1975 VFL season

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1975 VFL premiership season
Teams12
Premiers North Melbourne
1st premiership
Minor premiers Hawthorn
4th minor premiership
Brownlow Medallist Gary Dempsey (Footscray)
Coleman Medallist Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)
Attendance
Matches played138
Total attendance3,206,016 (23,232 per match)
Highest77,770 (regular season)
110,551 (finals)
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The 1975 VFL season was the 79th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 5 April until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top five clubs.

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The premiership was won by the North Melbourne Football Club, after it defeated Hawthorn by 55 points in the VFL Grand Final. It was North Melbourne's first premiership, making it the last of the league's twelve clubs to win a premiership.

Background

In 1975, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11 (except that rounds 14 and 15 were the reverse of 4 and 3 respectively).

Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1975 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "McIntyre final five system".

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 15.15 (105) North Melbourne 11.10 (76) Princes Park 14,4175 April 1975
Fitzroy 14.14 (98) Richmond 15.13 (103) Junction Oval 14,4425 April 1975
Essendon 21.10 (136) St Kilda 9.13 (67) Windy Hill 19,1655 April 1975
Collingwood 12.19 (91) South Melbourne 8.7 (55) Victoria Park 19,0005 April 1975
Melbourne 17.9 (111) Footscray 15.10 (100) MCG 23,4225 April 1975
Geelong 8.14 (62) Carlton 13.16 (94) Kardinia Park 22,5735 April 1975

Round 2

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 27.10 (172) Collingwood 10.19 (79) Princes Park 38,00012 April 1975
North Melbourne 15.13 (103) Melbourne 16.9 (105) Arden Street Oval 14,23512 April 1975
St Kilda 11.15 (81) Hawthorn 17.19 (121) Moorabbin Oval 18,46512 April 1975
Richmond 15.22 (112) Geelong 10.12 (72) MCG 33,60012 April 1975
Footscray 17.14 (116) Fitzroy 11.17 (83) Western Oval 17,70012 April 1975
South Melbourne 15.12 (102) Essendon 19.17 (131) Lake Oval 17,46612 April 1975

Round 3

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
St Kilda 11.21 (87) South Melbourne 9.17 (71) Moorabbin Oval 15,73619 April 1975
Essendon 16.21 (117) Melbourne 15.10 (100) Windy Hill 22,82419 April 1975
Carlton 14.18 (102) North Melbourne 9.12 (66) Princes Park 23,82419 April 1975
Geelong 13.12 (90) Footscray 14.14 (98) Kardinia Park 17,15819 April 1975
Fitzroy 12.13 (85) Collingwood 12.15 (87) Junction Oval 17,62619 April 1975
Richmond 12.15 (87) Hawthorn 17.14 (116) VFL Park 39,49619 April 1975

Round 4

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 12.8 (80) St Kilda 18.25 (133) MCG 35,32825 April 1975
Carlton 12.15 (87) Essendon 16.8 (104) VFL Park 77,77025 April 1975
Footscray 16.13 (109) Richmond 4.19 (43) Western Oval 25,38826 April 1975
Collingwood 17.10 (112) Geelong 14.15 (99) Victoria Park 24,29626 April 1975
South Melbourne 9.15 (69) Hawthorn 13.21 (99) Lake Oval 12,66626 April 1975
North Melbourne 11.19 (85) Fitzroy 17.13 (115) Arden Street Oval 12,70726 April 1975

Round 5

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 19.23 (137) South Melbourne 12.14 (86) MCG 25,2963 May 1975
Hawthorn 19.22 (136) Melbourne 11.15 (81) Princes Park 10,6223 May 1975
Geelong 11.5 (71) North Melbourne 12.15 (87) Kardinia Park 17,0423 May 1975
Fitzroy 19.11 (125) Essendon 16.17 (113) Junction Oval 20,3503 May 1975
St Kilda 7.16 (58) Carlton 12.19 (91) Moorabbin Oval 24,2753 May 1975
Footscray 12.9 (81) Collingwood 9.16 (70) VFL Park 36,6383 May 1975

Round 6

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 22.23 (155) South Melbourne 13.12 (90) MCG 15,50310 May 1975
Essendon 12.21 (93) Geelong 15.14 (104) Windy Hill 17,22510 May 1975
Collingwood 14.12 (96) Richmond 22.14 (146) Victoria Park 27,72910 May 1975
Carlton 16.15 (111) Hawthorn 12.13 (85) Princes Park 27,90710 May 1975
North Melbourne 18.11 (119) Footscray 9.12 (66) Arden Street Oval 18,87510 May 1975
Fitzroy 9.20 (74) St Kilda 11.16 (82) VFL Park 18,22910 May 1975

Round 7

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 13.10 (88) St Kilda 11.14 (80) Kardinia Park 13,73317 May 1975
Richmond 19.18 (132) Melbourne 10.18 (78) MCG 29,13117 May 1975
Hawthorn 19.16 (130) Fitzroy 13.12 (90) Princes Park 10,38917 May 1975
Footscray 8.12 (60) Essendon 14.17 (101) Western Oval 26,20417 May 1975
South Melbourne 11.11 (77) Carlton 19.14 (128) Lake Oval 14,14217 May 1975
Collingwood 12.18 (90) North Melbourne 12.9 (81) VFL Park 29,35417 May 1975

Round 8

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 11.8 (74) Richmond 9.12 (66) Arden Street Oval 20,25724 May 1975
Fitzroy 13.13 (91) South Melbourne 11.12 (78) Junction Oval 12,01024 May 1975
Carlton 16.14 (110) Melbourne 11.15 (81) Princes Park 18,78824 May 1975
St Kilda 7.23 (65) Footscray 7.12 (54) Moorabbin Oval 16,83824 May 1975
Essendon 7.13 (55) Collingwood 12.9 (81) Windy Hill 31,98624 May 1975
Geelong 5.10 (40) Hawthorn 17.11 (113) VFL Park 23,46624 May 1975

Round 9

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 8.10 (58) Hawthorn 20.14 (134) Western Oval 15,93331 May 1975
Collingwood 15.8 (98) St Kilda 13.11 (89) Victoria Park 22,69531 May 1975
Carlton 16.19 (115) Richmond 9.13 (67) Princes Park 32,57631 May 1975
South Melbourne 11.26 (92) Geelong 7.13 (55) Lake Oval 9,88031 May 1975
Melbourne 18.15 (123) Fitzroy 17.10 (112) MCG 16,24431 May 1975
North Melbourne 11.17 (83) Essendon 15.8 (98) VFL Park 28,93631 May 1975

Round 10

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 14.20 (104) Melbourne 14.14 (98) Kardinia Park 13,3287 June 1975
St Kilda 15.9 (99) North Melbourne 17.19 (121) Moorabbin Oval 17,8117 June 1975
Richmond 19.14 (128) Essendon 12.9 (81) MCG 49,4697 June 1975
Hawthorn 19.24 (138) Collingwood 13.11 (89) Princes Park 23,8307 June 1975
Fitzroy 15.7 (97) Carlton 16.10 (106) Junction Oval 16,2497 June 1975
Footscray 13.11 (89) South Melbourne 12.15 (87) VFL Park 14,0567 June 1975

Round 11

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Essendon 13.12 (90) Hawthorn 21.20 (146) Windy Hill 23,24416 June 1975
Carlton 19.13 (127) Footscray 17.13 (115) Princes Park 25,14716 June 1975
South Melbourne 12.16 (88) North Melbourne 16.12 (108) Lake Oval 16,03716 June 1975
Geelong 13.19 (97) Fitzroy 14.11 (95) Kardinia Park 19,03016 June 1975
Melbourne 14.11 (95) Collingwood 9.19 (73) MCG 42,80316 June 1975
St Kilda 14.18 (102) Richmond 13.12 (90) VFL Park 33,65316 June 1975

Round 12

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 20.11 (131) Melbourne 14.8 (92) Western Oval 14,20421 June 1975
Carlton 23.19 (157) Geelong 12.14 (86) Princes Park 16,98321 June 1975
North Melbourne 13.17 (95) Hawthorn 18.12 (120) Arden Street Oval 15,47821 June 1975
Richmond 13.18 (96) Fitzroy 13.20 (98) MCG 21,04921 June 1975
St Kilda 21.15 (141) Essendon 11.7 (73) Moorabbin Oval 18,98721 June 1975
South Melbourne 11.11 (77) Collingwood 12.13 (85) VFL Park 21,15421 June 1975

Round 13

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 11.19 (85) St Kilda 7.19 (61) Princes Park 15,46428 June 1975
Geelong 8.13 (61) Richmond 13.14 (92) Kardinia Park 14,74728 June 1975
Fitzroy 11.10 (76) Footscray 12.17 (89) Junction Oval 11,83228 June 1975
Essendon 19.18 (132) South Melbourne 17.12 (114) Windy Hill 6,91628 June 1975
Collingwood 9.12 (66) Carlton 12.10 (82) Victoria Park 28,23428 June 1975
Melbourne 6.10 (46) North Melbourne 11.14 (80) VFL Park 12,63128 June 1975

Round 14

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Fitzroy 14.12 (96) North Melbourne 15.15 (105) Junction Oval 10,0345 July 1975
St Kilda 15.11 (101) Melbourne 6.13 (49) Moorabbin Oval 14,5845 July 1975
Richmond 17.18 (120) Footscray 12.10 (82) MCG 29,5015 July 1975
Geelong 14.12 (96) Collingwood 9.11 (65) Kardinia Park 16,5795 July 1975
Essendon 15.5 (95) Carlton 27.13 (175) Windy Hill 22,6325 July 1975
Hawthorn 9.10 (64) South Melbourne 5.9 (39) VFL Park 14,0085 July 1975

Round 15

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 14.10 (94) Richmond 2.20 (32) Princes Park 17,11512 July 1975
Footscray 13.15 (93) Geelong 7.7 (49) Western Oval 12,44912 July 1975
Collingwood 16.19 (115) Fitzroy 11.7 (73) Victoria Park 17,12712 July 1975
South Melbourne 10.10 (70) St Kilda 19.16 (130) Lake Oval 11,17012 July 1975
Melbourne 19.20 (134) Essendon 16.13 (109) MCG 16,04012 July 1975
North Melbourne 9.11 (65) Carlton 5.14 (44) VFL Park 26,38912 July 1975

Round 16

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Collingwood 16.14 (110) Footscray 16.7 (103) Victoria Park 21,74619 July 1975
Carlton 11.22 (88) St Kilda 8.27 (75) Princes Park 21,82719 July 1975
South Melbourne 8.12 (60) Richmond 26.11 (167) Lake Oval 13,41119 July 1975
Melbourne 15.17 (107) Hawthorn 17.17 (119) MCG 18,82919 July 1975
North Melbourne 14.25 (109) Geelong 6.19 (55) Arden Street Oval 11,00219 July 1975
Essendon 11.11 (77) Fitzroy 16.19 (115) VFL Park 13,58219 July 1975

Round 17

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 9.14 (68) North Melbourne 17.15 (117) Western Oval 19,63926 July 1975
St Kilda 12.15 (87) Fitzroy 7.14 (56) Moorabbin Oval 15,25926 July 1975
Geelong 13.16 (94) Essendon 16.13 (109) Kardinia Park 14,92226 July 1975
Richmond 16.19 (115) Collingwood 10.9 (69) MCG 56,84626 July 1975
Hawthorn 15.15 (105) Carlton 15.11 (101) Princes Park 31,10426 July 1975
South Melbourne 11.9 (75) Melbourne 13.13 (91) VFL Park 11,42726 July 1975

Round 18

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Melbourne 19.13 (127) Richmond 12.18 (90) MCG 25,2112 August 1975
Fitzroy 15.23 (113) Hawthorn 10.19 (79) Junction Oval 9,1392 August 1975
Essendon 11.17 (83) Footscray 19.13 (127) Windy Hill 15,2272 August 1975
Carlton 19.17 (131) South Melbourne 15.13 (103) Princes Park 14,0392 August 1975
North Melbourne 15.20 (110) Collingwood 8.10 (58) Arden Street Oval 21,5592 August 1975
St Kilda 11.18 (84) Geelong 11.14 (80) VFL Park 16,7062 August 1975

Round 19

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Footscray 5.16 (46) St Kilda 16.18 (114) Western Oval 18,1079 August 1975
Collingwood 20.18 (138) Essendon 15.9 (99) Victoria Park 18,6649 August 1975
Richmond 13.18 (96) North Melbourne 13.23 (101) MCG 39,6649 August 1975
Hawthorn 25.23 (173) Geelong 8.7 (55) Princes Park 8,1239 August 1975
South Melbourne 13.20 (98) Fitzroy 16.19 (115) Lake Oval 9,0329 August 1975
Melbourne 11.23 (89) Carlton 7.9 (51) VFL Park 30,3289 August 1975

Round 20

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Geelong 12.16 (88) South Melbourne 15.15 (105) Kardinia Park 10,97316 August 1975
Fitzroy 13.22 (100) Melbourne 13.11 (89) Junction Oval 13,18116 August 1975
Essendon 15.15 (105) North Melbourne 13.13 (91) Windy Hill 16,54516 August 1975
St Kilda 20.17 (137) Collingwood 24.12 (156) Moorabbin Oval 28,35916 August 1975
Richmond 13.20 (98) Carlton 14.11 (95) MCG 49,75616 August 1975
Hawthorn 13.13 (91) Footscray 14.9 (93) VFL Park 15,60116 August 1975

Round 21

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 16.15 (111) St Kilda 6.5 (41) Arden Street Oval 14,91723 August 1975
Collingwood 7.15 (57) Hawthorn 3.9 (27) Victoria Park 26,30323 August 1975
Carlton 10.14 (74) Fitzroy 11.13 (79) Princes Park 14,77923 August 1975
Melbourne 8.16 (64) Geelong 10.10 (70) MCG 11,02223 August 1975
South Melbourne 10.15 (75) Footscray 18.7 (115) Lake Oval 8,65923 August 1975
Essendon 17.15 (117) Richmond 20.16 (136) VFL Park 23,60123 August 1975

Round 22

Home teamHome team scoreAway teamAway team scoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 17.14 (116) St Kilda 8.20 (68) MCG 39,27530 August 1975
North Melbourne 15.19 (109) South Melbourne 12.15 (87) Arden Street Oval 17,03130 August 1975
Collingwood 14.14 (98) Melbourne 15.7 (97) Victoria Park 26,94030 August 1975
Hawthorn 14.19 (103) Essendon 17.8 (110) Princes Park 11,94530 August 1975
Footscray 10.15 (75) Carlton 18.11 (119) Western Oval 21,06030 August 1975
Fitzroy 14.9 (93) Geelong 18.11 (119) VFL Park 11,07530 August 1975

Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Hawthorn 22175023831735137.368
2 Carlton 22166023601827129.264
3 North Melbourne (P)22148020961821115.156
4 Richmond 22139022691999113.552
5 Collingwood 2213901983211293.952
6 St Kilda 221111019821954101.444
7 Footscray 22111101968207694.844
8 Essendon 22101202222245190.740
9 Fitzroy 2291302079214297.136
10 Melbourne 2291302092223493.636
11 Geelong 2271501735221878.228
12 South Melbourne 2222001798239875.08

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.6
Source: AFL Tables

Finals series

Finals week 1

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
Richmond 11.11 (77) Collingwood 10.13 (73) VFL Park 65,5126 September
North Melbourne 14.12 (96) Carlton 12.4 (76) MCG 74,0156 September

Finals week 2

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
Carlton 9.8 (62) Richmond 9.17 (71) MCG 76,96713 September
Hawthorn 12.10 (82) North Melbourne 10.11 (71) VFL Park 52,07613 September

Preliminary final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
North Melbourne 10.16 (76) Richmond 8.11 (59) VFL Park 71,13020 September

Grand final

Home teamScoreAway teamScoreVenueCrowdDate
Hawthorn 9.13 (67) North Melbourne 19.8 (122) MCG 110,55127 September 1975

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