VFA Crowd Numbers where Known

Games
This is a record of VFA Crowd numbers. Note there was often differences between papers.Figures from the Herald are usually from the start of the game and lower than other papers.



VFA and First Division Crowds

Season Total Known Crowd Finals Games Finals Crowds H/A Games H/A Crowds H/A Huge 7,00+ H/A Large 4,000-6,999 H/A Fair 1,000-3,999 H/A Poor -999 H/A Missing
1877 73,500 71 73,500 2 3 18 3 45
1878 93,700 1 10,000 107 83,700 3 3 27 3 71
1879 122,900 111 122,900 6 7 16 1 81
1880 163,200 121 163,200 7 8 19 8 79
1881 204,800 99 204,800 10 11 19 5 54
1882 240,850 94 240,850 12 16 18 6 42
1883 258,400 79 258,400 15 14 18 2 30
1884 272,400 77 272,400 15 14 30 4 14
1885 388,700 118 388,700 21 19 33 3 42
1886 431,321 174 431,321 18 19 66 14 57
1887 370,700 158 370,700 15 17 46 15 65
1888 368,620 145 368,620 15 20 34 4 72
1889 485,243 117 485,243 23 17 25 3 49
1890 394,099 113 394,099 18 17 17 3 58
1891 543,135 117 543,135 29 17 13 2 56
1892 393,200 125 393,200 21 13 13 4 74
1893 271,640 131 271,640 15 12 8 6 90
1894 187,100 117 187,100 12 5 15 1 84
1895 133,600 117 133,600 8 8 4 0 97
1896 122,100 1 12,000 117 110,100 7 6 2 1 101
1897 0 60 0 0 0 0 60
1898 0 51 0 0 0 0 51
1899 0 84 0 0 0 0 84
1900 0 72 0 0 0 0 72
1901 0 72 0 0 0 0 72
1902 0 72 0 0 0 0 72
1903 30,000 4 20,000 90 10,000 1 0 0 0 89
1904 0 4 90 0 0 0 0 90
1905 0 4 90 0 0 0 0 90
1906 20,000 3 20,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1907 0 3 90 0 0 0 0 90
1908 120,250 3 63,000 90 57,250 3 7 1 0 79
1909 247,750 4 65,500 90 182,250 12 12 11 2 53
1910 253,700 4 76,000 90 177,700 7 18 6 2 57
1911 114,500 4 80,000 90 34,500 2 1 0 0 87
1912 276,300 6 104,000 90 172,300 6 15 13 0 56
1913 248,700 3 51,000 90 197,700 10 14 16 1 49
1914 207,573 3 35,073 90 172,500 3 23 15 0 49
1915 97,300 3 16,000 65 81,300 0 5 23 2 35
1918 29,500 3 16,000 30 13,500 0 2 1 1 26
1919 156,000 4 56,000 90 100,000 4 8 14 0 64
1920 174,000 4 54,000 90 120,000 6 9 4 1 70
1921 253,100 5 73,000 90 180,100 9 12 8 2 59
1922 350,650 4 57,000 90 293,650 11 18 49 6 6
1923 422,300 4 65,000 91 357,300 10 28 52 1 0
1924 549,600 3 63,000 90 486,600 28 19 40 3 0
1925 270,800 3 39,800 56 231,000 8 17 30 1 0
1926 396,750 3 37,500 90 359,250 12 26 49 1 2
1927 400,800 6 88,000 90 312,800 9 23 50 8 0
1928 350,300 3 30,000 92 320,300 7 24 61 0 0
1929 674,550 5 84,000 133 590,550 31 30 70 1 1
1930 568,800 3 27,000 116 541,800 20 50 46 0 0
1931 440,200 4 35,000 109 405,200 8 41 57 3 0
1932 464,900 3 26,000 120 438,900 10 33 76 1 0
1933 437,400 4 27,000 132 410,400 9 24 97 2 0
1934 312,600 4 14,200 110 298,400 5 21 74 8 2
1935 289,300 4 39,000 109 250,300 2 14 84 8 1
1936 334,000 4 36,000 108 298,000 8 17 72 11 0
1937 251,000 5 38,000 96 213,000 3 12 73 8 0
1938 357,700 4 36,900 96 320,800 6 28 60 2 0
1939 591,050 4 83,098 120 507,952 19 40 57 4 0
1940 501,232 4 57,882 121 443,350 15 34 62 10 0
1941 416,839 4 63,289 120 353,550 10 25 62 23 0
1945 419,400 4 89,000 120 330,400 11 15 77 17 0
1946 542,200 4 88,000 120 454,200 16 28 74 2 0
1947 648,200 4 84,000 132 564,200 23 50 53 6 0
1948 511,700 4 56,000 120 455,700 16 35 61 8 0
1949 524,650 4 99,000 126 425,650 10 31 82 3 0
1950 456,850 4 98,000 114 358,850 10 17 84 3 0
1951 477,800 4 89,000 140 388,800 10 17 103 10 0
1952 502,896 4 88,500 140 414,396 10 26 93 11 0
1953 420,000 4 88,000 140 332,000 3 21 97 19 0
1954 465,750 4 78,500 140 387,250 8 22 100 10 0
1955 462,550 4 73,000 140 389,550 9 28 85 12 6
1956 382,300 4 74,000 140 308,300 1 19 108 12 0
1957 74,500 4 74,500 140 0 0 0 0 140
1958 106,200 5 68,400 144 37,800 0 3 12 1 128
1959 154,900 4 71,000 160 83,900 2 2 21 7 128
1960 204,900 6 72,000 153 132,900 4 6 24 15 104
1961 49,000 4 49,000 110 0 0 0 0 110
1962 39,500 4 39,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1963 40,000 4 40,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1964 93,000 4 52,000 90 41,000 3 0 2 0 85
1965 318,950 4 54,700 90 264,250 4 25 50 11 0
1966 383,050 4 51,000 90 332,050 10 30 42 7 1
1967 388,100 4 48,500 90 339,600 14 27 34 5 10
1968 206,650 4 18,000 90 188,650 5 15 33 8 29
1969 325,100 4 34,000 90 291,100 8 22 45 7 8
1970 297,650 4 32,000 90 265,650 6 25 37 1 21
1971 51,029 4 51,029 90 0 0 0 0 90
1972 60,400 4 60,400 90 0 0 0 0 90
1973 56,800 4 56,800 90 0 0 0 0 90
1974 65,116 4 65,116 90 0 0 0 0 90
1975 73,601 4 73,601 90 0 0 0 0 90
1976 65,895 4 65,895 90 0 0 0 0 90
1977 61,142 4 61,142 90 0 0 0 0 90
1978 62,852 4 62,852 90 0 0 0 0 90
1979 43,033 4 43,033 90 0 0 0 0 90
1980 46,815 4 46,815 90 0 0 0 0 90
1981 350,119 4 45,163 90 304,956 7 23 56 4 0
1982 64,829 4 43,829 108 21,000 1 0 5 0 102
1983 35,854 4 35,854 108 0 0 0 0 108
1984 19,150 4 19,150 108 0 0 0 0 108
1985 66,776 4 44,311 108 22,465 1 1 4 0 102
1986 342,636 4 39,246 90 303,390 7 26 53 3 1
1987 43,026 4 43,026 90 0 0 0 0 90
1988 36,121 4 36,121 90 0 0 0 0 90
1989 46,104 6 46,104 126 0 0 0 0 126
1990 43,108 6 43,108 126 0 0 0 0 126
1991 35,910 6 35,910 111 0 0 0 0 111
1992 40,040 6 40,040 108 0 0 0 0 108
1993 28,549 6 28,549 108 0 0 0 0 108
1994 24,937 6 24,937 108 0 0 0 0 108
1995 14,649 6 14,649 72 0 0 0 0 72
Games


Second Division Crowds
Season Total Known Crowd Finals Games Finals Crowds H/A Games H/A Crowds H/A Huge 7,00+ H/A Large 4,000-6,999 H/A Fair 1,000-3,999 H/A Poor -999 H/A Missing
1961 36,000 4 36,000 72 0 0 0 0 72
1962 32,000 4 32,000 64 0 0 0 0 64
1963 34,000 4 34,000 72 0 0 0 0 72
1964 30,500 4 30,500 72 0 0 0 0 72
1965 24,500 4 24,500 72 0 0 0 0 72
1966 28,000 4 28,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1967 12,500 4 12,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1968 14,000 4 14,000 85 0 0 0 0 85
1969 20,200 4 20,200 90 0 0 0 0 90
1970 17,000 4 17,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1971 22,500 4 22,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1972 24,000 4 24,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1973 23,500 4 23,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1974 35,000 4 35,000 90 0 0 0 0 90
1975 25,268 4 25,268 90 0 0 0 0 90
1976 38,500 4 38,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1977 30,283 4 30,283 90 0 0 0 0 90
1978 24,500 4 24,500 90 0 0 0 0 90
1979 25,273 4 25,273 90 0 0 0 0 90
1980 13,511 4 13,511 90 0 0 0 0 90
1981 167,399 4 19,831 90 147,568 0 3 60 26 1
1982 14,600 4 14,600 90 0 0 0 0 90
1983 7,000 4 7,000 108 0 0 0 0 108
1984 20,456 4 20,456 90 0 0 0 0 90
1985 44,311 4 44,311 90 0 0 0 0 90
1986 127,131 4 38,646 108 88,485 0 1 30 67 10
1987 43,026 4 43,026 92 0 0 0 0 92
1988 28,306 4 28,306 55 0 0 0 0 55