1926 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1926 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Bert Chadwick as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1926 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ray Brew
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Syd Barker
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Vic Belcher
Footscray Western Oval Jim Cassidy Harry Saunders
Geelong Corio Oval Cliff Rankin
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Dan Minogue
Melbourne MCG Bert Chadwick
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wels Eicke Stan Thomas, Gerry Donnelly
Richmond Punt Road Oval Mel Morris
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Charlie Pannam
St Kilda Junction Oval Norm Clark

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 149.3% 1,604 1,074 225 254 147 192
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 145.2% 1,605 1,105 225 255 150 205
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 146.4% 1,720 1,175 245 250 160 215
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 124.3% 1,303 1,048 183 205 142 196
South Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 48 118.9% 1,408 1,184 193 250 163 206
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 7 44 106.5% 1,314 1,234 186 198 166 238
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 92.0% 1,376 1,495 186 260 214 211
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 12 24 86.1% 1,363 1,583 186 247 227 221
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 12 24 75.8% 1,081 1,427 145 211 199 233
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 14 16 69.9% 1,164 1,665 160 204 234 261
Hawthorn 11th 3 -1- 14 14 66.4% 1,094 1,648 149 200 232 256
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 17 2 73.7% 1,102 1,496 157 160 206 260

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 104 - 53 15,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 94 25,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 93 - 27 15,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 50 - 70 16,000
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 92 - 63 18,742
SAT 01/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 77 - 85 20,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 344.4% 93 27
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 196.2% 104 53
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 170.9% 94 55
Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 146.0% 92 63
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 140.0% 70 50
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 0 4 110.4% 85 77
South Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 90.6% 77 85
Hawthorn 8th 0 -0- 1 0 71.4% 50 70
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 1 0 68.5% 63 92
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 1 0 58.5% 55 94
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 51.0% 53 104
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 1 0 29.0% 27 93

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 69 - 58 18,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 47 - 78 25,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 57 - 90 15,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 38 - 42 7,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 116 - 58 22,000
SAT 08/05/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 105 - 110 20,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 2 -0- 0 8 182.0% 182 100
Geelong 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 153.8% 203 132
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 148.9% 201 135
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 0 8 128.7% 139 108
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 117.6% 167 142
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 113.6% 150 132
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 1 4 106.0% 141 133
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 1 4 85.2% 92 108
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 2 0 83.2% 168 202
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 62.3% 91 146
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 53.8% 113 210
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 2 0 45.9% 84 183

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 69 - 61 30,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 78 15,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 64 - 60 18,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 47 - 119 13,000
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 119 - 89 9,495
SAT 15/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 47 - 50 23,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 155.9% 251 161
Geelong 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 139.1% 267 192
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 144.4% 260 180
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 128.4% 262 204
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 121.7% 269 221
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 1 8 115.7% 199 172
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 111.5% 214 192
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 87.6% 218 249
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 2 4 66.7% 192 288
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 2 4 61.2% 139 227
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 67.9% 180 265
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.8% 162 262

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 71 - 66 25,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 79 15,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 47 - 49 20,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 50 - 58 14,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 112 - 100 14,000
SAT 22/05/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 62 - 51 22,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 4 -0- 0 16 144.2% 300 208
Geelong 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 134.3% 325 242
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 132.8% 344 259
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 123.0% 374 304
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 1 12 113.4% 270 238
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 114.1% 348 305
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 2 8 93.3% 280 300
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 3 4 106.5% 280 263
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 3 4 70.5% 239 339
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 69.4% 243 350
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 71.2% 230 323
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 4 0 67.2% 209 311

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 85 - 38 20,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 48 25,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 68 - 75 19,500
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 67 - 100 10,000
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 122 - 89 28,628
SAT 29/05/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 75 - 73 15,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 0 20 156.5% 385 246
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 128.1% 419 327
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 124.0% 393 317
Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 2 12 119.3% 470 394
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 2 12 108.7% 463 426
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 107.4% 318 296
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 3 8 105.7% 355 336
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 3 8 82.6% 318 385
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 3 8 75.6% 301 398
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 4 4 81.7% 309 378
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 4 4 69.7% 306 439
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 76.1% 303 398

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 73 - 51 30,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 88 - 59 16,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 46 - 105 16,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 77 - 81 10,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 73 - 83 26,000
SAT 05/06/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 79 - 50 10,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 136.7% 436 319
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 131.3% 507 386
Geelong 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 122.1% 476 390
Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 2 16 130.7% 575 440
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.7% 391 347
Richmond 6th 3 -0- 3 12 105.3% 536 509
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 3 12 91.3% 397 435
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 3 12 80.4% 382 475
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 97.6% 414 424
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 5 4 73.5% 355 483
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 5 4 68.7% 356 518
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 79.3% 380 479

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 96 8,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 71 - 93 20,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 89 - 51 25,600
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 88 - 65 20,974
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 73 - 74 12,000
MON 07/06/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 66 - 76 24,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 1 24 129.0% 583 452
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 128.1% 565 441
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 131.3% 663 505
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 2 20 119.4% 487 408
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 2 20 115.8% 484 418
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 3 16 104.8% 610 582
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 4 12 90.6% 463 511
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 4 12 81.1% 463 571
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 93.6% 479 512
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 5 8 75.5% 452 599
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 6 4 74.0% 426 576
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 81.9% 453 553

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 109 - 52 20,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 184 - 58 14,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 69 - 75 23,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 72 - 118 9,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 85 - 66 22,000
SAT 19/06/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 93 - 59 15,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 1 28 150.4% 767 510
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 133.1% 683 513
Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 128.6% 738 574
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 2 24 126.2% 593 470
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 3 20 115.1% 556 483
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 107.3% 695 648
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 5 12 100.2% 572 571
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 5 12 88.8% 529 596
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 5 12 78.6% 522 664
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 6 8 73.1% 524 717
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 7 4 63.7% 484 760
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 76.3% 505 662

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 70 - 49 30,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 84 12,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 56 - 67 14,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 154 - 13 7,514
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 33 - 47 5,000
SAT 26/06/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 69 - 57 18,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 8 -0- 1 32 131.8% 767 582
Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 152.0% 892 587
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 140.7% 816 580
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 2 28 127.7% 663 519
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 3 24 108.2% 762 704
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 4 20 111.1% 613 552
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 102.1% 641 628
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 5 16 91.6% 576 629
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 6 12 79.0% 591 748
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 61.7% 537 871
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 8 4 65.3% 540 827
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 75.9% 538 709

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 78 13,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 67 - 53 21,500
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 58 - 82 10,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 53 - 76 5,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 59 - 54 32,000
SAT 03/07/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 59 - 67 12,500

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 9 -0- 1 36 131.3% 834 635
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 140.9% 892 633
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 144.5% 945 654
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 3 28 124.0% 717 578
Richmond 5th 7 -0- 3 28 108.3% 821 758
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 4 24 115.0% 691 601
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 105.4% 723 686
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 6 16 91.2% 635 696
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 7 12 77.5% 640 826
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 8 8 68.5% 607 886
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 8 8 62.4% 595 953
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 75.3% 591 785

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 80 - 63 15,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 99 - 41 23,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 74 - 47 10,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 93 - 68 12,000
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 99 - 60 11,651
SAT 10/07/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 67 - 56 20,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 147.0% 991 674
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 126.8% 890 702
Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 146.2% 1,044 714
Carlton 4th 8 -0- 3 32 124.3% 797 641
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 4 28 118.1% 765 648
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 4 28 100.6% 862 857
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 106.5% 790 742
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 7 16 89.9% 698 776
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 8 12 75.7% 700 925
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 8 12 73.4% 700 954
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 9 8 62.5% 642 1,027
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 75.1% 659 878

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 65 - 57 12,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 124 - 82 16,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 56 - 107 17,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 32 - 50 10,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 75 - 108 27,000
SAT 17/07/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 29 - 118 14,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 147.5% 1,115 756
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 131.5% 997 758
Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 156.4% 1,162 743
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 3 36 123.5% 862 698
Essendon 5th 8 -0- 4 32 119.9% 815 680
South Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 109.9% 898 817
Richmond 7th 7 -0- 5 28 97.1% 937 965
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 8 16 81.3% 727 894
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 9 12 74.5% 782 1,049
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 9 12 71.3% 756 1,061
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 10 8 64.0% 699 1,092
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 74.5% 691 928

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 46 - 69 20,000
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 92 10,000
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 90 - 38 10,500
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 70 - 70 4,500
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 90 - 58 27,786
SAT 07/08/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 107 - 48 14,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 147.6% 1,184 802
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 136.6% 1,087 796
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 156.3% 1,252 801
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 4 36 116.8% 920 788
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 5 32 116.2% 1,005 865
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 5 32 115.0% 861 749
Richmond 7th 8 -0- 5 32 98.8% 1,029 1,042
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 9 16 77.7% 765 984
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 10 12 75.3% 859 1,141
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 10 12 68.8% 804 1,168
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 10 10 66.2% 769 1,162
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 12 2 76.3% 761 998

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 82 - 75 25,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 104 - 28 7,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 63 - 105 10,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 67 - 70 6,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 62 - 67 20,000
SAT 14/08/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 53 - 81 15,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 155.2% 1,288 830
Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 152.3% 1,322 868
Geelong 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 132.3% 1,162 878
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 4 40 116.1% 1,002 863
South Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 5 36 118.3% 1,086 918
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 5 36 114.4% 928 811
Richmond 7th 8 -0- 6 32 98.4% 1,091 1,109
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 10 16 80.1% 964 1,204
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 10 16 76.8% 818 1,065
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 11 12 68.1% 867 1,273
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 11 10 63.0% 797 1,266
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 13 2 77.5% 828 1,068

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 123 - 63 8,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 126 - 64 7,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 112 - 48 10,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 69 - 102 5,000
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 43 - 93 32,475
SAT 21/08/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 85 - 62 29,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 158.2% 1,381 873
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 137.6% 1,274 926
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 142.0% 1,365 961
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 120.3% 1,051 874
South Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 5 40 119.5% 1,171 980
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 5 40 112.2% 1,064 948
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 6 36 101.3% 1,193 1,178
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 10 20 86.0% 1,090 1,268
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 11 16 74.1% 882 1,191
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 12 12 66.6% 930 1,396
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 12 10 63.3% 866 1,368
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 14 2 74.2% 876 1,180

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 126 - 104 25,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 64 - 97 26,550
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 73 - 80 5,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 70 - 106 12,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 68 - 94 15,000
SAT 28/08/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 23 - 95 13,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 3 52 149.0% 1,445 970
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 138.5% 1,371 990
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 141.8% 1,459 1,029
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 5 44 127.8% 1,146 897
South Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 5 44 121.6% 1,277 1,050
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 5 44 113.1% 1,190 1,052
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 7 36 99.1% 1,261 1,272
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 11 20 85.7% 1,194 1,394
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 12 16 70.4% 905 1,286
Hawthorn 10th 3 -1- 12 14 65.6% 946 1,441
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 13 12 68.0% 1,003 1,476
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 15 2 73.6% 946 1,286

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 86 - 77 25,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 120 - 85 6,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 130 - 66 11,500
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 70 - 86 5,000
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 140 - 68 6,684
SAT 04/09/1926 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 57 - 63 32,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 3 56 146.8% 1,508 1,027
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 142.1% 1,501 1,056
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 145.8% 1,599 1,097
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 5 48 126.5% 1,232 974
South Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 6 44 119.9% 1,334 1,113
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 6 44 111.3% 1,267 1,138
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 8 36 94.7% 1,327 1,402
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 11 24 88.8% 1,314 1,479
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 12 20 73.1% 991 1,356
Hawthorn 10th 3 -1- 13 14 66.5% 1,016 1,527
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 14 12 66.3% 1,071 1,616
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 16 2 73.3% 1,031 1,406

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 96 - 47 20,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 71 - 74 25,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 104 - 49 14,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 78 - 121 5,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 49 - 93 5,000
SAT 11/09/1926 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 90 - 71 6,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 149.3% 1,604 1,074
Geelong 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 145.2% 1,605 1,105
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 146.4% 1,720 1,175
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 124.3% 1,303 1,048
South Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 48 118.9% 1,408 1,184
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 7 44 106.5% 1,314 1,234
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 92.0% 1,376 1,495
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 12 24 86.1% 1,363 1,583
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 12 24 75.8% 1,081 1,427
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 14 16 69.9% 1,164 1,665
Hawthorn 11th 3 -1- 14 14 66.4% 1,094 1,648
North Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 17 2 73.7% 1,102 1,496

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1926 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon MCG 70 - 117 50,662
SAT 25/09/1926 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 84 - 95 44,286

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1926 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 42 - 39 50,162

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/10/1926 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 119 - 62 59,632