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1930 VFL season#Round 12

{{Short description|34th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1930

| image = Collingwood VFL 1930.jpg

| imagesize = 258px

| caption = {{AFL Col}} 1930 VFL premiership team

| date = 3 May – 11 October 1930

| teams = 12

| premiers = {{AFL Col}}

| premcount = 9

| runnersup = {{AFL Gee}}

| rucount = 2

| minorpremiers = {{AFL Col}}

| mpcount = 12

| brownlowmedal = Harry Collier ({{AFL Col}})
Allan Hopkins ({{AFL Foo}})
Stan Judkins ({{AFL Ric}})

| votes = 4

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

| goals = 105

| matches = 112

| attendance = 1,876,678

| highattendha = 40,000 (round 10, {{AFL Car}} v {{AFL Col}})

| highattendfinals = 47,985 (grand final, {{AFL Col}} v {{AFL Gee}})

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1929 VFL season|1929}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1931 VFL season|1931}}

}}

The 1930 VFL season was the 34th 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 3 May to 11 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Col}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Gee}} by 30 points in the 1930 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's fourth consecutive premiership, the only time in the league's history that a club has won four consecutive premierships, and ninth VFL premiership overall. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. Collingwood's Harry Collier, {{AFL Foo}}'s Allan Hopkins and {{AFL Ric}}'s Stan Judkins tied for the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest players, and Collingwood's Gordon Coventry won his fifth consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker, becoming the first player to win the award five times consecutively.

Background

=Format=

In 1930, 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, Once he had been 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 5 to 11 (i.e., the last seven matches of the round). Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1930 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 Haw}}

| 16.7 (103)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 18,000

| 3 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.13 (121)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 2.7 (19)

| Corio Oval

| 9,500

| 3 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.6 (72)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,500

| 3 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.16 (70)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.17 (95)

| Lake Oval

| 16,000

| 3 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.18 (60)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Punt Road Oval

| 32,000

| 3 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.10 (58)

| Windy Hill

| 26,000

| 3 May 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Junction Oval

| 21,500

| 10 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Victoria Park

| 19,000

| 10 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.14 (116)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.5 (47)

| Princes Park

| 35,000

| 10 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.16 (100)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.15 (63)

| MCG

| 14,909

| 10 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.11 (65)

| Arden Street Oval

| 9,000

| 10 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.4 (58)

| Western Oval

| 18,000

| 10 May 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.10 (70)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.6 (60)

| Corio Oval

| 13,000

| 17 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.9 (99)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 20,000

| 17 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.8 (74)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 16.20 (116)

| Arden Street Oval

| 13,000

| 17 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.17 (77)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.7 (79)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 17 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.19 (115)

| Lake Oval

| 18,000

| 17 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 28,000

| 17 May 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.12 (102)

| MCG

| 8,662

| 24 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.7 (91)

| Western Oval

| 20,000

| 24 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.13 (61)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 24 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.18 (90)

| Victoria Park

| 17,000

| 24 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.18 (138)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.18 (84)

| Princes Park

| 21,000

| 24 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.18 (108)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.10 (58)

| Junction Oval

| 26,000

| 24 May 1930

{{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}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Arden Street Oval

| 12,000

| 31 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.11 (59)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 18,000

| 31 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 17.18 (120)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.8 (62)

| MCG

| 16,975

| 31 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 6.15 (51)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Lake Oval

| 18,000

| 31 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 21,000

| 31 May 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.10 (58)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.6 (66)

| Corio Oval

| 15,500

| 31 May 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.9 (57)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Western Oval

| 9,000

| 7 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.24 (114)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Victoria Park

| 10,000

| 7 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.16 (118)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 7 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 9 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.11 (107)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Windy Hill

| 20,000

| 9 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.7 (67)

| Junction Oval

| 29,000

| 9 June 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Corio Oval

| 9,500

| 14 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.14 (56)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Western Oval

| 15,000

| 14 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.11 (113)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.10 (64)

| Lake Oval

| 11,000

| 14 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.10 (106)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,000

| 14 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.13 (97)

| MCG

| 28,779

| 14 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.9 (63)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.23 (113)

| Arden Street Oval

| 15,000

| 14 June 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.8 (56)

| Windy Hill

| 13,000

| 21 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 22.11 (143)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Victoria Park

| 15,000

| 21 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.16 (70)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.18 (72)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 21 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.11 (47)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000

| 21 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 21 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.16 (100)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14,000

| 21 June 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.13 (43)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.20 (104)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 28 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.6 (72)

| Corio Oval

| 9,000

| 28 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 18.11 (119)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.17 (95)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000

| 28 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 17.12 (114)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.22 (88)

| MCG

| 28,344

| 28 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 5.14 (44)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.10 (124)

| Western Oval

| 14,000

| 28 June 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.5 (77)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Junction Oval

| 33,000

| 28 June 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,000

| 5 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.20 (98)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.20 (74)

| Windy Hill

| 16,000

| 5 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.20 (116)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.16 (112)

| Princes Park

| 40,000

| 5 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 5 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.8 (98)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.16 (58)

| Corio Oval

| 8,000

| 5 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 5 July 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.20 (80)

| Arden Street Oval

| 7,000

| 12 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.14 (62)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000

| 12 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.14 (98)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.14 (68)

| Victoria Park

| 16,000

| 12 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.6 (36)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.18 (60)

| Junction Oval

| 19,000

| 12 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.5 (41)

| MCG

| 8,723

| 12 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.3 (51)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.14 (86)

| Western Oval

| 12,000

| 12 July 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.10 (58)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.19 (61)

| Western Oval

| 12,000

| 19 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 16.12 (108)

| Windy Hill

| 14,000

| 19 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 25.17 (167)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.16 (94)

| Victoria Park

| 14,000

| 19 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Princes Park

| 23,000

| 19 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.6 (48)

| Junction Oval

| 10,000

| 19 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.7 (49)

| Punt Road Oval

| 10,000

| 19 July 1930

{{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}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.11 (65)

| MCG

| 20,232

| 26 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Lake Oval

| 22,000

| 26 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.10 (76)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.7 (73)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 9,000

| 26 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.14 (92)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Corio Oval

| 10,000

| 26 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 4.15 (39)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.13 (121)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 26 July 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.16 (76)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 19,000

| 26 July 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.7 (73)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.10 (94)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000

| 16 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Windy Hill

| 9,000

| 16 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.14 (104)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Victoria Park

| 15,000

| 16 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 23.17 (155)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 3.9 (27)

| Princes Park

| 11,000

| 16 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Punt Road Oval

| 15,000

| 16 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.7 (61)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.10 (52)

| Junction Oval

| 10,000

| 16 August 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.17 (125)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.7 (43)

| Corio Oval

| 9,000

| 23 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.18 (66)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.18 (84)

| Western Oval

| 12,500

| 23 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.5 (71)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 23 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.12 (48)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.11 (95)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 23 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.7 (91)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 17.13 (115)

| Junction Oval

| 16,000

| 23 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.11 (77)

| MCG

| 31,481

| 23 August 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.7 (79)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 30 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.20 (116)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Victoria Park

| 10,000

| 30 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.7 (97)

| Princes Park

| 20,000

| 30 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 20.15 (135)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.10 (40)

| Punt Road Oval

| 7,000

| 30 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Lake Oval

| 28,000

| 30 August 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 3.16 (34)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,000

| 30 August 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.14 (62)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.14 (86)

| MCG

| 25,353

| 6 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.8 (98)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Western Oval

| 8,500

| 6 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000

| 6 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Arden Street Oval

| 4,000

| 6 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.18 (90)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Junction Oval

| 13,000

| 6 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.11 (83)

| Victoria Park

| 30,000

| 6 September 1930

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.11 (53)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.15 (63)

| Punt Road Oval

| 17,000

| 13 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.18 (90)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 13 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.22 (82)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 3.8 (26)

| Princes Park

| 15,000

| 13 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.6 (36)

| Lake Oval

| 5,000

| 13 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.18 (78)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 4.14 (38)

| Corio Oval

| 5,000

| 13 September 1930

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.6 (66)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 17.7 (109)

| Windy Hill

| 14,000

| 13 September 1930

{{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 || 1931 || 1338 || 144.3 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1747 || 1234 || 141.6 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 1450 || 1163 || 124.7 || 44

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 1495 || 1259 || 118.7 || 44

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 1509 || 1441 || 104.7 || 44

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 1495 || 1417 || 105.5 || 40

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1553 || 1553 || 100.0 || 36

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1454 || 1435 || 101.3 || 32

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1411 || 1581 || 89.2 || 28

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 1205 || 1558 || 77.3 || 24

|-

| 11 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 1164 || 1535 || 75.8 || 16

|-

| 12 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 969 || 1869 || 51.8 || 4

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 80.5
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1930.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

All of the 1930 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 Car}}

| 8.21 (69)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.11 (89)

| MCG

| 47,985

| 20 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 14.10 (94)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.7 (91)

| MCG

| 40,218

| 27 September

{{s-end}}

=Preliminary final=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| Collingwood

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.19 (91)

| MCG

| 41,495

| 4 October

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1930 VFL Grand Final}}

Season notes

  • Harrison House at 31 Spring Street, Melbourne (at the corner of Spring Street and Flinders Lane), was officially opened as VFL headquarters.
  • The Australian National Football Council introduced a substitute player, known as the 19th man. This meant that teams now had 18 "run on" players, and one "reserve" player. The 19th man could be substituted for an injured player, or for any other player for tactical reasons. Once he had been substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. The 19th man was paid a match fee only if he took the field.
  • Collingwood won its fourth consecutive premiership; in four seasons, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930 Collingwood had played 82 matches, for 70 wins, 1 draw, and 11 losses. It is still the record number of consecutive premierships to this day.
  • In March, the VFL accepts the Player Payments Committee recommendation that, although they may well be paid less, no senior players can be paid more than £3 for each home-and-away match (players were also to be paid if they were injured), and no more than £12 for a finals match (approx. $170 and $680 respectively in 2008 buying power); and that no additional lump-sum payments could be made.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne|title=The Coulter Law|page=13|date=9 July 1934}} The VFL also institutes a series of penalties for breaches (fines, suspension of players and deduction of premiership points) of what rapidly became known as the "Coulter Law" (after Gordon Coulter, the Player Payment Committee's chairman).
  • In round 12, Gordon Coventry kicked a record 17 goals. The same match broke the record for the highest aggregate score in league history at that time, with the two teams scoring a combined 38.33 (261).

Awards

=Brownlow Medal=

When the VFL's Umpires Panel counted the Brownlow Medal votes that had been awarded during the 1930 season, it found that three players had been considered best on the ground on four occasions: Harry Collier of Collingwood, Allan Hopkins of Footscray, and Stan Judkins of Richmond. Upon reviewing the rules, there were two inconsistent provisions in the rules concerning Brownlow ties: one in which the umpires would meet to determine the winner, and another in which the player who earned his votes from the fewest game would break the tie;{{cite news|newspaper=The Herald|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Brownlow Medal - Conditions of Award Conflict|date=18 September 1930|page=15}}{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Brownlow Medal|page=9|date=24 April 1924}} there were also three informal votes which could not be counted, one of which is understood to have ambiguously been for 'Collier', not distinguishing between Harry and brother Albert.{{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/the-brownlow-medallists-harry-collier/|title=The Brownlow Medallists: Harry Collier|author=Glenn McFarlane|accessdate=18 May 2021|publisher=Collingwood Forever}} The panel recommended that no Brownlow Medal be awarded for 1930; but the full league board of management instead decided used the 'fewest games' tiebreaker to award the medal Judkins, who had played 12 games compared with Hopkins' 15 and Collier's 18.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|title=Brownlow Football Medal awarded to Judkins|date=27 September 1930|page=21}}

In 1981, the league changed Brownlow Medal rules to allow more than one player to receive the medal if tied on votes; and, in 1989, it retrospectively awarded medals to Harry Collier and Allan Hopkins for 1930. All three are now considered joint winners.

=Other awards=

  • The 1930 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
  • The VFL's leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 118 goals.
  • At 5 ft 5 in (166 cm) and {{nowrap|9 st 9 lb (61 kg)}}, Stan Judkins is the shortest and lightest player ever to win the Brownlow Medal.
  • North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1930.
  • The seconds premiership was won by {{AFL Gee}}, which finished the season undefeated. Geelong 14.12 (96) defeated {{AFL Ric}} 11.8 (74) in the final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts preliminary final on 4 October.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=3|title=League Second Eighteens|publication-place=Melbourne|date=6 October 1930}}

==References==

{{Reflist}}

  • 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|0-9591740-2-8}}
  • 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}}

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1930.html 1930 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1930 1930 VFL season] at Australian Football

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