1942 VFLS Season

These are the results for the 1942 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured fifteen rounds. St Kilda Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. St Kilda Seconds were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1942 VFLS Season
Teams: 9
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 64

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Carlton Seconds	McAlister Oval
Essendon Seconds	Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds	Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds	Yarraville Oval
Melbourne Seconds	Albert Cricket Ground	Bill Adams
North Melbourne Seconds	Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds	Old Scotch Oval	Ray Martin
South Melbourne Seconds	Albert Cricket Ground
St Kilda Seconds	Toorak Park

Season Results

Premiers: St Kilda Seconds
Runners-Up: Fitzroy Seconds
Minor Premiers: St Kilda Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
St Kilda Seconds	1st	10	-0-	3	48	162.0%	1,189	734	162	217	102	122
Richmond Seconds	2nd	11	-0-	3	48	121.5%	1,428	1,175	207	186	165	185
Essendon Seconds	3rd	9	-0-	4	44	151.4%	1,393	920	195	223	128	152
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	10	-0-	4	44	127.3%	1,216	955	168	208	130	175
Footscray Seconds	5th	8	-0-	5	40	112.9%	1,179	1,044	171	153	143	186
South Melbourne Seconds	6th	5	-0-	8	28	105.8%	1,003	948	133	205	133	150
Melbourne Seconds	7th	4	-0-	9	24	74.9%	934	1,247	130	154	171	221
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	12	12	60.3%	931	1,545	126	175	219	231
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	12	12	47.0%	624	1,329	84	120	185	219

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1942	Essendon (S) v Footscray (S)	Windy Hill	149	-	58
SAT	16/05/1942	Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Brunswick Street Oval	97	-	63
SAT	16/05/1942	Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S)	Old Scotch Oval	89	-	82
SAT	16/05/1942	South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	152	-	70

Round 1 Bye: St Kilda Seconds

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon Seconds	1st	1	-0-	0	4	256.9%	149	58
South Melbourne Seconds	2nd	1	-0-	0	4	217.1%	152	70
Fitzroy Seconds	3rd	1	-0-	0	4	154.0%	97	63
Richmond Seconds	4th	1	-0-	0	4	108.5%	89	82
St Kilda Seconds	5th	0	-0-	0	4		0	0
Melbourne Seconds	6th	0	-0-	1	0	92.1%	82	89
North Melbourne Seconds	7th	0	-0-	1	0	64.9%	63	97
Carlton Seconds	8th	0	-0-	1	0	46.1%	70	152
Footscray Seconds	9th	0	-0-	1	0	38.9%	58	149

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1942	Carlton (S) v Essendon (S)	Ryder Oval	102	-	57
SAT	23/05/1942	Footscray (S) v Richmond (S)	Yarraville Oval	89	-	101
SAT	23/05/1942	Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	74	-	136
SAT	23/05/1942	St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S)	Toorak Park	102	-	90

Round 2 Bye: North Melbourne Seconds

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy Seconds	1st	2	-0-	0	8	170.1%	233	137
St Kilda Seconds	2nd	1	-0-	0	8	113.3%	102	90
Richmond Seconds	3rd	2	-0-	0	8	111.1%	190	171
South Melbourne Seconds	4th	1	-0-	1	4	140.7%	242	172
Essendon Seconds	5th	1	-0-	1	4	128.8%	206	160
Carlton Seconds	6th	1	-0-	1	4	82.3%	172	209
North Melbourne Seconds	7th	0	-0-	1	4	64.9%	63	97
Melbourne Seconds	8th	0	-0-	2	0	69.3%	156	225
Footscray Seconds	9th	0	-0-	2	0	58.8%	147	250

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1942	Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S)	Windy Hill	109	-	57
SAT	30/05/1942	Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S)	Brunswick Street Oval	81	-	72
SAT	30/05/1942	Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S)	Old Scotch Oval	109	-	86
SAT	30/05/1942	South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	133	-	39

Round 3 Bye: Footscray Seconds

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Fitzroy Seconds	1st	3	-0-	0	12	150.2%	314	209
Richmond Seconds	2nd	3	-0-	0	12	116.3%	299	257
South Melbourne Seconds	3rd	2	-0-	1	8	177.7%	375	211
Essendon Seconds	4th	2	-0-	1	8	145.2%	315	217
St Kilda Seconds	5th	1	-0-	1	8	94.5%	188	199
Carlton Seconds	6th	1	-0-	2	4	84.1%	244	290
Footscray Seconds	7th	0	-0-	2	4	58.8%	147	250
North Melbourne Seconds	8th	0	-0-	2	4	44.3%	102	230
Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	3	0	63.8%	213	334

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1942	Carlton (S) v Richmond (S)	Ryder Oval	84	-	106
SAT	06/06/1942	Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Yarraville Oval	104	-	64
SAT	06/06/1942	Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	49	-	103
SAT	06/06/1942	North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S)	Arden Street Oval	56	-	126

Round 4 Bye: South Melbourne Seconds

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond Seconds	1st	4	-0-	0	16	118.8%	405	341
South Melbourne Seconds	2nd	2	-0-	1	12	177.7%	375	211
Essendon Seconds	3rd	3	-0-	1	12	161.5%	441	273
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	3	-0-	1	12	120.8%	378	313
St Kilda Seconds	5th	2	-0-	1	12	117.3%	291	248
Footscray Seconds	6th	1	-0-	2	8	79.9%	251	314
Carlton Seconds	7th	1	-0-	3	4	82.8%	328	396
North Melbourne Seconds	8th	0	-0-	3	4	44.4%	158	356
Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	4	0	60.0%	262	437

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1942	Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S)	Brunswick Street Oval	28	-	48
SAT	13/06/1942	Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S)	Yarraville Oval	71	-	53
SAT	13/06/1942	North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S)	Arden Street Oval	34	-	91
SAT	13/06/1942	Richmond (S) v Essendon (S)	Old Scotch Oval	82	-	88

Round 5 Bye: Melbourne Seconds

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Melbourne Seconds	1st	3	-0-	1	16	177.0%	423	239
Essendon Seconds	2nd	4	-0-	1	16	149.0%	529	355
Richmond Seconds	3rd	4	-0-	1	16	113.5%	487	429
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	3	-0-	2	12	112.5%	406	361
St Kilda Seconds	5th	2	-0-	2	12	107.8%	344	319
Footscray Seconds	6th	2	-0-	2	12	87.7%	322	367
Carlton Seconds	7th	2	-0-	3	8	97.4%	419	430
Melbourne Seconds	8th	0	-0-	4	4	60.0%	262	437
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	4	4	43.0%	192	447

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1942	Carlton (S) v Footscray (S)	Princes Park	108	-	113
SAT	20/06/1942	Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S)	McAlister Oval	24	-	89
SAT	20/06/1942	Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	117	-	38
SAT	20/06/1942	Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S)	Old Scotch Oval	81	-	71

Round 6 Bye: Essendon Seconds

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon Seconds	1st	4	-0-	1	20	149.0%	529	355
Richmond Seconds	2nd	5	-0-	1	20	113.6%	568	500
South Melbourne Seconds	3rd	3	-0-	2	16	154.4%	494	320
St Kilda Seconds	4th	3	-0-	2	16	126.2%	433	343
Footscray Seconds	5th	3	-0-	2	16	91.6%	435	475
Fitzroy Seconds	6th	3	-0-	3	12	95.6%	430	450
Carlton Seconds	7th	2	-0-	4	8	97.1%	527	543
Melbourne Seconds	8th	1	-0-	4	8	79.8%	379	475
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	5	4	40.8%	230	564

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1942	Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Yarraville Oval	110	-	43
SAT	27/06/1942	Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Old Scotch Oval	74	-	91
SAT	27/06/1942	South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	56	-	81
SAT	27/06/1942	St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S)	Toorak Park	55	-	61

Round 7 Bye: Carlton Seconds

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon Seconds	1st	5	-0-	1	24	143.9%	590	410
Richmond Seconds	2nd	5	-0-	2	20	108.6%	642	591
Footscray Seconds	3rd	4	-0-	2	20	105.2%	545	518
South Melbourne Seconds	4th	3	-0-	3	16	137.2%	550	401
St Kilda Seconds	5th	3	-0-	3	16	120.8%	488	404
Fitzroy Seconds	6th	4	-0-	3	16	99.4%	521	524
Carlton Seconds	7th	2	-0-	4	12	97.1%	527	543
Melbourne Seconds	8th	2	-0-	4	12	86.6%	460	531
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	6	4	40.5%	273	674

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1942	Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S)	McAlister Oval	49	-	51
SAT	04/07/1942	Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S)	Windy Hill	97	-	65
SAT	04/07/1942	North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S)	Arden Street Oval	21	-	37
SAT	04/07/1942	South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	58	-	88

Round 8 Bye: Richmond Seconds

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon Seconds	1st	5	-0-	2	24	129.2%	655	507
Footscray Seconds	2nd	5	-0-	2	24	109.9%	633	576
Richmond Seconds	3rd	5	-0-	2	24	108.6%	642	591
St Kilda Seconds	4th	4	-0-	3	20	123.5%	525	425
Fitzroy Seconds	5th	5	-0-	3	20	104.9%	618	589
South Melbourne Seconds	6th	3	-0-	4	16	124.3%	608	489
Melbourne Seconds	7th	3	-0-	4	16	88.1%	511	580
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	5	12	97.0%	576	594
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	7	4	41.4%	294	711

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1942	Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S)	Windy Hill	94	-	47
SAT	11/07/1942	Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	78	-	87
SAT	11/07/1942	Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Old Scotch Oval	108	-	64
SAT	11/07/1942	St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S)	Toorak Park	154	-	56

Round 9 Bye: Fitzroy Seconds

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Essendon Seconds	1st	6	-0-	2	28	135.2%	749	554
Richmond Seconds	2nd	6	-0-	2	28	114.5%	750	655
Footscray Seconds	3rd	6	-0-	2	28	110.1%	720	654
St Kilda Seconds	4th	5	-0-	3	24	141.2%	679	481
Fitzroy Seconds	5th	5	-0-	3	24	104.9%	618	589
South Melbourne Seconds	6th	3	-0-	5	16	112.3%	655	583
Melbourne Seconds	7th	3	-0-	5	16	88.3%	589	667
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	6	12	84.5%	632	748
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	0	-0-	8	4	43.7%	358	819

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1942	Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Princes Park	61	-	78
SAT	18/07/1942	Essendon (S) v Richmond (S)	Old Scotch Oval	113	-	122
SAT	18/07/1942	South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	48	-	79
SAT	18/07/1942	St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S)	McAlister Oval	107	-	71

Round 10 Bye: Melbourne Seconds

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond Seconds	1st	7	-0-	2	32	113.5%	872	768
St Kilda Seconds	2nd	6	-0-	3	28	142.4%	786	552
Essendon Seconds	3rd	6	-0-	3	28	127.5%	862	676
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	6	-0-	3	28	109.4%	697	637
Footscray Seconds	5th	6	-0-	3	28	103.9%	791	761
Melbourne Seconds	6th	3	-0-	5	20	88.3%	589	667
South Melbourne Seconds	7th	3	-0-	6	16	106.2%	703	662
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	7	12	83.9%	693	826
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	8	8	49.5%	436	880

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1942	Footscray (S) v Carlton (S)	Newport Oval	146	-	51
SAT	25/07/1942	North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S)	Old Scotch Oval	59	-	117
SAT	25/07/1942	South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	107	-	109
SAT	25/07/1942	St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Elsternwick Park	124	-	63

Round 11 Bye: Essendon Seconds

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond Seconds	1st	8	-0-	2	36	112.1%	981	875
St Kilda Seconds	2nd	7	-0-	3	32	148.0%	910	615
Essendon Seconds	3rd	6	-0-	3	32	127.5%	862	676
Footscray Seconds	4th	7	-0-	3	32	115.4%	937	812
Fitzroy Seconds	5th	6	-0-	4	28	99.9%	760	761
Melbourne Seconds	6th	4	-0-	5	24	97.2%	706	726
South Melbourne Seconds	7th	3	-0-	7	16	105.1%	810	771
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	8	12	76.5%	744	972
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	9	8	49.6%	495	997

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1942	Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S)	McAlister Oval	50	-	96
SAT	01/08/1942	Footscray (S) v Essendon (S)	Yarraville Oval	80	-	64
SAT	01/08/1942	Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	79	-	106
SAT	01/08/1942	North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Arden Street Oval	34	-	121

Round 12 Bye: St Kilda Seconds

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond Seconds	1st	9	-0-	2	40	113.9%	1,087	954
St Kilda Seconds	2nd	7	-0-	3	36	148.0%	910	615
Footscray Seconds	3rd	8	-0-	3	36	116.1%	1,017	876
Essendon Seconds	4th	6	-0-	4	32	122.5%	926	756
Fitzroy Seconds	5th	7	-0-	4	32	110.8%	881	795
Melbourne Seconds	6th	4	-0-	6	24	94.4%	785	832
South Melbourne Seconds	7th	4	-0-	7	20	110.4%	906	821
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	9	12	74.3%	794	1,068
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	10	8	47.3%	529	1,118

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1942	Essendon (S) v Carlton (S)	Windy Hill	177	-	38
SAT	08/08/1942	Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S)	Brunswick Street Oval	129	-	23
SAT	08/08/1942	Richmond (S) v Footscray (S)	Old Scotch Oval	89	-	85
SAT	08/08/1942	South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	20	-	52

Round 13 Bye: North Melbourne Seconds

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Richmond Seconds	1st	10	-0-	2	44	113.2%	1,176	1,039
St Kilda Seconds	2nd	8	-0-	3	40	151.5%	962	635
Essendon Seconds	3rd	7	-0-	4	36	138.9%	1,103	794
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	8	-0-	4	36	123.5%	1,010	818
Footscray Seconds	5th	8	-0-	4	36	114.2%	1,102	965
Melbourne Seconds	6th	4	-0-	7	24	84.1%	808	961
South Melbourne Seconds	7th	4	-0-	8	20	106.1%	926	873
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	10	12	66.8%	832	1,245
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	10	12	47.3%	529	1,118

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1942	Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S)	McAlister Oval	60	-	127
SAT	15/08/1942	Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S)	Albert Cricket Ground	106	-	156
SAT	15/08/1942	North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S)	Arden Street Oval	75	-	77
SAT	15/08/1942	St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S)	Toorak Park	97	-	79

Round 14 Bye: Footscray Seconds

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
St Kilda Seconds	1st	9	-0-	3	44	148.3%	1,059	714
Richmond Seconds	2nd	10	-0-	3	44	110.5%	1,255	1,136
Essendon Seconds	3rd	8	-0-	4	40	139.9%	1,259	900
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	9	-0-	4	40	129.5%	1,137	878
Footscray Seconds	5th	8	-0-	4	40	114.2%	1,102	965
South Melbourne Seconds	6th	5	-0-	8	24	105.8%	1,003	948
Melbourne Seconds	7th	4	-0-	8	24	81.8%	914	1,117
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	11	12	65.0%	892	1,372
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	11	12	50.5%	604	1,195

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1942	Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S)	Windy Hill	134	-	20
SAT	22/08/1942	Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S)	Brunswick Street Oval	79	-	77
SAT	22/08/1942	Richmond (S) v Carlton (S)	Old Scotch Oval	173	-	39
SAT	22/08/1942	St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S)	Toorak Park	130	-	20

Round 15 Bye: South Melbourne Seconds

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
St Kilda Seconds	1st	10	-0-	3	48	162.0%	1,189	734
Richmond Seconds	2nd	11	-0-	3	48	121.5%	1,428	1,175
Essendon Seconds	3rd	9	-0-	4	44	151.4%	1,393	920
Fitzroy Seconds	4th	10	-0-	4	44	127.3%	1,216	955
Footscray Seconds	5th	8	-0-	5	40	112.9%	1,179	1,044
South Melbourne Seconds	6th	5	-0-	8	28	105.8%	1,003	948
Melbourne Seconds	7th	4	-0-	9	24	74.9%	934	1,247
Carlton Seconds	8th	2	-0-	12	12	60.3%	931	1,545
North Melbourne Seconds	9th	1	-0-	12	12	47.0%	624	1,329

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1942		Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Punt Road Oval	90	-	102
SAT	29/08/1942		St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S)	Glenferrie Oval	68	-	63

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1942		Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Punt Road Oval	68	-	84

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1942		St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S)	Punt Road Oval	88	-	57

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