1929 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1929 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: 1929 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 Dan Minogue
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Charlie Hardy
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Jim Freake Doug Ringrose
Footscray Western Oval Alec Eason
Geelong Corio Oval Arthur Coghlan
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bert Chadwick
Melbourne MCG Ivor Warne-Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Charlie Tyson Paddy Noonan
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Jim Caldwell Fred Fleiter
St Kilda Junction Oval George Sparrow

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 18 -0- 0 72 171.7% 1,918 1,117 279 244 156 181
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 136.9% 1,589 1,161 218 281 156 225
Richmond 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 121.7% 1,703 1,399 237 281 202 187
St Kilda 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.3% 1,493 1,146 214 209 155 216
Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 6 46 105.5% 1,228 1,164 169 214 160 204
Essendon 6th 9 -1- 8 38 96.0% 1,349 1,405 189 215 196 229
Geelong 7th 8 -0- 10 32 108.6% 1,175 1,082 161 209 148 194
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 84.8% 1,338 1,578 187 216 223 240
Footscray 9th 6 -1- 11 26 86.6% 1,268 1,464 175 218 203 246
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 14 16 76.9% 1,170 1,522 161 204 215 232
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,340 1,827 188 212 261 261
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 60.2% 1,070 1,776 149 176 252 264

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 131 - 58 7,000
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 92 - 75 25,000
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 78 - 69 17,000
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 80 - 58 16,843
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 54 - 92 7,000
SAT 27/04/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 82 - 58 13,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 225.9% 131 58
Geelong 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 170.4% 92 54
St Kilda 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 141.4% 82 58
Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 137.9% 80 58
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 0 4 122.7% 92 75
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.0% 78 69
Fitzroy 7th 0 -0- 1 0 88.5% 69 78
Richmond 8th 0 -0- 1 0 81.5% 75 92
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 72.5% 58 80
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 70.7% 58 82
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 58.7% 54 92
Essendon 12th 0 -0- 1 0 44.3% 58 131

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 112 - 104 20,000
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 107 - 55 13,000
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 87 - 28 11,000
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 73 - 126 12,000
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 119 - 109 36,000
SAT 04/05/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 89 - 63 21,270

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 2 -0- 0 8 218.3% 179 82
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 147.3% 218 148
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 135.6% 240 177
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 1 4 132.3% 176 133
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.8% 147 143
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.6% 182 181
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 98.6% 145 147
Richmond 8th 1 -0- 1 4 96.5% 194 201
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 1 4 74.5% 108 145
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 1 4 72.3% 170 235
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 63.0% 131 208
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 54.8% 109 199

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 106 - 68 17,000
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 134 - 38 18,000
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 63 - 107 25,000
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 64 - 53 15,000
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 107 - 76 18,920
SAT 11/05/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 57 - 60 21,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 189.2% 352 186
Geelong 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 171.9% 239 139
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 141.2% 346 245
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 114.0% 301 264
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 105.1% 246 234
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 97.3% 215 221
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 2 4 105.0% 252 240
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 97.6% 202 207
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 2 4 68.1% 233 342
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 66.8% 185 277
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 63.4% 199 314
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.6% 162 263

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 80 - 117 14,000
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 49 - 85 20,499
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 70 - 75 12,000
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 41 - 99 9,000
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 103 - 85 22,000
SAT 18/05/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 73 - 79 25,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 186.0% 437 235
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 133.6% 425 318
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 128.6% 288 224
Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 119.8% 314 262
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 1 12 115.8% 404 349
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 111.1% 319 287
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 2 8 98.2% 331 337
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 2 8 74.8% 308 412
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 93.0% 332 357
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 72.5% 258 356
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 4 0 69.2% 269 389
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.1% 203 362

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 73 - 55 30,000
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 115 - 59 18,000
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 78 - 52 15,000
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 75 - 75 15,500
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 118 - 77 14,000
SAT 25/05/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 121 - 55 15,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -0- 0 20 187.8% 552 294
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 133.5% 498 373
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 122.5% 522 426
Melbourne 4th 3 -1- 1 14 115.4% 389 337
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 2 12 128.7% 440 342
Geelong 6th 3 -0- 2 12 115.5% 343 297
Essendon 7th 3 -0- 2 12 83.2% 386 464
Footscray 8th 2 -1- 2 10 98.5% 406 412
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 4 4 82.8% 391 472
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 71.4% 310 434
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 5 0 68.2% 346 507
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 53.4% 258 483

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 132 25,000
SAT 01/06/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 81 - 132 10,000
SAT 01/06/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 80 - 77 24,000
MON 03/06/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 120 - 57 14,000
MON 03/06/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 55 - 60 13,250
MON 03/06/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 61 - 59 38,104

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -0- 0 24 182.4% 684 375
Carlton 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 141.3% 630 446
Melbourne 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 113.6% 450 396
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 2 16 118.4% 599 506
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 2 16 85.9% 446 519
Footscray 6th 3 -1- 2 14 112.2% 526 469
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 3 12 123.8% 499 403
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 3 12 111.5% 398 357
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 76.3% 390 511
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 5 4 76.8% 464 604
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 6 0 64.3% 403 627
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 55.1% 339 615

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 107 - 52 18,000
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 83 - 59 22,000
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 133 - 80 15,000
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 98 - 79 10,000
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 93 - 85 19,000
SAT 15/06/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 92 - 61 20,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -0- 0 28 176.7% 767 434
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 148.0% 737 498
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 117.1% 692 591
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 2 20 96.7% 579 599
Melbourne 5th 4 -1- 2 18 106.3% 509 479
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 3 16 127.4% 591 464
Footscray 7th 3 -1- 3 14 104.6% 587 561
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 4 12 107.3% 483 450
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 77.0% 469 609
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 6 4 73.8% 544 737
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 6 4 71.0% 501 706
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 54.2% 391 722

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 127 14,000
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 75 - 61 11,000
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 56 - 25 4,000
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 42 - 77 26,591
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 38 - 72 9,000
SAT 22/06/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 50 - 54 27,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 0 32 169.6% 821 484
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 150.7% 814 540
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 121.0% 819 677
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 2 24 102.2% 651 637
Footscray 5th 4 -1- 3 18 106.4% 662 622
Melbourne 6th 4 -1- 3 18 99.1% 551 556
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 4 16 123.7% 641 518
Geelong 8th 4 -0- 4 16 113.5% 539 475
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 77.5% 530 684
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 7 4 72.9% 630 864
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 7 4 69.0% 526 762
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 54.0% 429 794

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 94 - 57 32,000
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 139 - 94 18,000
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 76 - 82 15,000
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 93 - 58 10,000
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 129 - 76 11,000
SAT 29/06/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 73 - 75 12,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 0 36 166.1% 960 578
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 152.1% 908 597
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 125.9% 948 753
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 3 24 101.1% 727 719
Melbourne 5th 5 -1- 3 22 100.2% 633 632
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 112.0% 614 548
Footscray 7th 4 -1- 4 18 99.3% 756 761
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 5 16 114.1% 698 612
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 7 8 79.4% 603 759
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 75.5% 619 820
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 8 4 71.9% 688 957
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 54.7% 505 923

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 105 - 76 33,000
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 110 6,000
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 67 - 59 9,000
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 68 - 65 18,048
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 54 - 66 4,500
SAT 06/07/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 63 - 48 12,500

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 0 40 162.8% 1,065 654
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 140.2% 984 702
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 123.4% 1,013 821
Melbourne 4th 6 -1- 3 26 100.6% 701 697
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 4 24 99.1% 775 782
Footscray 6th 5 -1- 4 22 100.4% 823 820
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 5 20 115.3% 761 660
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 5 20 109.4% 673 615
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 84.4% 713 845
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 78.4% 685 874
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 9 4 72.5% 774 1,067
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 56.5% 559 989

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 110 - 43 20,000
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 73 - 92 17,000
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 96 - 71 7,500
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 43 - 53 8,000
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 91 - 53 20,000
SAT 13/07/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 116 - 81 8,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 0 44 159.1% 1,157 727
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 146.8% 1,094 745
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 126.3% 1,104 874
Melbourne 4th 7 -1- 3 30 101.9% 754 740
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 5 24 112.1% 769 686
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 97.0% 848 874
Footscray 7th 5 -1- 5 22 93.1% 866 930
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 6 20 108.4% 814 751
South Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 7 16 89.5% 829 926
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 8 12 78.5% 728 927
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 10 4 72.7% 845 1,163
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 57.9% 640 1,105

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 55 - 59 22,000
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 88 10,000
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 80 - 54 7,000
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 51 - 102 12,000
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 75 - 117 33,000
SAT 20/07/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 82 - 69 15,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 0 48 158.9% 1,274 802
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 144.1% 1,153 800
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 119.0% 1,179 991
Melbourne 4th 7 -1- 4 30 100.1% 823 822
Geelong 5th 7 -0- 5 28 114.7% 849 740
Footscray 6th 6 -1- 5 26 95.5% 954 999
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 6 24 114.2% 916 802
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 6 24 96.8% 903 933
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 91.6% 911 995
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 9 12 75.7% 779 1,029
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 11 4 73.1% 914 1,251
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 58.6% 694 1,185

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 57 - 93 27,000
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 142 - 56 7,000
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 77 - 78 14,000
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 50 - 48 12,834
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 85 - 102 5,000
SAT 27/07/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 99 - 56 18,500

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 0 52 165.0% 1,416 858
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 135.5% 1,210 893
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 121.4% 1,272 1,048
Melbourne 4th 8 -1- 4 34 100.3% 873 870
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 6 28 118.3% 1,015 858
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 6 28 113.5% 897 790
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 6 28 97.1% 981 1,010
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 6 26 95.7% 1,031 1,077
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 88.4% 967 1,094
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 10 12 71.3% 835 1,171
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 11 8 76.0% 1,016 1,336
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 13 0 60.5% 779 1,287

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 41 - 77 8,000
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 60 - 71 10,500
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 37 - 50 6,000
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 62 - 49 7,000
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 74 - 74 22,000
SAT 03/08/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 43 - 70 20,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 0 56 164.9% 1,486 901
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 135.5% 1,260 930
Richmond 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 120.0% 1,346 1,122
Melbourne 4th 9 -1- 4 38 104.3% 950 911
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 6 32 118.3% 1,086 918
Essendon 6th 7 -1- 6 30 97.3% 1,055 1,084
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 7 28 111.1% 957 861
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 7 26 94.8% 1,080 1,139
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 86.8% 1,010 1,164
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 11 12 71.4% 872 1,221
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 12 8 74.8% 1,057 1,413
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 13 4 62.9% 841 1,336

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 119 - 81 20,000
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 87 - 60 14,000
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 100 - 92 11,000
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 72 - 99 13,000
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 107 - 50 8,436
SAT 10/08/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 142 - 75 14,500

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 0 60 163.7% 1,573 961
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 136.4% 1,379 1,011
Richmond 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 121.0% 1,445 1,194
Melbourne 4th 10 -1- 4 42 110.0% 1,057 961
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 6 36 123.7% 1,228 993
Essendon 6th 8 -1- 6 34 98.2% 1,155 1,176
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 8 28 107.3% 1,017 948
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 8 26 93.1% 1,152 1,238
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 10 20 85.0% 1,091 1,283
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 12 12 73.0% 964 1,321
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 13 8 72.8% 1,132 1,555
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 14 4 61.7% 891 1,443

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 111 13,000
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 25 - 39 10,000
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 58 - 80 12,500
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 82 - 41 13,891
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 62 - 132 9,000
SAT 17/08/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 94 - 88 15,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 16 -0- 0 64 165.7% 1,684 1,016
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 136.9% 1,418 1,036
Richmond 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 121.8% 1,525 1,252
Melbourne 4th 11 -1- 4 46 113.7% 1,139 1,002
St Kilda 5th 10 -0- 6 40 128.9% 1,360 1,055
Essendon 6th 8 -1- 7 34 97.9% 1,243 1,270
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 9 28 105.6% 1,042 987
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 9 26 90.4% 1,193 1,320
South Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 86.4% 1,185 1,371
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 13 12 72.9% 1,022 1,401
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 14 8 71.2% 1,187 1,666
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 15 4 60.5% 953 1,575

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 108 - 69 13,000
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 138 - 61 6,000
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 53 - 51 9,000
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 77 - 33 4,000
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 136 - 65 12,000
SAT 24/08/1929 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 66 - 49 35,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 17 -0- 0 68 169.2% 1,822 1,077
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 138.1% 1,526 1,105
Richmond 3rd 12 -1- 4 50 126.1% 1,661 1,317
Melbourne 4th 11 -1- 5 46 111.2% 1,188 1,068
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 6 44 129.2% 1,426 1,104
Essendon 6th 9 -1- 7 38 98.1% 1,296 1,321
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 10 28 105.1% 1,093 1,040
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 10 26 87.8% 1,226 1,397
South Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 11 24 82.9% 1,250 1,507
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 13 16 76.6% 1,099 1,434
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 15 8 70.8% 1,256 1,774
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 59.2% 1,014 1,713

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 53 8,500
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 42 - 67 10,000
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 82 - 42 6,500
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 40 - 96 41,316
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 56 - 63 8,000
SAT 31/08/1929 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 88 - 71 8,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 18 -0- 0 72 171.7% 1,918 1,117
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 136.9% 1,589 1,161
Richmond 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 121.7% 1,703 1,399
St Kilda 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.3% 1,493 1,146
Melbourne 5th 11 -1- 6 46 105.5% 1,228 1,164
Essendon 6th 9 -1- 8 38 96.0% 1,349 1,405
Geelong 7th 8 -0- 10 32 108.6% 1,175 1,082
South Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 84.8% 1,338 1,578
Footscray 9th 6 -1- 11 26 86.6% 1,268 1,464
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 14 16 76.9% 1,170 1,522
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,340 1,827
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 60.2% 1,070 1,776

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1929 2:30 PM Carlton v St Kilda MCG 81 - 73 58,481
SAT 14/09/1929 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 61 - 123 51,069

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1929 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 91 - 97 60,653

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1929 2:50 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 50 - 79 63,336