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Victorian Football League • May 12:
Stuart Spencer kicks 0.11 for
Melbourne against
Geelong, equalling the record for the most behinds in a match without scoring a goal. • July 21:
Melbourne's run of nineteen consecutive wins, the fourth highest on record, is ended
by Footscray, who score 10.12 (72) to the Demons' 7.17 (59). • September 15:
Melbourne wins the 60th
VFL Premiership, beating
Collingwood 17.19 (121) to 6.12 (48)
in the Grand Final. •
Brownlow Medal awarded to
Peter Box (
Footscray) •
South Australian National Football League • August 4:
Port Adelaide, after starting with thirteen unbeaten games and on target for
a rare unbeaten season, are unexpectedly beaten
by lowly South Adelaide for their only loss of the season. • September 29:
Port Adelaide beat
West Adelaide for their third successive
SANFL premiership, scoring 12.9 (81) to 9.11 (65). •
West Australian Football League • May 12:
East Perth kick only 1.4 (10) against
Perth at the WACA in heavy rain, with their lone goal coming in total darkness with three minutes remaining. It is not only the lowest score in the WAFL between 1946 and 2002, but the lowest score by any eventual premier club in a major Australian Rules competition since present-day scoring was introduced in the late 1890s. • October 13:
East Perth 10.17 (77) defeat
South Fremantle 9.10 (64) for their first senior
WAFL premiership since 1936. ==
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