1933 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Richmond were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. South Melbourne were the premiers, with Jack Bisset as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1933 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 Arthur Coghlan
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bill Twomey Arthur Rademacher
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Dick Taylor
Richmond Punt Road Oval Billy Schmidt
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Jack Bisset
St Kilda Junction Oval Col Deane

Season Results

Premiers: South Melbourne
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Richmond

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond 1st 15 -0- 3 60 141.1% 1,746 1,237 253 228 173 199
South Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 127.5% 1,764 1,383 254 240 197 201
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 114.4% 1,702 1,488 240 262 208 240
Geelong 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.4% 1,730 1,327 243 272 188 199
Fitzroy 5th 11 -1- 6 46 105.6% 1,534 1,453 219 220 204 229
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 7 44 112.9% 1,760 1,559 250 260 221 233
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 7 44 97.7% 1,520 1,555 215 230 217 253
North Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 10 30 85.2% 1,463 1,717 204 239 244 253
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 12 24 80.9% 1,380 1,706 192 228 240 266
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 15 12 82.0% 1,511 1,842 213 233 270 222
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,178 1,607 164 194 227 245
Essendon 12th 2 -0- 16 8 77.1% 1,392 1,806 200 192 258 258

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 87 - 83 37,000
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 99 - 89 15,500
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 77 - 71 19,000
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 64 - 96 19,583
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 79 - 79 12,000
SAT 29/04/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 77 - 79 14,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 1 -0- 0 4 150.0% 96 64
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 111.2% 99 89
Footscray 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 108.5% 77 71
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 0 4 104.8% 87 83
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 0 4 102.6% 79 77
Fitzroy 6th 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 79 79
North Melbourne 0 -1- 0 2 100.0% 79 79
St Kilda 8th 0 -0- 1 0 97.5% 77 79
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 95.4% 83 87
Essendon 10th 0 -0- 1 0 92.2% 71 77
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 1 0 89.9% 89 99
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 66.7% 64 96

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 91 - 78 17,000
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 81 22,000
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 90 - 72 10,000
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 72 - 80 16,000
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 160 - 66 19,000
SAT 06/05/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 125 - 99 29,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 2 -0- 0 8 196.9% 256 130
Carlton 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 107.7% 167 155
Fitzroy 3rd 1 -1- 0 6 115.6% 185 160
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 1 4 111.8% 208 186
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 104.7% 179 171
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 104.5% 162 155
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.2% 151 157
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 1 4 92.3% 180 195
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 1 4 89.8% 176 196
North Melbourne 10th 0 -1- 1 2 60.7% 145 239
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 2 0 91.2% 155 170
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 73.1% 136 186

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 57 - 94 14,000
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 71 - 57 10,000
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 50 - 34 12,500
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 99 - 70 9,479
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 75 - 67 5,000
SAT 13/05/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 59 - 143 9,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 2 -1- 0 10 149.8% 328 219
Richmond 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 161.1% 290 180
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 119.7% 273 228
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 1 8 99.6% 251 252
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 98.3% 226 230
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 1 8 90.0% 224 249
North Melbourne 7th 1 -1- 1 6 71.9% 220 306
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 103.1% 265 257
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 2 4 94.0% 218 232
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 91.8% 235 256
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 2 4 91.3% 232 254
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 68.4% 214 313

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 76 - 96 20,000
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 79 22,000
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 122 - 78 9,000
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 57 - 94 12,000
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 93 - 74 28,000
SAT 20/05/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 80 - 76 20,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 3 -1- 0 14 137.6% 410 298
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 150.8% 383 254
Geelong 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 129.1% 395 306
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 1 12 111.5% 320 287
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 1 12 98.5% 320 325
South Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.6% 345 333
Collingwood 7th 2 -0- 2 8 94.2% 325 345
North Melbourne 8th 1 -1- 2 6 69.6% 298 428
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 92.9% 314 338
Essendon 10th 1 -0- 3 4 88.0% 308 350
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 3 4 84.4% 275 326
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 73.8% 290 393

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 104 - 100 25,000
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 83 - 117 18,000
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 123 - 19 15,000
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 56 - 63 12,000
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 77 - 97 22,029
SAT 27/05/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 97 - 83 13,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -0- 1 16 159.4% 518 325
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 143.9% 446 310
Footscray 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 114.6% 417 364
Fitzroy 4th 3 -1- 1 14 101.9% 429 421
South Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 111.1% 462 416
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 97.9% 420 429
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 2 12 96.4% 429 445
North Melbourne 8th 1 -1- 3 6 72.6% 381 525
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 89.9% 391 435
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 4 4 85.1% 331 389
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 4 4 83.7% 391 467
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 4 4 81.3% 387 476

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 125 - 93 14,000
SAT 03/06/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 88 - 71 30,000
SAT 03/06/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 73 - 60 13,000
MON 05/06/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 91 - 87 32,000
MON 05/06/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 83 - 70 20,000
MON 05/06/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 113 - 97 18,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 5 -0- 1 20 140.2% 534 381
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 115.2% 500 434
Fitzroy 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 107.8% 554 514
Geelong 4th 4 -0- 2 16 142.6% 589 413
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 112.4% 535 476
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 2 16 99.0% 511 516
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 3 12 94.3% 526 558
North Melbourne 8th 2 -1- 3 10 79.4% 494 622
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 5 4 90.9% 478 526
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 5 4 84.6% 391 462
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 5 4 81.8% 484 592
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 5 4 81.8% 457 559

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 96 - 105 9,000
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 73 29,500
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 116 - 93 14,000
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 97 - 126 18,020
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 78 - 62 20,000
SAT 10/06/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 65 - 130 21,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 1 24 136.1% 607 446
Geelong 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 139.3% 705 506
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 110.3% 641 581
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 2 20 109.8% 562 512
Fitzroy 5th 4 -1- 2 18 105.5% 619 587
South Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 3 16 106.1% 628 592
Collingwood 7th 4 -0- 3 16 99.5% 652 655
North Melbourne 8th 3 -1- 3 14 83.6% 572 684
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 5 8 88.9% 496 558
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 6 4 88.2% 575 652
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 6 4 83.2% 580 697
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 6 4 75.8% 522 689

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 139 - 116 26,000
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 107 - 63 11,000
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 59 - 117 10,000
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 68 - 79 13,000
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 69 - 93 11,647
SAT 17/06/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 103 - 108 30,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -0- 1 28 130.2% 715 549
Geelong 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 145.5% 822 565
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 111.9% 780 697
Fitzroy 4th 5 -1- 2 22 106.6% 698 655
Collingwood 5th 5 -0- 3 20 105.7% 759 718
Footscray 6th 5 -0- 3 20 104.1% 678 651
North Melbourne 7th 4 -1- 3 18 88.3% 665 753
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 104.4% 731 700
Hawthorn 9th 2 -0- 6 8 88.5% 564 637
Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 7 4 86.4% 644 745
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 7 4 78.5% 639 814
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 7 4 73.5% 585 796

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 78 20,000
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 65 - 60 18,000
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 133 - 24 6,000
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 53 - 80 26,000
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 110 - 59 12,000
SAT 24/06/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 90 - 33 9,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -0- 1 32 135.7% 825 608
Geelong 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 162.1% 955 589
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 114.7% 860 750
Fitzroy 4th 6 -1- 2 26 108.5% 795 733
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 3 24 104.5% 743 711
Collingwood 6th 5 -0- 4 20 104.6% 819 783
North Melbourne 7th 4 -1- 4 18 86.2% 718 833
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 5 16 101.5% 809 797
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 7 8 81.4% 675 829
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 76.4% 588 770
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 8 4 81.1% 677 835
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 8 4 75.5% 698 924

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 75 - 108 11,000
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 49 - 92 33,000
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 82 - 57 15,000
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 44 - 96 10,000
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 110 - 56 13,000
SAT 01/07/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 88 - 81 10,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 1 36 140.8% 935 664
Geelong 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 160.5% 1,037 646
Carlton 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 119.1% 952 799
Fitzroy 4th 6 -1- 3 26 102.3% 844 825
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 4 24 110.6% 915 827
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 4 24 100.9% 800 793
North Melbourne 7th 5 -1- 4 22 91.0% 826 908
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 5 20 102.2% 897 878
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 8 8 77.8% 731 939
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 8 8 73.0% 632 866
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 9 4 82.1% 758 923
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 9 4 74.9% 773 1,032

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 70 - 67 43,000
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 139 - 98 8,500
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 96 - 62 18,000
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 136 - 98 6,877
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 90 - 103 15,000
SAT 08/07/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 80 - 55 10,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 2 36 136.5% 1,002 734
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 118.0% 1,022 866
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 150.4% 1,092 726
Collingwood 4th 7 -0- 4 28 113.9% 1,054 925
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 4 28 104.8% 896 855
Fitzroy 6th 6 -1- 4 26 98.4% 906 921
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 103.3% 1,000 968
North Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 5 22 90.6% 916 1,011
St Kilda 9th 3 -0- 8 12 81.6% 811 994
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 9 8 87.6% 894 1,021
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 9 8 72.9% 730 1,002
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 10 4 74.4% 871 1,171

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 91 - 103 16,000
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 118 - 75 14,000
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 96 - 61 12,250
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 51 - 63 10,000
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 135 - 85 11,000
SAT 15/07/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 103 - 60 32,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -0- 2 40 138.8% 1,137 819
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 151.0% 1,188 787
Carlton 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 111.7% 1,082 969
Footscray 4th 8 -0- 4 32 105.6% 999 946
Fitzroy 5th 7 -1- 4 30 102.8% 1,024 996
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 5 28 109.2% 1,115 1,021
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 5 28 107.3% 1,103 1,028
North Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 6 22 87.8% 991 1,129
St Kilda 9th 4 -0- 8 16 83.6% 874 1,045
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 10 8 84.7% 979 1,156
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 10 8 73.3% 781 1,065
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 11 4 75.5% 962 1,274

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 98 - 74 12,000
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 63 - 64 21,000
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 59 - 129 27,000
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 88 - 123 10,249
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 56 - 131 12,000
SAT 22/07/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 92 - 87 11,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 11 -0- 2 44 144.9% 1,268 875
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 149.8% 1,311 875
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 113.1% 1,180 1,043
Fitzroy 4th 8 -1- 4 34 102.7% 1,088 1,059
South Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 5 32 113.3% 1,232 1,087
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 5 32 98.4% 1,058 1,075
Collingwood 7th 7 -0- 6 28 108.6% 1,178 1,085
North Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 7 22 83.1% 1,047 1,260
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 8 20 85.3% 966 1,132
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 11 8 83.4% 1,067 1,279
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 11 8 73.5% 855 1,163
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 12 4 76.8% 1,049 1,366

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 91 - 106 6,000
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 124 - 45 14,000
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 117 - 44 14,500
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 62 - 74 4,000
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 124 - 65 18,000
SAT 29/07/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 89 - 83 24,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 12 -0- 2 48 148.1% 1,392 940
Geelong 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 155.4% 1,428 919
Carlton 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 105.5% 1,224 1,160
Fitzroy 4th 9 -1- 4 38 109.8% 1,212 1,104
South Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 5 36 112.9% 1,321 1,170
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 6 32 93.7% 1,123 1,199
Collingwood 7th 7 -0- 7 28 107.4% 1,261 1,174
North Melbourne 8th 6 -1- 7 26 84.8% 1,121 1,322
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 9 20 80.5% 1,011 1,256
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 11 12 85.6% 1,173 1,370
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 12 8 74.1% 917 1,237
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 13 4 77.4% 1,140 1,472

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 106 - 63 15,000
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 106 - 68 15,000
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 110 - 72 8,000
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 69 - 86 14,962
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 61 - 100 8,000
SAT 05/08/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 67 - 93 20,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 12 -0- 3 48 155.9% 1,528 980
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 139.6% 1,460 1,046
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 108.7% 1,330 1,223
Fitzroy 4th 10 -1- 4 42 110.7% 1,298 1,173
South Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 5 40 114.3% 1,414 1,237
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 6 36 97.0% 1,233 1,271
Collingwood 7th 8 -0- 7 32 110.1% 1,367 1,242
North Melbourne 8th 6 -1- 8 26 83.1% 1,182 1,422
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 10 20 79.9% 1,078 1,349
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 12 12 85.3% 1,242 1,456
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 13 8 73.4% 989 1,347
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 14 4 76.2% 1,203 1,578

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 92 - 101 19,000
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 98 - 86 21,000
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 124 - 94 8,000
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 107 - 72 9,000
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 83 - 60 9,000
SAT 19/08/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 82 - 40 13,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -0- 3 52 139.5% 1,543 1,106
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 149.7% 1,614 1,078
Fitzroy 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 110.9% 1,396 1,259
South Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 5 44 117.1% 1,496 1,277
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 5 44 107.4% 1,422 1,324
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 6 40 99.4% 1,357 1,365
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 7 36 110.0% 1,468 1,334
North Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 8 30 86.3% 1,289 1,494
St Kilda 9th 5 -0- 11 20 79.0% 1,150 1,456
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 13 12 84.6% 1,336 1,580
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 14 8 73.4% 1,049 1,430
Essendon 12th 1 -0- 15 4 74.9% 1,243 1,660

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 165 - 121 8,000
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 85 - 77 13,000
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 70 - 94 22,250
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 60 - 113 12,500
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 71 - 135 17,327
SAT 26/08/1933 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 137 - 105 9,500

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 14 -0- 3 56 139.2% 1,637 1,176
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 143.7% 1,684 1,172
South Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 120.3% 1,609 1,337
Carlton 4th 12 -0- 5 48 111.6% 1,557 1,395
Fitzroy 5th 11 -1- 5 46 109.6% 1,473 1,344
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 7 40 112.2% 1,633 1,455
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 7 40 97.3% 1,462 1,502
North Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 9 30 85.0% 1,410 1,659
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 11 24 82.4% 1,287 1,561
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 14 12 82.0% 1,407 1,715
Essendon 11th 2 -0- 15 8 76.5% 1,328 1,737
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 15 8 71.9% 1,109 1,543

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 145 - 93 18,000
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 104 7,000
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 58 - 53 7,000
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 69 - 64 4,000
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 109 - 61 21,000
SAT 02/09/1933 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 155 - 46 30,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 15 -0- 3 60 141.1% 1,746 1,237
South Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 127.5% 1,764 1,383
Carlton 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 114.4% 1,702 1,488
Geelong 4th 12 -0- 6 48 130.4% 1,730 1,327
Fitzroy 5th 11 -1- 6 46 105.6% 1,534 1,453
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 7 44 112.9% 1,760 1,559
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 7 44 97.7% 1,520 1,555
North Melbourne 8th 7 -1- 10 30 85.2% 1,463 1,717
St Kilda 9th 6 -0- 12 24 80.9% 1,380 1,706
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 15 12 82.0% 1,511 1,842
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 12 73.3% 1,178 1,607
Essendon 12th 2 -0- 16 8 77.1% 1,392 1,806

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1933 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong MCG 71 - 84 40,225
SAT 16/09/1933 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 77 - 95 49,303

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1933 2:30 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 83 - 74 48,125

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1933 2:50 PM South Melbourne v Richmond MCG 71 - 29 75,754