1933 VFLS Season

This page displays the results for the 1933 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. The Melbourne Seconds were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. The Melbourne Seconds were the premiers, with Bill Adams as the premiership coach.

Premiership Details

Name: 1933 Victorian Football League Seconds Season
Known As: 1933 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton (S) Princes Park Colin Martyn
Collingwood District Victoria Park Hughie Thomas
Essendon (S) Windy Hill
Fitzroy (S) Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray (S) Western Oval
Geelong (S) Corio Oval
Hawthorn (S) Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne (S) MCG Bill Adams
North Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval
Richmond (S) Punt Road Oval Charlie Tyson
South Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval
St Kilda (S) Junction Oval

Premiership Results

Premiers: Melbourne Seconds
Runners-Up: St Kilda Seconds
Minor Premiers: Melbourne Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne (S) 1st 14 -1- 3 58 118.4% 1,576 1,331 221 250 188 203
Geelong (S) 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 158.7% 1,779 1,121 257 237 156 185
Collingwood District 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 116.9% 1,514 1,295 206 278 177 233
St Kilda (S) 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.9% 1,713 1,453 240 273 201 247
Hawthorn (S) 5th 12 -0- 6 48 115.9% 1,465 1,264 209 211 175 214
Carlton (S) 6th 9 -0- 9 36 102.5% 1,440 1,405 200 240 194 241
Footscray (S) 7th 8 -1- 9 34 92.4% 1,420 1,537 197 238 219 223
South Melbourne (S) 8th 6 -1- 11 26 97.3% 1,383 1,422 195 213 204 198
Fitzroy (S) 9th 5 -0- 13 20 80.0% 1,336 1,670 190 196 236 254
Essendon (S) 10th 5 -0- 13 20 79.1% 1,293 1,635 182 201 235 225
Richmond (S) 11th 4 -1- 13 18 88.3% 1,243 1,408 173 205 198 220
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 15 12 67.4% 1,281 1,902 183 183 270 282

Overall Premiership Results

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

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1933 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 96 - 68
SAT 29/04/1933 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 128 - 110
SAT 29/04/1933 Geelong (S) v Collingwood District Corio Oval 48 - 104
SAT 29/04/1933 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 120 - 82
SAT 29/04/1933 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 62 - 111
SAT 29/04/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 51 - 30

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood District 1st 1 -0- 0 4 216.7% 104 48
Melbourne (S) 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 179.0% 111 62
South Melbourne (S) 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 170.0% 51 30
Hawthorn (S) 4th 1 -0- 0 4 146.3% 120 82
Essendon (S) 5th 1 -0- 0 4 141.2% 96 68
Fitzroy (S) 6th 1 -0- 0 4 116.4% 128 110
North Melbourne (S) 7th 0 -0- 1 0 85.9% 110 128
Footscray (S) 8th 0 -0- 1 0 70.8% 68 96
St Kilda (S) 9th 0 -0- 1 0 68.3% 82 120
Carlton (S) 10th 0 -0- 1 0 58.8% 30 51
Richmond (S) 11th 0 -0- 1 0 55.9% 62 111
Geelong (S) 12th 0 -0- 1 0 46.2% 48 104

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1933 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 84 - 92
SAT 06/05/1933 Collingwood District v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 86 - 57
SAT 06/05/1933 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 73 - 75
SAT 06/05/1933 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 100 - 85
SAT 06/05/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 55 - 108
SAT 06/05/1933 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 106 - 77

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood District 1st 2 -0- 0 8 181.0% 190 105
Melbourne (S) 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 143.5% 211 147
Hawthorn (S) 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 127.7% 212 166
South Melbourne (S) 4th 2 -0- 0 8 122.3% 126 103
Richmond (S) 5th 1 -0- 1 4 102.4% 170 166
Essendon (S) 6th 1 -0- 1 4 99.4% 173 174
St Kilda (S) 7th 1 -0- 1 4 95.4% 188 197
Fitzroy (S) 8th 1 -0- 1 4 94.4% 185 196
Footscray (S) 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.5% 141 171
Carlton (S) 10th 0 -0- 2 0 79.7% 114 143
North Melbourne (S) 11th 0 -0- 2 0 69.9% 165 236
Geelong (S) 12th 0 -0- 2 0 65.2% 133 204

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1933 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 76 - 82
SAT 13/05/1933 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 101 - 52
SAT 13/05/1933 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Corio Oval 82 - 47
SAT 13/05/1933 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 102 - 36
SAT 13/05/1933 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 59 - 86
SAT 13/05/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District Lakeside Oval 69 - 85

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood District 1st 3 -0- 0 12 158.0% 275 174
Hawthorn (S) 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 155.4% 314 202
Melbourne (S) 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 131.4% 293 223
Fitzroy (S) 4th 2 -0- 1 8 115.3% 286 248
South Melbourne (S) 5th 2 -0- 1 8 103.7% 195 188
Footscray (S) 6th 1 -0- 2 4 98.7% 227 230
Essendon (S) 7th 1 -0- 2 4 97.3% 249 256
Richmond (S) 8th 1 -0- 2 4 90.9% 229 252
Geelong (S) 9th 1 -0- 2 4 85.7% 215 251
St Kilda (S) 10th 1 -0- 2 4 80.5% 240 298
Carlton (S) 11th 0 -0- 3 0 71.6% 161 225
North Melbourne (S) 12th 0 -0- 3 0 59.5% 201 338

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1933 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 137 - 70
SAT 20/05/1933 Collingwood District v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 72 - 67
SAT 20/05/1933 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 76 - 75
SAT 20/05/1933 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 103 - 84
SAT 20/05/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 72 - 127
SAT 20/05/1933 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 99 - 74

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood District 1st 4 -0- 0 16 144.0% 347 241
Melbourne (S) 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 129.0% 396 307
Hawthorn (S) 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 139.9% 389 278
Geelong (S) 4th 2 -0- 2 8 105.9% 342 323
Fitzroy (S) 5th 2 -0- 2 8 105.4% 370 351
Footscray (S) 6th 2 -0- 2 8 99.3% 303 305
South Melbourne (S) 7th 2 -0- 2 8 93.7% 269 287
St Kilda (S) 8th 2 -0- 2 8 91.1% 339 372
Carlton (S) 9th 1 -0- 3 4 101.0% 298 295
Richmond (S) 10th 1 -0- 3 4 91.4% 296 324
Essendon (S) 11th 1 -0- 3 4 81.2% 319 393
North Melbourne (S) 12th 0 -0- 4 0 58.7% 273 465

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1933 Carlton (S) v Collingwood District Princes Park 117 - 91
SAT 27/05/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 46 - 71
SAT 27/05/1933 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 60 - 76
SAT 27/05/1933 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 123 - 98
SAT 27/05/1933 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 54 - 78
SAT 27/05/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 75 - 110

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 5 -0- 0 20 128.6% 472 367
Hawthorn (S) 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 140.7% 467 332
Collingwood District 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 122.3% 438 358
Geelong (S) 4th 3 -0- 2 12 111.9% 413 369
Carlton (S) 5th 2 -0- 3 8 107.5% 415 386
Fitzroy (S) 6th 2 -0- 3 8 98.6% 416 422
Footscray (S) 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.3% 363 381
Essendon (S) 8th 2 -0- 3 8 91.7% 429 468
St Kilda (S) 9th 2 -0- 3 8 88.3% 437 495
South Melbourne (S) 10th 2 -0- 3 8 86.6% 344 397
Richmond (S) 11th 1 -0- 4 4 87.1% 350 402
North Melbourne (S) 12th 1 -0- 4 4 70.3% 396 563

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1933 Collingwood District v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 108 - 79
SAT 03/06/1933 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Corio Oval 100 - 44
SAT 03/06/1933 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 115 - 99
SAT 03/06/1933 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Western Oval 90 - 84
MON 05/06/1933 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 119 - 91
MON 05/06/1933 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 71 - 69

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 6 -0- 0 24 126.0% 587 466
Hawthorn (S) 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 134.2% 538 401
Collingwood District 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 124.9% 546 437
Geelong (S) 4th 4 -0- 2 16 124.2% 513 413
Essendon (S) 5th 3 -0- 3 12 98.0% 548 559
St Kilda (S) 6th 3 -0- 3 12 91.0% 527 579
Carlton (S) 7th 2 -0- 4 8 102.6% 514 501
Footscray (S) 8th 2 -0- 4 8 94.9% 447 471
Fitzroy (S) 9th 2 -0- 4 8 93.7% 507 541
South Melbourne (S) 10th 2 -0- 4 8 88.2% 413 468
Richmond (S) 11th 1 -0- 5 4 78.5% 394 502
North Melbourne (S) 12th 1 -0- 5 4 70.8% 475 671

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1933 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 104 - 76
SAT 10/06/1933 Collingwood District v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 82 - 77
SAT 10/06/1933 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 81 - 44
SAT 10/06/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 55 - 57
SAT 10/06/1933 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 104 - 74
SAT 10/06/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 74 - 84

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood District 1st 6 -0- 1 24 122.2% 628 514
Melbourne (S) 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 121.2% 664 548
Hawthorn (S) 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.5% 593 458
Geelong (S) 4th 5 -0- 2 20 122.6% 597 487
Essendon (S) 5th 4 -0- 3 16 98.5% 605 614
Carlton (S) 6th 3 -0- 4 12 107.1% 618 577
Footscray (S) 7th 3 -0- 4 12 102.5% 528 515
St Kilda (S) 8th 3 -0- 4 12 88.3% 603 683
Fitzroy (S) 9th 2 -0- 5 8 90.1% 581 645
South Melbourne (S) 10th 2 -0- 5 8 88.2% 487 552
Richmond (S) 11th 2 -0- 5 8 86.5% 498 576
North Melbourne (S) 12th 1 -0- 6 4 69.0% 519 752

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 85
SAT 17/06/1933 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 84 - 70
SAT 17/06/1933 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Corio Oval 87 - 67
SAT 17/06/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 80 - 84
SAT 17/06/1933 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 76 - 71
SAT 17/06/1933 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood District Junction Oval 90 - 82

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 7 -0- 1 28 119.1% 748 628
Hawthorn (S) 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 129.9% 678 522
Geelong (S) 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 123.5% 684 554
Collingwood District 4th 6 -0- 2 24 117.5% 710 604
Footscray (S) 5th 4 -0- 4 16 104.6% 612 585
Essendon (S) 6th 4 -0- 4 16 95.9% 672 701
St Kilda (S) 7th 4 -0- 4 16 90.6% 693 765
Carlton (S) 8th 3 -0- 5 12 104.1% 688 661
Richmond (S) 9th 3 -0- 5 12 88.7% 574 647
South Melbourne (S) 10th 2 -0- 6 8 88.9% 558 628
Fitzroy (S) 11th 2 -0- 6 8 88.4% 645 730
North Melbourne (S) 12th 1 -0- 7 4 71.7% 599 836

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1933 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 97 - 72
SAT 24/06/1933 Collingwood District v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 70 - 93
SAT 24/06/1933 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 90 - 61
SAT 24/06/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 76 - 84
SAT 24/06/1933 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 111 - 87
SAT 24/06/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 152 - 49

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 8 -0- 1 32 120.1% 859 715
Geelong (S) 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 121.9% 768 630
Hawthorn (S) 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 124.4% 754 606
Collingwood District 4th 6 -0- 3 24 111.9% 780 697
Footscray (S) 5th 5 -0- 4 20 107.6% 705 655
Essendon (S) 6th 5 -0- 4 20 100.0% 762 762
Carlton (S) 7th 4 -0- 5 16 107.1% 785 733
St Kilda (S) 8th 4 -0- 5 16 89.0% 780 876
South Melbourne (S) 9th 3 -0- 6 12 104.9% 710 677
Richmond (S) 10th 3 -0- 6 12 86.2% 635 737
Fitzroy (S) 11th 2 -0- 7 8 78.7% 694 882
North Melbourne (S) 12th 1 -0- 8 4 71.9% 671 933

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1933 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 73 - 68
SAT 01/07/1933 Collingwood District v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 94 - 88
SAT 01/07/1933 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 71 - 97
SAT 01/07/1933 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 58 - 58
SAT 01/07/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 63 - 49
SAT 01/07/1933 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 94 - 79

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 8 -1- 1 34 118.6% 917 773
Geelong (S) 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 123.4% 865 701
Collingwood District 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 111.3% 874 785
Hawthorn (S) 4th 6 -0- 4 24 120.3% 842 700
Carlton (S) 5th 5 -0- 5 20 107.1% 858 801
Footscray (S) 6th 5 -0- 5 20 103.2% 776 752
Essendon (S) 7th 5 -0- 5 20 98.3% 811 825
St Kilda (S) 8th 5 -0- 5 20 91.5% 874 955
South Melbourne (S) 9th 3 -1- 6 14 104.5% 768 735
Richmond (S) 10th 3 -0- 7 12 85.9% 714 831
Fitzroy (S) 11th 2 -0- 8 8 79.8% 762 955
North Melbourne (S) 12th 2 -0- 8 8 74.7% 734 982

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1933 Essendon (S) v Collingwood District Windy Hill 49 - 90
SAT 08/07/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 104 - 107
SAT 08/07/1933 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Corio Oval 88 - 44
SAT 08/07/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 60 - 98
SAT 08/07/1933 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 58 - 62
SAT 08/07/1933 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 90 - 67

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 9 -1- 1 38 121.8% 1,015 833
Geelong (S) 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 127.9% 953 745
Collingwood District 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 115.6% 964 834
Hawthorn (S) 4th 6 -0- 5 24 113.0% 902 798
Carlton (S) 5th 6 -0- 5 24 107.1% 920 859
Footscray (S) 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.2% 883 856
Essendon (S) 7th 5 -0- 6 20 94.0% 860 915
St Kilda (S) 8th 5 -0- 6 20 88.0% 918 1,043
South Melbourne (S) 9th 4 -1- 6 18 107.0% 858 802
Richmond (S) 10th 3 -0- 8 12 86.5% 772 893
Fitzroy (S) 11th 2 -0- 9 8 81.5% 866 1,062
North Melbourne (S) 12th 2 -0- 9 8 74.7% 801 1,072

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1933 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 80 - 67
SAT 15/07/1933 Collingwood District v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 82 - 63
SAT 15/07/1933 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 70 - 66
SAT 15/07/1933 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 79 - 39
SAT 15/07/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 98 - 80
SAT 15/07/1933 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 92 - 63

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 10 -1- 1 42 125.5% 1,094 872
Geelong (S) 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 122.9% 1,016 827
Collingwood District 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 116.6% 1,046 897
Carlton (S) 4th 7 -0- 5 28 108.0% 1,000 926
Footscray (S) 5th 7 -0- 5 28 103.4% 953 922
Hawthorn (S) 6th 6 -0- 6 24 108.4% 965 890
St Kilda (S) 7th 6 -0- 6 24 91.3% 1,010 1,106
Essendon (S) 8th 5 -0- 7 20 94.0% 926 985
South Melbourne (S) 9th 4 -1- 7 18 104.9% 925 882
Richmond (S) 10th 3 -0- 9 12 83.4% 811 972
North Melbourne (S) 11th 3 -0- 9 12 78.0% 899 1,152
Fitzroy (S) 12th 2 -0- 10 8 81.6% 946 1,160

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1933 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 66 - 132
SAT 22/07/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood District Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 57
SAT 22/07/1933 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 116 - 57
SAT 22/07/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 85 - 84
SAT 22/07/1933 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 135 - 47
SAT 22/07/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 123 - 79

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 10 -1- 2 42 116.5% 1,151 988
Geelong (S) 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 128.1% 1,132 884
Collingwood District 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 113.7% 1,103 970
Hawthorn (S) 4th 7 -0- 6 28 107.8% 1,050 974
Carlton (S) 5th 7 -0- 6 28 107.2% 1,084 1,011
Footscray (S) 6th 7 -0- 6 28 98.8% 1,032 1,045
St Kilda (S) 7th 7 -0- 6 28 97.4% 1,142 1,172
South Melbourne (S) 8th 5 -1- 7 22 109.1% 1,048 961
Essendon (S) 9th 5 -0- 8 20 88.8% 992 1,117
Richmond (S) 10th 4 -0- 9 16 92.8% 946 1,019
Fitzroy (S) 11th 3 -0- 10 12 83.7% 1,019 1,217
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 10 12 73.5% 946 1,287

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1933 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 61 - 59
SAT 29/07/1933 Collingwood District v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 61 - 59
SAT 29/07/1933 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 65 - 65
SAT 29/07/1933 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 107 - 44
SAT 29/07/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 56 - 61
SAT 29/07/1933 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 104 - 50

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 11 -1- 2 46 121.9% 1,258 1,032
Geelong (S) 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 126.0% 1,191 945
Collingwood District 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 113.1% 1,164 1,029
Hawthorn (S) 4th 8 -0- 6 32 107.9% 1,111 1,030
Carlton (S) 5th 8 -0- 6 32 107.0% 1,145 1,070
St Kilda (S) 6th 8 -0- 6 32 102.0% 1,246 1,222
Footscray (S) 7th 7 -1- 6 30 98.8% 1,097 1,110
South Melbourne (S) 8th 5 -1- 8 22 108.3% 1,107 1,022
Essendon (S) 9th 5 -0- 9 20 84.6% 1,036 1,224
Richmond (S) 10th 4 -1- 9 18 93.3% 1,011 1,084
Fitzroy (S) 11th 3 -0- 11 12 80.9% 1,069 1,321
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 11 12 74.3% 1,002 1,348

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1933 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 50 - 110
SAT 05/08/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 80
SAT 05/08/1933 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 208 - 40
SAT 05/08/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 84 - 76
SAT 05/08/1933 Richmond (S) v Collingwood District Punt Road Oval 86 - 102
SAT 05/08/1933 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 54 - 68

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 12 -1- 2 50 121.0% 1,338 1,106
Geelong (S) 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 142.0% 1,399 985
Collingwood District 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 113.5% 1,266 1,115
Carlton (S) 4th 9 -0- 6 36 112.1% 1,255 1,120
Hawthorn (S) 5th 9 -0- 6 36 108.0% 1,195 1,106
St Kilda (S) 6th 9 -0- 6 36 103.0% 1,314 1,276
Footscray (S) 7th 7 -1- 7 30 98.2% 1,173 1,194
South Melbourne (S) 8th 5 -1- 9 22 106.5% 1,161 1,090
Essendon (S) 9th 5 -0- 10 20 81.4% 1,086 1,334
Richmond (S) 10th 4 -1- 10 18 92.5% 1,097 1,186
Fitzroy (S) 11th 3 -0- 12 12 81.6% 1,143 1,401
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 12 12 67.0% 1,042 1,556

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1933 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 77 - 86
SAT 19/08/1933 Collingwood District v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 64 - 55
SAT 19/08/1933 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Corio Oval 139 - 12
SAT 19/08/1933 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 39 - 24
SAT 19/08/1933 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 96 - 75
SAT 19/08/1933 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 129 - 58

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 13 -1- 2 54 121.4% 1,434 1,181
Geelong (S) 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 154.3% 1,538 997
Collingwood District 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 113.7% 1,330 1,170
Hawthorn (S) 4th 10 -0- 6 40 109.2% 1,234 1,130
St Kilda (S) 5th 10 -0- 6 40 108.2% 1,443 1,334
Carlton (S) 6th 9 -0- 7 36 110.6% 1,310 1,184
Footscray (S) 7th 7 -1- 8 30 96.7% 1,248 1,290
South Melbourne (S) 8th 6 -1- 9 26 106.9% 1,247 1,167
Essendon (S) 9th 5 -0- 11 20 81.9% 1,163 1,420
Richmond (S) 10th 4 -1- 11 18 91.5% 1,121 1,225
Fitzroy (S) 11th 3 -0- 13 12 75.0% 1,155 1,540
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 13 12 65.3% 1,100 1,685

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1933 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 74 - 95
SAT 26/08/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 114 - 76
SAT 26/08/1933 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 63 - 144
SAT 26/08/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District Arden Street Oval 78 - 108
SAT 26/08/1933 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 68 - 116
SAT 26/08/1933 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Lakeside Oval 80 - 130

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 14 -1- 2 58 121.8% 1,529 1,255
Geelong (S) 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 155.3% 1,654 1,065
Collingwood District 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 115.2% 1,438 1,248
St Kilda (S) 4th 11 -0- 6 44 113.6% 1,587 1,397
Hawthorn (S) 5th 11 -0- 6 44 112.7% 1,364 1,210
Carlton (S) 6th 9 -0- 8 36 108.2% 1,384 1,279
Footscray (S) 7th 7 -1- 9 30 91.4% 1,311 1,434
South Melbourne (S) 8th 6 -1- 10 26 102.3% 1,327 1,297
Essendon (S) 9th 5 -0- 12 20 80.8% 1,239 1,534
Richmond (S) 10th 4 -1- 12 18 88.7% 1,189 1,341
Fitzroy (S) 11th 4 -0- 13 16 78.5% 1,269 1,616
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 14 12 65.7% 1,178 1,793

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1933 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 54 - 101
SAT 02/09/1933 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 54
SAT 02/09/1933 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 125 - 56
SAT 02/09/1933 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District MCG 47 - 76
SAT 02/09/1933 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 103 - 109
SAT 02/09/1933 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 126 - 56

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne (S) 1st 14 -1- 3 58 118.4% 1,576 1,331
Geelong (S) 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 158.7% 1,779 1,121
Collingwood District 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 116.9% 1,514 1,295
St Kilda (S) 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.9% 1,713 1,453
Hawthorn (S) 5th 12 -0- 6 48 115.9% 1,465 1,264
Carlton (S) 6th 9 -0- 9 36 102.5% 1,440 1,405
Footscray (S) 7th 8 -1- 9 34 92.4% 1,420 1,537
South Melbourne (S) 8th 6 -1- 11 26 97.3% 1,383 1,422
Fitzroy (S) 9th 5 -0- 13 20 80.0% 1,336 1,670
Essendon (S) 10th 5 -0- 13 20 79.1% 1,293 1,635
Richmond (S) 11th 4 -1- 13 18 88.3% 1,243 1,408
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 15 12 67.4% 1,281 1,902

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne (S) 1st 14 -1- 3 58 118.4% 1,576 1,331 221 250 188 203
Geelong (S) 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 158.7% 1,779 1,121 257 237 156 185
Collingwood District 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 116.9% 1,514 1,295 206 278 177 233
St Kilda (S) 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.9% 1,713 1,453 240 273 201 247
Hawthorn (S) 5th 12 -0- 6 48 115.9% 1,465 1,264 209 211 175 214
Carlton (S) 6th 9 -0- 9 36 102.5% 1,440 1,405 200 240 194 241
Footscray (S) 7th 8 -1- 9 34 92.4% 1,420 1,537 197 238 219 223
South Melbourne (S) 8th 6 -1- 11 26 97.3% 1,383 1,422 195 213 204 198
Fitzroy (S) 9th 5 -0- 13 20 80.0% 1,336 1,670 190 196 236 254
Essendon (S) 10th 5 -0- 13 20 79.1% 1,293 1,635 182 201 235 225
Richmond (S) 11th 4 -1- 13 18 88.3% 1,243 1,408 173 205 198 220
North Melbourne (S) 12th 3 -0- 15 12 67.4% 1,281 1,902 183 183 270 282

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1933 Collingwood District v St Kilda (S) MCG 98 - 108
SAT 16/09/1933 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 80 - 63

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne (S) 1st
Geelong (S) 2nd
St Kilda (S) 3rd
Collingwood District 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1933 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 95 - 119

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne (S) 1st
St Kilda (S) 2nd
Geelong (S) 3rd
Collingwood District 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 28/09/1933 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 75 - 74

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Melbourne (S) 1st
St Kilda (S) 2nd
Geelong (S) 3rd
Collingwood District 4th