The 2013 VFL season was the 132nd of the

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(VFL), a second-tier

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competition played in the state of

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. The premiership was won by who defeated by 21 points in the 2013 VFL Grand Final.

League membership and affiliations

Prior to the 2013 season, ended its ten-year reserves affiliation with the

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. Essendon began fielding its own

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in the VFL, and Bendigo continued to contest the VFL as a stand-alone senior team.

Foxtel Cup

The top two non-AFL clubs from the 2012 VFL season – Port Melbourne and Werribee – competed in the

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. Werribee progressed the further of the two teams, losing its semi-final against WAFL club

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Home-and-away season

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Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

State Game

Report

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Ladder

Finals

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi-finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Awards

*The

J. J. Liston Trophy The J. J. Liston Trophy is awarded annually to the best and fairest senior player in the Victorian Football League (VFL), which was formerly known as the Victorian Football Association (VFA). It is named after J. J. Liston, J.J. Liston, a busine ...

was won by Mitch Hallahan (), Jordan Schroder () and

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(), who all polled 17 votes. It was Clifton's second Liston Trophy. *The

Frosty Miller Medal The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal is awarded to the Victorian Football League player who kicks the most goals in home-and-away matches in that year. The is named in honour of Jim 'Frosty' Miller, who was the leading goalkicker of the Victorian Footba ...

was won by Dean Galea (

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), who kicked 55 goals during the home-and-away season. Michael Lourey ( Frankston) officially finished second with 54 goals; he actually kicked 55 goals, the same number as Galea, but one was annulled as a result of the headcount in

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. Including finals, the leading goalkicker for the season was

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(

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), who finished with 59 goals, one goal more than Galea. *The Fothergill–Round Medal was won by

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(

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), who averaged 26 possessions a game and kicked 21 goals in season 2013. *The top two non-AFL clubs – Box Hill and Williamstown – qualified for the

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tournament. *The Development League premiership was won by Williamstown. In the Grand Final, played at

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on 14 September, Williamstown 11.19 (85) defeated Box Hill 12.12 (84) by one point; scores were level at 84 apiece when time expired, and Williamstown scored the winning behind after seven minutes of golden point extra time.

References

External links

AFL Victoria websiteOfficial VFL website
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