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The 1977 VFL season was the 81st 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 competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 2 April until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs. The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club for the second time, after it defeated by 27 points in the 1977 VFL Grand Final replay.


Night series

defeated 14.11 (95) to 11.5 (71) in the final.


Premiership season


Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 21.15 (141) ,
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 ...
, 22,049 , 2 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 23.14 (152) , Princes Park , 20,317 , 2 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.17 (143) , , 18.21 (129) ,
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 Jun ...
, 17,740 , 2 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.25 (109) , , 10.17 (77) , Windy Hill , 17,265 , 2 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.16 (130) , , 18.11 (119) ,
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 ...
, 27,377 , 2 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.9 (45) , , 17.21 (123) ,
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 numb ...
, 25,317 , 2 April 1977


Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.17 (113) , , 12.9 (81) , Princes Park , 25,173 , 9 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 27.13 (175) , , 15.8 (98) ,
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 ...
, 23,000 , 9 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.6 (102) , , 13.15 (93) , Arden Street Oval , 28,073 , 9 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.8 (116) , , 12.23 (95) ,
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 ...
, 18,295 , 11 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.6 (120) , , 17.17 (119) ,
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 ...
, 42,192 , 11 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 17.17 (119) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 20,338 , 11 April 1977


Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 16.9 (105) ,
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 ...
, 19,543 , 16 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.14 (50) , , 15.15 (105) ,
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 numb ...
, 19,336 , 16 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 24.22 (166) , , 16.19 (115) ,
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 ...
, 26,210 , 16 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 24.26 (170) , , 9.9 (63) , Princes Park , 19,336 , 16 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 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 Sout ...
, 25,768 , 16 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.16 (136) , , 16.12 (108) ,
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 Le ...
, 17,415 , 16 April 1977


Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.10 (124) , , 16.24 (120) , Windy Hill , 14,529 , 23 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.21 (117) , , 12.10 (82) , Arden Street Oval , 17,239 , 23 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.20 (134) , , 14.14 (98) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 13,401 , 23 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.18 (96) , , 12.11 (83) , Princes Park , 32,135 , 23 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 17.24 (126) ,
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 ...
, 91,936 , 25 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 16.18 (114) ,
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 Le ...
, 27,136 , 25 April 1977


Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.24 (102) , , 19.17 (131) ,
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 ...
, 22,272 , 30 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 17.14 (116) ,
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 ...
, 15,453 , 30 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 21.16 (142) ,
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 Jun ...
, 10,428 , 30 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.16 (124) , , 15.19 (109) ,
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 ...
, 24,281 , 30 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.8 (134) , , 16.11 (107) , Princes Park , 21,533 , 30 April 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.17 (125) , , 15.15 (105) ,
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 Le ...
, 22,323 , 30 April 1977


Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.41 (191) , , 16.7 (103) , Princes Park , 11,918 , 7 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.17 (143) , , 13.15 (93) ,
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 numb ...
, 17,219 , 7 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 29.15 (189) , Windy Hill , 19,399 , 7 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.15 (129) , , 14.12 (96) ,
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 ...
, 34,408 , 7 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.19 (145) , , 19.12 (126) ,
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 ...
, 11,802 , 7 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.20 (152) , , 7.8 (50) ,
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 Le ...
, 64,256 , 7 May 1977


Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 14.14 (98) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 18,563 , 14 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.13 (61) , , 20.11 (131) ,
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 ...
, 17,935 , 14 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.11 (149) , , 12.12 (84) , Arden Street Oval , 17,259 , 14 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 15.23 (113) ,
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 Jun ...
, 20,735 , 14 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 16.20 (116) ,
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 ...
, 27,456 , 14 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.9 (99) , , 14.15 (99) ,
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 Le ...
, 32,326 , 14 May 1977


Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.21 (135) , , 11.12 (78) ,
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 ...
, 21,598 , 21 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.17 (65) , , 9.8 (62) , Princes Park , 22,364 , 21 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 18.7 (115) ,
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 ...
, 11,443 , 21 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.18 (114) , , 13.17 (95) ,
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 ...
, 21,519 , 21 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 13.9 (87) ,
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 numb ...
, 15,674 , 21 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.26 (140) , , 14.8 (92) ,
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 Le ...
, 11,259 , 21 May 1977


Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 20.12 (132) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 15,254 , 28 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 11.13 (79) ,
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 ...
, 12,104 , 28 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 10.14 (74) , Arden Street Oval , 8,940 , 28 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.12 (108) , , 22.10 (142) , Princes Park , 34,727 , 28 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 10.17 (77) , Windy Hill , 23,224 , 28 May 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.13 (121) , , 10.11 (71) ,
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 Le ...
, 26,007 , 28 May 1977


Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.14 (140) , , 15.13 (103) ,
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 ...
, 15,093 , 4 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.20 (110) , , 20.16 (136) ,
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 ...
, 24,309 , 4 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.9 (105) , , 19.11 (125) , Princes Park , 28,556 , 4 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.19 (115) , , 19.13 (127) ,
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 ...
, 21,586 , 4 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 23.16 (154) ,
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 Jun ...
, 13,150 , 4 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.16 (142) , , 7.15 (57) ,
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 Le ...
, 19,199 , 4 June 1977


Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.9 (81) , , 9.11 (65) ,
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 ...
, 20,785 , 11 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.13 (133) , , 11.16 (82) ,
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 numb ...
, 14,664 , 11 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 8.19 (67) ,
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 Le ...
, 25,745 , 11 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 16.5 (101) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 23,979 , 13 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.25 (163) , , 8.9 (57) , Princes Park , 25,609 , 13 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.20 (86) , , 17.17 (119) ,
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 ...
, 63,188 , 13 June 1977


Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 3.13 (31) , , 2.12 (24) , Princes Park , 11,009 , 18 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.22 (70) , , 9.10 (64) ,
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 ...
, 20,785 , 18 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 6.12 (48) , Arden Street Oval , 9,027 , 18 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 6.5 (41) ,
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 ...
, 12,877 , 18 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.6 (36) , , 9.15 (69) ,
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 ...
, 11,921 , 18 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.12 (42) , , 5.16 (46) ,
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 Le ...
, 14,337 , 18 June 1977


Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 12.13 (85) ,
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 numb ...
, 13,033 , 25 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 6.15 (51) , Windy Hill , 16,309 , 25 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 8.8 (56) ,
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 ...
, 28,079 , 25 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.9 (51) , , 15.12 (102) ,
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 ...
, 12,566 , 25 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 9.14 (68) ,
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 Jun ...
, 10,850 , 25 June 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.12 (66) , , 7.10 (52) ,
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 Le ...
, 34,820 , 25 June 1977


Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.15 (57) , , 9.10 (64) ,
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 numb ...
, 14,933 , 2 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 11.15 (81) ,
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 ...
, 17,151 , 2 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.9 (141) , , 11.12 (78) ,
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 ...
, 32,833 , 2 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 7.6 (48) , Princes Park , 24,520 , 2 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 8.11 (59) ,
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 ...
, 21,473 , 2 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 14.12 (96) ,
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 Le ...
, 17,028 , 2 July 1977


Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 11.19 (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 Jun ...
, 8,680 , 9 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.19 (127) , , 11.10 (76) , Arden Street Oval , 11,253 , 9 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 28.23 (191) , , 13.6 (84) , Princes Park , 21,391 , 9 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.19 (103) , , 17.12 (114) , Windy Hill , 27,042 , 9 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.12 (114) , , 18.14 (122) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 8,120 , 9 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 10.11 (71) ,
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 Le ...
, 34,291 , 9 July 1977


Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 11.11 (77) , Windy Hill , 17,489 , 16 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 13.12 (90) ,
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 ...
, 19,075 , 16 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 13.18 (96) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 12,659 , 16 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.14 (134) , , 11.12 (78) , Princes Park , 8,200 , 16 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.4 (76) , , 13.7 (85) ,
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 ...
, 17,058 , 16 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.6 (102) , , 12.25 (97) ,
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 Le ...
, 26,029 , 16 July 1977


Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 14.14 (98) , Arden Street Oval , 15,359 , 23 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 16.21 (117) ,
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 Jun ...
, 10,220 , 23 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 15.16 (106) , Princes Park , 38,220 , 23 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 20.14 (134) ,
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 ...
, 15,890 , 23 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.21 (93) , , 11.10 (76) ,
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 ...
, 17,834 , 23 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 24.19 (163) ,
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 Le ...
, 20,469 , 23 July 1977


Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 14.11 (95) ,
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 numb ...
, 17,898 , 30 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 13.11 (89) ,
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 ...
, 16,885 , 30 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.12 (138) , , 12.11 (83) ,
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 ...
, 13,906 , 30 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.10 (118) , , 15.14 (104) , Princes Park , 10,420 , 30 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 9.11 (65) ,
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 ...
, 33,085 , 30 July 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 7.4 (46) ,
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 Le ...
, 18,852 , 30 July 1977


Round 19

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.15 (129) , , 15.11 (101) ,
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 ...
, 16,897 , 6 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.8 (146) , , 12.12 (84) ,
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 Jun ...
, 7,475 , 6 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.20 (110) , , 18.16 (124) , Windy Hill , 13,664 , 6 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 14.17 (101) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 21,876 , 6 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 6.7 (43) , Arden Street Oval , 22,160 , 6 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 16.7 (103) ,
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 Le ...
, 31,253 , 6 August 1977


Round 20

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 27.13 (175) , , 15.14 (104) ,
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 ...
, 12,967 , 13 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.16 (46) , , 19.18 (132) ,
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 numb ...
, 17,081 , 13 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.19 (73) , , 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 ...
, 18,514 , 13 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.21 (99) , , 15.15 (105) ,
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 ...
, 30,184 , 13 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.14 (146) , , 16.15 (111) , Princes Park , 20,120 , 13 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 10.19 (79) ,
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 Le ...
, 12,350 , 13 August 1977


Round 21

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 14.15 (99) , Princes Park , 8,850 , 20 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 20.17 (137) , Windy Hill , 10,180 , 20 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 15.16 (106) ,
Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, 11,506 , 20 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.9 (57) , , 12.17 (89) ,
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 ...
, 29,186 , 20 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 14.16 (100) ,
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 ...
, 49,134 , 20 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 11.19 (85) ,
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 Le ...
, 11,010 , 20 August 1977


Round 22

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.21 (171) , , 17.10 (112) ,
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 ...
, 24,122 , 27 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.9 (93) , , 15.13 (103) , Arden Street Oval , 19,102 , 27 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.27 (141) , , 14.16 (100) ,
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 Jun ...
, 7,644 , 27 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.16 (130) , , 25.18 (168) , Windy Hill , 14,325 , 27 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 12.13 (85) ,
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 ...
, 22,426 , 27 August 1977 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.13 (115) , , 14.17 (101) ,
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 Le ...
, 36,306 , 27 August 1977


Ladder


Finals


Elimination final


Qualifying final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 12.15 (87) ,
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 ...
, 64,068 , 3 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF"


Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 9.9 (63) ,
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 Le ...
, 48,105 , 10 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.10 (112) , , 16.14 (110) ,
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 ...
, 87,421 , 10 September


Preliminary final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.15 (45) , , 16.16 (112) ,
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 Le ...
, 61,242 , 17 September


Grand final

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 ...
drew with Collingwood 9.22 (76) to 10.16 (76), in front of a crowd of 108,244 people. , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Game , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Grand final , , 9.22 (76) , , 10.16 (76) ,
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 ...
, 108,224 , 24 September 1977


Grand final replay

A replay was held, and
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 ...
defeated Collingwood 21.25 (151) to 19.10 (124) in front of a crowd of 98,491 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). , - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Game , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , Grand final , , 19.10 (124) , , 21.25 (151) ,
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 ...
, 98,491 , 1 October 1977


Awards

* The Coleman Medal was won by
Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the ...
of Hawthorn with 105 goals * The
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 t ...
was won by
Graham Teasdale Graham Teasdale (born 26 June 1955) is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1972 and 1975, for the South Melbourne Football Club from 1975 to 1981 a ...
of South Melbourne. * The reserves premiership was won by . Richmond 19.18 (132) defeated 10.15 (75) in the grand final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September.


Notable events

* Hawthorn's round 6 victory over St Kilda set the following records – 41 behinds (previous highest 34) and 66 scoring shots (previous highest 60). 13 different Hawthorn players kicked a behind – still a VFL/AFL record. * For the only time in VFL/AFL history, two players from one team – Peter Hudson (110) and Leigh Matthews (91) of Hawthorn – combined for over 200 goals in one season. Additionally, it was the first time since 1906 that one club produced the top two leading goalkickers in a season. * In the Round 15 game against Geelong, Hawthorn had three players – Hudson with eight, John Hendrie with eight, and Leigh Matthews with seven – kick seven or more goals in one match. This has been repeated only by Fitzroy with Matthew Rendell,
Bernie Quinlan Bernard Francis Quinlan (born 21 July 1951) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). One of a handful of players to have won a Brownl ...
and Michael Conlan in 1983 against North Melbourne. * In shocking conditions in Round 12, Carlton and Geelong played the first match since the 1927 Grand Final where both teams scored three or fewer goals. Both teams' scores were lower than any score from any other game during 1977. In the same round, North Melbourne's
Malcolm Blight Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian Nati ...
missed a set shot for goal after the final siren at the Arden Street Oval, which resulted in Hawthorn winning the game. * In Round 16, Geelong beat Collingwood despite having fifteen fewer scoring shots. This equalled Richmond's record against Fitzroy from 1957. * In the Reserve and Under-19 Grades, the appalling weather of mid- to late June caused the only ''cancellation'' (as opposed to ''postponement'') of matches in VFL/AFL history until 2015. These cancellations affected Round 14 in the Reserves and Round 13 in the Under-19s. * South Melbourne played in its last finals series before relocating to Sydney, as well as its first final series since 1970, and only its second since the infamous 1945 "bloodbath" grand final. * St Kilda "won" its nineteenth wooden spoon and first since 1955. With the club having finished last 27 times since 1897, this twenty-two year gap is the longest between spoons for the club. * Collingwood became the first VFL/AFL team to win the Minor Premiership after winning the wooden spoon the year before. * As of 2022, North Melbourne is the only team to play twenty-seven premiership matches in a VFL/AFL season. John Cassin was the only player to play in all 27 matches.


See also

* McIntyre "Final Five" system


References

* Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). ''Every Game Ever Played''. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books. {{Australian Football League Australian Football League seasons
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