1971 VFA (D1) Season

This page displays the results for the 1971 season of the first division of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Preston were the minor premiers.

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

Premiership Details

Name: 1971 Victorian Football Association (Division 1) Season
Known As: 1971 VFA (D1) Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Coburg Coburg City Oval Mick Erwin
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Geelong West West Oval
Oakleigh Warrawee Park Bob Johnson
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Bob Bonnett
Prahran Toorak Park Kevin Rose
Preston Preston City Oval Kevin Wright
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Neil Busse
Waverley Central Reserve Russell Blew
Williamstown WCG Max Papley

Premiership Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Preston 1st 13 -1- 4 54 120.9% 1,944 1,608 277 282 227 246
Dandenong 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 123.9% 2,066 1,668 299 272 240 228
Oakleigh 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.7% 2,109 1,940 308 261 279 266
Sandringham 4th 10 -0- 8 40 101.8% 1,854 1,821 264 270 254 297
Prahran 5th 8 -1- 9 34 93.2% 1,768 1,897 253 250 272 265
Port Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 10 32 96.4% 1,788 1,855 255 258 269 241
Coburg 7th 7 -0- 11 28 98.3% 1,780 1,810 253 262 259 256
Waverley 8th 7 -0- 11 28 87.0% 1,694 1,947 236 278 280 267
Williamstown 9th 6 -0- 12 24 90.5% 1,812 2,002 261 246 286 286
Geelong West 10th 6 -0- 12 24 87.3% 1,833 2,100 265 243 305 270

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Dandenong 1st Premiers
Preston 2nd Runners-Up
Sandringham 3rd Defeated by Preston (Preliminary Final)
Oakleigh 4th Defeated by Sandringham (Semi Final)
Prahran 5th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 7th Did not qualify for finals
Waverley 8th Did not qualify for finals
Williamstown 9th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong West 10th Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/04/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 95 - 100
SUN 18/04/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 78 - 99
SUN 18/04/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 125 - 80
SUN 18/04/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Geelong West Central Reserve 106 - 130
SUN 18/04/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 75 - 100

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 1 -0- 0 4 156.3% 125 80
Coburg 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 133.3% 100 75
Dandenong 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 126.9% 99 78
Geelong West 4th 1 -0- 0 4 122.6% 130 106
Oakleigh 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.3% 100 95
Port Melbourne 6th 0 -0- 1 0 95.0% 95 100
Waverley 7th 0 -0- 1 0 81.5% 106 130
Prahran 8th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 78 99
Williamstown 9th 0 -0- 1 0 75.0% 75 100
Sandringham 10th 0 -0- 1 0 64.0% 80 125

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 25/04/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 90 - 106
SUN 25/04/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 129 - 75
SUN 25/04/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 66 - 92
SUN 25/04/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Waverley Warrawee Park 87 - 112
SUN 25/04/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 91 - 104

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 2 -0- 0 8 149.0% 228 153
Preston 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 148.6% 217 146
Coburg 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 105.0% 190 181
Waverley 4th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 218 217
Geelong West 5th 1 -0- 1 4 99.0% 196 198
Prahran 6th 1 -0- 1 4 97.4% 184 189
Williamstown 7th 1 -0- 1 4 93.7% 179 191
Oakleigh 8th 1 -0- 1 4 90.3% 187 207
Sandringham 9th 0 -0- 2 0 74.7% 171 229
Port Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 74.2% 170 229

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 09/05/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Shepley Oval 88 - 114
SUN 09/05/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 118 - 90
SUN 09/05/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 101 - 134
SUN 09/05/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Waverley Preston City Oval 172 - 60
SUN 09/05/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 81 - 102

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 3 -0- 0 12 188.8% 389 206
Dandenong 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 118.4% 316 267
Geelong West 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 109.0% 314 288
Oakleigh 4th 2 -0- 1 8 104.2% 321 308
Coburg 5th 1 -0- 2 4 93.6% 280 299
Sandringham 6th 1 -0- 2 4 89.9% 285 317
Williamstown 7th 1 -0- 2 4 88.7% 260 293
Prahran 8th 1 -0- 2 4 88.2% 285 323
Port Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 87.7% 272 310
Waverley 10th 1 -0- 2 4 71.5% 278 389

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 16/05/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 76 - 149
SUN 16/05/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Dandenong Warrawee Park 102 - 170
SUN 16/05/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 132 - 91
SUN 16/05/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 146 - 95
SUN 16/05/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Williamstown Central Reserve 146 - 134

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 4 -0- 0 16 190.8% 538 282
Dandenong 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 131.7% 486 369
Sandringham 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 104.6% 431 412
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 100.7% 404 401
Geelong West 5th 2 -0- 2 8 94.2% 409 434
Oakleigh 6th 2 -0- 2 8 88.5% 423 478
Waverley 7th 2 -0- 2 8 81.1% 424 523
Williamstown 8th 1 -0- 3 4 89.7% 394 439
Prahran 9th 1 -0- 3 4 82.6% 376 455
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 3 4 79.5% 356 448

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/05/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 131 - 132
SUN 23/05/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 111 - 130
SUN 23/05/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Waverley Toorak Park 145 - 117
SUN 23/05/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 110 - 138
SUN 23/05/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 100 - 88

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 4 -0- 1 16 163.9% 626 382
Dandenong 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 128.3% 616 480
Port Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 106.1% 542 511
Oakleigh 4th 3 -0- 2 12 91.1% 555 609
Sandringham 5th 2 -0- 3 8 98.4% 541 550
Williamstown 6th 2 -0- 3 8 93.7% 494 527
Geelong West 7th 2 -0- 3 8 92.2% 520 564
Prahran 8th 2 -0- 3 8 91.1% 521 572
Waverley 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.0% 541 668
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.0% 487 580

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 30/05/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 75 - 52
SUN 30/05/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 62 - 76
SUN 30/05/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Waverley North Port Oval 111 - 73
SUN 30/05/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 98 - 97
SUN 30/05/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Geelong West WCG 84 - 69

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 5 -0- 1 20 151.1% 724 479
Dandenong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 129.9% 691 532
Port Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 111.8% 653 584
Sandringham 4th 3 -0- 3 12 100.8% 617 612
Williamstown 5th 3 -0- 3 12 97.0% 578 596
Oakleigh 6th 3 -0- 3 12 90.1% 617 685
Prahran 7th 2 -0- 4 8 92.2% 618 670
Geelong West 8th 2 -0- 4 8 90.9% 589 648
Waverley 9th 2 -0- 4 8 78.8% 614 779
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 5 4 82.3% 539 655

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Oakleigh West Oval 104 - 133
SUN 06/06/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 149 - 106
SUN 06/06/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 115 - 80
SUN 06/06/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 122 - 117
SUN 06/06/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Dandenong Central Reserve 90 - 113

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 6 -0- 1 24 150.1% 839 559
Dandenong 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 129.3% 804 622
Port Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 104.9% 733 699
Sandringham 4th 4 -0- 3 16 101.4% 739 729
Oakleigh 5th 4 -0- 3 16 95.1% 750 789
Prahran 6th 3 -0- 4 12 98.8% 767 776
Williamstown 7th 3 -0- 4 12 91.8% 684 745
Geelong West 8th 2 -0- 5 8 88.7% 693 781
Waverley 9th 2 -0- 5 8 78.9% 704 892
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 6 4 84.4% 656 777

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/06/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Waverley Coburg City Oval 118 - 98
SUN 13/06/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Williamstown Shepley Oval 182 - 91
SUN 13/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne West Oval 101 - 135
SUN 13/06/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 143 - 104
SUN 13/06/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 110 - 96

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 7 -0- 1 28 138.3% 986 713
Preston 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 134.3% 943 702
Port Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 108.5% 868 800
Oakleigh 4th 5 -0- 3 20 100.0% 893 893
Prahran 5th 4 -0- 4 16 100.6% 877 872
Sandringham 6th 4 -0- 4 16 99.5% 835 839
Williamstown 7th 3 -0- 5 12 83.6% 775 927
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 6 8 88.5% 774 875
Geelong West 9th 2 -0- 6 8 86.7% 794 916
Waverley 10th 2 -0- 6 8 79.4% 802 1,010

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 20/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 139 - 98
SUN 20/06/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 77 - 72
SUN 20/06/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 82 - 78
SUN 20/06/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Sandringham Central Reserve 74 - 54
SUN 20/06/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 139 - 104

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 7 -0- 2 28 133.8% 1,064 795
Preston 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 131.4% 1,025 780
Port Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 108.4% 945 872
Oakleigh 4th 5 -0- 4 20 96.6% 997 1,032
Sandringham 5th 4 -0- 5 16 97.4% 889 913
Prahran 6th 4 -0- 5 16 96.4% 975 1,011
Williamstown 7th 4 -0- 5 16 88.7% 914 1,031
Geelong West 8th 3 -0- 6 12 92.0% 933 1,014
Waverley 9th 3 -0- 6 12 82.3% 876 1,064
Coburg 10th 2 -0- 7 8 88.9% 846 952

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/06/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 105 - 86
SUN 27/06/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 129 - 84
SUN 27/06/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Waverley West Oval 142 - 123
SUN 27/06/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 160 - 86
SUN 27/06/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 92 - 69

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 8 -0- 2 32 135.7% 1,193 879
Preston 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 125.5% 1,094 872
Oakleigh 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 103.5% 1,157 1,118
Port Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 4 24 99.9% 1,031 1,032
Sandringham 5th 5 -0- 5 20 99.9% 981 982
Geelong West 6th 4 -0- 6 16 94.5% 1,075 1,137
Prahran 7th 4 -0- 6 16 92.9% 1,059 1,140
Williamstown 8th 4 -0- 6 16 88.0% 1,000 1,136
Coburg 9th 3 -0- 7 12 91.6% 951 1,038
Waverley 10th 3 -0- 7 12 82.8% 999 1,206

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/07/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 103 - 124
SUN 11/07/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 77 - 120
SUN 11/07/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 121 - 82
SUN 11/07/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Oakleigh Central Reserve 67 - 98
SUN 11/07/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 119 - 135

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 9 -0- 2 36 134.1% 1,317 982
Preston 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 127.4% 1,215 954
Oakleigh 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 105.9% 1,255 1,185
Sandringham 4th 6 -0- 5 24 101.4% 1,116 1,101
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 5 24 98.1% 1,134 1,156
Coburg 6th 4 -0- 7 16 96.1% 1,071 1,115
Geelong West 7th 4 -0- 7 16 92.0% 1,157 1,258
Prahran 8th 4 -0- 7 16 90.2% 1,136 1,260
Williamstown 9th 4 -0- 7 16 88.0% 1,119 1,271
Waverley 10th 3 -0- 8 12 81.7% 1,066 1,304

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/07/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 141 - 78
SUN 18/07/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 102 - 111
SUN 18/07/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 89 - 109
SUN 18/07/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Dandenong Beach Road Oval 95 - 81
SUN 18/07/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Preston Central Reserve 54 - 81

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 9 -0- 3 36 129.8% 1,398 1,077
Preston 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 128.6% 1,296 1,008
Oakleigh 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 104.7% 1,357 1,296
Sandringham 4th 7 -0- 5 28 102.5% 1,211 1,182
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 6 24 96.7% 1,223 1,265
Coburg 6th 5 -0- 7 20 101.6% 1,212 1,193
Prahran 7th 5 -0- 7 20 91.6% 1,247 1,362
Williamstown 8th 5 -0- 7 20 90.3% 1,228 1,360
Geelong West 9th 4 -0- 8 16 88.3% 1,235 1,399
Waverley 10th 3 -0- 9 12 80.9% 1,120 1,385

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 25/07/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Oakleigh Shepley Oval 117 - 129
SUN 25/07/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 122 - 128
SUN 25/07/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 100 - 75
SUN 25/07/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 145 - 129
SUN 25/07/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Waverley WCG 93 - 101

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 10 -0- 3 40 126.7% 1,441 1,137
Dandenong 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 125.6% 1,515 1,206
Oakleigh 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 105.2% 1,486 1,413
Sandringham 4th 8 -0- 5 32 102.7% 1,339 1,304
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 7 24 95.1% 1,298 1,365
Prahran 6th 6 -0- 7 24 93.7% 1,347 1,437
Coburg 7th 5 -0- 8 20 100.2% 1,341 1,338
Williamstown 8th 5 -0- 8 20 90.4% 1,321 1,461
Geelong West 9th 4 -0- 9 16 88.9% 1,357 1,527
Waverley 10th 4 -0- 9 16 82.6% 1,221 1,478

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 01/08/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 145 - 80
SUN 01/08/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 107 - 71
SUN 01/08/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 91 - 82
SUN 01/08/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 131 - 91
SUN 01/08/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Prahran Central Reserve 74 - 76

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 11 -0- 3 44 128.0% 1,572 1,228
Dandenong 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 129.1% 1,660 1,286
Oakleigh 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 107.3% 1,593 1,484
Sandringham 4th 8 -0- 6 32 101.9% 1,421 1,395
Port Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 7 28 96.0% 1,389 1,447
Prahran 6th 7 -0- 7 28 94.2% 1,423 1,511
Coburg 7th 5 -0- 9 20 97.7% 1,412 1,445
Williamstown 8th 5 -0- 9 20 88.7% 1,412 1,592
Geelong West 9th 4 -0- 10 16 85.9% 1,437 1,672
Waverley 10th 4 -0- 10 16 83.3% 1,295 1,554

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/08/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Dandenong Coburg City Oval 90 - 76
SUN 08/08/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Williamstown West Oval 58 - 91
SUN 08/08/1971 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 68 - 68
SUN 08/08/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 123 - 89
SUN 08/08/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Port Melbourne Central Reserve 99 - 84

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 11 -1- 3 46 126.5% 1,640 1,296
Dandenong 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 126.2% 1,736 1,376
Oakleigh 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 104.7% 1,682 1,607
Sandringham 4th 9 -0- 6 36 104.0% 1,544 1,484
Prahran 5th 7 -1- 7 30 94.4% 1,491 1,579
Port Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 8 28 95.3% 1,473 1,546
Coburg 7th 6 -0- 9 24 98.8% 1,502 1,521
Williamstown 8th 6 -0- 9 24 91.1% 1,503 1,650
Waverley 9th 5 -0- 10 20 85.1% 1,394 1,638
Geelong West 10th 4 -0- 11 16 84.8% 1,495 1,763

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/08/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 98 - 73
SUN 15/08/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Waverley Shepley Oval 110 - 83
SUN 15/08/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Geelong West Warrawee Park 151 - 100
SUN 15/08/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 92 - 98
SUN 15/08/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 73 - 76

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 12 -1- 3 50 125.2% 1,738 1,388
Dandenong 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 126.5% 1,846 1,459
Oakleigh 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 107.4% 1,833 1,707
Sandringham 4th 9 -0- 7 36 102.2% 1,617 1,582
Prahran 5th 8 -1- 7 34 94.9% 1,567 1,652
Coburg 6th 7 -0- 9 28 100.4% 1,600 1,594
Port Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 9 28 95.2% 1,565 1,644
Williamstown 8th 6 -0- 10 24 91.3% 1,576 1,726
Waverley 9th 5 -0- 11 20 84.5% 1,477 1,748
Geelong West 10th 4 -0- 12 16 83.3% 1,595 1,914

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/08/1971 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 94 - 111
SUN 22/08/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 107 - 135
SUN 22/08/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 118 - 109
SUN 22/08/1971 2:10 PM Waverley v Coburg Central Reserve 87 - 80
SUN 22/08/1971 2:10 PM Williamstown v Dandenong WCG 110 - 135

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 12 -1- 4 50 121.1% 1,845 1,523
Dandenong 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 126.3% 1,981 1,569
Oakleigh 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 108.5% 1,968 1,814
Sandringham 4th 10 -0- 7 40 102.6% 1,735 1,691
Prahran 5th 8 -1- 8 34 94.7% 1,676 1,770
Coburg 6th 7 -0- 10 28 99.9% 1,680 1,681
Port Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 10 28 94.5% 1,659 1,755
Williamstown 8th 6 -0- 11 24 90.6% 1,686 1,861
Waverley 9th 6 -0- 11 24 85.6% 1,564 1,828
Geelong West 10th 5 -0- 12 20 85.0% 1,706 2,008

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/08/1971 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 100 - 129
SUN 29/08/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 85 - 99
SUN 29/08/1971 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 127 - 92
SUN 29/08/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 141 - 126
SUN 29/08/1971 2:10 PM Sandringham v Waverley Beach Road Oval 119 - 130

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Preston 1st 13 -1- 4 54 120.9% 1,944 1,608
Dandenong 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 123.9% 2,066 1,668
Oakleigh 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.7% 2,109 1,940
Sandringham 4th 10 -0- 8 40 101.8% 1,854 1,821
Prahran 5th 8 -1- 9 34 93.2% 1,768 1,897
Port Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 10 32 96.4% 1,788 1,855
Coburg 7th 7 -0- 11 28 98.3% 1,780 1,810
Waverley 8th 7 -0- 11 28 87.0% 1,694 1,947
Williamstown 9th 6 -0- 12 24 90.5% 1,812 2,002
Geelong West 10th 6 -0- 12 24 87.3% 1,833 2,100

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 13 -1- 4 54 120.9% 1,944 1,608 277 282 227 246
Dandenong 2nd 12 -0- 6 48 123.9% 2,066 1,668 299 272 240 228
Oakleigh 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 108.7% 2,109 1,940 308 261 279 266
Sandringham 4th 10 -0- 8 40 101.8% 1,854 1,821 264 270 254 297
Prahran 5th 8 -1- 9 34 93.2% 1,768 1,897 253 250 272 265
Port Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 10 32 96.4% 1,788 1,855 255 258 269 241
Coburg 7th 7 -0- 11 28 98.3% 1,780 1,810 253 262 259 256
Waverley 8th 7 -0- 11 28 87.0% 1,694 1,947 236 278 280 267
Williamstown 9th 6 -0- 12 24 90.5% 1,812 2,002 261 246 286 286
Geelong West 10th 6 -0- 12 24 87.3% 1,833 2,100 265 243 305 270

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 05/09/1971 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Junction Oval 107 - 133 12,000
SUN 12/09/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Junction Oval 81 - 155 12,500

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Dandenong 1st
Preston 2nd
Sandringham 3rd
Oakleigh 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 19/09/1971 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Junction Oval 119 - 105 12,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Dandenong 1st
Preston 2nd
Sandringham 3rd
Oakleigh 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 26/09/1971 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Junction Oval 98 - 92 14,529

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Dandenong 1st
Preston 2nd
Sandringham 3rd
Oakleigh 4th