The 1929 VFL season was the 33rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 27 April until 28 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the eighth time and third time consecutively. Collingwood became the first and only club to record an undefeated home-and-away season in the league's history, with an 18–0 record; and although it lost its semi-final, it won the premiership by defeating Richmond by 29 points in the 1929 VFL Grand Final.
In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1929 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Source: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. (P) Premiers
Finals
All of the 1929 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi-finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.
The seconds premiership was won by Richmond. Richmond 12.8 (80) defeated Geelong 7.15 (57) in the challenge Grand Final, played as a stand-alone game on Thursday 26 September (Show Day holiday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of 6,544.[1]
Notable events
Collingwood set many records during the 1929 season, including:
First team to remain undefeated through an entire home-and away season (never matched, although Essendon came close – with just one loss – in 2000). However, given that they lost the second semi-final to Richmond, they were not undefeated for the entire season.
In three seasons, 1927, 1928, and 1929, the team had played 61 matches, for 53 wins, 1 draw, and 7 losses.
First team to score more than 2,000 points in a single season.
First team to have a full-forward scoring more than 100 goals in a single season.
First team to have a player kick 16 goals in a single match.
First team to be VFL premiers on eight occasions.
On 18 June 1929 the VFL was incorporated as a public company, and it purchased a three-storey building (later named Harrison House after Henry Harrison who died later that year, on 2 September) on the corner of Spring Street and Flinders Lane.
Clarrie Hearn of Essendon won the 1929 130-yard Stawell Gift in eleven and fifteen sixteenths of a second (approx. 11.94 seconds), off a handicap of 10 yards.
Footscray's 23 effective scoring shots (7 goals and 16 behinds) against Hawthorn in the third quarter of their Round 6 match remains the most scoring shots by a team in one quarter.
Footscray's 16 behinds in that quarter has been equalled only by Collingwood against North Melbourne in the third quarter in Round 6, 1970.
References
^"League Second Eighteens". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 September 1929. p. 15.
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN0-9591740-2-8
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN0-670-90809-6
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. ISBN0-670-86814-0
External links
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The 1929 VFL season was the 33rd season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 27 April until 28 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1929 VFL premiership seasonBrownlow Medal winner Albert CollierTeams12PremiersCollingwood8th premiershipMinor premiersCollingwood11th minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistAlbert Collier Collingwood Leading Goalkicker MedallistGordon Coventry Collingwood Matches played112Highest63 336 19281930 The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the eighth time and third time consecutively Collingwood became the first and only club to record an undefeated home and away season in the league s history with an 18 0 record and although it lost its semi final it won the premiership by defeating Richmond by 29 points in the 1929 VFL Grand Final Contents 1 Premiership season 1 1 Round 1 1 2 Round 2 1 3 Round 3 1 4 Round 4 1 5 Round 5 1 6 Round 6 1 7 Round 7 1 8 Round 8 1 9 Round 9 1 10 Round 10 1 11 Round 11 1 12 Round 12 1 13 Round 13 1 14 Round 14 1 15 Round 15 1 16 Round 16 1 17 Round 17 1 18 Round 18 2 Ladder 3 Finals 3 1 Semi finals 3 2 Preliminary Final 3 3 Bracket 4 Grand final 5 Notes 6 Awards 7 Notable events 8 References 9 External linksPremiership season EditIn 1929 the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on the field players each with no reserves although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match Teams played each other in a home and away season of 18 rounds matches 12 to 18 were the home and away reverse of matches 1 to 7 Once the 18 round home and away season had finished the 1929 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system Round 1 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 12 8 80 South Melbourne 7 16 58 MCG 16 843 27 April 1929Collingwood 15 2 92 Richmond 11 9 75 Victoria Park 25 000 27 April 1929Carlton 19 17 131 Essendon 8 10 58 Princes Park 7 000 27 April 1929St Kilda 12 10 82 Hawthorn 8 10 58 Junction Oval 13 000 27 April 1929North Melbourne 8 6 54 Geelong 12 20 92 Arden Street Oval 7 000 27 April 1929Footscray 10 18 78 Fitzroy 10 9 69 Western Oval 17 000 27 April 1929Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 12 15 87 Melbourne 3 10 28 Corio Oval 11 000 4 May 1929Fitzroy 14 23 107 North Melbourne 8 7 55 Brunswick Street Oval 13 000 4 May 1929Essendon 17 10 112 Footscray 16 8 104 Windy Hill 20 000 4 May 1929South Melbourne 12 17 89 St Kilda 9 9 63 Lake Oval 21 270 4 May 1929Hawthorn 11 7 73 Collingwood 18 18 126 Glenferrie Oval 12 000 4 May 1929Richmond 16 23 119 Carlton 16 13 109 Punt Road Oval 36 000 4 May 1929Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 8 16 64 North Melbourne 7 11 53 Western Oval 15 000 11 May 1929Essendon 9 9 63 Richmond 15 17 107 Windy Hill 25 000 11 May 1929Collingwood 19 20 134 South Melbourne 4 14 38 Victoria Park 18 000 11 May 1929Carlton 13 28 106 Hawthorn 9 14 68 Princes Park 17 000 11 May 1929St Kilda 8 9 57 Geelong 8 12 60 Junction Oval 21 000 11 May 1929Melbourne 15 17 107 Fitzroy 12 4 76 MCG 18 920 11 May 1929Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFitzroy 12 8 80 St Kilda 16 21 117 Brunswick Street Oval 14 000 18 May 1929North Melbourne 6 5 41 Melbourne 14 15 99 Arden Street Oval 9 000 18 May 1929Richmond 14 19 103 Footscray 11 19 85 Punt Road Oval 22 000 18 May 1929Hawthorn 10 10 70 Essendon 10 15 75 Glenferrie Oval 12 000 18 May 1929Geelong 6 13 49 Collingwood 12 13 85 Corio Oval 20 499 18 May 1929South Melbourne 9 19 73 Carlton 10 19 79 Lake Oval 25 000 18 May 1929Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 10 15 75 Melbourne 11 9 75 Western Oval 15 500 25 May 1929Essendon 10 18 78 South Melbourne 7 10 52 Windy Hill 15 000 25 May 1929Collingwood 16 19 115 Fitzroy 8 11 59 Victoria Park 18 000 25 May 1929Carlton 10 13 73 Geelong 8 7 55 Princes Park 30 000 25 May 1929St Kilda 18 13 121 North Melbourne 7 13 55 Junction Oval 15 000 25 May 1929Richmond 16 22 118 Hawthorn 12 5 77 Punt Road Oval 14 000 25 May 1929Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateSouth Melbourne 11 14 80 Richmond 10 17 77 Lake Oval 24 000 1 June 1929North Melbourne 11 15 81 Collingwood 20 12 132 Arden Street Oval 10 000 1 June 1929Fitzroy 10 13 73 Carlton 20 12 132 Brunswick Street Oval 25 000 1 June 1929Melbourne 8 13 61 St Kilda 8 11 59 MCG 38 104 3 June 1929Footscray 16 24 120 Hawthorn 7 15 57 Western Oval 14 000 3 June 1929Geelong 7 13 55 Essendon 8 12 60 Corio Oval 13 250 3 June 1929Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 15 8 98 South Melbourne 11 13 79 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 15 June 1929Essendon 18 25 133 Fitzroy 12 8 80 Windy Hill 15 000 15 June 1929Collingwood 12 11 83 Melbourne 9 5 59 Victoria Park 22 000 15 June 1929Carlton 15 17 107 North Melbourne 7 10 52 Princes Park 18 000 15 June 1929Richmond 13 15 93 Geelong 12 13 85 Punt Road Oval 19 000 15 June 1929St Kilda 13 14 92 Footscray 8 13 61 Junction Oval 20 000 15 June 1929Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 8 8 56 Hawthorn 2 13 25 Corio Oval 4 000 22 June 1929Footscray 11 9 75 South Melbourne 8 13 61 Western Oval 11 000 22 June 1929Fitzroy 13 8 86 Richmond 19 13 127 Brunswick Street Oval 14 000 22 June 1929North Melbourne 4 14 38 Essendon 10 12 72 Arden Street Oval 9 000 22 June 1929St Kilda 7 8 50 Collingwood 7 12 54 Junction Oval 27 000 22 June 1929Melbourne 5 12 42 Carlton 10 17 77 MCG 26 591 22 June 1929Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateEssendon 11 10 76 Melbourne 12 10 82 Windy Hill 15 000 29 June 1929Collingwood 20 19 139 Footscray 14 10 94 Victoria Park 18 000 29 June 1929Carlton 12 22 94 St Kilda 7 15 57 Princes Park 32 000 29 June 1929Richmond 19 15 129 North Melbourne 11 10 76 Punt Road Oval 11 000 29 June 1929South Melbourne 10 13 73 Geelong 10 15 75 Lake Oval 12 000 29 June 1929Hawthorn 13 15 93 Fitzroy 8 10 58 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 29 June 1929Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 10 8 68 Richmond 9 11 65 MCG 18 048 6 July 1929Footscray 9 13 67 Geelong 9 5 59 Western Oval 9 000 6 July 1929Fitzroy 12 14 86 South Melbourne 17 8 110 Brunswick Street Oval 6 000 6 July 1929North Melbourne 8 6 54 Hawthorn 8 18 66 Arden Street Oval 4 500 6 July 1929St Kilda 9 9 63 Essendon 7 6 48 Junction Oval 12 500 6 July 1929Collingwood 15 15 105 Carlton 11 10 76 Victoria Park 33 000 6 July 1929Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 13 13 91 St Kilda 7 11 53 Punt Road Oval 20 000 13 July 1929Hawthorn 5 13 43 Melbourne 7 11 53 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 13 July 1929Carlton 15 20 110 Footscray 6 7 43 Princes Park 20 000 13 July 1929South Melbourne 17 14 116 North Melbourne 12 9 81 Lake Oval 8 000 13 July 1929Geelong 15 6 96 Fitzroy 10 11 71 Corio Oval 7 500 13 July 1929Essendon 11 7 73 Collingwood 13 14 92 Windy Hill 17 000 13 July 1929Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 7 9 51 St Kilda 15 12 102 Glenferrie Oval 12 000 20 July 1929Geelong 11 14 80 North Melbourne 8 6 54 Corio Oval 7 000 20 July 1929Fitzroy 9 15 69 Footscray 12 16 88 Brunswick Street Oval 10 000 20 July 1929South Melbourne 12 10 82 Melbourne 9 15 69 Lake Oval 15 000 20 July 1929Richmond 11 9 75 Collingwood 16 21 117 Punt Road Oval 33 000 20 July 1929Essendon 8 7 55 Carlton 7 17 59 Windy Hill 22 000 20 July 1929Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateSt Kilda 15 9 99 South Melbourne 8 8 56 Junction Oval 18 500 27 July 1929Collingwood 22 10 142 Hawthorn 7 14 56 Victoria Park 7 000 27 July 1929Carlton 8 9 57 Richmond 13 15 93 Princes Park 27 000 27 July 1929Melbourne 6 14 50 Geelong 6 12 48 MCG 12 834 27 July 1929North Melbourne 12 13 85 Fitzroy 15 12 102 Arden Street Oval 5 000 27 July 1929Footscray 11 11 77 Essendon 10 18 78 Western Oval 14 000 27 July 1929Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 9 6 60 St Kilda 11 5 71 Corio Oval 10 500 3 August 1929Fitzroy 5 11 41 Melbourne 11 11 77 Brunswick Street Oval 8 000 3 August 1929North Melbourne 9 8 62 Footscray 7 7 49 Arden Street Oval 7 000 3 August 1929Richmond 10 14 74 Essendon 10 14 74 Punt Road Oval 22 000 3 August 1929South Melbourne 6 7 43 Collingwood 10 10 70 Lake Oval 20 000 3 August 1929Hawthorn 5 7 37 Carlton 7 8 50 Glenferrie Oval 6 000 3 August 1929Round 15 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 15 17 107 North Melbourne 6 14 50 MCG 8 421 10 August 1929Footscray 11 6 72 Richmond 14 15 99 Western Oval 13 000 10 August 1929Essendon 15 10 100 Hawthorn 13 14 92 Windy Hill 11 000 10 August 1929Collingwood 13 9 87 Geelong 8 12 60 Victoria Park 14 000 10 August 1929Carlton 17 17 119 South Melbourne 11 15 81 Princes Park 20 000 10 August 1929St Kilda 21 16 142 Fitzroy 10 15 75 Junction Oval 14 500 10 August 1929Round 16 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 9 8 62 St Kilda 20 12 132 Arden Street Oval 9 000 17 August 1929Hawthorn 8 10 58 Richmond 11 14 80 Glenferrie Oval 12 500 17 August 1929Melbourne 11 16 82 Footscray 6 5 41 MCG 13 891 17 August 1929South Melbourne 14 10 94 Essendon 13 10 88 Lake Oval 15 000 17 August 1929Fitzroy 8 7 55 Collingwood 16 15 111 Brunswick Street Oval 13 000 17 August 1929Geelong 2 13 25 Carlton 5 9 39 Corio Oval 10 000 17 August 1929Round 17 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 18 28 136 South Melbourne 10 5 65 Punt Road Oval 12 000 24 August 1929Essendon 7 11 53 Geelong 6 15 51 Windy Hill 9 000 24 August 1929Collingwood 21 12 138 North Melbourne 8 13 61 Victoria Park 6 000 24 August 1929Carlton 15 18 108 Fitzroy 9 15 69 Princes Park 13 000 24 August 1929St Kilda 9 12 66 Melbourne 6 13 49 Junction Oval 35 000 24 August 1929Hawthorn 10 17 77 Footscray 5 3 33 Glenferrie Oval 4 000 24 August 1929Round 18 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 12 10 82 Richmond 5 12 42 Corio Oval 6 500 31 August 1929Footscray 4 18 42 St Kilda 9 13 67 Western Oval 10 000 31 August 1929South Melbourne 13 10 88 Hawthorn 11 5 71 Lake Oval 8 000 31 August 1929Fitzroy 11 18 84 Essendon 7 11 53 Brunswick Street Oval 8 500 31 August 1929Melbourne 5 10 40 Collingwood 14 12 96 MCG 41 316 31 August 1929North Melbourne 8 8 56 Carlton 8 15 63 Arden Street Oval 8 000 31 August 1929Ladder Edit1929 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Collingwood P 18 18 0 0 1918 1117 171 7 72 Finals2 Carlton 18 15 3 0 1589 1161 136 9 603 Richmond 18 12 5 1 1703 1399 121 7 504 St Kilda 18 12 6 0 1493 1146 130 3 485 Melbourne 18 11 6 1 1228 1164 105 5 466 Essendon 18 9 8 1 1349 1405 96 0 387 Geelong 18 8 10 0 1175 1082 108 6 328 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1338 1578 84 8 289 Footscray 18 6 11 1 1268 1464 86 6 2610 Hawthorn 18 4 14 0 1170 1522 76 9 1611 Fitzroy 18 3 15 0 1340 1827 73 3 1212 North Melbourne 18 1 17 0 1070 1776 60 2 4Source VFL LadderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersFinals EditAll of the 1929 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final Semi finals Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateCarlton 12 9 81 St Kilda 11 7 73 MCG 58 481 7 SeptemberCollingwood 8 13 61 Richmond 18 15 123 MCG 51 069 14 SeptemberPreliminary Final Edit Home team Score Away team Score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 15 7 97 Carlton 14 7 91 MCG 60 653 21 SeptemberBracket Edit Semi finalsPreliminary finalsGrand Final1Collingwood8 13 61 Collingwood11 13 79 3Richmond18 15 123 Richmond7 8 50 3Richmond15 7 97 2Carlton14 7 91 2Carlton12 9 81 4St Kilda11 7 73 Grand final EditMain article 1929 VFL Grand Final Collingwood defeated Richmond 11 13 79 to 7 8 50 in front of a crowd of 63 336 people at the MCG 28 September Notes EditThe leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of CollingwoodAwards EditThe 1929 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood The VFL s leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 124 goals The winner of the 1929 Brownlow Medal was Albert Leeter Collier of Collingwood with 6 votes North Melbourne took the wooden spoon in 1929 The seconds premiership was won by Richmond Richmond 12 8 80 defeated Geelong 7 15 57 in the challenge Grand Final played as a stand alone game on Thursday 26 September Show Day holiday at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of 6 544 1 Notable events EditCollingwood set many records during the 1929 season including First team to remain undefeated through an entire home and away season never matched although Essendon came close with just one loss in 2000 However given that they lost the second semi final to Richmond they were not undefeated for the entire season In three seasons 1927 1928 and 1929 the team had played 61 matches for 53 wins 1 draw and 7 losses First team to score more than 2 000 points in a single season First team to have a full forward scoring more than 100 goals in a single season First team to have a player kick 16 goals in a single match First team to be VFL premiers on eight occasions On 18 June 1929 the VFL was incorporated as a public company and it purchased a three storey building later named Harrison House after Henry Harrison who died later that year on 2 September on the corner of Spring Street and Flinders Lane Clarrie Hearn of Essendon won the 1929 130 yard Stawell Gift in eleven and fifteen sixteenths of a second approx 11 94 seconds off a handicap of 10 yards Footscray s 23 effective scoring shots 7 goals and 16 behinds against Hawthorn in the third quarter of their Round 6 match remains the most scoring shots by a team in one quarter Footscray s 16 behinds in that quarter has been equalled only by Collingwood against North Melbourne in the third quarter in Round 6 1970 References Edit League Second Eighteens The Argus Melbourne 27 September 1929 p 15 Maplestone M Flying Higher History of the Essendon Football Club 1872 1996 Essendon Football Club Melbourne 1996 ISBN 0 9591740 2 8 Rogers S amp 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 0External links Edit1929 Season AFL Tables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1929 VFL season amp oldid 1082414241, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
