The 'Town kicked two more goals than Collingwood over the course of the year, enabling it to avoid last placing but the Magpies won their only encounter for the season at Williamstown in round 5 (4.4 to 3.10). At the completion of the season, the Cup was awarded to Williamstown, which won 10 of its 12 games with one draw to beat a team called South Park by just one point, 21 to 20, followed by South Melbourne (15 points) and Fawkner (13 points). The meeting achieved little as The 'Town went down again, this time at Preston by 3 goals. Club management of 1939, from left Fred 'Pop' Harsley (president), Larry Floyd (secretary), Jim McConville (treasurer) and Jack Le Brun (VFA delegate). The Age reported on Tuesday, 29 May, 1860, that the Williamstown Football Club was formed on 18 May, 1860, at the first annual general meeting of the Williamstown Alliance Cricket Club, held at the Mechanics Institute in Electra Street. Tom Byrne kicked 5 goals and was best-on-ground. The fourth of seven consecutive defeats occurred the next week with a loss to eventual runner-up, Northcote, at Williamstown by 5 goals, 13.16.94 to 9.10.64. Follower Bob McCubbin, rover Johnny Fribbs, 'Dolly' Hall in defence, Warren and J. A 2-goal loss to eventual premier, Port Melbourne, and a draw at Brunswick was summed up by The Argus which 'saw a bitter, unpleasant game in which punching, tripping, undue roughness and all the worst features of the game were displayed. In 2010 another Brownlow Medallist in Jason Akermanis wore the famous Williamstown jumper in a number of games. The 1940 Williamstown team at one of the losing finals at Toorak Park -, Back row: (from left) Arthur Cutting, Ron Todd, unknown, unknown, Colin Wilcox, Doug Menzies, Matt Cave, unknown, Middle row: (from left) Jack Patterson, Eddie Deller, Norm Chisholm, Gordon Ogden, Harry Vallence, George Fitch, Eric Glass, Front row: (from left) Cliff Johnson, Reg Thomas, Stan Jamieson. Despite playing in the lower division, the club remained one of the best-supported and most viable clubs in the VFA;[14] and in 1982, when the divisional structure was modified such that the top division was selected primarily on off-field merits, Williamstown returned to Division 1 despite having finished only seventh out of ten teams the previous year.[15]. Alley was captain of the Club's first premiership team in 1907, after captain-coach Paddy Noonan sensationally resigned not long before the end of the home-and-away season. Life memberships were bestowed on club secretaries Larry Floyd and Arch Rennie. There was another win in round 4 over lowly Brighton at Williamstown, 12.20.92 to 7.12.54, with Ted Cahill booting 4 goals and Arthur 'Porky' Sykes best-on-ground before a 2-goal loss to eventual wooden-spooner Camberwell at Pt Gellibrand where Williamstown kicked 1.9 to NIL in the last quarter to throw away another win. The Australasian newspaper named vice-captain 'Barkly Bill' Jones and Jack 'Oily' Clark among the best followers in the colony and Alf 'Ginger' Worroll as one of the best defenders. Hugh Torney and Jack Cockburn (both Essendon), Geoff Spring and Doug Dowling (both RAAF) were new recruits, while Dick Harris was acquired from Richmond later in the year.
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