1944 VFLS Season

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

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

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

Season Details

Name: 1944 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park
Collingwood Seconds Victoria Park Bervin Woods
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds Albert Cricket Ground Bill Adams
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Richmond City Reserve Kevin O'Neill Martin Bolger
South Melbourne Seconds Old Scotch Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Fitzroy Seconds
Runners-Up: Collingwood Seconds
Minor Premiers: Footscray Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Footscray Seconds 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.9% 1,648 1,309 226 292 183 211
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 134.1% 1,580 1,178 218 272 159 224
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 145.6% 1,769 1,215 247 287 164 231
St Kilda Seconds 4th 12 -0- 6 48 123.1% 1,563 1,270 218 255 172 238
Carlton Seconds 5th 10 -1- 7 42 107.1% 1,636 1,528 233 238 215 238
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 9 36 86.5% 1,387 1,604 192 235 222 272
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 8 -0- 10 32 87.0% 1,329 1,527 186 213 217 225
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 85.6% 1,323 1,546 181 237 219 232
Essendon Seconds 9th 6 -0- 12 24 98.9% 1,560 1,577 216 264 220 257
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -0- 13 20 81.7% 1,428 1,748 201 222 244 284
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 4 -1- 13 18 82.6% 1,362 1,648 189 228 227 286
Melbourne Seconds 12th 4 -1- 13 18 77.5% 1,495 1,930 206 259 271 304

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1944 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 113 - 89
SAT 06/05/1944 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 117 - 64
SAT 06/05/1944 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 94 - 55
SAT 06/05/1944 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Kardinia Park 67 - 81
SAT 06/05/1944 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Richmond City Reserve 78 - 86
SAT 06/05/1944 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 103 - 75

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 182.8% 117 64
Essendon Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 170.9% 94 55
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 137.3% 103 75
Carlton Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 127.0% 113 89
Footscray Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 120.9% 81 67
Melbourne Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 110.3% 86 78
Richmond Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 90.7% 78 86
Geelong Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 82.7% 67 81
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 78.8% 89 113
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 72.8% 75 103
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 58.5% 55 94
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 54.7% 64 117

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 107 - 91
SAT 13/05/1944 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 116 - 76
SAT 13/05/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 115 - 110
SAT 13/05/1944 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Albert Cricket Ground 109 - 114
SAT 13/05/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 56 - 129
SAT 13/05/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Old Scotch Oval 91 - 80

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 137.8% 197 143
Essendon Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 126.8% 208 164
Carlton Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 109.3% 223 204
Richmond Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 145.8% 207 142
Collingwood Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 121.6% 208 171
Melbourne Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 101.6% 195 192
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 93.8% 182 194
St Kilda Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.7% 179 191
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 93.3% 180 193
Geelong Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 85.5% 147 172
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 83.3% 170 204
North Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 48.8% 120 246

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1944 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 88 - 88
SAT 20/05/1944 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 83 - 117
SAT 20/05/1944 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Kardinia Park 87 - 57
SAT 20/05/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 103 - 73
SAT 20/05/1944 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Richmond City Reserve 122 - 98
SAT 20/05/1944 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 68 - 86

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 138.9% 314 226
Carlton Seconds 2nd 2 -1- 0 10 106.5% 311 292
Richmond Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 137.1% 329 240
Essendon Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 107.0% 306 286
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 101.9% 266 261
Melbourne Seconds 6th 1 -1- 1 6 101.1% 283 280
Geelong Seconds 7th 1 -0- 2 4 102.2% 234 229
Collingwood Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 101.0% 291 288
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 89.2% 247 277
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 85.9% 255 297
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 2 4 69.9% 223 319
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 78.0% 227 291

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1944 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 87 - 94
SAT 27/05/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 127 - 66
SAT 27/05/1944 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 109 - 76
SAT 27/05/1944 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 77 - 83
SAT 27/05/1944 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Albert Cricket Ground 125 - 84
SAT 27/05/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Old Scotch Oval 63 - 90

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 140.1% 423 302
Carlton Seconds 2nd 3 -1- 0 14 106.9% 405 379
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 2 -1- 1 10 112.1% 408 364
Collingwood Seconds 4th 2 -0- 2 8 108.5% 381 351
Richmond Seconds 5th 2 -0- 2 8 107.6% 395 367
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 382 363
Essendon Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 393 380
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 93.7% 329 351
St Kilda Seconds 9th 2 -0- 2 8 93.2% 330 354
Geelong Seconds 10th 1 -0- 3 4 89.8% 318 354
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 3 4 69.9% 299 428
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 81.3% 304 374

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1944 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 117 - 65
SAT 03/06/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 41
SAT 03/06/1944 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Kardinia Park 87 - 74
SAT 03/06/1944 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 90 - 74
SAT 03/06/1944 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) 58 - 90
SAT 03/06/1944 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 105 - 36

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 4 -1- 0 18 113.3% 495 437
Footscray Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 123.4% 464 376
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 119.7% 498 416
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 112.9% 456 404
St Kilda Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 111.5% 435 390
Melbourne Seconds 6th 2 -1- 2 10 94.7% 444 469
Essendon Seconds 7th 2 -0- 3 8 100.0% 467 467
Richmond Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.1% 453 457
Geelong Seconds 9th 2 -0- 3 8 94.6% 405 428
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 3 8 91.4% 403 441
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 3 8 77.5% 389 502
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 75.2% 369 491

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1944 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 114 - 71
SAT 10/06/1944 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 40 - 72
SAT 10/06/1944 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 88 - 65
SAT 10/06/1944 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 112 - 64
SAT 10/06/1944 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Albert Cricket Ground 72 - 128
SAT 10/06/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Old Scotch Oval 57 - 100

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 5 -1- 0 22 119.9% 609 508
Footscray Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 125.2% 552 441
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 128.3% 626 488
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 120.6% 556 461
St Kilda Seconds 5th 4 -0- 2 16 117.9% 507 430
Melbourne Seconds 6th 2 -1- 3 10 86.4% 516 597
Richmond Seconds 7th 2 -0- 4 8 95.0% 518 545
Essendon Seconds 8th 2 -0- 4 8 94.1% 507 539
Geelong Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 87.8% 476 542
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 4 8 85.0% 460 541
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 4 8 73.8% 453 614
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 5 4 86.7% 481 555

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1944 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 67 - 53
SAT 17/06/1944 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 98 - 103
SAT 17/06/1944 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Toorak Park 83 - 95
SAT 17/06/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Fitzroy (S) Glenferrie Oval 75 - 75
SAT 17/06/1944 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 102 - 117
SAT 17/06/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Old Scotch Oval 55 - 50

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 6 -1- 0 26 120.5% 676 561
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 124.4% 729 586
Footscray Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 121.4% 602 496
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 4 -1- 2 18 117.7% 631 536
St Kilda Seconds 5th 4 -0- 3 16 112.7% 560 497
Richmond Seconds 6th 3 -0- 4 12 97.6% 613 628
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 87.1% 515 591
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 79.6% 570 716
Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -1- 4 10 86.6% 618 714
Essendon Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 94.2% 605 642
Geelong Seconds 11th 2 -0- 5 8 87.8% 559 637
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 5 6 88.3% 556 630

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1944 Collingwood (S) v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 132 - 69
SAT 24/06/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 83
SAT 24/06/1944 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 110 - 67
SAT 24/06/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 64 - 68
SAT 24/06/1944 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Toorak Park 79 - 88
SAT 24/06/1944 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 99 - 77

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 6 -1- 1 26 107.5% 745 693
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 131.5% 861 655
Footscray Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 126.5% 712 563
St Kilda Seconds 4th 5 -0- 3 20 114.8% 659 574
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 4 -1- 3 18 112.8% 698 619
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 4 -0- 4 16 90.0% 603 670
Melbourne Seconds 7th 3 -1- 4 14 89.8% 701 781
Richmond Seconds 8th 3 -0- 5 12 96.6% 692 716
Essendon Seconds 9th 3 -0- 5 12 95.3% 673 706
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -0- 5 12 80.9% 634 784
Geelong Seconds 11th 2 -0- 6 8 86.4% 636 736
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 6 6 84.2% 623 740

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1944 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 53 - 86
SAT 01/07/1944 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 67 - 83
SAT 01/07/1944 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Kardinia Park 68 - 62
SAT 01/07/1944 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 79 - 134
SAT 01/07/1944 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Albert Cricket Ground 89 - 133
SAT 01/07/1944 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Old Scotch Oval 86 - 78

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 2 28 129.6% 845 652
Carlton Seconds 2nd 6 -1- 2 26 102.4% 798 779
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 127.7% 923 723
St Kilda Seconds 4th 6 -0- 3 24 114.3% 745 652
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 5 -1- 3 22 113.8% 781 686
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 5 -0- 4 20 98.4% 737 749
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 5 16 86.0% 720 837
Melbourne Seconds 8th 3 -1- 5 14 86.4% 790 914
Richmond Seconds 9th 3 -0- 6 12 96.0% 770 802
Essendon Seconds 10th 3 -0- 6 12 93.8% 740 789
Geelong Seconds 11th 3 -0- 6 12 88.2% 704 798
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 7 6 80.3% 702 874

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1944 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 48 - 55
SAT 08/07/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 100 - 71
SAT 08/07/1944 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 76 - 63
SAT 08/07/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 33 - 51
SAT 08/07/1944 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) 89 - 62
SAT 08/07/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 141 - 67

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 8 -0- 2 32 128.8% 921 715
St Kilda Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 114.3% 800 700
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 6 -1- 3 26 116.4% 881 757
Carlton Seconds 4th 6 -1- 3 26 98.9% 869 879
Collingwood Seconds 5th 6 -0- 4 24 124.8% 971 778
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 6 -0- 4 24 107.6% 878 816
Richmond Seconds 7th 4 -0- 6 16 99.4% 859 864
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -0- 6 16 90.9% 755 831
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 6 16 84.8% 753 888
Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -1- 6 14 81.2% 857 1,055
Essendon Seconds 11th 3 -0- 7 12 92.8% 803 865
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 8 6 79.3% 764 963

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1944 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 90 - 105
SAT 15/07/1944 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 161 - 41
SAT 15/07/1944 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 87 - 95
SAT 15/07/1944 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Kardinia Park 55 - 69
SAT 15/07/1944 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Albert Cricket Ground 119 - 101
SAT 15/07/1944 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 62 - 104

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 127.5% 1,026 805
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 7 -1- 3 30 117.0% 950 812
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 138.2% 1,132 819
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 7 -0- 4 28 107.8% 973 903
St Kilda Seconds 5th 7 -0- 4 28 107.2% 862 804
Carlton Seconds 6th 6 -1- 4 26 97.5% 959 984
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 5 -0- 6 20 90.2% 857 950
Melbourne Seconds 8th 4 -1- 6 18 84.4% 976 1,156
Geelong Seconds 9th 4 -0- 7 16 90.0% 810 900
Richmond Seconds 10th 4 -0- 7 16 87.8% 900 1,025
Essendon Seconds 11th 3 -0- 8 12 92.7% 890 960
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 9 6 79.9% 865 1,082

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1944 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 43
SAT 22/07/1944 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 152 - 71
SAT 22/07/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 96 - 93
SAT 22/07/1944 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Albert Cricket Ground 81 - 82
SAT 22/07/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 74 - 62
SAT 22/07/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Old Scotch Oval 112 - 81

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 134.5% 1,178 876
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 118.7% 1,015 855
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 110.3% 1,085 984
Collingwood Seconds 4th 7 -0- 5 28 133.7% 1,194 893
St Kilda Seconds 5th 7 -0- 5 28 104.1% 905 869
Carlton Seconds 6th 6 -1- 5 26 94.9% 1,040 1,096
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 6 24 92.0% 931 1,012
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 7 20 88.8% 982 1,106
Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -1- 7 18 85.4% 1,057 1,238
Geelong Seconds 10th 4 -0- 8 16 83.7% 881 1,052
Essendon Seconds 11th 3 -0- 9 12 93.1% 983 1,056
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 9 10 81.8% 961 1,175

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1944 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 109 - 63
SAT 29/07/1944 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 78 - 61
SAT 29/07/1944 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 93 - 86
SAT 29/07/1944 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 77 - 59
SAT 29/07/1944 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) 79 - 88
SAT 29/07/1944 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 74 - 81

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 11 -0- 2 44 132.5% 1,259 950
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 8 -1- 4 34 115.3% 1,076 933
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 133.3% 1,272 954
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 8 -0- 5 32 107.8% 1,144 1,061
Carlton Seconds 5th 7 -1- 5 30 99.1% 1,149 1,159
St Kilda Seconds 6th 7 -0- 6 28 103.1% 979 950
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 6 28 93.4% 1,019 1,091
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 8 20 88.9% 1,061 1,194
Geelong Seconds 9th 5 -0- 8 20 86.2% 958 1,111
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -1- 8 18 85.9% 1,143 1,331
Essendon Seconds 11th 4 -0- 9 16 94.2% 1,076 1,142
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 10 10 79.8% 1,024 1,284

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1944 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 96 - 85
SAT 05/08/1944 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 52
SAT 05/08/1944 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Western Oval 68 - 88
SAT 05/08/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 110 - 56
SAT 05/08/1944 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Albert Cricket Ground 62 - 155
SAT 05/08/1944 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Old Scotch Oval 42 - 76

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 11 -0- 3 44 127.8% 1,327 1,038
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 9 -1- 4 38 119.1% 1,173 985
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 133.1% 1,360 1,022
Carlton Seconds 4th 8 -1- 5 34 106.8% 1,304 1,221
St Kilda Seconds 5th 8 -0- 6 32 106.4% 1,055 992
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 6 32 104.3% 1,186 1,137
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 7 28 90.2% 1,071 1,188
Essendon Seconds 8th 5 -0- 9 20 95.5% 1,172 1,227
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -0- 9 20 88.8% 1,146 1,290
Geelong Seconds 10th 5 -0- 9 20 83.0% 1,014 1,221
Melbourne Seconds 11th 4 -1- 9 18 81.1% 1,205 1,486
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 3 -1- 10 14 84.6% 1,134 1,340

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1944 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 103 - 74
SAT 12/08/1944 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 95 - 35
SAT 12/08/1944 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 106 - 81
SAT 12/08/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 69 - 72
SAT 12/08/1944 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) 85 - 108
SAT 12/08/1944 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 116 - 66

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 12 -0- 3 48 126.4% 1,399 1,107
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 10 -1- 4 42 119.7% 1,281 1,070
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 137.7% 1,455 1,057
Carlton Seconds 4th 9 -1- 5 38 108.6% 1,407 1,295
St Kilda Seconds 5th 9 -0- 6 36 110.7% 1,171 1,058
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 7 32 99.1% 1,221 1,232
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 8 28 90.5% 1,140 1,260
Geelong Seconds 8th 6 -0- 9 24 86.0% 1,120 1,302
Essendon Seconds 9th 5 -0- 10 20 93.7% 1,246 1,330
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -0- 10 20 88.1% 1,231 1,398
Melbourne Seconds 11th 4 -1- 10 18 80.8% 1,286 1,592
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 3 -1- 11 14 82.4% 1,200 1,456

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1944 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 115 - 56
SAT 19/08/1944 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 82 - 108
SAT 19/08/1944 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 48 - 69
SAT 19/08/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood (S) Glenferrie Oval 33 - 81
SAT 19/08/1944 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Albert Cricket Ground 108 - 163
SAT 19/08/1944 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Old Scotch Oval 111 - 76

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 12 -0- 4 48 123.0% 1,447 1,176
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 11 -1- 4 46 120.8% 1,350 1,118
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 140.9% 1,536 1,090
Carlton Seconds 4th 10 -1- 5 42 112.7% 1,522 1,351
St Kilda Seconds 5th 10 -0- 6 40 114.4% 1,334 1,166
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 7 36 101.8% 1,332 1,308
Geelong Seconds 7th 7 -0- 9 28 88.7% 1,228 1,384
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 9 28 88.7% 1,216 1,371
Essendon Seconds 9th 5 -0- 11 20 92.4% 1,328 1,438
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -0- 11 20 85.1% 1,287 1,513
Melbourne Seconds 11th 4 -1- 11 18 79.4% 1,394 1,755
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 3 -1- 12 14 80.2% 1,233 1,537

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1944 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 90 - 56
SAT 26/08/1944 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 121 - 33
SAT 26/08/1944 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 68 - 53
SAT 26/08/1944 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 66 - 44
SAT 26/08/1944 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) 72 - 92
SAT 26/08/1944 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 117 - 57

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 13 -0- 4 52 123.3% 1,539 1,248
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 12 -1- 4 50 127.8% 1,471 1,151
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 141.9% 1,626 1,146
St Kilda Seconds 4th 11 -0- 6 44 118.6% 1,451 1,223
Carlton Seconds 5th 10 -1- 6 42 111.0% 1,575 1,419
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 8 36 95.5% 1,365 1,429
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 8 -0- 9 32 90.6% 1,282 1,415
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.2% 1,296 1,437
Essendon Seconds 9th 5 -0- 12 20 89.1% 1,385 1,555
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -0- 12 20 84.7% 1,359 1,605
Melbourne Seconds 11th 4 -1- 12 18 78.6% 1,450 1,845
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 3 -1- 13 14 79.7% 1,277 1,603

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 27
SAT 02/09/1944 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 109 - 61
SAT 02/09/1944 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 85 - 45
SAT 02/09/1944 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 47 - 112
SAT 02/09/1944 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) 69 - 143
SAT 02/09/1944 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Albert Cricket Ground 22 - 175

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.9% 1,648 1,309
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 13 -1- 4 54 134.1% 1,580 1,178
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 145.6% 1,769 1,215
St Kilda Seconds 4th 12 -0- 6 48 123.1% 1,563 1,270
Carlton Seconds 5th 10 -1- 7 42 107.1% 1,636 1,528
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 9 36 86.5% 1,387 1,604
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 8 -0- 10 32 87.0% 1,329 1,527
Geelong Seconds 8th 8 -0- 10 32 85.6% 1,323 1,546
Essendon Seconds 9th 6 -0- 12 24 98.9% 1,560 1,577
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -0- 13 20 81.7% 1,428 1,748
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 4 -1- 13 18 82.6% 1,362 1,648
Melbourne Seconds 12th 4 -1- 13 18 77.5% 1,495 1,930

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1944 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 77 - 47
SAT 09/09/1944 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 33 - 61

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1944 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Victoria Park 40 - 69

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1944 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Victoria Park 78 - 63