Division 1 Men’s Grand Finals
Formerly known as D Section and D1 Section.
| Year | Premiers | Score | Runners Up | Score | Margin | J.W. Manton Medal | Team | Coach |
| 2023 | Glen Eira | 15.13.103 | Oakleigh | 6.13.49 | 54 | |||
| 2022 | PEGS | 12.12.84 | Old Camberwell | 8.9.57 | 27 | Len Hannah | ||
| 2019 | Preston Bullants | 8.10.58 | UHS-VU | 6.12.48 | 10 | Sean Calcedo | Preston | George Wakim |
| 2018 | Ormond | 11.9.75 | Hampton Rovers | 9.15.69 | 6 | Max Kennedy | Ormond | Ash Lever |
| 2017 | PEGS | 15.14.104 | St Mary’s Salesian | 14.7.91 | 13 | Robert Baddeley | PEGS | Dane Pound |
| 2016 | Old Geelong | 14.10.94 | Old Mentonians | 12.14.86 | 8 | Callum Wood | Old Geelong | Jon Knight |
| 2015 | Kew | 13.9.87 | Ormond | 8.9.57 | 30 | Kyle Margaritas | Kew | Ian Aitken |
| 2014 | Williamstown CYMS | 16.14.110 | Therry Penola | 8.6.54 | 56 | Matthew John | Williamstown CYMS | Matthew Montebello |
| 2013 | Hampton Rovers | 17.20.122 | Ormond | 9.10.64 | 58 | Jay Ting | Hampton Rovers | Guy Martyn |
| 2012 | North Old Boys / St Patrick’s College | 16.13.109 | Peninsula O.B. | 13.13.91 | 18 | Nicholas Fisher | Peninsula O.B. | Richard Peoples |
| 2011 | Parkdale Vultures | 16.8.104 | Banyule | 8.14.62 | 42 | R. Hayward | Parkdale | Sam Radford |
| 2010 | Werribee Districts | 17.12.114 | Monash Blues | 10.8.68 | 46 | T. McCutcheon | Werribee Districts | Kirk Norton |
| 2009 | Rupertswood | 12.18.90 | Fitzroy | 9.11.65 | 25 | M. McPhee | Rupertswood | Gavin Kerr |
| 2008 | Bulleen-Templestowe | 21.9.135 | Old Geelong | 17.21.123 | 12 | P. Voglis | Bulleen-Templestowe | David Matthews |
| 2007 | Oakleigh | 19.10.124 | Hampton Rovers | 8.11.59 | 65 | D. Britt | Oakleigh | David Gately |
| 2006 | Old Carey | 19.16.130 | Rupertswood | 12.8.80 | 50 | Stephen Collins | Old Carey | Cam Matthews |
| 2005 | Fitzroy Reds | 24.6.150 | Ormond | 10.11.71 | 79 | T.P Davis | Fitzroy Reds | Graham Burgen |
| 2004 | University Blacks | 15.7.97* | Banyule | 9.5.59 | 38 | B.A. Shaw | University Blacks | Anthony Parkin |
| 2003 | Monash Blues | 13.18.96 | AJAX | 7.14.56 | 40 | Liam Holloway | Monash Blues | Tim Powell |
| 2002 | St Leos Emmaus WP | 17.6.108 | Mentone Amateurs | 13.13.91 | 17 | G.A. Donovan | St. Leos Emmaus WP | Darren Turner |
| 2001 | Old Camberwell Gr. | 10.13.73 | Banyule | 7.15.57 | 16 | T. Hardman | Old Camberwell | Jarrod O’Neill |
| 2000 | Caulfield Gr. | 26.13.169 | Old Essendon Gr. | 6.8.44 | 125 | S.G. Amiet | Caulfield Gr. | Dean Anderson |
| 1999 | AJAX | 22.19.151 | Bulleen-Templestowe | 17.14.116 | 35 | Rick Marks | ||
| 1998 | Whitefriars O.C. | 12.20.92 | Southbank | 7.11.53 | 39 | Des Meagher | ||
| 1997 | Beaumaris | 14.18.102 | Old Geelong | 13.10.88 | 14 | Brett Marchant | ||
| 1996 | Monash Blues | 11.6.72 | St. Leos Emmaus | 7.4.46 | 26 | |||
| 1995 | Hampton Rovers | 21.9.135 | Thomastown | 13.9.87 | 48 | |||
| 1994 | Old Ivanhoe Gr. | 8.11.59 | St. Kevin’s O.B. | 8.7.55 | 4 | |||
| 1993 | St Bedes/Mentone Tigers | 9.13.67 | Old Geelong | 10.5.65 | 2 | |||
| 1992 | Mazenod O.C. | 13.13.91 | Caulfield Gr. | 11.18.84 | 7 | |||
| 1991 | M.H.S.O.B. | 19.12.126 | AJAX | 6.15.51 | 75 | |||
| 1990 | State Bank | 16.14.110 | Whitefriars O.C. | 12.17.89 | 21 | |||
| 1989 | Thomastown | 21.10.136 | Old Mentonians | 9.16.70 | 66 | |||
| 1988 | Preston M.B.O.B. | 10.12.72 | Hampton Rovers | 9.11.65 | 7 | |||
| 1987 | Old Ivanhoe Gr. | 21.10.136 | St. Kevin’s O.B. | 19.12.126 | 10 | |||
| 1986 | Balaclava | 15.13.103 | Monash Blues | 13.11.89 | 14 | |||
| 1985 | Old Trinity Gr. | 21.17.143* | M.H.S.O.B. | 12.4.76 | 67 | |||
| 1984 | Therry C.C.O.B. | 19.19.133 | Thomastown | 11.10.76 | 57 | |||
| 1983 | Banyule | 21.19.145 | Fawkner | 15.7.97 | 48 | |||
| 1982 | Parkside | 17.15.117 | St. Pius | 10.9.69 | 48 | |||
| 1981 | Coburg | 15.7.97 | West Brunswick | 13.8.86 | 11 | Rodney McFarlane | ||
| 1980 | Alphington | 29.19.193 | State Bank | 5.9.39 | 154 | |||
| 1979 | Bulleen-Templestowe | 13.10.88 | M.H.S.O.B. | 9.10.64 | 24 | |||
| 1978 | Old Camberwell Gr. | 19.13.127 | St. Kevin’s O.B. | 19.10.124 | 3 | |||
| 1977 | Old Brighton Gr. | 24.13.157 | Alphington | 14.11.95 | 62 | |||
| 1976 | Old Xaverians | 20.17.137 | AJAX | 15.7.97 | 40 | |||
| 1975 | Fawkner | 16.8.104 | Hampton Rovers | 15.11.101 | 3 | |||
| 1974 | Brunswick | 14.11.95 | Old Ivanhoe Gr. | 10.12.72 | 23 | |||
| 1973 | Alphington | 16.21.117 | Marcellin O.C. | 10.12.72 | 45 | |||
| 1972 | Parkside | 15.12.102 | Old Brighton Gr. | 14.17.101 | 1 | |||
| 1971 | Power House | 17.10.112 | Reservoir O.B. | 14.13.97 | 15 | |||
| 1970 | Old Trinity Gr. | 15.9.99 | Fairfield | 5.14.44 | 55 | |||
| 1969 | Old Haileyburians | 10.3.63 | Assumption O.C. | 5.7.37 | 26 | |||
| 1968 | National Bank | 16.11.107 | Tooronga-Malvern | 7.16.58 | 49 | |||
| 1967 | St. Pat’s | 12.7.79 | Hampton Rovers | 9.3.57 | 15 | |||
| 1966 | Old Geelong Gr. | 13.5.83 | Old Carey | 7.11.53 | 30 | Peter Scott | ||
| 1965 | North Melb. C.B.C.O.B. | 8.7.55 | Preston | 5.8.38 | 17 | Bill McCabe | ||
| 1964 | St Bernard’s O.C. | 15.2.92 | Old Brighton Gr. | 7.18.60 | 32 | Jack Kent | ||
| 1963 | Old Haileyburians | 12.6.78 | Monash University | 9.10.64 | 14 | |||
| 1962 | Fairfield | 7.14.56 | Old Carey | 3.2.20 | 36 | |||
| 1961 | Caulfield Gr. | 10.7.67 | West Brunswick | 8.4.52 | 15 | John Wilson | ||
| 1960 | St. Kilda C.B.O.C. | 14.5.89 | St. Kevin’s O.B. | 7.10.52 | 37 | |||
| 1959 | Footscray T.S.O.B. | 8.13.61 | AJAX | 7.18.60 | 1 | |||
| 1958 | Port Melbourne | 14.10.94 | Bellfield | 10.12.72 | 22 | |||
| 1957 | National Bank | 15.12.102 | De La Salle O.C. | 6.10.46 | 56 | |||
| 1956 | Old Geelong Gr. | 11.16.82 | U.H.S.O.B. | 7.1.43 | 39 | Evan MacGregor | ||
| 1955 | South Melb. City | 14.12.96 | Glenhuntly | 4.3.27 | 69 | |||
| 1954 | Teacher’s College | 5.10.40 | Fairfield | 4.9.33 | 7 | |||
| 1953 | Footscray T.S.O.B. | 5.7.37* | ES & A Bank | 3.14.32 | 5 | |||
| 1952 | St. Kevin’s O.B. | 10.12.72 | Caulfield Gr. | 8.14.62 | 10 | |||
| 1951 | Elsternwick | 11.15.81 | Parkdale | 10.9.69 | 12 | |||
| 1950 | East Malvern | 12.12.84 | Power House | 8.10.58 | 26 | |||
| 1949 | Caulfield Gr. | 9.10.64 | Murrumbeena | 5.5.35 | 29 | Wally Crabtree | ||
| 1948 | Fairfield | 19.13.127 | North Alphington | 10.7.67 | 60 | |||
| 1939 | Hampton Rovers | 16.11.107 | South Camberwell | 14.13.97 | 10 | |||
| 1938 | Fairfield | 12.17.89 | St. Paul’s | 8.14.62 | 27 | |||
| 1937 | M.H.S.O.B. | 16.18.114 | Mount Carmel O.C. | 10.16.76 | 38 | |||
| 1936 | Coburg | 18.19.127 | Footscray T.S.O.B. | 15.8.98 | 29 | |||
| 1935 | Malvern | 14.10.94 | Parkdale | 12.11.83 | 11 | |||
| 1934 | Ivanhoe | 19.14.128* | U.H.S.O.B. | 4.5.29 | 99 | |||
| 1933 | Ormond | 14.18.102 | North Melb. C.B.C.O.B. | 11.18.84 | 18 | |||
| 1932 | West Brunswick | 10.11.71 | ES & A Bank | 4.11.35 | 36 |
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