1941 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1941 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Carlton 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: 1941 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 Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds Les Griggs
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Dan Minogue
Footscray Western Oval Norm Ware
Geelong Kardinia Park Len Metherell
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bert Mills
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Bob McCaskill
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer Jack Titus
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Joe Kelly
St Kilda Junction Oval Jack Knight

Season Results

Premiers: Melbourne
Runners-Up: Essendon
Minor Premiers: Carlton

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 4 56 120.3% 1,948 1,619 277 286 227 257
Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 117.2% 1,993 1,701 286 277 244 237
Richmond 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 116.7% 1,714 1,469 244 250 206 233
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 5 52 130.3% 1,864 1,431 268 256 202 219
Collingwood 5th 12 -0- 6 48 110.9% 1,743 1,571 245 273 224 227
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 8 40 110.5% 1,676 1,517 238 248 211 251
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 10 32 96.3% 1,695 1,760 247 213 246 284
South Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.0% 1,397 1,552 191 251 217 250
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 92.9% 1,759 1,893 255 229 267 291
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 15 12 83.0% 1,561 1,880 217 259 268 272
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 81.9% 1,454 1,775 202 242 258 227
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 68.2% 1,367 2,003 186 251 286 287

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 102 - 99 21,000
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 77 - 95 17,500
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 93 - 52 10,500
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 90 - 114 14,740
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 108 - 107 8,000
SAT 26/04/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 92 - 87 15,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 178.8% 93 52
Fitzroy 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 126.7% 114 90
Richmond 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 123.4% 95 77
St Kilda 4th 1 -0- 0 4 105.7% 92 87
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 0 4 103.0% 102 99
North Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 100.9% 108 107
Geelong 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.1% 107 108
Essendon 8th 0 -0- 1 0 97.1% 99 102
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 94.6% 87 92
Collingwood 10th 0 -0- 1 0 81.1% 77 95
Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 78.9% 90 114
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 1 0 55.9% 52 93

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 145 - 108 13,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 75 - 113 17,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 87 - 85 8,500
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 95 - 118 9,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 90 - 80 28,000
SAT 03/05/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 93 - 101 12,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 2 -0- 0 8 162.2% 206 127
Richmond 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 117.8% 185 157
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 116.2% 244 210
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 1 4 102.6% 195 190
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 1 4 101.7% 177 174
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 100.5% 194 193
Carlton 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.3% 182 189
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.1% 189 203
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 1 4 92.3% 191 207
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 1 4 85.7% 216 252
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 93.3% 180 193
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 2 0 69.7% 147 211

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 120 - 73 9,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 123 14,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 100 - 58 15,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 97 - 108 7,800
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 123 - 95 13,000
SAT 10/05/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 58 - 103 19,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 3 -0- 0 12 165.4% 306 185
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 122.2% 308 252
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 129.5% 347 268
Carlton 4th 2 -0- 1 8 115.3% 302 262
Collingwood 5th 2 -0- 1 8 110.8% 318 287
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 98.4% 299 304
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 2 4 96.7% 291 301
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 87.7% 286 326
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 2 4 84.8% 235 277
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 82.9% 311 375
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 81.2% 238 293
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 3 0 66.5% 220 331

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 95 - 94 16,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 104 - 92 20,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 94 - 79 6,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 93 - 89 13,082
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 105 - 119 14,000
SAT 17/05/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 109 - 82 10,500

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 3 -0- 1 12 142.9% 400 280
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 125.3% 451 360
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 114.7% 421 367
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 112.4% 400 356
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 1 12 108.4% 413 381
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 1 12 99.7% 392 393
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 3 4 93.7% 370 395
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 3 4 92.5% 347 375
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 3 4 87.6% 324 370
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 84.6% 368 435
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 84.2% 416 494
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 3 4 76.6% 314 410

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 167 15,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 105 - 56 12,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 96 - 103 6,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 60 - 156 10,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 120 - 98 13,000
SAT 31/05/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 90 - 108 15,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 4 -0- 1 16 150.3% 505 336
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 144.5% 607 420
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 115.8% 529 457
Richmond 4th 4 -0- 1 16 114.5% 520 454
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 1 16 107.5% 559 520
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 98.5% 540 548
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.5% 450 471
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 4 4 93.6% 466 498
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 4 4 86.6% 414 478
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.0% 466 555
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 78.8% 472 599
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 4 4 66.1% 374 566

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 99 - 82 18,500
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 116 - 75 7,000
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 132 - 104 16,000
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 114 - 62 6,500
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 117 - 62 8,500
SAT 07/06/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 61 - 96 15,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -0- 1 20 146.2% 703 481
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 144.8% 637 440
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 123.4% 637 516
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 1 20 116.5% 628 539
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 101.7% 663 652
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 3 12 96.1% 622 647
Fitzroy 7th 2 -0- 4 8 92.4% 582 630
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 4 8 90.1% 511 567
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.7% 586 661
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 5 4 88.1% 541 614
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 5 4 80.4% 476 592
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 5 4 63.8% 436 683

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 121 - 111 10,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 78 - 36 14,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 74 - 75 7,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 56 - 90 7,000
SAT 14/06/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 104 - 62 20,000
MON 16/06/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 97 - 124 28,407

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 6 -0- 1 24 151.1% 781 517
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 120.7% 712 590
Carlton 3rd 6 -0- 1 24 118.2% 752 636
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 2 20 128.5% 699 544
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 3 16 98.0% 743 758
Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 3 16 97.9% 760 776
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 96.5% 601 623
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 5 8 89.1% 697 782
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 5 8 88.7% 580 654
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 5 8 87.3% 618 708
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 6 4 89.3% 615 689
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 6 4 63.6% 492 773

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 77 - 85 4,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 60 - 52 6,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 78 - 93 5,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 44 - 84 2,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 73 - 47 6,000
SAT 21/06/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 64 - 42 5,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -0- 1 28 123.2% 785 637
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 144.4% 833 577
Footscray 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 127.3% 792 622
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 2 24 115.0% 829 721
Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 3 20 102.9% 844 820
Collingwood 6th 5 -0- 3 20 99.1% 803 810
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 100.0% 665 665
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 5 12 89.6% 703 785
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 87.4% 739 846
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 6 8 86.2% 627 727
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 7 4 88.6% 693 782
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 7 4 62.5% 536 857

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 120 - 79 10,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 145 - 80 7,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 86 - 101 21,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 116 - 129 5,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 103 - 70 15,000
SAT 28/06/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 83 - 106 16,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -0- 1 32 125.6% 888 707
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 145.3% 953 656
Carlton 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 115.2% 930 807
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 121.4% 878 723
Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 3 24 104.0% 973 936
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 3 24 101.8% 909 893
Fitzroy 7th 4 -0- 5 16 98.0% 848 865
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 5 16 95.7% 735 768
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 7 8 87.7% 855 975
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 7 8 85.2% 710 833
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 8 4 85.6% 772 902
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 8 4 61.5% 616 1,002

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 97 - 89 7,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 72 - 79 7,500
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 85 - 95 14,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 113 - 65 17,559
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 98 - 50 3,000
SAT 05/07/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 76 - 78 7,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 1 36 124.1% 983 792
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 114.6% 1,027 896
Essendon 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 132.4% 1,018 769
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 3 28 108.5% 1,086 1,001
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.7% 963 818
Collingwood 6th 6 -0- 4 24 100.9% 981 972
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 5 20 98.4% 926 941
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 5 20 96.9% 814 840
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 93.0% 953 1,025
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 8 8 86.3% 786 911
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 9 4 86.2% 861 999
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 9 4 60.5% 666 1,100

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 104 - 65 15,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 123 - 124 8,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 58 - 96 7,500
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 90 - 69 4,000
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 108 - 61 20,765
SAT 12/07/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 109 - 93 14,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -0- 2 36 116.0% 1,044 900
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 134.5% 1,122 834
Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 112.4% 1,194 1,062
Carlton 4th 8 -0- 3 32 111.4% 1,120 1,005
Collingwood 5th 7 -0- 4 28 104.6% 1,077 1,030
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 5 24 111.5% 1,028 922
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 98.9% 923 933
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 6 20 98.5% 1,049 1,065
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 7 16 93.8% 1,077 1,148
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 9 8 85.4% 855 1,001
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 9 8 64.7% 756 1,169
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 10 4 83.9% 919 1,095

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 83 - 122 14,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 104 - 126 8,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 99 - 95 4,500
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 80 - 102 5,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 74 - 92 15,000
SAT 19/07/1941 2:30 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 96 - 54 10,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 3 36 114.2% 1,242 1,088
Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 113.2% 1,320 1,166
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 112.7% 1,118 992
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 4 32 126.0% 1,205 956
Collingwood 5th 8 -0- 4 32 105.9% 1,169 1,104
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 5 28 112.8% 1,130 1,002
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 5 28 103.2% 1,019 987
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 7 20 96.8% 1,153 1,191
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 8 16 94.0% 1,172 1,247
Geelong 10th 2 -0- 10 8 85.5% 1,018 1,190
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 10 8 82.9% 909 1,097
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 10 8 65.8% 836 1,271

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 83 - 84 27,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 152 - 85 4,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 110 - 58 10,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 124 - 73 23,110
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 86 - 110 10,000
SAT 26/07/1941 2:30 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 122 - 81 4,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 10 -0- 3 40 116.5% 1,444 1,239
Richmond 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 111.8% 1,202 1,075
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 126.2% 1,315 1,042
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 4 36 113.1% 1,325 1,172
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 4 36 111.1% 1,321 1,189
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 5 32 117.0% 1,240 1,060
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 6 28 98.3% 1,092 1,111
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 8 20 93.1% 1,211 1,301
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 9 16 92.7% 1,258 1,357
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 10 12 87.5% 1,031 1,178
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 11 8 83.8% 1,099 1,312
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 11 8 64.7% 921 1,423

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 75 - 57 9,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 113 - 49 10,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 81 - 121 7,500
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 128 - 72 6,669
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 64 - 67 10,000
SAT 02/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 55 - 81 20,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 11 -0- 3 44 119.9% 1,572 1,311
Richmond 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 111.4% 1,269 1,139
Essendon 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 130.9% 1,428 1,091
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 4 40 115.4% 1,446 1,253
Collingwood 5th 10 -0- 4 40 112.0% 1,396 1,246
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 5 36 118.5% 1,321 1,115
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 96.2% 1,147 1,192
Fitzroy 8th 5 -0- 9 20 92.2% 1,268 1,376
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 10 16 92.8% 1,322 1,424
St Kilda 10th 3 -0- 11 12 83.7% 1,080 1,291
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 12 8 81.3% 1,171 1,440
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 12 8 64.9% 1,002 1,544

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 169 - 117 10,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 80 8,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 52 - 81 16,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 144 - 129 4,500
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 95 - 88 26,000
SAT 09/08/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 85 - 101 7,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 12 -0- 3 48 119.8% 1,673 1,396
Richmond 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 111.2% 1,364 1,227
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 117.9% 1,615 1,370
Collingwood 4th 11 -0- 4 44 113.8% 1,477 1,298
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 5 40 127.8% 1,516 1,186
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 6 36 114.8% 1,373 1,196
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 8 28 94.0% 1,227 1,305
Fitzroy 8th 6 -0- 9 24 94.8% 1,381 1,456
North Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 11 16 90.3% 1,439 1,593
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 12 12 83.8% 1,315 1,569
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 12 12 83.7% 1,165 1,392
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 13 8 67.0% 1,131 1,688

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 137 - 80 8,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 131 - 93 7,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 99 - 88 11,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 110 - 87 30,544
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 104 - 88 8,000
SAT 16/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 70 - 69 4,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 13 -0- 3 52 120.2% 1,783 1,483
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 120.8% 1,752 1,450
Richmond 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 109.5% 1,452 1,326
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 5 44 128.8% 1,647 1,279
Collingwood 5th 11 -0- 5 44 111.1% 1,564 1,408
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 7 36 112.4% 1,461 1,300
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 94.4% 1,297 1,374
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 9 28 95.9% 1,480 1,544
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 11 20 91.8% 1,543 1,681
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 13 12 84.4% 1,384 1,639
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 13 12 81.4% 1,245 1,529
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 14 8 67.3% 1,224 1,819

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 81 - 83 30,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 95 - 46 9,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 94 - 109 4,500
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 60 - 130 8,000
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 122 - 105 11,232
SAT 23/08/1941 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 114 - 136 6,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 3 56 120.0% 1,905 1,588
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 119.9% 1,835 1,531
Richmond 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 114.1% 1,582 1,386
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 5 48 131.5% 1,742 1,325
Collingwood 5th 11 -0- 6 44 110.3% 1,645 1,491
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 8 36 110.1% 1,566 1,422
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 9 32 97.0% 1,589 1,638
South Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 91.4% 1,343 1,469
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 11 24 93.5% 1,679 1,795
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 14 12 84.6% 1,478 1,748
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 14 12 81.6% 1,359 1,665
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 15 8 65.9% 1,284 1,949

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 113 - 88 29,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 122 11,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 110 - 95 7,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 80 - 98 5,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 132 - 83 9,000
SAT 30/08/1941 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 54 - 83 3,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 4 56 120.3% 1,948 1,619
Melbourne 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 117.2% 1,993 1,701
Richmond 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 116.7% 1,714 1,469
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 5 52 130.3% 1,864 1,431
Collingwood 5th 12 -0- 6 48 110.9% 1,743 1,571
Footscray 6th 10 -0- 8 40 110.5% 1,676 1,517
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 10 32 96.3% 1,695 1,760
South Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.0% 1,397 1,552
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 92.9% 1,759 1,893
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 15 12 83.0% 1,561 1,880
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 81.9% 1,454 1,775
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 68.2% 1,367 2,003

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1941 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 81 - 135 59,368
SAT 13/09/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Melbourne MCG 82 - 109 59,435

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1941 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 68 - 93 65,106

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1941 2:50 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 127 - 98 79,687