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KEY FACTS

Official name
Prahran Football Club

Known as
Prahran

Formed
1899

Disbanded
1994

Colours
Royal blue and light blue

Emblem
Two Blues

Associated clubs
Prahran Assumption; Prahran Amateurs; Prahan (Original)

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1899–1958, 1960–1994

Home Ground
Toorak Park

Senior Premierships
VFA/1st Division - 1937, 1951, 1970, 1973, 1978 (5 total) 2nd Division - 1966, 1987 (2 total) Metropolitan Football League - 1959 (1 total)

Most Games
248 by Frank Smith 1924-30 and 1933-41

Postal Address
1st Floor, 330 Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, 3181

Website
prahranfootball.org.au

Prahran



"...in 1999 a resurrected Prahran was admitted to the Victorian Amateur Football Association, providing an opportunity for a club which, for over a century, had been one of the VFA’s most distinctive and famous identities, to continue to build its unique tradition, whilst contributing tangibly to the history of the greatest of games."

John Devaney looks back at the history of a great Melbourne footy club.

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1948 Season (VFA) Fixture

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Prahran's 1948 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Prahran 8.511.619.1024.13 157 WON Port Melbourne 3.69.1311.1718.23 131 26 ELS Apr 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Prahran 0.65.146.1913.19 97 WON Camberwell 3.54.66.118.13 61 36 CBW Apr 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Prahran 4.94.1110.1512.16 88 LOST Northcote 2.08.128.1612.26 98 -10 ELS May 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 H Prahran 6.410.1112.1515.19 109 LOST Preston 4.29.916.1322.14 146 -37 ELS May 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 A Prahran 3.55.610.1311.15 81 LOST Coburg 3.211.512.1117.19 121 -40 COB May 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Prahran 2.48.914.1420.18 138 WON Yarraville 7.49.515.1217.17 119 19 ELS Jun 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Prahran 3.46.68.911.13 79 LOST Brunswick 4.49.616.1018.16 124 -45 BWP Jun 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Prahran 2.64.86.127.16 58 LOST Williamstown 3.312.518.1124.15 159 -101 WCG Jun 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Prahran 5.47.414.618.7 115 WON Brighton 2.25.108.1412.17 89 26 ELS Jun 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Prahran 2.86.1010.1314.21 105 LOST Oakleigh 4.38.912.1316.18 114 -9 ELS Jul 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Prahran 3.45.411.812.11 83 LOST Sandringham 3.38.139.1413.20 98 -15 BRO Jul 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Prahran 2.28.1112.1217.15 117 WON Port Melbourne 4.56.612.1215.15 105 12 NPO Jul 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Prahran 5.411.816.1321.19 145 WON Camberwell 4.56.813.1116.15 111 34 ELS Jul 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 A Prahran 5.07.411.613.12 90 LOST Northcote 6.310.915.1220.14 134 -44 NOR Jul 31 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Prahran 3.05.55.610.11 71 LOST Preston 2.75.1012.2015.21 111 -40 PRE Aug 7 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Prahran 2.27.810.1411.24 90 LOST Coburg 7.89.1416.1516.16 112 -22 ELS Aug 14 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 A Prahran 4.06.09.514.11 95 LOST Yarraville 6.710.916.1223.15 153 -58 YAR Aug 21 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 H Prahran 3.76.913.1215.16 106 LOST Brunswick 2.47.1410.1516.19 115 -9 ELS Aug 28 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Prahran 1.34.105.1012.11 83 LOST Williamstown 3.84.129.2310.27 87 -4 ELS Sep 4 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 A Prahran 6.47.1011.1214.14 98 LOST Brighton 3.610.1211.1821.25 151 -53 ELS Sep 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.