sentences:  A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11 (except that rounds 14 and 15 were the reverse of 4 and 3 respectively).Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1975 VFL "Premiers" were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "McIntyre Final Five system".