1930 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1930 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 Bob Rush as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1930 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 Bob Rush
Essendon Windy Hill Charlie Hardy
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Colin Niven
Footscray Western Oval Allan Hopkins
Geelong Corio Oval Arthur Coghlan
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Harris
Melbourne MCG Ivor Warne-Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Johnny Lewis
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Paddy Scanlan
St Kilda Junction Oval Bill Cubbins

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Geelong
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 60 144.3% 1,931 1,338 280 251 185 228
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.6% 1,747 1,234 247 265 175 184
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 124.7% 1,450 1,163 200 250 161 197
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 118.7% 1,495 1,259 209 241 176 203
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.7% 1,509 1,441 212 237 201 235
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 105.5% 1,495 1,417 213 217 198 229
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 100.0% 1,553 1,553 217 251 219 239
St Kilda 8th 8 -0- 10 32 101.3% 1,454 1,435 210 194 204 211
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 11 28 89.2% 1,411 1,581 199 217 221 255
Hawthorn 10th 6 -0- 12 24 77.3% 1,205 1,558 167 203 225 208
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 75.8% 1,164 1,535 160 204 217 233
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 51.8% 969 1,869 132 177 264 285

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood 1st Premiers
Geelong 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by Geelong (Semi Final)
Richmond 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Melbourne 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 8th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 9th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 10th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 11th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 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 03/05/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 51 - 58 26,000
SAT 03/05/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 72 18,500
SAT 03/05/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 121 - 19 9,500
SAT 03/05/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 103 - 92 18,000
SAT 03/05/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 60 - 74 32,000
SAT 03/05/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 70 - 95 16,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 1 -0- 0 4 636.8% 121 19
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 135.7% 95 70
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 123.3% 74 60
Fitzroy 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.4% 86 72
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 113.7% 58 51
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 0 4 112.0% 103 92
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.3% 92 103
Essendon 8th 0 -0- 1 0 87.9% 51 58
Footscray 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.7% 72 86
Richmond 10th 0 -0- 1 0 81.1% 60 74
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 73.7% 70 95
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 15.7% 19 121

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 116 - 47 35,000
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 78 - 70 19,000
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 74 - 58 18,000
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 100 - 63 14,909
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 45 - 65 9,000
SAT 10/05/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 106 - 78 21,500

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 177.6% 174 98
Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 146.6% 195 133
Fitzroy 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 129.1% 151 117
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 0 8 116.9% 152 130
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 154.6% 184 119
St Kilda 6th 1 -0- 1 4 109.4% 198 181
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 101.8% 173 170
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 101.4% 146 144
Essendon 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.6% 109 132
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 73.6% 148 201
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 2 0 56.3% 107 190
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 34.4% 64 186

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 99 - 104 20,000
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 70 - 60 13,000
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 72 - 87 28,000
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 74 - 116 13,000
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 77 - 79 16,000
SAT 17/05/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 84 - 115 18,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 153.5% 261 170
Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 128.9% 299 232
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 124.8% 267 214
Geelong 4th 2 -0- 1 8 141.9% 254 179
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 120.2% 262 218
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 1 8 113.1% 250 221
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 2 4 102.8% 258 251
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 2 4 95.3% 245 257
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 2 4 90.0% 188 209
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 73.4% 232 316
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 3 0 68.4% 184 269
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 45.7% 138 302

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 138 - 84 21,000
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 72 - 90 17,000
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 96 - 61 15,000
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 64 - 91 20,000
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 123 - 102 8,662
SAT 24/05/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 108 - 58 26,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 157.1% 399 254
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 126.3% 422 334
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 137.1% 344 251
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 1 12 111.5% 339 304
St Kilda 5th 2 -0- 2 8 118.4% 366 309
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 2 8 105.5% 326 309
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 284 270
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.6% 308 329
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 3 4 86.7% 306 353
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 3 4 82.6% 275 333
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 69.6% 316 454
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.5% 240 425

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 66 21,000
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 58 - 66 15,500
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 59 - 77 18,000
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 120 - 62 16,975
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 99 - 71 12,000
SAT 31/05/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 51 - 104 18,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 149.0% 465 312
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 136.9% 542 396
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 126.8% 402 317
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 2 12 120.9% 388 321
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 2 12 108.0% 405 375
Fitzroy 6th 3 -0- 2 12 95.9% 379 395
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 3 8 107.1% 437 408
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 90.4% 388 429
Richmond 9th 2 -0- 3 8 89.8% 352 392
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.9% 365 430
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 68.3% 339 496
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 65.8% 367 558

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 118 - 48 30,000
SAT 07/06/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 114 - 57 10,000
SAT 07/06/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 57 - 56 9,000
MON 09/06/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 107 - 66 20,000
MON 09/06/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 81 - 66 16,000
MON 09/06/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 76 - 67 29,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 0 24 161.9% 583 360
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 129.0% 609 472
Essendon 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 127.9% 495 387
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 2 16 120.1% 519 432
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 3 12 110.4% 468 424
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 3 12 108.0% 513 475
Richmond 7th 3 -0- 3 12 94.5% 433 458
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 3 12 91.8% 445 485
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 3 12 83.2% 427 513
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 5 4 86.4% 421 487
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 5 4 64.9% 396 610
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 67.8% 433 639

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 106 15,000
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 56 - 72 15,000
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 69 - 70 9,500
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 79 - 97 28,779
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 63 - 113 15,000
SAT 14/06/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 113 - 64 11,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 0 28 164.5% 696 423
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 125.7% 601 478
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 120.9% 688 569
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 2 20 120.5% 616 511
St Kilda 5th 4 -0- 3 16 110.2% 585 531
Richmond 6th 4 -0- 3 16 95.4% 503 527
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 4 12 108.7% 537 494
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 4 12 89.9% 501 557
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 4 12 83.7% 518 619
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 6 4 80.8% 485 600
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 6 4 77.7% 546 703
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 6 4 63.5% 459 723

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 70 - 72 30,000
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 143 - 92 15,000
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 77 - 56 13,000
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 72 - 47 8,000
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 100 - 72 14,000
SAT 21/06/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 109 - 60 12,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 154.7% 766 495
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 127.0% 678 534
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 125.9% 759 603
Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 2 24 118.9% 760 639
Richmond 5th 5 -0- 3 20 100.7% 603 599
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 4 16 100.4% 677 674
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 5 12 103.2% 584 566
Footscray 8th 3 -0- 5 12 84.2% 561 666
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 5 12 82.1% 590 719
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 6 8 86.1% 557 647
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 85.8% 655 763
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 7 4 64.4% 515 800

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 119 - 95 11,000
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 44 - 124 14,000
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 96 - 72 9,000
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 114 - 88 28,344
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 43 - 104 11,000
SAT 28/06/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 77 - 92 33,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 1 32 150.0% 858 572
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 136.5% 883 647
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 120.2% 874 727
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 3 24 118.2% 766 648
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 3 24 110.1% 707 642
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 5 16 106.6% 680 638
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 5 16 98.4% 754 766
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 5 16 87.1% 709 814
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 6 12 76.6% 605 790
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 85.1% 652 766
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 84.6% 727 859
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 61.7% 558 904

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 116 - 112 40,000
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 98 - 74 16,000
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 98 - 58 8,000
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 81 - 77 7,000
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 104 - 52 18,000
SAT 05/07/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 94 - 84 12,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 1 36 142.4% 974 684
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 130.4% 995 763
Essendon 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 119.7% 864 722
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 3 28 116.9% 811 694
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 3 28 111.4% 926 831
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 5 20 111.8% 778 696
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 6 16 95.8% 828 864
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 6 16 87.3% 793 908
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 87.1% 821 943
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 87.0% 733 843
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 7 12 74.7% 663 888
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 64.5% 635 985

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 98 - 68 16,000
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 75 8,000
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 51 - 86 12,000
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 82 - 41 8,723
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 45 - 80 7,000
SAT 12/07/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 36 - 60 19,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 1 40 144.2% 1,060 735
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 131.5% 1,093 831
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 119.3% 871 730
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 3 32 115.6% 1,008 872
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 4 28 113.7% 932 820
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 5 24 112.5% 853 758
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 7 16 93.5% 864 924
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 91.2% 901 988
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 7 16 87.0% 855 983
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 8 12 83.7% 774 925
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 8 12 73.3% 714 974
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 10 4 63.8% 680 1,065

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 106 - 91 23,000
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 167 - 94 14,000
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 106 - 108 14,000
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 58 - 61 12,000
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 109 - 49 10,000
SAT 19/07/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 123 - 48 10,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 1 44 141.2% 1,166 826
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 136.2% 1,260 925
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 125.8% 980 779
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 3 36 114.9% 1,069 930
Essendon 5th 7 -0- 5 28 111.9% 1,038 928
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 6 24 109.3% 944 864
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 7 20 101.5% 987 972
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 92.2% 1,009 1,094
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 8 16 82.5% 949 1,150
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 9 12 79.6% 823 1,034
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 9 12 74.6% 772 1,035
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 11 4 61.3% 728 1,188

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 76 19,000
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 92 - 63 10,000
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 76 - 73 9,000
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 82 - 65 20,232
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 39 - 121 8,000
SAT 26/07/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 77 - 71 22,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 1 48 138.8% 1,242 895
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 143.3% 1,381 964
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 115.7% 1,151 995
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 4 36 122.8% 1,051 856
Geelong 5th 7 -0- 6 28 111.8% 1,036 927
Essendon 6th 7 -0- 6 28 107.9% 1,101 1,020
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 93.2% 1,086 1,165
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 8 20 99.8% 1,052 1,054
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 9 16 83.0% 1,018 1,226
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 9 16 81.2% 899 1,107
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 10 12 76.1% 845 1,111
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 12 4 58.6% 767 1,309

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 155 - 27 11,000
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 104 - 57 15,000
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 91 - 71 9,000
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 73 - 94 10,000
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 65 - 71 15,000
SAT 16/08/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 61 - 52 10,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 1 52 151.5% 1,397 922
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 145.4% 1,485 1,021
Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 109.9% 1,208 1,099
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 5 36 120.4% 1,116 927
Geelong 5th 8 -0- 6 32 111.6% 1,107 992
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 6 32 109.3% 1,192 1,091
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 95.3% 1,180 1,238
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 8 24 100.6% 1,113 1,106
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 10 16 82.7% 1,089 1,317
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 10 16 80.9% 972 1,201
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 11 12 76.5% 897 1,172
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 13 4 54.2% 794 1,464

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 60 14,000
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 66 - 84 12,500
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 125 - 43 9,000
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 83 - 77 31,481
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 48 - 95 8,000
SAT 23/08/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 91 - 115 16,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 2 52 146.7% 1,474 1,005
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 143.9% 1,600 1,112
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 109.8% 1,291 1,176
Geelong 4th 9 -0- 6 36 119.0% 1,232 1,035
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 6 36 117.8% 1,176 998
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 6 36 113.0% 1,287 1,139
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 7 32 96.9% 1,264 1,304
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 9 24 98.6% 1,204 1,221
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 10 20 84.2% 1,160 1,377
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 11 16 76.5% 1,015 1,326
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 12 12 76.7% 963 1,256
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 14 4 54.0% 842 1,559

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 108 - 97 20,000
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 116 - 77 10,000
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 89 - 79 15,000
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 34 - 104 7,000
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 135 - 40 7,000
SAT 30/08/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 88 - 104 28,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 2 56 143.6% 1,582 1,102
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 144.3% 1,716 1,189
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 108.3% 1,370 1,265
Richmond 4th 10 -0- 6 40 126.3% 1,311 1,038
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 6 40 119.0% 1,336 1,123
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 6 40 113.0% 1,376 1,218
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 96.0% 1,352 1,408
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 10 24 97.9% 1,301 1,329
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 10 24 89.6% 1,264 1,411
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 12 16 73.4% 1,049 1,430
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 13 12 75.8% 1,040 1,372
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 15 4 52.1% 882 1,694

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 106 - 83 30,000
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 92 8,000
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 98 - 81 8,500
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 62 - 86 25,353
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 51 - 66 4,000
SAT 06/09/1930 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 90 - 53 13,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 3 56 143.2% 1,822 1,272
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 137.8% 1,665 1,208
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 127.0% 1,397 1,100
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 6 44 106.0% 1,432 1,351
Geelong 5th 10 -0- 7 40 116.1% 1,417 1,221
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 7 40 109.3% 1,429 1,308
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 9 32 95.2% 1,444 1,517
St Kilda 8th 7 -0- 10 28 100.7% 1,391 1,382
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 10 28 91.4% 1,373 1,503
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 12 20 75.3% 1,115 1,481
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 78.3% 1,138 1,453
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 53.0% 933 1,760

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 82 - 26 15,000
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 66 - 109 14,000
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 78 - 38 5,000
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 90 - 77 5,000
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 53 - 63 17,000
SAT 13/09/1930 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 109 - 36 5,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 144.3% 1,931 1,338
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.6% 1,747 1,234
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 124.7% 1,450 1,163
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 118.7% 1,495 1,259
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.7% 1,509 1,441
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 105.5% 1,495 1,417
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 100.0% 1,553 1,553
St Kilda 8th 8 -0- 10 32 101.3% 1,454 1,435
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 11 28 89.2% 1,411 1,581
Hawthorn 10th 6 -0- 12 24 77.3% 1,205 1,558
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 75.8% 1,164 1,535
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 51.8% 969 1,869

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 144.3% 1,931 1,338 280 251 185 228
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.6% 1,747 1,234 247 265 175 184
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 124.7% 1,450 1,163 200 250 161 197
Geelong 4th 11 -0- 7 44 118.7% 1,495 1,259 209 241 176 203
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 7 44 104.7% 1,509 1,441 212 237 201 235
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 105.5% 1,495 1,417 213 217 198 229
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 100.0% 1,553 1,553 217 251 219 239
St Kilda 8th 8 -0- 10 32 101.3% 1,454 1,435 210 194 204 211
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 11 28 89.2% 1,411 1,581 199 217 221 255
Hawthorn 10th 6 -0- 12 24 77.3% 1,205 1,558 167 203 225 208
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 75.8% 1,164 1,535 160 204 217 233
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 51.8% 969 1,869 132 177 264 285

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1930 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong MCG 69 - 89 47,985
SAT 27/09/1930 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 94 - 91 40,218

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Final (Preliminary Final)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1930 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong MCG 65 - 91 41,495

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Challenge Final (Grand Final)

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/10/1930 2:50 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 70 - 100 45,022

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Collingwood 1st
Geelong 2nd
Carlton 3rd
Richmond 4th