Victorian Football Association

Season 1971

Link to Full Season Division One Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

Link to Full Season Division Two Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

Division One | Division Two

Division One

Final ladder

1971	Club	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	%	Points
1	Preston	13	4	1	1943	1608	120.8	54
2	Dandenong	12	6	0	2067	1668	123.9	48
3	Oakleigh	12	6	0	2110	1939	108.8	48
4	Sandringham	10	8	0	1852	1821	101.7	40
5	Prahran	8	9	1	1768	1897	93.2	34
6	Port Melbourne	8	10	0	1788	1855	96.4	32
7	Coburg	7	11	0	1780	1810	98.3	28
8	Waverley	7	11	0	1694	1948	87.0	28
9	Williamstown	6	12	0	1812	2000	90.6	24
10	Geelong West	6	12	0	1833	2101	87.2	24
	Total	89	89	2	18647	18647		360

Finals matches

First Semi-Final
5/09/1971	Sandringham	5-1	9-5	17-7	21-7	133	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 12000
	Oakleigh	2-2	5-4	9-12	15-17	107	Result: Sandringham	Gate: $6841
Second Semi-Final
12/09/1971	Dandenong	12-2	16-5	20-10	24-11	155	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 12500
	Preston	1-2	5-9	8-11	11-15	81	Result: Dandenong	Gate: $6592
Preliminary Final
19/09/1971	Preston	6-10	7-10	13-18	17-17	119	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 12000
	Sandringham	1-3	8-9	10-15	14-21	105	Result: Preston	Gate: $5700
Grand Final
26/09/1971	Dandenong	7-8	10-8	12-12	14-14	98	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 14529
	Preston	3-4	8-6	9-9	13-14	92	Result: Dandenong	Gate: $8571
Note: Protest by Preston against the awarding of Dandenong's first goal dismissed by the VFA at a meeting held on 29 Sep 1971.

1971 premiers (Division One): Dandenong

Division Two

Final ladder

1971	Club	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	%	Points
1	Caulfield	15	3	0	2388	1495	159.7	60
2	Sunshine	15	3	0	2366	1578	149.9	60
3	Yarraville	14	4	0	2262	1735	130.4	56
4	Brunswick	10	8	0	1954	1727	113.1	40
5	Box Hill	8	10	0	2002	1845	108.5	32
6	Northcote	7	11	0	1760	1931	91.1	28
7	Camberwell	6	11	1	1479	2054	72.0	26
8	Mordialloc	6	12	0	1557	2106	73.9	24
9	Frankston	5	12	1	1872	2373	78.9	22
10	Werribee	3	15	0	1421	2217	64.1	12
	Total	89	89	2	19061	19061		360

Finals matches

First Semi-Final
23/08/1971	Brunswick	4-5	8-10	13-15	18-20	128	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 6000
	Yarraville	2-1	3-7	11-8	14-15	99	Result: Brunswick	Gate: $1230
Second Semi-Final
30/08/1971	Sunshine	0-5	5-10	8-13	13-24	102	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance:
	Caulfield	2-3	3-6	7-9	10-13	73	Result: Sunshine	Gate:
Preliminary Final
19/09/1971	Brunswick	4-4	10-9	16-11	19-13	127	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 6500
	Caulfield	4-8	8-12	14-16	18-17	125	Result: Brunswick	Gate: $1382
Grand Final
26/09/1971	Sunshine	7-3	11-13	15-17	22-26	158	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 10000
	Brunswick	6-4	8-6	13-8	16-8	104	Result: Sunshine	Gate: $3774

1971 premiers (Division Two): Sunshine

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