce far too much on the ground. * Footscray changed their jumper design from the traditional red and white hoops on a blue background to a jumper with vertical red and blue stripes with white piping. Designed to make the club more distinctive, these jumpers were destroyed when dry-cleaned at the end of the season. * On 30 March, a practice match between

Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

and

was played at night, with a white ball, under electric light at

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. * On 18 May, 24-year-old

Clen Denning Clen Charles Denning (28 February 1911 – 9 November 2009) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Family The son of Thomas Clen Denning (1879-1917), and Agnes Caroline Denning (1880-1974), née Gunther, Cle ...

played his first VFL senior match. Playing in the forward-pocket for Carlton, against South Melbourne, he kicked a goal with each of his first six kicks in the match. * In the third quarter of the round 18 match between

Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ...

and

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

, Geelong was clawing back Essendon's lead, when the Windy Hill ground was invaded by a swarm of schoolboys. A small balloon had drifted over the ground and had dropped small parachutes and papers, and the schoolboys invaded the ground to capture the "treasures" dropped from the balloon, oblivious of the fact that the match was still in progress. The match was delayed for some time before order was restored. Essendon eventually won the match 14.23 (107) to 11.13 (79). * At the end of the 1935 season, the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

was unable to make any of its contracted payments to its players, many of whom were unemployed and relying on the £3 weekly match fees to sustain their families. * On Grand Final eve,

's champion full-forward

was hit by a brick truck when alighting from a tram. He was replaced in the team by

Roy Moore Roy Stewart Moore (born February 11, 1947) is an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who served as the 27th and 31st chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2013 to 2017, each time being removed fro ...

. Neither Moore at full-forward nor

Laurie Nash Laurence John Nash (2 May 1910 – 24 July 1986) was a Test cricketer and Australian rules footballer. An inductee into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, Nash was a member of South Melbourne's 1933 premiership team, captained South Melbo ...

at centre half-forward scored a goal in the match; their opponents were

Charlie Dibbs Charlie Dibbs (3 April 1905 – 22 November 1960) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Magpies in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1920s and 1930s. Charlie Dibbs was born Ch ...

and

Jack Regan John Vincent Regan (12 September 1912 – 11 August 1988) was an Australian rules footballer who represented Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1930s and 1940s. Playing career Recruited from Northcote, Regan str ...

respectively.

Footnotes

References

* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition)'', Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * 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.

External links

1935 Season – AFL Tables

1935 Pre-Season Richmond v South Melbourne – Under Lights
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