1937 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1937 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Geelong were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Geelong were the premiers, with Reg Hickey as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1937 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 Percy Rowe
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Jack Baggott
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Gordon Rattray
Footscray Western Oval Syd Coventry Joe Kelly
Geelong Corio Oval Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Ivan McAlpine
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Paddy Scanlan
Richmond Punt Road Oval Perce Bentley Jack Titus
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Roy Cazaly
St Kilda Junction Oval Dan Minogue

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong
Runners-Up: Collingwood
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 60 135.3% 1,824 1,348 260 264 187 226
Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 131.2% 1,945 1,482 277 283 207 240
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 129.0% 1,908 1,479 273 270 205 249
Richmond 4th 11 -1- 6 46 108.0% 1,647 1,525 234 243 220 205
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.9% 1,624 1,464 226 268 200 264
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.3% 1,600 1,580 223 262 220 260
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 11 28 93.1% 1,386 1,488 192 234 205 258
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 11 28 84.4% 1,413 1,675 197 231 231 289
South Melbourne 9th 6 -1- 11 26 89.9% 1,527 1,698 212 255 240 258
Essendon 10th 5 -0- 13 20 90.6% 1,530 1,689 213 252 237 267
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 81.8% 1,409 1,722 197 227 250 222
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.2% 1,188 1,851 161 222 263 273

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong 1st Premiers
Collingwood 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Preliminary Final)
Richmond 4th Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Carlton 5th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 7th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 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 24/04/1937 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 129 - 59 33,000
SAT 24/04/1937 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 106 - 90 21,000
SAT 24/04/1937 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 71 - 67 18,000
SAT 24/04/1937 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 92 - 66 19,726
SAT 24/04/1937 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 76 - 78 11,000
SAT 24/04/1937 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 88 - 81 23,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 218.6% 129 59
Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 139.4% 92 66
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 117.8% 106 90
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 108.6% 88 81
Footscray 5th 1 -0- 0 4 106.0% 71 67
Hawthorn 6th 1 -0- 0 4 102.6% 78 76
North Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 97.4% 76 78
Essendon 8th 0 -0- 1 0 94.4% 67 71
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 1 0 92.0% 81 88
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 84.9% 90 106
Richmond 11th 0 -0- 1 0 71.7% 66 92
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 45.7% 59 129

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 85 - 170 14,000
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 67 16,000
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 60 - 49 13,600
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 99 - 112 16,000
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 117 - 83 16,000
SAT 01/05/1937 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 85 - 140 25,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 2 -0- 0 8 173.5% 262 151
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 140.6% 246 175
St Kilda 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 111.1% 200 180
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 149.6% 178 119
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 1 4 104.6% 183 175
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.0% 143 143
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.8% 150 155
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 1 4 94.1% 177 188
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 1 4 83.7% 154 184
Fitzroy 10th 0 -0- 2 0 94.2% 146 155
Essendon 11th 0 -0- 2 0 63.1% 152 241
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 53.5% 144 269

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 121 - 104 11,000
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 105 - 69 9,000
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 46 - 51 13,000
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 107 - 71 31,831
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 34 - 68 11,000
SAT 08/05/1937 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 81 - 81 16,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 3 -0- 0 12 166.2% 369 222
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 150.2% 314 209
St Kilda 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 111.1% 251 226
Richmond 4th 1 -1- 1 6 103.1% 264 256
Fitzroy 5th 1 -0- 2 4 112.1% 251 224
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 2 4 110.2% 249 226
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 2 4 92.0% 254 276
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 2 4 85.1% 200 235
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 2 4 84.0% 246 293
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 83.9% 177 211
Essendon 11th 1 -0- 2 4 79.1% 273 345
South Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 2 2 64.3% 225 350

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 72 - 74 14,000
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 110 - 77 14,500
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 92 - 53 11,500
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 81 - 109 10,000
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 112 - 84 18,000
SAT 15/05/1937 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 90 - 95 25,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 148.7% 464 312
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 148.3% 424 286
St Kilda 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 106.2% 341 321
Richmond 4th 2 -1- 1 10 110.6% 376 340
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 346 329
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 2 8 89.7% 382 426
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 88.7% 251 283
Carlton 8th 1 -0- 3 4 107.0% 321 300
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 99.7% 335 336
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 3 4 81.3% 327 402
Footscray 11th 1 -0- 3 4 80.3% 277 345
South Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 3 2 62.9% 278 442

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 63 - 115 15,000
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 60 14,000
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 131 - 88 14,000
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 149 - 53 7,300
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 101 - 76 44,823
SAT 22/05/1937 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 91 - 94 18,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 145.6% 565 388
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 129.2% 500 387
Richmond 3rd 3 -1- 1 14 121.8% 491 403
Geelong 4th 3 -0- 2 12 129.6% 495 382
St Kilda 5th 3 -0- 2 12 104.1% 432 415
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 3 8 106.1% 415 391
Fitzroy 7th 2 -0- 3 8 105.3% 417 396
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 94.2% 408 433
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 3 8 82.3% 445 541
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 3 8 81.9% 339 414
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 4 4 69.0% 380 551
South Melbourne 12th 0 -1- 4 2 64.5% 338 524

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 82 - 55 24,000
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 66 14,000
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 56 - 78 17,000
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 86 - 103 15,000
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 109 - 78 17,000
SAT 29/05/1937 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 101 - 98 10,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 144.8% 643 444
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 131.7% 582 442
Richmond 3rd 4 -1- 1 18 124.7% 600 481
St Kilda 4th 4 -0- 2 16 106.8% 535 501
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 3 12 116.7% 573 491
Fitzroy 6th 3 -0- 3 12 106.5% 492 462
Carlton 7th 2 -0- 4 8 99.4% 470 473
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 4 8 90.8% 464 511
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 4 8 83.0% 511 616
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 82.2% 425 517
South Melbourne 11th 1 -1- 4 6 70.6% 439 622
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 5 4 73.3% 478 652

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 126 - 64 12,500
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 108 - 76 12,000
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 115 - 70 8,000
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 60 - 58 10,000
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 166 - 44 12,906
SAT 05/06/1937 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 87 - 69 28,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 0 28 165.8% 809 488
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 123.1% 651 529
St Kilda 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 109.1% 622 570
Richmond 4th 4 -1- 2 18 121.6% 658 541
Geelong 5th 4 -0- 3 16 122.6% 688 561
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 4 12 111.0% 596 537
Fitzroy 7th 3 -0- 4 12 97.4% 562 577
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 4 12 89.5% 619 692
Footscray 9th 2 -0- 5 8 82.9% 528 637
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 5 8 75.8% 538 710
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 5 8 68.7% 469 683
South Melbourne 12th 1 -1- 5 6 70.5% 515 730

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1937 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 89 - 128 13,000
SAT 12/06/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 109 - 81 12,600
SAT 12/06/1937 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 108 - 97 27,000
MON 14/06/1937 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 99 - 62 20,000
MON 14/06/1937 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 82 - 105 18,000
MON 14/06/1937 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 114 - 70 16,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 0 32 160.4% 914 570
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 126.1% 779 618
Richmond 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 120.1% 766 638
Geelong 4th 5 -0- 3 20 124.1% 797 642
St Kilda 5th 5 -0- 3 20 103.5% 703 679
Fitzroy 6th 4 -0- 4 16 103.4% 661 639
Carlton 7th 3 -0- 5 12 107.4% 693 645
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 5 12 86.3% 708 820
South Melbourne 9th 2 -1- 5 10 78.6% 629 800
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 6 8 80.2% 590 736
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 6 8 76.1% 620 815
North Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 6 8 67.6% 539 797

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 114 - 59 11,000
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 105 - 84 18,000
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 119 12,000
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 71 - 104 29,376
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 88 - 77 10,000
SAT 19/06/1937 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 97 - 80 14,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 1 32 146.1% 985 674
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 125.9% 884 702
Geelong 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 126.4% 901 713
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 3 24 105.4% 800 759
Richmond 5th 5 -1- 3 22 116.1% 843 726
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 5 16 114.6% 807 704
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 5 16 100.1% 745 744
South Melbourne 8th 3 -1- 5 14 86.2% 748 868
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 6 12 85.9% 788 917
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 6 12 71.7% 627 874
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 7 8 77.0% 658 855
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 7 8 73.1% 679 929

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 96 - 108 14,000
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 89 16,000
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 124 - 38 9,000
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 106 - 99 7,500
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 80 - 93 22,000
SAT 26/06/1937 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 102 - 60 22,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 1 36 148.3% 1,074 724
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 124.9% 977 782
Geelong 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 136.5% 1,025 751
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 4 24 99.9% 860 861
Richmond 5th 5 -1- 4 22 112.7% 923 819
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 5 20 114.4% 915 800
South Melbourne 7th 4 -1- 5 18 91.6% 850 928
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 6 16 95.4% 795 833
Essendon 9th 3 -0- 7 12 86.2% 884 1,025
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 76.4% 785 1,028
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 7 12 66.6% 665 998
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 8 8 78.8% 757 961

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 89 - 67 8,000
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 101 - 49 5,800
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 74 - 93 5,500
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 88 - 82 20,638
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 77 - 88 6,000
SAT 03/07/1937 2:30 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 102 - 73 11,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 1 40 144.2% 1,162 806
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 129.7% 1,078 831
Geelong 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 135.5% 1,118 825
St Kilda 4th 7 -0- 4 28 103.0% 962 934
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 5 24 115.8% 1,004 867
Richmond 6th 5 -1- 5 22 108.1% 996 921
South Melbourne 7th 4 -1- 6 18 91.7% 932 1,016
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 7 16 93.5% 862 922
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 7 16 88.2% 972 1,102
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 8 12 73.9% 834 1,129
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 68.3% 742 1,086
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 9 8 78.8% 831 1,054

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 67 - 77 11,000
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 41 14,000
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 94 - 71 16,000
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 69 - 51 5,000
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 102 - 88 16,000
SAT 10/07/1937 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 87 - 56 22,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 2 40 137.7% 1,250 908
Geelong 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 135.3% 1,212 896
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 124.2% 1,149 925
St Kilda 4th 7 -0- 5 28 99.0% 1,003 1,013
Richmond 5th 6 -1- 5 26 108.8% 1,098 1,009
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 6 24 111.1% 1,060 954
South Melbourne 7th 5 -1- 6 22 95.1% 1,019 1,072
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 7 20 97.7% 941 963
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 8 16 88.1% 1,039 1,179
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 8 16 76.5% 903 1,180
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 9 12 81.0% 908 1,121
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 9 12 68.7% 793 1,155

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 67 - 92 15,000
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 104 22,000
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 75 - 78 10,000
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 79 - 63 11,449
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 47 - 68 8,000
SAT 17/07/1937 2:30 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 81 - 62 9,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 2 44 136.9% 1,329 971
Geelong 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 135.4% 1,304 963
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 124.0% 1,276 1,029
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 5 32 100.8% 1,084 1,075
Richmond 5th 7 -1- 5 30 108.5% 1,176 1,084
Carlton 6th 6 -0- 7 24 107.7% 1,127 1,046
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 7 24 99.9% 1,009 1,010
South Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 7 22 93.7% 1,123 1,199
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 9 16 87.6% 1,102 1,258
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 9 16 76.5% 965 1,261
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 10 12 82.0% 983 1,199
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 10 12 68.7% 840 1,223

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 120 - 104 16,000
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 164 - 51 9,000
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 100 - 66 8,000
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 71 - 49 7,500
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 119 - 89 18,000
SAT 24/07/1937 2:30 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 112 - 93 12,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 11 -0- 3 44 136.4% 1,404 1,029
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 133.3% 1,440 1,080
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 131.3% 1,433 1,091
St Kilda 4th 9 -0- 5 36 102.4% 1,196 1,168
Richmond 5th 8 -1- 5 34 110.4% 1,295 1,173
Carlton 6th 7 -0- 7 28 108.4% 1,247 1,150
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 8 24 97.9% 1,058 1,081
South Melbourne 8th 5 -1- 8 22 92.0% 1,212 1,318
Hawthorn 9th 5 -0- 9 20 79.1% 1,036 1,310
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 10 16 86.0% 1,168 1,358
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 11 12 82.1% 1,076 1,311
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 11 12 64.2% 891 1,387

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 79 - 92 6,000
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 103 14,000
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 74 - 126 10,000
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 124 - 84 25,904
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 71 - 92 11,000
SAT 31/07/1937 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 88 - 107 12,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 3 48 135.7% 1,566 1,154
Geelong 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 135.3% 1,511 1,117
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 3 48 132.5% 1,557 1,175
Richmond 4th 9 -1- 5 38 111.7% 1,398 1,252
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 6 36 99.1% 1,280 1,292
Carlton 6th 8 -0- 7 32 109.7% 1,339 1,221
Fitzroy 7th 6 -0- 9 24 96.0% 1,137 1,184
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 9 24 81.2% 1,128 1,389
South Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 9 22 91.2% 1,300 1,425
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 11 16 86.0% 1,247 1,450
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 12 12 80.0% 1,150 1,437
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 12 12 65.0% 962 1,479

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1937 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 64 - 91 8,000
SAT 07/08/1937 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 93 - 91 14,000
SAT 07/08/1937 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 76 - 98 10,000
SAT 14/08/1937 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 88 - 78 12,000
SAT 14/08/1937 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 142 - 153 21,000
SAT 14/08/1937 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 91 - 114 6,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 13 -0- 3 52 134.5% 1,625 1,208
Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 129.8% 1,710 1,317
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 130.7% 1,708 1,307
Richmond 4th 10 -1- 5 42 111.0% 1,491 1,343
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 7 36 109.9% 1,427 1,299
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 7 36 98.4% 1,358 1,380
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 9 28 98.0% 1,235 1,260
Hawthorn 8th 6 -0- 10 24 81.1% 1,219 1,503
South Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 10 22 90.3% 1,376 1,523
Essendon 10th 4 -0- 12 16 86.7% 1,338 1,543
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 12 16 82.7% 1,241 1,501
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 13 12 65.4% 1,026 1,570

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 81 - 71 17,500
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 119 - 70 7,000
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 90 - 59 11,500
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 102 - 75 6,000
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 105 - 74 9,553
SAT 21/08/1937 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 151 - 71 6,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 14 -0- 3 56 135.4% 1,715 1,267
Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 130.5% 1,815 1,391
Collingwood 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 128.2% 1,779 1,388
Richmond 4th 10 -1- 6 42 108.2% 1,550 1,433
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 7 40 110.1% 1,508 1,370
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 7 40 104.0% 1,509 1,451
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 10 28 94.6% 1,305 1,379
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 10 28 83.7% 1,321 1,578
South Melbourne 9th 5 -1- 11 22 89.3% 1,451 1,625
Essendon 10th 5 -0- 12 20 90.3% 1,457 1,613
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 13 16 81.9% 1,315 1,606
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 14 12 63.7% 1,097 1,721

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 129 - 91 11,500
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 109 10,000
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 94 - 116 8,000
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 91 - 130 4,500
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 97 - 92 18,000
SAT 28/08/1937 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 76 - 73 6,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 3 60 135.3% 1,824 1,348
Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 131.2% 1,945 1,482
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 129.0% 1,908 1,479
Richmond 4th 11 -1- 6 46 108.0% 1,647 1,525
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.9% 1,624 1,464
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.3% 1,600 1,580
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 11 28 93.1% 1,386 1,488
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 11 28 84.4% 1,413 1,675
South Melbourne 9th 6 -1- 11 26 89.9% 1,527 1,698
Essendon 10th 5 -0- 13 20 90.6% 1,530 1,689
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 81.8% 1,409 1,722
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.2% 1,188 1,851

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong 1st 15 -0- 3 60 135.3% 1,824 1,348 260 264 187 226
Melbourne 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 131.2% 1,945 1,482 277 283 207 240
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 129.0% 1,908 1,479 273 270 205 249
Richmond 4th 11 -1- 6 46 108.0% 1,647 1,525 234 243 220 205
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.9% 1,624 1,464 226 268 200 264
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.3% 1,600 1,580 223 262 220 260
Fitzroy 7th 7 -0- 11 28 93.1% 1,386 1,488 192 234 205 258
Hawthorn 8th 7 -0- 11 28 84.4% 1,413 1,675 197 231 231 289
South Melbourne 9th 6 -1- 11 26 89.9% 1,527 1,698 212 255 240 258
Essendon 10th 5 -0- 13 20 90.6% 1,530 1,689 213 252 237 267
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 81.8% 1,409 1,722 197 227 250 222
North Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 64.2% 1,188 1,851 161 222 263 273

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1937 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 120 - 69 41,663
SAT 11/09/1937 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne MCG 125 - 113 47,730

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1937 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 52 - 107 55,616

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1937 2:50 PM Geelong v Collingwood MCG 122 - 90 88,540

Final Round 3 Ladder

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