2004 VFL season

2004 VFL
Teams	13
Premiers	Sandringham (8th premiership)
Minor premiers	Port Melbourne (17th minor premiership)
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The 2004 Victorian Football League season was the 123rd season of the Australian rules football competition.

The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after defeating Port Melbourne by four points in the Grand Final on 19 September.

Premiership season

Ladder

2004 VFL Ladder

TEAM

Pct

PTS

Port Melbourne

2025

1504

134.64

Sandringham (P)

1730

1293

133.80

Werribee

1565

1285

121.79

North Ballarat

1516

1380

109.86

Tasmania

1558

1596

97.62

Coburg

1391

1448

96.06

Box Hill

1659

1597

103.88

Bendigo

1725

1736

99.37

Geelong reserves

1578

1566

100.77

Williamstown

1465

1832

79.97

Frankston

1388

1551

89.49

Northern Bullants

1329

1514

87.78

Springvale

1375

2002

68.68

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points

Source

Finals Series

Qualifying / Elimination finals			Semi-finals		Preliminary finals		Grand final

	QF1: August 29, North Port Oval
1	Port Melbourne	17.20 (122)
4	North Ballarat	8.12 (60)	SF1: September 4, Bellerive Oval
			North Ballarat	13.6 (84)
	EF1: August 28, York Park		Tasmania	15.9 (99)	PF1: September 11, North Port Oval
5	Tasmania	16.10 (106)			Port Melbourne	11.15 (81)
8	Bendigo	13.9 (87)			Box Hill	8.5 (53)	GF: September 19, Optus Oval
							Port Melbourne	9.9 (63)
	EF2: August 28, North Port Oval				PF2: September 12, North Port Oval		Sandringham	9.13 (67)
6	Coburg	8.11 (59)			Sandringham	12.10 (82)
7	Box Hill	9.14 (68)	SF2: September 5, North Port Oval		Tasmania	6.8 (44)
			Werribee	11.15 (81)
	QF2: August 28, North Port Oval		Box Hill	13.11 (89)
2	Sandringham	11.17 (83)
3	Werribee	7.10 (52)

Grand Final


	2004 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 19 September (2:10 pm)	Port Melbourne	def. by	Sandringham	Optus Oval (Crowd: 8,196)	^[1]
	4.3 (27) 6.5 (41) 7.7 (49) 9.9 (63)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 7.7 (49) 9.11 (65) 9.13 (67)	Umpires: Donlon, Kamolins, Sully Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Guy Rigoni (Sandringham)

J. Clayton 2, Grima 2, Pitt 2, Aloi, Baird, Harding		Goals	Sautner 4, Williams 2, Crowe, Gallagher, Sylvia




Sandringham led by 17 points at the 26-minute mark of the final quarter. Two quick goals to Port Melbourne closed the margin to five points, and a final shot from fifty metres out with only a few seconds remaining was on target but fell just short and was rushed for a behind.

Awards

The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won for the sixth consecutive year by Nick Sautner (Sandringham), who kicked 60 goals.^[2]
The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Julian Field (North Ballarat), who polled 16 votes. Field finished ahead of Adam Fisher (Sandringham), who was second with 13 votes, and Jeremy Clayton (Port Melbourne), Daniel Harford (Northern Bullants) and Trent Bartlett (Tasmania), who were equal-third with 11 votes.^[3]
The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Adam Fisher (Sandringham).^[4]
Port Melbourne won the reserves premiership. Port Melbourne 19.13 (127) defeated Williamstown 8.15 (63) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 19 September.^[5]

Notable events

Early in the preseason, Carlton announced its intention to terminate its affiliation with the Northern Bullants after one season, intending to resume fielding its own reserves team in the VFL.^[6] However, after a couple of months of uncertainty, the clubs revived their affiliation, with Carlton assuming greater control over the Bullants' operation and installing a Carlton assistant coach, Barry Mitchell, as Bullants senior coach.^[7]

References

↑ Rebecca Williams (20 September 2004). "Zebras earn stripes". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 59.
↑ "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "2004 Medallists across Australia". Footystats Diary. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
↑ "Sports details". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 20 September 2004. p. 67.
↑ Caroline Wilson (29 August 2003). "Blues in trouble for stomping on Bullants". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
↑ "2004 review". Footystats. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

VFA/VFL seasons

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Victorian Football League clubs

Current clubs	Box Hill Casey Scorpions Coburg Collingwood reserves Essendon reserves Footscray reserves Geelong reserves North Ballarat Northern Blues Port Melbourne Richmond reserves Sandringham Werribee Williamstown

Former clubs	Albert Park Ballarat Ballarat Imperial Berwick Bendigo Brighton/Caulfield Brunswick Camberwell Carlton Carlton reserves Collingwood Dandenong East Melbourne Essendon Essendon 'A' Fitzroy Footscray Frankston Geelong Geelong 'A' Geelong West Gold Coast Hawthorn Hotham/North Melbourne Kilsyth Melbourne Melbourne City Moorabbin Mordialloc Murray Kangaroos Northcote Oakleigh Prahran Richmond St Kilda St Kilda reserves South Ballarat South Melbourne South Williamstown Sunshine Tasmanian Devils Traralgon University Waverley West Melbourne Yarraville

Australian rules football in Victoria

Representative side	Victoria

Governing bodies	AFL Victoria (metropolitan) AFL Victoria Country (country)

Professional clubs	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Richmond St Kilda Western Bulldogs

Statewide leagues	Victorian Football League TAC Cup (under-18) List of Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Metropolitan leagues	Eastern Essendon District Northern Riddell District Southern VAFA Western Region

Regional leagues (major)	Ballarat Bellarine Bendigo Central Murray Geelong Gippsland Goulburn Valley Hampden Mornington Peninsula Nepean Murray North Central Ovens & Murray Sunraysia Wimmera Yarra Valley Mountain

Regional leagues (district)	Alberton Central Highlands Colac & District East Gippsland Ellinbank & District Geelong & District Golden Rivers Heathcote Horsham & District Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Kyabram & District Loddon Valley Maryborough Castlemaine Mid Gippsland Millewa Mininera North Gippsland Omeo & District Ovens & King Picola & District South East South West Tallangatta Upper Murray Warrnambool Western Border

Women's leagues	Victorian Women's Football League AFL Victoria Youth Girls Competition

Defunct leagues	Benalla (1946-2009) Federal (1909-1981) Lexton Plains (1999-2010) Mallee (1997-2015) Riviera (1986-2003) Tyrrell (1945-1978) List of former Australian rules football competitions in Victoria

Principal venues	Melbourne Cricket Ground Docklands Stadium Princes Park Kardinia Park

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