1929 VFA season

The 1929 VFA season was the 51st season of the Victorian Football Association, an Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.
Northcote won the VFA premiership for the first time, after defeating by 42 points in the [|1929 VFA Grand Final].

Association membership

Two new clubs − Oakleigh and Sandringham − entered the VFA, bringing the size of the Association to twelve clubs. This was the last change to the Association membership until 1951.

Oakleigh admission

In November 1928, the Oakleigh Football Club applied to join the Association. Oakleigh had been a successful club in the Sub-District Association, had a good quality ground, the growing suburb of Oakleigh provided the team strong support, and the club had been previously considered for Association membership. Oakleigh's application was accepted unanimously.

Premiership

To accommodate a balanced fixture with the two extra clubs, the home-and-home season was extended from eighteen matches to twenty-two matches, the longest it had been since fixed-length seasons were first introduced in 1894. Then, the top four clubs contested a finals series under the amended Argus system to determine the premiers for the season.

Awards

Leo McInerney was the leading goalkicker, with 88 goals in the home-and-home season and 92 goals overall.
Ted Bourke won the Recorder Cup as the Association's best and fairest, polling nine votes. W. Brown finished second with eight votes, and C. Irwin finished third with seven votes.
Coburg won the seconds premiership. Coburg 14.16 defeated Williamstown 14.7 at the Oakleigh Cricket Ground on 28 September.

Notable events

J. J. Liston, president and delegate of the Williamstown Football Club, was elected president of the Association at the annual general meeting in February 1929, replacing long-serving president John Aikman, who had died in 1928. Liston served in the position until his death in 1944.