2007 VFL season

2007 VFL season
Teams13
PremiersGeelong reserves
2nd premiership
Minor premiersSandringham
6th minor premiership
J. J. Liston TrophyJames Byrne (Geelong res.)
Leading goalkickerNicholas Sautner (Sandringham)
Matches played126
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The 2007 Victorian Football League (VFL) is a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring twelve teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

It was the 126th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.

VFL season

Main article: 2007 VFL season results
Home \ Away BEN BOX CAS COB FRA GEE NBR NBU PMB SAN TAS WER WIL
Bendigo Bombers 142–80 56–72 124–72 107–120 77–92 95–102 80–110 97–79 136–87
Box Hill Hawks 56–129 65–96 87–93 82–44 42–88 81–107 110–146 70–106
Casey Scorpions 99–106 181–52 95–113 91–81 72–153 90–135 117–29 103–79 105–105
Coburg Tigers 101–63 110–97 90–65 115–97 82–143 100–59 78–107 154–91[a] 104–38
Frankston Dolphins 71–94 88–88 64–111 78–145 115–102 122–93 68–92 151–72[a] 95–93 61–135
Geelong Cats 136–104 76–91 83–84[a] 122–85 84–72 125–65 98–26 92–107
North Ballarat Roosters 95–85 106–75 109–95 112–92 70–141 56–71 123–88 120–91 70–170
Northern Bullants 96–119 62–74 99–55 75–103 154–42 68–102 101–60 79–76
Port Melbourne Borough 104–64 107–68 88–127 104–83 64–149 122–127 128–110 73–139 168–88 54–169
Sandringham Zebras 134–101 68–83 144–65 102–121 149–139 125–62 135–73 173–103 112–90
Tasmanian Devils 49–145 82–95 53–141 108–143 50–102 72–139 57–166 96–122 92–134 99–147
Werribee Tigers 115–74 141–68 61–122 70–139 100–44 101–110 94–106 200–86 86–93
Williamstown Seagulls 105–102 40–80 131–66 96–129 133–93 116–36 93–93 47–53 117–64
Updated to match(es) played on Round 20. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Game was played at Away team's home ground

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday 7 April (1:10 pm) Sandringham 23.11 (147) def. Geelong 20.19 (139) Trevor Barker Beach Oval
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm) Williamstown 17.15 (117) def. Werribee 9.10 (64) Burbank Oval
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm) Casey 12.18 (90) def. by North Ballarat 20.15 (135) Casey Fields
Saturday 7 April (2:00 pm) Bendigo 11.14 (80) def. by Tasmania 16.14 (110) Windy Hill
Sunday 8 April (2:00 pm) Coburg 12.10 (82) def. by Northern Bullants 21.17 (143) Coburg City Oval
Sunday 8 April (2:00 pm) Frankston 18.14 (122) def. Port Melbourne 13.15 (93) Frankston Oval
Bye
Box Hill

Ladder

2007 VFL Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Sandringham 18 15 3 0 2051 1549 132.4 60 Finals
2 Geelong (P) 18 14 4 0 2139 1449 147.6 56
3 Coburg 18 13 5 0 1885 1602 117.7 52
4 Williamstown 18 10 6 2 1848 1543 119.8 44
5 North Ballarat 18 10 8 0 1793 1907 94.0 40
6 Casey 18 9 8 1 1755 1677 104.7 38
7 Port Melbourne 18 8 9 1 1714 1889 90.7 34
8 Bendigo 18 8 10 0 1834 1703 107.7 32
9 Northern Bullants 18 8 10 0 1527 1644 92.9 32
10 Werribee 18 7 11 0 1894 1843 102.8 28
11 Frankston 18 6 11 1 1509 1739 86.8 26
12 Box Hill 18 4 13 1 1362 1875 72.6 18
13 Tasmania 18 2 16 0 1401 2292 61.1 8
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Sep 1, Trevor Barker Beach Oval
1Sandringham16.15 (111)
4Williamstown17.11 (113)Sep 8, TEAC Oval
Sandringham12.21 (93)
Sep 1, TEAC OvalNorth Ballarat16.14 (110)Sep 16, TEAC Oval
5North Ballarat21.22 (148)Williamstown11.10 (76)
8Bendigo16.15 (111)Coburg20.17 (137)Sep 23, MC Labour Park
Geelong17.24 (126)
Sep 2, Casey FieldsSep 15, TEAC OvalCoburg7.10 (52)
6Casey12.17 (89)Geelong24.14 (158)
7Port Melbourne15.12 (102)Sep 9, TEAC OvalNorth Ballarat13.18 (96)
Coburg21.16 (142)
Sep 2, TEAC OvalPort Melbourne10.12 (72)
2Geelong22.16 (148)
3Coburg17.15 (117)

Grand Final

2007 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 23 September

(2:15 pm)

Geelong def. Coburg MC Labour Park (crowd: 13,842) [1]
3.5 (23)
5.13 (43)
12.19 (91)
17.24 (126) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		1.2 (8)
4.5 (29)
4.6 (30)
7.10 (52) 		Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Tom Lonergan (Geelong)
Lonergan 6, Davenport 2, Hawkins 2, Cheep, Djerrkura, Gardiner, Gamble, Grima, Hogan, Varcoe Goals Jackson 2, Connors, Gazzo, Hill, Krakouer, Oakley-Nicholls

Awards

VFL Team of the Year

2007 Victorian Team of the Year
B: S Rosa (Bendigo) Chris Lamb (Sandringham) Jarrod Silvester (Coburg)
HB: John Baird (Port Melbourne) Jason Cloke (Bendigo) Adam Iacobucci (Northern Bullants)
C: Jason Davenport (Geelong) James Byrne (Geelong) (Capt.) David Gallagher (Sandringham)
HF: Ezra Poyas (Sandringham) Jeremy Dukes (Port Melbourne) Peter Summers (Sandringham)
F: Justin Berry (Frankston) Nicholas Sautner (Sandringham) Todd Grima (Geelong)
Foll: Travis Ronaldson (Coburg) Alister Neville (Coburg) Shane Valenti (Sandringham)
Int: Brett Johnson (Williamstown) Tristan Cartledge (North Ballarat) Nick Smith (Box Hill)
Kyle Matthews (Casey)

Notable events

  • During the final quarter of the Round 7 match between Tasmania and Coburg at Bellerive Oval, Tasmania's Mathew Westfield collided with one of the goal posts, snapping it at its base. The game was delayed for ten minutes while a replacement goal post was installed.[6]
  • During the year, Frank Johnson, who played eight seasons for Port Melbourne from 1950 to 1957 and five for South Melbourne from 1960 to 1964, was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame. He was the first player known primarily for his VFA career ever to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (excluding players from prior to the formation of the original VFL in 1897).[7]
  • In the elimination final between North Ballarat and Bendigo, Bendigo held a 59-point lead early in the third quarter; North Ballarat then kicked 17 of the next 19 goals to record a 37-point win.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Geoff Poulter (24 September 2007). "Flag No. 1 to Cats". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 42.
  2. ^ "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ^ "2007 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Fothergill–Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Sport". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 24 September 2007. p. 63.
  6. ^ Sean Cusick (20 May 2007). "Tassie Devil dares to join Lethal in he-man club". The Sunday Age (Sports liftout). Melbourne, VIC. p. 2.
  7. ^ "The Australian Football Hall of Fame Players Inducted". Australian Football League. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  8. ^ Luke West (21 August 2014). "10 games we won't forget". Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo, VIC. Retrieved 30 July 2016.