1936 VFL season
Template:Infobox Victorian Football League season Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1936.
Premiership season
In 1936, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th 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 1936 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
Collingwood defeated South Melbourne 11.23 (89) to 10.18 (78), in front of a crowd of 74,091 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
Ladder
Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
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1 | South Melbourne | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1806 | 1524 | 118.5 | 64 |
2 | Collingwood | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1854 | 1367 | 135.6 | 60 |
3 | Carlton | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1877 | 1504 | 124.8 | 48 |
4 | Melbourne | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1755 | 1477 | 118.8 | 48 |
5 | Geelong | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1884 | 1498 | 125.8 | 44 |
6 | Richmond | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1673 | 1550 | 107.9 | 40 |
7 | St Kilda | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1845 | 1919 | 96.1 | 36 |
8 | Essendon | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1565 | 1840 | 85.1 | 24 |
9 | Hawthorn | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1391 | 1720 | 80.9 | 24 |
10 | Footscray | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1462 | 1690 | 86.5 | 20 |
11 | North Melbourne | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1274 | 1679 | 75.9 | 16 |
12 | Fitzroy | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1367 | 1985 | 68.9 | 8 |
Awards
- The 1936 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bill Mohr of St Kilda with 101 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year" was Bill Mohr of St Kilda.
- The winner of the 1936 Brownlow Medal was Denis Ryan of Fitzroy with 26 votes.
- Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1936.
Notable Events
- In round 7, Collingwood full-forward Gordon Coventry scores his 1,200th VFL goal.
- All round 10 matches were postponed because all VFL grounds were under water following an extended period of torrential rain. All of the seasons matches are moved back seven days.
- After round 13, Gordon Coventry is suspended for eight weeks for striking Richmond's Joe Murdoch, and misses the Final series.
- After round 14, Essendon's forward-pocket Ted Bryce is suspended for eighteen weeks for kicking Carlton rover Norm Cashin.
- In round 17, field-umpire Jack McMurray umpires his 300th senior VFL match.
- In round 18, needing seven goals to reach 100, St Kilda's full-forward Bill Mohr kicks eight goals, finishing his season with 101 goals. In a 13 season (1929-1941), 735 goal career, this is his highest ever total.
References
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- 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. ISBN 0-670-86814-0