1973 VFA season
| 1973 VFA Premiership season | |
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| Division 1 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |
Prahran (4th premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Dandenong (3rd minor premiership) |
| Division 2 | |
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers |
Caulfield (1st D2 premiership) |
| Minor premiers |
Caulfield (2nd D2 minor premiership) |
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The 1973 Victorian Football Association season was the 92nd season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 13th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Prahran Football Club, after it came from fourth on the ladder to defeat Oakleigh in the Grand Final on 23 September by 35 points; it was Prahran's fourth Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Caulfield; it was the first and only premiership in either division won by the club after its move from Brighton to Caulfield in 1962.
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground.
The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system; all finals were played on Sundays at Toorak Park.
Scores were level in time-on in the final quarter before Caulfield kicked four late goals.
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