1925 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1925 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Geelong were the premiers, with Cliff Rankin as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1925 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 106

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Paddy O'Brien Ray Brew, Jim Caldwell
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Syd Barker
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Chris Lethbridge
Footscray Western Oval Con McCarthy
Geelong Corio Oval Cliff Rankin
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Alec Hall
Melbourne MCG Bert Chadwick
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wels Eicke
Richmond Punt Road Oval Dan Minogue Mel Morris
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Charlie Pannam
St Kilda Junction Oval Norm Clark

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Collingwood
Minor Premiers: Geelong

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 2 60 152.7% 1,564 1,024 225 214 142 172
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 119.3% 1,271 1,065 179 197 145 195
Melbourne 3rd 12 -1- 4 50 138.5% 1,273 919 177 211 125 169
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 5 48 127.1% 1,377 1,083 191 231 152 171
Fitzroy 5th 12 -0- 5 48 125.7% 1,292 1,028 179 218 145 158
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.6% 1,116 1,120 155 186 157 178
Richmond 7th 6 -1- 10 26 86.7% 981 1,131 132 189 158 183
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 11 24 85.7% 1,089 1,271 149 195 181 185
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 12 20 79.0% 1,066 1,349 147 184 186 233
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 75.2% 1,030 1,370 147 148 191 224
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 82.7% 1,132 1,368 161 166 188 240
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 14 12 66.1% 902 1,365 121 176 193 207

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Essendon 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Fitzroy 5th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 6th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 9th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 11th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 12th Did not qualify for finals

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 98 - 73 22,000
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 54 28,000
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 59 - 67 12,500
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 38 - 77 20,000
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 73 - 26 15,267
SAT 02/05/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 68 - 30 25,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 280.8% 73 26
South Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 226.7% 68 30
Richmond 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 202.6% 77 38
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 0 4 134.2% 98 73
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 0 4 116.7% 63 54
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.6% 67 59
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 1 0 88.1% 59 67
Footscray 8th 0 -0- 1 0 85.7% 54 63
Collingwood 9th 0 -0- 1 0 74.5% 73 98
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 49.4% 38 77
Carlton 11th 0 -0- 1 0 44.1% 30 68
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 1 0 35.6% 26 73

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 56 - 101 25,000
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 71 - 54 15,000
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 70 - 60 25,000
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 39 - 64 18,000
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 59 - 92 20,000
SAT 09/05/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 114 - 60 12,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 154.3% 199 129
Fitzroy 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 136.6% 127 93
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 130.9% 127 97
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 1 4 128.0% 128 100
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 119.8% 151 126
St Kilda 6th 1 -0- 1 4 105.3% 140 133
Richmond 7th 1 -0- 1 4 104.6% 136 130
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 100.8% 124 123
Collingwood 9th 1 -0- 1 4 94.7% 144 152
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 86.2% 106 123
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 51.3% 98 191
Carlton 12th 0 -0- 2 0 50.9% 86 169

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 111 - 63 32,000
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 59 20,000
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 62 - 30 12,500
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 65 - 82 13,000
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 84 - 38 16,570
SAT 16/05/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 82 - 61 17,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 161.5% 310 192
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 157.9% 240 152
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 156.3% 211 135
Geelong 4th 2 -0- 1 8 136.5% 213 156
South Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 130.4% 210 161
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 1 8 104.1% 226 217
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 2 4 87.2% 170 195
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 81.5% 167 205
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 2 4 80.2% 195 243
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 2 4 79.9% 187 234
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 59.7% 163 273
Carlton 12th 0 -0- 3 0 49.0% 124 253

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 70 - 49 10,000
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 87 - 90 16,000
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 42 - 70 12,000
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 47 - 88 15,000
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 75 - 70 22,000
SAT 23/05/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 38 - 84 17,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 4 -0- 0 16 170.5% 324 190
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 166.5% 398 239
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 158.8% 281 177
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 1 12 124.7% 303 243
South Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 2 8 118.6% 280 236
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 2 8 102.0% 313 307
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 2 8 86.3% 270 313
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 3 4 75.3% 229 304
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 3 4 74.6% 208 279
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 73.0% 214 293
Carlton 11th 1 -0- 3 4 64.2% 194 302
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 61.8% 212 343

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 67 - 61 20,000
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 47 - 52 25,000
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 144 - 72 12,500
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 74 - 58 10,000
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 85 - 65 11,954
SAT 30/05/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 105 - 73 18,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 0 20 155.0% 465 300
Fitzroy 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 153.3% 371 242
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 151.2% 366 242
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 1 16 141.9% 447 315
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 124.6% 385 309
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 103.1% 365 354
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 3 8 87.1% 331 380
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 4 4 75.9% 287 378
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 73.8% 279 378
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 4 4 73.2% 281 384
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 4 4 71.3% 286 401
Carlton 12th 1 -0- 4 4 59.6% 266 446

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 62 - 83 14,000
SAT 06/06/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 61 - 57 7,000
SAT 06/06/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 70 - 70 38,000
MON 08/06/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 61 - 79 30,000
MON 08/06/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 53 26,000
MON 08/06/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 92 - 60 30,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 1 20 148.5% 450 303
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 140.6% 530 377
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 133.9% 525 392
Melbourne 4th 4 -1- 1 18 139.7% 436 312
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.3% 457 407
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 109.2% 438 401
Richmond 7th 2 -1- 3 10 89.1% 401 450
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 4 8 84.0% 373 444
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 78.2% 340 435
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 5 4 75.7% 349 461
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 5 4 74.2% 343 462
Carlton 12th 1 -0- 5 4 62.3% 327 525

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 66 - 43 25,000
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 65 - 57 18,000
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 54 - 78 15,000
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 101 - 49 11,000
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 83 - 45 23,601
SAT 13/06/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 76 - 40 24,500

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 6 -0- 1 24 148.1% 631 426
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 131.4% 590 449
Melbourne 3rd 5 -1- 1 22 145.4% 519 357
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 2 20 128.2% 495 386
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 3 16 102.9% 497 483
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 4 12 106.2% 495 466
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 4 12 92.8% 449 484
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 85.5% 418 489
Richmond 9th 2 -1- 4 10 86.0% 444 516
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 5 8 69.2% 393 568
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 6 4 74.8% 403 539
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 6 4 69.6% 392 563

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 78 - 64 17,000
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 69 25,000
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 61 - 74 10,000
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 63 - 68 15,000
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 75 - 81 12,000
SAT 20/06/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 54 - 100 16,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 7 -0- 1 28 144.9% 700 483
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 130.2% 664 510
Melbourne 3rd 6 -1- 1 26 150.6% 619 411
Fitzroy 4th 5 -0- 3 20 121.3% 552 455
Collingwood 5th 5 -0- 3 20 105.1% 575 547
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 4 16 94.5% 517 547
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 5 12 97.0% 549 566
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 86.4% 481 557
Richmond 9th 2 -1- 5 10 86.9% 519 597
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 6 8 78.8% 484 614
Carlton 11th 2 -0- 6 8 70.7% 457 646
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 7 4 71.1% 453 637

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 95 - 67 15,000
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 80 - 60 15,000
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 61 - 57 22,000
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 99 - 75 19,500
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 104 - 37 10,000
SAT 27/06/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 132 - 84 21,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 8 -0- 1 32 143.2% 799 558
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 127.9% 725 567
Melbourne 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 136.1% 694 510
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 3 24 107.9% 655 607
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 4 20 118.0% 609 516
St Kilda 6th 5 -0- 4 20 102.9% 649 631
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 108.3% 653 603
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 6 12 84.0% 548 652
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 6 12 77.4% 552 713
Richmond 10th 2 -1- 6 10 85.5% 579 677
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 7 8 76.1% 568 746
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 8 4 66.1% 490 741

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 125 - 41 8,000
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 62 - 106 9,000
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 121 - 28 11,000
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 55 - 38 22,872
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 51 - 69 7,000
SAT 11/07/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 65 - 40 15,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 9 -0- 1 36 157.0% 920 586
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 122.7% 763 622
Melbourne 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 136.7% 749 548
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 3 28 113.8% 761 669
Fitzroy 5th 6 -0- 4 24 131.8% 734 557
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 4 24 106.4% 714 671
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 6 16 94.1% 681 724
Richmond 8th 3 -1- 6 14 89.0% 648 728
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 83.1% 599 721
Carlton 10th 3 -0- 7 12 76.1% 592 778
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 8 8 73.9% 630 852
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 9 4 61.3% 531 866

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 66 - 53 12,000
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 113 - 70 9,000
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 65 - 76 30,000
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 46 - 102 6,000
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 62 - 45 20,000
SAT 18/07/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 47 - 84 15,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 10 -0- 1 40 153.0% 996 651
Melbourne 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 143.3% 851 594
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 118.6% 828 698
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 3 32 118.3% 874 739
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 4 28 135.4% 818 604
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.5% 759 733
Richmond 7th 4 -1- 6 18 91.8% 710 773
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 90.1% 728 808
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 7 16 79.2% 658 831
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 80.2% 669 834
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 9 8 74.4% 683 918
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 10 4 59.6% 577 968

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 63 - 74 12,000
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 109 - 29 25,000
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 91 - 50 10,000
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 59 - 154 10,000
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 47 - 29 10,000
SAT 01/08/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 51 - 70 20,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 1 44 162.0% 1,150 710
Melbourne 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 142.8% 921 645
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 128.0% 983 768
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 106.2% 857 807
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 5 28 124.9% 868 695
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 6 24 100.9% 810 803
Richmond 7th 5 -1- 6 22 94.4% 757 802
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 92.1% 802 871
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 8 16 79.7% 721 905
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 9 12 80.0% 774 968
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 73.7% 728 988
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 11 4 59.7% 606 1,015

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 101 - 62 10,000
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 120 - 74 7,000
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 86 - 32 13,500
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 59 - 56 10,000
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 52 - 65 33,462
SAT 08/08/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 92 - 87 15,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 1 48 166.6% 1,236 742
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 127.8% 1,048 820
Melbourne 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 137.0% 973 710
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 4 36 110.2% 958 869
Fitzroy 5th 8 -0- 5 32 128.5% 988 769
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 7 24 100.5% 866 862
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 93.3% 894 958
Richmond 8th 5 -1- 7 22 88.9% 789 888
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 9 16 77.8% 783 1,006
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 10 12 81.2% 861 1,060
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 72.4% 802 1,108
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 11 8 62.1% 665 1,071

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 45 - 122 7,000
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 84 - 60 6,000
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 43 - 69 12,000
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 80 - 58 5,000
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 55 - 61 9,000
SAT 22/08/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 62 - 51 15,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 2 48 160.1% 1,287 804
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 128.6% 1,132 880
Melbourne 3rd 10 -1- 3 42 145.0% 1,095 755
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 4 40 112.6% 1,027 912
Fitzroy 5th 9 -0- 5 36 127.3% 1,049 824
St Kilda 6th 7 -0- 7 28 101.6% 928 913
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 8 24 91.7% 952 1,038
Richmond 8th 5 -1- 8 22 88.9% 844 949
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 10 16 75.6% 882 1,166
Carlton 10th 4 -0- 10 16 73.4% 828 1,128
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 11 12 80.1% 904 1,129
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 12 8 62.8% 725 1,155

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 103 - 45 14,000
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 78 - 55 20,000
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 74 - 65 26,025
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 52 - 80 9,000
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 69 - 67 11,364
SAT 29/08/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 45 - 63 12,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 2 52 156.6% 1,361 869
Melbourne 2nd 11 -1- 3 46 141.6% 1,164 822
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 125.5% 1,197 954
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 4 44 118.1% 1,130 957
Fitzroy 5th 10 -0- 5 40 128.2% 1,127 879
St Kilda 6th 7 -0- 8 28 99.2% 983 991
Richmond 7th 6 -1- 8 26 91.2% 907 994
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 9 24 90.6% 997 1,101
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 10 20 76.9% 908 1,180
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 11 16 73.0% 927 1,269
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 12 12 81.1% 971 1,198
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 13 8 62.9% 777 1,235

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 94 - 103 10,000
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 85 - 99 27,000
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 100 - 70 8,000
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 73 - 46 5,000
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 50 - 74 18,000
SAT 05/09/1925 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 75 - 62 10,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 14 -0- 2 56 152.0% 1,464 963
Essendon 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 119.6% 1,204 1,007
Melbourne 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 135.2% 1,210 895
Fitzroy 4th 11 -0- 5 44 127.2% 1,226 964
Collingwood 5th 11 -0- 5 44 121.7% 1,282 1,053
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 8 32 100.5% 1,058 1,053
Richmond 7th 6 -1- 9 26 89.6% 957 1,068
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 10 24 90.1% 1,059 1,176
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 11 20 78.1% 1,002 1,283
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 76.0% 1,000 1,315
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 12 16 84.5% 1,071 1,268
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 14 8 63.4% 847 1,335

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 67 - 58 15,000
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 66 - 64 20,000
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 100 - 61 10,800
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 55 - 30 8,000
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 63 - 24 16,989
SAT 12/09/1925 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 30 - 95 12,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 2 60 152.7% 1,564 1,024
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 119.3% 1,271 1,065
Melbourne 3rd 12 -1- 4 50 138.5% 1,273 919
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 5 48 127.1% 1,377 1,083
Fitzroy 5th 12 -0- 5 48 125.7% 1,292 1,028
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.6% 1,116 1,120
Richmond 7th 6 -1- 10 26 86.7% 981 1,131
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 11 24 85.7% 1,089 1,271
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 12 20 79.0% 1,066 1,349
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 75.2% 1,030 1,370
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 82.7% 1,132 1,368
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 14 12 66.1% 902 1,365

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 2 60 152.7% 1,564 1,024 225 214 142 172
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 119.3% 1,271 1,065 179 197 145 195
Melbourne 3rd 12 -1- 4 50 138.5% 1,273 919 177 211 125 169
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 5 48 127.1% 1,377 1,083 191 231 152 171
Fitzroy 5th 12 -0- 5 48 125.7% 1,292 1,028 179 218 145 158
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 9 32 99.6% 1,116 1,120 155 186 157 178
Richmond 7th 6 -1- 10 26 86.7% 981 1,131 132 189 158 183
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 11 24 85.7% 1,089 1,271 149 195 181 185
Carlton 9th 5 -0- 12 20 79.0% 1,066 1,349 147 184 186 233
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 75.2% 1,030 1,370 147 148 191 224
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 82.7% 1,132 1,368 161 166 188 240
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 14 12 66.1% 902 1,365 121 176 193 207

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1925 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 68 - 78 60,055
SAT 26/09/1925 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne MCG 86 - 101 51,256

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Geelong* 3rd
Essendon 4th
* : right to challenge

Final Round 2

Final (Preliminary Final)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1925 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 26 - 63 49,833

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Collingwood 1st
Melbourne 2nd
Geelong* 3rd
Essendon 4th
* : right to challenge

Final Round 3

Challenge Final (Grand Final)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/10/1925 2:50 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 69 - 79 64,288

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Geelong 1st
Collingwood 2nd
Melbourne 3rd
Essendon 4th