1907 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1907 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds in a double round-robin format with three sectional rounds. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Carlton were the premiers, with Jim Flynn as the premiership captain and Jack Worrall as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1907 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17 (inc. 3 sectional rounds)
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 71

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Jack Worrall
Collingwood Victoria Park Ted Rowell
Essendon East Melbourne
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval
Geelong Corio Oval
Melbourne MCG Alec Hall
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
Runners-Up: South Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 4 52 155.7% 1,060 681 138 232 92 129
South Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 6 44 118.4% 915 773 127 153 100 173
St Kilda 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 117.5% 935 796 120 215 110 136
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 8 36 110.4% 970 879 134 166 118 171
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 10 28 85.5% 864 1,011 118 156 138 183
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 10 28 85.3% 844 989 120 124 131 203
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 10 28 81.1% 800 987 107 158 134 183
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 12 20 74.0% 774 1,046 103 156 144 182

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Carlton 1st Premiers
South Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
St Kilda 3rd Defeated by Carlton (Semi Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by South Melbourne (Semi Final)
Fitzroy 5th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 6th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 8th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 30 - 56
SAT 27/04/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 47 - 39
SAT 27/04/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v Geelong East Melbourne 99 - 56
SAT 27/04/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 41 - 60

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 1 -0- 0 4 186.7% 56 30
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 176.8% 99 56
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 146.3% 60 41
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 120.5% 47 39
Fitzroy 5th 0 -0- 1 0 83.0% 39 47
South Melbourne 6th 0 -0- 1 0 68.3% 41 60
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 1 0 56.6% 56 99
Carlton 8th 0 -0- 1 0 53.6% 30 56

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 47
SAT 04/05/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 27 - 62
SAT 04/05/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 41 - 48
SAT 04/05/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 62 - 54

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 151.5% 147 97
St Kilda 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 140.5% 118 84
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 113.5% 101 89
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 110.8% 92 83
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.1% 96 94
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 101 101
South Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 2 0 75.2% 88 117
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 2 0 51.6% 83 161

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 47 - 86
SAT 11/05/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 66 - 38
SAT 11/05/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 67 - 37
SAT 11/05/1907 3:20 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 77

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 3 -0- 0 12 152.9% 185 121
Carlton 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 136.9% 178 130
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 112.2% 184 164
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 2 4 99.4% 154 155
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 2 4 93.6% 160 171
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 2 4 84.6% 148 175
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 2 4 83.2% 139 167
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 71.1% 160 225

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 77 - 25
SAT 18/05/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 34 - 46
SAT 18/05/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 44 - 47
SAT 18/05/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 46 - 82

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 4 -0- 0 16 159.9% 267 167
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 164.5% 255 155
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 2 8 108.1% 228 211
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 2 8 101.0% 201 199
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 2 8 92.8% 194 209
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 3 4 81.2% 173 213
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 3 4 74.6% 185 248
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 3 4 67.1% 206 307

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 46 - 61
SAT 25/05/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v Collingwood East Melbourne 38 - 47
SAT 25/05/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 59 - 51
SAT 25/05/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 87 - 64

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 5 -0- 0 20 153.2% 354 231
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 2 12 139.4% 301 216
South Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 106.9% 262 245
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 3 8 103.1% 266 258
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 3 8 91.4% 245 268
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 3 8 87.6% 220 251
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 3 8 74.0% 265 358
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 4 4 74.3% 249 335

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 30 - 41
SAT 01/06/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 51 - 108
MON 03/06/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 36
MON 03/06/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 45 - 33

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 6 -0- 0 24 163.8% 462 282
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 2 16 139.0% 342 246
South Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 110.4% 307 278
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 4 8 92.9% 302 325
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 4 8 85.6% 250 292
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 4 8 85.2% 316 371
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 4 8 78.7% 296 376
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 4 8 73.9% 298 403

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 104 - 50
SAT 15/06/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 32 - 38
SAT 15/06/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 55 - 47
SAT 15/06/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 32 - 44

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 6 -0- 1 24 151.5% 494 326
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 150.7% 446 296
South Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 113.2% 351 310
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 4 12 88.9% 288 324
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 4 12 83.0% 351 423
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 5 8 85.2% 363 426
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 5 8 82.1% 352 429
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 5 8 74.8% 330 441

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 78
SAT 22/06/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 53 - 28
SAT 22/06/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 52 - 40
SAT 22/06/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 33 - 62

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 2 24 154.4% 508 329
St Kilda 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 135.8% 527 388
South Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 108.0% 391 362
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 4 16 93.1% 366 393
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 4 16 87.0% 403 463
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 5 12 81.7% 383 469
Fitzroy 7th 2 -0- 6 8 85.7% 432 504
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 6 8 78.8% 380 482

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 39 - 46
SAT 29/06/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 67 - 52
SAT 29/06/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 43 - 28
SAT 29/06/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 44 - 52

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 3 24 145.9% 547 375
St Kilda 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 127.3% 579 455
South Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 4 20 105.1% 435 414
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 4 20 97.3% 433 445
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 5 16 85.2% 431 506
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 5 16 84.4% 429 508
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 6 12 88.3% 484 548
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 6 12 82.9% 423 510

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 70 - 54
SAT 06/07/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 57 - 50
SAT 06/07/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v St Kilda East Melbourne 37 - 65
SAT 06/07/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 71 - 32

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 3 28 143.8% 617 429
St Kilda 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 130.9% 644 492
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 99.0% 490 495
South Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 5 20 103.0% 485 471
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 5 20 92.6% 500 540
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 6 16 84.2% 485 576
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 7 12 83.4% 516 619
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 7 12 80.0% 460 575

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 26 - 104
SAT 13/07/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 22 - 101
SAT 13/07/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 59 - 47
SAT 13/07/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 54 - 59

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 3 32 158.5% 721 455
St Kilda 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 126.7% 698 551
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 114.3% 591 517
South Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 5 24 105.0% 544 518
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 5 24 94.1% 559 594
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 7 16 74.9% 507 677
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 8 12 80.0% 507 634
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 8 12 75.0% 542 723

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 70 - 23
SAT 20/07/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 25 - 23
SAT 20/07/1907 3:00 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 49 - 34
SAT 20/07/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 27 - 36

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 3 36 157.1% 757 482
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 122.4% 661 540
St Kilda 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 125.2% 721 576
South Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 6 24 103.1% 571 554
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 6 24 92.2% 593 643
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 7 20 78.2% 556 711
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 8 16 76.0% 567 746
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 9 12 75.3% 530 704

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1907 3:00 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 45 - 34
SAT 03/08/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v Fitzroy East Melbourne 58 - 31
SAT 03/08/1907 3:00 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 42 - 50
SAT 03/08/1907 3:00 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 30 - 47

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 3 40 155.4% 802 516
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 5 32 118.8% 695 585
St Kilda 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 120.5% 751 623
South Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 6 28 104.2% 621 596
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 7 24 91.6% 635 693
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 7 24 81.4% 603 741
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 9 16 80.0% 588 735
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 9 16 74.4% 598 804

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1907 3:00 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 96 - 57
SAT 10/08/1907 3:00 PM Essendon v Carlton East Melbourne 25 - 78
SAT 10/08/1907 3:00 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 39 - 55
SAT 10/08/1907 3:00 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 64 - 44

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 3 44 162.7% 880 541
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 5 36 123.2% 791 642
South Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 107.0% 685 640
St Kilda 4th 7 -0- 7 28 115.7% 795 687
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 7 28 84.4% 658 780
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 8 24 87.7% 692 789
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 10 16 75.4% 613 813
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 10 16 74.2% 637 859

Round 15 (Sectional Round 1)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1907 2:30 PM Essendon v Melbourne East Melbourne 71 - 56
SAT 17/08/1907 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 38
SAT 17/08/1907 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 57 - 40
SAT 17/08/1907 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 67 - 26

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 4 44 153.8% 920 598
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 6 36 115.2% 817 709
South Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 6 36 109.1% 742 680
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 7 32 120.9% 862 713
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 8 28 83.9% 714 851
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 9 24 83.2% 730 877
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 10 20 80.8% 725 897
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 10 20 78.7% 684 869

Round 16 (Sectional Round 2)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1907 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 78 - 47
SAT 24/08/1907 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 82 - 94
SAT 24/08/1907 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 38 - 41
SAT 24/08/1907 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 50 - 74

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 4 48 154.7% 998 645
South Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 6 40 111.8% 816 730
St Kilda 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 120.2% 903 751
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 7 36 112.0% 899 803
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 9 28 82.6% 764 925
Fitzroy 6th 6 -0- 10 24 83.7% 819 979
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 10 24 83.7% 768 918
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 11 20 77.2% 731 947

Round 17 (Sectional Round 3)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1907 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 62 - 36
SAT 31/08/1907 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 71 - 76
SAT 31/08/1907 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne East Melbourne 43 - 99
SAT 31/08/1907 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 32 - 45

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 4 52 155.7% 1,060 681
South Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 6 44 118.4% 915 773
St Kilda 3rd 9 -0- 8 36 117.5% 935 796
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 8 36 110.4% 970 879
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 10 28 85.5% 864 1,011
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 10 28 85.3% 844 989
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 10 28 81.1% 800 987
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 12 20 74.0% 774 1,046

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1907 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 82 - 48 24,700
SAT 14/09/1907 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda MCG 91 - 35 26,100

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1907 2:50 PM Carlton v South Melbourne MCG 50 - 45 45,477