1927 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1927 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. Collingwood were the premiers, with Syd Coventry as the premiership captain and Jock McHale as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1927 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 111

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Horrie Clover
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Frank Maher
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Vic Belcher
Footscray Western Oval Paddy Scanlan
Geelong Corio Oval Cliff Rankin
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Dan Minogue
Melbourne MCG Bert Chadwick
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Syd Barker
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Charlie Pannam
St Kilda Junction Oval George Heinz

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Richmond
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 60 150.6% 1,559 1,035 222 227 142 183
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 134.6% 1,483 1,102 205 253 151 196
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 132.0% 1,594 1,208 220 274 171 182
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 121.7% 1,434 1,178 206 198 162 206
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 48 132.4% 1,548 1,169 217 246 166 173
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 9 36 95.9% 1,373 1,431 192 221 199 237
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 10 32 75.3% 1,178 1,564 164 194 219 250
Essendon 8th 6 -1- 11 26 96.8% 1,198 1,237 166 202 176 181
Fitzroy 9th 6 -1- 11 26 85.7% 1,335 1,558 190 195 222 226
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 12 24 85.4% 1,131 1,325 156 195 174 281
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.5% 1,085 1,476 148 197 210 216
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 17 4 63.1% 1,087 1,722 148 199 242 270

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 69 - 70 28,000
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 107 - 84 20,000
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 63 - 110 18,000
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 115 - 65 22,382
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 75 - 71 10,000
SAT 30/04/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 88 - 68 12,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 176.9% 115 65
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 174.6% 110 63
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 129.4% 88 68
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 127.4% 107 84
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.6% 75 71
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.4% 70 69
Carlton 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.6% 69 70
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 94.7% 71 75
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.5% 84 107
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 77.3% 68 88
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 57.3% 63 110
Richmond 12th 0 -0- 1 0 56.5% 65 115

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 54 - 65 20,000
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 72 - 99 25,000
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 104 - 60 15,300
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 51 - 77 9,000
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 59 - 48 18,000
SAT 07/05/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 83 - 53 25,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 136.3% 184 135
South Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 125.4% 153 122
North Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 112.0% 140 125
Essendon 4th 1 -0- 1 4 128.1% 164 128
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 118.3% 168 142
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 113.5% 168 148
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 112.6% 188 167
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 1 4 107.1% 136 127
Richmond 9th 1 -0- 1 4 76.1% 124 163
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 2 0 82.2% 143 174
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 72.1% 119 165
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 2 0 57.5% 123 214

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 47 - 36 27,000
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 49 - 55 20,000
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 78 - 52 11,000
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 93 - 59 14,931
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 53 - 55 20,000
SAT 14/05/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 63 - 55 22,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 1 8 126.1% 261 207
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 122.6% 233 190
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 120.8% 215 178
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 112.4% 208 185
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 110.5% 243 220
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 1 8 109.3% 199 182
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 107.2% 193 180
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 1 8 84.4% 179 212
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 2 4 114.3% 200 175
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 2 4 75.6% 201 266
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 3 0 75.7% 202 267
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 3 0 70.4% 171 243

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 60 - 78 20,000
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 75 16,000
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 123 - 77 16,000
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 56 - 133 8,000
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 100 - 30 14,000
SAT 21/05/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 67 - 106 29,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 1 12 138.1% 326 236
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 131.9% 339 257
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 127.0% 339 267
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 1 12 123.2% 366 297
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 1 12 115.3% 279 242
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 100.0% 274 274
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 2 8 97.0% 292 301
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 94.5% 275 291
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 3 4 102.8% 260 253
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 86.0% 294 342
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 3 4 63.1% 231 366
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 60.4% 227 376

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 96 - 52 10,000
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 123 - 59 16,000
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 55 - 49 10,000
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 58 - 85 18,320
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 38 - 83 18,000
SAT 28/05/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 91 - 82 16,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 1 16 146.2% 462 316
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 129.3% 362 280
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.0% 451 355
North Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 2 12 114.1% 364 319
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 112.8% 397 352
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 109.9% 388 353
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 2 12 102.5% 365 356
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 93.6% 324 346
Footscray 9th 2 -0- 3 8 68.9% 286 415
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 4 4 99.4% 342 344
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 4 4 75.9% 353 465
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 5 0 59.1% 279 472

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 49 - 56 25,000
SAT 04/06/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 89 - 70 14,500
SAT 04/06/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 80 - 112 10,000
MON 06/06/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 91 15,000
MON 06/06/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 90 - 110 42,000
MON 06/06/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 97 - 63 25,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 1 20 141.9% 518 365
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 127.1% 540 425
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 117.8% 509 432
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 2 16 115.9% 452 390
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.4% 498 443
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 102.9% 421 409
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 102.6% 427 416
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 3 12 97.8% 435 445
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 3 12 79.2% 377 476
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 5 4 97.8% 391 400
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 74.5% 414 556
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 6 0 61.5% 359 584

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 66 - 48 22,000
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 169 - 57 16,000
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 64 - 77 16,000
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 77 - 103 7,000
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 111 - 27 12,075
SAT 11/06/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 71 - 107 25,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 1 24 162.8% 687 422
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 126.2% 617 489
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 135.1% 620 459
Richmond 4th 5 -0- 2 20 121.3% 559 461
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 2 20 114.9% 564 491
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 4 12 95.3% 492 516
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 86.1% 454 527
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 4 12 80.1% 492 614
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 4 12 78.4% 425 542
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 5 8 81.7% 517 633
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 6 4 95.4% 455 477
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 7 0 63.5% 436 687

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 95 - 80 10,000
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 36 - 58 17,000
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 155 - 56 8,500
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 35 - 69 15,000
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 102 - 79 25,000
SAT 18/06/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 55 - 105 14,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 1 28 162.7% 745 458
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 141.7% 772 545
Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 141.1% 725 514
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 2 24 122.4% 661 540
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 2 24 120.3% 633 526
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 5 12 93.6% 572 611
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 5 12 85.8% 612 713
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 82.0% 489 596
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 5 12 76.8% 461 600
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 5 12 76.1% 547 719
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 7 4 92.2% 534 579
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 8 0 58.4% 492 842

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 83 - 95 33,000
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 84 - 99 17,000
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 87 - 80 13,500
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 60 - 74 10,000
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 73 - 51 15,171
SAT 25/06/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 97 - 88 13,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 8 -0- 1 32 137.4% 859 625
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 149.7% 828 553
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 141.2% 798 565
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 2 28 122.5% 735 600
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 2 28 119.5% 728 609
South Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 5 16 96.5% 671 695
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 5 16 79.8% 644 807
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 6 12 86.5% 692 800
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 83.3% 577 693
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 6 12 76.1% 512 673
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 8 4 91.2% 618 678
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 9 0 60.3% 552 916

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 55 - 70 13,000
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 59 - 29 7,000
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 48 - 48 7,000
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 30 - 43 7,000
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 69 - 53 15,000
SAT 02/07/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 97 - 41 5,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 2 32 152.4% 887 582
Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 140.0% 868 620
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 131.4% 912 694
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 2 32 123.1% 804 653
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 3 28 115.3% 783 679
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 5 20 104.3% 768 736
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 5 20 82.1% 687 837
Fitzroy 8th 3 -1- 6 14 87.3% 740 848
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 80.6% 606 752
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.7% 542 716
Essendon 11th 1 -1- 8 6 91.7% 666 726
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 10 0 58.5% 593 1,013

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 111 18,000
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 72 - 66 13,500
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 71 - 78 6,000
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 72 - 79 27,092
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 72 - 100 12,000
SAT 09/07/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 44 - 135 19,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 147.7% 966 654
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 129.5% 984 760
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 129.2% 915 708
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 3 32 134.5% 940 699
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 3 32 127.0% 918 723
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 6 20 103.2% 834 808
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 6 20 75.2% 731 972
Footscray 8th 4 -0- 7 16 81.5% 642 788
Fitzroy 9th 3 -1- 7 14 82.9% 795 959
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 79.6% 678 852
Essendon 11th 2 -1- 8 10 93.4% 744 797
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 11 0 60.9% 664 1,091

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 91 - 57 18,000
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 74 8,000
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 49 - 65 21,500
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 54 - 59 5,000
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 75 - 44 35,000
SAT 16/07/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 80 - 69 28,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 146.7% 1,031 703
Richmond 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 131.6% 990 752
Geelong 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 125.2% 1,033 825
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 4 32 127.1% 984 774
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 4 32 122.9% 987 803
South Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 6 24 104.2% 914 877
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 6 24 77.0% 790 1,026
Fitzroy 8th 4 -1- 7 18 85.6% 884 1,033
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 8 16 79.5% 699 879
Essendon 10th 3 -1- 8 14 97.8% 835 854
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 79.9% 752 941
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 12 0 62.4% 718 1,150

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 76 - 70 21,000
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 121 - 47 7,000
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 60 - 79 12,500
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 140 - 71 23,668
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 50 - 54 9,000
SAT 23/07/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 71 - 110 16,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 153.6% 1,152 750
Richmond 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 133.7% 1,100 823
Geelong 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 125.6% 1,112 885
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 133.0% 1,124 845
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 4 36 121.8% 1,063 873
South Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 7 24 96.9% 985 1,017
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 7 24 75.8% 861 1,136
Essendon 8th 4 -1- 8 18 98.3% 889 904
Fitzroy 9th 4 -1- 8 18 86.0% 954 1,109
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 9 16 79.2% 759 958
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 80.6% 802 995
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 13 0 60.2% 765 1,271

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 63 - 71 20,000
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 77 15,500
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 123 - 29 11,000
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 67 - 85 5,000
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 61 - 84 38,000
SAT 30/07/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 98 - 57 14,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 152.4% 1,236 811
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 135.1% 1,235 914
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 128.0% 1,161 907
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 4 40 121.2% 1,134 936
Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 5 36 128.6% 1,201 934
South Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 7 28 100.8% 1,083 1,074
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 8 24 74.4% 918 1,234
Fitzroy 8th 5 -1- 8 22 87.9% 1,043 1,186
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 9 20 82.3% 844 1,025
Essendon 10th 4 -1- 9 18 97.6% 952 975
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 11 12 74.3% 831 1,118
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 14 0 61.4% 832 1,356

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 66 - 98 30,000
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 122 - 43 15,000
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 50 - 81 15,500
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 140 - 50 15,895
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 76 - 99 4,000
SAT 06/08/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 89 - 82 10,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 159.0% 1,358 854
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 136.0% 1,333 980
Richmond 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 129.8% 1,242 957
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 5 40 136.3% 1,341 984
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 5 40 116.1% 1,200 1,034
South Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 8 28 94.1% 1,126 1,196
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 8 28 76.5% 1,007 1,316
Fitzroy 8th 5 -1- 9 22 88.2% 1,125 1,275
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 10 20 80.8% 894 1,106
Essendon 10th 4 -1- 10 18 89.9% 1,002 1,115
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 12 12 74.5% 907 1,217
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 14 4 65.0% 931 1,432

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 72 - 48 9,000
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 95 - 88 25,000
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 86 - 61 17,200
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 70 - 98 8,000
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 99 - 62 10,000
SAT 27/08/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 74 - 70 9,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 3 52 152.4% 1,446 949
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 136.3% 1,419 1,041
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 3 52 131.6% 1,341 1,019
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 5 44 117.6% 1,298 1,104
Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 6 40 131.0% 1,402 1,070
South Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 8 32 94.8% 1,200 1,266
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 9 28 76.0% 1,055 1,388
Fitzroy 8th 6 -1- 9 26 89.5% 1,220 1,363
Essendon 9th 5 -1- 10 22 92.3% 1,074 1,163
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 11 20 81.7% 964 1,180
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 13 12 73.6% 969 1,316
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 15 4 65.4% 1,001 1,530

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 30 - 23 30,000
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 31 - 30 8,000
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 101 - 72 8,000
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 73 - 33 5,268
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 60 - 78 5,000
SAT 03/09/1927 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 72 - 70 8,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 3 56 150.9% 1,477 979
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 133.8% 1,489 1,113
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 130.0% 1,364 1,049
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 5 48 117.8% 1,328 1,127
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 6 44 133.7% 1,475 1,103
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 8 36 96.4% 1,278 1,326
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 9 32 77.3% 1,127 1,458
Fitzroy 8th 6 -1- 10 26 88.3% 1,292 1,464
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 11 24 85.1% 1,065 1,252
Essendon 10th 5 -1- 11 22 92.5% 1,104 1,194
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 14 12 73.8% 1,029 1,394
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 16 4 64.5% 1,034 1,603

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 106 - 51 24,000
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 43 - 94 11,000
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 66 - 73 11,000
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 56 - 82 11,000
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 119 - 53 11,000
SAT 10/09/1927 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 95 - 105 15,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 150.6% 1,559 1,035
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 134.6% 1,483 1,102
Geelong 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 132.0% 1,594 1,208
Carlton 4th 13 -0- 5 52 121.7% 1,434 1,178
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 6 48 132.4% 1,548 1,169
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 9 36 95.9% 1,373 1,431
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 10 32 75.3% 1,178 1,564
Essendon 8th 6 -1- 11 26 96.8% 1,198 1,237
Fitzroy 9th 6 -1- 11 26 85.7% 1,335 1,558
Footscray 10th 6 -0- 12 24 85.4% 1,131 1,325
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.5% 1,085 1,476
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 17 4 63.1% 1,087 1,722

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1927 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 82 - 76 63,620
SAT 24/09/1927 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 114 - 48 40,595

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1927 2:50 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 25 - 13 34,551