1936 VFL season

1936 VFL Premiership season
Harry Collier
Teams	12
Premiers	Collingwood (11th premiership)
Minor Premiers	South Melbourne (5th minor premiership)
Matches played	112
Highest attendance	74,091
Leading Goalkicker Medallist	Bill Mohr (St Kilda)
Brownlow Medallist	Denis Ryan (Fitzroy)
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1936.

Premiership season

In 1936, 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 1936 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Ladder

Finals

Semi finals

Preliminary Final

Grand final

Collingwood defeated South Melbourne 11.23 (89) to 10.18 (78), in front of a crowd of 74,091 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Awards

• The 1936 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
• The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bill Mohr of St Kilda with 101 goals.
• The Argus newspaper's "Player of the Year" was Bill Mohr of St Kilda.
• The winner of the 1936 Brownlow Medal was Denis Ryan of Fitzroy with 26 votes.
• Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1936.

Notable events

• In round 1, the first goal kicked by South Melbourne's Bob Pratt against Melbourne was his 500th career goal.
• In round 7, Collingwood full-forward Gordon Coventry scores his 1,200th VFL goal.
• All round 10 matches were postponed because all VFL grounds were under water following an extended period of torrential rain. All of the seasons matches are moved back seven days.
• After round 13, Gordon Coventry is suspended for eight weeks for striking Richmond's Joe Murdoch, and misses the Final series.
• After round 14, Essendon's forward-pocket Ted Bryce is suspended for eighteen weeks for kicking Carlton rover Norm Cashin.
• In round 17, field-umpire Jack McMurray umpires his 300th senior VFL match.
• In round 18, needing seven goals to reach 100, St Kilda's full-forward Bill Mohr kicks eight goals, finishing his season with 101 goals. In a 13 season (1929-1941), 735 goal career, this is his highest ever total.
• North Melbourne's win over Richmond in Round 14 was its first over the Tigers since the Kangaroos entered the VFL in 1925 (had lost the previous 18 meetings). Richmond was the last VFL club that the Kangaroos had not beaten. Hawthorn recorded its first win over Richmond in Round 16 after 21 consecutive defeats, but had still not recorded a win over either Carlton or Collingwood. Hawthorn would not defeat Carlton for the first time until Round 5 of the 1939 VFL season and would not record its first win over Collingwood until Round 5 of the 1942 VFL season (would not beat Collingwood on the road until Round 13 of the 1960 VFL season).

References

• 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

External links

• 1936 Season - AFL Tables