Victorian Football Association

Season 1979

 

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

 

1979

Club

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Geelong West

15

3

0

2397

1908

125.6

60

2

Coburg

12

6

0

2157

1915

112.6

48

3

Prahran

10

8

0

2215

2130

104.0

40

4

Port Melbourne

10

8

0

2063

2119

97.4

40

5

Caulfield

9

9

0

2007

2266

88.6

36

6

Dandenong

8

10

0

2187

1983

110.3

32

7

Preston

8

10

0

2337

2238

104.4

32

8

Sandringham

8

10

0

2104

2167

97.1

32

9

Frankston

6

12

0

2202

2625

83.9

24

10

Brunswick

4

14

0

1919

2237

85.8

16

 

Total

90

90

0

21588

21588

 

360

 

Note on the Final Ladder

Preston drew their Round 4 game with Port Melbourne and won their Round 5 game against Caulfield. Both matches were awarded to their opponents after Preston was deemed to have played an ineligible player.

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

2/09/1979

Port Melbourne

3-5

4-13

8-15

14-17

101

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance:

 

Prahran

0-4

1-6

11-8

13-11

89

Result: Port Melbourne

Gate:

 

Second Semi-Final

9/09/1979

Coburg

1-4

5-8

11-12

16-21

117

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance:

 

Geelong West

3-3

7-7

10-10

14-12

96

Result: Coburg

Gate:

 

Preliminary Final

16/09/1979

Geelong West

3-0

9-3

11-4

16-11

107

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 10566

 

Port Melbourne

4-2

5-4

9-10

11-11

77

Result: Geelong West

Gate: $19960

 

Grand Final

23/09/1979

Coburg

1-6

5-8

13-13

16-15

111

Venue: St Kilda CG

Attendance: 17947

 

Geelong West

5-8

8-9

11-11

14-19

103

Result: Coburg

Gate: $27717

 

 

1979 premiers (Division One): Coburg

 

 

Division Two

 

Final ladder

 

1979

Club

Won

Lost

Drawn

For

Against

%

Points

1

Camberwell

14

4

0

2487

1698

146.5

56

2

Oakleigh

14

4

0

2486

1837

135.3

56

3

Mordialloc

12

6

0

2399

1796

133.6

48

4

Williamstown

12

6

0

2278

1890

120.5

48

5

Northcote

12

6

0

2208

2020

109.3

48

6

Yarraville

11

7

0

2221

1848

120.2

44

7

Waverley

6

12

0

2147

2356

91.1

24

8

Sunshine

4

14

0

1718

2415

71.1

16

9

Box Hill

3

15

0

1673

2710

61.7

12

10

Werribee

2

16

0

1683

2730

61.6

8

 

Total

90

90

0

21300

21300

 

360

 

 

Finals matches

 

First Semi-Final

19/08/1979

Mordialloc

3-3

6-7

10-11

14-12

96

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance: 3000

 

Williamstown

1-4

1-7

2-10

3-10

28

Result: Mordialloc

Gate: $6500

 

Second Semi-Final

26/08/1979

Oakleigh

-

-

-

17-15

117

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance:

 

Camberwell

-

-

-

16-13

109

Result: Oakleigh

Gate:

 

Preliminary Final

2/09/1979

Camberwell

-

-

-

19-14

128

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance:

 

Mordialloc

-

-

-

14-11

95

Result: Camberwell

Gate:

 

Grand Final

9/09/1979

Camberwell

6-5

12-7

15-10

18-14

122

Venue: Toorak Park

Attendance: 12023

 

Oakleigh

2-2

4-5

6-7

12-11

83

Result: Camberwell

Gate:

 

 

1979 premiers (Division Two): Camberwell

 

 

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