1918 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1918 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. South Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. South Melbourne were the premiers, with Jim Caldwell as the premiership captain and Bert Howson as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1918 VFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 59

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Carlton	Princes Park	Norm Clark
Collingwood	Victoria Park	Jock McHale
Essendon	East Melbourne	Jack Worrall
Fitzroy	Brunswick Street Oval	George Holden
Geelong	Corio Oval
Richmond	Punt Road Oval	Bernie Nolan
South Melbourne	Lakeside Oval	Bert Howson
St Kilda	Junction Oval	Jimmy Smith

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
South Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	1	52	143.1%	970	678	134	166	89	144
Collingwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	145.1%	956	659	130	176	88	131
Carlton	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	116.5%	862	740	114	178	98	152
St Kilda	4th	8	-0-	6	32	92.2%	742	805	96	166	106	169
Fitzroy	5th	6	-0-	8	24	98.7%	774	784	106	138	105	154
Richmond	6th	5	-0-	9	20	87.7%	752	857	96	176	117	155
Geelong	7th	3	-0-	11	12	75.8%	716	944	95	146	129	170
Essendon	8th	3	-0-	11	12	64.2%	547	852	69	133	108	204

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Carlton	Victoria Park	65	-	30
SAT	11/05/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v Essendon	Punt Road Oval	46	-	34
SAT	11/05/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Geelong	Lakeside Oval	57	-	31
SAT	11/05/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Fitzroy	Junction Oval	40	-	34

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	1	-0-	0	4	216.7%	65	30
South Melbourne	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	183.9%	57	31
Richmond	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	135.3%	46	34
St Kilda	4th	1	-0-	0	4	117.6%	40	34
Fitzroy	5th	0	-0-	1	0	85.0%	34	40
Essendon	6th	0	-0-	1	0	73.9%	34	46
Geelong	7th	0	-0-	1	0	54.4%	31	57
Carlton	8th	0	-0-	1	0	46.2%	30	65

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v Richmond	Princes Park	53	-	58
SAT	18/05/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v St Kilda	East Melbourne	61	-	54
SAT	18/05/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v South Melbourne	Brunswick Street Oval	38	-	78
SAT	18/05/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v Collingwood	Corio Oval	36	-	48

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	2	-0-	0	8	195.7%	135	69
Collingwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	8	171.2%	113	66
Richmond	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	119.5%	104	87
St Kilda	4th	1	-0-	1	4	98.9%	94	95
Essendon	5th	1	-0-	1	4	95.0%	95	100
Carlton	6th	0	-0-	2	0	67.5%	83	123
Geelong	7th	0	-0-	2	0	63.8%	67	105
Fitzroy	8th	0	-0-	2	0	61.0%	72	118

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v St Kilda	Princes Park	77	-	51
SAT	25/05/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v Essendon	Corio Oval	52	-	36
SAT	25/05/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v Fitzroy	Punt Road Oval	44	-	72
SAT	25/05/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Collingwood	Lakeside Oval	85	-	67

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	0	12	161.8%	220	136
Collingwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	8	119.2%	180	151
Richmond	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	93.1%	148	159
Carlton	4th	1	-0-	2	4	92.0%	160	174
Fitzroy	5th	1	-0-	2	4	88.9%	144	162
Essendon	6th	1	-0-	2	4	86.2%	131	152
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	2	4	84.4%	119	141
St Kilda	8th	1	-0-	2	4	84.3%	145	172

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Richmond	Victoria Park	76	-	56
SAT	01/06/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v Carlton	East Melbourne	37	-	75
MON	03/06/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Geelong	Brunswick Street Oval	74	-	62
MON	03/06/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v South Melbourne	Junction Oval	49	-	44

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	3	-0-	1	12	142.7%	264	185
Collingwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	12	123.7%	256	207
Carlton	3rd	2	-0-	2	8	111.4%	235	211
Fitzroy	4th	2	-0-	2	8	97.3%	218	224
St Kilda	5th	2	-0-	2	8	89.8%	194	216
Richmond	6th	2	-0-	2	8	86.8%	204	235
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	3	4	84.2%	181	215
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	3	4	74.0%	168	227

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/06/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v St Kilda	Victoria Park	105	-	45
SAT	08/06/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Essendon	Brunswick Street Oval	66	-	25
SAT	08/06/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v Richmond	Corio Oval	49	-	60
SAT	08/06/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	Lakeside Oval	76	-	72

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	4	-0-	1	16	143.3%	361	252
South Melbourne	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	132.3%	340	257
Fitzroy	3rd	3	-0-	2	12	114.1%	284	249
Richmond	4th	3	-0-	2	12	93.0%	264	284
Carlton	5th	2	-0-	3	8	107.0%	307	287
St Kilda	6th	2	-0-	3	8	74.5%	239	321
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	4	4	83.6%	230	275
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	4	4	65.9%	193	293

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v Geelong	Princes Park	111	-	45
SAT	15/06/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Fitzroy	Victoria Park	53	-	24
SAT	15/06/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v South Melbourne	East Melbourne	32	-	52
SAT	15/06/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v St Kilda	Punt Road Oval	43	-	60

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	5	-0-	1	20	150.0%	414	276
South Melbourne	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	135.6%	392	289
Carlton	3rd	3	-0-	3	12	125.9%	418	332
Fitzroy	4th	3	-0-	3	12	102.0%	308	302
Richmond	5th	3	-0-	3	12	89.2%	307	344
St Kilda	6th	3	-0-	3	12	82.1%	299	364
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	5	4	71.2%	275	386
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	5	4	65.2%	225	345

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v Collingwood	East Melbourne	33	-	98
SAT	22/06/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Carlton	Brunswick Street Oval	51	-	83
SAT	22/06/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Richmond	Lakeside Oval	86	-	34
SAT	22/06/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Geelong	Junction Oval	103	-	39

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Collingwood	1st	6	-0-	1	24	165.7%	512	309
South Melbourne	2nd	6	-0-	1	24	148.0%	478	323
Carlton	3rd	4	-0-	3	16	130.8%	501	383
St Kilda	4th	4	-0-	3	16	99.8%	402	403
Fitzroy	5th	3	-0-	4	12	93.2%	359	385
Richmond	6th	3	-0-	4	12	79.3%	341	430
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	6	4	64.2%	314	489
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	6	4	58.2%	258	443

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v Collingwood	Princes Park	49	-	41
SAT	29/06/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v Richmond	East Melbourne	22	-	45
SAT	29/06/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v St Kilda	Brunswick Street Oval	48	-	23
SAT	29/06/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v South Melbourne	Corio Oval	50	-	55

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	7	-0-	1	28	142.9%	533	373
Collingwood	2nd	6	-0-	2	24	154.5%	553	358
Carlton	3rd	5	-0-	3	20	129.7%	550	424
Fitzroy	4th	4	-0-	4	16	99.8%	407	408
St Kilda	5th	4	-0-	4	16	94.2%	425	451
Richmond	6th	4	-0-	4	16	85.4%	386	452
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	7	4	66.9%	364	544
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	7	4	57.4%	280	488

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/07/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Geelong	Victoria Park	86	-	52
SAT	06/07/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v Carlton	Punt Road Oval	58	-	61
SAT	06/07/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Fitzroy	Lakeside Oval	86	-	61
SAT	06/07/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Essendon	Junction Oval	50	-	42

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	8	-0-	1	32	142.6%	619	434
Collingwood	2nd	7	-0-	2	28	155.9%	639	410
Carlton	3rd	6	-0-	3	24	126.8%	611	482
St Kilda	4th	5	-0-	4	20	96.3%	475	493
Fitzroy	5th	4	-0-	5	16	94.7%	468	494
Richmond	6th	4	-0-	5	16	86.5%	444	513
Geelong	7th	1	-0-	8	4	66.0%	416	630
Essendon	8th	1	-0-	8	4	59.9%	322	538

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/07/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v South Melbourne	Victoria Park	44	-	51
SAT	13/07/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v Geelong	East Melbourne	58	-	39
SAT	13/07/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Richmond	Brunswick Street Oval	71	-	43
SAT	13/07/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Carlton	Junction Oval	44	-	17

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	9	-0-	1	36	140.2%	670	478
Collingwood	2nd	7	-0-	3	28	148.2%	683	461
Carlton	3rd	6	-0-	4	24	119.4%	628	526
St Kilda	4th	6	-0-	4	24	101.8%	519	510
Fitzroy	5th	5	-0-	5	20	100.4%	539	537
Richmond	6th	4	-0-	6	16	83.4%	487	584
Essendon	7th	2	-0-	8	8	65.9%	380	577
Geelong	8th	1	-0-	9	4	66.1%	455	688

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v Essendon	Princes Park	80	-	31
SAT	20/07/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v Fitzroy	Corio Oval	36	-	72
SAT	20/07/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v Collingwood	Punt Road Oval	49	-	76
SAT	20/07/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v St Kilda	Lakeside Oval	101	-	51

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	10	-0-	1	40	145.7%	771	529
Collingwood	2nd	8	-0-	3	32	148.8%	759	510
Carlton	3rd	7	-0-	4	28	127.1%	708	557
Fitzroy	4th	6	-0-	5	24	106.6%	611	573
St Kilda	5th	6	-0-	5	24	93.3%	570	611
Richmond	6th	4	-0-	7	16	81.2%	536	660
Essendon	7th	2	-0-	9	8	62.6%	411	657
Geelong	8th	1	-0-	10	4	64.6%	491	760

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v South Melbourne	Princes Park	43	-	55
SAT	27/07/1918	3:00 PM	Essendon v Fitzroy	East Melbourne	58	-	42
SAT	27/07/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v Geelong	Punt Road Oval	105	-	71
SAT	27/07/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Collingwood	Junction Oval	63	-	50

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	11	-0-	1	44	144.4%	826	572
Collingwood	2nd	8	-0-	4	32	141.2%	809	573
Carlton	3rd	7	-0-	5	28	122.7%	751	612
St Kilda	4th	7	-0-	5	28	95.8%	633	661
Fitzroy	5th	6	-0-	6	24	103.5%	653	631
Richmond	6th	5	-0-	7	20	87.7%	641	731
Essendon	7th	3	-0-	9	12	67.1%	469	699
Geelong	8th	1	-0-	11	4	65.0%	562	865

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/08/1918	3:00 PM	Fitzroy v Collingwood	Brunswick Street Oval	60	-	79
SAT	03/08/1918	3:00 PM	South Melbourne v Essendon	Lakeside Oval	85	-	52
SAT	03/08/1918	3:00 PM	St Kilda v Richmond	Junction Oval	67	-	57
SAT	03/08/1918	3:15 PM	Geelong v Carlton	Corio Oval	67	-	37

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	12	-0-	1	48	146.0%	911	624
Collingwood	2nd	9	-0-	4	36	140.3%	888	633
St Kilda	3rd	8	-0-	5	32	97.5%	700	718
Carlton	4th	7	-0-	6	28	116.1%	788	679
Fitzroy	5th	6	-0-	7	24	100.4%	713	710
Richmond	6th	5	-0-	8	20	87.5%	698	798
Essendon	7th	3	-0-	10	12	66.5%	521	784
Geelong	8th	2	-0-	11	8	69.7%	629	902

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/08/1918	3:00 PM	Carlton v Fitzroy	Princes Park	74	-	61
SAT	10/08/1918	3:00 PM	Collingwood v Essendon	Victoria Park	68	-	26
SAT	10/08/1918	3:00 PM	Geelong v St Kilda	Corio Oval	87	-	42
SAT	10/08/1918	3:00 PM	Richmond v South Melbourne	Punt Road Oval	54	-	59

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne	1st	13	-0-	1	52	143.1%	970	678
Collingwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	40	145.1%	956	659
Carlton	3rd	8	-0-	6	32	116.5%	862	740
St Kilda	4th	8	-0-	6	32	92.2%	742	805
Fitzroy	5th	6	-0-	8	24	98.7%	774	784
Richmond	6th	5	-0-	9	20	87.7%	752	857
Geelong	7th	3	-0-	11	12	75.8%	716	944
Essendon	8th	3	-0-	11	12	64.2%	547	852

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1918	2:30 PM	Collingwood v St Kilda	MCG	58	-	49	28,375
SAT	31/08/1918	2:30 PM	South Melbourne v Carlton	MCG	58	-	53	36,116

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1918	2:50 PM	South Melbourne v Collingwood	MCG	62	-	57	39,262

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