1926 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1926 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Collingwood
Brownlow Medallist(s): Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Gordon Coventry (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Collingwood (R) 1st 15 -0- 3 149.3% Reg Baker (4) Gordon Coventry (78)
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 3 145.2% Edward Greeves (5) Lloyd Hagger (56)
Melbourne (P) 3rd 14 -0- 4 146.4% Ivor Warne-Smith (9) Harry Davie (50)
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 124.3% Garnet Campbell (4) Greg Stockdale (36)
South Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 118.9% Roy Cazaly, Charlie Pannam (2) Ted Johnson (45)
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 7 106.5% Alex Duncan (3) Horrie Clover (38)
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 92.0% Allan Geddes (5) Dave Lynch (31)
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 12 86.1% Bill Adams (4) Jack Moriarty (48)
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 12 75.8% Horrie Mason, Fred Phillips (2) Jack Shelton (47)
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 14 69.9% Allan Hopkins (2) Les Chapple, Allan Hopkins (42)
Hawthorn 11th 3 -1- 14 66.4% Ernie Utting (2) Bert Hyde (27)
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 17 73.7% Dave Walsh (4) Fred Metcalf (26)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 19
Goal Umpire 4
Boundary Umpire 6

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 92 - 63 18,742
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 93 - 27 15,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 50 - 70 16,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 104 - 53 15,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 77 - 85 20,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 94 25,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 69 - 58 18,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 105 - 110 20,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 47 - 78 25,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 57 - 90 15,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 116 - 58 22,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 38 - 42 7,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 119 - 89 9,495
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 64 - 60 18,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 69 - 61 30,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 47 - 50 23,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 78 15,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 47 - 119 13,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 79 15,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 50 - 58 14,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 71 - 66 25,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 47 - 49 20,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 62 - 51 22,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 112 - 100 14,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 122 - 89 28,628
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 68 - 75 19,500
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 48 25,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 85 - 38 20,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 73 15,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 67 - 100 10,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 46 - 105 16,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 73 - 83 26,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 73 - 51 30,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 79 - 50 10,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 88 - 59 16,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 77 - 81 10,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 88 - 65 20,974
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 89 - 51 25,600
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 71 - 93 20,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 66 - 76 24,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 96 8,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 73 - 74 12,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 69 - 75 23,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 72 - 118 9,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 109 - 52 20,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 85 - 66 22,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 93 - 59 15,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 184 - 58 14,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 154 - 13 7,514
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 84 12,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 70 - 49 30,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 69 - 57 18,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 33 - 47 5,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 56 - 67 14,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 67 - 53 21,500
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 59 - 54 32,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 78 13,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 59 - 67 12,500
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 58 - 82 10,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 53 - 76 5,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 99 - 60 11,651
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 67 - 56 20,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 80 - 63 15,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 74 - 47 10,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 99 - 41 23,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 93 - 68 12,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 29 - 118 14,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 56 - 107 17,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 65 - 57 12,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 32 - 50 10,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 75 - 108 27,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 124 - 82 16,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 90 - 58 27,786
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 90 - 38 10,500
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 46 - 69 20,000
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 107 - 48 14,000
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 92 10,000
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 70 - 70 4,500

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 67 - 70 6,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 82 - 75 25,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 62 - 67 20,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 53 - 81 15,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 63 - 105 10,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 104 - 28 7,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 43 - 93 32,475
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 112 - 48 10,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 85 - 62 29,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 123 - 63 8,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 126 - 64 7,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 69 - 102 5,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 68 - 94 15,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 64 - 97 26,550
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 126 - 104 25,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 23 - 95 13,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 70 - 106 12,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 73 - 80 5,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 140 - 68 6,684
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 130 - 66 11,500
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 86 - 77 25,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 70 - 86 5,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 57 - 63 32,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 120 - 85 6,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 78 - 121 5,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 104 - 49 14,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 96 - 47 20,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 71 - 74 25,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 90 - 71 6,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 49 - 93 5,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1926 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 70 - 117 50,662

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1926 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 84 - 95 44,286

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1926 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 42 - 39 50,162

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/10/1926 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 119 - 62 59,632