1944 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1944 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Richmond were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Fitzroy were the premiers, with Fred Hughson as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1944 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 Elton Plummer
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Fred Hughson
Footscray Western Oval Arthur Olliver
Geelong Kardinia Park Tom Arklay
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Tommy Lahiff
Melbourne Punt Road Oval Percy Beames
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Bob McCaskill
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer Dick Harris
South Melbourne Junction Oval Joe Kelly
St Kilda Junction Oval Hughie Thomas

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Richmond

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond 1st 13 -1- 4 54 131.2% 1,886 1,438 272 254 204 214
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 131.1% 1,678 1,280 238 250 172 248
Essendon 3rd 12 -2- 4 52 134.0% 1,887 1,408 267 285 194 244
Footscray 4th 12 -1- 5 50 106.9% 1,529 1,430 212 257 202 218
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 6 48 131.5% 1,656 1,259 230 276 178 191
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 100.3% 1,619 1,614 227 257 235 204
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 96.9% 1,358 1,402 184 254 195 232
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 102.7% 1,521 1,481 216 225 209 227
St Kilda 9th 6 -2- 10 28 90.4% 1,358 1,502 189 224 207 260
Collingwood 10th 7 -0- 11 28 89.1% 1,452 1,629 199 258 233 231
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 15 10 66.2% 1,268 1,914 180 188 266 318
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 17 4 58.6% 1,210 2,065 170 190 289 331

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 82 - 73 9,000
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 113 - 55 9,000
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 68 - 106 12,000
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond Punt Road Oval 92 - 132 15,000
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 65 - 101 6,000
SAT 06/05/1944 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Junction Oval 88 - 61 20,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 205.5% 113 55
Essendon 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 155.9% 106 68
Collingwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 155.4% 101 65
South Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 0 4 144.3% 88 61
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 143.5% 132 92
Fitzroy 6th 1 -0- 0 4 112.3% 82 73
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.0% 73 82
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 69.7% 92 132
Carlton 9th 0 -0- 1 0 69.3% 61 88
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 64.4% 65 101
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 1 0 64.2% 68 106
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 1 0 48.7% 55 113

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1944 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 124 - 68 11,000
SAT 13/05/1944 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 83 - 131 15,500
SAT 13/05/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 120 - 100 12,000
SAT 13/05/1944 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 119 - 99 15,000
SAT 13/05/1944 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 89 - 74 15,000
SAT 13/05/1944 3:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 65 - 84 8,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 2 -0- 0 8 136.5% 213 156
South Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 136.5% 172 126
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 134.5% 226 168
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 0 8 131.4% 251 191
Footscray 5th 1 -0- 1 4 129.9% 187 144
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 1 4 118.6% 185 156
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 103.8% 162 156
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.9% 184 196
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 2 0 76.2% 192 252
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 74.5% 164 220
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 2 0 60.9% 120 197
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 2 0 59.1% 136 230

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 110 - 151 21,000
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 107 - 82 12,000
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 105 - 97 11,000
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 144 - 91 8,000
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton Punt Road Oval 77 - 92 15,000
SAT 20/05/1944 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Junction Oval 64 - 52 20,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 3 -0- 0 12 134.5% 320 238
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 133.6% 402 301
South Melbourne 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 132.6% 236 178
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 1 8 121.2% 292 241
Carlton 5th 2 -0- 1 8 118.9% 277 233
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 1 8 105.3% 336 319
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 2 4 97.3% 214 220
Collingwood 8th 1 -0- 2 4 93.4% 281 301
Hawthorn 9th 1 -0- 2 4 87.2% 280 321
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 78.2% 269 344
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 75.2% 246 327
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 61.9% 211 341

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 95 - 93 18,000
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 90 13,000
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 69 - 142 8,000
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 104 - 70 10,000
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 97 - 51 29,000
SAT 27/05/1944 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 66 - 73 10,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 0 16 141.8% 499 352
South Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 124.4% 326 262
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 114.1% 372 326
Fitzroy 4th 3 -0- 1 12 110.7% 371 335
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 2 8 104.9% 362 345
Essendon 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.6% 429 414
Hawthorn 7th 2 -0- 2 8 91.2% 353 387
Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 3 4 99.5% 411 413
St Kilda 9th 1 -0- 3 4 95.6% 280 293
Collingwood 10th 1 -0- 3 4 93.4% 365 391
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 3 4 88.2% 350 397
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 4 0 58.0% 280 483

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 108 - 92 28,000
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 116 - 80 7,000
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 63 - 58 9,000
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 57 - 73 11,000
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 73 - 86 8,000
SAT 03/06/1944 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Junction Oval 72 - 73 15,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 4 -0- 1 16 128.5% 591 460
South Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 118.8% 398 335
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 114.8% 480 418
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 2 12 110.3% 545 494
Fitzroy 5th 3 -0- 2 12 107.8% 429 398
Footscray 6th 3 -0- 2 12 105.5% 425 403
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 3 8 100.0% 366 366
Collingwood 8th 2 -0- 3 8 97.8% 438 448
North Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 90.2% 423 469
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 3 8 89.1% 410 460
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 4 4 97.0% 484 499
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 5 0 60.1% 360 599

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 69 - 99 10,000
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 77 20,000
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 40 - 103 8,000
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 142 - 113 10,000
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 125 - 125 22,000
SAT 10/06/1944 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 71 - 71 19,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 127.3% 583 458
Richmond 2nd 4 -1- 1 18 122.4% 716 585
South Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 111.5% 475 426
Fitzroy 4th 4 -0- 2 16 109.5% 520 475
Essendon 5th 3 -1- 2 14 109.0% 616 565
Footscray 6th 3 -1- 2 14 104.2% 550 528
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 97.1% 565 582
St Kilda 8th 2 -1- 3 10 100.0% 437 437
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 102.6% 583 568
Collingwood 10th 2 -0- 4 8 92.7% 507 547
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 4 8 86.9% 523 602
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 6 0 57.0% 400 702

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 93 - 64 10,000
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 52 10,000
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 67 - 58 15,000
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 110 - 82 12,000
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 173 - 56 10,000
SAT 17/06/1944 2:30 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 48 - 103 23,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 135.6% 686 506
Richmond 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 138.7% 889 641
Fitzroy 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 117.1% 617 527
Footscray 4th 4 -1- 2 18 105.3% 617 586
South Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 3 16 108.1% 533 493
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 3 16 101.7% 675 664
Essendon 7th 3 -1- 3 14 103.3% 680 658
Collingwood 8th 3 -0- 4 12 98.2% 600 611
St Kilda 9th 2 -1- 4 10 89.8% 485 540
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 98.1% 665 678
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 5 8 82.3% 575 699
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 7 0 52.1% 456 875

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1944 2:30 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 114 - 83 21,000
SAT 24/06/1944 2:30 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 67 - 92 7,000
SAT 24/06/1944 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 64 - 102 12,000
SAT 24/06/1944 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 52 - 77 13,000
SAT 24/06/1944 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Junction Oval 77 - 112 25,000
SAT 24/06/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 144 - 60 16,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 135.8% 800 589
Richmond 2nd 6 -1- 1 26 139.4% 1,001 718
Fitzroy 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 119.9% 694 579
Footscray 4th 5 -1- 2 22 110.6% 719 650
Essendon 5th 4 -1- 3 18 114.8% 824 718
South Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 100.8% 610 605
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 91.0% 735 808
St Kilda 8th 3 -1- 4 14 95.1% 577 607
Collingwood 9th 3 -0- 5 12 94.2% 683 725
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 95.0% 717 755
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 6 8 79.8% 639 801
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 8 0 54.1% 523 967

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 102 - 67 6,000
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 83 17,000
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 63 - 61 13,000
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 81 - 52 16,000
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 84 - 53 16,000
SAT 01/07/1944 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Junction Oval 102 - 77 12,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 7 -1- 1 30 140.7% 1,085 771
Carlton 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 127.2% 852 670
Fitzroy 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 117.4% 777 662
Footscray 4th 6 -1- 2 26 110.0% 782 711
Essendon 5th 4 -2- 3 20 113.2% 907 801
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 104.4% 712 682
North Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 4 20 94.9% 816 860
Collingwood 8th 4 -0- 5 16 99.1% 785 792
St Kilda 9th 3 -1- 5 14 91.2% 630 691
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 7 8 95.1% 778 818
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 7 8 79.3% 716 903
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 9 0 55.2% 590 1,069

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 81 - 51 17,000
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 100 - 61 13,000
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 87 - 140 6,500
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 75 - 94 11,000
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 70 - 67 10,000
SAT 08/07/1944 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 113 - 45 10,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 8 -1- 1 34 139.4% 1,179 846
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 129.4% 933 721
Fitzroy 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 111.4% 828 743
Footscray 4th 6 -1- 3 26 103.9% 843 811
Essendon 5th 5 -2- 3 24 116.8% 1,007 862
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 101.0% 956 947
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 103.6% 779 752
St Kilda 8th 4 -1- 5 18 101.0% 743 736
Collingwood 9th 4 -0- 6 16 91.7% 830 905
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 95.8% 848 885
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 8 8 79.3% 791 997
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 10 0 56.0% 677 1,209

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 179 - 56 7,000
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 86 - 83 17,000
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 52 - 157 10,000
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 86 - 53 10,000
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 113 - 67 15,000
SAT 15/07/1944 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Junction Oval 57 - 106 18,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 9 -1- 1 38 141.5% 1,292 913
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 125.9% 1,016 807
Fitzroy 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 126.0% 1,007 799
Footscray 4th 7 -1- 3 30 103.9% 929 894
Essendon 5th 6 -2- 3 28 121.1% 1,113 919
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 4 28 104.2% 1,042 1,000
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 6 20 97.4% 836 858
St Kilda 8th 4 -1- 6 18 96.8% 796 822
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 7 16 107.3% 1,005 937
Collingwood 10th 4 -0- 7 16 88.1% 897 1,018
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 9 8 73.1% 843 1,154
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 11 0 52.8% 733 1,388

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 74 - 60 15,000
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 89 - 70 11,000
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 132 - 25 8,000
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 77 - 101 7,000
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 110 - 69 19,000
SAT 22/07/1944 2:30 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 88 - 62 14,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -1- 1 42 142.8% 1,402 982
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 125.7% 1,090 867
Footscray 3rd 8 -1- 3 34 106.1% 1,030 971
Essendon 4th 7 -2- 3 32 131.9% 1,245 944
Fitzroy 5th 7 -1- 4 30 120.5% 1,069 887
North Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 5 28 102.1% 1,112 1,089
St Kilda 7th 5 -1- 6 22 100.0% 884 884
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 96.1% 896 932
Collingwood 9th 5 -0- 7 20 90.6% 986 1,088
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 102.6% 1,074 1,047
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 10 8 67.5% 868 1,286
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 12 0 54.4% 810 1,489

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 89 - 38 13,000
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 99 - 76 13,000
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 62 - 106 11,000
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon Punt Road Oval 78 - 98 11,000
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 87 - 86 22,000
SAT 29/07/1944 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Junction Oval 78 - 56 7,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -1- 2 42 139.2% 1,488 1,069
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 128.7% 1,196 929
Footscray 3rd 9 -1- 3 38 107.8% 1,129 1,047
Essendon 4th 8 -2- 3 36 131.4% 1,343 1,022
Fitzroy 5th 8 -1- 4 34 125.2% 1,158 925
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 5 32 102.0% 1,199 1,175
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 98.6% 974 988
St Kilda 8th 5 -1- 7 22 97.7% 960 983
Collingwood 9th 5 -0- 8 20 87.0% 1,024 1,177
Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 100.6% 1,152 1,145
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 11 8 66.8% 930 1,392
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 13 0 55.3% 866 1,567

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 38 - 54 10,000
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 60 - 99 9,000
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 86 - 61 7,000
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 78 - 101 14,000
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 83 - 87 26,000
SAT 05/08/1944 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 54 - 79 8,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 10 -1- 3 42 135.9% 1,571 1,156
Footscray 2nd 10 -1- 3 42 110.9% 1,228 1,107
Essendon 3rd 9 -2- 3 40 129.4% 1,430 1,105
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 4 40 125.5% 1,234 983
Fitzroy 5th 9 -1- 4 38 125.5% 1,259 1,003
North Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 6 32 100.1% 1,277 1,276
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 101.1% 1,053 1,042
St Kilda 8th 5 -1- 8 22 95.5% 1,014 1,062
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 101.9% 1,206 1,183
Collingwood 10th 5 -0- 9 20 85.0% 1,084 1,276
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 12 8 67.1% 991 1,478
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 13 4 58.5% 952 1,628

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 45 - 104 20,000
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 56 22,000
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 78 - 74 16,000
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 88 - 88 6,000
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong Punt Road Oval 69 - 56 4,500
SAT 12/08/1944 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Junction Oval 106 - 70 7,500

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 11 -1- 3 46 110.6% 1,306 1,181
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 130.2% 1,338 1,028
Richmond 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 128.9% 1,627 1,262
Fitzroy 4th 10 -1- 4 42 128.9% 1,365 1,059
Essendon 5th 9 -2- 4 40 122.0% 1,475 1,209
South Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 7 32 104.2% 1,159 1,112
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 7 32 99.8% 1,351 1,354
Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 9 24 102.9% 1,275 1,239
St Kilda 9th 5 -2- 8 24 95.8% 1,102 1,150
Collingwood 10th 5 -0- 10 20 83.5% 1,154 1,382
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 12 10 68.9% 1,079 1,566
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 14 4 59.4% 1,008 1,697

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 128 - 56 5,000
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 90 20,000
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 72 - 97 8,250
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 48 - 94 7,000
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 82 - 64 38,000
SAT 19/08/1944 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 91 - 52 8,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 11 -1- 4 46 128.9% 1,709 1,326
Fitzroy 2nd 11 -1- 4 46 126.8% 1,457 1,149
Footscray 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 109.7% 1,396 1,273
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 5 44 126.3% 1,402 1,110
Essendon 5th 10 -2- 4 44 122.7% 1,572 1,281
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 7 36 108.0% 1,253 1,160
North Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 96.6% 1,399 1,448
St Kilda 8th 6 -2- 8 28 99.3% 1,193 1,202
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 99.8% 1,327 1,330
Collingwood 10th 6 -0- 10 24 89.2% 1,282 1,438
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 13 10 67.0% 1,135 1,694
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 15 4 60.2% 1,080 1,794

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 166 - 60 7,000
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 189 - 83 8,000
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 44 - 69 26,500
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 84 - 109 5,000
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 83 - 102 8,000
SAT 26/08/1944 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Junction Oval 61 - 116 16,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 12 -1- 4 50 130.0% 1,573 1,210
Richmond 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 129.8% 1,778 1,370
Carlton 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 134.0% 1,568 1,170
Essendon 4th 11 -2- 4 48 129.1% 1,761 1,364
Footscray 5th 11 -1- 5 46 107.3% 1,440 1,342
South Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 8 36 103.0% 1,314 1,276
North Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 8 36 98.4% 1,508 1,532
St Kilda 8th 6 -2- 9 28 91.7% 1,276 1,391
Collingwood 9th 7 -0- 10 28 91.0% 1,384 1,521
Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 11 24 98.5% 1,410 1,432
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 14 10 67.6% 1,219 1,803
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 16 4 58.2% 1,140 1,960

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 88 - 89 34,000
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 68 - 108 14,000
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 126 - 44 11,000
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 70 - 105 8,000
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 111 - 49 4,000
SAT 02/09/1944 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 82 - 111 7,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 13 -1- 4 54 131.2% 1,886 1,438
Fitzroy 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 131.1% 1,678 1,280
Essendon 3rd 12 -2- 4 52 134.0% 1,887 1,408
Footscray 4th 12 -1- 5 50 106.9% 1,529 1,430
Carlton 5th 12 -0- 6 48 131.5% 1,656 1,259
North Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 100.3% 1,619 1,614
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 96.9% 1,358 1,402
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 11 28 102.7% 1,521 1,481
St Kilda 9th 6 -2- 10 28 90.4% 1,358 1,502
Collingwood 10th 7 -0- 11 28 89.1% 1,452 1,629
Hawthorn 11th 2 -1- 15 10 66.2% 1,268 1,914
Geelong 12th 1 -0- 17 4 58.6% 1,210 2,065

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1944 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Junction Oval 101 - 52 24,542
SAT 16/09/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Junction Oval 70 - 81 32,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1944 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Junction Oval 108 - 87 38,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1944 2:50 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 66 - 51 43,000