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Encyclopedia > 1947 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1947. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...


See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. AFL Logo This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ...

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Grand Final

Carlton defeated Essendon 13.8 (86) to 11.19 (85), in front of a crowd of 85815 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...


Ladder

Team Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 Carlton 15 4 0 1833 1368 134.0 60
2 Essendon 14 5 0 1876 1528 122.8 56
3 Fitzroy 13 6 0 1736 1370 126.7 52
4 Richmond 12 7 0 1726 1582 109.1 48
5 Collingwood 11 7 1 1738 1546 112.4 46
6 Melbourne 11 8 0 1742 1488 117.1 44
7 Geelong 11 8 0 1761 1705 103.3 44
8 South Melbourne 8 10 1 1602 1652 97.0 34
9 Footscray 8 10 1 1646 1713 96.1 34
10 North Melbourne 4 15 0 1390 1789 77.7 16
11 Hawthorn 4 15 0 1456 1907 76.4 16
12 St Kilda 1 17 1 1221 2079 58.7 6

The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ...

Notes

The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ...

References

  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.
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