1939 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1939 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Prahran were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Williamstown were the premiers, with Gordon Ogden as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1939 VFA Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 124

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brighton Elsternwick Park Jack Davis
Brunswick Brunswick Park Roy McKay
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Laurie Nash
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Northcote Northcote Park
Oakleigh Warrawee Park Len Murphy
Port Melbourne North Port Oval
Prahran Toorak Park Bill Faul
Preston Preston City Oval Alby Morrison
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Leo Wescott
Williamstown WCG Gordon Ogden
Yarraville Yarraville Oval Bruce Anderson

Season Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Brunswick
Minor Premiers: Prahran

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Prahran 1st 15 -0- 5 60 131.3% 2,427 1,849 355 297 261 283
Brunswick 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.2% 2,263 1,751 324 319 252 239
Northcote 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 123.9% 1,918 1,548 268 310 220 228
Williamstown 4th 14 -0- 6 56 122.6% 2,173 1,773 304 349 252 261
Camberwell 5th 13 -0- 7 52 115.2% 2,356 2,045 337 334 296 269
Brighton 6th 11 -0- 9 44 105.0% 2,087 1,987 291 341 275 337
Coburg 7th 10 -0- 10 40 106.4% 2,084 1,958 298 296 274 314
Preston 8th 9 -0- 11 36 97.6% 1,810 1,854 261 244 261 288
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 13 28 76.7% 1,888 2,463 266 292 354 339
Sandringham 10th 6 -0- 14 24 93.6% 1,995 2,131 287 273 300 331
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 74.8% 1,715 2,293 243 257 324 349
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 19 4 61.9% 1,728 2,792 240 288 405 362

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Brunswick 2nd Runners-Up
Prahran 3rd Defeated by Williamstown (Preliminary Final)
Northcote 4th Defeated by Williamstown (Semi Final)
Camberwell 5th Did not qualify for finals
Brighton 6th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 7th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 8th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 9th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 10th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Oakleigh 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 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 72 - 98
SAT 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 105 - 60
SAT 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 86 - 123
SAT 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 176 - 60
SAT 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 136 - 95
SAT 15/04/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 133 - 86

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 1 -0- 0 4 293.3% 176 60
Northcote 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 175.0% 105 60
Williamstown 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 154.7% 133 86
Sandringham 4th 1 -0- 0 4 143.2% 136 95
Camberwell 5th 1 -0- 0 4 143.0% 123 86
Brunswick 6th 1 -0- 0 4 136.1% 98 72
Coburg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 73.5% 72 98
Brighton 8th 0 -0- 1 0 69.9% 95 136
Oakleigh 9th 0 -0- 1 0 69.9% 86 123
Yarraville 10th 0 -0- 1 0 64.7% 86 133
Preston 11th 0 -0- 1 0 57.1% 60 105
Port Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 34.1% 60 176

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 80 - 119
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 127 - 98
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 98 - 95
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 84 - 70
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 85 - 122
SAT 22/04/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 96 - 132

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 2 -0- 0 8 205.5% 298 145
Northcote 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 160.0% 224 140
Brunswick 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 132.4% 225 170
Camberwell 4th 2 -0- 0 8 122.1% 221 181
Williamstown 5th 1 -0- 1 4 123.9% 228 184
Sandringham 6th 1 -0- 1 4 105.4% 234 222
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 1 4 105.2% 204 194
Port Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 58.5% 144 246
Oakleigh 9th 0 -0- 2 0 75.4% 156 207
Yarraville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 68.7% 182 265
Brighton 11th 0 -0- 2 0 68.6% 175 255
Preston 12th 0 -0- 2 0 63.9% 145 227

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 97 - 128
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 89 - 67
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 95 - 81
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 81 - 83
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 146 - 79
SAT 29/04/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 116 - 81

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 3 -0- 0 12 173.9% 393 226
Northcote 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 151.2% 313 207
Camberwell 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 125.5% 349 278
Williamstown 4th 2 -0- 1 8 129.8% 344 265
Sandringham 5th 2 -0- 1 8 126.2% 380 301
Brunswick 6th 2 -0- 1 8 112.7% 292 259
Port Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 69.4% 227 327
Coburg 8th 1 -0- 2 4 93.5% 301 322
Oakleigh 9th 0 -0- 3 0 73.4% 237 323
Brighton 10th 0 -0- 3 0 73.1% 256 350
Preston 11th 0 -0- 3 0 72.9% 226 310
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 3 0 63.5% 261 411

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 137 - 98
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 113 - 35
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 142 - 122
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 103 - 123
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 86 - 95
SAT 06/05/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 30 - 122

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Northcote 1st 4 -0- 0 16 183.5% 435 237
Camberwell 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 122.8% 491 400
Brunswick 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 137.8% 405 294
Prahran 4th 3 -0- 1 12 126.3% 428 339
Williamstown 5th 3 -0- 1 12 125.1% 439 351
Sandringham 6th 2 -0- 2 8 113.3% 502 443
Coburg 7th 2 -0- 2 8 99.8% 424 425
Port Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 74.2% 313 422
Brighton 9th 1 -0- 3 4 87.7% 393 448
Oakleigh 10th 0 -0- 4 0 76.2% 340 446
Preston 11th 0 -0- 4 0 72.5% 324 447
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 4 0 54.6% 291 533

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 128 - 74
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 142 - 110
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 91 - 95
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 163 - 93
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 98 - 106
SAT 13/05/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 116 - 114

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Camberwell 1st 5 -0- 0 20 119.3% 586 491
Northcote 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 158.4% 526 332
Prahran 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 136.8% 591 432
Brunswick 4th 4 -0- 1 16 130.4% 511 392
Williamstown 5th 3 -0- 2 12 111.4% 549 493
Sandringham 6th 3 -0- 2 12 111.0% 618 557
Coburg 7th 3 -0- 2 12 105.8% 566 535
Brighton 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.8% 521 522
Port Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 70.4% 387 550
Oakleigh 10th 0 -0- 5 0 80.8% 454 562
Preston 11th 0 -0- 5 0 76.3% 422 553
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 5 0 55.2% 384 696

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 107 - 97
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 58 - 102
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 89 - 113
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 91 - 120
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 106 - 81
SAT 20/05/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 111 - 95

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Northcote 1st 5 -0- 1 20 151.8% 639 421
Prahran 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 141.4% 693 490
Brunswick 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 126.4% 618 489
Camberwell 4th 5 -0- 1 20 108.6% 644 593
Williamstown 5th 4 -0- 2 16 114.1% 655 574
Coburg 6th 4 -0- 2 16 109.6% 686 626
Sandringham 7th 3 -0- 3 12 105.4% 699 663
Brighton 8th 2 -0- 4 8 98.3% 618 629
Port Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 71.3% 478 670
Yarraville 10th 1 -0- 5 4 62.6% 495 791
Oakleigh 11th 0 -0- 6 0 80.4% 543 675
Preston 12th 0 -0- 6 0 77.9% 517 664

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 148 - 93
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 103 - 75
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 79 - 61
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 158 - 78
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 92 - 64
SAT 27/05/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 76 - 101

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 6 -0- 1 24 149.8% 851 568
Northcote 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 149.0% 718 482
Brunswick 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 127.8% 721 564
Coburg 4th 5 -0- 2 20 112.1% 787 702
Camberwell 5th 5 -0- 2 20 103.4% 708 685
Williamstown 6th 4 -0- 3 16 109.6% 716 653
Brighton 7th 3 -0- 4 12 106.1% 766 722
Sandringham 8th 3 -0- 4 12 101.4% 775 764
Port Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 71.5% 553 773
Preston 10th 1 -0- 6 4 83.7% 609 728
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 6 4 62.6% 588 939
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 7 0 74.5% 621 833

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 132 - 100
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 66 - 94
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 90 - 96
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 103 - 93
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 74 - 101
SAT 03/06/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 62 - 78

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 7 -0- 1 28 148.3% 952 642
Northcote 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 148.2% 812 548
Brunswick 3rd 7 -0- 1 28 127.6% 799 626
Camberwell 4th 6 -0- 2 24 107.0% 840 785
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 3 20 107.2% 853 796
Williamstown 6th 4 -0- 4 16 104.8% 790 754
Brighton 7th 3 -0- 5 12 101.4% 866 854
Sandringham 8th 3 -0- 5 12 100.1% 868 867
Port Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 75.8% 656 866
Preston 10th 2 -0- 6 8 86.2% 705 818
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 7 4 63.9% 650 1,017
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 8 0 76.5% 711 929

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 137 - 102
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 99 - 63
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 78 - 96
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 104 - 101
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 90 - 125
SAT 10/06/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 106 - 84

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 8 -0- 1 32 142.1% 1,056 743
Brunswick 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 130.3% 898 689
Northcote 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 138.2% 890 644
Camberwell 4th 6 -0- 3 24 102.1% 903 884
Williamstown 5th 5 -0- 4 20 108.4% 915 844
Coburg 6th 5 -0- 4 20 106.0% 954 900
Brighton 7th 4 -0- 5 16 104.9% 1,003 956
Sandringham 8th 4 -0- 5 16 102.0% 964 945
Port Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 76.1% 740 972
Preston 10th 2 -0- 7 8 84.3% 795 943
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 7 8 68.7% 756 1,101
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 9 0 76.3% 813 1,066

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 107 - 155
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 90 - 83
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 67 - 79
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 123 - 201
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 131 - 82
SAT 17/06/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 121 - 90

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 9 -0- 1 36 135.3% 1,099 812
Prahran 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 130.2% 1,138 874
Northcote 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 132.4% 957 723
Williamstown 4th 6 -0- 4 24 110.9% 1,036 934
Coburg 5th 6 -0- 4 24 106.2% 1,044 983
Camberwell 6th 6 -0- 4 24 97.2% 1,010 1,039
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 5 20 106.6% 1,095 1,027
Brighton 8th 4 -0- 6 16 101.5% 1,093 1,077
Port Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 78.8% 819 1,039
Yarraville 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.4% 911 1,208
Preston 11th 2 -0- 8 8 85.0% 878 1,033
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 10 0 73.9% 936 1,267

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 87 - 65
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 143 - 89
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 109 - 118
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 83 - 85
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 91 - 89
SAT 24/06/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 118 - 71

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 10 -0- 1 40 137.8% 1,242 901
Northcote 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 129.3% 1,042 806
Prahran 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 127.3% 1,221 959
Camberwell 4th 7 -0- 4 28 98.3% 1,128 1,148
Williamstown 5th 6 -0- 5 24 104.5% 1,125 1,077
Coburg 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.6% 1,109 1,070
Sandringham 7th 5 -0- 6 20 105.9% 1,184 1,118
Brighton 8th 5 -0- 6 20 103.3% 1,180 1,142
Yarraville 9th 4 -0- 7 16 80.5% 1,029 1,279
Port Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 7 16 80.2% 928 1,157
Preston 11th 3 -0- 8 12 86.4% 969 1,122
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 11 0 72.7% 1,007 1,385

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 74 - 73
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 109 - 97
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 191 - 67
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 93 - 114
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 55 - 60
SAT 01/07/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 79 - 157

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 11 -0- 1 44 135.4% 1,351 998
Northcote 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 128.0% 1,102 861
Prahran 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 126.9% 1,335 1,052
Camberwell 4th 8 -0- 4 32 108.6% 1,319 1,215
Williamstown 5th 7 -0- 5 28 110.9% 1,282 1,156
Brighton 6th 6 -0- 6 24 103.2% 1,254 1,215
Coburg 7th 6 -0- 6 24 102.3% 1,206 1,179
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 7 20 105.5% 1,257 1,192
Port Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 80.3% 1,021 1,271
Yarraville 10th 4 -0- 8 16 77.2% 1,108 1,436
Preston 11th 3 -0- 9 12 86.6% 1,024 1,182
Oakleigh 12th 0 -0- 12 0 68.1% 1,074 1,576

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 133 - 140
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Motordrome 67 - 85
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 125 - 108
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 128 - 108
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 95 - 119
SAT 08/07/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 88 - 108

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 12 -0- 1 48 134.5% 1,470 1,093
Prahran 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 126.1% 1,463 1,160
Northcote 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 123.6% 1,169 946
Camberwell 4th 9 -0- 4 36 109.5% 1,427 1,303
Williamstown 5th 7 -0- 6 28 108.4% 1,370 1,264
Brighton 6th 7 -0- 6 28 104.4% 1,339 1,282
Coburg 7th 6 -0- 7 24 101.5% 1,339 1,319
Sandringham 8th 5 -0- 8 20 103.1% 1,352 1,311
Yarraville 9th 5 -0- 8 20 79.5% 1,248 1,569
Port Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 80.9% 1,129 1,396
Preston 11th 3 -0- 10 12 86.4% 1,132 1,310
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 12 4 71.2% 1,199 1,684

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 139 - 96
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 95 - 69
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 111 - 120
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 88 - 174
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 94 - 121
SAT 22/07/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 127 - 92

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 13 -0- 1 52 134.7% 1,565 1,162
Prahran 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 120.0% 1,559 1,299
Northcote 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 118.9% 1,238 1,041
Camberwell 4th 9 -0- 5 36 108.1% 1,538 1,423
Williamstown 5th 8 -0- 6 32 114.2% 1,544 1,352
Brighton 6th 8 -0- 6 32 107.3% 1,478 1,378
Coburg 7th 7 -0- 7 28 102.0% 1,459 1,430
Yarraville 8th 6 -0- 8 24 82.8% 1,375 1,661
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 9 20 100.4% 1,444 1,438
Preston 10th 4 -0- 10 16 89.2% 1,253 1,404
Port Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 10 16 80.6% 1,223 1,517
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 13 4 69.3% 1,287 1,858

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 138 - 47
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Motordrome 155 - 72
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 117 - 123
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 127 - 82
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 83 - 132
SAT 29/07/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 134 - 82

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 14 -0- 1 56 132.0% 1,688 1,279
Northcote 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 125.2% 1,393 1,113
Prahran 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 117.9% 1,676 1,422
Camberwell 4th 10 -0- 5 40 110.9% 1,670 1,506
Williamstown 5th 9 -0- 6 36 117.0% 1,678 1,434
Coburg 6th 8 -0- 7 32 108.1% 1,597 1,477
Brighton 7th 8 -0- 7 32 103.7% 1,560 1,505
Yarraville 8th 6 -0- 9 24 79.7% 1,447 1,816
Sandringham 9th 5 -0- 10 20 97.3% 1,527 1,570
Preston 10th 5 -0- 10 20 92.9% 1,380 1,486
Port Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 11 16 79.0% 1,305 1,651
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 14 4 66.8% 1,334 1,996

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 62 - 64
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Northcote Camberwell Sportsground 109 - 118
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 72 - 122
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 85 - 123
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 112 - 77
SAT 05/08/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 107 - 152

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 14 -0- 2 56 130.3% 1,750 1,343
Northcote 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 123.6% 1,511 1,222
Prahran 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 119.6% 1,828 1,529
Williamstown 4th 10 -0- 6 40 118.5% 1,790 1,511
Camberwell 5th 10 -0- 6 40 109.5% 1,779 1,624
Brighton 6th 9 -0- 7 36 105.8% 1,683 1,590
Coburg 7th 8 -0- 8 32 105.3% 1,674 1,589
Sandringham 8th 6 -0- 10 24 100.4% 1,649 1,642
Preston 9th 6 -0- 10 24 93.3% 1,444 1,548
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 10 24 79.0% 1,554 1,968
Port Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 12 16 78.4% 1,390 1,774
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 15 4 66.4% 1,406 2,118

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 92 - 80
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 144 - 84
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Motordrome 162 - 70
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 188 - 73
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 115 - 62
SAT 12/08/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 79 - 109

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 14 -0- 3 56 127.5% 1,830 1,435
Northcote 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 129.5% 1,673 1,292
Prahran 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 125.8% 2,016 1,602
Williamstown 4th 11 -0- 6 44 119.4% 1,899 1,590
Brighton 5th 10 -0- 7 40 106.3% 1,775 1,670
Camberwell 6th 10 -0- 7 40 102.2% 1,852 1,812
Coburg 7th 9 -0- 8 36 108.7% 1,818 1,673
Preston 8th 7 -0- 10 28 96.8% 1,559 1,610
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 11 24 98.7% 1,728 1,751
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 11 24 77.6% 1,616 2,083
Port Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 13 16 76.9% 1,474 1,918
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 16 4 64.7% 1,476 2,280

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 169 - 123
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 77 - 104
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 68 - 136
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 123 - 77
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 56 - 73
SAT 19/08/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 72 - 48

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 14 -0- 4 56 121.8% 1,953 1,604
Northcote 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 129.5% 1,746 1,348
Prahran 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 126.3% 2,120 1,679
Williamstown 4th 12 -0- 6 48 120.3% 1,971 1,638
Brighton 5th 11 -0- 7 44 110.0% 1,911 1,738
Camberwell 6th 11 -0- 7 44 104.4% 2,021 1,935
Coburg 7th 9 -0- 9 36 106.6% 1,895 1,777
Preston 8th 7 -0- 11 28 95.5% 1,607 1,682
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 12 24 97.8% 1,784 1,824
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 12 24 76.7% 1,693 2,206
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 80.1% 1,597 1,995
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 17 4 63.9% 1,544 2,416

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 63 - 107
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 238 - 52
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 65 - 88
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 172 - 86
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 68 - 47
SAT 26/08/1939 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 57 - 125

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 15 -0- 4 60 132.3% 2,191 1,656
Prahran 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 129.9% 2,292 1,765
Northcote 3rd 14 -0- 5 56 129.8% 1,834 1,413
Williamstown 4th 13 -0- 6 52 122.2% 2,078 1,701
Camberwell 5th 12 -0- 7 48 107.7% 2,146 1,992
Brighton 6th 11 -0- 8 44 107.0% 1,974 1,845
Coburg 7th 9 -0- 10 36 105.3% 1,942 1,845
Preston 8th 8 -0- 11 32 96.9% 1,675 1,729
Sandringham 9th 6 -0- 13 24 93.7% 1,870 1,996
Yarraville 10th 6 -0- 13 24 75.1% 1,750 2,331
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 14 20 79.8% 1,662 2,083
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 18 4 60.1% 1,596 2,654

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 210 - 53
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 142 - 113
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 132 - 138
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 135 - 84
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 125 - 135
SAT 02/09/1939 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 95 - 72

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Prahran 1st 15 -0- 5 60 131.3% 2,427 1,849
Brunswick 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.2% 2,263 1,751
Northcote 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 123.9% 1,918 1,548
Williamstown 4th 14 -0- 6 56 122.6% 2,173 1,773
Camberwell 5th 13 -0- 7 52 115.2% 2,356 2,045
Brighton 6th 11 -0- 9 44 105.0% 2,087 1,987
Coburg 7th 10 -0- 10 40 106.4% 2,084 1,958
Preston 8th 9 -0- 11 36 97.6% 1,810 1,854
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 13 28 76.7% 1,888 2,463
Sandringham 10th 6 -0- 14 24 93.6% 1,995 2,131
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 74.8% 1,715 2,293
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 19 4 61.9% 1,728 2,792

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Prahran 1st 15 -0- 5 60 131.3% 2,427 1,849 355 297 261 283
Brunswick 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.2% 2,263 1,751 324 319 252 239
Northcote 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 123.9% 1,918 1,548 268 310 220 228
Williamstown 4th 14 -0- 6 56 122.6% 2,173 1,773 304 349 252 261
Camberwell 5th 13 -0- 7 52 115.2% 2,356 2,045 337 334 296 269
Brighton 6th 11 -0- 9 44 105.0% 2,087 1,987 291 341 275 337
Coburg 7th 10 -0- 10 40 106.4% 2,084 1,958 298 296 274 314
Preston 8th 9 -0- 11 36 97.6% 1,810 1,854 261 244 261 288
Yarraville 9th 7 -0- 13 28 76.7% 1,888 2,463 266 292 354 339
Sandringham 10th 6 -0- 14 24 93.6% 1,995 2,131 287 273 300 331
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 74.8% 1,715 2,293 243 257 324 349
Oakleigh 12th 1 -0- 19 4 61.9% 1,728 2,792 240 288 405 362

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1939 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Toorak Park 74 - 80 11,000
SAT 23/09/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 109 - 113 10,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brunswick 1st
Prahran 2nd
Williamstown 3rd
Northcote 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1939 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 114 - 121 14,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brunswick 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Prahran 3rd
Northcote 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/10/1939 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown MCG 95 - 104 47,098

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Brunswick 2nd
Prahran 3rd
Northcote 4th