| Competition: | VFL_thirds |
| Year: | 1947 |
| Date: | May – 21 September |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Mpcount: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 1946 |
| Nextseason: | 1948 |
The 1947 VFL thirds season was the 2nd season of the VFL thirds, the Australian rules football competition operating as the junior competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).
This was the first season contested by VFL clubs, and . Additionally, the VFL invited the Doutta Stars Football Club (which competed in the Essendon District Football League) to field a side, with the team known as .[1]
won their first thirds premiership, defeating reigning premiers by 12 points.[2]
Teams played an uneven number of matches, with all clubs except,,, and having two byes each.[3]
| Team | ||||||||
| 1 | (P) | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 172.2 | 60 | |
| 2 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 160.9 | 56 | ||
| 3 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 143.6 | 56 | ||
| 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 161.7 | 44 | ||
| 5 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 145.9 | 44 | ||
| 6 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 122.0 | 44 | ||
| 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 93.9 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 77.0 | 32 | ||
| 9 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 53.1 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 49.5 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 29.2 | 12 |