1936 VFL season

Infobox VFL Premiership Season
year = 1936


imagesize = 100px
caption = Harry Collier
teams = 12
premiers = AFL Col
count = 11th
minor premiers = South Melbourne
mpcount = 5th
matches =
top goal scorer = Bill Mohr (AFL StK)
brownlow medalist = Denis Ryan (AFL Fit)

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

Grand Final

"See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list."

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).

Ladder

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 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.

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 0-959-17402-8
* 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

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/seas/1936.html 1936 Season - AFL Tables]