2005 VFL season
The 2005 Victorian Football League season was the 124th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Werribee in the Grand Final on 18 September by nine points; it was Sandringham's ninth top-division premiership, and the second of three premierships won consecutively by the club between 2004 and 2006.
| 2005 VFL | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 13 |
| Premiers | Sandringham (9th premiership) |
| Minor premiers | Werribee (4th minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 126 |
| Leading goalkicker | James Podsiadly (Werribee) |
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Werribee | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 2138 | 1590 | 134.5 | 60 | Finals |
| 2 | Northern Bullants | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1690 | 1343 | 125.8 | 54 | |
| 3 | Sandringham (P) | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1793 | 1558 | 115.1 | 48 | |
| 4 | Bendigo | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1816 | 1357 | 133.8 | 44 | |
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1747 | 1725 | 101.3 | 44 | |
| 6 | Tasmania | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1724 | 1615 | 106.7 | 40 | |
| 7 | Frankston | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1486 | 1440 | 103.2 | 34 | |
| 8 | Box Hill | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1479 | 1632 | 90.6 | 28 | |
| 9 | Williamstown | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1474 | 1713 | 86.0 | 28 | |
| 10 | North Ballarat | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1434 | 1756 | 81.7 | 28 | |
| 11 | Springvale | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1480 | 1565 | 94.6 | 24 | |
| 12 | Coburg | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1404 | 1774 | 79.1 | 20 | |
| 13 | Geelong reserves | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1478 | 2075 | 71.2 | 16 |
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Finals Series
| Qualifying / Elimination finals | Semi-finals | Preliminary finals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||
| QF1: 26 August, Queen Elizabeth Oval | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Werribee | 19.8 (122) | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Bendigo | 15.14 (104) | SF1: 3 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||
| Bendigo | 20.6 (126) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF1: 28 August, TEAC Oval | Port Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | PF1: 10 September, TEAC Oval | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Port Melbourne | 21.19 (145) | Werribee | 15.15 (105) | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Box Hill | 8.13 (61) | Northern Bullants | 11.10 (76) | GF: 18 September, Optus Oval | ||||||||||||
| Sandringham | 11.17 (83) | ||||||||||||||||
| EF2: 28 August, Bellerive Oval | PF2: 11 September, TEAC Oval | Werribee | 11.8 (74) | ||||||||||||||
| 6 | Tasmania | 17.19 (121) | Sandringham | 17.19 (121) | |||||||||||||
| 7 | Frankston | 11.9 (75) | SF2: 4 September, Bellerive Oval | Bendigo | 12.10 (82) | ||||||||||||
| Northern Bullants | 18.9 (117) | ||||||||||||||||
| QF2: 27 August, TEAC Oval | Tasmania | 5.14 (44) | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northern Bullants | 3.11 (29) | |||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sandringham | 16.20 (116) | |||||||||||||||
Grand Final
| 2005 VFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 18 September
(2:10 pm) |
Sandringham | def. | Werribee | Optus Oval (crowd: 9,000) | [2] |
| 2.4 (16) 4.6 (30) 9.12 (66) 11.17 (83) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
3.1 (19) 4.6 (30) 5.7 (37) 11.8 (74) |
Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Daniel Ward (Sandringham) | ||
| Armstrong 2, Motlop 2, Poyas 2, Gallagher, Heffernan, Johnson, Sautner, Williams | Goals | Podsiadly 3, Bandy 2, Birss 2, McCormack, O'Sullivan, Rawlings, Skipper | |||
Awards
- The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won by James Podsiadly (Werribee), who kicked 66 goals.[3]
- The J. J. Liston Trophy was won jointly by Ian Callinan (Tasmania) and Paul Johnson (Sandringham), who each polled 16 votes. Callinan and Johnson finished ahead of Digby Morrell (Northern Bullants), who was third with 15 votes.[4]
- The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Jackson Barling (Williamstown).[5]
- Williamstown won the reserves premiership. Williamstown 16.7 (103) defeated North Ballarat 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 18 September.[2]
See also
References
- "2005 VFL Premiership Season". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
- "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 19 September 2005. p. 67.
- "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- "2005 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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