1947 Victorian Division One Results

Written by John Punshon

Explanatory Note : Division 1 was restructured after the 1946 season to include 20 teams in 2 sections, the champion to be decided by a play-off beween the leading teams in the two sections. The idea was severely criticised in the press because imbalance between the teams within the divisions. Victories by 10 or more goals were not unusual. The experiment lasted just one year and in 1948 Division 1 was reduced to 8 teams.

Victorian Division One Results
Home TeamvAway Team
Round One (played April 19)
Section A
Moreland
Scorers not known
8 - 0 RAF
Park Rangers
Goals: Martin 4, Dickenson 3, Wilson 2
9 - 1 Olympic
Scorer not known
Preston
0 - 2 Western Suburbs
Goals: Picken, D Paton
South Melbourne United
Scorers not known
2 - 6 Hakoah
Scorers not known
Woodlands
0 - 7 Brighton
Goals: F McIver 6, Other scorer not known
Section B
Coburg
Scorers not known
5 - 0 Yallourn
Heidelberg Rangers
0 - 11 Sunshine United
Scorers not known
Northcote
0 - 11 Prahran
Scorers not known
Ringwood
Scorer not known
1 - 3 Bradford
Scorers not known
South Yarra
0 - 1 Box Hill
Goal: D Hutchinson
Round Two (played April 26)
Section A
Hakoah
Goals: Myer 2
2 - 3 Brighton
Goals: W McMurray, L Sierakowski, J Sinclair
Preston
0 - 2 Park Rangers
Goals: Martin 2
RAF
Goals: Hoare 6, Other scorers not known
12 - 1 Olympic
Scorer not known
Western Suburbs
Goals: M Haxby, H Taylor, A Griffiths (pen)
3 - 2 South Melbourne United
Goals: Jowsey, B Cahill
Woodlands
Scorers not known
2 - 15 Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 8, J Wilkinson 3, Other scorers not known
Section B
Bradford
Scorers not known
4 - 2 Yallourn
Goals: Scorers not known
Box Hill
Goals: L Hutchinson 5, D Hutchinson 2
7 - 0 Coburg
Heidelberg Rangers
0 - 14 Prahran
Goals: Cousens 5, Pollitzer 4, Other scorers not known
South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 4, Sharman 4, Other scorers not known
11 - 3 Northcote
Scorers not known
Sunshine United
Goals: T Sharp 4, Other scorers not known
10 - 0 Ringwood
Round Three (played May 3)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: Pritchard, Bingham, Sinclair, L Sierakowski
4 - 1 Western Suburbs
Goal: H Taylor
Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 3
3 - 1 Hakoah
Goals: Myer
Olympic
Goals: K Gravell 3, Raftopoulos 2
5 - 0 Woodlands
Park Rangers
Goals: Rodgers 2, Wilson, Stewart
4 - 0 RAF
South Melbourne United
Goals: B Cahill, Guthrie, Carroll
3 - 0 Preston
Section B
Bradford
Goal: Ham
1 - 3 Box Hill
Goals: L Hutchinson 3
Northcote
Scorers not known
3 - 11 Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 7, Other scorers not known
Prahran
Goals: Stewart 2, S Humphries 2, R Low, R Taylor, E Glasson
7 - 2 South Yarra
Goals: Johnson, Newton
Ringwood
Scorers not known
5 - 1 Heidelberg Rangers
Scorer not known
Yallourn
0 - 3 Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell, Other scorers not known
Round Four (played May 10)
Section A
Hakoah
Goals: Balberer 2, K Defris, Szajer
4 - 0 Olympic
Preston
Goal: Liddicutt
1 - 1 Brighton
Goals: Marshall
South Melbourne United
0 - 5 Park Rangers
Goals: Martin 3, Wilson 2
Western Suburbs
Goal: Bromley
1 - 5 Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 4, Mackey (pen)
Woodlands
? - ? RAF
Section B
Bradford
Scorers not known
3 - 1 Northcote
Scorer not known
Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 2, Jones, Gillis
4 - 3 South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 3
Heidelberg Rangers
Scorers not known
Played on August 9
2 - 4 Yallourn
Goals: Scorers not known
Ringwood
0 - 7 Prahran
Goals: S Humphrey 2, E Glasson 2, R Lowe 2, Stewart
Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell 2, T Sharpe
3 - 0 Box Hill
Round Five (played May 17)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: Marshall 2
2 - 0 South Melbourne United
Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 5, Mackey, J Fairweather, Stewart
8 - 0 Preston
Olympic
Goal: K Gravell
1 - 2 Western Suburbs
Goals: H Taylor 2 (incl pen)
Park Rangers
Goals: Martin 6, Wilson 5, Vrolyks 5, Stewart, Lex
18 - 1 Woodlands
Scorer not known
RAF
Goal: Szajer (og)
1 - 3 Hakoah
Goals: Myer 3
Section B
Box Hill
Goals: D Hutchinson 3, F Mountford 3, A McKellar 2
8 - 0 Heidelberg Rangers
Northcote
Goal: Torrens
1 - 7 Sunshine United
Goals: J Wood 4, J Campbell 2, T.Sharpe
Prahran
Goals: E Glassen 3, R Lowe 2
5 - 5 Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 4, Gillis
South Yarra
Goals: Bennett (og), Johnson
2 - 3 Bradford
Goals: J Baxter 2, Laurie
Yallourn
Goals: Scorers not known
5 - 7 Ringwood
Goals: Scorers not known
Round Six (played May 6)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: F McIver 2, Marshall
3 - 0 Park Rangers
Hakoah
Scorers not known
Played August 9
4 - 0 Woodlands
Preston
Goals: Rackham 3, Nash, Humphries
5 - 2 Olympic
Goals: Dimitrie 2
South Melbourne United
0 - 5 Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 3, Mackey, A Barr
Western Suburbs
Goal: Bromley
1 - 5 RAF
Goals: Joyce 4, Virgo
Section B
Bradford
Goals: J Baxter, Todd
2 - 0 Coburg
Heidelberg Rangers
0 - 13 Northcote
Goals: Torrens 9, Other scorers not known
Ringwood
0 - 4 Box Hill
Goals: D Hutchinson 3, F Mountford
Sunshine United
Goals: T Sharp 2, K Haxby
3 - 1 South Yarra
Scorer not known
Yallourn
Goal: McAlister
1 - 6 Prahran
Goals: E Glasson 2, R Taylor 2, Scrafton, R Lowe
Round Seven (played May 31)
Section A
Moreland
Goal: Bingham og
1 - 1 Brighton
Goal: F McIver
Olympic
0 - 7 South Melbourne United
Goals: B Cahill 3, Jowsey 2, Carroll, Guthrie
Park Rangers
Goals: Wilson 3, Martin
4 - 1 Hakoah
Scorer not known
RAF
Goals: Sanderson 2, Gamble
3 - 2 Preston
Goals: Rackham, Humphries
Woodlands
0 - 3 Western Suburbs
Goals: Higgins 2, Picken
Section B
Box Hill
Goals: D Hutchinson 3
3 - 0 Yallourn
Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 2
2 - 4 Sunshine United
Goals: T Sharp 4
Northcote
Goals: Cohen, O'Dwyer
2 - 5 Ringwood
Scorers not known
Prahran
Goals: E Glasson 4, R Taylor 2, S Humphrey, Martin
8 - 2 Bradford
Goals: J Baxter, Bird og
South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 5, Sharman, Reynolds
7 - 0 Heidelberg Rangers
Round Eight (played June 7)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: F McIver 4, Goodall 3, L Sierakowski
8 - 1 Olympic
Scorer not known
Moreland
Goal: R Gray
1 - 0 Park Rangers
Preston
Goals: Edwards 2, Humphries 2, Williams, Rackham, Liddicut
7 - 0 Woodlands
South Melbourne United
Goals: B Cahill, Cormack
2 - 1 RAF
Goal: Hoare
Western Suburbs
0 - 2 Hakoah
Goals: Myer 2
Section B
Box Hill
0 - 1 Prahran
Goals: R Lowe
Heidelberg Rangers
Goals: Appleton 2
2 - 9 Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 4, Knite 3, Brookbank, Barton
Ringwood
Scorers not known
2 - 4 South Yarra
Scorers not known
Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell, A Drennan, J Wood
3 - 1 Bradford
Scorer not known
Yallourn
Goals: Brown, McAlister, Shankland, Buxbury
4 - 2 Northcote
Scorers not known
Round Nine (played June 14)
Section A
Brighton - - - RAF
Postponed. Uncertain whether or not the game was played at a later date.
Hakoah
Goal: Myer
1 - 2 Preston
Goals: Edwards, Rackham
Olympic
Goals: K Gravell, A Gravell
2 - 4 Moreland
Goals: A Barr 4
Park Rangers
Goal: Wilson
1 - 0 Western Suburbs
Woodlands
0 - 13 South Melbourne United
Goals: B Cahill 5, Carroll 4, H Ashworth 3, Cormack
Section B
Bradford
Goals: J Baxter 5, Laurie 3
8 - 0 Heidelberg Rangers
Coburg
Goals: J Lyons 2, Gillis, Nicholson og
4 - 2 Ringwood
Goals: McLeod, Jervis
Northcote
Goals: Torrens, Kaufmann
2 - 1 Box Hill
Goal: D Hutchinson
Prahran
Goals: Martin, R Lowe, E Glasson, Humphries
4 - 1 Sunshine United
Goal: J Campbell
South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 6, Other scorer not known
7 - 1 Yallourn
Scorer not known
Round Ten (played June 28)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: F McIver 4, W McMurray 2, L Taylor
7 - 1 Woodlands
Goal: Budge
Hakoah
Goal: K Defris
1 - 1 South Melbourne United
Goal: B Cahill
Olympic
0 - 5 Park Rangers
Goals: P Clark 2, Dickenson, E Clark, Wilson
RAF
Goals: Joyce 2
2 - 3 Moreland
Goals: Kirby, Mackey, Taylor
Western Suburbs
Goals: Elliott 5, Saville og
6 - 0 Preston
Section B
Box Hill
Goals: Dorrington
1 - 0 South Yarra
Bradford
Goals: J Baxter 2, Morton
3 - 1 Ringwood
Goal: McLeod
Prahran
Goals: Orr 2, R Lowe 2, E Glasson 2
6 - 2 Northcote
Goals: Cairns, McDonald
Sunshine United
Goals: A Drennan 8, Bradshaw 5, J Campbell 3, Sullivan 3, Other scorers not known
21 - 0 Heidelberg Rangers
Yallourn
0 - 3 Coburg
Scorers not known
Round Eleven (played July 12)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: F McIver 3, W McMurray, L Taylor
3 - 2 Hakoah
Goals: Myer, Lester
Moreland - - - Woodlands
Postponed (Moreland playing in Dockerty Cup replay). This match may not have been played. No scores found.
Olympic
Goal: Spirotto
1 - 2 RAF
Goals: Murtagh 2
Park Rangers
Goals: Wilson 2, Martin 2, Dickenson 2, P Clark, E Clark
8 - 0 Preston
South Melbourne United
Goal: B Cahill
1 - 1 Western Suburbs
Goal: L Bromley
Section B
Coburg
Scorers not known
Played August 9
2 - 2 Box Hill
Scorers not known
Northcote - - - South Yarra
Postponed (Northcote playing in Dockerty Cup replay). This match may not have been played. No scores found.
Prahran
Goals: E Glasson 6, R Taylor 2, Orr, R Lowe, F Jarvis
11 - 0 Heidelberg Rangers
Ringwood
0 - 5 Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell 3, T Sharp, R Bradshaw
Yallourn
Scorers not known
3 - 3 Bradford
Scorers not known
Round Twelve (played Jul 19)
Section A
Hakoah
Goal: Myer
1 - 6 Moreland
Goals: R Gray 4, J Fairweather 2
Preston
Scorer not known
1 - 4 South Melbourne United
Scorers not known
RAF 0 - 4 Park Rangers
Goals: Cameron 3, Wilson
Western Suburbs
Goal: Elliott
1 - 1 Brighton
Goal: Sinclair
Woodlands
Scorers not known
5 - 2 Olympic
Scorers not known
Section B
Box Hill
Goals: F Mountford 2, C Brown 2, D Hutchinson, Davis
6 - 0 Bradford
Coburg
Goals: Young, J Lyons, Gillis
3 - 1 Northcote
Goal: Torrens
Heidelberg Rangers
Scorers not known
2 - 4 Ringwood
Scorers not known
South Yarra 0 - 1 Prahran
Goal: R Taylor
Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell 3, Birchall, T Sharp
5 - 1 Yallourn
Scorer not known
Round Thirteen (played July 26)
Section A
Brighton
Goals: F McIver 3, W McMurray, A Barr, L Taylor
6 - 0 Preston
Moreland
Goals: Mackey, Stewart, R Gray
3 - 1 Western Suburbs
Goal: Higgins pen
Olympic
Goal: Collins
1 - 5 Hakoah
Goals: Myer 3, Peters, Balberer
Park Rangers
Goals: Cameron 2, Mitchell
3 - 1 South Melbourne United
Goal: B Cahill
RAF
Goals: Martin 2, Gamble 2, Connor, O'Brien
6 - 0 Woodlands
Section B
Box Hill 0 - 1 Sunshine United
Goal: T Sharp
Northcote
Scorers not known
2 - 5 Bradford
Scorers not known
Prahran
Goals: E Glasson 3, Orr 2, F Jarvis, R Taylor, R Lowe
8 - 0 Ringwood
South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 3, Lott, Hayden
5 - 4 Coburg
Goals: Young 3, J Lyons
Yallourn
Scorers not known
5 - 1 Heidelberg Rangers
Scorer not known
Round Fourteen
Postponed because of the Victoria v South Africa match. It was intended that Round 14 be played at the end of the season. This proved to be impossible as grounds were unavailable - required for summer sport.
Section A
Hakoah v RAF
Preston v Moreland
South Melbourne United v Brighton
Western Suburbs v Olympic
Woodlands v Park Rangers
Section B
Bradford v South Yarra
Coburg v Prahran
Heidelberg Rangers v Box Hill
Ringwood v Yallourn
Sunshine United v Northcote
Round Fifteen (played August 23)
Section A
Moreland
Goals: Stewart 2, Russell
3 - 0 South Melbourne United
Olympic - - - Preston
Walkover to Preston
Park Rangers
Goals: P Clark, Dickenson
2 - 3 Brighton
Goals: L Taylor pen, A Barr, F McIver
RAF
Goal: Connor
1 - 5 Western Suburbs
Goals: H Taylor 2, E Taylor 2, Elliott
Woodlands - - - Hakoah
Walkover to Hakoah
Section B
Box Hill
Goals: D Hutchinson 2, Dorrington 2, F Mountford, Shepperdly
6 - 1 Ringwood
Scorer not known
Coburg
Goal: J Lyons
1 - 2 Bradford
Goals: J Baxter 2
Northcote
Goals: Oliver, Cohen, Cairns
3 - 1 Heidelberg Rangers
Goal: Bailey
Prahran
Goals: Ashforth 3, R Lowe, E Glasson
5 - 3 Yallourn
Scorers not known
South Yarra
Goal: Johnson
1 - 4 Sunshine United
Goals: R Bradshaw 2, T Sharp 2
Round Sixteen (played September 6)
Section A
Hakoah
Goals: Myer, Balberer
2 - 3 Park Rangers
Goals: Wilson 2, P Clark
Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 2, Russell, Kirby
4 - 2 Brighton
Goals: Allen, J Sinclair
Preston
Scorer not known
1 - 1 RAF
Scorer not known
South Melbourne United
Goals: Carroll 3, B Cahill 3, Guthrie 2, Jowsey 2, Cormack, Gleabe
12 - 0 Olympic
Western Suburbs
Goals: C Taylor 3, Elliott, Higgins pen, L Bromley, H Taylor
7 - 2 Woodlands
Scorers not known
Section B
Bradford 0 - 4 Prahran
Goals: R Taylor 2, Ashforth, E Glasson
Heidelberg Rangers
Scorer not known
1 - 8 South Yarra
Scorers not known
Ringwood
Scorer not known
1 - 7 Northcote
Goals: Cairns 2, McDonald 2, Other scorers not known
Sunshine United
Goals: A Harriden 2, T Sharp pen, A Kyle
4 - 1 Coburg
Goal: J Lyons
Yallourn
Scorers not known
3 - 4 Box Hill
Goals: Scorers not known
Round Seventeen (played September 20)
Section A
Hakoah
Goal: Peters
1 - 0 Western Suburbs
Olympic - - - Brighton
Walkover to Brighton
Park Rangers
Goals: Wilson 2, P Clark 2, Cotterill, Michell, Werther og
7 - 2 Moreland
Goals: A Forrest 2
RAF
Goals: Hoare 4, Wright, Murtagh
6 - 1 South Melbourne United
Goals: Carroll 2, B Cahill 2, Cormack, Guthrie, Tieppo
Woodlands 0 - 3 Preston
Goals: Nash 2, Rees
Section B
Bradford
Goal: J Baxter
1 - 6 Sunshine United
Goals: R Bradshaw 3, J Campbell 3
Coburg
Goals: Chircop 3, Miller 2, J Lyons, Reid, Van Pelt, Sharpe
9 - 2 Heidelberg Rangers
Goals: Bailey 2, Eccles
Northcote
Goals: Kaufman 2, Cairns, McDonald
4 - 2 Yallourn
Goals: McAlister, Farragh
Prahran
Goal: E Glasson
1 - 2 Box Hill
Goals: Dorrington 2
South Yarra
Goals: Johnson 3, Friend, Callender, Sharman, Hawkes
7 - 0 Ringwood
Round Eighteen (played September 27)
Section A
Moreland
Walkover to Moreland
- - - Olympic
Preston
Goal: Humphries
1 - 1 Hakoah
Goal: Spencer og
RAF
Goal: O'Brien
1 - 3 Brighton
Goals: Marone 2, Finney
South Melbourne United
Walkover to South Melbourne United
- - - Woodlands
Western Suburbs
Scorers not known
2 - 3 Park Rangers
Goals: P Clark, Hughes, Cotterill
Section B
Box Hill
Walkover to Box Hill
- - - Northcote
Heidelberg Rangers
Walkover to Heidelberg Rangers
- - - Bradford
Ringwood
Goal: Smith
1 - 3 Coburg
Goals: Jones, J Lyons, Sparkes
Sunshine United
Goals: J Campbell 2, A Drennan, R Bradshaw
4 - 1 Prahran
Goal: E Glasson pen
Yallourn
Goals: Ward 2, McArthur
3 - 2 South Yarra
Goals: Johnson, Hawkes
Grand Final
Olympic Park, October 4
Referee: J Parker
Moreland
Malcolm Perrin, J Wilkinson, Werther, Taylor, Locke, Russell, Kirby, Bob Gray, Alec Forrest, Mackey, Jim Fairweather
Goals: A Forrest x2
2 - 6 Sunshine United
J Fletcher, B Doherty, W Whittaker, George Sharp, Angus Drennan, W Kyle, A Kyle, Tom Sharp, R Bradshaw, J Campbell, A Harriden
Goals: R Bradshaw x3, J Campbell x2, A Kyle