Victorian Football Association

Season 1977

Link to Full Season Division One Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

Link to Full Season Division Two Results (includes quarter scores, best players, goalkickers and more)

Division One | Division Two | Centenary Cup

Division One

Final ladder

1977	Club	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	%	Points
1	Port Melbourne	15	3	0	2325	1871	124.3	60
2	Sandringham	13	5	0	2231	2100	106.2	52
3	Coburg	11	7	0	2001	1821	109.9	44
4	Brunswick	11	7	0	2041	1991	102.5	44
5	Dandenong	10	8	0	2005	1734	115.6	40
6	Geelong West	10	8	0	2099	2042	102.8	40
7	Prahran	7	11	0	1893	2139	88.5	28
8	Caulfield	6	12	0	2131	2226	95.7	24
9	Preston	5	13	0	1993	2256	88.3	20
10	Williamstown	2	16	0	1696	2235	75.9	8
	Total	90	90	0	20415	20415		360

Finals matches

First Semi-Final
4/09/1977	Coburg	7-5	13-6	20-10	27-12	174	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 7496
	Brunswick	6-1	10-6	13-12	20-19	139	Result: Coburg	Gate: $8903
Second Semi-Final
11/09/1977	Port Melbourne	4-14	8-19	19-24	23-28	166	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 14793
	Sandringham	4-1	10-4	12-5	18-7	115	Result: Port Melbourne	Gate: $18897
Preliminary Final
18/09/1977	Sandringham	4-8	7-13	13-20	15-23	113	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 9189
	Coburg	3-0	5-3	6-5	16-6	102	Result: Sandringham	Gate: $12627
Grand Final
25/09/1977	Port Melbourne	6-4	13-10	18-14	23-19	157	Venue: St Kilda CG	Attendance: 29664
	Sandringham	2-2	3-4	3-8	7-15	57	Result: Port Melbourne	Gate: $35937

1977 premiers (Division One): Port Melbourne

Division Two

Final ladder

1977	Club	Won	Lost	Drawn	For	Against	%	Points
1	Mordialloc	14	4	0	2362	1698	139.1	56
2	Yarraville	14	4	0	2269	1634	138.9	56
3	Camberwell	14	4	0	2265	1819	124.5	56
4	Oakleigh	13	5	0	2354	1934	121.7	52
5	Frankston	11	7	0	2338	2061	113.4	44
6	Northcote	8	10	0	2060	1927	106.9	32
7	Werribee	6	12	0	1851	2247	82.4	24
8	Sunshine	5	13	0	1902	2204	86.3	20
9	Waverley	5	13	0	1796	2234	80.4	20
10	Box Hill	0	18	0	1450	2889	50.2	0
	Total	90	90	0	20647	20647		360

Finals matches

First Semi-Final
21/08/1977	Camberwell	5-2	10-4	20-9	25-12	162	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 8735
	Oakleigh	2-3	3-6	8-8	11-13	73	Result: Camberwell	Gate: $6720
Second Semi-Final
28/08/1977	Yarraville	1-4	4-10	10-15	19-20	134	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 8616
	Mordialloc	5-5	7-6	11-10	15-15	105	Result: Yarraville	Gate: $6120
Preliminary Final
4/09/1977	Mordialloc	6-2	9-4	13-8	16-9	105	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 5432
	Camberwell	2-5	3-8	6-11	12-15	87	Result: Mordialloc	Gate: $5000
Grand Final
11/09/1977	Mordialloc	5-5	10-11	12-14	19-19	133	Venue: Toorak Park	Attendance: 7500
	Yarraville	5-2	10-6	11-9	14-11	95	Result: Mordialloc	Gate: $11000

1977 premiers (Division Two): Mordialloc

Centenary Cup

Qualifying Round

27 March 1977	Yarraville	6-4	12-10	16-10	23-16	154	Venue: Yarraville
	Northcote	3-6	7-9	11-15	3-2	20	Result: Yarraville won by 134 points
A few minutes after three quarter time, Northcote was penalised 12.17.89 for having 17 players on the ground. Yarraville was 20.14.134 at the time.
27 March 1977	Camberwell	6-3	13-6	20-10	25-12	162	Venue: Camberwell
	Waverley	4-3	8-3	10-8	11-11	77	Result: Camberwell won by 85 points
27 March 1977	Werribee	7-4	10-7	15-11	19-17	131	Venue: Werribee
	Box Hill	3-2	7-7	7-9	10-10	70	Result: Werribee won by 61 points
27 March 1977	Frankston	2-5	5-8	9-13	12-22	94	Venue: Frankston
	Sunshine	2-7	3-11	6-17	10-19	79	Result: Frankston won by 15 points

Elimination Round

22 May 1977	Preston	4-0	9-2	15-6	18-10	118	Venue: Preston
	Caulfield	4-6	7-9	13-12	17-17	119	Result: Caulfield won by 1 point
Scores tied at full time. The siren was delayed and extra time played until the next score was achieved.
22 May 1977	Coburg	6-5	8-13	18-13	23-19	157	Venue: Coburg
	Williamstown	1-2	5-2	10-5	15-7	97	Result: Coburg won by 60 points
22 May 1977	Frankston	4-6	12-10	13-15	21-22	148	Venue: Frankston
	Sandringham	7-4	10-8	15-13	19-13	127	Result: Frankston won by 21 points
22 May 1977	Oakleigh	2-4	5-8	9-9	10-12	72	Venue: Oakleigh
	Brunswick	4-7	6-10	12-19	16-24	120	Result: Brunswick won by 48 points
22 May 1977	Geelong West	4-6	7-10	13-14	17-16	118	Venue: Geelong West
	Mordialloc	3-5	5-13	11-16	16-20	116	Result: Geelong West won by 2 points
22 May 1977	Dandenong	3-6	11-10	15-16	20-19	139	Venue: Dandenong
	Camberwell	2-4	5-6	9-8	13-12	90	Result: Dandenong won by 49 points
22 May 1977	Port Melbourne	6-4	15-17	18-22	23-32	170	Venue: Port Melbourne
	Werribee	0-5	1-9	5-15	7-19	61	Result: Port Melbourne won by 109 points
22 May 1977	Yarraville	5-5	11-9	9-13	15-12	102	Venue: Yarraville
	Prahran	4-3	10-6	14-6	18-9	117	Result: Prahran won by 15 points

Quarter-Finals

3 July 1977	Brunswick	0-2	4-6	7-9	8-10	58	Venue: Brunswick; Attendance: 1500
	Dandenong	3-2	5-5	6-9	10-9	69	Result: Dandenong won by 11 points
3 July 1977	Caulfield	3-3	8-8	11-12	17-14	116	Venue: Caulfield; Attendance: 1250
	Geelong West	9-4	10-5	12-14	15-16	106	Result: Caulfield won by 10 points
3 July 1977	Port Melbourne	3-3	5-5	9-6	13-9	87	Venue: Port Melbourne; Attendance: 4500
	Coburg	4-3	4-6	7-9	9-12	66	Result: Port Melbourne won by 21 points
6 July 1977	Prahran	10-6	18-7	24-11	31-13	199	Venue: Toorak Park; Attendance: 500
	Frankston	0-6	2-8	7-11	11-13	79	Result: Prahran won by 120 points

Semi-Finals

3 August 1977	Port Melbourne	3-4	9-11	13-15	20-17	137	Venue: South Melbourne; Attendance: 1954
	Prahran	1-0	3-3	5-7	7-9	51	Result: Port Melbourne won by 86 points
10 August 1977	Caulfield	3-7	8-10	11-12	18-15	123	Venue: South Melbourne
	Dandenong	6-0	9-2	12-7	13-8	86	Result: Caulfield won by 37 points

Final

14 August 1977	Port Melbourne	6-6	13-10	21-11	26-16	172	Venue: Toorak Park; Attendance: 3000
	Caulfield	3-2	6-4	8-8	15-11	101	Result: Port Melbourne won by 71 points
Fred Cook kicked 12 goals and 4 behinds

1977 Centenary Cup winner: Port Melbourne

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