1976 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1976 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Port Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Port Melbourne were the premiers, with Norm Brown as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1976 VFA Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 94

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brunswick A. G. Gillon Oval
Caulfield Princes Park
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Dandenong Shepley Oval
Geelong West West Oval
Oakleigh Warrawee Park Bob Johnson
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Norm Brown
Prahran Toorak Park John Townsend
Preston Preston City Oval Dick Telford
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Kevin Murray

Season Results

Premiers: Port Melbourne
Runners-Up: Dandenong
Minor Premiers: Port Melbourne

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 121.5% 2,288 1,883 326 332 269 269
Preston 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 112.2% 2,164 1,929 314 280 277 267
Caulfield 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 106.4% 2,105 1,978 301 299 282 286
Dandenong 4th 10 -0- 8 40 110.4% 1,966 1,781 280 286 254 257
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 9 36 105.8% 2,052 1,940 298 264 277 278
Geelong West 6th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,960 2,079 281 274 295 309
Prahran 7th 8 -0- 10 32 91.5% 1,847 2,019 260 287 286 303
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 12 22 87.2% 1,835 2,105 255 305 301 299
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 13 20 95.8% 1,982 2,068 280 302 295 298
Oakleigh 10th 4 -1- 13 18 79.7% 1,639 2,056 230 259 289 322

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/04/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg A. G. Gillon Oval 81 - 102
SUN 18/04/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Shepley Oval 92 - 71
SUN 18/04/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Geelong West Warrawee Park 101 - 106
SUN 18/04/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Caulfield Toorak Park 118 - 97
SUN 18/04/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 127 - 107

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Dandenong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 129.6% 92 71
Coburg 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 125.9% 102 81
Prahran 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 121.6% 118 97
Preston 4th 1 -0- 0 4 118.7% 127 107
Geelong West 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.0% 106 101
Oakleigh 6th 0 -0- 1 0 95.3% 101 106
Port Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 84.3% 107 127
Caulfield 8th 0 -0- 1 0 82.2% 97 118
Brunswick 9th 0 -0- 1 0 79.4% 81 102
Sandringham 10th 0 -0- 1 0 77.2% 71 92

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 02/05/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Preston Princes Park 124 - 109
SUN 02/05/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 120 - 112
SUN 02/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Dandenong West Oval 97 - 85
SUN 02/05/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 150 - 98
SUN 02/05/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 138 - 95

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 2 -0- 0 8 115.0% 222 193
Geelong West 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 109.1% 203 186
Port Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 114.2% 257 225
Sandringham 4th 1 -0- 1 4 111.8% 209 187
Prahran 5th 1 -0- 1 4 106.0% 230 217
Dandenong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 105.4% 177 168
Preston 7th 1 -0- 1 4 102.2% 236 231
Caulfield 8th 1 -0- 1 4 97.4% 221 227
Oakleigh 9th 0 -0- 2 0 77.7% 199 256
Brunswick 10th 0 -0- 2 0 73.3% 176 240

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 09/05/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Dandenong A. G. Gillon Oval 120 - 118
SUN 09/05/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Caulfield Warrawee Park 94 - 117
SUN 09/05/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong West North Port Oval 113 - 115
SUN 09/05/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 126 - 116
SUN 09/05/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 136 - 116

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 3 -0- 0 12 106.4% 318 299
Preston 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 107.2% 372 347
Prahran 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 106.9% 356 333
Caulfield 4th 2 -0- 1 8 105.3% 338 321
Coburg 5th 2 -0- 1 8 102.7% 338 329
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 2 4 108.8% 370 340
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 2 4 103.8% 325 313
Dandenong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 102.4% 295 288
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 2 4 82.7% 296 358
Oakleigh 10th 0 -0- 3 0 78.6% 293 373

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 16/05/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Port Melbourne Princes Park 114 - 155
SUN 16/05/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 61 - 60
SUN 16/05/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Prahran Shepley Oval 103 - 94
SUN 16/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Brunswick West Oval 113 - 91
SUN 16/05/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 144 - 85

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 4 -0- 0 16 110.5% 431 390
Coburg 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 102.6% 399 389
Sandringham 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 117.8% 469 398
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 115.6% 525 454
Dandenong 5th 2 -0- 2 8 104.2% 398 382
Prahran 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.2% 450 436
Caulfield 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.0% 452 476
Preston 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.1% 457 491
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 3 4 82.2% 387 471
Oakleigh 10th 0 -0- 4 0 81.3% 353 434

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 23/05/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Sandringham Princes Park 131 - 88
SUN 23/05/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Coburg West Oval 118 - 83
SUN 23/05/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 68 - 68
SUN 23/05/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong North Port Oval 122 - 82
SUN 23/05/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 182 - 98

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 5 -0- 0 20 116.1% 549 473
Port Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 120.7% 647 536
Preston 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 108.5% 639 589
Caulfield 4th 3 -0- 2 12 103.4% 583 564
Coburg 5th 3 -0- 2 12 95.1% 482 507
Sandringham 6th 2 -0- 3 8 105.3% 557 529
Dandenong 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.2% 480 504
Prahran 8th 2 -0- 3 8 88.7% 548 618
Brunswick 9th 1 -1- 3 6 84.4% 455 539
Oakleigh 10th 0 -1- 4 2 83.9% 421 502

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 30/05/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne A. G. Gillon Oval 99 - 111
SUN 30/05/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Caulfield Shepley Oval 133 - 88
SUN 30/05/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 169 - 60
SUN 30/05/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Geelong West Preston City Oval 125 - 69
SUN 30/05/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 92 - 133

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 5 -0- 1 20 103.3% 618 598
Port Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 119.4% 758 635
Preston 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 116.1% 764 658
Coburg 4th 4 -0- 2 16 102.7% 615 599
Prahran 5th 3 -0- 3 12 105.8% 717 678
Dandenong 6th 3 -0- 3 12 103.5% 613 592
Caulfield 7th 3 -0- 3 12 96.3% 671 697
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 4 8 98.0% 649 662
Brunswick 9th 1 -1- 4 6 85.2% 554 650
Oakleigh 10th 0 -1- 5 2 71.7% 481 671

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 06/06/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Brunswick Princes Park 109 - 100
SUN 06/06/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Dandenong Coburg City Oval 145 - 82
SUN 06/06/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Sandringham West Oval 127 - 77
SUN 06/06/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 92 - 79
SUN 06/06/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 129 - 60

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong West 1st 6 -0- 1 24 110.4% 745 675
Port Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 127.6% 887 695
Coburg 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 111.6% 760 681
Preston 4th 4 -0- 3 16 112.4% 843 750
Caulfield 5th 4 -0- 3 16 97.9% 780 797
Prahran 6th 3 -0- 4 12 96.3% 777 807
Dandenong 7th 3 -0- 4 12 94.3% 695 737
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 5 8 92.0% 726 789
Brunswick 9th 1 -1- 5 6 86.2% 654 759
Oakleigh 10th 1 -1- 5 6 76.4% 573 750

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/06/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Caulfield West Oval 111 - 127
SUN 13/06/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 92 - 89
SUN 13/06/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 75 - 171
SUN 13/06/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 104 - 130
SUN 13/06/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Preston City Oval 75 - 106

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 6 -0- 2 24 123.1% 931 756
Geelong West 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 106.7% 856 802
Port Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 111.1% 962 866
Caulfield 4th 5 -0- 3 20 99.9% 907 908
Preston 5th 4 -0- 4 16 107.2% 918 856
Dandenong 6th 4 -0- 4 16 98.6% 801 812
Prahran 7th 3 -0- 5 12 94.0% 881 937
Brunswick 8th 2 -1- 5 10 90.8% 784 863
Oakleigh 9th 2 -1- 5 10 79.3% 665 839
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 6 8 92.5% 815 881

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 20/09/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston A. G. Gillon Oval 98 - 144
MON 20/09/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Caulfield Coburg City Oval 116 - 141
MON 20/09/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Oakleigh Shepley Oval 135 - 102
MON 20/09/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Geelong West Toorak Park 122 - 107
MON 20/09/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 117 - 139

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Coburg 1st 6 -0- 3 24 116.7% 1,047 897
Port Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 112.0% 1,101 983
Geelong West 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 104.2% 963 924
Caulfield 4th 6 -0- 3 24 102.3% 1,048 1,024
Preston 5th 5 -0- 4 20 111.3% 1,062 954
Dandenong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 102.4% 936 914
Prahran 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.1% 1,003 1,044
Brunswick 8th 2 -1- 6 10 87.6% 882 1,007
Oakleigh 9th 2 -1- 6 10 78.7% 767 974
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 7 8 91.4% 932 1,020

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/06/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Prahran Princes Park 98 - 108
SUN 27/06/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 94 - 122
SUN 27/06/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Sandringham Beach Road Oval 95 - 61
SUN 27/06/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Oakleigh West Oval 101 - 84
SUN 27/06/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 116 - 73

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 3 28 115.2% 1,217 1,056
Geelong West 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 105.6% 1,064 1,008
Coburg 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 112.0% 1,141 1,019
Dandenong 4th 6 -0- 4 24 105.7% 1,031 975
Caulfield 5th 6 -0- 4 24 101.2% 1,146 1,132
Preston 6th 5 -0- 5 20 106.1% 1,135 1,070
Prahran 7th 5 -0- 5 20 97.3% 1,111 1,142
Brunswick 8th 3 -1- 6 14 91.2% 1,004 1,101
Oakleigh 9th 2 -1- 7 10 79.2% 851 1,075
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 8 8 89.1% 993 1,115

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 04/07/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham A. G. Gillon Oval 125 - 84
SUN 04/07/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Geelong West Shepley Oval 120 - 48
SUN 04/07/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 85 - 111
SUN 04/07/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 100 - 72
SUN 04/07/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Caulfield Preston City Oval 114 - 94

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 3 32 116.4% 1,328 1,141
Dandenong 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 112.5% 1,151 1,023
Geelong West 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 98.6% 1,112 1,128
Coburg 4th 6 -0- 5 24 108.4% 1,213 1,119
Preston 5th 6 -0- 5 24 107.3% 1,249 1,164
Prahran 6th 6 -0- 5 24 99.8% 1,211 1,214
Caulfield 7th 6 -0- 5 24 99.5% 1,240 1,246
Brunswick 8th 4 -1- 6 18 95.3% 1,129 1,185
Oakleigh 9th 2 -1- 8 10 78.9% 936 1,186
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 9 8 86.9% 1,077 1,240

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 11/07/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Oakleigh Princes Park 154 - 120
SUN 11/07/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 96 - 107
SUN 11/07/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Brunswick Shepley Oval 179 - 121
SUN 11/07/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Port Melbourne West Oval 110 - 171
SUN 11/07/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 152 - 69

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 3 36 119.8% 1,499 1,251
Dandenong 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 116.3% 1,330 1,144
Preston 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 107.6% 1,356 1,260
Caulfield 4th 7 -0- 5 28 102.0% 1,394 1,366
Geelong West 5th 7 -0- 5 28 94.1% 1,222 1,299
Coburg 6th 6 -0- 6 24 106.8% 1,309 1,226
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 6 24 93.7% 1,280 1,366
Brunswick 8th 4 -1- 7 18 91.6% 1,250 1,364
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 9 12 93.9% 1,229 1,309
Oakleigh 10th 2 -1- 9 10 78.8% 1,056 1,340

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 18/07/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Geelong West A. G. Gillon Oval 88 - 159
SUN 18/07/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 96 - 145
SUN 18/07/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Caulfield North Port Oval 159 - 142
SUN 18/07/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Dandenong Toorak Park 92 - 105
SUN 18/07/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 169 - 152

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 119.0% 1,658 1,393
Dandenong 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 116.1% 1,435 1,236
Preston 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 108.0% 1,525 1,412
Geelong West 4th 8 -0- 5 32 99.6% 1,381 1,387
Coburg 5th 7 -0- 6 28 110.0% 1,454 1,322
Caulfield 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.7% 1,536 1,525
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 7 24 93.3% 1,372 1,471
Brunswick 8th 4 -1- 8 18 87.9% 1,338 1,523
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 10 12 93.4% 1,381 1,478
Oakleigh 10th 2 -1- 10 10 77.6% 1,152 1,485

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh A. G. Gillon Oval 137 - 77
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Geelong West Coburg City Oval 192 - 124
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Port Melbourne Shepley Oval 123 - 133
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 108 - 140
SAT 24/07/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Caulfield Beach Road Oval 98 - 109

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 118.1% 1,791 1,516
Dandenong 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 113.8% 1,558 1,369
Preston 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 109.5% 1,665 1,520
Coburg 4th 8 -0- 6 32 113.8% 1,646 1,446
Caulfield 5th 8 -0- 6 32 101.4% 1,645 1,623
Geelong West 6th 8 -0- 6 32 95.3% 1,505 1,579
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 8 24 91.9% 1,480 1,611
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 8 22 92.2% 1,475 1,600
Sandringham 9th 3 -0- 11 12 93.2% 1,479 1,587
Oakleigh 10th 2 -1- 11 10 75.8% 1,229 1,622

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 01/08/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Dandenong Princes Park 67 - 34
SUN 01/08/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 92 - 69
SUN 01/08/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Preston West Oval 80 - 91
SUN 01/08/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 73 - 44
SUN 01/08/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 98 - 36

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 3 48 121.7% 1,889 1,552
Preston 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 109.8% 1,756 1,600
Coburg 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 114.7% 1,738 1,515
Dandenong 4th 9 -0- 6 36 110.9% 1,592 1,436
Caulfield 5th 9 -0- 6 36 103.3% 1,712 1,657
Geelong West 6th 8 -0- 7 32 94.9% 1,585 1,670
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 9 24 90.5% 1,524 1,684
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 9 22 89.0% 1,511 1,698
Oakleigh 9th 3 -1- 11 14 78.2% 1,302 1,666
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 12 12 92.2% 1,548 1,679

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 08/08/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Caulfield A. G. Gillon Oval 96 - 128
SUN 08/08/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Coburg Shepley Oval 124 - 90
SUN 08/08/1976 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 68 - 87
SUN 08/08/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 132 - 102
SUN 08/08/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Geelong West Beach Road Oval 162 - 128

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 122.0% 1,976 1,620
Preston 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 110.9% 1,888 1,702
Dandenong 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 112.5% 1,716 1,526
Caulfield 4th 10 -0- 6 40 105.0% 1,840 1,753
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 7 36 111.5% 1,828 1,639
Geelong West 6th 8 -0- 8 32 93.5% 1,713 1,832
Prahran 7th 6 -0- 10 24 89.9% 1,592 1,771
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 10 22 88.0% 1,607 1,826
Sandringham 9th 4 -0- 12 16 94.6% 1,710 1,807
Oakleigh 10th 3 -1- 12 14 78.1% 1,404 1,798

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/08/1976 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran A. G. Gillon Oval 120 - 123
SUN 15/08/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Geelong West Princes Park 115 - 119
SUN 15/08/1976 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 118 - 151
SUN 15/08/1976 2:10 PM Dandenong v Preston Shepley Oval 119 - 120
SUN 15/08/1976 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 127 - 100

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 122.4% 2,127 1,738
Preston 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 110.3% 2,008 1,821
Dandenong 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 111.5% 1,835 1,646
Caulfield 4th 10 -0- 7 40 104.4% 1,955 1,872
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 8 36 108.7% 1,946 1,790
Geelong West 6th 9 -0- 8 36 94.1% 1,832 1,947
Prahran 7th 7 -0- 10 28 90.7% 1,715 1,891
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 11 22 88.6% 1,727 1,949
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 12 20 96.3% 1,837 1,907
Oakleigh 10th 3 -1- 13 14 78.1% 1,504 1,925

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/08/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Coburg Princes Park 150 - 106
SUN 22/08/1976 2:10 PM Geelong West v Prahran West Oval 128 - 132
SUN 22/08/1976 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Dandenong Warrawee Park 135 - 131
SUN 22/08/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 161 - 145
SUN 22/08/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 156 - 108

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 121.5% 2,288 1,883
Preston 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 112.2% 2,164 1,929
Caulfield 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 106.4% 2,105 1,978
Dandenong 4th 10 -0- 8 40 110.4% 1,966 1,781
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 9 36 105.8% 2,052 1,940
Geelong West 6th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,960 2,079
Prahran 7th 8 -0- 10 32 91.5% 1,847 2,019
Brunswick 8th 5 -1- 12 22 87.2% 1,835 2,105
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 13 20 95.8% 1,982 2,068
Oakleigh 10th 4 -1- 13 18 79.7% 1,639 2,056

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/08/1976 2:10 PM Caulfield v Dandenong Junction Oval 99 - 139 11,352
SUN 05/09/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston Junction Oval 132 - 93 11,578

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 12/09/1976 2:10 PM Preston v Dandenong Junction Oval 74 - 136 10,828

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 19/09/1976 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Dandenong Junction Oval 132 - 75 32,137