1931 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Geelong were the premiers, with Ted Baker as the premiership captain and Charlie Clymo as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1931 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre 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 Garnet Campbell
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Colin Niven
Footscray Western Oval Bill Cubbins
Geelong Corio Oval Charlie Clymo
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Harris
Melbourne MCG Ivor Warne-Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Norm Clark Jack Pemberton
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Paddy Scanlan
St Kilda Junction Oval Charlie Hardy

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Richmond
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- 3 60 151.4% 1,572 1,038 220 252 144 174
Richmond 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.1% 1,627 1,153 225 277 155 223
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 125.1% 1,613 1,289 230 233 178 221
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 6 48 124.0% 1,589 1,281 225 239 172 249
Footscray 5th 12 -0- 6 48 110.2% 1,161 1,054 157 219 143 196
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 99.2% 1,416 1,428 201 210 202 216
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 99.1% 1,393 1,406 189 259 197 224
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 91.7% 1,286 1,403 182 194 197 221
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 32 89.2% 1,323 1,484 182 231 213 206
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 14 16 86.0% 1,380 1,605 195 210 224 261
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 12 82.1% 1,145 1,395 161 179 191 249
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 18 0 50.8% 1,000 1,969 133 202 284 265

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Richmond 2nd Runners-Up
Carlton 3rd Defeated by Geelong (Preliminary Final)
Collingwood 4th Defeated by Carlton (Semi Final)
Footscray 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 9th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 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 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 98 - 107 26,500
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 92 - 87 16,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 61 - 60 12,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 106 - 94 19,500
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 83 - 135 10,000
SAT 02/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 92 - 80 19,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 162.7% 135 83
St Kilda 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 115.0% 92 80
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 112.8% 106 94
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 0 4 109.2% 107 98
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 0 4 105.7% 92 87
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.7% 61 60
Hawthorn 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.4% 60 61
Geelong 8th 0 -0- 1 0 94.6% 87 92
Carlton 9th 0 -0- 1 0 91.6% 98 107
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 1 0 88.7% 94 106
Essendon 11th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 80 92
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 61.5% 83 135

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 77 - 73 15,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 133 35,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 126 - 54 9,500
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 65 - 84 15,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 199 - 31 11,000
SAT 09/05/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 91 - 111 20,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 2 -0- 0 8 237.2% 306 129
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 115.8% 176 152
Footscray 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 113.9% 172 151
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 1 4 145.9% 213 146
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 1 4 116.5% 226 194
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 1 4 115.5% 231 200
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 104.7% 179 171
Essendon 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.2% 157 165
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 1 4 70.9% 146 206
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 2 0 86.2% 125 145
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 78.2% 187 239
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 34.1% 114 334

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 126 - 44 20,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 94 - 73 15,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 52 - 94 30,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 87 - 83 19,767
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 48 - 88 7,000
SAT 16/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 72 - 68 14,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 3 -0- 0 12 221.0% 400 181
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 120.0% 270 225
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 146.3% 357 244
Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 104.7% 266 254
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 91.4% 224 245
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 1 8 79.6% 218 274
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 2 4 127.0% 296 233
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 103.8% 299 288
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 2 4 95.8% 275 287
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 2 4 69.1% 201 291
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 88.9% 193 217
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 38.4% 162 422

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 85 - 63 10,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 84 14,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 80 - 74 12,500
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 94 - 109 10,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 72 - 68 40,000
SAT 23/05/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 127 - 106 18,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 0 16 189.6% 472 249
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 113.8% 338 297
Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 107.8% 375 348
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 1 12 96.3% 308 320
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 2 8 133.0% 431 324
Geelong 6th 2 -0- 2 8 122.5% 376 307
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 108.1% 426 394
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 2 8 80.8% 324 401
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 2 8 80.8% 286 354
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 94.3% 350 371
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 4 0 88.0% 287 326
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 44.4% 225 507

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 107 - 91 35,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 72 - 86 15,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 142 - 81 9,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 76 - 79 11,000
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 87 - 71 20,244
SAT 30/05/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 97 - 52 10,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 5 -0- 0 20 173.8% 558 321
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 110.3% 462 419
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 133.5% 518 388
Carlton 4th 3 -0- 2 12 129.6% 538 415
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 107.4% 505 470
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 106.2% 429 404
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 2 12 93.1% 379 407
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 2 12 92.9% 421 453
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.4% 358 440
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.0% 431 513
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 5 0 89.6% 363 405
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 45.9% 277 604

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 100 - 77 16,000
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 59 - 98 7,000
MON 08/06/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 44 - 93 30,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 70 12,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 56 - 59 24,000
SAT 27/06/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 69 - 58 19,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 0 24 165.4% 627 379
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 117.2% 560 478
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 141.4% 611 432
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 126.8% 597 471
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 110.0% 529 481
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 97.5% 549 563
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 3 12 93.3% 435 466
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 3 12 90.1% 498 553
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 3 12 86.3% 428 496
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 5 4 83.5% 487 583
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 6 0 88.8% 421 474
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 47.9% 336 702

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 60 - 80 10,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 98 - 111 12,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 86 - 43 11,000
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 87 - 60 18,250
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 54 - 71 26,436
SAT 13/06/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 59 - 90 24,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 1 24 147.4% 687 466
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 141.9% 698 492
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.6% 687 530
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 2 20 112.1% 600 535
Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 2 20 111.8% 614 549
Footscray 6th 4 -0- 3 16 102.4% 521 509
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 3 16 99.8% 660 661
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 4 12 86.6% 557 643
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 4 12 84.7% 488 576
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 6 4 93.8% 501 534
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 6 4 84.3% 585 694
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 48.1% 379 788

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 58 25,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 154 - 64 6,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 55 - 89 10,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 80 - 56 8,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 84 - 57 18,000
SAT 20/06/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 52 - 77 17,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -0- 1 28 147.4% 771 523
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 143.9% 787 547
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 137.6% 809 588
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 2 24 125.9% 754 599
Footscray 5th 5 -0- 3 20 106.6% 598 561
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 100.1% 672 671
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 96.2% 717 745
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 5 12 84.6% 609 720
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 5 12 81.7% 543 665
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 6 8 98.5% 581 590
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 7 4 82.8% 641 774
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 47.0% 443 942

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 101 15,000
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 40 - 44 21,500
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 87 - 61 9,500
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 36 - 63 15,826
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 50 - 130 10,000
SAT 04/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 73 - 63 11,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -0- 1 32 149.3% 872 584
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 147.2% 939 638
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 143.8% 874 608
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 2 28 124.9% 798 639
Footscray 5th 5 -0- 4 20 105.5% 638 605
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 97.8% 790 808
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 4 20 96.5% 708 734
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 5 16 88.9% 672 756
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 6 12 82.1% 606 738
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 94.8% 642 677
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 8 4 80.2% 702 875
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 46.0% 493 1,072

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 81 - 57 10,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 58 - 90 11,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 52 - 23 9,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 96 - 24 4,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 66 - 53 11,000
SAT 11/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 72 - 77 16,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 1 36 147.3% 938 637
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 146.8% 926 631
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 143.1% 1,016 710
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 3 28 118.8% 855 720
Footscray 5th 5 -0- 5 20 100.6% 661 657
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 5 20 97.4% 862 885
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 95.1% 761 800
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 5 20 93.6% 762 814
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 6 16 86.4% 687 795
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 105.3% 738 701
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 9 4 78.8% 760 965
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 44.3% 517 1,168

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 111 - 38 17,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 104 - 58 12,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 58 - 85 19,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 31 - 82 15,258
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 64 - 131 4,000
SAT 18/07/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 48 - 85 24,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -0- 1 40 149.3% 1,023 685
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 152.1% 1,057 695
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 150.7% 1,127 748
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 3 32 123.3% 959 778
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 5 24 103.1% 944 916
Footscray 6th 5 -0- 6 20 96.9% 719 742
Essendon 7th 5 -0- 6 20 90.5% 772 853
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 6 20 90.1% 810 899
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 89.8% 792 882
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 8 12 95.6% 776 812
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 10 4 76.5% 818 1,069
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 44.7% 581 1,299

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 104 - 59 15,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 66 8,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 43 - 30 15,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 53 - 55 8,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 65 - 48 36,000
SAT 25/07/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 94 - 66 7,500

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 11 -0- 1 44 148.4% 1,088 733
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 151.7% 1,100 725
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 144.5% 1,175 813
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 4 32 120.5% 989 821
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 105.7% 1,038 982
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 6 24 97.4% 774 795
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 6 24 96.1% 876 912
Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 89.5% 858 959
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 7 20 86.6% 869 1,003
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 9 12 95.6% 829 867
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 10 8 78.9% 895 1,135
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 46.4% 647 1,393

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 121 - 89 18,500
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 103 - 58 9,000
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 41 18,500
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 72 - 71 13,828
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 69 - 108 8,000
SAT 01/08/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 52 - 100 16,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -0- 1 48 149.1% 1,196 802
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 154.4% 1,200 777
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 143.7% 1,296 902
Collingwood 4th 9 -0- 4 36 124.2% 1,092 879
South Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 6 28 102.8% 1,079 1,050
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 6 28 100.7% 842 836
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 7 24 96.2% 947 984
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 90.3% 930 1,030
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 8 20 83.5% 921 1,103
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 10 12 91.4% 887 970
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 11 8 78.3% 984 1,256
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 13 0 47.7% 716 1,501

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 122 - 88 20,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 138 - 60 8,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 77 - 45 9,250
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 75 - 77 8,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 54 - 78 25,000
SAT 08/08/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 59 - 61 14,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 2 48 155.4% 1,277 822
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 2 48 142.0% 1,250 880
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 135.2% 1,384 1,024
Collingwood 4th 10 -0- 4 40 122.9% 1,153 938
Footscray 5th 8 -0- 6 32 103.4% 920 890
South Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 7 28 102.4% 1,138 1,111
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.7% 1,069 1,072
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 8 24 88.1% 975 1,107
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 8 24 84.7% 998 1,178
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 11 12 91.9% 962 1,047
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 11 12 85.3% 1,122 1,316
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 14 0 47.3% 776 1,639

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 39 - 28 18,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 46 - 70 15,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 72 - 42 8,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 93 - 18 3,614
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 61 - 83 4,000
SAT 22/08/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 62 6,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -0- 2 52 142.5% 1,320 926
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 151.6% 1,305 861
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 135.3% 1,423 1,052
Collingwood 4th 10 -0- 5 40 118.9% 1,199 1,008
Footscray 5th 9 -0- 6 36 106.4% 992 932
South Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 7 32 103.0% 1,200 1,165
Essendon 7th 8 -0- 7 32 101.7% 1,152 1,133
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 94.9% 1,068 1,125
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 9 24 84.8% 1,052 1,240
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 12 12 86.0% 980 1,140
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 12 12 83.9% 1,164 1,388
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 15 0 48.6% 837 1,722

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 135 - 74 20,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 62 - 76 8,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 72 - 38 12,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 50 - 81 4,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 152 - 101 16,000
SAT 29/08/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 90 - 59 4,500

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -0- 2 56 143.3% 1,472 1,027
Geelong 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 149.6% 1,381 923
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 126.1% 1,497 1,187
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 5 44 123.3% 1,334 1,082
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 6 40 109.7% 1,064 970
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.4% 1,290 1,224
Essendon 7th 8 -0- 8 32 97.5% 1,253 1,285
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 9 28 92.4% 1,106 1,197
St Kilda 9th 7 -0- 9 28 87.8% 1,133 1,290
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 13 12 84.5% 1,039 1,230
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 13 12 83.7% 1,226 1,464
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 16 0 49.2% 887 1,803

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 50 - 54 39,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 97 - 80 10,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 108 - 59 10,500
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 43 - 99 11,000
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 123 - 79 3,944
SAT 05/09/1931 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 142 - 128 17,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 15 -0- 2 60 146.8% 1,571 1,070
Geelong 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 151.6% 1,489 982
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 124.7% 1,547 1,241
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 6 44 119.4% 1,462 1,224
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 6 44 109.6% 1,118 1,020
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 8 36 101.3% 1,349 1,332
Essendon 7th 9 -0- 8 36 98.9% 1,350 1,365
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 96.3% 1,229 1,276
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 9 32 89.9% 1,275 1,418
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 14 12 83.7% 1,306 1,561
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 14 12 81.4% 1,082 1,329
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 17 0 50.2% 966 1,926

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 66 - 48 25,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 57 14,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 63 - 66 5,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 34 - 43 9,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 56 - 83 15,000
SAT 12/09/1931 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 44 - 74 4,500

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 3 60 151.4% 1,572 1,038
Richmond 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 141.1% 1,627 1,153
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 125.1% 1,613 1,289
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 6 48 124.0% 1,589 1,281
Footscray 5th 12 -0- 6 48 110.2% 1,161 1,054
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 99.2% 1,416 1,428
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 99.1% 1,393 1,406
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 91.7% 1,286 1,403
St Kilda 9th 8 -0- 10 32 89.2% 1,323 1,484
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 14 16 86.0% 1,380 1,605
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 12 82.1% 1,145 1,395
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 18 0 50.8% 1,000 1,969

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1931 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 130 - 42 51,140
SAT 26/09/1931 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond MCG 66 - 99 48,353

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1931 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton MCG 83 - 77 36,653

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/10/1931 2:50 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 48 - 68 60,712