1947 VFA Season: Sandringham

These are the details of the premiership results for Sandringham for the 1947 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League). The team used Beach Road Oval as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (eleven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Prahran in the first semi final and defeating Williamstown in the preliminary final, Sandringham were defeated by Port Melbourne in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1947 VFA Season
Team: Sandringham
Home Ground: Beach Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 15-0-7, P%: 113.1)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Anders, Les 20 0 R01-11, R13-19, SF, GF
Bencraft, Neil 23 0 R02-18, R20-22, SF, PF, GF
Brokenshire, Geoff 24 0 R01-07, R09-22, SF, PF, GF
Cerini, Hunter 22 0 R01-15, R19-22, SF, PF, GF
Collins, Kevin 25 0 R01-22, SF, PF, GF
Dunscombe, Graham 2 0 R03-04
Evans, Fred 22 0 R01-05, R08, R10-22, SF, PF, GF
Grambeau, Russell 25 0 R01-22, SF, PF, GF
Guille, Murray 11 0 R01, R04-06, R19-22, SF, PF, GF
Holmes, Bennie 2 0 R01-02
Laver, Doug 4 0 R20-21, PF, GF
Lowry, Jack 2 0 R01-02
O'Toole, Jack 25 0 R01-22, SF, PF, GF
Parker, Reg 19 0 R01-06, R12, R14-22, SF, PF, GF
Pole, Bill 5 0 R17-18, R20-22
Sales, Jack 19 0 R03-04, R06-19, R22, PF, GF
Sleigh, Keith 23 0 R01-04, R07-22, SF, PF, GF
Tomlins, Stan 25 0 R01-22, SF, PF, GF
Toyne, Len 24 0 R01-13, R15-22, SF, PF, GF
Webb, Fred 25 0 R01-22, SF, PF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Toyne, Len 25 17 -0- 8 R01-22, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/04/1947 Round 1 Brighton AWAY LOSS BRGH by 22 Len Toyne unknown
19/04/1947 Round 2 Yarraville HOME WIN SNDH by 32 Len Toyne unknown
26/04/1947 Round 3 Preston AWAY WIN SNDH by 24 Len Toyne unknown
03/05/1947 Round 4 Coburg HOME WIN SNDH by 25 Len Toyne unknown
10/05/1947 Round 5 Oakleigh HOME LOSS OAKL by 25 Len Toyne unknown
17/05/1947 Round 6 Williamstown AWAY LOSS WILL by 50 Len Toyne unknown
24/05/1947 Round 7 Northcote HOME WIN SNDH by 44 Len Toyne unknown
31/05/1947 Round 8 Brunswick HOME WIN SNDH by 28 Len Toyne unknown
07/06/1947 Round 9 Prahran AWAY WIN SNDH by 26 Len Toyne unknown
14/06/1947 Round 10 Port Melbourne AWAY WIN SNDH by 3 Len Toyne unknown
21/06/1947 Round 11 Camberwell HOME LOSS CMBW by 3 Len Toyne unknown
28/06/1947 Round 12 Brighton HOME LOSS BRGH by 29 Len Toyne unknown
05/07/1947 Round 13 Yarraville AWAY WIN SNDH by 63 Len Toyne unknown
12/07/1947 Round 14 Preston HOME WIN SNDH by 6 Len Toyne unknown
19/07/1947 Round 15 Coburg AWAY WIN SNDH by 47 Len Toyne unknown
26/07/1947 Round 16 Oakleigh AWAY WIN SNDH by 21 Len Toyne unknown
02/08/1947 Round 17 Williamstown HOME WIN SNDH by 28 Len Toyne unknown
09/08/1947 Round 18 Northcote AWAY WIN SNDH by 33 Len Toyne unknown
16/08/1947 Round 19 Brunswick AWAY LOSS BRNW by 13 Len Toyne unknown
23/08/1947 Round 20 Prahran HOME WIN SNDH by 21 Len Toyne unknown
30/08/1947 Round 21 Port Melbourne HOME LOSS PMLB by 16 Len Toyne unknown
06/09/1947 Round 22 Camberwell AWAY WIN SNDH by 21 Len Toyne unknown
13/09/1947 Semi Final Prahran HOME WIN SNDH by 12 Len Toyne unknown
27/09/1947 Preliminary Final Williamstown AWAY WIN SNDH by 3 Len Toyne unknown
04/10/1947 Grand Final Port Melbourne AWAY LOSS PMLB by 29 Len Toyne unknown