1964 VFL season
{{Short description|68th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football season
| competition = vfl_premiership
| year = 1964
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| teams = 12
| premiers = {{AFL Mel}}
| count = 12
| minor premiers = {{AFL Mel}}
| mpcount = 9
| pre-season name = Consolation series
| pre-season cup ={{AFL Foo}}
| pscount = 2
| matches = 112
| attendance =
| highattend = 102,471
| top goal scorer =John Peck ({{AFL Haw}})
| brownlow medal =Gordon Collis ({{AFL Car}})
| prevseason = 1963
| nextseason = 1965
}}
The 1964 VFL season was the 68th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 18 April until 19 September, 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 Melbourne Football Club for the twelfth time, after it defeated {{AFL Col}} by four points in the 1964 VFL Grand Final.
Background
In 1964, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th 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 1964 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}}
| 8.16 (64)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 5.4 (34)
| 23,965
| 18 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 12.13 (85)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 11.13 (79)
| 29,500
| 18 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 14.15 (99)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.11 (71)
| 29,255
| 18 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 10.16 (76)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.8 (68)
| 23,053
| 18 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 14.13 (97)
| 20,260
| 18 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 14.13 (97)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 17.8 (110)
| MCG
| 66,250
| 18 April 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 2=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 13.17 (95)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 18.10 (118)
| 17,603
| 25 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.13 (61)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 11.11 (77)
| 15,914
| 25 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.18 (96)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 6.7 (43)
| 33,600
| 25 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 11.9 (75)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 15.21 (111)
| 27,300
| 25 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 14.11 (95)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 6.7 (43)
| 40,290
| 25 April 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 9.20 (74)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 8.5 (53)
| 28,000
| 25 April 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 3=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 12.15 (87)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 9.11 (65)
| 25,000
| 2 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 6.12 (48)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.24 (90)
| 15,723
| 2 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 16.11 (107)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 19.7 (121)
| 21,000
| 2 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.7 (55)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 8.15 (63)
| 18,920
| 2 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 8.12 (60)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 11.13 (79)
| 23,983
| 2 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 11.13 (79)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 4.9 (33)
| MCG
| 45,494
| 2 May 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 4=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.13 (85)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.9 (57)
| 29,237
| 9 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 12.8 (80)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 16.15 (111)
| 21,663
| 9 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.15 (93)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 9.13 (67)
| 35,300
| 9 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 14.15 (99)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 9.14 (68)
| 17,431
| 9 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 14.20 (104)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.10 (40)
| 17,200
| 9 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.21 (69)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 14.7 (91)
| 34,083
| 9 May 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 5=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 10.14 (74)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 8.19 (67)
| 27,270
| 16 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 7.11 (53)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.25 (85)
| 27,000
| 16 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.11 (59)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.10 (76)
| 24,580
| 16 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 15.13 (103)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 7.14 (56)
| 20,862
| 16 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 16.18 (114)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 8.19 (67)
| 13,100
| 16 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.13 (85)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 9.12 (66)
| 32,868
| 16 May 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 6=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.6 (72)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 8.11 (59)
| 25,264
| 23 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.22 (82)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.9 (69)
| 16,437
| 23 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.18 (78)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 13.17 (95)
| 15,043
| 23 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 10.8 (68)
| MCG
| 53,795
| 23 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 9.19 (73)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 11.3 (69)
| 30,300
| 23 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.19 (97)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 6.13 (49)
| 25,300
| 23 May 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 7=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 13.11 (89)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 7.16 (58)
| 22,000
| 30 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.23 (89)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.8 (86)
| 28,000
| 30 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 22.18 (150)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 6.6 (42)
| 34,222
| 30 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 8.12 (60)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 8.11 (59)
| 18,945
| 30 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 12.14 (86)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 6.8 (44)
| MCG
| 33,129
| 30 May 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 11.18 (84)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 14.12 (96)
| 20,470
| 30 May 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 8=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.9 (69)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 11.17 (83)
| 19,620
| 6 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 5.5 (35)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.12 (48)
| 20,000
| 6 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 7.9 (51)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 17.16 (118)
| 12,727
| 6 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 9.8 (62)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 6.12 (48)
| 26,000
| 6 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 3.12 (30)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 7.13 (55)
| 34,600
| 6 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.13 (61)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 12.14 (86)
| 18,700
| 6 June 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 9=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 13.10 (88)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.13 (73)
| 22,000
| 13 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 11.15 (81)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 11.12 (78)
| 24,930
| 13 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.18 (96)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 6.12 (48)
| 20,900
| 13 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.15 (75)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 7.9 (51)
| 11,763
| 15 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 10.15 (75)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 3.8 (26)
| 39,911
| 15 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 8.15 (63)
| MCG
| 86,664
| 15 June 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 10=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 18.15 (123)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.8 (68)
| 20,300
| 27 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 23.18 (156)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 6.7 (43)
| MCG
| 27,614
| 27 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.8 (74)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.12 (72)
| 20,579
| 27 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 13.11 (89)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 15.8 (98)
| 31,133
| 27 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 14.9 (93)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 13.7 (85)
| 13,119
| 27 June 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.9 (69)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 8.15 (63)
| 22,000
| 27 June 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 11=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.11 (83)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 10.9 (69)
| 27,588
| 4 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 7.19 (61)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 13.7 (85)
| 22,293
| 4 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 6.12 (48)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.5 (65)
| 10,170
| 4 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 12.11 (83)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 18.21 (129)
| 10,490
| 4 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 12.9 (81)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 3.3 (21)
| 13,000
| 4 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 7.8 (50)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.9 (69)
| 11,254
| 4 July 1964
{{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}}
| 15.13 (103)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 6.15 (51)
| 11,000
| 11 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 7.12 (54)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.15 (75)
| 33,761
| 11 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 12.11 (83)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 9.7 (61)
| 12,000
| 11 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 5.13 (43)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 11.10 (76)
| 30,100
| 11 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.8 (38)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 13.10 (88)
| 17,093
| 11 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 6.12 (48)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 7.5 (47)
| 16,020
| 11 July 1964
{{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}}
| 18.15 (123)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 6.15 (51)
| MCG
| 29,631
| 18 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.9 (75)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 10.10 (70)
| 12,935
| 18 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 13.28 (106)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 6.8 (44)
| 16,100
| 18 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 8.11 (59)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 7.7 (49)
| 38,218
| 18 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 5.12 (42)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 8.10 (58)
| 18,423
| 18 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 17.15 (117)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.14 (44)
| 10,350
| 18 July 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 14=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 13.21 (99)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 5.4 (34)
| 12,500
| 25 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 14.15 (99)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 5.5 (35)
| 22,233
| 25 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 9.14 (68)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 12.8 (80)
| 17,831
| 25 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 11.15 (81)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.9 (51)
| 18,600
| 25 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 10.22 (82)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 4.3 (27)
| 13,854
| 25 July 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 7.14 (56)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 12.13 (85)
| 15,878
| 25 July 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 15=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 8.7 (55)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 5.7 (37)
| MCG
| 33,212
| 1 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.7 (49)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 5.8 (38)
| 9,100
| 1 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 2.9 (21)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 10.16 (76)
| 7,167
| 1 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 5.13 (43)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.7 (43)
| 27,000
| 1 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 5.13 (43)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.13 (85)
| 12,600
| 1 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.6 (72)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 10.7 (67)
| 11,038
| 1 August 1964
{{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}}
| 8.9 (57)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 1.9 (15)
| 16,436
| 8 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.8 (68)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 4.3 (27)
| 13,366
| 8 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 9.10 (64)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 10.13 (73)
| 7,322
| 8 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 11.13 (79)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.7 (79)
| 25,875
| 8 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 10.12 (72)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 6.11 (47)
| 16,700
| 8 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 7.6 (48)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 6.14 (50)
| MCG
| 70,385
| 8 August 1964
{{s-end}}
=Round 17=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 10.9 (69)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.13 (73)
| 20,000
| 15 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 9.14 (68)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 9.11 (65)
| 45,907
| 15 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 6.9 (45)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 8.13 (61)
| 17,178
| 15 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 7.14 (56)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 12.10 (82)
| 18,000
| 15 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.8 (68)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.15 (75)
| 11,060
| 15 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 11.14 (80)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.7 (79)
| 17,178
| 15 August 1964
{{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}}
| 12.6 (78)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 4.14 (38)
| 20,555
| 22 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 28.16 (184)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 2.7 (19)
| 16,800
| 22 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 9.18 (72)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 16.19 (115)
| 15,500
| 22 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 12.18 (90)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.12 (78)
| 27,100
| 22 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.13 (61)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 14.8 (92)
| 21,895
| 22 August 1964
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 7.12 (54)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 19.20 (134)
| 14,151
| 22 August 1964
{{s-end}}
Ladder
| class=wikitable
| (P) | Premiers |
| bgcolor=FFFFBB | | Qualified for finals |
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} (P) || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 1532 || 1109 || 138.1 || 56
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1470 || 1104 || 133.2 || 54
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1499 || 1151 || 130.2 || 54
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1328 || 1042 || 127.4 || 54
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 1382 || 1142 || 121.0 || 52
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 1408 || 1189 || 118.4 || 40
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1146 || 1301 || 88.1 || 36
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1231 || 1411 || 87.2 || 32
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 1143 || 1346 || 84.9 || 24
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 5 || 12 || 1 || 1190 || 1318 || 90.3 || 22
|-
| 11 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 2 || 16 || 0 || 1125 || 1654 || 68.0 || 8
|-
| 12 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 0 || 18 || 0 || 1019 || 1706 || 59.7 || 0
|}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 71.6
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1964.html#lad AFL Tables]
Finals series
=Semi-finals=
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!Team !1 Qtr !2 Qtr !3 Qtr !Final |
| Essendon
|align=center|4.0 |align=center|5.3 |align=center|7.5 |align=center|10.5 (65) |
| Geelong
|align=center|1.5 |align=center|6.6 |align=center|9.7 |align=center|12.12 (84) |
| align=center|Attendance: 92,231 |
| class="wikitable"
!Team !1 Qtr !2 Qtr !3 Qtr !Final |
| Melbourne
|align=center|2.3 |align=center|8.7 |align=center|14.13 |align=center|19.20 (134) |
| Collingwood
|align=center|2.2 |align=center|3.6 |align=center|5.8 |align=center|6.9 (45) |
| align=center|Attendance: 93,010 |
=Preliminary final=
| class="wikitable"
!Team !1 Qtr !2 Qtr !3 Qtr !Final |
| Collingwood
|align=center|2.1 |align=center|4.2 |align=center|6.6 |align=center|7.6 (48) |
| Geelong
|align=center|2.4 |align=center|4.8 |align=center|4.10 |align=center|5.14 (44) |
| align=center|Attendance: 87,091 |
=Grand final=
{{Main|1964 VFL Grand Final}}
| class="wikitable"
!Team !1 Qtr !2 Qtr !3 Qtr !Final |
| Melbourne
|align=center|2.6 |align=center|5.7 |align=center|7.10 |align=center|8.16 (64) |
| Collingwood
|align=center|2.5 |align=center|5.9 |align=center|5.11 |align=center|8.12 (60) |
| align=center|Attendance: 102,471 |
Consolation Night Series Competition
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.
Season notes
- Shortly before the start of the season, {{AFL|StK}} came to an arrangement with the City of Moorabbin that it would move its playing and administrative base from the Junction Oval to the Moorabbin Oval from the 1965 season, becoming the first club to voluntarily move from its traditional home ground. St Kilda was motivated by the desire to manage and operate its own venue, including a licensed social club, rather than remain in its current situation where the St Kilda Cricket Club managed the operations of the ground.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|page=52|author=Jack Dunn|date=25 March 1964|title=Saints will move to Moorabbin in '65}} A group of members sought an injunction to prevent the move, and in May the Supreme Court allowed the move provided there was a vote among the club's members,{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|page=60|author=Jack Dunn|date=25 May 1964|title=Surprise vote for Saints}} which ultimately saw a 75% majority in favour of the move.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|page=47|author=Jack Dunn|date=19 May 1964|title=Norm Smith is state fancy}} The move had ramifications in the Victorian Football Association, where the local Moorabbin Football Club was expelled from the competition for supporting the Saints and the council in their moves.{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|page=20|author=Peter Stone|date=4 April 1964|title=V.F.A. suspends Moorabbin for season}}
- Carlton's Gordon Collis was reported in Round 6, but the charge was not upheld and he went on to win the Brownlow Medal.
- At the end of the Round 10 match between Geelong and North Melbourne at Kardinia Park, North Melbourne coach, 5'4" (163 cm) Alan Killigrew was king-hit in the players race by an officially unidentified Geelong player. A brief brawl ensued, with Killigrew emerging with his face covered in blood. The VFL initiates an inquiry into the matter, involving the examination of 20 different witnesses. On 20 July the VFL announces that no charges will be laid against Geelong's 6'2" (188 cm) Geoff Rosenow.
- In Round 13, North Melbourne rover and professional dentist Allen Aylett broke his left arm, and retired immediately.
- On 22 August 1964 (Round 18), St Kilda played its farewell home game at the Junction Oval. On the same day, Richmond played its last home game, and the last VFL match, at the Punt Road Oval, as the club began playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1965; it was not known at the time that this was a farewell match for the venue, as the deal to change grounds was not made until after the season.
Awards
- The 1964 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was John Peck of Hawthorn who kicked 68 goals.
- The winner of the 1964 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Gordon Collis of Carlton with 28 votes (he was reported in Round 6, but was cleared).
- Fitzroy claimed the "wooden spoon" in 1964; as of 2024, it is the most recent team to endure a winless VFL/AFL season.
- The reserves premiership was won by {{AFL Gee}}. Geelong 9.13 (67) defeated {{AFL Ric}} 6.8 (44) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 19 September.{{cite news|newspaper=The Sun News-Pictorial|location=Melbourne|date=21 September 1964|title=Cats got this one|page=26|author=Rex Pullen}}
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}}
Sources
- [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1964.html 1964 VFL season] at AFL Tables
- [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1964 1964 VFL season] at Australian Football
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