The 1962 VFL season was the 66th 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 21 April until 29 September, 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

Essendon Football Club The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club. The club plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition. The club was formed by the McCracken family in their A ...

for the eleventh time, after it defeated by 32 points in the

1962 VFL Grand Final The 1962 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Carlton Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1962. It was the 65th annual Grand Final ...

Premiership season

In 1962, 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 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 1962 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" , , 11.13 (79) , , 6.15 (51) ,

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 ...

, 41,634 , 21 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.8 (80) , , 6.11 (47) ,

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 administra ...

, 30,752 , 21 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 19.13 (127) , Princes Park , 41,846 , 21 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 7.6 (48) , Windy Hill , 29,200 , 23 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.8 (38) , , 9.9 (63) ,

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 ...

, 42,170 , 23 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 13.13 (91) ,

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 South M ...

, 22,340 , 23 April 1962

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 13.7 (85) ,

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 ...

, 23,200 , 28 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.7 (49) , , 8.8 (56) ,

Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a number of ...

, 20,344 , 28 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.7 (43) , , 16.15 (111) ,

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 Rule ...

, 18,754 , 28 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.9 (51) , , 10.8 (68) ,

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 ...

, 15,496 , 28 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 10.15 (75) ,

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 ...

, 23,500 , 28 April 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 11.9 (75) ,

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 ...

, 17,784 , 28 April 1962

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.10 (118) , , 12.7 (79) ,

, 25,819 , 5 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 16.7 (103) ,

, 16,981 , 5 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.22 (94) , , 9.13 (67) , Windy Hill , 22,500 , 5 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 7.6 (48) , Princes Park , 19,933 , 5 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.10 (94) , , 4.11 (35) ,

, 55,012 , 5 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 15.10 (100) ,

, 29,840 , 5 May 1962

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.17 (119) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 24,168 , 12 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 12.11 (83) ,

, 31,315 , 12 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 18.10 (118) ,

, 24,336 , 12 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 18.13 (121) ,

, 13,100 , 12 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 37,300 , 12 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.6 (78) , , 12.19 (91) ,

, 22,300 , 12 May 1962

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 13.5 (83) ,

, 20,748 , 19 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 9.16 (70) ,

, 18,000 , 19 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 9.19 (73) ,

, 30,661 , 19 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.7 (73) , , 17.16 (118) , Princes Park , 36,457 , 19 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 13.16 (94) ,

, 17,760 , 19 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 13.9 (87) ,

, 27,788 , 19 May 1962

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 1.11 (17) ,

, 25,737 , 26 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 8.8 (56) ,

, 14,781 , 26 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 13.9 (87) , Windy Hill , 37,000 , 26 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 12.8 (80) ,

, 33,600 , 26 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.14 (50) , , 19.15 (129) ,

, 14,140 , 26 May 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.8 (80) , , 10.4 (64) ,

, 34,528 , 26 May 1962

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.7 (91) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 16,943 , 2 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.11 (53) , , 16.15 (111) ,

, 25,640 , 2 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 4.4 (28) ,

, 40,224 , 2 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 12.22 (94) ,

, 28,000 , 4 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 7.12 (54) , Princes Park , 32,000 , 4 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.22 (100) , , 9.8 (62) ,

, 29,230 , 4 June 1962

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 6.8 (44) ,

, 17,873 , 9 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.4 (76) , , 9.20 (74) ,

, 15,499 , 9 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 26,656 , 9 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.15 (69) , , 7.10 (52) ,

, 21,000 , 9 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.10 (52) , , 15.19 (109) ,

, 18,503 , 9 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.13 (43) , , 6.10 (46) ,

, 38,300 , 9 June 1962

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.18 (84) , , 11.6 (72) ,

, 48,952 , 23 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 10.7 (67) , Windy Hill , 35,000 , 23 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 9.11 (65) ,

, 26,488 , 23 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.9 (81) , , 9.10 (64) , Princes Park , 32,400 , 23 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 17,000 , 23 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 10.7 (67) ,

, 8,470 , 23 June 1962

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.10 (52) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 23,295 , 30 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 8.17 (65) ,

, 20,579 , 30 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 13.10 (88) ,

, 25,479 , 30 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.8 (50) , , 12.14 (86) ,

, 10,150 , 30 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 86,275 , 30 June 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 7.10 (52) ,

, 20,340 , 30 June 1962

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 18,000 , 7 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 20.9 (129) ,

, 34,032 , 7 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 6.12 (48) , Princes Park , 20,200 , 7 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 12.6 (78) ,

, 17,750 , 7 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 18,470 , 7 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 11.11 (77) , Windy Hill , 37,000 , 7 July 1962

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.22 (94) , , 5.15 (45) ,

, 9,543 , 14 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 21,174 , 14 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.6 (84) , , 16.6 (102) ,

, 16,000 , 14 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.19 (49) , , 14.18 (102) ,

, 21,236 , 14 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.12 (108) , , 12.13 (85) ,

, 29,500 , 14 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 11.7 (73) ,

, 30,591 , 14 July 1962

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 8.7 (55) , Windy Hill , 20,500 , 21 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.9 (99) , , 9.6 (60) ,

, 16,848 , 21 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 6.15 (51) , Princes Park , 19,029 , 21 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 11.14 (80) ,

, 14,380 , 21 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 10.19 (79) ,

, 51,470 , 21 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.5 (65) , , 5.16 (46) ,

, 17,721 , 21 July 1962

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 9.14 (68) ,

, 28,801 , 28 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 19,115 , 28 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 16.13 (109) ,

, 18,000 , 28 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 8.6 (54) ,

, 18,450 , 28 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 24,043 , 28 July 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.6 (48) , , 11.12 (78) ,

, 16,436 , 28 July 1962

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.8 (98) , , 7.12 (54) ,

, 23,555 , 4 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.8 (50) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 9,399 , 4 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.7 (97) , , 5.17 (47) , Windy Hill , 26,000 , 4 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 7.11 (53) , Princes Park , 18,250 , 4 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 10.20 (80) ,

, 17,200 , 4 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 54,312 , 4 August 1962

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.16 (118) , , 22.11 (143) ,

, 10,169 , 11 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.11 (53) , , 12.23 (95) ,

, 30,000 , 11 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 11.17 (83) ,

, 10,339 , 11 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 15.4 (94) ,

, 15,992 , 11 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 11.10 (76) ,

, 36,300 , 11 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 9.8 (62) , Windy Hill , 39,000 , 11 August 1962

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 8.16 (64) ,

, 20,752 , 18 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 26,707 , 18 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 11.8 (74) , Princes Park , 32,550 , 18 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.10 (52) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 18,300 , 18 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 13.13 (91) ,

, 9,600 , 18 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 9.10 (64) ,

, 31,185 , 18 August 1962

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 10,602 , 25 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.14 (44) , , 18.14 (122) ,

, 18,447 , 25 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 13.10 (88) , Windy Hill , 20,900 , 25 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.10 (82) , , 7.11 (53) ,

, 23,936 , 25 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 9.11 (65) ,

, 17,450 , 25 August 1962 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 5.10 (40) ,

, 54,264 , 25 August 1962

Ladder

Consolation Night Series Competition

The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval,

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 ...

, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. Final:

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8.16 (64) defeated

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9.6 (60)

Premiership Finals

First Semi-Final

Second Semi-Final

Preliminary Final

Preliminary Final Replay

Grand final

Awards

* The 1962 VFL Premiership team was

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 King ...

. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was

Doug Wade Douglas Graeme Wade (born 16 October 1941) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was the League's leading goal scorer ( ...

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, ...

who kicked 68 goals (including 6 goals in the final series). * The winner of the 1962

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was

Alistair Lord Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962 comfortably, as well as ...

with 28 votes. *

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 1962. * The reserves premiership was won by . Footscray 13.13 (91) defeated 10.8 (68) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Preliminary Final Replay at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 22 September.

Notable events

* Having abandoned live telecasts of the last quarters of VFL matches at the end of 1960, and having forbidden Saturday evening replays during the 1961 season, the VFL agreed to allow television stations to broadcast one hour of replays each Saturday evening, provided no more than 30 minutes of any one match was broadcast. A separate arrangement was made to allow a replay of the entire Grand Final match. * St Kilda won its first match against Collingwood at

since Round 2, 1919. * On

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, a representative match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between the Victorian team from the

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, and a team representing the rest of the league. The Rest 13.7 (85) defeated the Carnival team 10.17 (77) in front of a crowd of 17,068. * In the Round 10 match between and at the

, scores were level at 51 apiece when the final siren sounded; but, play was at the opposite end of the venue to the grandstand where the siren was located, and the umpire did not hear it. From the ensuing ball-up, Carlton's

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punched the ball through for a rushed behind, and Carlton won by that point. Fitzroy did not protest the result; it did request that the

Fitzroy Cricket Club The Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club, nicknamed the Lions, play cricket in the elite club competition of Melbourne, Australia, known as Victorian Premier Cricket. The club was formed by a 1986 amalgamation of Fitzroy Cricket Club, a foundation mem ...

install new sirens at the other end of the field, but the request was rejected. * In September, the VFL purchased land to the east of Melbourne, at Mulgrave, upon which later built

VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) was an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia. For most of its history, its purpose was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian-based Victorian Football Lea ...

. * The Preliminary Final replay between

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and

was by Carlton won by 5 points. In the final moments of the match, Geelong full forward

took a strong mark directly in front of the Geelong goals, but he was penalised for interfering with Carlton full-back Peter Barry. * In the Grand Final, a badly injured Geoff Leek played one of the best matches in his career to nullify Carlton's John Nicholls and pave the way for a sound 32 point win by

References

* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. * 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. * Ross, J. (ed.), ''The Australian Football Hall of Fame'', HarperCollinsPublishers, (Pymble), 1999.

External links

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