1930 VFL season
| 1930 VFL Premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |
Collingwood (9th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Collingwood (12th minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 112 |
| Highest attendance | 47,985 |
| Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) |
| Brownlow Medallist |
Stan Judkins (Richmond) |
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← 1929 1931 → | |
The 1930 Victorian Football League season was the 34th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season
In 1930, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason, Once he had been 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 5 to 11 (i.e., the last seven matches of the round).
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1930 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 16.7 (103) | St Kilda | 14.8 (92) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 3 May 1930 |
| Geelong | 18.13 (121) | North Melbourne | 2.7 (19) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 3 May 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 12.14 (86) | Footscray | 11.6 (72) | Brunswick Street Oval | 18,500 | 3 May 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 13.17 (95) | Lake Oval | 16,000 | 3 May 1930 |
| Richmond | 7.18 (60) | Collingwood | 10.14 (74) | Punt Road Oval | 32,000 | 3 May 1930 |
| Essendon | 7.9 (51) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | Windy Hill | 26,000 | 3 May 1930 |
Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 16.10 (106) | South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Junction Oval | 21,500 | 10 May 1930 |
| Collingwood | 11.12 (78) | Hawthorn | 10.10 (70) | Victoria Park | 19,000 | 10 May 1930 |
| Carlton | 17.14 (116) | Richmond | 7.5 (47) | Princes Park | 35,000 | 10 May 1930 |
| Melbourne | 14.16 (100) | Geelong | 8.15 (63) | MCG | 14,909 | 10 May 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | Arden Street Oval | 9,000 | 10 May 1930 |
| Footscray | 10.14 (74) | Essendon | 9.4 (58) | Western Oval | 18,000 | 10 May 1930 |
Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 10.10 (70) | St Kilda | 9.6 (60) | Corio Oval | 13,000 | 17 May 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 15.9 (99) | Melbourne | 15.14 (104) | Brunswick Street Oval | 20,000 | 17 May 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Footscray | 16.20 (116) | Arden Street Oval | 13,000 | 17 May 1930 |
| Richmond | 10.17 (77) | Essendon | 12.7 (79) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 17 May 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | Collingwood | 16.19 (115) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 17 May 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 10.12 (72) | Carlton | 13.9 (87) | Glenferrie Oval | 28,000 | 17 May 1930 |
Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 18.15 (123) | North Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | MCG | 8,662 | 24 May 1930 |
| Footscray | 9.10 (64) | Richmond | 14.7 (91) | Western Oval | 20,000 | 24 May 1930 |
| Essendon | 14.12 (96) | Hawthorn | 8.13 (61) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 24 May 1930 |
| Collingwood | 10.12 (72) | Geelong | 12.18 (90) | Victoria Park | 17,000 | 24 May 1930 |
| Carlton | 20.18 (138) | South Melbourne | 11.18 (84) | Princes Park | 21,000 | 24 May 1930 |
| St Kilda | 15.18 (108) | Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | Junction Oval | 26,000 | 24 May 1930 |
Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | St Kilda | 10.11 (71) | Arden Street Oval | 12,000 | 31 May 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 8.11 (59) | Richmond | 11.11 (77) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 31 May 1930 |
| Melbourne | 17.18 (120) | Footscray | 9.8 (62) | MCG | 16,975 | 31 May 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 6.15 (51) | Essendon | 15.14 (104) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 31 May 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | Collingwood | 9.12 (66) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21,000 | 31 May 1930 |
| Geelong | 8.10 (58) | Carlton | 10.6 (66) | Corio Oval | 15,500 | 31 May 1930 |
Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 8.9 (57) | Hawthorn | 8.8 (56) | Western Oval | 9,000 | 7 June 1930 |
| Collingwood | 15.24 (114) | North Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 7 June 1930 |
| Carlton | 17.16 (118) | Fitzroy | 6.12 (48) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 7 June 1930 |
| Richmond | 11.15 (81) | South Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 9 June 1930 |
| Essendon | 16.11 (107) | Geelong | 9.12 (66) | Windy Hill | 20,000 | 9 June 1930 |
| St Kilda | 11.10 (76) | Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | Junction Oval | 29,000 | 9 June 1930 |
Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 9.15 (69) | Richmond | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 14 June 1930 |
| Footscray | 7.14 (56) | St Kilda | 10.12 (72) | Western Oval | 15,000 | 14 June 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 17.11 (113) | Hawthorn | 9.10 (64) | Lake Oval | 11,000 | 14 June 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 13.13 (91) | Essendon | 16.10 (106) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,000 | 14 June 1930 |
| Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Collingwood | 14.13 (97) | MCG | 28,779 | 14 June 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Carlton | 15.23 (113) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 14 June 1930 |
Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 11.11 (77) | North Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Windy Hill | 13,000 | 21 June 1930 |
| Collingwood | 22.11 (143) | St Kilda | 14.8 (92) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 21 June 1930 |
| Carlton | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 9.18 (72) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 21 June 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 9.18 (72) | Geelong | 6.11 (47) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 21 June 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | Footscray | 8.12 (60) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 21 June 1930 |
| Richmond | 14.16 (100) | Fitzroy | 10.12 (72) | Punt Road Oval | 14,000 | 21 June 1930 |
Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 5.13 (43) | Richmond | 14.20 (104) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 28 June 1930 |
| Geelong | 14.12 (96) | South Melbourne | 11.6 (72) | Corio Oval | 9,000 | 28 June 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 18.11 (119) | Hawthorn | 13.17 (95) | Brunswick Street Oval | 11,000 | 28 June 1930 |
| Melbourne | 17.12 (114) | Essendon | 11.22 (88) | MCG | 28,344 | 28 June 1930 |
| Footscray | 5.14 (44) | Collingwood | 19.10 (124) | Western Oval | 14,000 | 28 June 1930 |
| St Kilda | 12.5 (77) | Carlton | 13.14 (92) | Junction Oval | 33,000 | 28 June 1930 |
Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 11.15 (81) | North Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 5 July 1930 |
| Essendon | 13.20 (98) | St Kilda | 9.20 (74) | Windy Hill | 16,000 | 5 July 1930 |
| Carlton | 16.20 (116) | Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | Princes Park | 40,000 | 5 July 1930 |
| Richmond | 14.20 (104) | Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | Punt Road Oval | 18,000 | 5 July 1930 |
| Geelong | 15.8 (98) | Footscray | 7.16 (58) | Corio Oval | 8,000 | 5 July 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Fitzroy | 12.12 (84) | Lake Oval | 12,000 | 5 July 1930 |
Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 6.9 (45) | South Melbourne | 10.20 (80) | Arden Street Oval | 7,000 | 12 July 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | Geelong | 10.15 (75) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 12 July 1930 |
| Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | Essendon | 9.14 (68) | Victoria Park | 16,000 | 12 July 1930 |
| St Kilda | 5.6 (36) | Richmond | 7.18 (60) | Junction Oval | 19,000 | 12 July 1930 |
| Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Hawthorn | 6.5 (41) | MCG | 8,723 | 12 July 1930 |
| Footscray | 8.3 (51) | Carlton | 12.14 (86) | Western Oval | 12,000 | 12 July 1930 |
Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 8.10 (58) | Melbourne | 7.19 (61) | Western Oval | 12,000 | 19 July 1930 |
| Essendon | 15.16 (106) | South Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | Windy Hill | 14,000 | 19 July 1930 |
| Collingwood | 25.17 (167) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | Victoria Park | 14,000 | 19 July 1930 |
| Carlton | 15.16 (106) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | Princes Park | 23,000 | 19 July 1930 |
| St Kilda | 18.15 (123) | North Melbourne | 7.6 (48) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 19 July 1930 |
| Richmond | 15.19 (109) | Hawthorn | 7.7 (49) | Punt Road Oval | 10,000 | 19 July 1930 |
Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | St Kilda | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 20,232 | 26 July 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | Richmond | 10.11 (71) | Lake Oval | 22,000 | 26 July 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 11.10 (76) | Footscray | 11.7 (73) | Glenferrie Oval | 9,000 | 26 July 1930 |
| Geelong | 13.14 (92) | Essendon | 9.9 (63) | Corio Oval | 10,000 | 26 July 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 4.15 (39) | Collingwood | 18.13 (121) | Arden Street Oval | 8,000 | 26 July 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 10.9 (69) | Carlton | 10.16 (76) | Brunswick Street Oval | 19,000 | 26 July 1930 |
Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 11.7 (73) | South Melbourne | 14.10 (94) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 16 August 1930 |
| Essendon | 12.19 (91) | Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | Windy Hill | 9,000 | 16 August 1930 |
| Collingwood | 15.14 (104) | Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 16 August 1930 |
| Carlton | 23.17 (155) | North Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Princes Park | 11,000 | 16 August 1930 |
| Richmond | 9.11 (65) | Geelong | 10.11 (71) | Punt Road Oval | 15,000 | 16 August 1930 |
| St Kilda | 9.7 (61) | Footscray | 7.10 (52) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 16 August 1930 |
Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 18.17 (125) | Hawthorn | 6.7 (43) | Corio Oval | 9,000 | 23 August 1930 |
| Footscray | 8.18 (66) | South Melbourne | 11.18 (84) | Western Oval | 12,500 | 23 August 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 11.5 (71) | Richmond | 8.12 (60) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,000 | 23 August 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Essendon | 14.11 (95) | Arden Street Oval | 8,000 | 23 August 1930 |
| St Kilda | 14.7 (91) | Collingwood | 17.13 (115) | Junction Oval | 16,000 | 23 August 1930 |
| Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Carlton | 11.11 (77) | MCG | 31,481 | 23 August 1930 |
Round 16
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 13.11 (89) | Melbourne | 12.7 (79) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 30 August 1930 |
| Collingwood | 16.20 (116) | Footscray | 10.17 (77) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 30 August 1930 |
| Carlton | 16.12 (108) | St Kilda | 15.7 (97) | Princes Park | 20,000 | 30 August 1930 |
| Richmond | 20.15 (135) | North Melbourne | 5.10 (40) | Punt Road Oval | 7,000 | 30 August 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 15.14 (104) | Lake Oval | 28,000 | 30 August 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 3.16 (34) | Fitzroy | 15.14 (104) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 30 August 1930 |
Round 17
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | Richmond | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 25,353 | 6 September 1930 |
| Footscray | 15.8 (98) | Geelong | 11.15 (81) | Western Oval | 8,500 | 6 September 1930 |
| Fitzroy | 15.19 (109) | South Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 6 September 1930 |
| North Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Hawthorn | 9.12 (66) | Arden Street Oval | 4,000 | 6 September 1930 |
| St Kilda | 12.18 (90) | Essendon | 7.11 (53) | Junction Oval | 13,000 | 6 September 1930 |
| Collingwood | 16.10 (106) | Carlton | 12.11 (83) | Victoria Park | 30,000 | 6 September 1930 |
Round 18
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 7.11 (53) | St Kilda | 8.15 (63) | Punt Road Oval | 17,000 | 13 September 1930 |
| Hawthorn | 12.18 (90) | Melbourne | 10.17 (77) | Glenferrie Oval | 5,000 | 13 September 1930 |
| Carlton | 10.22 (82) | Footscray | 3.8 (26) | Princes Park | 15,000 | 13 September 1930 |
| South Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | North Melbourne | 5.6 (36) | Lake Oval | 5,000 | 13 September 1930 |
| Geelong | 10.18 (78) | Fitzroy | 4.14 (38) | Corio Oval | 5,000 | 13 September 1930 |
| Essendon | 10.6 (66) | Collingwood | 17.7 (109) | Windy Hill | 14,000 | 13 September 1930 |
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1931 | 1338 | 144.32 | 60 | |||
| 2 | Carlton | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1747 | 1234 | 141.57 | 60 | |||
| 3 | Richmond | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1450 | 1163 | 124.68 | 44 | |||
| 4 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1495 | 1259 | 118.75 | 44 | |||
| 5 | Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1509 | 1441 | 104.72 | 44 | |||
| 6 | Essendon | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1495 | 1417 | 105.50 | 40 | |||
| 7 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1553 | 1553 | 100.00 | 36 | |||
| 8 | St Kilda | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1454 | 1435 | 101.32 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Fitzroy | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1411 | 1581 | 89.25 | 28 | |||
| 10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1205 | 1558 | 77.34 | 24 | |||
| 11 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1164 | 1535 | 75.83 | 16 | |||
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 969 | 1869 | 51.85 | 4 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against | ||||||||||||
Finals
All of the 1930 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
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Carlton | 8.21 (69) | Geelong | 13.11 (89) | MCG | 47,985 | 20 September |
| Collingwood | 14.10 (94) | Richmond | 14.7 (91) | MCG | 40,218 | 27 September |
Preliminary Final
| Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 9.11 (65) | Geelong | 12.19 (91) | MCG | 41,495 | 4 October |
Grand final
Main article: 1930 VFL Grand Final
Collingwood defeated Geelong 14.16 (100) to 9.16 (70), in front of a crowd of 45,022 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
Awards
- The 1930 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 118 goals.
- The winner of the 1930 Brownlow Medal was Stan Judkins of Richmond with 4 votes.
- At 5 ft 5 in (166 cm) and 9 st 9 lb (61 kg), Stan Judkins is the shortest and lightest player ever to win the Brownlow Medal.
- North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1930.
- The seconds premiership was won by Geelong, which finished the season undefeated. Geelong 14.12 (96) defeated Richmond 11.8 (74) in the Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Preliminary Final on 4 October.[1]
Brownlow Medal
When the VFL's Umpires Panel counted the Brownlow Medal votes that had been awarded during the 1930 season, it found that three players had been considered best on the ground on four occasions: Harry Collier of Collingwood, Allan Hopkins of Footscray, and Stan Judkins of Richmond. The Panel advised the VFL of the tied result and, because there was no provision for a tied result, the Panel recommended that no Brownlow Medal be awarded for 1930. The league instead decided to break the tie by awarding the medal to the player who had achieved his votes in the fewest number of games. Collier had played 18 games, Hopkins had played 15 games, and Judkins only 12 games; consequently the award went to Judkins.
In 1981, the league changed Brownlow Medal rules to allow more than one player to receive the medal if tied on votes; and, in 1989, it retrospectively awarded medals to Harry Collier and Allan Hopkins for 1930.
Notable events
- Harrison House at 31 Spring Street, Melbourne (at the corner of Spring Street and Flinders Lane), was officially opened as VFL headquarters.
- The VFL introduced a substitute player, known as the 19th man. This meant that teams now had 18 "run on" players, and one "reserve" player. The 19th man could be substituted for an injured player, or for any other player for tactical reasons. Once he had been substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. The 19th man was paid a match fee only if he took the field.
- Collingwood won its fourth consecutive premiership; in four seasons, 1927, 1928, 1929, and 1930 Collingwood had played 82 matches, for 70 wins, 1 draw, and 11 losses. It is still the record number of consecutive premierships to this day.
- In March, the VFL accepts the Player Payments Committee recommendation that, although they may well be paid less, no senior players can be paid more than ₤3 for each home-and-away match (players were also to be paid if they were injured), and no more than ₤12 for a finals match (approx. $170 and $680 respectively in 2008 buying power). The VFL also institutes a series of penalties for breaches (fines, suspension of players and deduction of premiership points) of what rapidly became known as the "Coulter Law" (after George Coulter, the Player Payment Committee's chairman).
- In round 12, Gordon Coventry kicked a record 17 goals. The same match broke the record for the highest aggregate score in league history at that time, with the two teams scoring a combined 38.33 (261).
References
- ↑ "League Second Eighteens". The Argus (Melbourne, VIC). 6 October 1930. p. 3.
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-9591740-2-8
- Rogers, S. & 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
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