2007 VFL season

2007 VFL
Teams	13
Premiers	Geelong reserves (2nd premiership)
Minor premiers	Sandringham (6th minor premiership)
Matches played	126
Leading goalkicker	Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham)
J. J. Liston Trophy	James Byrne (Geelong res.)
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The 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

It was the 126th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.

VFL season

Home \ Away¹	BEN	BOX	CAS	COB	FRA	GEE	NBR	NBU	PMB	SAN	TAS	WER	WIL
Bendigo Bombers		142-80	56-72	124-72		107-120		77-92		95-102	80-110	97-79	136-87
Box Hill Hawks				56-129	65-96			87-93	82-44	42-88	81-107	110-146	70-106
Casey Scorpions	99-106	181-52		95-113	91-81	72-153	90-135	117-29	103-79				105-105
Coburg Tigers		101-63	110-97		90-65		115-97	82-143	100-59	78-107	154-91¹		104-38
Frankston Dolphins	71-94	88-88				64-111	78-145	115-102	122-93	68-92	151-72¹	95-93	61-135
Geelong Cats	136-104	76-91	83-84¹	122-85	84-72		125-65				98-26	92-107
North Ballarat Roosters	95-85	106-75	109-95	112-92		70-141		56-71		123-88	120-91	70-170
Northern Bullants	96-119			62-74	99-55	75-103	154-42		68-102		101-60	79-76
Port Melbourne Borough	104-64	107-68	88-127		104-83	64-149	122-127	128-110		73-139		168-88	54-169
Sandringham Zebras	134-101	68-83	144-65	102-121		149-139	125-62	135-73				173-103	112-90
Tasmanian Devils	49-145	82-95	53-141	108-143	50-102	72-139	57-166		96-122	92-134			99-147
Werribee Tigers		115-74	141-68	61-122		70-139		100-44	101-110	94-106	200-86		86-93
Williamstown Seagulls	105-102		40-80		131-66	96-129	133-93	116-36	93-93	47-53		117-64

Updated to games played on Round 20.
Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

¹ ^{Game was played at Away team's home ground}

Ladder

2007 VFL Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Sandringham

2051

1549

132.41

Geelong reserves (P)

2139

1449

147.62

Coburg

1885

1602

117.67

Williamstown

1848

1543

119.77

North Ballarat

1793

1907

94.02

Casey Scorpions

1755

1677

104.65

Port Melbourne

1714

1889

90.74

Bendigo

1834

1703

107.69

Northern Bullants

1527

1644

92.88

Werribee

1894

1843

102.77

Frankston

1509

1739

86.77

Box Hill

1362

1875

72.64

Tasmania

1401

2292

61.13

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source

Finals

Qualifying / Elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final

	QF1: Sep 1, Trevor Barker Beach Oval
1	Sandringham	16.15 (111)
4	Williamstown	17.11 (113)	SF1: Sep 8, TEAC Oval
			Sandringham	12.21 (93)
	EF1: Sep 1, TEAC Oval		North Ballarat	16.14 (110)	PF1: Sep 16, TEAC Oval
5	North Ballarat	21.22 (148)			Williamstown	11.10 (76)
8	Bendigo	16.15 (111)			Coburg	20.17 (137)	GF: Sep 23, MC Labour Park
							Geelong	17.24 (126)
	EF2: Sep 2, Casey Fields				PF2: Sep 15, TEAC Oval		Coburg	7.10 (52)
6	Casey Scorpions	12.17 (89)			Geelong	24.14 (158)
7	Port Melbourne	15.12 (102)	SF2: Sep 9, TEAC Oval		North Ballarat	13.18 (96)
			Coburg	21.16 (142)
	QF2: Sep 2, TEAC Oval		Port Melbourne	10.12 (72)
2	Geelong	22.16 (148)
3	Coburg	17.15 (117)

Grand Final


	2007 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 23 September (2:15 pm)	Geelong	def.	Coburg	MC Labour Park (crowd: 13,842)	^[1]
	3.5 (23) 5.13 (43) 12.19 (91) 17.24 (126)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 4.6 (30) 7.10 (52)	Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tom Lonergan (Geelong)

Lonergan 6, Davenport 2, Hawkins 2, Cheep, Djerrkura, Gardiner, Gamble, Grima, Hogan, Varcoe		Goals	Jackson 2, Connors, Gazzo, Hill, Krakouer, Oakley-Nicholls

Awards

The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won for the seventh time by Nick Sautner (Sandringham), who kicked 69 goals.^[2] Sautner's seventh time as the competition's leading goalkicker broke the record of six set by the medal's namesake, Jim 'Frosty' Miller (Dandenong). Sautner won a further two medals for a career total of nine before his retirement.
The J. J. Liston Trophy was by James Byrne (Geelong), who polled 22 votes. Byrne finished ahead of Shane Valenti (Sandringham), who was second with 20 votes, and Travis Ronaldson (Coburg), who was third with 17 votes.^[3]
The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Shane Valenti (Sandringham).^[4]
Coburg won the reserves premiership. Coburg 17.20 (122) defeated Port Melbourne 8.8 (56) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 23 September.^[5]

VFL Team of the Year

2007 Victorian Team of the Year
B:	S Rosa (Bendigo)	Chris Lamb (Sandringham)	Jarrod Silvester (Coburg)
HB:	John Baird (Port Melbourne)	Jason Cloke (Bendigo)	Adam Iacobucci (Northern Bullants)
C:	Jason Davenport (Geelong)	James Byrne (Geelong) (Capt.)	David Gallagher (Sandringham)
HF:	Ezra Poyas (Sandringham)	Jeremy Dukes (Port Melbourne)	Peter Summers (Sandringham)
F:	Justin Berry (Frankston)	Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham)	Todd Grima (Geelong)
Foll:	Travis Ronaldson (Coburg)	Alister Neville (Coburg)	Shane Valenti (Sandringham)
Int:	Brett Johnson (Williamstown)	Tristan Cartledge (North Ballarat)	Nick Smith (Box Hill)
	Kyle Matthews (Casey)
Coach:

Notable events

During the final quarter of the Round 7 match between Tasmania and Coburg at Bellerive Oval, Tasmania's Mathew Westfield collided with one of the goal posts, snapping it at its base. The game was delayed for ten minutes while a replacement goal post was installed.^[6]
During the year, Frank Johnson, who played eight seasons for Port Melbourne from 1950 to 1957 and five for South Melbourne from 1960 to 1964, was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player known primarily for his VFA career ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (excluding players from prior to the formation of the original VFL in 1897).^[7]
In the elimination final between North Ballarat and Bendigo, Bendigo held a 59 point lead early in the third quarter; North Ballarat then kicked 17 of the next 19 goals to record a 37 point win.^[8]

References

↑ Geoff Poulter (24 September 2007). "Flag No. 1 to Cats". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 42.
↑ "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "2007 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
↑ "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 2007. p. 63.
↑ Sean Cusick (20 May 2007). "Tassie Devil dares to join Lethal in he-man club". The Sunday Age (Sports liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 2.
↑ "The Australian Football Hall of Fame Players Inducted". Australian Football League. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
↑ Luke West (21 August 2014). "10 games we won't forget". Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo, VIC. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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