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1935 VFL season

{{Short description|39th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

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

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = vfl_premiership

| year = 1935

| image = Keith Stackpole.jpg

| imagesize = 120px

| caption = Premiership player Keith Stackpole

| teams = 12

| premiers ={{AFL Col}}

| count = 10

| minor premiers = {{AFL SM}}

| mpcount = 4

| pre-season name =

| pre-season cup =

| pscount =

| matches = 112

| attendance =

| highattend = 54,154

| leading goal medal = Bob Pratt ({{AFL SM}})

| brownlow medal = Haydn Bunton Sr. ({{AFL Fit}})

| prevseason = 1934

| nextseason = 1936

}}

The 1935 VFL season was the 39th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 5 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.

The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the tenth time, after it defeated {{AFL SM}} by 20 points in the 1935 VFL Grand Final.

Background

In 1935, 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 1935 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre 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 Foo}}

| 7.19 (61)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.12 (96)

| Western Oval

| 17,000

| 27 April 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.18 (108)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.16 (106)

| Victoria Park

| 30,000

| 27 April 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.18 (102)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.18 (108)

| Princes Park

| 23,000

| 27 April 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 14.3 (87)

| Arden Street Oval

| 7,000

| 27 April 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.14 (80)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Junction Oval

| 21,000

| 27 April 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.9 (99)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 24.15 (159)

| MCG

| 15,615

| 27 April 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.6 (102)

| Corio Oval

| 11,000

| 4 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.17 (95)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Windy Hill

| 21,500

| 4 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14,000

| 4 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.11 (113)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Lake Oval

| 28,000

| 4 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.9 (93)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.9 (93)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 36,000

| 6 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.27 (111)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 23,000

| 6 May 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.14 (44)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Arden Street Oval

| 12,500

| 11 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 21.17 (143)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.11 (83)

| Victoria Park

| 18,000

| 11 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.8 (68)

| Princes Park

| 35,000

| 11 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.13 (79)

| MCG

| 7,788

| 11 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 18.20 (128)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.15 (123)

| Junction Oval

| 19,000

| 11 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.13 (55)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Western Oval

| 20,000

| 11 May 1935

{{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}}

| 6.17 (53)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.8 (104)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 11,000

| 18 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 18.16 (124)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 13,000

| 18 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 18.20 (128)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Punt Road Oval

| 15,000

| 18 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.8 (50)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.5 (101)

| Western Oval

| 17,000

| 18 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.17 (101)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 17.13 (115)

| Corio Oval

| 13,000

| 18 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.6 (90)

| Lake Oval

| 35,000

| 18 May 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.10 (100)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.12 (114)

| Corio Oval

| 14,700

| 25 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.9 (57)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.14 (98)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 35,000

| 25 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.20 (98)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.14 (86)

| Windy Hill

| 10,000

| 25 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.12 (90)

| Arden Street Oval

| 12,000

| 25 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.20 (98)

| MCG

| 16,057

| 25 May 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.14 (110)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.9 (129)

| Junction Oval

| 29,000

| 25 May 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 23.11 (149)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.14 (98)

| Victoria Park

| 17,500

| 1 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 14.9 (93)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 22.19 (151)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 9,500

| 1 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 23.14 (152)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Lake Oval

| 33,000

| 1 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.20 (110)

| MCG

| 22,711

| 3 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.13 (85)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Windy Hill

| 26,000

| 3 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.16 (136)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.14 (68)

| Princes Park

| 20,000

| 3 June 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.17 (59)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.15 (105)

| Punt Road Oval

| 35,000

| 8 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.8 (86)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,000

| 8 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.11 (59)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 18.11 (119)

| Arden Street Oval

| 7,000

| 8 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.14 (110)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 4.12 (36)

| Corio Oval

| 10,000

| 8 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.15 (111)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.16 (130)

| Junction Oval

| 17,000

| 8 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.7 (79)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.25 (79)

| Western Oval

| 15,000

| 8 June 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.23 (77)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.14 (116)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 12,000

| 15 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.12 (90)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.16 (76)

| Corio Oval

| 13,000

| 15 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.7 (61)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.19 (103)

| Windy Hill

| 17,000

| 15 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.30 (126)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Victoria Park

| 8,000

| 15 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.10 (94)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 7.13 (55)

| Junction Oval

| 20,000

| 15 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.12 (54)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.12 (66)

| MCG

| 19,546

| 15 June 1935

{{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}}

| 6.9 (45)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Arden Street Oval

| 4,000

| 22 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 5.4 (34)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 4.15 (39)

| Western Oval

| 5,500

| 22 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.5 (65)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.14 (50)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,500

| 22 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.9 (87)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.10 (58)

| Princes Park

| 17,000

| 22 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.7 (91)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.13 (73)

| Punt Road Oval

| 4,000

| 22 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.22 (100)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.7 (61)

| Lake Oval

| 8,000

| 22 June 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 26.16 (172)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.7 (97)

| Corio Oval

| 7,000

| 29 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.17 (107)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000

| 29 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Lake Oval

| 19,000

| 29 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.13 (85)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.6 (90)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 9,000

| 29 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.14 (80)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.4 (82)

| Punt Road Oval

| 25,000

| 29 June 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 22.8 (140)

| Windy Hill

| 18,000

| 29 June 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 18.14 (122)

| MCG

| 19,086

| 6 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.7 (103)

| Western Oval

| 11,000

| 6 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 17.20 (122)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.3 (75)

| Victoria Park

| 8,000

| 6 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 19.21 (135)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.6 (54)

| Princes Park

| 24,000

| 6 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.8 (50)

| Junction Oval

| 20,000

| 6 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 6 July 1935

{{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}}

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.10 (46)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 4,000

| 13 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,000

| 13 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.21 (93)

| Windy Hill

| 8,000

| 13 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 3.11 (29)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 13 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 18.16 (124)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Lake Oval

| 31,000

| 13 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.7 (43)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.10 (76)

| Corio Oval

| 14,500

| 13 July 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.6 (48)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.11 (101)

| Arden Street Oval

| 7,000

| 20 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.8 (62)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.8 (98)

| Western Oval

| 16,000

| 20 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.21 (105)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.10 (82)

| Victoria Park

| 18,000

| 20 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 21.16 (142)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.10 (76)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 20 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 6.13 (49)

| MCG

| 12,817

| 20 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.15 (93)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.3 (69)

| Junction Oval

| 16,000

| 20 July 1935

{{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}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.17 (101)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,000

| 27 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.16 (100)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 13,000

| 27 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Punt Road Oval

| 30,000

| 27 July 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 9.14 (68)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.8 (86)

| Corio Oval

| 7,000

| 17 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.10 (100)

| Lake Oval

| 7,000

| 17 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.10 (106)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.17 (113)

| Windy Hill

| 11,000

| 17 August 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.25 (115)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.10 (82)

| Windy Hill

| 11,000

| 10 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 22.13 (145)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.15 (111)

| Victoria Park

| 9,000

| 10 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.26 (122)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.9 (81)

| Princes Park

| 40,000

| 10 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.22 (124)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Junction Oval

| 9,000

| 10 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.13 (73)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.10 (82)

| Arden Street Oval

| 7,000

| 10 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.15 (75)

| MCG

| 27,572

| 17 August 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.14 (62)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.9 (69)

| Western Oval

| 7,000

| 24 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.19 (79)

| Victoria Park

| 10,500

| 24 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 18.22 (130)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.12 (108)

| Princes Park

| 33,000

| 24 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 21.12 (138)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 24 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.16 (118)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.9 (81)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,500

| 24 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.26 (74)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 24 August 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.17 (59)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Corio Oval

| 2,500

| 31 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.8 (74)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 17,000

| 31 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 19.8 (122)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.14 (110)

| Junction Oval

| 18,000

| 31 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.16 (58)

| Punt Road Oval

| 13,000

| 31 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 6.17 (53)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.14 (86)

| Western Oval

| 7,500

| 31 August 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.9 (69)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.16 (112)

| Arden Street Oval

| 13,000

| 31 August 1935

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.12 (54)

| MCG

| 5,084

| 7 September 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.23 (107)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.13 (79)

| Windy Hill

| 6,000

| 7 September 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.18 (72)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.15 (57)

| Victoria Park

| 16,000

| 7 September 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.24 (144)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 7 September 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.23 (107)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Lake Oval

| 28,000

| 7 September 1935

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 14.26 (110)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.6 (96)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 11,000

| 7 September 1935

{{s-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 16 || 2 || 0 || 1940 || 1410 || 137.6 || 64

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} (P) || 18 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 1895 || 1561 || 121.4 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 14 || 3 || 1 || 1958 || 1383 || 141.6 || 58

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1572 || 1339 || 117.4 || 48

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 1708 || 1545 || 110.6 || 44

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 8 || 9 || 1 || 1601 || 1582 || 101.2 || 34

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 8 || 9 || 1 || 1488 || 1649 || 90.2 || 34

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1526 || 1703 || 89.6 || 28

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 1683 || 1747 || 96.3 || 26

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1460 || 1805 || 80.9 || 20

|-

| 11 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 2 || 14 || 2 || 1272 || 1731 || 73.5 || 12

|-

| 12 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 1208 || 1856 || 65.1 || 4

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Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 89.4
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1935.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

All of the 1935 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=

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 19.11 (125)

| MCG

| 49,759

| 14 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.14 (104)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.17 (83)

| MCG

| 53,766

| 21 September

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=Preliminary final=

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.10 (94)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.12 (66)

| MCG

| 46,191

| 28 September

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=Grand final=

{{Main|1935 VFL Grand Final}}

Season notes

  • In February 1935, the VFL advanced an emergency interest-free loan of £500 to the North Melbourne Football Club, which had not won a match since 19 August 1933.
  • The VFL experimented with rubber footballs during pre-season practice matches. The experiment was not successful: the balls were found to float far too much in the air, and bounce far too much on the ground.
  • Footscray changed their jumper design from the traditional red and white hoops on a blue background to a jumper with vertical red and blue stripes with white piping. Designed to make the club more distinctive, these jumpers were destroyed when dry-cleaned at the end of the season.{{cite web|title=Footscray Home Jumpers|url=http://www.bomberblitz.com/~rmered/images/Footscray-1935.gif|work=footyjumpers.com|access-date=26 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004081209/http://bomberblitz.com/~rmered/images/Footscray-1935.gif|archive-date=4 October 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • On 30 March, a practice match between Richmond and South Melbourne was played at night, with a white ball, under electric light at Olympic Park.
  • On 18 May, 24-year-old Clen Denning played his first VFL senior match. Playing in the forward-pocket for Carlton, against South Melbourne, he kicked a goal with each of his first six kicks in the match.
  • In the third quarter of the round 18 match between Essendon and Geelong, Geelong was clawing back Essendon's lead, when the Windy Hill ground was invaded by a swarm of schoolboys. A small balloon had drifted over the ground and had dropped small parachutes and papers, and the schoolboys invaded the ground to capture the "treasures" dropped from the balloon, oblivious of the fact that the match was still in progress. The match was delayed for some time before order was restored. Essendon eventually won the match 14.23 (107) to 11.13 (79).
  • At the end of the 1935 season, the Hawthorn Football Club was unable to make any of its contracted payments to its players, many of whom were unemployed and relying on the £3 weekly match fees to sustain their families.
  • On Grand Final eve, South Melbourne's champion full-forward Bob Pratt was hit by a brick truck when alighting from a tram. He was replaced in the team by Roy Moore. Neither Moore at full-forward nor Laurie Nash at centre half-forward scored a goal in the match; their opponents were Charlie Dibbs and Jack Regan respectively.

Awards

  • The 1935 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
  • The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bob Pratt of South Melbourne with 97 goals (103 after finals).
  • The winner of the 1935 Brownlow Medal was Haydn Bunton, Sr of Fitzroy with 24 votes.
  • North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1935.
  • The seconds premiership was won by {{AFL Mel}} for the fifth consecutive season. Melbourne defeated {{AFL Gee}} in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 5 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=4|title=League seconds – Melbourne's premiership|publication-place=Melbourne|date=7 October 1935}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • 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}}
  • [http://boylesfootballphotos.net.au/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=25 1935 Pre-Season Richmond v South Melbourne – Under Lights] – BoylesFootballPhotos

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1935.html 1935 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1935 1935 VFL season] at Australian Football

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