1935 VFL season

1935 VFL premiership season
Premiership player Keith Stackpole
Teams12
PremiersCollingwood
10th premiership
Minor premiersSouth Melbourne
4th minor premiership
Brownlow MedallistHaydn Bunton Sr. (Fitzroy)
Leading goalkicker medallistBob Pratt (South Melbourne)
Matches played112
Highest54,154
← 1934
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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 South Melbourne by 20 points in the 1935 VFL Grand Final.

Background

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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

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Round 1

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Footscray 7.19 (61) Richmond 14.12 (96) Western Oval 17,000 27 April 1935
Collingwood 15.18 (108) South Melbourne 15.16 (106) Victoria Park 30,000 27 April 1935
Carlton 14.18 (102) Geelong 15.18 (108) Princes Park 23,000 27 April 1935
North Melbourne 12.11 (83) Hawthorn 14.3 (87) Arden Street Oval 7,000 27 April 1935
St Kilda 11.14 (80) Fitzroy 14.8 (92) Junction Oval 21,000 27 April 1935
Melbourne 15.9 (99) Essendon 24.15 (159) MCG 15,615 27 April 1935

Round 2

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Geelong 14.20 (104) Melbourne 16.6 (102) Corio Oval 11,000 4 May 1935
Essendon 13.17 (95) St Kilda 13.14 (92) Windy Hill 21,500 4 May 1935
Richmond 14.11 (95) North Melbourne 10.12 (72) Punt Road Oval 14,000 4 May 1935
South Melbourne 17.11 (113) Footscray 15.9 (99) Lake Oval 28,000 4 May 1935
Fitzroy 14.9 (93) Collingwood 14.9 (93) Brunswick Street Oval 36,000 6 May 1935
Hawthorn 9.6 (60) Carlton 14.27 (111) Glenferrie Oval 23,000 6 May 1935

Round 3

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
North Melbourne 5.14 (44) South Melbourne 13.11 (89) Arden Street Oval 12,500 11 May 1935
Collingwood 21.17 (143) Essendon 12.11 (83) Victoria Park 18,000 11 May 1935
Carlton 11.11 (77) Richmond 10.8 (68) Princes Park 35,000 11 May 1935
Melbourne 15.19 (109) Hawthorn 11.13 (79) MCG 7,788 11 May 1935
St Kilda 18.20 (128) Geelong 18.15 (123) Junction Oval 19,000 11 May 1935
Footscray 7.13 (55) Fitzroy 9.12 (66) Western Oval 20,000 11 May 1935

Round 4

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Hawthorn 6.17 (53) St Kilda 16.8 (104) Glenferrie Oval 11,000 18 May 1935
Fitzroy 18.16 (124) North Melbourne 10.14 (74) Brunswick Street Oval 13,000 18 May 1935
Richmond 18.20 (128) Melbourne 14.8 (92) Punt Road Oval 15,000 18 May 1935
Footscray 7.8 (50) Essendon 16.5 (101) Western Oval 17,000 18 May 1935
Geelong 14.17 (101) Collingwood 17.13 (115) Corio Oval 13,000 18 May 1935
South Melbourne 13.19 (97) Carlton 14.6 (90) Lake Oval 35,000 18 May 1935

Round 5

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Geelong 15.10 (100) South Melbourne 17.12 (114) Corio Oval 14,700 25 May 1935
Fitzroy 8.9 (57) Richmond 14.14 (98) Brunswick Street Oval 35,000 25 May 1935
Essendon 13.20 (98) Hawthorn 12.14 (86) Windy Hill 10,000 25 May 1935
North Melbourne 12.16 (88) Footscray 13.12 (90) Arden Street Oval 12,000 25 May 1935
Melbourne 9.15 (69) Collingwood 13.20 (98) MCG 16,057 25 May 1935
St Kilda 16.14 (110) Carlton 20.9 (129) Junction Oval 29,000 25 May 1935

Round 6

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Collingwood 23.11 (149) Footscray 14.14 (98) Victoria Park 17,500 1 June 1935
Hawthorn 14.9 (93) Geelong 22.19 (151) Glenferrie Oval 9,500 1 June 1935
South Melbourne 23.14 (152) Fitzroy 10.11 (71) Lake Oval 33,000 1 June 1935
Melbourne 15.13 (103) St Kilda 15.20 (110) MCG 22,711 3 June 1935
Essendon 12.13 (85) Richmond 13.9 (87) Windy Hill 26,000 3 June 1935
Carlton 20.16 (136) North Melbourne 9.14 (68) Princes Park 20,000 3 June 1935

Round 7

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Richmond 7.17 (59) South Melbourne 15.15 (105) Punt Road Oval 35,000 8 June 1935
Fitzroy 14.12 (96) Hawthorn 13.8 (86) Brunswick Street Oval 9,000 8 June 1935
North Melbourne 8.11 (59) Melbourne 18.11 (119) Arden Street Oval 7,000 8 June 1935
Geelong 16.14 (110) Essendon 4.12 (36) Corio Oval 10,000 8 June 1935
St Kilda 16.15 (111) Collingwood 19.16 (130) Junction Oval 17,000 8 June 1935
Footscray 12.7 (79) Carlton 9.25 (79) Western Oval 15,000 8 June 1935

Round 8

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Hawthorn 9.23 (77) South Melbourne 17.14 (116) Glenferrie Oval 12,000 15 June 1935
Geelong 13.12 (90) Richmond 10.16 (76) Corio Oval 13,000 15 June 1935
Essendon 9.7 (61) Fitzroy 14.19 (103) Windy Hill 17,000 15 June 1935
Collingwood 16.30 (126) North Melbourne 6.10 (46) Victoria Park 8,000 15 June 1935
St Kilda 14.10 (94) Footscray 7.13 (55) Junction Oval 20,000 15 June 1935
Melbourne 7.12 (54) Carlton 9.12 (66) MCG 19,546 15 June 1935

Round 9

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
North Melbourne 6.9 (45) St Kilda 8.14 (62) Arden Street Oval 4,000 22 June 1935
Footscray 5.4 (34) Melbourne 4.15 (39) Western Oval 5,500 22 June 1935
Fitzroy 10.5 (65) Geelong 6.14 (50) Brunswick Street Oval 8,500 22 June 1935
Carlton 13.9 (87) Collingwood 8.10 (58) Princes Park 17,000 22 June 1935
Richmond 14.7 (91) Hawthorn 10.13 (73) Punt Road Oval 4,000 22 June 1935
South Melbourne 13.22 (100) Essendon 9.7 (61) Lake Oval 8,000 22 June 1935

Round 10

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Geelong 26.16 (172) North Melbourne 15.7 (97) Corio Oval 7,000 29 June 1935
Fitzroy 13.10 (88) Melbourne 15.17 (107) Brunswick Street Oval 11,000 29 June 1935
South Melbourne 13.16 (94) St Kilda 9.15 (69) Lake Oval 19,000 29 June 1935
Hawthorn 12.13 (85) Footscray 14.6 (90) Glenferrie Oval 9,000 29 June 1935
Richmond 11.14 (80) Collingwood 13.4 (82) Punt Road Oval 25,000 29 June 1935
Essendon 11.12 (78) Carlton 22.8 (140) Windy Hill 18,000 29 June 1935

Round 11

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Melbourne 11.12 (78) South Melbourne 18.14 (122) MCG 19,086 6 July 1935
Footscray 15.13 (103) Geelong 16.7 (103) Western Oval 11,000 6 July 1935
Collingwood 17.20 (122) Hawthorn 12.3 (75) Victoria Park 8,000 6 July 1935
Carlton 19.21 (135) Fitzroy 8.6 (54) Princes Park 24,000 6 July 1935
St Kilda 10.14 (74) Richmond 7.8 (50) Junction Oval 20,000 6 July 1935
North Melbourne 10.13 (73) Essendon 10.14 (74) Arden Street Oval 8,000 6 July 1935

Round 12

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Hawthorn 16.18 (114) North Melbourne 6.10 (46) Glenferrie Oval 4,000 13 July 1935
Fitzroy 9.10 (64) St Kilda 12.12 (84) Brunswick Street Oval 15,000 13 July 1935
Essendon 10.14 (74) Melbourne 12.21 (93) Windy Hill 8,000 13 July 1935
Richmond 16.10 (106) Footscray 3.11 (29) Punt Road Oval 16,000 13 July 1935
South Melbourne 18.16 (124) Collingwood 10.11 (71) Lake Oval 31,000 13 July 1935
Geelong 6.7 (43) Carlton 11.10 (76) Corio Oval 14,500 13 July 1935

Round 13

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
North Melbourne 7.6 (48) Richmond 15.11 (101) Arden Street Oval 7,000 20 July 1935
Footscray 9.8 (62) South Melbourne 15.8 (98) Western Oval 16,000 20 July 1935
Collingwood 14.21 (105) Fitzroy 12.10 (82) Victoria Park 18,000 20 July 1935
Carlton 21.16 (142) Hawthorn 11.10 (76) Princes Park 12,000 20 July 1935
Melbourne 11.11 (77) Geelong 6.13 (49) MCG 12,817 20 July 1935
St Kilda 13.15 (93) Essendon 11.3 (69) Junction Oval 16,000 20 July 1935

Round 14

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Hawthorn 12.10 (82) Melbourne 14.17 (101) Glenferrie Oval 7,000 27 July 1935
Fitzroy 14.16 (100) Footscray 13.15 (93) Brunswick Street Oval 13,000 27 July 1935
Richmond 14.11 (95) Carlton 11.14 (80) Punt Road Oval 30,000 27 July 1935
Geelong 9.14 (68) St Kilda 13.8 (86) Corio Oval 7,000 17 August 1935
South Melbourne 16.13 (109) North Melbourne 15.10 (100) Lake Oval 7,000 17 August 1935
Essendon 16.10 (106) Collingwood 16.17 (113) Windy Hill 11,000 17 August 1935

Round 15

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Essendon 15.25 (115) Footscray 12.10 (82) Windy Hill 11,000 10 August 1935
Collingwood 22.13 (145) Geelong 16.15 (111) Victoria Park 9,000 10 August 1935
Carlton 16.26 (122) South Melbourne 12.9 (81) Princes Park 40,000 10 August 1935
St Kilda 17.22 (124) Hawthorn 9.9 (63) Junction Oval 9,000 10 August 1935
North Melbourne 10.13 (73) Fitzroy 12.10 (82) Arden Street Oval 7,000 10 August 1935
Melbourne 10.8 (68) Richmond 10.15 (75) MCG 27,572 17 August 1935

Round 16

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Footscray 8.14 (62) North Melbourne 10.9 (69) Western Oval 7,000 24 August 1935
Collingwood 11.13 (79) Melbourne 10.19 (79) Victoria Park 10,500 24 August 1935
Carlton 18.22 (130) St Kilda 16.12 (108) Princes Park 33,000 24 August 1935
South Melbourne 21.12 (138) Geelong 8.14 (62) Lake Oval 12,000 24 August 1935
Richmond 17.16 (118) Fitzroy 12.9 (81) Punt Road Oval 16,500 24 August 1935
Hawthorn 8.26 (74) Essendon 9.12 (66) Glenferrie Oval 5,000 24 August 1935

Round 17

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Geelong 7.17 (59) Hawthorn 13.9 (87) Corio Oval 2,500 31 August 1935
Fitzroy 11.8 (74) South Melbourne 10.15 (75) Brunswick Street Oval 17,000 31 August 1935
St Kilda 19.8 (122) Melbourne 16.14 (110) Junction Oval 18,000 31 August 1935
Richmond 12.14 (86) Essendon 7.16 (58) Punt Road Oval 13,000 31 August 1935
Footscray 6.17 (53) Collingwood 12.14 (86) Western Oval 7,500 31 August 1935
North Melbourne 10.9 (69) Carlton 16.16 (112) Arden Street Oval 13,000 31 August 1935

Round 18

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Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Melbourne 15.12 (102) North Melbourne 7.12 (54) MCG 5,084 7 September 1935
Essendon 14.23 (107) Geelong 11.13 (79) Windy Hill 6,000 7 September 1935
Collingwood 9.18 (72) St Kilda 7.15 (57) Victoria Park 16,000 7 September 1935
Carlton 20.24 (144) Footscray 10.17 (77) Princes Park 12,000 7 September 1935
South Melbourne 14.23 (107) Richmond 9.9 (63) Lake Oval 28,000 7 September 1935
Hawthorn 14.26 (110) Fitzroy 15.6 (96) Glenferrie Oval 11,000 7 September 1935

Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 South Melbourne 18 16 2 0 1940 1410 137.6 64
2 Collingwood (P) 18 14 2 2 1895 1561 121.4 60
3 Carlton 18 14 3 1 1958 1383 141.6 58
4 Richmond 18 12 6 0 1572 1339 117.4 48
5 St Kilda 18 11 7 0 1708 1545 110.6 44
6 Melbourne 18 8 9 1 1601 1582 101.2 34
7 Fitzroy 18 8 9 1 1488 1649 90.2 34
8 Essendon 18 7 11 0 1526 1703 89.6 28
9 Geelong 18 6 11 1 1683 1747 96.3 26
10 Hawthorn 18 5 13 0 1460 1805 80.9 20
11 Footscray 18 2 14 2 1272 1731 73.5 12
12 North Melbourne 18 1 17 0 1208 1856 65.1 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 89.4
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

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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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Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd Date
Carlton 14.20 (104) Richmond 19.11 (125) MCG 49,759 14 September
South Melbourne 15.14 (104) Collingwood 11.17 (83) MCG 53,766 21 September

Preliminary final

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Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd Date
Collingwood 14.10 (94) Richmond 9.12 (66) MCG 46,191 28 September

Grand final

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Season notes

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  • 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.[1]
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Footscray Home Jumpers". footyjumpers.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  2. ^ "League seconds – Melbourne's premiership". The Argus. Melbourne. 7 October 1935. p. 4.
  • 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
  • 1935 Pre-Season Richmond v South Melbourne – Under Lights – BoylesFootballPhotos

Sources

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