| 1937 VFA premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Prahran 1st premiership |
| Minor premiers | Brunswick 3rd minor premiership |
The1937Victorian Football Association season was the 59th season of theAustralian rules football competition. The premiership was won by thePrahran Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeatBrunswick by two points in the Grand Final on 4 September 1937. It was the club's first VFA premiership since it joined the Association in 1899.
The home-and-home season was played over sixteen matches, a reduction from the eighteen games staged in 1936, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under thePage–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brunswick | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1486 | 1182 | 125.7 | 48 |
| 2 | Brighton | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1456 | 1334 | 109.1 | 48 |
| 3 | Yarraville | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1375 | 1071 | 128.4 | 44 |
| 4 | Prahran(P) | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1557 | 1320 | 118.0 | 44 |
| 5 | Northcote | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1353 | 1173 | 115.3 | 40 |
| 6 | Coburg | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 1454 | 1419 | 102.5 | 36 |
| 7 | Sandringham | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1338 | 1335 | 100.2 | 28 |
| 8 | Camberwell | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1390 | 1477 | 94.1 | 28 |
| 9 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 1161 | 1464 | 79.3 | 20 |
| 10 | Williamstown | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1177 | 1370 | 85.9 | 16 |
| 11 | Preston | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1227 | 1461 | 84.0 | 16 |
| 12 | Oakleigh | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 1296 | 1664 | 77.9 | 16 |
| Semifinals | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 7 August | Yarraville 12.12 (84) | drew with | Prahran 11.18 (84) | Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) | [2] |
| Saturday, 14 August | Brunswick 13.17 (95) | def. | Brighton 6.9 (45) | Toorak Park (crowd: 8,000) | [3] |
| Saturday, 21 August | Yarraville 14.8 (92) | def. by | Prahran 18.12 (120) | Toorak Park (crowd: 6,000) | [4] |
| Preliminary Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 28 August | Brighton 9.9 (63) | def. by | Prahran 14.12 (96) | Toorak Park (crowd: 7,000) | [5] |
| 1937 VFA Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, 4 September | Brunswick | def. by | Prahran | Toorak Park (crowd: 9,000) | [6] |
| 3.3 (21) 6.6 (42) 10.13 (73) 11.17 (83) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.3 (9) 3.6 (24) 9.9 (63) 12.13 (85) | |||
| Crawford 3,McInnes 3, Gardner 2, Bailey,Dowling,McKay | Goals | Hawkins 6, Anderson 2, Thompson 2, Fleming, White | |||
| Turner, for striking Wiltshire in the second quarter Gardner, for striking Wiltshire in the third quarter Kanngieser, for striking Gravell in the third quarter | Reports | Wiltshire, for striking Turner in the second quarter Wiltshire, for striking Gardner in the third quarter Gravell, for kicking Kanngeiser in the third quarter | |||