1947 VFL season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

season of 1947.

Premiership season

In 1947, 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 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 8.

Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1947 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

Round 1

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 19,000
| 19 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.18 (138)
|
| 14.8 (92)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 24,000
| 19 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.20 (122)
|
| 16.13 (109)
| Princes Park
| 24,000
| 19 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.27 (135)
|
| 15.14 (104)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 20,000
| 19 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.16 (88)
|
| 22.17 (149)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 14,000
| 19 April 1947

Round 2

Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval is a sports oval based in Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of Australian rules team North Melbourne Football Club and up to the end of the 1985 season it was used for elite-level VFL/AFL matches.-History:The North Melbourne...

| 8,000
| 26 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.22 (100)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

| 22,000
| 26 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.25 (109)
|
| 11.7 (73)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

| 12,000
| 26 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.13 (103)
|
| 13.11 (89)
| Western Oval
| 22,000
| 26 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.9 (87)
|
| 19.20 (134)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the historic home of and is synonymous with the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL club from 1925–1973, and retained the ground as an...

| 15,000
| 26 April 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.12 (84)
|
| 9.16 (70)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...

| 30,000
| 26 April 1947

Round 3

Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,000
| 3 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 21.10 (136)
|
| 19.11 (125)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 13,000
| 3 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.18 (78)
|
| 12.10 (82)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 18,000
| 3 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.10 (82)
|
| 20.14 (134)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 11,000
| 3 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.17 (89)
|
| 14.24 (108)
| Kardinia Park
| 14,600
| 3 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.18 (48)
|
| 17.19 (121)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 32,000
| 3 May 1947

Round 4

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 25,000
| 10 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.16 (112)
|
| 7.16 (58)
| Princes Park
| 37,000
| 10 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.12 (72)
|
| 18.12 (120)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 16,000
| 10 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.17 (77)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 10,500
| 10 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 4.15 (39)
|
| 19.26 (140)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 12,000
| 10 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.17 (83)
|
| 16.19 (115)
| Kardinia Park
| 14,500
| 10 May 1947

Round 5

Glenferrie Oval

| 13,000
| 17 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.18 (120)
|
| 11.13 (79)
| Western Oval
| 13,000
| 17 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.18 (132)
|
| 7.14 (56)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 10,000
| 17 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.9 (87)
|
| 15.16 (106)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 12,000
| 17 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.5 (95)
|
| 9.16 (70)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 33,500
| 17 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.16 (64)
|
| 14.7 (91)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 32,000
| 17 May 1947

Round 6

Glenferrie Oval

| 16,000
| 24 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.15 (63)
|
| 15.11 (101)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 16,000
| 24 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.18 (126)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 14,500
| 24 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.12 (102)
|
| 14.10 (94)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 12,000
| 24 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 10.16 (76)
| Western Oval
| 26,000
| 24 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.11 (53)
|
| 23.17 (155)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 18,000
| 24 May 1947

Round 7

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 17,500
| 31 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.13 (73)
|
| 10.14 (74)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 27,500
| 31 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.21 (99)
|
| 11.14 (80)
| Princes Park
| 25,000
| 31 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 12.20 (92)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 15,000
| 31 May 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.3 (105)
|
| 15.8 (98)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 34,500
| 31 May 1947

Round 8

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 11,000
| 7 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.15 (75)
|
| 10.11 (71)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 12,000
| 7 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.21 (117)
|
| 7.10 (52)
| Princes Park
| 16,000
| 7 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.9 (99)
|
| 15.13 (103)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 24,000
| 7 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 7.7 (49)
| Western Oval
| 20,000
| 7 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.14 (68)
|
| 11.16 (82)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 22,000
| 7 June 1947

Round 9

Brunswick Street Oval

| 13,000
| 14 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.6 (60)
|
| 11.15 (81)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 14,000
| 14 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.7 (103)
|
| 11.20 (86)
| Kardinia Park
| 14,500
| 14 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.14 (56)
|
| 18.17 (125)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 34,000
| 14 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.9 (75)
|
| 18.13 (121)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 12,000
| 16 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.16 (112)
|
| 13.8 (86)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 43,500
| 16 June 1947

Round 10

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 28,000
| 21 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 4.17 (41)
|
| 10.12 (72)
| Western Oval
| 20,000
| 21 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.8 (86)
|
| 18.11 (119)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 8,000
| 21 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.9 (45)
|
| 18.20 (128)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 14,000
| 21 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.13 (67)
|
| 15.20 (110)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 11,000
| 21 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.7 (55)
|
| 10.8 (68)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 29,000
| 21 June 1947

Round 11

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 13,000
| 28 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.13 (85)
|
| 10.15 (75)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 21,000
| 28 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.19 (103)
|
| 9.15 (69)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 15,000
| 28 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.17 (125)
|
| 8.14 (62)
| Princes Park
| 14,000
| 28 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.9 (99)
|
| 12.10 (82)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 25,000
| 28 June 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.10 (70)
|
| 11.15 (81)
| Kardinia Park
| 16,000
| 28 June 1947

Round 12

Arden Street Oval

| 7,500
| 5 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 5.14 (44)
|
| 6.8 (44)
| Western Oval
| 10,000
| 5 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 16.21 (117)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 5,500
| 5 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.14 (62)
|
| 11.17 (83)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 18,000
| 5 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.11 (65)
|
| 7.6 (48)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,000
| 5 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.10 (64)
|
| 10.9 (69)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 38,000
| 5 July 1947

Round 13

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 20,000
| 12 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.17 (65)
|
| 6.9 (45)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 12,000
| 12 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 9.16 (70)
| Princes Park
| 28,000
| 12 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.15 (63)
|
| 13.25 (103)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 6,000
| 12 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.12 (84)
|
| 11.12 (78)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 28,000
| 12 July 1947

Round 14

Arden Street Oval

| 8,000
| 19 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.18 (96)
|
| 10.7 (67)
| Western Oval
| 10,000
| 19 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 11.11 (77)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 15,000
| 19 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.10 (70)
|
| 9.9 (63)
| Princes Park
| 26,000
| 19 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.10 (52)
|
| 11.8 (74)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 23,000
| 19 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.13 (55)
|
| 14.18 (102)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,000
| 19 July 1947

Round 15

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 32,000
| 26 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.18 (114)
|
| 10.9 (69)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000
| 26 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.7 (103)
|
| 7.14 (56)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000
| 26 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.21 (117)
|
| 12.5 (77)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 16,000
| 26 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.15 (69)
|
| 9.15 (69)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 25,000
| 26 July 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.11 (89)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| Western Oval
| 25,000
| 26 July 1947

Round 16

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 12,000
| 2 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.9 (63)
|
| 10.17 (77)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 8,000
| 2 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.19 (97)
|
| 7.19 (61)
| Kardinia Park
| 15,500
| 9 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.14 (56)
|
| 7.19 (61)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 25,000
| 9 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.12 (72)
|
| 11.10 (76)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 12,000
| 9 August 1947

Round 17

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 13,000
| 16 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.10 (112)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 25,000
| 16 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.19 (103)
|
| 3.12 (30)
| Princes Park
| 11,000
| 16 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.21 (99)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 11,500
| 16 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.11 (71)
|
| 12.10 (82)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 20,000
| 16 August 1947

Round 18

Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000
| 23 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.14 (80)
|
| 24.11 (155)
| Western Oval
| 11,000
| 23 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.13 (73)
|
| 15.17 (107)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,000
| 23 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.22 (130)
|
| 8.14 (62)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 18,000
| 23 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.14 (134)
|
| 8.12 (60)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 31,000
| 23 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.12 (72)
|
| 14.13 (97)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 12,000
| 23 August 1947

Round 19

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 22,000
| 30 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.18 (138)
|
| 10.14 (74)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 13,000
| 30 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.17 (101)
|
| 16.12 (108)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 33,000
| 30 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.18 (78)
|
| 27.9 (171)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 6,000
| 30 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 10.10 (70)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 4,000
| 30 August 1947
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.7 (109)
|
| 16.11 (107)
| Kardinia Park
| 21,500
| 30 August 1947

Grand final

Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

defeated Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

13.8 (86) to 11.19 (85) in front of a crowd of 85,815 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

Awards

The 1947 VFL Premiership team was Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

.
The VFL's leading goalkicker
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was Fred Fanning
Fred Fanning
Fred Fanning is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League . He was a strongly built forward who stood at 193 cm and weighed 102 kg and, prior to the Coleman Medal, topped the league's goal kicking charts in 1943 , 1944 and 1945...

of Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

with 97 goals.
The winner of the 1947 Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

was Bert Deacon
Bert Deacon
Bert Deacon was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League . He is remembered for being Carlton's first ever Brownlow Medal winner....

of Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

with 20 votes.
St Kilda took the "wooden spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

" in 1947.

Notable events

At the first bounce, at the very start of the round 5 match between Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

and Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

, Richmond ruckman Laurie Taylor
Laurie Taylor (Australian footballer)
Laurie Taylor was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League in 1944 and in 1947 for the Richmond Football Club....

punched the ball an amazing 40 Yards (approx 35 metres) and, at the same time, dislocated his shoulder. Hawthorn went on to win the match 16.11 (107) to Richmond's 10.9 (69).
Richmond champion Jack Titus
Jack Titus
Jack "Skinny" Titus was an Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League between 1926 and 1943 for the Richmond Football Club. In the golden era of the 1930s, Titus was one of the great forwards who regularly thrilled the crowds with spectacular goalkicking feats...

, having retired early in the 1946 VFA season, having scored 1159 goals in his senior career of 294 games with Richmond (1926–1943), 23 games with Coburg
Coburg Tigers
Coburg Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club based in Coburg, a northern suburb of Melbourne, and currently playing in the Victorian Football League. Coburg have an alignment in place with the AFL's Richmond Football Club which saw the Coburg club change its...

(1945–1946), and 14 games for Victoria (1929–1934, 1936), played one match for the Richmond Second Eighteen when it was short of players, at the age of 39, and scored 12 goals against North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

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In round 6, with North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

trailing Essendon
Essendon Football Club
The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

by 44 points at three quarter time, North Melbourne captain Les Foote
Les Foote
Leslie Roy Foote was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.-Football career:A local lad, and recruited from the North Melbourne Colts, Foote played his first match with the North Melbourne Football Club in 1941 at just 16 years of age.He was able to kick equally well with...

moves into the ruck and almost single-handedly beats Essendon: North Melbourne 15.12 (102) to Essendon 14.10 (94).
Western Australia beats Victoria 16.10 (106) to 14.17 (101) at the Tenth ANFC Carnival
1947 Hobart Carnival
The 1947 Hobart Carnival was the tenth edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition.North Hobart Oval hosted the matches during the carnival, most of them under heavy rain...

in Tasmania. Also, in a challenge match, a combined South Australian and Western Australian team beats the Victorian team 21.14 (140) to 19.15 (129).
Carlton win the Grand Final by a point; Fred Stafford kicks a goal just before the final bell
1947 VFL Grand Final
The 1947 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 27 September 1947. It was the 51st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for...

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External links

1947 Season - AFL Tables

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