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VFA - KEY FACTS

Official name
Victorian Football Association

Known as
VFA

Duration
1877–1995

Disbanded
1995

Affiliated competitions (Historical)
Premiership Season 1877-1995


Premiership Season

Official Name
VFA Premiership Season

Duration
1877–1995

Affiliated clubs (Historical)
Carlton (VIC) 1877-1896; Geelong (VIC) 1877-1896; Melbourne (VIC) 1877-1896; St. Kilda (VIC) 1877-1879, 1886-1896; North Melbourne (VIC) 1877-1924; Albert Park (Original) (VIC) 1877-1879; Barwon (Original) (VIC) 1877-1878; Essendon (VIC) 1878-1896; South Melbourne (VIC) 1879-1896; West Melbourne (VIC) 1879-1880, 1889-1907; East Melbourne (VIC) 1880-1882; Fitzroy (VIC) 1884-1896; Williamstown (VIC) 1884-1995; Richmond (VIC) 1885-1907; University (VIC) 1885-1888; Footscray (VIC) 1886-1924; Ballarat Imperial (VIC) 1886-1888; Port Melbourne (VIC) 1886-1995; South Ballarat (VIC) 1886-1888; South Williamstown (VIC) 1886-1887; Ballarat (VIC) 1886-1888; Prahan (Original) (VIC) 1886-1887; Collingwood (VIC) 1892-1896; Brunswick (VIC) 1897-1991; Prahran (VIC) 1899-1958, 1960-1994; Essendon Association (VIC) 1900-1921; Preston (VIC) 1903-1911, 1926-1995; Brighton (VIC) 1908-1961; Northcote (VIC) 1908-1987; Melbourne City (VIC) 1912-1913; Hawthorn (VIC) 1914-1924; Geelong Association (VIC) 1922-1927; Coburg (VIC) 1925-1995; Camberwell (VIC) 1926-1991; Yarraville (VIC) 1928-1983; Oakleigh (VIC) 1929-1994; Sandringham (VIC) 1929-1995; Box Hill (VIC) 1951-1995; Moorabbin (Original) (VIC) 1951-1963; Dandenong (VIC) 1958-1994; Mordialloc (VIC) 1958-1988; Sunshine (VIC) 1959-1989; Waverley (VIC) 1961-1987; Caulfield (VIC) 1962-1987; Geelong West (VIC) 1963-1988; Werribee (VIC) 1965-1995; Frankston (VIC) 1966-1995; Springvale (VIC) 1982-1995; Kilsyth (VIC) 1982-1984; Berwick (VIC) 1983-1987; Moorabbin West (VIC) 1983-1987

Affiliated grounds (Historical)
Albert Cricket Ground; Alex G. Gillon Oval; Arch Brown Reserve; Arden Street; Ballarat City Oval; Ben Kavanagh Reserve; Bentleigh Reserve; Bill Lawry Oval; Box Hill City Oval; Brighton Beach Oval; Brunswick Street; Camberwell Sportsground; Central Reserve #2; Cheltenham Reserve; Chirnside Park; Coburg City Oval; Corio Oval; Croxton Park; Dandenong Showgrounds; East Melbourne; Eastern Oval; Edwin Flack Reserve; Elsternwick Park; Fearon Reserve; Frankston Park; Friendly Societies' Ground; Glenferrie Oval; Junction Oval; Kardinia Park; Kilsyth Reserve; Lake Oval; M.C.G.; McKinnon Reserve; Melbourne Showgrounds; Moorabbin Oval; North Port Oval; Olympic Park; Preston City Oval; Princes Park; Princes Park (Caulfield); Punt Road; Richmond City Reserve; Robertson Oval; Selwyn Park; Shepley Oval; Skinner Reserve; Springvale Reserve; TBA; Toorak Park; Trevor Barker Oval; University Oval; Victoria Park; W.C.G.; Warrawee Park; Wesley College (St Kilda Rd); West Oval; Western Oval (Ballarat); Whitten Oval; Windy Hill; Yarraville Oval

1964 VFA Premiership Season

 
 

1964 Ladder

LP Club P W L D For Agn % Pts
1 Sunshine 18 14 4 0 1544 1102 140.11 56
2 Mordialloc 18 11 7 0 1325 1173 112.96 44
3 Geelong West 18 11 7 0 1415 1298 109.01 44
4 Brighton-Caulfield 18 11 7 0 1503 1444 104.09 44
5 Northcote 18 8 10 0 1330 1383 96.17 32
6 Prahran 18 7 11 0 1272 1457 87.30 28
7 Camberwell 18 6 12 0 1406 1714 82.03 24
8 Box Hill 18 4 14 0 1263 1487 84.94 16
  H&A 72 72 72 0 11058 11058 100.00 288
  Finals 4 4 4 0 656 656 100.00 16
  Total 76 76 76 0 11714 11714 100.00 304

1964 Round by Round

Round 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 1SF | 2SF | PF | GF

Round 1[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Prahran14.14 98 Sun 12-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Camberwell15.10 100 Camberwell won by 2 points
Box Hill9.12 66 Sun 12-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Northcote14.11 95 Northcote won by 29 points
Brighton-Caulfield19.27 141 Sun 12-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Geelong West12.13 85 Brighton-Caulfield won by 56 points
Sunshine9.25 79 Sun 12-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Mordialloc9.8 62 Sunshine won by 17 points

Round 2[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Mordialloc15.8 98 Sun 19-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Brighton-Caulfield9.10 64 Mordialloc won by 34 points
Geelong West10.12 72 Sun 19-Apr-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Sunshine14.20 104 Sunshine won by 32 points
Northcote12.11 83 Sun 19-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Prahran10.13 73 Northcote won by 10 points
Camberwell15.7 97 Sun 19-Apr-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Box Hill14.23 107 Box Hill won by 10 points

Round 3[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill6.21 57 Sat 2-May-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Sunshine13.12 90 Sunshine won by 33 points
Northcote12.12 84 Sat 2-May-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Brighton-Caulfield8.13 61 Northcote won by 23 points
Camberwell18.10 118 Sat 2-May-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Geelong West17.13 115 Camberwell won by 3 points
Prahran5.10 40 Sun 3-May-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Mordialloc9.8 62 Mordialloc won by 22 points

Round 4[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Mordialloc17.11 113 Sat 9-May-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Box Hill11.13 79 Mordialloc won by 34 points
Brighton-Caulfield12.22 94 Sat 9-May-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Camberwell12.15 87 Brighton-Caulfield won by 7 points
Geelong West7.9 51 Sun 10-May-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Prahran10.9 69 Prahran won by 18 points
Sunshine10.15 75 Sun 10-May-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Northcote14.4 88 Northcote won by 13 points

Round 5[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill8.12 60 Sat 16-May-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Geelong West12.18 90 Geelong West won by 30 points
Prahran11.9 75 Sun 17-May-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Brighton-Caulfield10.14 74 Prahran won by 1 point
Northcote11.11 77 Sun 17-May-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Mordialloc15.13 103 Mordialloc won by 26 points
Sunshine11.18 84 Sun 17-May-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Camberwell12.15 87 Camberwell won by 3 points

Round 6[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Prahran9.15 69 Sat 23-May-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Box Hill8.10 58 Prahran won by 11 points
Brighton-Caulfield10.12 72 Sat 23-May-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Sunshine16.14 110 Sunshine won by 38 points
Camberwell15.15 105 Sat 23-May-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Northcote19.18 132 Northcote won by 27 points
Geelong West15.8 98 Sun 24-May-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Mordialloc11.12 78 Geelong West won by 20 points

Round 7[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill13.10 88 Sat 30-May-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Brighton-Caulfield14.17 101 Brighton-Caulfield won by 13 points
Mordialloc9.13 67 Sun 31-May-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Camberwell4.5 29 Mordialloc won by 38 points
Northcote11.11 77 Sun 31-May-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Geelong West11.12 78 Geelong West won by 1 point
Sunshine8.13 61 Sun 31-May-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Prahran7.5 47 Sunshine won by 14 points

Round 8[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Camberwell19.7 121 Sat 6-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Prahran18.17 125 Prahran won by 4 points
Northcote11.11 77 Sat 6-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Box Hill9.12 66 Northcote won by 11 points
Geelong West9.19 73 Sat 6-Jun-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Brighton-Caulfield13.5 83 Brighton-Caulfield won by 10 points
Mordialloc5.18 48 Sun 7-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Sunshine6.11 47 Mordialloc won by 1 point

Round 9[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Brighton-Caulfield13.8 86 Sat 13-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Mordialloc11.18 84 Brighton-Caulfield won by 2 points
Box Hill13.22 100 Sat 13-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Camberwell9.17 71 Box Hill won by 29 points
Sunshine9.9 63 Sun 14-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Geelong West10.16 76 Geelong West won by 13 points
Prahran14.19 103 Sun 14-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Northcote9.4 58 Prahran won by 45 points

Round 10[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Sunshine22.22 154 Sat 20-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Box Hill8.8 56 Sunshine won by 98 points
Brighton-Caulfield13.14 92 Sat 20-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Northcote6.9 45 Brighton-Caulfield won by 47 points
Geelong West6.12 48 Sat 20-Jun-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Camberwell6.8 44 Geelong West won by 4 points
Mordialloc8.8 56 Sun 21-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Prahran8.6 54 Mordialloc won by 2 points

Round 11[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill9.15 69 Sat 27-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Mordialloc14.11 95 Mordialloc won by 26 points
Camberwell10.14 74 Sat 27-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Brighton-Caulfield12.12 84 Brighton-Caulfield won by 10 points
Prahran5.14 44 Sun 28-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Geelong West8.14 62 Geelong West won by 18 points
Northcote6.10 46 Sun 28-Jun-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Sunshine8.17 65 Sunshine won by 19 points

Round 12[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Brighton-Caulfield11.7 73 Sat 4-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Prahran10.32 92 Prahran won by 19 points
Geelong West7.21 63 Sat 4-Jul-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Box Hill5.6 36 Geelong West won by 27 points
Camberwell4.9 33 Sat 4-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Sunshine11.17 83 Sunshine won by 50 points
Mordialloc4.12 36 Sun 5-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Northcote7.9 51 Northcote won by 15 points

Round 13[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill17.14 116 Sat 11-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Prahran8.15 63 Box Hill won by 53 points
Sunshine18.12 120 Sat 11-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Brighton-Caulfield9.8 62 Sunshine won by 58 points
Mordialloc5.12 42 Sun 12-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Geelong West9.8 62 Geelong West won by 20 points
Northcote16.9 105 Sun 12-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Camberwell16.17 113 Camberwell won by 8 points

Round 14[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Camberwell8.9 57 Sat 18-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Mordialloc16.14 110 Mordialloc won by 53 points
Brighton-Caulfield10.21 81 Sat 18-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Box Hill10.14 74 Brighton-Caulfield won by 7 points
Geelong West12.14 86 Sun 19-Jul-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Northcote4.5 29 Geelong West won by 57 points
Prahran6.8 44 Sun 19-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Sunshine11.9 75 Sunshine won by 31 points

Round 15[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill10.14 74 Sat 25-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Northcote5.14 44 Box Hill won by 30 points
Brighton-Caulfield14.10 94 Sat 25-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Geelong West9.16 70 Brighton-Caulfield won by 24 points
Prahran11.9 75 Sun 26-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Camberwell14.8 92 Camberwell won by 17 points
Sunshine10.11 71 Sun 26-Jul-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Mordialloc5.13 43 Sunshine won by 28 points

Round 16[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Mordialloc11.7 73 Sat 1-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Brighton-Caulfield6.11 47 Mordialloc won by 26 points
Geelong West13.10 88 Sat 1-Aug-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Sunshine14.10 94 Sunshine won by 6 points
Camberwell6.13 49 Sat 1-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Box Hill5.17 47 Camberwell won by 2 points
Northcote20.15 135 Sun 2-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Prahran3.8 26 Northcote won by 109 points

Round 17[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Box Hill9.6 60 Sat 8-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Box Hill City Oval 
Sunshine8.13 61 Sunshine won by 1 point
Northcote5.13 43 Sat 8-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Northcote Park 
Brighton-Caulfield7.11 53 Brighton-Caulfield won by 10 points
Camberwell9.6 60 Sat 8-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Camberwell Sportsground 
Geelong West14.15 99 Geelong West won by 39 points
Prahran17.11 113 Sun 9-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park 
Mordialloc11.15 81 Prahran won by 32 points

Round 18[Round Review]

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Mordialloc11.8 74 Sat 15-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Ben Kavanagh Reserve 
Box Hill6.14 50 Mordialloc won by 24 points
Geelong West15.9 99 Sat 15-Aug-1964 2:10 pm West Oval 
Prahran8.14 62 Geelong West won by 37 points
Brighton-Caulfield20.21 141 Sat 15-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Princes Park (Caulfield) 
Camberwell10.9 69 Brighton-Caulfield won by 72 points
Sunshine16.12 108 Sun 16-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Selwyn Park 
Northcote8.13 61 Sunshine won by 47 points

1964 Ladder

LP Club P W L D For Agn % Pts
1 Sunshine 18 14 4 0 1544 1102 140.11 56
2 Mordialloc 18 11 7 0 1325 1173 112.96 44
3 Geelong West 18 11 7 0 1415 1298 109.01 44
4 Brighton-Caulfield 18 11 7 0 1503 1444 104.09 44
5 Northcote 18 8 10 0 1330 1383 96.17 32
6 Prahran 18 7 11 0 1272 1457 87.30 28
7 Camberwell 18 6 12 0 1406 1714 82.03 24
8 Box Hill 18 4 14 0 1263 1487 84.94 16
  H&A 72 72 72 0 11058 11058 100.00 288
  Finals 4 4 4 0 656 656 100.00 16
  Total 76 76 76 0 11714 11714 100.00 304


Finals Week 1[Finals Week 1 Review]

First Semi-final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowdGate
Geelong West4.59.711.1214.15 99 Sun 23-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park8,000£599
Brighton-Caulfield1.14.34.510.7 67 Geelong West won by 32 points

Finals Week 2[Finals Week 2 Review]

Second Semi-final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowd
Sunshine1.05.110.313.12 90 Sun 30-Aug-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park7,500
Mordialloc3.115.158.189.20 74 Sunshine won by 16 points

Finals Week 3[Finals Week 3 Review]

Preliminary Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowdGate
Mordialloc0.15.77.910.13 73 Sun 6-Sep-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park5,000£475
Geelong West1.54.67.1410.18 78 Geelong West won by 5 points

Finals Week 4[Finals Week 4 Review]

Grand Final

 Q1Q2Q3Q4ScoreDate / ResultGroundCrowdGate
Sunshine1.24.85.911.11 77 Sun 13-Sep-1964 2:10 pm Toorak Park10,000£877
Geelong West4.56.79.1014.14 98 Geelong West won by 21 points

Footnotes

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