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1927 VFL season#Round 1

{{Short description|31st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1927

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| date = 30 April—1 October 1927

| teams = 12

| premiers = {{AFL Col}}

| premcount = 6

| runnersup = {{AFL Ric}}

| rucount = 3

| minorpremiers = {{AFL Col}}

| mpcount = 9

| brownlowmedal = Syd Coventry ({{AFL Col}})

| votes = 7

| leadinggoalkicker = Gordon Coventry ({{AFL Col}})

| goals = 88

| matches = 111

| attendance = 1,862,068

| highattendha = 42,000 (round 6, {{AFL Ric}} v {{AFL Car}})

| highattendfinals = 63,620 (semi-final, {{AFL Ric}} v {{AFL Car}})

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1926 VFL season|1926}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1928 VFL season|1928}}

}}

The 1927 VFL season was the 31st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 30 April to 1 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Col}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Ric}} by twelve points in the 1927 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's sixth VFL premiership. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. Collingwood's Syd Coventry won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and his brother and teammate Gordon Coventry won his second consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.

Background

In 1927, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 17 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 6, and match 18 the "home-and-away reverse" of match 11.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1927 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".

Home-and-away season

=Round 1=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.19 (115)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.11 (65)

| MCG

| 22,382

| 30 April 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.11 (107)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Victoria Park

| 20,000

| 30 April 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Princes Park

| 28,000

| 30 April 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.2 (68)

| Junction Oval

| 12,000

| 30 April 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.21 (75)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Arden Street Oval

| 10,000

| 30 April 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.3 (63)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.14 (110)

| Western Oval

| 18,000

| 30 April 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.11 (59)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 7 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.6 (54)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.5 (65)

| Windy Hill

| 20,000

| 7 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Lake Oval

| 25,000

| 7 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Corio Oval

| 15,300

| 7 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 9,000

| 7 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.6 (72)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.15 (99)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 25,000

| 7 May 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.13 (55)

| Junction Oval

| 22,000

| 14 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.18 (78)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Western Oval

| 11,000

| 14 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 6.13 (49)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.13 (55)

| Victoria Park

| 20,000

| 14 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.5 (47)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.12 (36)

| Princes Park

| 27,000

| 14 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.5 (53)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.13 (55)

| Arden Street Oval

| 20,000

| 14 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.15 (93)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.11 (59)

| MCG

| 14,931

| 14 May 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 20.13 (133)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000

| 21 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.14 (92)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.9 (75)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 16,000

| 21 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Windy Hill

| 20,000

| 21 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 13.22 (100)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 3.12 (30)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14,000

| 21 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.10 (106)

| Lake Oval

| 29,000

| 21 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Corio Oval

| 16,000

| 21 May 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.8 (38)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.11 (83)

| Arden Street Oval

| 18,000

| 28 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.13 (55)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Western Oval

| 10,000

| 28 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.5 (59)

| Victoria Park

| 16,000

| 28 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.16 (52)

| Princes Park

| 10,000

| 28 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.16 (58)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.13 (85)

| MCG

| 18,320

| 28 May 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.7 (91)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.10 (82)

| Junction Oval

| 16,000

| 28 May 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 17.10 (112)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000

| 4 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.17 (89)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.4 (70)

| Corio Oval

| 14,500

| 4 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.7 (49)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.14 (56)

| Windy Hill

| 25,000

| 4 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.13 (61)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,000

| 6 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.13 (97)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Lake Oval

| 25,000

| 6 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.18 (90)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.8 (110)

| Punt Road Oval

| 42,000

| 6 June 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.21 (111)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 3.9 (27)

| MCG

| 12,075

| 11 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Windy Hill

| 16,000

| 11 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 25.19 (169)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.15 (57)

| Victoria Park

| 16,000

| 11 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.6 (66)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Princes Park

| 22,000

| 11 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.17 (107)

| Lake Oval

| 25,000

| 11 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.13 (103)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,000

| 11 June 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 22.23 (155)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Corio Oval

| 8,500

| 18 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 10,000

| 18 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.7 (55)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.15 (105)

| Junction Oval

| 14,000

| 18 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.13 (79)

| Punt Road Oval

| 25,000

| 18 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 4.12 (36)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 7.16 (58)

| Western Oval

| 17,000

| 18 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 4.11 (35)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Arden Street Oval

| 15,000

| 18 June 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.20 (74)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000

| 25 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Windy Hill

| 17,000

| 25 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.7 (97)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 13.10 (88)

| Junction Oval

| 13,000

| 25 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.9 (51)

| MCG

| 15,171

| 25 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.15 (87)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.8 (80)

| Corio Oval

| 13,500

| 25 June 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.5 (83)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.11 (95)

| Victoria Park

| 33,000

| 25 June 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 3.12 (30)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.13 (43)

| Western Oval

| 7,000

| 2 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.12 (48)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Windy Hill

| 7,000

| 2 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.11 (59)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 3.11 (29)

| Victoria Park

| 7,000

| 2 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.7 (55)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Princes Park

| 13,000

| 2 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 5.11 (41)

| Lake Oval

| 5,000

| 2 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Punt Road Oval

| 15,000

| 2 July 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Corio Oval

| 13,500

| 9 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.7 (55)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.9 (111)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,000

| 9 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.10 (100)

| Arden Street Oval

| 12,000

| 9 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 9 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.13 (79)

| MCG

| 27,092

| 9 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 21.9 (135)

| Junction Oval

| 19,000

| 9 July 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.12 (54)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.11 (59)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 16 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.5 (89)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000

| 16 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Windy Hill

| 18,000

| 16 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.15 (75)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.8 (44)

| Punt Road Oval

| 35,000

| 16 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.7 (49)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.11 (65)

| Corio Oval

| 21,500

| 16 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.21 (69)

| Lake Oval

| 28,000

| 16 July 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 20.20 (140)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.5 (71)

| MCG

| 23,668

| 23 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.19 (79)

| Western Oval

| 12,500

| 23 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.13 (121)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.11 (47)

| Victoria Park

| 7,000

| 23 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.16 (70)

| Princes Park

| 21,000

| 23 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.14 (110)

| Junction Oval

| 16,000

| 23 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.8 (50)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.12 (54)

| Arden Street Oval

| 9,000

| 23 July 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 17.21 (123)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 3.11 (29)

| Corio Oval

| 11,000

| 30 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,500

| 30 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.20 (98)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Lake Oval

| 14,000

| 30 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.19 (67)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.19 (85)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 30 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.7 (61)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Punt Road Oval

| 38,000

| 30 July 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Windy Hill

| 20,000

| 30 July 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.8 (50)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Western Oval

| 15,500

| 6 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.14 (122)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.7 (43)

| Victoria Park

| 15,000

| 6 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.6 (66)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.20 (98)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 6 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Arden Street Oval

| 4,000

| 6 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Junction Oval

| 10,000

| 6 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 20.20 (140)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.2 (50)

| MCG

| 15,895

| 6 August 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.8 (86)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.7 (61)

| Corio Oval

| 17,200

| 27 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Windy Hill

| 9,000

| 27 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.8 (62)

| Punt Road Oval

| 10,000

| 27 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.20 (74)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Lake Oval

| 9,000

| 27 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.10 (88)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 25,000

| 27 August 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.10 (70)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.14 (98)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000

| 27 August 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Arden Street Oval

| 5,000

| 3 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 3.13 (31)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.6 (30)

| Victoria Park

| 8,000

| 3 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 4.6 (30)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 3.5 (23)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 3 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 3.15 (33)

| MCG

| 5,268

| 3 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.22 (70)

| Junction Oval

| 8,000

| 3 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.11 (101)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.18 (72)

| Western Oval

| 8,000

| 3 September 1927

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.6 (66)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.13 (73)

| Western Oval

| 11,000

| 10 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Princes Park

| 24,000

| 10 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.23 (119)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.17 (53)

| Punt Road Oval

| 11,000

| 10 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.15 (105)

| Lake Oval

| 15,000

| 10 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 5.13 (43)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.10 (94)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000

| 10 September 1927

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.14 (56)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 10 September 1927

{{s-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} (P) || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1559 || 1035 || 150.6 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1483 || 1102 || 134.6 || 56

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1594 || 1208 || 132.0 || 56

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 1434 || 1178 || 121.7 || 52

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1548 || 1169 || 132.4 || 48

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1373 || 1431 || 95.9 || 36

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1178 || 1564 || 75.3 || 32

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 1198 || 1237 || 96.8 || 26

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 1335 || 1558 || 85.7 || 26

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 1131 || 1325 || 85.4 || 24

|-

| 11 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1085 || 1476 || 73.5 || 12

|-

| 12 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 1087 || 1722 || 63.1 || 4

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 74.1
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1927.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

All of the 1927 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi-finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.

=Semi-finals=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.10 (76)

| MCG

| 63,620

| 17 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.6 (48)

| MCG

| 40,595

| 24 September

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1927 VFL Grand Final}}

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 2.13 (25)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 1.7 (13)

| MCG

| 34,551

| 1 October

{{s-end}}

Season notes

  • In round 9, remembered as "Duncan's Match", Carlton's centre-halfback Alex Duncan took at least 33 marks (some claim he took as many as 45) in a single match.
  • South Melbourne Football Club introduced a popular innovation: selling reserved grandstand seats.
  • After the round 10 match, the Secretary of the Richmond Football Club, Percy "Pip" Page of "Page–McIntyre system fame, had his jaw broken in a fight that erupted during a club dance.
  • The Grand Final was played under atrocious weather conditions on a Melbourne Cricket Ground that resembled a swamp. The two teams scored a combined 38 points, and it was the lowest combined score of any VFL/AFL game (Grand Final or otherwise) played in the 20th century. Including the four seasons played in the 19th century (1897–1900), it was the equal 11th lowest-scoring game of all time.

Awards

  • The 1927 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
  • The VFL's leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 97 goals.
  • The winner of the 1927 Brownlow Medal was Syd Coventry of Collingwood with 7 votes.
  • Hawthorn took the "wooden spoon" in 1927.
  • The seconds premiership was won by {{AFL Car}} for the second straight year. Carlton 12.22 (94) defeated {{AFL SM}} 11.9 (75) in the challenge Grand Final, played as a stand-alone game on 8 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of 4,210.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3884121 |title=League Seconds: Carlton Wins Premiership |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=10 October 1927 |access-date=11 June 2014 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

  • 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}}

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1927.html 1927 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1927 1927 VFL season] at Australian Football

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