1942 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1942 VFL Season
Team(s): 11
Round(s): 16
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Match(es): 84

Season Results

Premiers: Essendon
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Essendon
Leading Goalkicker Medallist(s): Lindsay White (South Melbourne)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Essendon (P) 1st 12 -0- 3 127.1% Tom Reynolds (51)
Richmond (R) 2nd 11 -0- 4 134.5% Jack Titus (62)
South Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 129.0% Lindsay White (67)
Footscray 4th 10 -0- 4 126.0% Norm Ware (48)
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 4 120.2% Paul Schmidt (47)
Fitzroy 6th 8 -0- 7 104.9% Claude Curtin (61)
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 8 81.9% Frank Kelly (21)
Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 10 85.2% Fred Fanning (37)
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 10 78.2% Sel Murray (42)
Collingwood 10th 2 -0- 12 76.0% Alby Pannam (37)
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 14 65.6% Alec Albiston (32)

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 09/05/1942 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 164 - 110 8,000
SAT 09/05/1942 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 72 8,000
SAT 09/05/1942 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Princes Park 133 - 95 8,000
SAT 09/05/1942 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 131 - 111 14,000
SAT 09/05/1942 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 93 - 127 5,000

Round 1 Bye: Carlton

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1942 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond Punt Road Oval 117 - 196 20,000
SAT 16/05/1942 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 59 - 99 16,000
SAT 16/05/1942 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Yarraville Oval 88 - 92 10,000
SAT 16/05/1942 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Toorak Park 109 - 71 5,500
SAT 16/05/1942 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 94 - 115 5,500

Round 2 Bye: Collingwood

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1942 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 133 - 77 7,000
SAT 23/05/1942 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 75 - 70 13,000
SAT 23/05/1942 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Princes Park 156 - 82 6,500
SAT 23/05/1942 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 175 - 37 11,500
SAT 23/05/1942 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 41 - 117 5,000

Round 3 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1942 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 111 - 65 3,500
SAT 30/05/1942 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 91 - 68 14,000
SAT 30/05/1942 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 87 - 136 6,500
SAT 30/05/1942 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Toorak Park 83 - 163 9,000
SAT 30/05/1942 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 80 - 65 12,000

Round 4 Bye: Footscray

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1942 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Princes Park 148 - 115 5,500
SAT 06/06/1942 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 104 - 77 20,000
SAT 06/06/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 109 - 69 10,000
SAT 06/06/1942 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 83 9,000
SAT 06/06/1942 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 88 - 80 4,000

Round 5 Bye: St Kilda

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1942 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 45 - 89 4,000
SAT 13/06/1942 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 138 - 91 7,000
SAT 13/06/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 77 - 76 18,000
SAT 13/06/1942 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Toorak Park 69 - 83 10,000
SAT 13/06/1942 2:30 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 78 - 87 5,500

Round 6 Bye: Hawthorn

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1942 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 76 - 83 4,000
SAT 20/06/1942 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Yarraville Oval 91 - 72 8,500
SAT 20/06/1942 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Toorak Park 80 - 68 5,000
SAT 20/06/1942 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 69 - 86 18,000
SAT 20/06/1942 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 110 - 94 5,000

Round 7 Bye: Essendon

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1942 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 80 - 105 5,500
SAT 27/06/1942 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 122 - 71 6,500
SAT 27/06/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 144 - 38 6,000
SAT 27/06/1942 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 105 17,000
SAT 27/06/1942 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 62 - 118 6,000

Round 8 Bye: South Melbourne

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1942 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 58 - 86 3,000
SAT 04/07/1942 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Toorak Park 45 - 39 4,500
SAT 04/07/1942 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Yarraville Oval 45 - 75 9,500
SAT 04/07/1942 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 78 - 79 6,000
SAT 04/07/1942 2:30 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 80 - 77 5,000

Round 9 Bye: Melbourne

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1942 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 95 - 67 5,500
SAT 11/07/1942 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 107 15,000
SAT 11/07/1942 2:30 PM Footscray v St Kilda Yarraville Oval 131 - 60 6,000
SAT 11/07/1942 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 91 - 88 6,000
SAT 11/07/1942 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 110 - 82 3,500

Round 10 Bye: Richmond

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1942 2:30 PM Melbourne v Footscray Punt Road Oval 95 - 126 6,000
SAT 18/07/1942 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 77 - 92 8,000
SAT 18/07/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 75 - 55 16,000
SAT 18/07/1942 2:30 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Toorak Park 135 - 62 4,000
SAT 18/07/1942 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 95 - 127 6,000

Round 11 Bye: Fitzroy

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1942 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon Punt Road Oval 104 - 84 6,000
SAT 25/07/1942 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Toorak Park 73 - 86 8,000
SAT 25/07/1942 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 69 - 111 8,000
SAT 25/07/1942 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Yarraville Oval 129 - 122 15,000
SAT 25/07/1942 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 64 - 52 3,000

Round 12 Bye: Carlton

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1942 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 111 - 86 9,000
SAT 01/08/1942 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Princes Park 84 - 89 15,000
SAT 01/08/1942 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 102 - 68 14,000
SAT 01/08/1942 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 57 - 75 3,500
SAT 01/08/1942 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 134 - 68 5,500

Round 13 Bye: Collingwood

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1942 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 85 - 68 3,000
SAT 08/08/1942 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 128 - 75 7,500
SAT 08/08/1942 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Toorak Park 46 - 89 3,500
SAT 08/08/1942 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 83 - 117 3,500
SAT 08/08/1942 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Yarraville Oval 137 - 58 2,500

Round 14 Bye: North Melbourne

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1942 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 57 - 118 2,500
SAT 15/08/1942 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 98 - 115 13,000
SAT 15/08/1942 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 83 - 64 8,000
SAT 15/08/1942 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 128 - 56 7,000
SAT 15/08/1942 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Princes Park 145 - 87 5,000

Round 15 Bye: Footscray

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1942 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 91 - 107 10,000
SAT 22/08/1942 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 127 - 74 26,000
SAT 22/08/1942 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 38 - 64 4,000
SAT 22/08/1942 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Yarraville Oval 129 - 92 8,000
SAT 22/08/1942 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 117 - 103 2,000

Round 16 Bye: St Kilda

Finals Week 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1942 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Princes Park 91 - 64 25,000

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v Richmond Princes Park 56 - 78 32,000

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1942 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Princes Park 124 - 96 26,000

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1942 2:50 PM Richmond v Essendon Princes Park 79 - 132 49,000