1939 VFL Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Melbourne were the premiers, with Allan La Fontaine as the premiership captain and Frank Hughes as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1939 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 Brighton Diggins
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Jack Baggott Dick Reynolds, Harry Hunter
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Gordon Rattray
Footscray Western Oval Joe Kelly
Geelong Corio Oval Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Len Thomas
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Keith Forbes Ted Cusack
Richmond Punt Road Oval Perce Bentley
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Herbie Matthews
St Kilda Junction Oval Ansell Clarke

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 128.4% 1,928 1,502 273 290 206 266
Collingwood 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 122.0% 1,872 1,535 272 240 215 245
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,734 1,469 239 300 210 209
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 5 52 116.5% 1,806 1,550 255 276 216 254
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 6 48 123.1% 1,796 1,459 251 290 205 229
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 10 32 97.0% 1,696 1,749 238 268 247 267
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 11 28 92.4% 1,582 1,713 223 244 243 255
Fitzroy 8th 6 -1- 11 26 89.2% 1,482 1,661 206 246 237 239
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 91.3% 1,561 1,709 227 199 241 263
Hawthorn 10th 5 -1- 12 22 86.1% 1,427 1,657 198 239 228 289
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 82.6% 1,494 1,809 210 234 261 243
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 70.8% 1,367 1,932 191 221 274 288

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 142 - 88 25,000
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 122 - 91 17,500
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 102 - 107 23,000
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 84 - 121 21,840
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 75 - 66 14,000
SAT 22/04/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 128 - 67 15,500

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 1 -0- 0 4 191.0% 128 67
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 161.4% 142 88
Richmond 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 144.0% 121 84
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 134.1% 122 91
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 113.6% 75 66
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 0 4 104.9% 107 102
Footscray 7th 0 -0- 1 0 95.3% 102 107
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 88.0% 66 75
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 74.6% 91 122
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 69.4% 84 121
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 62.0% 88 142
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 1 0 52.3% 67 128

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 135 - 141 20,000
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 102 - 134 15,000
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Corio Oval 92 - 79 15,000
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 115 - 77 11,000
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 139 - 110 26,000
SAT 29/04/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 107 - 146 17,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 2 -0- 0 8 155.0% 262 169
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 135.4% 268 198
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 134.0% 260 194
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 1 4 122.8% 221 180
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 99.6% 242 243
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 91.0% 183 201
Hawthorn 7th 1 -0- 1 4 88.8% 182 205
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 87.9% 225 256
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 1 4 84.0% 152 181
Footscray 10th 0 -0- 2 0 86.2% 212 246
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 2 0 80.4% 168 209
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 67.7% 195 288

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 123 - 106 18,000
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 113 - 98 20,000
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 104 - 106 21,000
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 116 - 66 12,000
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 112 - 81 25,703
SAT 06/05/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 68 - 77 15,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 128.7% 381 296
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 122.8% 366 298
St Kilda 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 122.1% 343 281
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 1 8 120.3% 344 286
Hawthorn 5th 2 -0- 1 8 110.0% 298 271
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 100.0% 337 337
Essendon 7th 1 -0- 2 4 99.1% 346 349
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 88.4% 245 277
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 84.9% 258 304
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 2 4 78.5% 249 317
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 3 0 86.4% 310 359
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 72.1% 263 365

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 77 12,000
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 42 - 100 23,000
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 129 - 81 11,000
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 74 - 110 10,500
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 108 - 85 15,000
SAT 13/05/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 131 - 94 28,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 0 16 123.8% 474 383
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 135.4% 444 328
St Kilda 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 126.4% 474 375
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 1 12 111.2% 475 427
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 1 12 108.8% 447 411
Hawthorn 6th 2 -1- 1 10 107.8% 375 348
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.0% 378 398
Fitzroy 8th 1 -1- 2 6 91.0% 322 354
Essendon 9th 1 -0- 3 4 89.3% 427 478
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 3 4 80.2% 332 414
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 4 0 76.7% 352 459
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 73.6% 348 473

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 105 - 66 18,000
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 116 15,000
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 90 - 106 12,000
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 86 - 83 20,000
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 118 - 89 11,000
SAT 20/05/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 120 - 102 14,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 5 -0- 0 20 125.4% 592 472
Collingwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 116.8% 591 506
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 110.4% 553 501
Hawthorn 4th 3 -1- 1 14 107.0% 461 431
Carlton 5th 3 -0- 2 12 127.3% 527 414
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 2 12 112.5% 540 480
Essendon 7th 2 -0- 3 8 97.8% 532 544
Geelong 8th 2 -0- 3 8 92.9% 468 504
Fitzroy 9th 1 -1- 3 6 85.3% 401 470
South Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 81.4% 468 575
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 79.1% 421 532
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 5 0 78.4% 454 579

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 61 - 68 34,000
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 98 - 79 15,000
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 79 - 100 13,000
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 137 - 30 16,523
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 101 - 88 14,500
SAT 27/05/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 114 - 76 17,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 6 -0- 0 24 123.8% 660 533
Melbourne 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 129.9% 690 531
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 117.8% 689 585
St Kilda 4th 4 -0- 2 16 117.6% 654 556
Hawthorn 5th 3 -1- 2 14 102.1% 540 529
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 3 12 122.0% 588 482
Fitzroy 7th 2 -1- 3 10 91.3% 501 549
Essendon 8th 2 -0- 4 8 96.1% 620 645
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.0% 544 618
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 84.2% 522 620
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 5 4 69.9% 498 712
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 6 0 78.5% 533 679

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 72 - 78 20,000
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 99 - 122 11,000
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 115 - 97 8,000
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 87 - 65 12,500
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 53 - 89 40,000
SAT 03/06/1939 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 62 - 95 15,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 1 24 128.9% 812 630
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 121.9% 778 638
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 114.6% 713 622
St Kilda 4th 5 -0- 2 20 121.2% 749 618
Hawthorn 5th 4 -1- 2 18 105.6% 627 594
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 3 16 120.2% 666 554
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 4 12 92.2% 659 715
Fitzroy 8th 2 -1- 4 10 89.4% 600 671
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 5 8 95.7% 692 723
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 84.2% 619 735
South Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 6 4 69.4% 560 807
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 7 0 78.1% 598 766

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 123 - 84 36,000
SAT 10/06/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 55 - 93 21,000
SAT 10/06/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 120 - 106 17,000
MON 12/06/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 70 - 91 18,000
MON 12/06/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 143 - 96 9,000
MON 12/06/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 122 - 103 22,016

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 1 28 127.4% 934 733
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 124.8% 901 722
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 1 28 119.1% 806 677
St Kilda 4th 6 -0- 2 24 120.0% 869 724
Hawthorn 5th 4 -1- 3 18 99.3% 682 687
Carlton 6th 4 -0- 4 16 110.8% 750 677
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 98.9% 802 811
Fitzroy 8th 2 -1- 5 10 85.5% 696 814
Essendon 9th 2 -0- 6 8 93.6% 762 814
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 84.8% 725 855
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 74.2% 651 877
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 8 0 78.9% 701 888

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 133 - 103 20,000
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 90 10,000
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 86 - 130 13,500
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 78 - 105 14,000
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 94 - 69 17,000
SAT 17/06/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 108 - 86 9,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 1 32 125.8% 1,006 800
Richmond 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 120.6% 900 746
St Kilda 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 123.3% 999 810
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 2 28 119.7% 1,037 866
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 4 20 113.2% 883 780
Hawthorn 6th 4 -1- 4 18 96.6% 768 795
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 96.2% 871 905
Essendon 8th 3 -0- 6 12 95.2% 852 895
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 78.8% 759 963
Fitzroy 10th 2 -1- 6 10 86.0% 777 904
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 83.6% 803 960
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 9 0 77.3% 787 1,018

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 125 - 115 11,000
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 115 - 73 11,000
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 111 - 56 6,500
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 154 - 60 26,063
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 102 - 76 11,000
SAT 24/06/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 98 - 70 28,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 2 32 128.6% 1,191 926
St Kilda 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 124.7% 1,097 880
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 113.0% 973 861
Collingwood 4th 8 -0- 2 32 111.7% 1,066 954
Carlton 5th 5 -0- 5 20 108.5% 953 878
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 5 20 102.2% 982 961
Hawthorn 7th 4 -1- 5 18 96.0% 883 920
Essendon 8th 4 -0- 6 16 96.7% 977 1,010
Fitzroy 9th 3 -1- 6 14 91.3% 892 977
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 87.4% 905 1,036
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 7 12 75.9% 815 1,074
Footscray 12th 0 -0- 10 0 77.1% 863 1,120

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 103 - 60 11,000
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 117 - 60 10,500
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 40 - 25 6,000
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 52 - 54 8,000
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 51 - 66 17,000
SAT 01/07/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 48 - 96 6,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 9 -0- 2 36 127.3% 1,245 978
St Kilda 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 124.9% 1,163 931
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 2 36 116.7% 1,183 1,014
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 3 32 110.5% 1,024 927
Carlton 5th 6 -0- 5 24 112.6% 1,056 938
Geelong 6th 5 -0- 6 20 100.6% 1,007 1,001
Hawthorn 7th 4 -1- 6 18 96.0% 935 974
North Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 7 16 92.3% 1,001 1,084
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 7 16 92.0% 1,037 1,127
Fitzroy 10th 3 -1- 7 14 88.1% 952 1,080
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 73.8% 863 1,170
Footscray 12th 1 -0- 10 4 78.9% 903 1,145

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 122 - 123 13,000
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 80 - 70 12,000
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 120 - 109 10,500
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 84 - 107 18,000
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 99 - 106 22,000
SAT 08/07/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 88 - 113 14,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 2 40 125.4% 1,351 1,077
St Kilda 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 125.1% 1,270 1,015
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 113.9% 1,292 1,134
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 4 32 108.7% 1,123 1,033
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 5 28 113.9% 1,169 1,026
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 6 24 101.5% 1,127 1,110
Hawthorn 7th 4 -1- 7 18 94.3% 1,019 1,081
Fitzroy 8th 4 -1- 7 18 89.7% 1,032 1,150
Essendon 9th 4 -0- 8 16 92.7% 1,159 1,250
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 92.0% 1,071 1,164
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 74.1% 951 1,283
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 10 8 81.0% 1,026 1,267

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 98 - 77 19,000
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 61 10,500
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 49 - 103 15,000
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 60 - 77 16,247
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 119 - 82 8,000
SAT 15/07/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 115 - 84 16,500

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
St Kilda 1st 11 -0- 2 44 126.0% 1,385 1,099
Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 122.3% 1,411 1,154
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 118.6% 1,417 1,195
Richmond 4th 9 -0- 4 36 113.3% 1,226 1,082
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 5 32 114.9% 1,267 1,103
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 7 24 99.7% 1,204 1,208
North Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 8 20 95.5% 1,190 1,246
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 8 20 94.4% 1,236 1,310
Hawthorn 9th 4 -1- 8 18 91.8% 1,101 1,200
Fitzroy 10th 4 -1- 8 18 88.2% 1,116 1,265
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 71.9% 1,012 1,408
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 11 8 78.5% 1,075 1,370

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 63 10,000
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 68 - 85 11,000
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 112 - 90 5,000
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 73 - 79 16,500
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 122 - 68 17,000
SAT 22/07/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 78 - 102 28,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 122.8% 1,513 1,232
St Kilda 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 121.8% 1,463 1,201
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 118.9% 1,502 1,263
Richmond 4th 10 -0- 4 40 117.2% 1,348 1,150
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 5 36 114.5% 1,346 1,176
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 7 28 101.4% 1,316 1,298
Fitzroy 7th 5 -1- 8 22 92.2% 1,225 1,328
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 9 20 95.3% 1,263 1,325
Essendon 9th 5 -0- 9 20 91.1% 1,304 1,432
Hawthorn 10th 4 -1- 9 18 90.8% 1,191 1,312
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 11 12 70.9% 1,075 1,517
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 12 8 78.6% 1,143 1,455

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 159 - 71 12,000
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 116 - 89 19,000
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 107 - 47 8,000
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 80 - 79 6,000
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 102 - 60 12,882
SAT 05/08/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 78 - 123 10,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 3 48 125.0% 1,615 1,292
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 119.7% 1,618 1,352
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 119.8% 1,471 1,228
St Kilda 4th 11 -0- 4 44 117.8% 1,552 1,317
Carlton 5th 10 -0- 5 40 120.7% 1,505 1,247
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 8 28 97.0% 1,363 1,405
Essendon 7th 6 -0- 9 24 95.4% 1,411 1,479
Fitzroy 8th 5 -1- 9 22 92.6% 1,304 1,408
Hawthorn 9th 5 -1- 9 22 91.4% 1,271 1,391
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 92.7% 1,323 1,427
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 12 12 70.3% 1,153 1,640
Footscray 12th 2 -0- 13 8 75.2% 1,214 1,614

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 124 - 62 11,000
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 104 - 73 14,000
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 129 - 82 7,500
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 148 - 95 9,413
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 101 - 116 14,000
SAT 12/08/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 91 - 122 17,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 127.1% 1,763 1,387
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 120.8% 1,722 1,425
Richmond 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 119.4% 1,587 1,329
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 5 44 124.4% 1,629 1,309
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 5 44 114.2% 1,643 1,439
Essendon 6th 7 -0- 9 28 97.6% 1,533 1,570
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 9 28 93.9% 1,458 1,553
Fitzroy 8th 5 -1- 10 22 91.1% 1,377 1,512
Hawthorn 9th 5 -1- 10 22 88.0% 1,333 1,515
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 92.3% 1,424 1,543
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 13 12 79.2% 1,343 1,696
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 13 12 69.8% 1,235 1,769

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 101 - 61 10,000
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 70 - 68 9,000
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Corio Oval 59 - 84 6,500
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 51 - 59 7,500
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 88 - 49 40,000
SAT 19/08/1939 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 80 - 84 5,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 125.9% 1,847 1,467
Collingwood 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 120.7% 1,781 1,476
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 121.6% 1,675 1,378
St Kilda 4th 12 -0- 5 48 115.3% 1,727 1,498
Carlton 5th 11 -0- 6 44 120.1% 1,678 1,397
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 9 32 100.2% 1,634 1,631
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 10 28 92.7% 1,517 1,637
Fitzroy 8th 6 -1- 10 26 91.6% 1,447 1,580
Hawthorn 9th 5 -1- 11 22 87.9% 1,384 1,574
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 90.3% 1,485 1,644
Footscray 11th 3 -0- 14 12 79.9% 1,411 1,766
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 14 12 71.0% 1,315 1,853

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 118 - 62 10,000
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 91 - 59 28,000
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 83 - 43 3,500
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 81 - 35 9,043
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 76 - 65 3,500
SAT 02/09/1939 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 79 - 52 12,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 15 -0- 3 60 128.4% 1,928 1,502
Collingwood 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 122.0% 1,872 1,535
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 118.0% 1,734 1,469
St Kilda 4th 13 -0- 5 52 116.5% 1,806 1,550
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 6 48 123.1% 1,796 1,459
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 10 32 97.0% 1,696 1,749
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 11 28 92.4% 1,582 1,713
Fitzroy 8th 6 -1- 11 26 89.2% 1,482 1,661
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 91.3% 1,561 1,709
Hawthorn 10th 5 -1- 12 22 86.1% 1,427 1,657
Footscray 11th 4 -0- 14 16 82.6% 1,494 1,809
South Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 70.8% 1,367 1,932

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1939 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 42 - 72 51,411
SAT 16/09/1939 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 104 - 90 54,776

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1939 2:30 PM Collingwood v St Kilda MCG 134 - 105 66,848

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1939 2:50 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 148 - 95 78,110