1935 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1935 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. South Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Collingwood were the premiers, with Harry Collier as the premiership captain and Jock McHale as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1935 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 Frank Maher
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Charlie May
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Percy Rowe
Footscray Western Oval Alby Morrison Syd Coventry
Geelong Corio Oval Percy Parratt
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Ivan McAlpine
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Tom Fitzmaurice Paddy Scanlan
Richmond Punt Road Oval Perce Bentley
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Jack Bisset Brighton Diggins
St Kilda Junction Oval Dan Minogue

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
South Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 2 64 137.6% 1,940 1,410 280 260 197 228
Collingwood 2nd 14 -2- 2 60 121.4% 1,895 1,561 270 275 221 235
Carlton 3rd 14 -1- 3 58 141.6% 1,958 1,383 278 290 197 201
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.4% 1,572 1,339 225 222 187 217
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.6% 1,708 1,545 243 250 219 231
Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 9 34 101.2% 1,601 1,582 227 239 223 244
Fitzroy 7th 8 -1- 9 34 90.2% 1,488 1,649 217 186 231 263
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 11 28 89.6% 1,526 1,703 215 236 240 263
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 96.3% 1,683 1,747 238 255 255 217
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 13 20 80.9% 1,460 1,805 205 230 257 263
Footscray 11th 2 -2- 14 12 73.5% 1,272 1,731 177 210 248 243
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 65.1% 1,208 1,856 168 200 268 248

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood 1st Premiers
South Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Richmond 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Carlton 4th Defeated by Richmond (Semi Final)
St Kilda 5th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 7th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 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 27/04/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 102 - 108 23,000
SAT 27/04/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 108 - 106 30,000
SAT 27/04/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 61 - 96 17,000
SAT 27/04/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 99 - 159 15,617
SAT 27/04/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 83 - 87 7,000
SAT 27/04/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 80 - 92 21,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 160.6% 159 99
Richmond 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 157.4% 96 61
Fitzroy 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 115.0% 92 80
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 0 4 105.9% 108 102
Hawthorn 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.8% 87 83
Collingwood 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.9% 108 106
South Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.1% 106 108
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.4% 83 87
Carlton 9th 0 -0- 1 0 94.4% 102 108
St Kilda 10th 0 -0- 1 0 87.0% 80 92
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 63.5% 61 96
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 62.3% 99 159

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 95 - 92 21,500
SAT 04/05/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 104 - 102 11,000
SAT 04/05/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 95 - 72 14,000
SAT 04/05/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 113 - 99 28,000
MON 06/05/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 93 36,000
MON 06/05/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 60 - 111 23,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 2 -0- 0 8 143.6% 191 133
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 133.0% 254 191
Geelong 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 103.9% 212 204
Fitzroy 4th 1 -1- 0 6 106.9% 185 173
Collingwood 5th 1 -1- 0 6 101.0% 201 199
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 1 4 126.8% 213 168
South Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 105.8% 219 207
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 1 4 75.8% 147 194
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 2 0 92.0% 172 187
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 85.2% 155 182
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 2 0 76.6% 160 209
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 76.4% 201 263

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 77 - 68 35,000
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 143 - 83 18,000
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 55 - 66 20,000
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 109 - 79 7,788
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 44 - 89 12,500
SAT 11/05/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 128 - 123 19,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -1- 0 10 122.0% 344 282
Fitzroy 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 110.1% 251 228
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 123.3% 259 210
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 1 8 122.9% 290 236
South Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 1 8 122.7% 308 251
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 1 8 100.9% 337 334
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 1 8 100.9% 335 332
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 96.8% 300 310
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 90.6% 310 342
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 2 4 74.6% 226 303
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 3 0 78.2% 215 275
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 73.4% 199 271

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 124 - 74 13,000
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 50 - 101 17,000
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 101 - 115 13,000
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 53 - 104 11,000
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 128 - 92 15,000
SAT 18/05/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 97 - 90 35,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 3 -1- 0 14 124.2% 375 302
Collingwood 2nd 3 -1- 0 14 119.8% 459 383
Richmond 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 128.1% 387 302
South Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 118.8% 405 341
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 1 12 114.1% 438 384
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 114.1% 380 333
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 2 8 111.3% 404 363
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 2 8 97.5% 436 447
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 85.5% 402 470
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 3 4 68.6% 279 407
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 4 0 70.5% 265 376
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 69.1% 273 395

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 98 - 86 10,000
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 57 - 98 35,000
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 100 - 114 14,700
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 69 - 98 16,057
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 88 - 90 12,000
SAT 25/05/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 110 - 129 29,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -1- 0 18 123.2% 557 452
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 135.1% 485 359
South Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 117.7% 519 441
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 1 16 114.0% 536 470
Fitzroy 5th 3 -1- 1 14 108.0% 432 400
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 114.9% 509 443
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 3 8 104.5% 514 492
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 3 8 95.5% 536 561
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 82.9% 471 568
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 4 4 76.5% 355 464
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 4 4 72.3% 365 505
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 74.4% 361 485

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 149 - 98 17,500
SAT 01/06/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 93 - 151 9,500
SAT 01/06/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 152 - 71 33,000
MON 03/06/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 136 - 68 20,000
MON 03/06/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 85 - 87 26,000
MON 03/06/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 103 - 110 22,711

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 5 -1- 0 22 128.4% 706 550
South Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 131.1% 671 512
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 128.8% 572 444
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 126.2% 645 511
Essendon 5th 4 -0- 2 16 111.5% 621 557
Fitzroy 6th 3 -1- 2 14 91.1% 503 552
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 3 12 105.0% 687 654
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 3 12 104.9% 624 595
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 5 4 84.7% 574 678
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 5 4 73.9% 453 613
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 5 4 69.8% 458 656
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 69.1% 429 621

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 96 - 86 9,000
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 79 - 79 15,000
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 110 - 36 10,000
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 59 - 119 7,000
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 59 - 105 35,000
SAT 08/06/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 111 - 130 17,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 6 -1- 0 26 126.5% 836 661
South Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 135.9% 776 571
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 114.9% 631 549
Carlton 4th 4 -1- 2 18 122.7% 724 590
Fitzroy 5th 4 -1- 2 18 93.9% 599 638
Geelong 6th 4 -0- 3 16 115.5% 797 690
Essendon 7th 4 -0- 3 16 98.5% 657 667
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 4 12 101.4% 735 725
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 94.0% 693 737
Footscray 10th 1 -1- 5 6 76.9% 532 692
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 6 4 72.3% 544 752
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 65.9% 488 740

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 126 - 46 8,000
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 61 - 103 17,000
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 90 - 76 13,000
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 77 - 116 12,000
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 54 - 66 19,546
SAT 15/06/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 94 - 55 20,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 7 -1- 0 30 136.1% 962 707
South Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 137.7% 892 648
Carlton 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 122.7% 790 644
Fitzroy 4th 5 -1- 2 22 100.4% 702 699
Geelong 5th 5 -0- 3 20 115.8% 887 766
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 110.6% 707 639
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 4 16 106.3% 829 780
Essendon 8th 4 -0- 4 16 93.2% 718 770
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 93.0% 747 803
Footscray 10th 1 -1- 6 6 74.7% 587 786
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 7 4 71.5% 621 868
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 61.7% 534 866

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 87 - 58 17,000
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 50 8,500
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 34 - 39 5,500
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 45 - 62 4,000
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 91 - 73 4,000
SAT 22/06/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 100 - 61 8,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 139.9% 992 709
Collingwood 2nd 7 -1- 1 30 128.5% 1,020 794
Carlton 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 124.9% 877 702
Fitzroy 4th 6 -1- 2 26 102.4% 767 749
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 3 24 112.1% 798 712
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 4 20 112.8% 937 831
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 4 20 108.0% 891 825
Essendon 8th 4 -0- 5 16 89.5% 779 870
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 93.9% 786 837
Footscray 10th 1 -1- 7 6 75.3% 621 825
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 8 4 72.4% 694 959
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 9 0 62.4% 579 928

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 78 - 140 18,000
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 107 11,000
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 172 - 97 7,000
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 85 - 90 9,000
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 80 - 82 25,000
SAT 29/06/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 94 - 69 19,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 139.6% 1,086 778
Collingwood 2nd 8 -1- 1 34 126.1% 1,102 874
Carlton 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 130.4% 1,017 780
Fitzroy 4th 6 -1- 3 26 99.9% 855 856
Geelong 5th 6 -0- 4 24 119.5% 1,109 928
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 4 24 110.6% 878 794
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 5 20 104.5% 960 919
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 6 16 96.5% 893 925
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 6 16 84.9% 857 1,010
Footscray 10th 2 -1- 7 10 78.1% 711 910
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 9 4 74.3% 779 1,049
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 10 0 61.5% 676 1,100

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 135 - 54 24,000
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 122 - 75 8,000
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 103 - 103 11,000
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 78 - 122 19,086
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 73 - 74 8,000
SAT 06/07/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 74 - 50 20,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 141.1% 1,208 856
Collingwood 2nd 9 -1- 1 38 129.0% 1,224 949
Carlton 3rd 8 -1- 2 34 138.1% 1,152 834
Geelong 4th 6 -1- 4 26 117.6% 1,212 1,031
Fitzroy 5th 6 -1- 4 26 91.7% 909 991
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 5 24 106.9% 928 868
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 5 24 106.7% 1,034 969
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 6 20 86.0% 931 1,083
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 7 16 92.7% 971 1,047
Footscray 10th 2 -2- 7 12 80.4% 814 1,013
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 10 4 72.9% 854 1,171
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 11 0 63.8% 749 1,174

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 74 - 93 8,000
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 64 - 84 15,000
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 43 - 76 14,500
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 114 - 46 4,000
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 106 - 29 16,000
SAT 13/07/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 124 - 71 31,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 1 44 143.7% 1,332 927
Carlton 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 140.0% 1,228 877
Collingwood 3rd 9 -1- 2 38 120.7% 1,295 1,073
Richmond 4th 7 -0- 5 28 115.3% 1,034 897
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 5 28 108.2% 1,118 1,033
Geelong 6th 6 -1- 5 26 113.4% 1,255 1,107
Fitzroy 7th 6 -1- 5 26 90.5% 973 1,075
Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 94.9% 1,064 1,121
Essendon 9th 5 -0- 7 20 85.5% 1,005 1,176
Footscray 10th 2 -2- 8 12 75.3% 843 1,119
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 10 8 79.5% 968 1,217
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 12 0 61.7% 795 1,288

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 142 - 76 12,000
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 105 - 82 18,000
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 62 - 98 16,000
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 77 - 49 12,817
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 48 - 101 7,000
SAT 20/07/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 93 - 69 16,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 1 48 144.6% 1,430 989
Carlton 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 143.8% 1,370 953
Collingwood 3rd 10 -1- 2 42 121.2% 1,400 1,155
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 5 32 120.1% 1,135 945
St Kilda 5th 8 -0- 5 32 109.9% 1,211 1,102
Geelong 6th 6 -1- 6 26 110.1% 1,304 1,184
Fitzroy 7th 6 -1- 6 26 89.4% 1,055 1,180
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 97.5% 1,141 1,170
Essendon 9th 5 -0- 8 20 84.6% 1,074 1,269
Footscray 10th 2 -2- 9 12 74.4% 905 1,217
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 11 8 76.8% 1,044 1,359
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 13 0 60.7% 843 1,389

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 100 - 93 13,000
SAT 27/07/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 82 - 101 7,000
SAT 27/07/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 95 - 80 30,000
SAT 17/08/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 106 - 113 11,000
SAT 17/08/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 68 - 86 7,000
SAT 17/08/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 109 - 100 7,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 1 52 141.3% 1,539 1,089
Collingwood 2nd 11 -1- 2 46 120.0% 1,513 1,261
Carlton 3rd 10 -1- 3 42 138.4% 1,450 1,048
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 5 36 120.0% 1,230 1,025
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 5 36 110.9% 1,297 1,170
Fitzroy 6th 7 -1- 6 30 90.7% 1,155 1,273
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.2% 1,242 1,252
Geelong 8th 6 -1- 7 26 108.0% 1,372 1,270
Essendon 9th 5 -0- 9 20 85.4% 1,180 1,382
Footscray 10th 2 -2- 10 12 75.8% 998 1,317
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 12 8 77.1% 1,126 1,460
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 14 0 63.0% 943 1,498

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 81 40,000
SAT 10/08/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 145 - 111 9,000
SAT 10/08/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 115 - 82 11,000
SAT 10/08/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 73 - 82 7,000
SAT 10/08/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 124 - 63 9,000
SAT 17/08/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 68 - 75 27,572

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 2 52 133.8% 1,620 1,211
Collingwood 2nd 12 -1- 2 50 120.8% 1,658 1,372
Carlton 3rd 11 -1- 3 46 139.2% 1,572 1,129
Richmond 4th 10 -0- 5 40 119.4% 1,305 1,093
St Kilda 5th 10 -0- 5 40 115.2% 1,421 1,233
Fitzroy 6th 8 -1- 6 34 91.9% 1,237 1,346
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 8 28 98.7% 1,310 1,327
Geelong 8th 6 -1- 8 26 104.8% 1,483 1,415
Essendon 9th 6 -0- 9 24 88.5% 1,295 1,464
Footscray 10th 2 -2- 11 12 75.4% 1,080 1,432
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 13 8 75.1% 1,189 1,584
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 15 0 64.3% 1,016 1,580

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 130 - 108 33,000
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 79 - 79 10,500
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 62 - 69 7,000
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 74 - 66 5,000
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 118 - 81 16,500
SAT 24/08/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 138 - 62 12,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 2 56 138.1% 1,758 1,273
Collingwood 2nd 12 -2- 2 52 119.7% 1,737 1,451
Carlton 3rd 12 -1- 3 50 137.6% 1,702 1,237
Richmond 4th 11 -0- 5 44 121.2% 1,423 1,174
St Kilda 5th 10 -0- 6 40 112.2% 1,529 1,363
Fitzroy 6th 8 -1- 7 34 90.0% 1,318 1,464
Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 8 30 98.8% 1,389 1,406
Geelong 8th 6 -1- 9 26 99.5% 1,545 1,553
Essendon 9th 6 -0- 10 24 88.5% 1,361 1,538
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 13 12 76.5% 1,263 1,650
Footscray 11th 2 -2- 12 12 76.1% 1,142 1,501
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 15 4 66.1% 1,085 1,642

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 75 17,000
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 53 - 86 7,500
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 59 - 87 2,500
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 69 - 112 13,000
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 86 - 58 13,000
SAT 31/08/1935 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 122 - 110 18,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 2 60 136.1% 1,833 1,347
Collingwood 2nd 13 -2- 2 56 121.2% 1,823 1,504
Carlton 3rd 13 -1- 3 54 138.9% 1,814 1,306
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 5 48 122.5% 1,509 1,232
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 6 44 112.1% 1,651 1,473
Fitzroy 6th 8 -1- 8 34 90.4% 1,392 1,539
Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 9 30 98.1% 1,499 1,528
Geelong 8th 6 -1- 10 26 97.8% 1,604 1,640
Essendon 9th 6 -0- 11 24 87.4% 1,419 1,624
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 13 16 79.0% 1,350 1,709
Footscray 11th 2 -2- 13 12 75.3% 1,195 1,587
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 65.8% 1,154 1,754

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 144 - 77 12,000
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 72 - 57 16,000
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 107 - 79 6,000
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 110 - 96 11,000
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 102 - 54 5,084
SAT 07/09/1935 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 107 - 63 28,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 2 64 137.6% 1,940 1,410
Collingwood 2nd 14 -2- 2 60 121.4% 1,895 1,561
Carlton 3rd 14 -1- 3 58 141.6% 1,958 1,383
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.4% 1,572 1,339
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.6% 1,708 1,545
Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 9 34 101.2% 1,601 1,582
Fitzroy 7th 8 -1- 9 34 90.2% 1,488 1,649
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 11 28 89.6% 1,526 1,703
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 96.3% 1,683 1,747
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 13 20 80.9% 1,460 1,805
Footscray 11th 2 -2- 14 12 73.5% 1,272 1,731
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 65.1% 1,208 1,856

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
South Melbourne 1st 16 -0- 2 64 137.6% 1,940 1,410 280 260 197 228
Collingwood 2nd 14 -2- 2 60 121.4% 1,895 1,561 270 275 221 235
Carlton 3rd 14 -1- 3 58 141.6% 1,958 1,383 278 290 197 201
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 6 48 117.4% 1,572 1,339 225 222 187 217
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.6% 1,708 1,545 243 250 219 231
Melbourne 6th 8 -1- 9 34 101.2% 1,601 1,582 227 239 223 244
Fitzroy 7th 8 -1- 9 34 90.2% 1,488 1,649 217 186 231 263
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 11 28 89.6% 1,526 1,703 215 236 240 263
Geelong 9th 6 -1- 11 26 96.3% 1,683 1,747 238 255 255 217
Hawthorn 10th 5 -0- 13 20 80.9% 1,460 1,805 205 230 257 263
Footscray 11th 2 -2- 14 12 73.5% 1,272 1,731 177 210 248 243
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 65.1% 1,208 1,856 168 200 268 248

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1935 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 104 - 125 49,759
SAT 21/09/1935 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 104 - 83 53,766

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1935 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 94 - 66 46,191

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1935 2:50 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 58 - 78 54,154

Final Round 3 Ladder

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