1946 VFA season
| 1946 VFA premiership season | |
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| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers |
Sandringham (1st premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Camberwell (1st minor premiership) |
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The 1946 Victorian Football Association season was the 65th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, which defeated Camberwell by seven points in the Grand Final on 5 October. It was the first premiership in the club's history.
The home-and-home season was played over twenty matches, before the top four clubs contested a finals series under the Page–McIntyre system to determine the premiers for the season.
On 25 May, Sandringham 15.13 (103) defeated Northcote 13.10 (88). Northcote protested the result, on the basis that the third quarter was played 10 minutes short of the full duration. The Association resolved that the game should be replayed, but only if it had any bearing on the final four.
After the home-and-home season, Sandringham finished third, four points ahead of fifth-placed Coburg but with a poorer percentage; this meant that the replay was required, and that Coburg would make the finals if it were lost by Sandringham. However, on the Monday after the home-and-home matches were complete, the Association Board of Management decided to rescind its previous decision and allow Sandringham's original win to stand. Coburg was unhappy, and believed it was in a strong legal position to compel the Association to uphold its original decision to replay the match; but, it nevertheless decided not to proceed with any action and allowed the result to stand. As a result, Sandringham qualified for the finals for the first time, and went on to win the premiership.
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