1932 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1932 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Richmond were the premiers, with Perce Bentley as the premiership captain and Frank Hughes as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1932 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 Frank Maher
Footscray Western Oval Bill Cubbins
Geelong Corio Oval Reg Hickey Arthur Coghlan
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Jim Jackson
Melbourne MCG Ivor Warne-Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Dick Taylor Charlie Cameron
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Johnny Leonard
St Kilda Junction Oval Charlie Hardy Stuart King

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 3 60 137.8% 1,803 1,308 250 303 182 216
Richmond 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 139.2% 1,526 1,096 211 260 148 208
Collingwood 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 111.6% 1,644 1,473 237 222 202 261
South Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,531 1,297 213 253 178 229
Geelong 5th 11 -1- 6 46 139.7% 1,825 1,306 260 265 179 232
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.0% 1,488 1,444 207 246 203 226
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 103.5% 1,229 1,188 167 227 164 204
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 1,535 1,581 217 233 227 219
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 14 16 76.5% 1,281 1,675 180 201 236 259
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 15 12 76.2% 1,361 1,786 193 203 255 256
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 72.0% 1,263 1,753 175 213 247 271
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.1% 1,034 1,613 140 194 229 239

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond 1st Premiers
Carlton 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood 3rd Defeated by Carlton (Preliminary Final)
South Melbourne 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Geelong 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 11th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 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 30/04/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 105 - 54 30,000
SAT 30/04/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 75 25,000
SAT 30/04/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 105 - 78 13,000
SAT 30/04/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 51 - 76 14,500
SAT 30/04/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 116 - 50 25,000
SAT 30/04/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 85 - 65 17,500

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 1 -0- 0 4 232.0% 116 50
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 194.4% 105 54
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 149.0% 76 51
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 0 4 134.6% 105 78
South Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 130.8% 85 65
Fitzroy 6th 1 -0- 0 4 121.3% 91 75
Carlton 7th 0 -0- 1 0 82.4% 75 91
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 76.5% 65 85
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 74.3% 78 105
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.1% 51 76
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 51.4% 54 105
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 1 0 43.1% 50 116

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 75 - 113 28,000
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 83 - 94 18,000
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 95 - 52 21,500
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond Motordrome 55 - 116 13,000
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 96 - 113 15,000
SAT 07/05/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 115 - 82 13,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 2 -0- 0 8 221.0% 232 105
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 145.3% 218 150
South Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 141.4% 198 140
Geelong 4th 2 -0- 0 8 123.6% 199 161
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 1 4 109.7% 159 145
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 94.9% 149 157
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 84.1% 143 170
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 1 4 83.3% 165 198
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 2 0 79.8% 174 218
Carlton 10th 0 -0- 2 0 73.5% 150 204
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 69.6% 133 191
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 59.7% 120 201

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 110 - 119 18,000
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 94 - 113 15,000
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 160 - 45 10,500
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 59 - 50 8,000
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 83 - 84 24,500
SAT 14/05/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 71 - 60 30,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 3 -0- 0 12 174.3% 359 206
South Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 134.5% 269 200
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 166.7% 315 189
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 1 8 121.9% 328 269
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 1 8 109.0% 278 255
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 2 4 92.0% 287 312
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 2 4 91.7% 209 228
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 83.7% 237 283
Carlton 9th 1 -0- 2 4 81.5% 234 287
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 2 4 79.7% 192 241
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 2 4 58.7% 210 358
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.4% 170 260

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 112 - 49 16,000
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 106 - 75 17,000
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 48 - 51 19,000
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong Motordrome 95 - 133 7,000
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 70 - 73 23,000
SAT 21/05/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 57 - 87 16,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -0- 0 16 163.5% 492 301
South Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 126.7% 342 270
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 154.4% 366 237
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 1 12 127.3% 415 326
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 1 12 116.4% 384 330
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.0% 346 336
North Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 3 4 92.7% 357 385
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 3 4 92.1% 257 279
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 80.2% 312 389
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 3 4 68.3% 241 353
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 3 4 60.0% 267 445
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 67.4% 265 393

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 93 - 73 32,000
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 78 - 130 13,000
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 92 - 58 14,000
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 118 - 88 12,000
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 96 - 45 10,000
SAT 28/05/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 99 - 65 28,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 5 -0- 0 20 164.1% 622 379
South Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 131.6% 441 335
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 163.8% 462 282
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 2 12 112.9% 480 425
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 2 12 108.0% 457 423
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 107.3% 439 409
Footscray 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.6% 349 337
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 3 8 100.4% 475 473
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 4 4 75.1% 390 519
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 4 4 63.7% 286 449
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 4 4 60.5% 325 537
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 69.1% 353 511

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 91 - 75 25,000
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 142 - 90 15,000
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 69 - 69 17,000
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 80 - 109 12,000
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton Motordrome 63 - 87 12,500
SAT 04/06/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 105 - 110 13,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 132.5% 550 415
Geelong 2nd 5 -1- 0 22 154.2% 691 448
Richmond 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 151.3% 531 351
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 2 16 120.8% 622 515
Carlton 5th 4 -0- 2 16 111.4% 526 472
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 2 16 110.0% 548 498
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 101.2% 585 578
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 4 8 99.1% 424 428
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 5 4 72.6% 480 661
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 5 4 66.5% 430 647
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 5 4 65.6% 366 558
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 69.6% 416 598

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 118 - 54 15,000
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 101 - 83 7,000
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 51 - 65 7,000
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 62 - 91 18,000
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 100 - 61 13,000
SAT 18/06/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 105 - 96 38,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 0 28 128.2% 655 511
Richmond 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 153.2% 631 412
Geelong 3rd 5 -1- 1 22 142.3% 787 553
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 122.4% 644 526
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 2 20 121.4% 687 566
Collingwood 6th 5 -0- 2 20 111.7% 649 581
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 4 12 105.1% 515 490
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 96.7% 647 669
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 6 4 71.1% 541 761
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 6 4 66.9% 417 623
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 6 4 63.3% 484 765
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 71.4% 499 699

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 63 7,500
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 67 - 27 10,000
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 63 - 78 9,500
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 73 - 100 15,000
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 55 - 57 35,000
SAT 25/06/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 88 - 105 9,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 0 32 125.8% 712 566
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 124.2% 744 599
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 121.6% 765 629
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 2 24 112.7% 754 669
Richmond 5th 5 -1- 2 22 146.3% 686 469
Geelong 6th 5 -1- 2 22 134.7% 850 631
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 4 16 112.6% 582 517
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 93.6% 720 769
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 6 8 76.9% 634 824
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 7 4 67.0% 480 716
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 7 4 65.7% 572 870
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 68.7% 526 766

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 75 - 51 23,000
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 126 - 87 10,500
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 42 - 80 20,000
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 54 - 95 5,500
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 85 - 74 9,747
SAT 02/07/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 82 - 75 16,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 0 36 123.9% 794 641
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 126.0% 819 650
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 116.4% 880 756
Richmond 4th 6 -1- 2 26 149.9% 766 511
Geelong 5th 6 -1- 2 26 138.0% 945 685
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 3 24 113.8% 807 709
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 5 16 106.9% 633 592
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 6 12 90.2% 807 895
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 7 8 78.3% 709 906
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 8 4 72.7% 611 840
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 8 4 67.6% 646 955
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 8 4 65.8% 534 811

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 142 - 77 15,000
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 90 - 78 20,000
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 57 - 56 9,500
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 102 - 90 9,807
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 106 - 59 6,000
SAT 09/07/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 69 - 70 13,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 0 40 121.7% 864 710
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 132.2% 961 727
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 116.3% 970 834
Richmond 4th 6 -1- 3 26 140.4% 844 601
Geelong 5th 6 -1- 3 26 134.9% 1,001 742
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 4 24 103.9% 884 851
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 5 20 106.5% 690 648
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 6 16 95.7% 913 954
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 8 8 79.3% 799 1,008
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 8 8 76.7% 713 930
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 9 4 69.8% 715 1,025
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 9 4 64.7% 593 917

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 50 - 53 10,000
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 72 - 73 10,000
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 68 - 83 14,000
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 63 - 42 7,500
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 58 - 43 11,500
SAT 16/07/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 47 - 50 38,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 119.9% 911 760
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 131.3% 1,044 795
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 115.8% 1,020 881
Richmond 4th 7 -1- 3 30 140.1% 902 644
Geelong 5th 6 -1- 4 26 129.6% 1,069 825
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.3% 934 904
Footscray 7th 5 -0- 6 20 103.0% 732 711
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 94.5% 956 1,012
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 8 12 78.2% 766 980
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 9 8 80.6% 871 1,081
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 9 8 71.8% 788 1,097
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 9 8 68.4% 656 959

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 129 - 84 20,000
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 94 - 70 9,000
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 82 - 69 14,000
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 84 - 93 20,283
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 50 - 94 12,000
SAT 23/07/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 54 - 85 18,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 1 44 119.0% 1,004 844
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 133.4% 1,173 879
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 2 40 117.1% 1,114 951
Richmond 4th 8 -1- 3 34 141.4% 987 698
Geelong 5th 7 -1- 4 30 132.9% 1,163 875
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 6 24 104.4% 814 780
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 6 24 101.7% 1,003 986
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 8 16 91.0% 1,006 1,106
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 9 12 79.2% 850 1,073
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 10 8 78.9% 955 1,210
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 10 8 71.2% 842 1,182
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 10 8 68.9% 726 1,053

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 98 - 92 9,000
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 74 10,000
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 95 - 70 11,000
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 61 - 50 6,000
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 90 - 66 11,000
SAT 30/07/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 80 - 89 41,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 2 44 131.6% 1,262 959
South Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 116.2% 1,084 933
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 113.2% 1,184 1,046
Richmond 4th 9 -1- 3 38 141.0% 1,077 764
Geelong 5th 8 -1- 4 34 133.1% 1,258 945
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 6 28 107.1% 888 829
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 6 28 102.1% 1,101 1,078
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 9 16 91.2% 1,098 1,204
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 10 12 78.8% 916 1,163
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 10 12 71.4% 787 1,103
Fitzroy 11th 2 -0- 11 8 78.2% 1,004 1,284
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 11 8 71.8% 892 1,243

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 86 - 91 31,000
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 99 - 67 10,000
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 68 18,000
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 76 - 72 6,486
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 89 - 68 6,000
SAT 06/08/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 109 - 96 10,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 3 44 128.4% 1,348 1,050
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 115.3% 1,283 1,113
South Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 113.7% 1,152 1,013
Richmond 4th 10 -1- 3 42 137.4% 1,168 850
Geelong 5th 8 -1- 5 34 128.5% 1,354 1,054
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 6 32 107.9% 968 897
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.2% 1,168 1,177
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 9 20 93.3% 1,187 1,272
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 10 16 80.3% 992 1,235
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 11 12 74.8% 1,001 1,339
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 11 12 72.9% 859 1,179
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 12 8 78.1% 1,072 1,373

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 97 - 58 10,000
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 98 12,500
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 104 - 43 6,000
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 62 - 84 9,000
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 65 - 60 25,000
SAT 13/08/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 67 - 35 15,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 3 48 128.8% 1,432 1,112
South Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 116.3% 1,219 1,048
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 115.9% 1,381 1,192
Richmond 4th 11 -1- 3 46 135.5% 1,233 910
Geelong 5th 9 -1- 5 38 132.9% 1,458 1,097
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 7 32 106.9% 1,028 962
Essendon 7th 8 -0- 7 32 102.4% 1,265 1,235
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 10 20 91.3% 1,222 1,339
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 11 16 77.3% 1,035 1,339
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 12 12 73.7% 1,059 1,436
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 12 12 72.9% 921 1,263
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 13 8 78.2% 1,151 1,471

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 79 - 125 33,000
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 90 - 86 15,000
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 168 - 54 6,500
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 45 - 112 10,000
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 93 - 118 7,246
SAT 20/08/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 65 - 71 13,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 3 52 130.7% 1,557 1,191
Richmond 2nd 12 -1- 3 50 140.8% 1,345 955
South Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 114.7% 1,305 1,138
Collingwood 4th 12 -0- 4 48 110.9% 1,460 1,317
Geelong 5th 10 -1- 5 42 141.3% 1,626 1,151
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 7 36 107.0% 1,099 1,027
Essendon 7th 9 -0- 7 36 102.6% 1,355 1,321
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 10 24 93.6% 1,340 1,432
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 12 16 77.4% 1,128 1,457
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 13 12 74.6% 1,124 1,507
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 13 12 70.3% 966 1,375
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 14 8 73.5% 1,205 1,639

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 105 - 63 12,000
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 52 10,000
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 66 - 71 15,000
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 105 - 85 7,000
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 86 - 74 26,000
SAT 27/08/1932 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 157 - 34 10,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 3 56 132.5% 1,662 1,254
Richmond 2nd 13 -1- 3 54 139.1% 1,431 1,029
South Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 124.7% 1,462 1,172
Collingwood 4th 13 -0- 4 52 110.7% 1,531 1,383
Geelong 5th 10 -1- 6 42 137.4% 1,700 1,237
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 8 36 106.1% 1,165 1,098
Essendon 7th 9 -0- 8 36 99.8% 1,407 1,410
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 10 28 95.3% 1,445 1,517
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 13 16 76.2% 1,191 1,562
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 14 12 76.5% 1,294 1,691
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 14 12 75.0% 1,209 1,612
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 14 12 65.3% 1,000 1,532

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 81 - 34 7,000
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 95 14,000
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 64 - 90 11,000
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 125 - 69 9,500
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 90 - 113 10,698
SAT 03/09/1932 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 54 - 141 15,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 3 60 137.8% 1,803 1,308
Richmond 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 139.2% 1,526 1,096
Collingwood 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 111.6% 1,644 1,473
South Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,531 1,297
Geelong 5th 11 -1- 6 46 139.7% 1,825 1,306
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.0% 1,488 1,444
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 103.5% 1,229 1,188
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 1,535 1,581
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 14 16 76.5% 1,281 1,675
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 15 12 76.2% 1,361 1,786
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 72.0% 1,263 1,753
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.1% 1,034 1,613

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 3 60 137.8% 1,803 1,308 250 303 182 216
Richmond 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 139.2% 1,526 1,096 211 260 148 208
Collingwood 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 111.6% 1,644 1,473 237 222 202 261
South Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,531 1,297 213 253 178 229
Geelong 5th 11 -1- 6 46 139.7% 1,825 1,306 260 265 179 232
Essendon 6th 10 -0- 8 40 103.0% 1,488 1,444 207 246 203 226
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 103.5% 1,229 1,188 167 227 164 204
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 97.1% 1,535 1,581 217 233 227 219
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 14 16 76.5% 1,281 1,675 180 201 236 259
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 15 12 76.2% 1,361 1,786 193 203 255 256
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 72.0% 1,263 1,753 175 213 247 271
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.1% 1,034 1,613 140 194 229 239

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1932 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne MCG 114 - 88 51,209
SAT 17/09/1932 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 99 - 124 63,326

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1932 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood MCG 157 - 82 46,447

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1932 2:50 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 92 - 83 69,724

Final Round 3 Ladder

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