1931 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1931 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Geelong
Brownlow Medallist(s): Haydn Bunton (Fitzroy)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Harry Vallence (Carlton)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Geelong (P) 1st 15 -0- 3 151.4% Reg Hickey (19) George Moloney (68)
Richmond (R) 2nd 15 -0- 3 141.1% Stan Judkins (15) Doug Strang (63)
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 6 125.1% Colin Martyn (11) Harry Vallence (72)
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 6 124.0% Harold Rumney (11) Gordon Coventry (67)
Footscray 5th 12 -0- 6 110.2% Allan Hopkins (25) Alby Morrison (36)
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 99.2% Howard Okey (11) Ted Freyer (50)
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 99.1% Harry Clarke (9) Austin Robertson (38)
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 91.7% Percy Beames (15) George Margitich (66)
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 89.2% Fred Phillips (14) Bill Mohr (57)
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 14 86.0% Haydn Bunton (26) Jack Moriarty (53)
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 82.1% Ernie Utting (11) Jack Ryan (39)
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 18 50.8% Johnny Lewis (17) Johnny Lewis (25)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 12
Goal Umpire 4
Boundary Umpire 30

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 106 - 94 19,500
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 92 - 87 16,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 98 - 107 26,500
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 92 - 80 19,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 83 - 135 10,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 61 - 60 12,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 77 - 73 15,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 126 - 54 9,500
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 133 35,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 91 - 111 20,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 65 - 84 15,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 199 - 31 11,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 87 - 83 19,767
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 126 - 44 20,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 72 - 68 14,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 94 - 73 15,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 48 - 88 7,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 52 - 94 30,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 94 - 109 10,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 80 - 74 12,500
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 85 - 63 10,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 127 - 106 18,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 84 14,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 72 - 68 40,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 87 - 71 20,244
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 142 - 81 9,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 107 - 91 35,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 72 - 86 15,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 97 - 52 10,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 76 - 79 11,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 59 - 98 7,000
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 44 - 93 30,000
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 100 - 77 16,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 56 - 59 24,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 70 12,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 69 - 58 19,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 54 - 71 26,436
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 87 - 60 18,250
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 59 - 90 24,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 60 - 80 10,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 98 - 111 12,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 86 - 43 11,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 58 25,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 55 - 89 10,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 52 - 77 17,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 84 - 57 18,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 80 - 56 8,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 154 - 64 6,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 36 - 63 15,826
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 87 - 61 9,500
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 50 - 130 10,000
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 73 - 63 11,000
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 101 15,000
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 40 - 44 21,500

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 66 - 53 11,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 52 - 23 9,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 72 - 77 16,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 81 - 57 10,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 90 11,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 96 - 24 4,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 31 - 82 15,258
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 64 - 131 4,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 111 - 38 17,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 58 - 85 19,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 48 - 85 24,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 104 - 58 12,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 66 8,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 43 - 30 15,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 48 36,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 104 - 59 15,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 94 - 66 7,500
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 53 - 55 8,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 72 - 71 13,828
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 52 - 100 16,000
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 121 - 89 18,500
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 41 18,500
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 103 - 58 9,000
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 69 - 108 8,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 77 - 45 9,250
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 122 - 88 20,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 75 - 77 8,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 59 - 61 14,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 138 - 60 8,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 54 - 78 25,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 93 - 18 3,614
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 39 - 28 18,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 61 - 83 4,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 62 6,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 72 - 42 8,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 46 - 70 15,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 72 - 38 12,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 76 8,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 135 - 74 20,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 152 - 101 16,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 50 - 81 4,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 90 - 59 4,500

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 123 - 79 3,944
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 108 - 59 10,500
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 50 - 54 39,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 97 - 80 10,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 142 - 128 17,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 43 - 99 11,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 57 14,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 56 - 83 15,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 66 - 48 25,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 63 - 66 5,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 44 - 74 4,500
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 34 - 43 9,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1931 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 130 - 42 51,140

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/09/1931 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond MCG 66 - 99 48,353

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1931 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton MCG 83 - 77 36,653

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/10/1931 2:50 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 48 - 68 60,712