1917 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1917 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured fifteen rounds in a triple round-robin format. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Collingwood were the premiers, with Percy Wilson as the premiership captain and Jock McHale as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1917 VFL Season
Teams: 6
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 49

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Carlton	Princes Park	Norm Clark
Collingwood	Victoria Park	Jock McHale
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval	George Holden
Geelong	Corio Oval
Richmond	Punt Road Oval	Percy Maybury
South Melbourne	Lakeside Oval	Vic Belcher

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Fitzroy
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Collingwood	1st	10	-1-	4	42	133.4%	1,030	772	139	196	105	142
Carlton	2nd	9	-1-	5	38	116.4%	843	724	113	165	94	160
South Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	118.0%	911	772	119	197	99	178
Fitzroy	4th	6	-1-	8	26	86.4%	832	963	114	148	132	171
Geelong	5th	6	-0-	9	24	79.3%	735	927	95	165	127	165
Richmond	6th	3	-1-	11	14	79.8%	761	954	104	137	127	192

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Richmond	Victoria Park	77	-	28
SAT	12/05/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	45	-	45
SAT	12/05/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Geelong	Lakeside Oval	72	-	38

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	1	-0-	0	4	275.0%	77	28
South Melbourne	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	189.5%	72	38
Carlton	3rd	0	-1-	0	2	100.0%	45	45
Fitzroy	3rd	0	-1-	0	2	100.0%	45	45
Geelong	5th	0	-0-	1	0	52.8%	38	72
Richmond	6th	0	-0-	1	0	36.4%	28	77

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	85	-	54
SAT	19/05/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Fitzroy	Corio Oval	46	-	64
SAT	19/05/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v South Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	52	-	64

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	151.1%	136	90
Carlton	2nd	1	-1-	0	6	131.3%	130	99
Fitzroy	3rd	1	-1-	0	6	119.8%	109	91
Collingwood	4th	1	-0-	1	4	115.9%	131	113
Geelong	5th	0	-0-	2	0	61.8%	84	136
Richmond	6th	0	-0-	2	0	56.7%	80	141

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	62	-	78
SAT	26/05/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Geelong	Punt Road Oval	90	-	52
SAT	26/05/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	46	-	31

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	150.4%	182	121
Collingwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	119.4%	209	175
Carlton	3rd	1	-1-	1	6	111.0%	161	145
Fitzroy	4th	1	-1-	1	6	101.2%	171	169
Richmond	5th	1	-0-	2	4	88.1%	170	193
Geelong	6th	0	-0-	3	0	60.2%	136	226

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	Victoria Park	66	-	45
MON	04/06/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Geelong	Princes Park	42	-	43
MON	04/06/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Richmond	Brunswick Street Oval	49	-	38

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	3	-0-	1	12	125.0%	275	220
South Melbourne	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	121.4%	227	187
Fitzroy	3rd	2	-1-	1	10	106.3%	220	207
Carlton	4th	1	-1-	2	6	108.0%	203	188
Richmond	5th	1	-0-	3	4	86.0%	208	242
Geelong	6th	1	-0-	3	4	66.8%	179	268

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Richmond	Princes Park	97	-	53
SAT	09/06/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Collingwood	Corio Oval	43	-	57
SAT	09/06/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	50	-	55

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	4	-0-	1	16	126.2%	332	263
Fitzroy	2nd	3	-1-	1	14	107.0%	275	257
South Melbourne	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	114.5%	277	242
Carlton	4th	2	-1-	2	10	124.5%	300	241
Richmond	5th	1	-0-	4	4	77.0%	261	339
Geelong	6th	1	-0-	4	4	68.3%	222	325

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	41	-	57
SAT	16/06/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v South Melbourne	Corio Oval	50	-	47
SAT	16/06/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Collingwood	Punt Road Oval	50	-	50

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	4	-1-	1	18	122.0%	382	313
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-1-	1	18	111.4%	332	298
South Melbourne	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	111.0%	324	292
Carlton	4th	2	-1-	3	10	114.4%	341	298
Geelong	5th	2	-0-	4	8	73.1%	272	372
Richmond	6th	1	-1-	4	6	79.9%	311	389

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	92	-	55
SAT	23/06/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Geelong	Brunswick Street Oval	52	-	65
SAT	23/06/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Richmond	Lakeside Oval	71	-	39

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	5	-1-	1	22	128.8%	474	368
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-1-	2	18	105.8%	384	363
South Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	119.3%	395	331
Geelong	4th	3	-0-	4	12	79.5%	337	424
Carlton	5th	2	-1-	4	10	101.5%	396	390
Richmond	6th	1	-1-	5	6	76.1%	350	460

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v South Melbourne	Princes Park	65	-	54
SAT	30/06/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	77	-	74
SAT	30/06/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Richmond	Corio Oval	81	-	34

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	6	-1-	1	26	124.7%	551	442
Fitzroy	2nd	4	-1-	3	18	104.1%	458	440
South Melbourne	3rd	4	-0-	4	16	113.4%	449	396
Geelong	4th	4	-0-	4	16	91.3%	418	458
Carlton	5th	3	-1-	4	14	103.8%	461	444
Richmond	6th	1	-1-	6	6	71.0%	384	541

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Carlton	Corio Oval	29	-	34
SAT	07/07/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Fitzroy	Punt Road Oval	87	-	38
SAT	07/07/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Collingwood	Lakeside Oval	90	-	73

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	6	-1-	2	26	117.3%	624	532
South Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	4	20	114.9%	539	469
Carlton	3rd	4	-1-	4	18	104.7%	495	473
Fitzroy	4th	4	-1-	4	18	94.1%	496	527
Geelong	5th	4	-0-	5	16	90.9%	447	492
Richmond	6th	2	-1-	6	10	81.3%	471	579

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Geelong	Victoria Park	79	-	23
SAT	14/07/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v South Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	64	-	57
SAT	14/07/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Carlton	Punt Road Oval	46	-	51

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	7	-1-	2	30	126.7%	703	555
Carlton	2nd	5	-1-	4	22	105.2%	546	519
Fitzroy	3rd	5	-1-	4	22	95.9%	560	584
South Melbourne	4th	5	-0-	5	20	111.8%	596	533
Geelong	5th	4	-0-	6	16	82.3%	470	571
Richmond	6th	2	-1-	7	10	82.1%	517	630

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Richmond	Victoria Park	85	-	49
SAT	21/07/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	45	-	59
SAT	21/07/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Geelong	Lakeside Oval	98	-	49

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	8	-1-	2	34	130.5%	788	604
Carlton	2nd	6	-1-	4	26	107.3%	605	564
South Melbourne	3rd	6	-0-	5	24	119.2%	694	582
Fitzroy	4th	5	-1-	5	22	94.1%	605	643
Geelong	5th	4	-0-	7	16	77.6%	519	669
Richmond	6th	2	-1-	8	10	79.2%	566	715

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	37	-	26
SAT	28/07/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Fitzroy	Corio Oval	63	-	82
SAT	28/07/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v South Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	41	-	56

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	8	-1-	3	34	127.0%	814	641
Carlton	2nd	7	-1-	4	30	108.8%	642	590
South Melbourne	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	120.4%	750	623
Fitzroy	4th	6	-1-	5	26	97.3%	687	706
Geelong	5th	4	-0-	8	16	77.5%	582	751
Richmond	6th	2	-1-	9	10	78.7%	607	771

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1917	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	45	-	101
SAT	11/08/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Geelong	Punt Road Oval	42	-	50
SAT	11/08/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	55	-	50

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	9	-1-	3	38	133.4%	915	686
South Melbourne	2nd	8	-0-	5	32	119.6%	805	673
Carlton	3rd	7	-1-	5	30	107.3%	692	645
Fitzroy	4th	6	-1-	6	26	90.7%	732	807
Geelong	5th	5	-0-	8	20	79.7%	632	793
Richmond	6th	2	-1-	10	10	79.0%	649	821

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1917	3:00 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	Victoria Park	52	-	21
SAT	18/08/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Carlton	Corio Oval	38	-	71
SAT	18/08/1917	3:00 PM	Richmond v Fitzroy	Punt Road Oval	71	-	53

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	10	-1-	3	42	136.8%	967	707
Carlton	2nd	8	-1-	5	34	111.7%	763	683
South Melbourne	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	113.9%	826	725
Fitzroy	4th	6	-1-	7	26	89.4%	785	878
Geelong	5th	5	-0-	9	20	77.5%	670	864
Richmond	6th	3	-1-	10	14	82.4%	720	874

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1917	3:00 PM	Carlton v Richmond	Princes Park	80	-	41
SAT	25/08/1917	3:00 PM	Geelong v Collingwood	Corio Oval	65	-	63
SAT	25/08/1917	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	85	-	47

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	10	-1-	4	42	133.4%	1,030	772
Carlton	2nd	9	-1-	5	38	116.4%	843	724
South Melbourne	3rd	9	-0-	6	36	118.0%	911	772
Fitzroy	4th	6	-1-	8	26	86.4%	832	963
Geelong	5th	6	-0-	9	24	79.3%	735	927
Richmond	6th	3	-1-	11	14	79.8%	761	954

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/09/1917	2:30 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	MCG	44	-	53	15,005
SAT	08/09/1917	2:30 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	MCG	95	-	35	16,505

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1917	2:30 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	MCG	52	-	58	22,786

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/09/1917	2:50 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	MCG	39	-	74	28,512

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