1917 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1917 VFL Season
Team(s): 6
Round(s): 15
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Match(es): 49

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Fitzroy
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Dick Lee (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood (P) 1st 10 -1- 4 133.4% Dick Lee (50)
Carlton 2nd 9 -1- 5 116.4% Vin Gardiner (22)
South Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 6 118.0% Harry Morgan (23)
Fitzroy (R) 4th 6 -1- 8 86.4% Jim Freake (30)
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 9 79.3% Percy Martini (23)
Richmond 6th 3 -1- 11 79.8% Charlie Fehring (14)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 8
Goal Umpire 4
Boundary Umpire 5

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 72 - 38
SAT 12/05/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 45
SAT 12/05/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 77 - 28

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 46 - 64
SAT 19/05/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 85 - 54
SAT 19/05/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 52 - 64

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 90 - 52
SAT 26/05/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 46 - 31
SAT 26/05/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 78

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 66 - 45
MON 04/06/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 42 - 43
MON 04/06/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 38

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 43 - 57
SAT 09/06/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 97 - 53
SAT 09/06/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 50 - 55

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 50 - 47
SAT 16/06/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 41 - 57
SAT 16/06/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 50 - 50

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 52 - 65
SAT 23/06/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 92 - 55
SAT 23/06/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 71 - 39

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 81 - 34
SAT 30/06/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 65 - 54
SAT 30/06/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 77 - 74

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 29 - 34
SAT 07/07/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 90 - 73
SAT 07/07/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 87 - 38

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 79 - 23
SAT 14/07/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 46 - 51
SAT 14/07/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 57

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 98 - 49
SAT 21/07/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 59
SAT 21/07/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 85 - 49

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 63 - 82
SAT 28/07/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 37 - 26
SAT 28/07/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 41 - 56

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 42 - 50
SAT 11/08/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 55 - 50
SAT 11/08/1917 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 45 - 101

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 38 - 71
SAT 18/08/1917 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 52 - 21
SAT 18/08/1917 3:00 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 71 - 53

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1917 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 65 - 63
SAT 25/08/1917 3:00 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 80 - 41
SAT 25/08/1917 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 85 - 47

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1917 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy MCG 44 - 53 15,005

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1917 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne MCG 95 - 35 16,505

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1917 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy MCG 52 - 58 22,786

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1917 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood MCG 39 - 74 28,512