The 1950 VFL season was the 54th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 22 April until 23 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
In 1950, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th 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 1950 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
In the early 1950 pre-season, veteran Collingwood coach Jock McHale announced his retirement after a then-record 714 senior games. Collingwood called for applications for a non-playing coach, and champion ruckman Phonse Kyne immediately announced his retirement and applied for the job. On 13 April, the Thursday before the last pre-season practice match, the Collingwood committee announced that it had appointed the (then) coach of the Collingwood Second Eighteen team, Bervyn Woods as coach,[1] by the casting vote of the President Harry Curtis. The announcement was greeted with anger, because it meant that Kyne would have to go elsewhere to realise his coaching ambitions. At Collingwood's final practice match, the crowd continuously booed and jeered Woods, the members of the Collingwood committee that had voted for him were threatened and abused, and Kyne was carried around the ground on the shoulders of the crowd at the end of the match. The following day, Woods withdrew his application[2] and reverted to coaching the Second Eighteen, and Kyne was appointed coach.[3] All committee members then resigned their positions, and Curtis did not seek re-election.[4] Former player Syd Coventry was elected the new president, unopposed.[5]
In Round 2, St Kilda recorded its first win by 100 points or more, defeating Hawthorn 20.24 (144) to 5.5 (35).
In Round 9, North Melbourne won for the first time at Victoria Park, after having suffered 23 straight defeats at the ground.
Essendon won the First Eighteen, Second Eighteen, and Third Eighteen premierships in 1950.
References
^"Bervyn Woods is new coach at Collingwood". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 April 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Another Collingwood sensation BERVYN WOODS RESIGNS AS NON-PLAYING COACH". The Argus. Melbourne. 17 April 1950. p. 20. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Secretary hears news at 10 p.m. Phonse Kyne Says "Yes" To Coaching Offer". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 April 1950. p. 24. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^"MAGPIE ELECTION Retiring will seek office". The Argus. Melbourne. 15 June 1950. p. 24. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Player now leader". The Argus. Melbourne. 29 June 1950. p. 13. Retrieved 1 May 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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
Strevens, S., Bob Rose: A Dignified Life, Allen & Unwin, (Crows Nest), 2004. ISBN1-74114-465-5
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The 1950 VFL season was the 54th season of the Victorian Football League VFL the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria The season featured twelve clubs ran from 22 April until 23 September and comprised an 18 game home and away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs 1950 VFL premiership seasonEssendon Football Club team premiersTeams12PremiersEssendon10th premiershipMinor premiersEssendon10th minor premiershipBrownlow MedallistAllan Ruthven Fitzroy Leading Goalkicker MedallistJohn Coleman Essendon Matches played112Highest85 869 19491951 The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the tenth time and second time consecutively after it defeated North Melbourne by 38 points in the 1950 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 First Semi Final 3 2 Second Semi Final 3 3 Preliminary Final 3 4 Grand final 4 Awards 5 Notable events 6 References 7 External linksPremiership season EditIn 1950 the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on the field players each plus two substitute players known as the 19th man and the 20th 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 1950 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page McIntyre system Round 1 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 11 8 74 Richmond 9 10 64 Arden Street Oval 20 000 22 April 1950Footscray 9 20 74 St Kilda 12 11 83 Western Oval 13 500 22 April 1950Hawthorn 4 15 39 Geelong 18 11 119 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 22 April 1950Fitzroy 9 10 64 Essendon 9 16 70 Brunswick Street Oval 20 000 22 April 1950South Melbourne 14 12 96 Collingwood 11 10 76 Lake Oval 20 000 22 April 1950Melbourne 13 13 91 Carlton 10 11 71 MCG 33 000 22 April 1950Round 2 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateEssendon 29 7 181 South Melbourne 10 16 76 Windy Hill 22 000 29 April 1950Collingwood 16 11 107 Fitzroy 9 11 65 Victoria Park 22 300 29 April 1950Carlton 18 18 126 North Melbourne 16 14 110 Princes Park 30 500 29 April 1950Richmond 10 12 72 Melbourne 10 13 73 Punt Road Oval 25 000 29 April 1950St Kilda 20 24 144 Hawthorn 5 5 35 Junction Oval 10 000 29 April 1950Geelong 18 17 125 Footscray 13 14 92 Kardinia Park 20 200 29 April 1950Round 3 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 13 24 102 Hawthorn 4 9 33 Western Oval 10 000 6 May 1950South Melbourne 11 15 81 St Kilda 15 13 103 Lake Oval 20 000 6 May 1950North Melbourne 12 11 83 Melbourne 7 17 59 Arden Street Oval 18 000 6 May 1950Richmond 9 15 69 Fitzroy 8 11 59 Punt Road Oval 17 000 6 May 1950Geelong 8 16 64 Essendon 18 11 119 Kardinia Park 23 000 6 May 1950Collingwood 8 22 70 Carlton 12 9 81 Victoria Park 30 000 6 May 1950Round 4 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFitzroy 16 27 123 South Melbourne 8 9 57 Brunswick Street Oval 12 500 13 May 1950Essendon 21 9 135 Footscray 9 10 64 Windy Hill 18 000 13 May 1950Carlton 17 15 117 Richmond 16 10 106 Princes Park 29 000 13 May 1950St Kilda 12 8 80 North Melbourne 10 18 78 Junction Oval 30 000 13 May 1950Melbourne 10 7 67 Geelong 9 16 70 MCG 23 000 13 May 1950Hawthorn 6 12 48 Collingwood 7 25 67 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 13 May 1950Round 5 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 14 12 96 South Melbourne 14 9 93 Arden Street Oval 14 000 20 May 1950Footscray 13 11 89 Melbourne 16 9 105 Western Oval 12 500 20 May 1950Fitzroy 19 15 129 Hawthorn 4 24 48 Brunswick Street Oval 8 500 20 May 1950Richmond 10 18 78 Essendon 17 8 110 Punt Road Oval 33 000 20 May 1950Geelong 10 19 79 Collingwood 12 8 80 Kardinia Park 23 000 20 May 1950St Kilda 10 14 74 Carlton 8 7 55 Junction Oval 47 000 20 May 1950Round 6 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 20 15 135 St Kilda 5 11 41 Kardinia Park 24 000 27 May 1950Collingwood 14 14 98 Richmond 16 11 107 Victoria Park 24 000 27 May 1950Carlton 16 13 109 Footscray 16 10 106 Princes Park 16 500 27 May 1950South Melbourne 20 14 134 Hawthorn 10 14 74 Lake Oval 9 500 27 May 1950Melbourne 13 17 95 Fitzroy 6 8 44 MCG 21 000 27 May 1950North Melbourne 13 8 86 Essendon 11 5 71 Arden Street Oval 25 000 27 May 1950Round 7 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 6 12 48 Melbourne 14 12 96 Glenferrie Oval 8 000 3 June 1950Fitzroy 7 7 49 North Melbourne 13 15 93 Brunswick Street Oval 14 000 3 June 1950Essendon 19 13 127 St Kilda 9 9 63 Windy Hill 27 000 3 June 1950Richmond 12 7 79 Geelong 9 20 74 Punt Road Oval 26 000 3 June 1950Footscray 10 7 67 Collingwood 19 25 139 Western Oval 19 000 3 June 1950South Melbourne 9 14 68 Carlton 11 8 74 Lake Oval 22 000 3 June 1950Round 8 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 9 7 61 Richmond 14 9 93 Glenferrie Oval 14 000 10 June 1950Footscray 19 11 125 South Melbourne 9 8 62 Western Oval 13 000 10 June 1950Carlton 11 5 71 Essendon 10 16 76 Princes Park 46 500 10 June 1950North Melbourne 10 17 77 Geelong 8 12 60 Arden Street Oval 30 000 12 June 1950St Kilda 14 17 101 Fitzroy 14 12 96 Junction Oval 22 000 12 June 1950Melbourne 16 9 105 Collingwood 8 11 59 MCG 55 000 12 June 1950Round 9 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateRichmond 14 13 97 St Kilda 10 11 71 Punt Road Oval 28 000 17 June 1950Fitzroy 11 18 84 Footscray 6 15 51 Brunswick Street Oval 13 000 17 June 1950Essendon 22 15 147 Hawthorn 9 7 61 Windy Hill 14 000 17 June 1950Collingwood 9 12 66 North Melbourne 14 14 98 Victoria Park 24 500 17 June 1950South Melbourne 8 12 60 Melbourne 13 16 94 Lake Oval 16 000 17 June 1950Geelong 13 20 98 Carlton 15 9 99 Kardinia Park 23 500 17 June 1950Round 10 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateFootscray 13 12 90 North Melbourne 12 22 94 Western Oval 17 300 24 June 1950Fitzroy 7 11 53 Geelong 9 19 73 Brunswick Street Oval 12 000 24 June 1950Collingwood 15 12 102 St Kilda 9 14 68 Victoria Park 17 500 24 June 1950South Melbourne 14 17 101 Richmond 13 8 86 Lake Oval 15 500 24 June 1950Melbourne 8 15 63 Essendon 10 12 72 MCG 55 700 24 June 1950Hawthorn 16 15 111 Carlton 16 20 116 Glenferrie Oval 10 000 24 June 1950Round 11 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 19 21 135 South Melbourne 8 7 55 Kardinia Park 16 500 1 July 1950Carlton 10 13 73 Fitzroy 15 8 98 Princes Park 19 000 1 July 1950St Kilda 6 17 53 Melbourne 9 13 67 Junction Oval 23 000 1 July 1950North Melbourne 14 16 100 Hawthorn 2 13 25 Arden Street Oval 10 000 1 July 1950Richmond 15 18 108 Footscray 8 14 62 Punt Road Oval 17 000 1 July 1950Essendon 12 18 90 Collingwood 6 12 48 Windy Hill 22 000 1 July 1950Round 12 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 16 15 111 Hawthorn 4 12 36 Kardinia Park 13 000 8 July 1950Essendon 12 17 89 Fitzroy 9 7 61 Windy Hill 19 000 8 July 1950Collingwood 16 21 117 South Melbourne 9 20 74 Victoria Park 14 500 8 July 1950Carlton 8 15 63 Melbourne 10 14 74 Princes Park 21 500 8 July 1950Richmond 10 10 70 North Melbourne 8 9 57 Punt Road Oval 23 000 8 July 1950St Kilda 8 11 59 Footscray 11 10 76 Junction Oval 14 000 8 July 1950Round 13 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateMelbourne 13 16 94 Richmond 9 10 64 MCG 38 000 15 July 1950Hawthorn 10 11 71 St Kilda 12 12 84 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 15 July 1950Footscray 11 10 76 Geelong 10 19 79 Western Oval 16 000 15 July 1950South Melbourne 8 9 57 Essendon 22 17 149 Lake Oval 16 000 15 July 1950Fitzroy 16 12 108 Collingwood 12 13 85 Brunswick Street Oval 17 000 15 July 1950North Melbourne 12 18 90 Carlton 11 14 80 Arden Street Oval 25 000 15 July 1950Round 14 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateSt Kilda 10 18 78 South Melbourne 13 10 88 Junction Oval 18 000 22 July 1950Melbourne 4 8 32 North Melbourne 7 13 55 MCG 34 000 22 July 1950Fitzroy 6 10 46 Richmond 5 6 36 Brunswick Street Oval 14 000 22 July 1950Essendon 8 14 62 Geelong 6 9 45 Windy Hill 18 000 22 July 1950Carlton 12 7 79 Collingwood 17 14 116 Princes Park 30 500 29 July 1950Hawthorn 11 12 78 Footscray 11 14 80 Glenferrie Oval 9 000 29 July 1950Round 15 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateNorth Melbourne 15 14 104 St Kilda 7 5 47 Arden Street Oval 9 000 5 August 1950Geelong 13 14 92 Melbourne 9 12 66 Kardinia Park 15 500 5 August 1950Collingwood 16 21 117 Hawthorn 2 8 20 Victoria Park 9 000 5 August 1950South Melbourne 11 8 74 Fitzroy 11 11 77 Lake Oval 9 000 5 August 1950Footscray 10 9 69 Essendon 10 11 71 Western Oval 13 000 5 August 1950Richmond 14 20 104 Carlton 9 16 70 Punt Road Oval 18 000 5 August 1950Round 16 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateEssendon 20 15 135 Richmond 11 12 78 Windy Hill 24 000 12 August 1950Collingwood 10 15 75 Geelong 11 15 81 Victoria Park 26 000 12 August 1950Carlton 12 11 83 St Kilda 11 17 83 Princes Park 10 500 12 August 1950South Melbourne 13 11 89 North Melbourne 21 14 140 Lake Oval 11 000 12 August 1950Melbourne 15 11 101 Footscray 14 14 98 MCG 17 500 12 August 1950Hawthorn 11 14 80 Fitzroy 23 16 154 Glenferrie Oval 7 000 12 August 1950Round 17 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateHawthorn 14 10 94 South Melbourne 16 7 103 Glenferrie Oval 6 500 19 August 1950Fitzroy 7 10 52 Melbourne 6 11 47 Brunswick Street Oval 12 500 19 August 1950Essendon 15 12 102 North Melbourne 13 16 94 Windy Hill 33 500 19 August 1950St Kilda 8 6 54 Geelong 6 12 48 Junction Oval 12 000 19 August 1950Richmond 15 19 109 Collingwood 15 10 100 Punt Road Oval 16 000 19 August 1950Footscray 13 14 92 Carlton 12 7 79 Western Oval 10 000 19 August 1950Round 18 Edit Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd DateGeelong 10 14 74 Richmond 12 14 86 Kardinia Park 22 500 26 August 1950Collingwood 9 10 64 Footscray 8 14 62 Victoria Park 12 000 26 August 1950Carlton 13 4 82 South Melbourne 10 10 70 Princes Park 10 000 26 August 1950Melbourne 23 18 156 Hawthorn 9 6 60 MCG 10 500 26 August 1950North Melbourne 9 12 66 Fitzroy 13 12 90 Arden Street Oval 16 000 26 August 1950St Kilda 8 7 55 Essendon 21 10 136 Junction Oval 27 000 26 August 1950Ladder Edit1950 VFL ladder Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts1 Essendon P 18 17 1 0 1942 1197 162 2 68 Finals2 North Melbourne 18 13 5 0 1595 1293 123 4 523 Melbourne 18 12 6 0 1485 1205 123 2 484 Geelong 18 10 8 0 1562 1256 124 4 405 Fitzroy 18 10 8 0 1452 1314 110 5 406 Richmond 18 10 8 0 1506 1476 102 0 407 Collingwood 18 9 9 0 1586 1437 110 4 368 Carlton 18 8 9 1 1528 1637 93 3 349 St Kilda 18 8 9 1 1341 1553 86 3 3410 Footscray 18 5 13 0 1475 1608 91 7 2011 South Melbourne 18 5 13 0 1438 1904 75 5 2012 Hawthorn 18 0 18 0 1022 2052 49 8 0Source VFL ladderRules for classification 1 points 2 percentage 3 number of points for P PremiersFinals EditFirst Semi Final Edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalMelbourne 2 2 3 2 5 4 6 8 44 Geelong 1 1 4 5 8 6 13 10 88 Attendance 54 817Second Semi Final Edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalEssendon 5 5 6 8 9 11 11 14 80 North Melbourne 0 3 5 7 8 9 11 11 77 Attendance 75 433Preliminary Final Edit Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalNorth Melbourne 1 0 4 8 10 11 14 16 100 Geelong 7 3 8 4 11 7 12 11 83 Attendance 73 530Grand final Edit Main article 1950 VFL Grand Final Team 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr FinalEssendon 7 3 7 6 10 11 13 14 92 North Melbourne 4 0 5 5 7 9 7 12 54 Attendance 85 869Awards EditThe 1950 VFL Premiership team was Essendon The VFL s leading goalkicker was John Coleman of Essendon with 120 goals including 8 goals in the final series The winner of the 1950 Brownlow Medal was Allan Ruthven of Fitzroy with 21 votes Hawthorn took the wooden spoon in 1950 Notable events EditIn the early 1950 pre season veteran Collingwood coach Jock McHale announced his retirement after a then record 714 senior games Collingwood called for applications for a non playing coach and champion ruckman Phonse Kyne immediately announced his retirement and applied for the job On 13 April the Thursday before the last pre season practice match the Collingwood committee announced that it had appointed the then coach of the Collingwood Second Eighteen team Bervyn Woods as coach 1 by the casting vote of the President Harry Curtis The announcement was greeted with anger because it meant that Kyne would have to go elsewhere to realise his coaching ambitions At Collingwood s final practice match the crowd continuously booed and jeered Woods the members of the Collingwood committee that had voted for him were threatened and abused and Kyne was carried around the ground on the shoulders of the crowd at the end of the match The following day Woods withdrew his application 2 and reverted to coaching the Second Eighteen and Kyne was appointed coach 3 All committee members then resigned their positions and Curtis did not seek re election 4 Former player Syd Coventry was elected the new president unopposed 5 In Round 2 St Kilda recorded its first win by 100 points or more defeating Hawthorn 20 24 144 to 5 5 35 North Melbourne reached the Grand Final for the first time since joining the VFL in 1925 In Round 9 North Melbourne won for the first time at Victoria Park after having suffered 23 straight defeats at the ground Essendon won the First Eighteen Second Eighteen and Third Eighteen premierships in 1950 References Edit Bervyn Woods is new coach at Collingwood The Argus Melbourne 14 April 1950 p 17 Retrieved 1 May 2013 via National Library of Australia Another Collingwood sensation BERVYN WOODS RESIGNS AS NON PLAYING COACH The Argus Melbourne 17 April 1950 p 20 Retrieved 1 May 2013 via National Library of Australia Secretary hears news at 10 p m Phonse Kyne Says Yes To Coaching Offer The Argus Melbourne 20 April 1950 p 24 Retrieved 1 May 2013 via National Library of Australia MAGPIE ELECTION Retiring will seek office The Argus Melbourne 15 June 1950 p 24 Retrieved 1 May 2013 via National Library of Australia Player now leader The Argus Melbourne 29 June 1950 p 13 Retrieved 1 May 2013 via National Library of Australia 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 0 Strevens S Bob Rose A Dignified Life Allen amp Unwin Crows Nest 2004 ISBN 1 74114 465 5External links Edit1950 Season AFL Tables Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1950 VFL season amp oldid 1078909730, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
