1939 VFLS Season

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

It featured eighteen rounds. Richmond Seconds were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1939 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 111

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park Charlie Hardy Allan Geddes
Collingwood Seconds Victoria Park Albert Collier Horrie Edmonds
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Corio Oval
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds MCG Bill Adams
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Bert Foster Perce Bentley
South Melbourne Seconds Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne Seconds
Runners-Up: Richmond Seconds
Minor Premiers: Richmond Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Seconds 1st 14 -0- 4 56 140.3% 1,731 1,234 247 249 168 226
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 144.2% 1,882 1,305 268 274 184 201
Geelong Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 134.1% 1,711 1,276 232 319 177 214
Footscray Seconds 4th 13 -0- 5 52 133.4% 1,858 1,393 259 304 197 211
Essendon Seconds 5th 12 -0- 6 48 125.1% 1,888 1,509 267 286 212 237
Collingwood Seconds 6th 11 -1- 6 46 118.2% 1,580 1,337 220 260 191 191
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -1- 9 34 97.7% 1,511 1,547 213 233 209 293
Carlton Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.0% 1,473 1,637 205 243 227 275
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 12 20 83.9% 1,445 1,722 198 257 237 300
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 14 16 55.3% 1,165 2,107 161 199 303 289
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 15 12 69.1% 1,391 2,012 196 215 283 314
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 2 -0- 15 8 67.7% 1,167 1,723 161 201 239 289

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1939 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 86 - 93
SAT 22/04/1939 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 116 - 97
SAT 22/04/1939 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Corio Oval 78 - 77
SAT 22/04/1939 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 104 - 78
SAT 22/04/1939 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 74 - 140
SAT 22/04/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 91 - 110

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 189.2% 140 74
Hawthorn Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 133.3% 104 78
Carlton Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 120.9% 110 91
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 119.6% 116 97
Footscray Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 108.1% 93 86
Geelong Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.3% 78 77
Collingwood Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.7% 77 78
Essendon Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 92.5% 86 93
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 83.6% 97 116
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 82.7% 91 110
St Kilda Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 75.0% 78 104
Richmond Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 52.9% 74 140

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1939 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 87 - 102
SAT 29/04/1939 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 136 - 87
SAT 29/04/1939 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 103 - 67
SAT 29/04/1939 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 119 - 53
SAT 29/04/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 121 - 128
SAT 29/04/1939 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 107 - 89

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 203.9% 259 127
Footscray Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 128.1% 196 153
Hawthorn Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 116.6% 232 199
Geelong Seconds 4th 2 -0- 0 8 109.8% 180 164
Collingwood Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 129.1% 213 165
Carlton Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 102.1% 197 193
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 205 204
St Kilda Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.9% 185 193
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 0 -0- 2 0 89.3% 218 244
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 72.4% 178 246
Essendon Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 65.6% 139 212
Richmond Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.0% 141 243

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1939 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 72
SAT 06/05/1939 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Western Oval 69 - 89
SAT 06/05/1939 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Corio Oval 119 - 94
SAT 06/05/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Arden Street Oval 86 - 110
SAT 06/05/1939 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 133 - 93
SAT 06/05/1939 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 93 - 136

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 179.5% 395 220
Geelong Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 115.9% 299 258
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 129.1% 302 234
Carlton Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 110.0% 307 279
Footscray Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 109.5% 265 242
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 102.9% 284 276
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 2 -0- 1 8 102.5% 326 318
St Kilda Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 84.5% 278 329
Richmond Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 81.5% 274 336
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 3 0 85.9% 304 354
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 76.9% 250 325
Essendon Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 67.2% 232 345

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1939 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 116 - 123
SAT 13/05/1939 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 88 - 57
SAT 13/05/1939 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 76 - 119
SAT 13/05/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Fitzroy (S) Glenferrie Oval 100 - 131
SAT 13/05/1939 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 146 - 55
SAT 13/05/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 69 - 88

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 196.7% 541 275
Geelong Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 125.1% 418 334
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 134.0% 390 291
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 3 -0- 1 12 110.4% 415 376
Footscray Seconds 5th 3 -0- 1 12 108.4% 388 358
Carlton Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 423 402
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 94.9% 426 449
Richmond Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 89.4% 362 405
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 80.3% 335 417
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 4 0 77.2% 319 413
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 4 0 71.8% 359 500
Essendon Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 66.4% 308 464

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1939 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 91 - 82
SAT 20/05/1939 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 91 - 77
SAT 20/05/1939 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 135 - 51
SAT 20/05/1939 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 92 - 72
SAT 20/05/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 33 - 93
SAT 20/05/1939 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 52 - 112

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 182.4% 633 347
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 130.7% 481 368
Footscray Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.9% 523 409
Geelong Seconds 4th 4 -0- 1 16 115.0% 490 426
Carlton Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 106.2% 514 484
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 105.4% 492 467
Richmond Seconds 7th 3 -0- 2 12 103.9% 455 438
Hawthorn Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 94.1% 508 540
Essendon Seconds 9th 1 -0- 4 4 81.4% 420 516
St Kilda Seconds 10th 1 -0- 4 4 73.2% 387 529
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 5 0 67.5% 370 548
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 66.1% 392 593

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1939 Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 147 - 56
SAT 27/05/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 67
SAT 27/05/1939 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Corio Oval 146 - 56
SAT 27/05/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood (S) Glenferrie Oval 39 - 53
SAT 27/05/1939 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 108 - 36
SAT 27/05/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 58 - 99

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 180.7% 732 405
Geelong Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 132.0% 636 482
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 131.2% 534 407
Richmond Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 118.8% 563 474
Footscray Seconds 5th 4 -0- 2 16 117.5% 590 502
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 4 -0- 2 16 109.6% 585 534
Carlton Seconds 7th 3 -0- 3 12 92.9% 550 592
Essendon Seconds 8th 2 -0- 4 8 99.1% 567 572
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 92.2% 547 593
St Kilda Seconds 10th 1 -0- 5 4 65.6% 443 675
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 6 0 66.2% 428 647
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 6 0 60.5% 448 740

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1939 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 64 - 104
SAT 03/06/1939 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 69 - 86
SAT 03/06/1939 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 183 - 65
SAT 03/06/1939 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 63 - 67
SAT 03/06/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 48 - 122
SAT 03/06/1939 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 85 - 109

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 6 -0- 1 24 168.4% 795 472
Geelong Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 143.0% 758 530
Footscray Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 136.3% 773 567
Collingwood Seconds 4th 5 -0- 2 20 122.3% 603 493
Richmond Seconds 5th 5 -0- 2 20 119.5% 649 543
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 5 -0- 2 20 109.2% 652 597
Essendon Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 105.5% 671 636
Carlton Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 88.2% 614 696
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 5 8 78.9% 612 776
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 6 4 73.4% 537 732
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 6 4 67.3% 528 784
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 7 0 57.5% 496 862

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1939 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 151 - 106
SAT 10/06/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 114 - 64
SAT 10/06/1939 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 85 - 60
SAT 10/06/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 84 - 144
MON 12/06/1939 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 70 - 82
MON 12/06/1939 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 141 - 53

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 6 -0- 2 24 153.5% 855 557
Footscray Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 136.8% 858 627
Richmond Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 132.6% 790 596
Geelong Seconds 4th 6 -0- 2 24 127.6% 822 644
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 6 -0- 2 24 115.9% 766 661
Collingwood Seconds 6th 5 -0- 3 20 110.1% 709 644
Essendon Seconds 7th 4 -0- 4 16 113.2% 815 720
Carlton Seconds 8th 4 -0- 4 16 95.4% 765 802
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 6 8 72.5% 665 917
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 6 8 71.4% 610 854
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 7 4 70.9% 621 876
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 8 0 60.0% 566 944

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1939 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 139 - 45
SAT 17/06/1939 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 108 - 96
SAT 17/06/1939 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Corio Oval 86 - 69
SAT 17/06/1939 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 126 - 73
SAT 17/06/1939 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 117 - 53
SAT 17/06/1939 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 118 - 135

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 7 -0- 2 28 159.3% 972 610
Footscray Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 133.3% 993 745
Geelong Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 127.3% 908 713
Richmond Seconds 4th 6 -0- 3 24 126.0% 859 682
Collingwood Seconds 5th 6 -0- 3 24 123.1% 848 689
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -0- 3 24 112.1% 862 769
Essendon Seconds 7th 5 -0- 4 20 113.1% 923 816
Carlton Seconds 8th 4 -0- 5 16 89.0% 818 919
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 3 -0- 6 12 79.9% 791 990
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 7 8 73.6% 728 989
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 8 4 69.3% 694 1,002
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 9 0 56.4% 611 1,083

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1939 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 111 - 98
SAT 24/06/1939 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 107 - 123
SAT 24/06/1939 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 162 - 61
SAT 24/06/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 96 - 139
SAT 24/06/1939 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 72 - 69
SAT 24/06/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 52 - 71

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 8 -0- 2 32 152.7% 1,095 717
Footscray Seconds 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 143.3% 1,155 806
Geelong Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 2 32 128.0% 979 765
Richmond Seconds 4th 7 -0- 3 28 124.0% 931 751
Collingwood Seconds 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.6% 955 812
Essendon Seconds 6th 6 -0- 4 24 116.4% 1,062 912
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -0- 4 24 110.7% 931 841
Carlton Seconds 8th 5 -0- 5 20 91.3% 929 1,017
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 3 -0- 7 12 78.6% 887 1,129
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 8 8 75.1% 826 1,100
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 9 4 69.5% 746 1,073
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 10 0 54.0% 672 1,245

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1939 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 101 - 41
SAT 01/07/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 26 - 82
SAT 01/07/1939 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Corio Oval 56 - 94
SAT 01/07/1939 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) MCG 114 - 41
SAT 01/07/1939 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 61 - 58
SAT 01/07/1939 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 56 - 72

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 159.5% 1,209 758
Footscray Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 144.9% 1,249 862
Richmond Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 124.3% 1,003 807
Geelong Seconds 4th 8 -0- 3 32 120.5% 1,035 859
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -0- 4 28 122.0% 1,163 953
Collingwood Seconds 6th 6 -0- 5 24 109.1% 996 913
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -0- 5 24 103.7% 957 923
Carlton Seconds 8th 6 -0- 5 24 96.9% 1,011 1,043
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 3 -0- 8 12 74.7% 928 1,243
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 9 8 75.3% 882 1,172
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 10 4 70.9% 804 1,134
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 10 4 56.3% 733 1,303

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1939 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 103 - 45
SAT 08/07/1939 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 82 - 53
SAT 08/07/1939 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 125 - 69
SAT 08/07/1939 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 62 - 95
SAT 08/07/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 104 - 77
SAT 08/07/1939 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 150 - 80

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 147.6% 1,374 931
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 149.0% 1,271 853
Richmond Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 126.4% 1,098 869
Geelong Seconds 4th 8 -0- 4 32 115.6% 1,088 941
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -0- 5 28 114.3% 1,232 1,078
Collingwood Seconds 6th 7 -0- 5 28 111.6% 1,078 966
Carlton Seconds 7th 7 -0- 5 28 102.4% 1,114 1,088
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 6 -0- 6 24 100.7% 1,034 1,027
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -0- 9 12 82.4% 1,032 1,252
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 9 12 72.4% 1,008 1,393
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 10 8 60.7% 837 1,380
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 11 4 68.6% 849 1,237

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1939 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 104 - 84
SAT 15/07/1939 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 89
SAT 15/07/1939 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Corio Oval 105 - 54
SAT 15/07/1939 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 56 - 62
SAT 15/07/1939 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 134 - 64
SAT 15/07/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Lakeside Oval 37 - 92

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 10 -0- 3 40 135.0% 1,438 1,065
Richmond Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 132.0% 1,232 933
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 141.6% 1,355 957
Geelong Seconds 4th 9 -0- 4 36 119.9% 1,193 995
Collingwood Seconds 5th 8 -0- 5 32 116.7% 1,170 1,003
Essendon Seconds 6th 8 -0- 5 32 115.0% 1,336 1,162
Carlton Seconds 7th 7 -0- 6 28 97.9% 1,168 1,193
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 6 -0- 7 24 99.2% 1,107 1,116
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -0- 9 16 84.6% 1,121 1,325
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 10 12 73.1% 1,064 1,455
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 3 -0- 10 12 62.6% 899 1,436
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 12 4 66.7% 886 1,329

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1939 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 78 - 92
SAT 22/07/1939 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 97 - 64
SAT 22/07/1939 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 95 - 77
SAT 22/07/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 63 - 129
SAT 22/07/1939 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 113 - 130
SAT 22/07/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 73 - 94

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 10 -0- 4 40 129.3% 1,502 1,162
Richmond Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 127.3% 1,309 1,028
Geelong Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 125.0% 1,322 1,058
Melbourne Seconds 4th 9 -0- 5 36 135.1% 1,468 1,087
Collingwood Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 118.7% 1,267 1,067
Essendon Seconds 6th 9 -0- 5 36 115.5% 1,431 1,239
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 7 -0- 7 28 101.0% 1,201 1,189
Carlton Seconds 8th 7 -0- 7 28 97.0% 1,246 1,285
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 9 20 87.0% 1,251 1,438
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 10 16 65.5% 991 1,514
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 11 12 71.1% 1,127 1,584
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 13 4 67.4% 959 1,423

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1939 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Corio Oval 82 - 69
SAT 05/08/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 147 - 99
SAT 05/08/1939 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 101 - 38
SAT 05/08/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 45 - 148
SAT 05/08/1939 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 139 - 50
SAT 05/08/1939 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood (S) Junction Oval 69 - 83

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 11 -0- 4 44 134.3% 1,448 1,078
Footscray Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 133.6% 1,603 1,200
Geelong Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 124.6% 1,404 1,127
Melbourne Seconds 4th 10 -0- 5 40 142.8% 1,616 1,132
Collingwood Seconds 5th 10 -0- 5 40 118.8% 1,350 1,136
Essendon Seconds 6th 9 -0- 6 36 113.6% 1,500 1,321
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -0- 7 32 104.7% 1,348 1,288
Carlton Seconds 8th 7 -0- 8 28 92.6% 1,284 1,386
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 10 20 86.8% 1,320 1,521
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 11 16 62.3% 1,036 1,662
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 12 12 70.8% 1,226 1,731
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 14 4 64.6% 1,009 1,562

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1939 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 114 - 84
SAT 12/08/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 69
SAT 12/08/1939 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 68 - 72
SAT 12/08/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 62 - 87
SAT 12/08/1939 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 154 - 43
SAT 12/08/1939 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 104 - 67

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 12 -0- 4 48 142.9% 1,602 1,121
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 140.7% 1,688 1,200
Footscray Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 128.1% 1,670 1,304
Geelong Seconds 4th 11 -0- 5 44 122.8% 1,472 1,199
Collingwood Seconds 5th 10 -1- 5 42 117.8% 1,419 1,205
Essendon Seconds 6th 10 -0- 6 40 114.9% 1,614 1,405
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -1- 7 34 104.4% 1,417 1,357
Carlton Seconds 8th 8 -0- 8 32 94.7% 1,371 1,448
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 11 20 85.9% 1,404 1,635
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 12 16 59.4% 1,079 1,816
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 13 12 70.8% 1,288 1,818
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 2 -0- 14 8 68.3% 1,113 1,629

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1939 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 48 - 54
SAT 19/08/1939 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 96 - 57
SAT 19/08/1939 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 90 - 43
SAT 19/08/1939 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 94 - 54
SAT 19/08/1939 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 50 - 139
SAT 19/08/1939 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 41 - 87

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 13 -0- 4 52 141.7% 1,656 1,169
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 142.1% 1,782 1,254
Footscray Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 130.7% 1,760 1,347
Geelong Seconds 4th 12 -0- 5 48 125.7% 1,559 1,240
Collingwood Seconds 5th 11 -1- 5 46 120.0% 1,515 1,262
Essendon Seconds 6th 11 -0- 6 44 120.5% 1,753 1,455
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -1- 8 34 100.9% 1,460 1,447
Carlton Seconds 8th 8 -0- 9 32 94.5% 1,419 1,502
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 12 20 83.9% 1,445 1,722
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 13 16 57.7% 1,129 1,955
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 14 12 70.3% 1,345 1,914
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 2 -0- 15 8 67.7% 1,167 1,723

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1939 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 135 - 54
SAT 02/09/1939 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 100
SAT 02/09/1939 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 152 - 36
SAT 02/09/1939 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 46 - 98
SAT 02/09/1939 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) Punt Road Oval 75 - 65
CANCELLED South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S)

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 14 -0- 4 56 140.3% 1,731 1,234
Melbourne Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 144.2% 1,882 1,305
Geelong Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 134.1% 1,711 1,276
Footscray Seconds 4th 13 -0- 5 52 133.4% 1,858 1,393
Essendon Seconds 5th 12 -0- 6 48 125.1% 1,888 1,509
Collingwood Seconds 6th 11 -1- 6 46 118.2% 1,580 1,337
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -1- 9 34 97.7% 1,511 1,547
Carlton Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.0% 1,473 1,637
St Kilda Seconds 9th 5 -0- 12 20 83.9% 1,445 1,722
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 14 16 55.3% 1,165 2,107
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 3 -0- 15 12 69.1% 1,391 2,012
South Melbourne Seconds 12th 2 -0- 15 8 67.7% 1,167 1,723

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1939 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 124 - 74
SAT 09/09/1939 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) MCG 96 - 103

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1939 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 120 - 112

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 28/09/1939 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 144 - 115