1975 VFL Season

Season Details

Name: 1975 VFL Season
Team(s): 12
Round(s): 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Match(es): 138

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn
Brownlow Medallist(s): Gary Dempsey (Footscray)
Coleman Medallist(s): Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn)

Team Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L & P%) Brownlow Leader(s) Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away)
Hawthorn (R) 1st 17 -0- 5 137.3% John Hendrie (18) Leigh Matthews (67)
Carlton 2nd 16 -0- 6 129.2% Alex Jesaulenko (18) Robert Walls (55)
North Melbourne (P) 3rd 14 -0- 8 115.1% Keith Greig (16) Doug Wade (41)
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 9 113.5% Brian Roberts (17) Kevin Bartlett (40)
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 93.9% Phil Carman (17) Phil Carman (39)
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 11 101.4% George Young (15) George Young (53)
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 94.8% Gary Dempsey (20) Laurie Sandilands (47)
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 12 90.7% Graham Moss (18) Alan Noonan (48)
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 97.1% Warwick Irwin (10) Renato Serafini (34)
Melbourne 10th 9 -0- 13 93.6% Stan Alves (19) Greg Wells (32)
Geelong 11th 7 -0- 15 78.2% Sam Newman (14) Larry Donohue, Ian Nankervis (29)
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 20 75.0% Brian Roberts (17) Graham Teasdale (38)

Umpire Results

Umpire Position Umpire(s)
Field Umpire 14
Goal Umpire 2
Boundary Umpire 4

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 111 - 100 23,422
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 62 - 94 22,573
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 136 - 67 19,165
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 91 - 55 21,203
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 98 - 103 14,442
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 105 - 76 14,978

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 103 - 105 14,325
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 112 - 72 33,600
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 172 - 79 38,083
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 102 - 131 18,356
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 81 - 121 18,465
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 116 - 83 17,700

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 117 - 100 22,207
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 90 - 98 17,158
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 102 - 66 24,024
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 87 - 71 15,736
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 85 - 87 17,626
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 87 - 116 39,496

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 80 - 133 35,328
FRI 25/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 87 - 104 77,770
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 112 - 99 24,296
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 69 - 99 12,708
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 85 - 115 12,707
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 109 - 43 25,388

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 136 - 81 11,198
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 71 - 87 17,442
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 58 - 91 24,275
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 125 - 107 20,349
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 137 - 86 25,296
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood VFL Park 81 - 70 36,638

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 155 - 90 15,503
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 93 - 104 17,225
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 111 - 85 28,532
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda VFL Park 74 - 82 18,229
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 96 - 146 27,729
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 119 - 66 18,875

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 132 - 78 29,131
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 88 - 80 13,733
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 77 - 128 13,742
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 60 - 101 26,204
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 130 - 90 10,940
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 90 - 81 29,354

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 110 - 81 19,188
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn VFL Park 40 - 113 23,466
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 55 - 81 31,986
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 65 - 54 16,838
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 91 - 78 12,010
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 74 - 66 20,257

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 123 - 112 16,244
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 92 - 55 9,883
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 115 - 67 33,006
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 83 - 98 28,936
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 98 - 89 22,695
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 58 - 134 15,933

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 104 - 98 13,488
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 97 - 106 16,249
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 128 - 81 49,469
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 99 - 121 17,811
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne VFL Park 89 - 87 14,056
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 138 - 89 24,061

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 95 - 73 42,803
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 97 - 95 19,030
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 127 - 115 25,364
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 90 - 146 23,244
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 102 - 90 33,653
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 88 - 108 16,379

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 131 - 92 14,204
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 157 - 86 17,248
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 141 - 73 18,987
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 77 - 85 21,154
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 96 - 98 21,049
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 95 - 120 15,478

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 46 - 80 12,631
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 61 - 92 14,747
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 66 - 82 28,235
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 132 - 114 13,117
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 85 - 61 15,553
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 76 - 89 11,832

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 101 - 49 14,584
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 96 - 65 16,759
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 95 - 175 22,632
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne VFL Park 64 - 39 14,008
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 96 - 105 10,034
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 120 - 82 29,501

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 134 - 109 16,040
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 93 - 49 12,449
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 65 - 44 26,389
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 70 - 130 11,502
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 115 - 73 17,129
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 94 - 32 17,276

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 107 - 119 18,829
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 109 - 55 11,002
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 88 - 75 21,970
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy VFL Park 77 - 115 13,582
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 60 - 167 13,411
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 110 - 103 21,746

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 75 - 91 11,427
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 94 - 109 15,012
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 105 - 101 31,253
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 87 - 56 15,259
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 115 - 69 56,846
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 117 19,639

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 127 - 90 25,211
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 84 - 80 16,706
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 131 - 103 14,220
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 83 - 127 15,227
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 113 - 79 9,139
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 110 - 58 20,589

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 89 - 51 30,328
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 173 - 55 8,417
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 138 - 99 18,664
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 46 - 114 18,107
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 98 - 115 9,048
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 96 - 101 39,672

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 100 - 89 13,181
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 88 - 105 10,973
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 98 - 95 49,756
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 105 - 91 16,545
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 137 - 156 29,359
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 91 - 93 15,601

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 64 - 70 11,022
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 74 - 79 14,799
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 117 - 136 23,601
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 111 - 41 14,917
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 75 - 115 8,759
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 57 - 27 26,303

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 98 - 97 26,940
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong VFL Park 93 - 119 11,095
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 75 - 119 21,060
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 103 - 110 12,236
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 116 - 68 39,275
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 109 - 87 11,301

Finals Week 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1975 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 77 - 73 65,512

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1975 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne MCG 76 - 96 74,015

Finals Week 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1975 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 62 - 71 76,967
SAT 13/09/1975 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne VFL Park 82 - 71 52,076

Finals Week 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1975 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 76 - 59 71,130

Finals Week 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1975 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 67 - 122 110,551