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1929 VFA season
The 1929 VFA season was the 51st season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.
| 1929 VFA premiership season |
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| 12 |
| Northcote 1st premiership |
| Northcote 1st minor premiership |
The 1929 VFA season was the 51st season of the Victorian Football Association (VFA), an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.
Northcote won the VFA premiership for the first time, after defeating Port Melbourne by 42 points in the 1929 VFA Grand Final.
Two new clubs − Oakleigh and Sandringham − entered the VFA, bringing the size of the Association to twelve clubs (the largest it had been since 1896). This was the last change to the Association membership until 1951.
In November 1928, the Oakleigh Football Club applied to join the Association. Oakleigh had been a successful club in the Sub-District Association, had a good quality ground, the growing suburb of Oakleigh provided the team strong support, and the club had been previously considered for Association membership. Oakleigh's application was accepted unanimously.
To accommodate a balanced fixture with the two extra clubs, the home-and-home season was extended from eighteen matches to twenty-two matches, the longest it had been since fixed-length seasons were first introduced in 1894. Then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2099 | 1400 | 66.7 | 68 | |
| 2 | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 1804 | 1391 | 77.1 | 68 | |
| 3 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 1992 | 1461 | 73.3 | 64 | |
| 4 | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1931 | 1615 | 83.6 | 62 | |
| 5 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 1717 | 1381 | 80.4 | 60 | |
| 6 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 1726 | 1476 | 85.5 | 58 | |
| 7 | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1804 | 1636 | 90.7 | 44 | |
| 8 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1473 | 1605 | 109.0 | 36 | |
| 9 | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1716 | 1805 | 105.2 | 34 | |
| 10 | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1543 | 1768 | 114.6 | 22 | |
| 11 | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1438 | 2347 | 163.2 | 8 | |
| 12 | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1336 | 2803 | 209.8 | 4 |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 |
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| Saturday, 14 September | Port Melbourne 10.15 (75) | def. | Brunswick 9.14 (68) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,000) | |
| Saturday, 21 September | Northcote 9.10 (64) | def. | Preston 7.8 (50) | Brunswick Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,500) | |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 September | Northcote 9.17 (71) | drew with | Port Melbourne 10.11 (71) | Coburg Cricket Ground (crowd: 13,500) | |
| Saturday, 5 October | Northcote 6.15 (51) | def. by | Port Melbourne 8.7 (55) | Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 21,217) | |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 |
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| Saturday, 12 October | Northcote | def. | Port Melbourne | Melbourne Cricket Ground (crowd: 17,304) | |
| 3.3 (21)10.10 (70)12.13 (85)15.21 (111) | Q1Q2Q3Final | 2.5 (17)5.5 (35)8.9 (57)10.9 (69) | Umpires: McKinnon | ||
| Pruser 4, Seymour 3, Cole 2, Gray 2, Heenan, Koop, Milne, Rowe | Goals | Kuhlken 4, Plumridge 2, Carpenter, Hyde, Perrett, Skilton | |||
| Wilson (hip) | Injuries | Perrett (ankles), Crompton (hip), Crossan (arm) | |||
| Towers, for fighting with Lovett | Reports | Lovett, for fighting with Towers | |||
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Leo McInerney (Brunswick) was the leading goalkicker, with 88 goals in the home-and-home season and 92 goals overall.
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Ted Bourke (Sandringham) won the Recorder Cup as the Association's best and fairest, polling nine votes. W. Brown (Yarraville) finished second with eight votes, and C. Irwin (Brighton) finished third with seven votes.
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Coburg won the seconds (Victorian Junior Football Association) premiership. Coburg 14.16 (100) defeated Williamstown 14.7 (91) at the Oakleigh Cricket Ground on 28 September.
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J. J. Liston, president and delegate of the Williamstown Football Club, was elected president of the Association at the annual general meeting in February 1929, replacing long-serving president John Aikman, who had died in 1928. Liston served in the position until his death in 1944.
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List of VFA premiers
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