Written by John Punshon
Explanatory Note :
Division 1 was restructured after the 1946 season to include 20 teams in 2
sections, the champion to be decided by a play-off beween the leading teams
in the two sections. The idea was severely criticised in the press because
imbalance between the teams within the divisions. Victories by 10 or more
goals were not unusual. The experiment lasted just one year and in 1948
Division 1 was reduced to 8 teams.
| Victorian Division One Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Team | v | Away Team | ||
| Round One (played April 19) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Moreland Scorers not known |
8 | - | 0 | RAF |
| Park Rangers Goals: Martin 4, Dickenson 3, Wilson 2 |
9 | - | 1 | Olympic Scorer not known |
| Preston |
0 | - | 2 | Western Suburbs Goals: Picken, D Paton |
| South Melbourne United Scorers not known |
2 | - | 6 | Hakoah Scorers not known |
| Woodlands |
0 | - | 7 | Brighton Goals: F McIver 6, Other scorer not known |
| Section B | ||||
| Coburg Scorers not known |
5 | - | 0 | Yallourn |
| Heidelberg Rangers |
0 | - | 11 | Sunshine United Scorers not known |
| Northcote |
0 | - | 11 | Prahran Scorers not known |
| Ringwood Scorer not known |
1 | - | 3 | Bradford Scorers not known |
| South Yarra |
0 | - | 1 | Box Hill Goal: D Hutchinson |
| Round Two (played April 26) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Hakoah Goals: Myer 2 |
2 | - | 3 | Brighton Goals: W McMurray, L Sierakowski, J Sinclair |
| Preston |
0 | - | 2 | Park Rangers Goals: Martin 2 |
| RAF Goals: Hoare 6, Other scorers not known |
12 | - | 1 | Olympic Scorer not known |
| Western Suburbs Goals: M Haxby, H Taylor, A Griffiths (pen) |
3 | - | 2 | South Melbourne United Goals: Jowsey, B Cahill |
| Woodlands Scorers not known |
2 | - | 15 | Moreland Goals: A Forrest 8, J Wilkinson 3, Other scorers not known |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Scorers not known |
4 | - | 2 | Yallourn Goals: Scorers not known |
| Box Hill Goals: L Hutchinson 5, D Hutchinson 2 |
7 | - | 0 | Coburg |
| Heidelberg Rangers |
0 | - | 14 | Prahran Goals: Cousens 5, Pollitzer 4, Other scorers not known |
| South Yarra Goals: Johnson 4, Sharman 4, Other scorers not known |
11 | - | 3 | Northcote Scorers not known |
| Sunshine United Goals: T Sharp 4, Other scorers not known |
10 | - | 0 | Ringwood |
| Round Three (played May 3) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: Pritchard, Bingham, Sinclair, L Sierakowski |
4 | - | 1 | Western Suburbs Goal: H Taylor |
| Moreland Goals: A Forrest 3 |
3 | - | 1 | Hakoah Goals: Myer |
| Olympic Goals: K Gravell 3, Raftopoulos 2 |
5 | - | 0 | Woodlands |
| Park Rangers Goals: Rodgers 2, Wilson, Stewart |
4 | - | 0 | RAF |
| South Melbourne United Goals: B Cahill, Guthrie, Carroll |
3 | - | 0 | Preston |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Goal: Ham |
1 | - | 3 | Box Hill Goals: L Hutchinson 3 |
| Northcote Scorers not known |
3 | - | 11 | Coburg Goals: J Lyons 7, Other scorers not known |
| Prahran Goals: Stewart 2, S Humphries 2, R Low, R Taylor, E Glasson |
7 | - | 2 | South Yarra Goals: Johnson, Newton |
| Ringwood Scorers not known |
5 | - | 1 | Heidelberg Rangers Scorer not known |
| Yallourn |
0 | - | 3 | Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell, Other scorers not known |
| Round Four (played May 10) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Hakoah Goals: Balberer 2, K Defris, Szajer |
4 | - | 0 | Olympic |
| Preston Goal: Liddicutt |
1 | - | 1 | Brighton Goals: Marshall |
| South Melbourne United |
0 | - | 5 | Park Rangers Goals: Martin 3, Wilson 2 |
| Western Suburbs Goal: Bromley |
1 | - | 5 | Moreland Goals: A Forrest 4, Mackey (pen) |
| Woodlands |
? | - | ? | RAF |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Scorers not known |
3 | - | 1 | Northcote Scorer not known |
| Coburg Goals: J Lyons 2, Jones, Gillis |
4 | - | 3 | South Yarra Goals: Johnson 3 |
| Heidelberg Rangers Scorers not known Played on August 9 |
2 | - | 4 | Yallourn Goals: Scorers not known |
| Ringwood |
0 | - | 7 | Prahran Goals: S Humphrey 2, E Glasson 2, R Lowe 2, Stewart |
| Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell 2, T Sharpe |
3 | - | 0 | Box Hill |
| Round Five (played May 17) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: Marshall 2 |
2 | - | 0 | South Melbourne United |
| Moreland Goals: A Forrest 5, Mackey, J Fairweather, Stewart |
8 | - | 0 | Preston |
| Olympic Goal: K Gravell |
1 | - | 2 | Western Suburbs Goals: H Taylor 2 (incl pen) |
| Park Rangers Goals: Martin 6, Wilson 5, Vrolyks 5, Stewart, Lex |
18 | - | 1 | Woodlands Scorer not known |
| RAF Goal: Szajer (og) |
1 | - | 3 | Hakoah Goals: Myer 3 |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Goals: D Hutchinson 3, F Mountford 3, A McKellar 2 |
8 | - | 0 | Heidelberg Rangers |
| Northcote Goal: Torrens |
1 | - | 7 | Sunshine United Goals: J Wood 4, J Campbell 2, T.Sharpe |
| Prahran Goals: E Glassen 3, R Lowe 2 |
5 | - | 5 | Coburg Goals: J Lyons 4, Gillis |
| South Yarra Goals: Bennett (og), Johnson |
2 | - | 3 | Bradford Goals: J Baxter 2, Laurie |
| Yallourn Goals: Scorers not known |
5 | - | 7 | Ringwood Goals: Scorers not known |
| Round Six (played May 6) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: F McIver 2, Marshall |
3 | - | 0 | Park Rangers |
| Hakoah Scorers not known Played August 9 |
4 | - | 0 | Woodlands |
| Preston Goals: Rackham 3, Nash, Humphries |
5 | - | 2 | Olympic Goals: Dimitrie 2 |
| South Melbourne United |
0 | - | 5 | Moreland Goals: A Forrest 3, Mackey, A Barr |
| Western Suburbs Goal: Bromley |
1 | - | 5 | RAF Goals: Joyce 4, Virgo |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Goals: J Baxter, Todd |
2 | - | 0 | Coburg |
| Heidelberg Rangers |
0 | - | 13 | Northcote Goals: Torrens 9, Other scorers not known |
| Ringwood |
0 | - | 4 | Box Hill Goals: D Hutchinson 3, F Mountford |
| Sunshine United Goals: T Sharp 2, K Haxby |
3 | - | 1 | South Yarra Scorer not known |
| Yallourn Goal: McAlister |
1 | - | 6 | Prahran Goals: E Glasson 2, R Taylor 2, Scrafton, R Lowe |
| Round Seven (played May 31) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Moreland Goal: Bingham og |
1 | - | 1 | Brighton Goal: F McIver |
| Olympic |
0 | - | 7 | South Melbourne United Goals: B Cahill 3, Jowsey 2, Carroll, Guthrie |
| Park Rangers Goals: Wilson 3, Martin |
4 | - | 1 | Hakoah Scorer not known |
| RAF Goals: Sanderson 2, Gamble |
3 | - | 2 | Preston Goals: Rackham, Humphries |
| Woodlands |
0 | - | 3 | Western Suburbs Goals: Higgins 2, Picken |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Goals: D Hutchinson 3 |
3 | - | 0 | Yallourn |
| Coburg Goals: J Lyons 2 |
2 | - | 4 | Sunshine United Goals: T Sharp 4 |
| Northcote Goals: Cohen, O'Dwyer |
2 | - | 5 | Ringwood Scorers not known |
| Prahran Goals: E Glasson 4, R Taylor 2, S Humphrey, Martin |
8 | - | 2 | Bradford Goals: J Baxter, Bird og |
| South Yarra Goals: Johnson 5, Sharman, Reynolds |
7 | - | 0 | Heidelberg Rangers |
| Round Eight (played June 7) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: F McIver 4, Goodall 3, L Sierakowski |
8 | - | 1 | Olympic Scorer not known |
| Moreland Goal: R Gray |
1 | - | 0 | Park Rangers |
| Preston Goals: Edwards 2, Humphries 2, Williams, Rackham, Liddicut |
7 | - | 0 | Woodlands |
| South Melbourne United Goals: B Cahill, Cormack |
2 | - | 1 | RAF Goal: Hoare |
| Western Suburbs |
0 | - | 2 | Hakoah Goals: Myer 2 |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill |
0 | - | 1 | Prahran Goals: R Lowe |
| Heidelberg Rangers Goals: Appleton 2 |
2 | - | 9 | Coburg Goals: J Lyons 4, Knite 3, Brookbank, Barton |
| Ringwood Scorers not known |
2 | - | 4 | South Yarra Scorers not known |
| Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell, A Drennan, J Wood |
3 | - | 1 | Bradford Scorer not known |
| Yallourn Goals: Brown, McAlister, Shankland, Buxbury |
4 | - | 2 | Northcote Scorers not known |
| Round Nine (played June 14) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton | - | - | - | RAF |
| Postponed. Uncertain whether or not the game was played at a later date. | ||||
| Hakoah Goal: Myer |
1 | - | 2 | Preston Goals: Edwards, Rackham |
| Olympic Goals: K Gravell, A Gravell |
2 | - | 4 | Moreland Goals: A Barr 4 |
| Park Rangers Goal: Wilson |
1 | - | 0 | Western Suburbs |
| Woodlands |
0 | - | 13 | South Melbourne United Goals: B Cahill 5, Carroll 4, H Ashworth 3, Cormack |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Goals: J Baxter 5, Laurie 3 |
8 | - | 0 | Heidelberg Rangers |
| Coburg Goals: J Lyons 2, Gillis, Nicholson og |
4 | - | 2 | Ringwood Goals: McLeod, Jervis |
| Northcote Goals: Torrens, Kaufmann |
2 | - | 1 | Box Hill Goal: D Hutchinson |
| Prahran Goals: Martin, R Lowe, E Glasson, Humphries |
4 | - | 1 | Sunshine United Goal: J Campbell |
| South Yarra Goals: Johnson 6, Other scorer not known |
7 | - | 1 | Yallourn Scorer not known |
| Round Ten (played June 28) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: F McIver 4, W McMurray 2, L Taylor |
7 | - | 1 | Woodlands Goal: Budge |
| Hakoah Goal: K Defris |
1 | - | 1 | South Melbourne United Goal: B Cahill |
| Olympic |
0 | - | 5 | Park Rangers Goals: P Clark 2, Dickenson, E Clark, Wilson |
| RAF Goals: Joyce 2 |
2 | - | 3 | Moreland Goals: Kirby, Mackey, Taylor |
| Western Suburbs Goals: Elliott 5, Saville og |
6 | - | 0 | Preston |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Goals: Dorrington |
1 | - | 0 | South Yarra |
| Bradford Goals: J Baxter 2, Morton |
3 | - | 1 | Ringwood Goal: McLeod |
| Prahran Goals: Orr 2, R Lowe 2, E Glasson 2 |
6 | - | 2 | Northcote Goals: Cairns, McDonald |
| Sunshine United Goals: A Drennan 8, Bradshaw 5, J Campbell 3, Sullivan 3, Other scorers not known |
21 | - | 0 | Heidelberg Rangers |
| Yallourn |
0 | - | 3 | Coburg Scorers not known |
| Round Eleven (played July 12) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: F McIver 3, W McMurray, L Taylor |
3 | - | 2 | Hakoah Goals: Myer, Lester |
| Moreland | - | - | - | Woodlands |
| Postponed (Moreland playing in Dockerty Cup replay). This match may not have been played. No scores found. | ||||
| Olympic Goal: Spirotto |
1 | - | 2 | RAF Goals: Murtagh 2 |
| Park Rangers Goals: Wilson 2, Martin 2, Dickenson 2, P Clark, E Clark |
8 | - | 0 | Preston |
| South Melbourne United Goal: B Cahill |
1 | - | 1 | Western Suburbs Goal: L Bromley |
| Section B | ||||
| Coburg Scorers not known Played August 9 |
2 | - | 2 | Box Hill Scorers not known |
| Northcote | - | - | - | South Yarra |
| Postponed (Northcote playing in Dockerty Cup replay). This match may not have been played. No scores found. | ||||
| Prahran Goals: E Glasson 6, R Taylor 2, Orr, R Lowe, F Jarvis |
11 | - | 0 | Heidelberg Rangers |
| Ringwood |
0 | - | 5 | Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell 3, T Sharp, R Bradshaw |
| Yallourn Scorers not known |
3 | - | 3 | Bradford Scorers not known |
| Round Twelve (played Jul 19) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Hakoah Goal: Myer |
1 | - | 6 | Moreland Goals: R Gray 4, J Fairweather 2 |
| Preston Scorer not known |
1 | - | 4 | South Melbourne United Scorers not known |
| RAF | 0 | - | 4 | Park Rangers Goals: Cameron 3, Wilson |
| Western Suburbs Goal: Elliott |
1 | - | 1 | Brighton Goal: Sinclair |
| Woodlands Scorers not known |
5 | - | 2 | Olympic Scorers not known |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Goals: F Mountford 2, C Brown 2, D Hutchinson, Davis |
6 | - | 0 | Bradford |
| Coburg Goals: Young, J Lyons, Gillis |
3 | - | 1 | Northcote Goal: Torrens |
| Heidelberg Rangers Scorers not known |
2 | - | 4 | Ringwood Scorers not known |
| South Yarra | 0 | - | 1 | Prahran Goal: R Taylor |
| Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell 3, Birchall, T Sharp |
5 | - | 1 | Yallourn Scorer not known |
| Round Thirteen (played July 26) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Brighton Goals: F McIver 3, W McMurray, A Barr, L Taylor |
6 | - | 0 | Preston |
| Moreland Goals: Mackey, Stewart, R Gray |
3 | - | 1 | Western Suburbs Goal: Higgins pen |
| Olympic Goal: Collins |
1 | - | 5 | Hakoah Goals: Myer 3, Peters, Balberer |
| Park Rangers Goals: Cameron 2, Mitchell |
3 | - | 1 | South Melbourne United Goal: B Cahill |
| RAF Goals: Martin 2, Gamble 2, Connor, O'Brien |
6 | - | 0 | Woodlands |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill | 0 | - | 1 | Sunshine United Goal: T Sharp |
| Northcote Scorers not known |
2 | - | 5 | Bradford Scorers not known |
| Prahran Goals: E Glasson 3, Orr 2, F Jarvis, R Taylor, R Lowe |
8 | - | 0 | Ringwood |
| South Yarra Goals: Johnson 3, Lott, Hayden |
5 | - | 4 | Coburg Goals: Young 3, J Lyons |
| Yallourn Scorers not known |
5 | - | 1 | Heidelberg Rangers Scorer not known |
| Round Fourteen | ||||
| Postponed because of the Victoria v South Africa
match. It was intended that Round 14 be played at the end of the season.
This proved to be impossible as grounds were unavailable - required for
summer sport. Section A Hakoah v RAF Preston v Moreland South Melbourne United v Brighton Western Suburbs v Olympic Woodlands v Park Rangers Section B Bradford v South Yarra Coburg v Prahran Heidelberg Rangers v Box Hill Ringwood v Yallourn Sunshine United v Northcote | ||||
| Round Fifteen (played August 23) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Moreland Goals: Stewart 2, Russell |
3 | - | 0 | South Melbourne United |
| Olympic | - | - | - | Preston Walkover to Preston |
| Park Rangers Goals: P Clark, Dickenson |
2 | - | 3 | Brighton Goals: L Taylor pen, A Barr, F McIver |
| RAF Goal: Connor |
1 | - | 5 | Western Suburbs Goals: H Taylor 2, E Taylor 2, Elliott |
| Woodlands | - | - | - | Hakoah Walkover to Hakoah |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Goals: D Hutchinson 2, Dorrington 2, F Mountford, Shepperdly |
6 | - | 1 | Ringwood Scorer not known |
| Coburg Goal: J Lyons |
1 | - | 2 | Bradford Goals: J Baxter 2 |
| Northcote Goals: Oliver, Cohen, Cairns |
3 | - | 1 | Heidelberg Rangers Goal: Bailey |
| Prahran Goals: Ashforth 3, R Lowe, E Glasson |
5 | - | 3 | Yallourn Scorers not known |
| South Yarra Goal: Johnson |
1 | - | 4 | Sunshine United Goals: R Bradshaw 2, T Sharp 2 |
| Round Sixteen (played September 6) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Hakoah Goals: Myer, Balberer |
2 | - | 3 | Park Rangers Goals: Wilson 2, P Clark |
| Moreland Goals: A Forrest 2, Russell, Kirby |
4 | - | 2 | Brighton Goals: Allen, J Sinclair |
| Preston Scorer not known |
1 | - | 1 | RAF Scorer not known |
| South Melbourne United Goals: Carroll 3, B Cahill 3, Guthrie 2, Jowsey 2, Cormack, Gleabe |
12 | - | 0 | Olympic |
| Western Suburbs Goals: C Taylor 3, Elliott, Higgins pen, L Bromley, H Taylor |
7 | - | 2 | Woodlands Scorers not known |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford | 0 | - | 4 | Prahran Goals: R Taylor 2, Ashforth, E Glasson |
| Heidelberg Rangers Scorer not known |
1 | - | 8 | South Yarra Scorers not known |
| Ringwood Scorer not known |
1 | - | 7 | Northcote Goals: Cairns 2, McDonald 2, Other scorers not known |
| Sunshine United Goals: A Harriden 2, T Sharp pen, A Kyle |
4 | - | 1 | Coburg Goal: J Lyons |
| Yallourn Scorers not known |
3 | - | 4 | Box Hill Goals: Scorers not known |
| Round Seventeen (played September 20) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Hakoah Goal: Peters |
1 | - | 0 | Western Suburbs |
| Olympic | - | - | - | Brighton Walkover to Brighton |
| Park Rangers Goals: Wilson 2, P Clark 2, Cotterill, Michell, Werther og |
7 | - | 2 | Moreland Goals: A Forrest 2 |
| RAF Goals: Hoare 4, Wright, Murtagh |
6 | - | 1 | South Melbourne United Goals: Carroll 2, B Cahill 2, Cormack, Guthrie, Tieppo |
| Woodlands | 0 | - | 3 | Preston Goals: Nash 2, Rees |
| Section B | ||||
| Bradford Goal: J Baxter |
1 | - | 6 | Sunshine United Goals: R Bradshaw 3, J Campbell 3 |
| Coburg Goals: Chircop 3, Miller 2, J Lyons, Reid, Van Pelt, Sharpe |
9 | - | 2 | Heidelberg Rangers Goals: Bailey 2, Eccles |
| Northcote Goals: Kaufman 2, Cairns, McDonald |
4 | - | 2 | Yallourn Goals: McAlister, Farragh |
| Prahran Goal: E Glasson |
1 | - | 2 | Box Hill Goals: Dorrington 2 |
| South Yarra Goals: Johnson 3, Friend, Callender, Sharman, Hawkes |
7 | - | 0 | Ringwood |
| Round Eighteen (played September 27) | ||||
| Section A | ||||
| Moreland Walkover to Moreland |
- | - | - | Olympic |
| Preston Goal: Humphries |
1 | - | 1 | Hakoah Goal: Spencer og |
| RAF Goal: O'Brien |
1 | - | 3 | Brighton Goals: Marone 2, Finney |
| South Melbourne United Walkover to South Melbourne United |
- | - | - | Woodlands |
| Western Suburbs Scorers not known |
2 | - | 3 | Park Rangers Goals: P Clark, Hughes, Cotterill |
| Section B | ||||
| Box Hill Walkover to Box Hill |
- | - | - | Northcote |
| Heidelberg Rangers Walkover to Heidelberg Rangers |
- | - | - | Bradford |
| Ringwood Goal: Smith |
1 | - | 3 | Coburg Goals: Jones, J Lyons, Sparkes |
| Sunshine United Goals: J Campbell 2, A Drennan, R Bradshaw |
4 | - | 1 | Prahran Goal: E Glasson pen |
| Yallourn Goals: Ward 2, McArthur |
3 | - | 2 | South Yarra Goals: Johnson, Hawkes |
| Grand Final Olympic Park, October 4 Referee: J Parker | ||||
| Moreland Malcolm Perrin, J Wilkinson, Werther, Taylor, Locke, Russell, Kirby, Bob Gray, Alec Forrest, Mackey, Jim Fairweather Goals: A Forrest x2 |
2 | - | 6 | Sunshine United J Fletcher, B Doherty, W Whittaker, George Sharp, Angus Drennan, W Kyle, A Kyle, Tom Sharp, R Bradshaw, J Campbell, A Harriden Goals: R Bradshaw x3, J Campbell x2, A Kyle |