1924 VJFL Season

These are the results for the 1924 season of the Victorian Junior Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds in a double round-robin format. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Geelong Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Round-Robin Argus system. Geelong Seconds were the premiers, with Bill Getsom as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1924 VJFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Round-Robin Argus System
Matches: 97

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Collingwood District Victoria Park Hughie Thomas
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Geelong Seconds Corio Oval Bill Getsom
Leopold Lakeside Oval Ted Marsh Harold Robertson, Chris Laird
Melbourne Seconds MCG Alec Hall
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Tom Bayliss
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong Seconds
Runners-Up: Essendon Seconds
Minor Premiers: Geelong Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 154.4% 1,377 892 184 273 121 166
Richmond Seconds 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 133.4% 1,327 995 181 241 135 185
Essendon Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 141.1% 1,336 947 184 232 133 149
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 13 -0- 5 52 124.1% 1,343 1,082 185 233 148 194
Leopold 5th 10 -0- 8 40 108.0% 1,155 1,069 156 219 141 223
Coburg 6th 10 -0- 8 40 99.3% 1,088 1,096 151 182 143 238
Collingwood District 7th 7 -1- 10 30 102.7% 1,054 1,026 145 184 139 192
Carlton Seconds 8th 4 -1- 13 18 77.0% 989 1,284 135 179 175 234
Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -0- 16 8 56.7% 863 1,523 114 179 215 233
St Kilda Seconds 10th 1 -0- 17 4 56.3% 795 1,413 111 129 196 237

Major Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 121.0% 190 157 25 40 22 25
Geelong Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 127.3% 154 121 21 28 16 25
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 2 4 103.0% 136 132 20 16 16 36
Richmond Seconds 4th 0 -0- 3 0 61.5% 112 182 14 28 26 26

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong Seconds 1st Premiers
Essendon Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 3rd place in round-robin finals series
Richmond Seconds 4th 4th place in round-robin finals series
Leopold 5th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 6th Did not qualify for finals
Collingwood District 7th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Seconds 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1924 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 49 - 68
SAT 26/04/1924 Coburg v Geelong (S) Coburg City Oval 76 - 86
SAT 26/04/1924 Collingwood District v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 80 - 58
SAT 26/04/1924 Leopold v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 40 - 51
SAT 26/04/1924 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 92 - 64

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1924 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 108 - 57
SAT 03/05/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Leopold Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 74
SAT 03/05/1924 Melbourne (S) v Coburg Albert Cricket Ground 67 - 84
SAT 03/05/1924 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 62 - 48
MON 05/05/1924 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood District Junction Oval

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1924 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 92 - 32
SAT 10/05/1924 Coburg v Richmond (S) Coburg City Oval 83 - 43
SAT 10/05/1924 Collingwood District v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 111 - 63
SAT 10/05/1924 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Corio Oval 63 - 36
SAT 10/05/1924 Leopold v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 61 - 85

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1924 Collingwood District v Coburg Victoria Park 75 - 40
SAT 17/05/1924 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 67 - 89
SAT 17/05/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 81
SAT 17/05/1924 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 41 - 48
SAT 17/05/1924 St Kilda (S) v Leopold Junction Oval 49 - 68

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1924 Carlton (S) v Collingwood District Princes Park 65 - 65
SAT 24/05/1924 Coburg v Fitzroy (S) Coburg City Oval 74 - 45
SAT 24/05/1924 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Corio Oval 103 - 29
SAT 24/05/1924 Leopold v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 99 - 55
SAT 24/05/1924 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 72 - 64

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1924 Carlton (S) v Coburg Princes Park 42 - 71
SAT 31/05/1924 Collingwood District v Leopold Victoria Park 54 - 59
SAT 31/05/1924 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 89 - 61
SAT 31/05/1924 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 57 - 67
SAT 31/05/1924 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 43 - 91

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1924 Essendon (S) v Coburg Windy Hill 46 - 36
SAT 07/06/1924 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 87 - 52
SAT 07/06/1924 Geelong (S) v Collingwood District Corio Oval 83 - 34
SAT 07/06/1924 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 120 - 57
SAT 16/08/1924 Leopold v Carlton (S) MCG 81 - 55

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1924 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 50 - 78
SAT 14/06/1924 Coburg v Leopold Coburg City Oval 56 - 50
SAT 14/06/1924 Collingwood District v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 41 - 46
SAT 14/06/1924 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 54 - 83
SAT 14/06/1924 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 48 - 121

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1924 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 82 - 6
SAT 21/06/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood District Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 53
SAT 21/06/1924 Geelong (S) v Leopold Corio Oval 56 - 36
SAT 21/06/1924 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 107 - 59
SAT 21/06/1924 St Kilda (S) v Coburg Junction Oval 45 - 54

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 09/06/1924 Geelong (S) v Coburg Corio Oval 93 - 43
SAT 28/06/1924 Essendon (S) v Collingwood District Windy Hill 69 - 29
SAT 28/06/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 56
SAT 28/06/1924 Richmond (S) v Leopold Punt Road Oval 96 - 29
SAT 28/06/1924 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 36 - 56

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1924 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 64 - 97
SAT 05/07/1924 Coburg v Melbourne (S) Coburg City Oval 76 - 35
SAT 05/07/1924 Collingwood District v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 89 - 30
SAT 05/07/1924 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Corio Oval 75 - 23
SAT 05/07/1924 Leopold v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 55 - 58

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1924 Essendon (S) v Leopold Windy Hill 46 - 35
SAT 12/07/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 55
SAT 12/07/1924 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District MCG 43 - 74
SAT 12/07/1924 Richmond (S) v Coburg Punt Road Oval 86 - 45
SAT 12/07/1924 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 61 - 54

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1924 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 68 - 34
SAT 19/07/1924 Coburg v Collingwood District Coburg City Oval 55 - 33
SAT 19/07/1924 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Corio Oval 51 - 47
SAT 19/07/1924 Leopold v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 65 - 55
SAT 19/07/1924 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 78 - 69

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1924 Collingwood District v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 72 - 58
SAT 26/07/1924 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 58 - 53
SAT 26/07/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Coburg Brunswick Street Oval 115 - 53
SAT 26/07/1924 Melbourne (S) v Leopold MCG 59 - 86
SAT 26/07/1924 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 52 - 54

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1924 Coburg v Carlton (S) Coburg City Oval 29 - 36
SAT 02/08/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 46 - 55
SAT 02/08/1924 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 137 - 17
SAT 02/08/1924 Leopold v Collingwood District Lakeside Oval 65 - 60
SAT 02/08/1924 Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S) Punt Road Oval 62 - 57

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1924 Carlton (S) v Leopold Princes Park 23 - 52
SAT 23/08/1924 Coburg v Essendon (S) Coburg City Oval 56 - 47
SAT 23/08/1924 Collingwood District v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 47 - 62
SAT 23/08/1924 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 38 - 82
SAT 23/08/1924 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 27 - 106

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1924 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 124 - 56
SAT 30/08/1924 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 133 - 42
SAT 30/08/1924 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Corio Oval 120 - 53
SAT 30/08/1924 Leopold v Coburg Lakeside Oval 93 - 62
SAT 30/08/1924 Richmond (S) v Collingwood District Punt Road Oval 87 - 65

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1924 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 60 - 87
SAT 06/09/1924 Coburg v St Kilda (S) Coburg City Oval 95 - 59
SAT 06/09/1924 Collingwood District v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 72 - 74
SAT 06/09/1924 Leopold v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 107 - 57
SAT 06/09/1924 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 47 - 73

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1924 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 52 - 43
SAT 13/09/1924 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 44 - 28

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1924 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 58 - 62
SAT 20/09/1924 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 28 - 62

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/09/1924 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 56 - 76
SAT 27/09/1924 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 52 - 31

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
CANCELLED Essendon (S) v Geelong (S)