1941 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1941 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 112

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Carlton
Brownlow Medallist(s): Norm Ware (Footscray)
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Sel Murray (North Melbourne)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 4 120.3% Bob Chitty (14) Paul Schmidt (75)
Melbourne (P) 2nd 14 -0- 4 117.2% Allan La Fontaine (11) Norm Smith (85)
Richmond 3rd 14 -0- 4 116.7% Leo Merrett (11) Jack Titus (84)
Essendon (R) 4th 13 -0- 5 130.3% Wally Buttsworth (12) Tom Reynolds (57)
Collingwood 5th 12 -0- 6 110.9% Jack Regan (12) Alby Pannam (42)
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 8 110.5% Norm Ware (23) Alan Collins (35)
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 10 96.3% Fred Hughson (17) Claude Curtin (65)
South Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 90.0% Herbie Matthews (22) Jack Graham (33)
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 92.9% George Kennedy (13) Sel Murray (88)
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 15 83.0% Jim Knight (10) Lindsay White (67)
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 81.9% Reg Garvin (14) Bob Flegg (47)
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 68.2% Andrew Angwin (13) Alec Albiston (57)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 12
Goal Umpire 3
Boundary Umpire 7

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 90 - 114 14,740
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 108 - 107 8,000
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 102 - 99 21,000
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 92 - 87 15,000
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 77 - 95 17,500
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 93 - 52 10,500

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 93 - 101 12,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 87 - 85 8,500
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 90 - 80 28,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 145 - 108 13,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 113 17,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 95 - 118 9,000

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 97 - 108 7,800
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 120 - 73 9,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 58 - 103 19,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 100 - 58 15,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 123 14,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 123 - 95 13,000

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 93 - 89 13,082
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 94 - 79 6,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 105 - 119 14,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 104 - 92 20,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 109 - 82 10,500
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 95 - 94 16,000

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 167 15,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 96 - 103 6,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 90 - 108 15,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 60 - 156 10,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 120 - 98 13,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 105 - 56 12,000

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 132 - 104 16,000
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 116 - 75 7,000
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 99 - 82 18,500
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 61 - 96 15,000
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 114 - 62 6,500
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 117 - 62 8,500

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 74 - 75 7,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 78 - 36 14,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 104 - 62 20,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 56 - 90 7,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 121 - 111 10,000
MON 16/06/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 97 - 124 28,407

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 44 - 84 2,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 78 - 93 5,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 77 - 85 4,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 60 - 52 6,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 73 - 47 6,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 64 - 42 5,000

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 116 - 129 5,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 120 - 79 10,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 86 - 101 21,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 83 - 106 16,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 103 - 70 15,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 145 - 80 7,000

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 113 - 65 17,559
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 97 - 89 7,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 76 - 78 7,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 72 - 79 7,500
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 85 - 95 14,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 98 - 50 3,000

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 108 - 61 20,765
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 58 - 96 7,500
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 109 - 93 14,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 104 - 65 15,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 90 - 69 4,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 123 - 124 8,000

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 104 - 126 8,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 99 - 95 4,500
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 83 - 122 14,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 96 - 54 10,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 74 - 92 15,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 80 - 102 5,000

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 124 - 73 23,110
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 122 - 81 4,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 83 - 84 27,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 86 - 110 10,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 110 - 58 10,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 152 - 85 4,000

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 128 - 72 6,669
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 81 - 121 7,500
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 113 - 49 10,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 55 - 81 20,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 75 - 57 9,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 64 - 67 10,000

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 85 - 101 7,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 144 - 129 4,500
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 169 - 117 10,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 95 - 88 26,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 80 8,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 52 - 81 16,000

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 110 - 87 30,544
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 70 - 69 4,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 137 - 80 8,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 131 - 93 7,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 99 - 88 11,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 104 - 88 8,000

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 122 - 105 11,232
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 94 - 109 4,500
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 81 - 83 30,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 95 - 46 9,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 114 - 136 6,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 60 - 130 8,000

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 113 - 88 29,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 132 - 83 9,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 122 11,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 110 - 95 7,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 54 - 83 3,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 80 - 98 5,000

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 81 - 135 59,368

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne MCG 82 - 109 59,435

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 68 - 93 65,106

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1941 2:50 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 127 - 98 79,687