1962 VFA (D2) Season

This page displays the results for the 1962 season of the second division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured sixteen rounds. Preston were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Dandenong were the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1962 Victorian Football Association (Division 2) Season
Known As: 1962 VFA (D2) Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 16
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 68

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Box Hill
Brighton-Caulfield
Camberwell
Dandenong
Prahran
Preston
Sunshine
Waverley		Don Scott

Premiership Results

Premiers: Dandenong
Runners-Up: Prahran
Minor Premiers: Preston

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Preston	1st	14	-0-	2	56	160.3%	1,680	1,048	236	264	146	172
Dandenong	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	163.4%	1,572	962	223	234	137	140
Prahran	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	104.6%	1,415	1,353	205	185	187	231
Box Hill	4th	9	-0-	7	36	102.7%	1,281	1,247	179	207	173	209
Waverley	5th	9	-0-	7	36	101.5%	1,302	1,283	181	216	179	209
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	10	24	87.2%	1,296	1,487	179	222	212	215
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	13	12	79.6%	1,267	1,591	179	193	226	235
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	15	4	52.4%	928	1,770	128	160	250	270

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Dandenong	1st	Premiers
Prahran	2nd	Runners-Up
Preston	3rd	Defeated by Prahran (Preliminary Final)
Box Hill	4th	Defeated by Prahran (Semi Final)
Waverley	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Sunshine	7th	Did not qualify for finals
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/04/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Sunshine	Box Hill City Oval	67	-	51
SAT	28/04/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Dandenong	Camberwell Sports Ground	55	-	59
SAT	28/04/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Prahran	Preston City Oval	78	-	73
SAT	28/04/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Brighton-Caulfield	Central Reserve	64	-	42

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Waverley	1st	1	-0-	0	4	152.4%	64	42
Box Hill	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	131.4%	67	51
Dandenong	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	107.3%	59	55
Preston	4th	1	-0-	0	4	106.8%	78	73
Prahran	5th	0	-0-	1	0	93.6%	73	78
Camberwell	6th	0	-0-	1	0	93.2%	55	59
Sunshine	7th	0	-0-	1	0	76.1%	51	67
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	0	-0-	1	0	65.6%	42	64

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Box Hill	Princes Park	68	-	75
SAT	05/05/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Preston	Shepley Oval	59	-	100
SAT	05/05/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Waverley	Selwyn Park	64	-	88
SUN	06/05/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Camberwell	Toorak Park	90	-	94

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Waverley	1st	2	-0-	0	8	143.4%	152	106
Preston	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	134.8%	178	132
Box Hill	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	119.3%	142	119
Camberwell	4th	1	-0-	1	4	100.0%	149	149
Dandenong	5th	1	-0-	1	4	76.1%	118	155
Prahran	6th	0	-0-	2	0	94.8%	163	172
Brighton-Caulfield	7th	0	-0-	2	0	79.1%	110	139
Sunshine	8th	0	-0-	2	0	74.2%	115	155

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Camberwell	Box Hill City Oval	61	-	100
SAT	12/05/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Prahran	Princes Park	82	-	94
SAT	12/05/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Dandenong	Selwyn Park	68	-	143
SAT	12/05/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Preston	Central Reserve	101	-	124

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	3	-0-	0	12	129.6%	302	233
Camberwell	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	118.6%	249	210
Dandenong	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	117.0%	261	223
Waverley	4th	2	-0-	1	8	110.0%	253	230
Box Hill	5th	2	-0-	1	8	92.7%	203	219
Prahran	6th	1	-0-	2	4	101.2%	257	254
Brighton-Caulfield	7th	0	-0-	3	0	82.4%	192	233
Sunshine	8th	0	-0-	3	0	61.4%	183	298

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Sunshine	Camberwell Sports Ground	175	-	106
SAT	19/05/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Box Hill	Shepley Oval	112	-	61
SAT	19/05/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Brighton-Caulfield	Preston City Oval	196	-	19
SUN	20/05/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Waverley	Toorak Park	143	-	108

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	4	-0-	0	16	197.6%	498	252
Camberwell	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	134.2%	424	316
Dandenong	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	131.3%	373	284
Prahran	4th	2	-0-	2	8	110.5%	400	362
Waverley	5th	2	-0-	2	8	96.8%	361	373
Box Hill	6th	2	-0-	2	8	79.8%	264	331
Sunshine	7th	0	-0-	4	0	61.1%	289	473
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	0	-0-	4	0	49.2%	211	429

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Sunshine	Princes Park	64	-	106
SAT	26/05/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Waverley	Shepley Oval	113	-	34
SAT	26/05/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Box Hill	Toorak Park	90	-	80
SUN	27/05/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Camberwell	Preston City Oval	108	-	77

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	5	-0-	0	20	184.2%	606	329
Dandenong	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	152.8%	486	318
Camberwell	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	118.2%	501	424
Prahran	4th	3	-0-	2	12	110.9%	490	442
Box Hill	5th	2	-0-	3	8	81.7%	344	421
Waverley	6th	2	-0-	3	8	81.3%	395	486
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	4	4	73.6%	395	537
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	0	-0-	5	0	51.4%	275	535

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Waverley	Camberwell Sports Ground	61	-	51
SAT	02/06/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Brighton-Caulfield	Shepley Oval	110	-	19
SUN	03/06/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Prahran	Selwyn Park	66	-	76
MON	04/06/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Preston	Box Hill City Oval	61	-	56

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Dandenong	1st	5	-0-	1	20	176.9%	596	337
Preston	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	169.7%	662	390
Camberwell	3rd	4	-0-	2	16	118.3%	562	475
Prahran	4th	4	-0-	2	16	111.4%	566	508
Box Hill	5th	3	-0-	3	12	84.9%	405	477
Waverley	6th	2	-0-	4	8	81.5%	446	547
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	5	4	75.2%	461	613
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	0	-0-	6	0	45.6%	294	645

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Camberwell	Princes Park	91	-	70
SAT	09/06/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Preston	Selwyn Park	56	-	83
SAT	09/06/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Box Hill	Central Reserve	58	-	41
SUN	10/06/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Dandenong	Toorak Park	88	-	105

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	6	-0-	1	24	167.0%	745	446
Dandenong	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	164.9%	701	425
Camberwell	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	111.7%	632	566
Prahran	4th	4	-0-	3	16	106.7%	654	613
Waverley	5th	3	-0-	4	12	85.7%	504	588
Box Hill	6th	3	-0-	4	12	83.4%	446	535
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	6	4	74.3%	517	696
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	6	4	53.8%	385	715

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Sunshine	Box Hill City Oval	95	-	75
SAT	16/06/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Dandenong	Camberwell Sports Ground	41	-	147
SAT	16/06/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Brighton-Caulfield	Central Reserve	74	-	52
SUN	17/06/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Prahran	Preston City Oval	62	-	36

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Dandenong	1st	7	-0-	1	28	182.0%	848	466
Preston	2nd	7	-0-	1	28	167.4%	807	482
Prahran	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	102.2%	690	675
Camberwell	4th	4	-0-	4	16	94.4%	673	713
Waverley	5th	4	-0-	4	16	90.3%	578	640
Box Hill	6th	4	-0-	4	16	88.7%	541	610
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	7	4	74.8%	592	791
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	7	4	55.4%	437	789

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Box Hill	Princes Park	108	-	114
SAT	23/06/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Preston	Shepley Oval	73	-	79
SAT	23/06/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Camberwell	Toorak Park	74	-	83
SAT	23/06/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Waverley	Selwyn Park	84	-	126

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	8	-0-	1	32	159.6%	886	555
Dandenong	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	169.0%	921	545
Waverley	3rd	5	-0-	4	20	97.2%	704	724
Camberwell	4th	5	-0-	4	20	96.1%	756	787
Box Hill	5th	5	-0-	4	20	91.2%	655	718
Prahran	6th	4	-0-	5	16	100.8%	764	758
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	8	4	73.7%	676	917
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	8	4	60.4%	545	903

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Box Hill	Camberwell Sports Ground	72	-	107
SAT	30/06/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Sunshine	Shepley Oval	76	-	66
SAT	30/06/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Brighton-Caulfield	Toorak Park	112	-	54
SUN	01/07/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Waverley	Preston City Oval	105	-	65

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	9	-0-	1	36	159.8%	991	620
Dandenong	2nd	8	-0-	2	32	163.2%	997	611
Box Hill	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	96.5%	762	790
Prahran	4th	5	-0-	5	20	107.9%	876	812
Waverley	5th	5	-0-	5	20	92.8%	769	829
Camberwell	6th	5	-0-	5	20	92.6%	828	894
Sunshine	7th	1	-0-	9	4	74.7%	742	993
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	9	4	59.0%	599	1,015

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Dandenong	Box Hill City Oval	61	-	74
SAT	07/07/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Preston	Princes Park	73	-	160
SAT	07/07/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Prahran	Central Reserve	69	-	65
SUN	08/07/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Camberwell	Selwyn Park	109	-	74

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	10	-0-	1	40	166.1%	1,151	693
Dandenong	2nd	9	-0-	2	36	159.4%	1,071	672
Box Hill	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	95.3%	823	864
Waverley	4th	6	-0-	5	24	93.7%	838	894
Prahran	5th	5	-0-	6	20	106.8%	941	881
Camberwell	6th	5	-0-	6	20	89.9%	902	1,003
Sunshine	7th	2	-0-	9	8	79.8%	851	1,067
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	10	4	57.2%	672	1,175

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Prahran	Box Hill City Oval	79	-	96
SAT	14/07/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Preston	Camberwell Sports Ground	56	-	145
SAT	14/07/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Waverley	Shepley Oval	97	-	59
SAT	14/07/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Brighton-Caulfield	Selwyn Park	101	-	59

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	11	-0-	1	44	173.0%	1,296	749
Dandenong	2nd	10	-0-	2	40	159.8%	1,168	731
Prahran	3rd	6	-0-	6	24	108.0%	1,037	960
Box Hill	4th	6	-0-	6	24	94.0%	902	960
Waverley	5th	6	-0-	6	24	90.5%	897	991
Camberwell	6th	5	-0-	7	20	83.4%	958	1,148
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	9	12	84.5%	952	1,126
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	11	4	57.3%	731	1,276

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Dandenong	Princes Park	30	-	92
SAT	21/07/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Box Hill	Preston City Oval	105	-	47
SAT	21/07/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Camberwell	Central Reserve	70	-	54
SUN	22/07/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Sunshine	Toorak Park	101	-	81

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	12	-0-	1	48	176.0%	1,401	796
Dandenong	2nd	11	-0-	2	44	165.6%	1,260	761
Prahran	3rd	7	-0-	6	28	109.3%	1,138	1,041
Waverley	4th	7	-0-	6	28	92.5%	967	1,045
Box Hill	5th	6	-0-	7	24	89.1%	949	1,065
Camberwell	6th	5	-0-	8	20	83.1%	1,012	1,218
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	10	12	84.2%	1,033	1,227
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	12	4	55.6%	761	1,368

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Waverley	Box Hill City Oval	85	-	67
SAT	28/07/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Brighton-Caulfield	Camberwell Sports Ground	138	-	63
SAT	28/07/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Prahran	Shepley Oval	140	-	61
SUN	29/07/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Sunshine	Preston City Oval	113	-	70

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	13	-0-	1	52	174.8%	1,514	866
Dandenong	2nd	12	-0-	2	48	170.3%	1,400	822
Prahran	3rd	7	-0-	7	28	101.5%	1,199	1,181
Waverley	4th	7	-0-	7	28	91.5%	1,034	1,130
Box Hill	5th	7	-0-	7	28	91.3%	1,034	1,132
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	8	24	89.8%	1,150	1,281
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	11	12	82.3%	1,103	1,340
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	13	4	54.7%	824	1,506

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1962	2:10 PM	Brighton-Caulfield v Waverley	Princes Park	60	-	140
SAT	04/08/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Camberwell	Shepley Oval	93	-	50
SAT	04/08/1962	2:10 PM	Sunshine v Box Hill	Selwyn Park	71	-	123
SUN	05/08/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Preston	Toorak Park	103	-	76

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Dandenong	1st	13	-0-	2	52	171.2%	1,493	872
Preston	2nd	13	-0-	2	52	164.1%	1,590	969
Prahran	3rd	8	-0-	7	32	103.6%	1,302	1,257
Waverley	4th	8	-0-	7	32	98.7%	1,174	1,190
Box Hill	5th	8	-0-	7	32	96.2%	1,157	1,203
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	9	24	87.3%	1,200	1,374
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	12	12	80.2%	1,174	1,463
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	14	4	53.7%	884	1,646

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1962	2:10 PM	Box Hill v Brighton-Caulfield	Box Hill City Oval	124	-	44
SAT	11/08/1962	2:10 PM	Camberwell v Prahran	Camberwell Sports Ground	96	-	113
SAT	11/08/1962	2:10 PM	Waverley v Sunshine	Central Reserve	128	-	93
SUN	12/08/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Dandenong	Preston City Oval	90	-	79

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Preston	1st	14	-0-	2	56	160.3%	1,680	1,048
Dandenong	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	163.4%	1,572	962
Prahran	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	104.6%	1,415	1,353
Box Hill	4th	9	-0-	7	36	102.7%	1,281	1,247
Waverley	5th	9	-0-	7	36	101.5%	1,302	1,283
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	10	24	87.2%	1,296	1,487
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	13	12	79.6%	1,267	1,591
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	15	4	52.4%	928	1,770

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Preston	1st	14	-0-	2	56	160.3%	1,680	1,048	236	264	146	172
Dandenong	2nd	13	-0-	3	52	163.4%	1,572	962	223	234	137	140
Prahran	3rd	9	-0-	7	36	104.6%	1,415	1,353	205	185	187	231
Box Hill	4th	9	-0-	7	36	102.7%	1,281	1,247	179	207	173	209
Waverley	5th	9	-0-	7	36	101.5%	1,302	1,283	181	216	179	209
Camberwell	6th	6	-0-	10	24	87.2%	1,296	1,487	179	222	212	215
Sunshine	7th	3	-0-	13	12	79.6%	1,267	1,591	179	193	226	235
Brighton-Caulfield	8th	1	-0-	15	4	52.4%	928	1,770	128	160	250	270

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/08/1962	2:10 PM	Prahran v Box Hill	Toorak Park	82	-	58
SUN	26/08/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Dandenong	Toorak Park	80	-	96

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Dandenong	1st
Preston	2nd
Prahran	3rd
Box Hill	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	02/09/1962	2:10 PM	Preston v Prahran	Toorak Park	52	-	66

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Dandenong	1st
Prahran	2nd
Preston	3rd
Box Hill	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SUN	09/09/1962	2:10 PM	Dandenong v Prahran	Toorak Park	120	-	60

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Dandenong	1st
Prahran	2nd
Preston	3rd
Box Hill	4th

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