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This page is a collection of VFL/AFL premiership and grand final statistics. The Australian Football League (AFL), known as the Victorian Football League (VFL) until 1990, is the elite national competition in men's Australian rules football .
This is a list of VFL/AFL Grand Final records, as they apply to the history of the VFL/AFL grand final between 1897 and the present day. [1] Individual records
The inaugural premiership was awarded as a result of a round-robin finals system; [2] this format was replaced after the first season, and a grand final has been held every season since 1898 to determine the premiers, [3] with the exception of 1924 when a modified round-robin system was used.
From 1903 until 1932, the Argus system was in place, and the circumstances of the Grand Final could vary; in those years, the minor premiers had the right to challenge the winner of the finals series for the premiership, so the Grand Finals of this era are a mixture of challenge matches and non-challenge matches which would have been followed ...
1926 VFL grand final; 1927 VFL grand final; 1928 VFL grand final; 1929 VFL grand final; 1930 VFL grand final; 1931 VFL grand final; 1932 VFL grand final; 1933 VFL grand final; 1934 VFL grand final; 1935 VFL grand final; 1936 VFL grand final; 1937 VFL grand final; 1938 VFL grand final; 1939 VFL grand final; 1940 VFL grand final; 1941 VFL grand ...
Crowds for many finals matches tend to average in the 2,000–6,000 range, with the Grand Final typically attracting a crowd in the 10,000–14,000 mark. [ 66 ] [ 67 ] [ 68 ] The VFL does not publish home-and-away attendance figures, as some games are played as AFL curtain raisers; however, various sources quote attendances for some games of ...
Up until 1954 a 'grand final' match was only held if the minor premiers were beaten. [11] The adoption of the VFL's Page–McIntyre system for the 1954 NSWRFL season meant for the first time grand finals would become necessary every season, so the term grand final has become used to describe all premiership deciders.
This is a list of records from the Australian Football League (AFL) since its founding in 1897. From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL). From 1897 to 1989, it was known as the Victorian Football League (VFL).