1938 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1938 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Carlton
Brownlow Medallist(s): Dick Reynolds (Essendon)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Ron Todd (Collingwood)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Carlton (P) 1st 14 -0- 4 116.1% Jim Park (12) Harry Vallence (78)
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 5 129.2% Jack Collins (13) Clyde Helmer (66)
Footscray 3rd 13 -0- 5 124.3% Alby Morrison (15) Charlie Luke (43)
Collingwood (R) 4th 12 -0- 6 117.6% Marcus Boyall (15) Ron Todd (102)
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 7 106.0% Gordon Jones (12) Norm Smith (80)
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 8 111.8% Kevin O'Neill (10) Jack Titus (72)
Essendon 7th 9 -0- 9 102.3% Dick Reynolds (18) Tom Reynolds (68)
St Kilda 8th 9 -0- 9 91.8% Jack Davis (9) Bill Mohr (34)
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 74.7% Jock Cordner (14) Sel Murray (56)
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 13 88.6% Wilfred Smallhorn (15) Fred Hughson (62)
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 14 82.4% Stan Spinks (17) Alby Naismith (30)
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 16 71.8% Jack Graham (11) Roy Moore (34)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 10
Goal Umpire 7
Boundary Umpire 4

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 115 - 132 16,000
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 76 - 92 18,000
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 119 - 85 15,000
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 97 - 68 18,000
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 105 22,000
SAT 23/04/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 140 - 63 16,000

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 92 - 111 11,327
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 94 - 65 17,000
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 95 - 94 32,000
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 127 - 74 15,000
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 64 - 44 11,000
SAT 30/04/1938 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 95 - 65 15,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 116 14,000
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 136 - 47 9,500
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 101 - 102 17,000
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 60 - 83 18,000
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 102 - 92 30,000
SAT 07/05/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 62 - 70 14,500

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 153 - 101 14,569
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 65 - 72 16,000
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 121 - 70 16,000
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 101 - 125 15,000
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 99 - 89 25,000
SAT 14/05/1938 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 141 - 100 14,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 72 - 76 14,979
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 147 - 75 10,000
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 114 - 130 38,000
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 105 - 85 14,000
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 82 - 72 14,000
SAT 21/05/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 87 - 84 18,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 102 - 107 20,000
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 117 - 88 22,000
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 79 13,000
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 121 - 55 21,000
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 94 - 120 11,000
SAT 28/05/1938 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 67 - 149 12,000

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 115 - 101 30,877
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 146 - 70 8,000
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 51 - 90 24,000
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 116 - 103 12,000
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 94 16,000
SAT 04/06/1938 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 68 - 70 15,000

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1938 2:30 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 122 - 92 12,808
SAT 11/06/1938 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 84 - 107 19,000
SAT 11/06/1938 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 119 - 93 17,500
MON 13/06/1938 2:30 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 110 - 83 43,000
MON 13/06/1938 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 62 - 135 19,000
MON 13/06/1938 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 53 - 94 16,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 96 - 112 14,000
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 89 - 49 7,000
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 71 - 121 13,000
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 104 - 99 20,000
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 108 - 56 12,000
SAT 18/06/1938 2:30 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 87 - 65 18,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 89 - 68 23,000
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 90 - 95 13,000
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 73 - 109 14,000
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 100 - 111 18,000
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 60 - 64 10,000
SAT 25/06/1938 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 46 12,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 79 - 85 12,054
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 88 - 82 19,500
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 74 - 71 10,000
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 89 - 77 10,000
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 98 - 46 20,000
SAT 02/07/1938 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 92 - 78 4,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 13/06/1938 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 103 - 149 17,000
SAT 09/07/1938 2:30 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 74 - 92 20,185
SAT 09/07/1938 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 84 - 63 14,000
SAT 09/07/1938 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 133 - 70 16,000
SAT 09/07/1938 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 79 - 73 15,000
SAT 09/07/1938 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 87 - 83 11,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 69 - 70 7,000
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 104 - 103 7,000
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 132 - 91 28,000
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 119 - 118 13,000
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 95 - 96 8,000
SAT 23/07/1938 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 129 16,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 96 - 93 9,060
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 51 - 106 8,000
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 82 - 76 18,000
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 72 - 54 10,000
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 63 - 76 22,000
SAT 30/07/1938 2:30 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 116 - 31 11,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 70 - 99 8,000
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 93 - 70 18,500
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 126 17,000
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 87 - 104 10,000
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 53 - 56 15,000
SAT 06/08/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 83 - 123 8,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 131 - 91 19,000
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 126 8,000
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 101 - 121 37,000
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 91 - 86 8,000
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 83 - 57 9,000
SAT 13/08/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 132 - 83 9,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 96 - 79 25,241
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 137 - 84 19,500
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 107 - 96 9,000
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 119 - 81 17,000
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 117 - 74 7,000
SAT 20/08/1938 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 150 - 96 14,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 91 - 82 30,000
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 80 - 102 6,000
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 104 - 88 16,000
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 69 - 90 6,500
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 93 - 108 7,000
SAT 27/08/1938 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 119 - 84 13,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1938 2:30 PM Footscray v Collingwood MCG 76 - 117 68,556

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1938 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong MCG 113 - 81 65,332

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1938 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 98 - 135 60,956

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1938 2:50 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 100 - 85 96,486