1946 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1946 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured nineteen rounds. Essendon were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Essendon were the premiers, with Dick Reynolds as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1946 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 119

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Perce Bentley
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Dick Reynolds Cec Ruddell
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Fred Hughson
Footscray Western Oval Arthur Olliver
Geelong Kardinia Park Tommy Quinn
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Keith Shea
Melbourne Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Bob McCaskill
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer
South Melbourne Junction Oval Bill Adams
St Kilda Junction Oval Allan Hird

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 4 60 140.7% 1,980 1,407 280 300 198 219
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 125.2% 1,849 1,477 258 301 208 229
Footscray 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 117.8% 1,917 1,628 276 261 230 248
Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 104.8% 1,700 1,622 242 248 234 218
Richmond 5th 11 -0- 8 44 115.8% 1,921 1,659 275 271 234 255
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 8 44 102.1% 1,724 1,688 243 266 239 254
South Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 9 40 106.5% 1,627 1,528 226 271 213 250
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 10 36 118.7% 1,589 1,339 222 257 185 229
North Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 11 32 91.2% 1,536 1,685 219 222 237 263
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 15 16 70.9% 1,505 2,124 212 233 304 300
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 15 16 70.0% 1,332 1,902 186 216 268 294
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 16 12 70.5% 1,487 2,108 208 239 297 326

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Essendon 1st Premiers
Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood 3rd Defeated by Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Footscray 4th Defeated by Melbourne (Semi Final)
Richmond 5th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton 6th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 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 20/04/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 83 - 87 32,000
SAT 20/04/1946 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 100 - 98 26,000
SAT 20/04/1946 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong Punt Road Oval 137 - 91 18,000
MON 22/04/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 61 - 124 19,000
MON 22/04/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 137 - 78 11,000
MON 22/04/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Junction Oval 109 - 117 38,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 1 -0- 0 4 203.3% 124 61
North Melbourne 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 175.6% 137 78
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 150.5% 137 91
Carlton 4th 1 -0- 0 4 107.3% 117 109
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.8% 87 83
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 0 4 102.0% 100 98
Essendon 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.0% 98 100
Fitzroy 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.4% 83 87
South Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 93.2% 109 117
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 66.4% 91 137
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 1 0 56.9% 78 137
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 1 0 49.2% 61 124

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 66 - 72 21,000
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 74 - 58 22,000
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 71 - 53 16,000
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 104 - 73 7,500
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 105 - 133 23,000
SAT 27/04/1946 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 69 - 117 14,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 166.4% 198 119
North Melbourne 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 147.5% 270 183
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 133.1% 209 157
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 0 8 129.9% 217 167
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 1 4 110.5% 169 153
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 1 4 101.1% 183 181
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 1 4 92.9% 195 210
Richmond 8th 1 -0- 1 4 88.9% 192 216
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 2 0 87.6% 141 161
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 86.2% 162 188
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 58.8% 134 228
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 57.9% 147 254

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 141 - 85 17,000
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 139 - 63 12,000
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 101 - 131 16,000
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 74 - 84 30,000
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 110 - 51 17,000
SAT 04/05/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Junction Oval 86 - 102 25,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 3 -0- 0 12 146.1% 282 193
Footscray 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 126.1% 319 253
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 130.3% 310 238
North Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 128.8% 344 267
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 113.1% 302 267
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 1 8 111.3% 314 282
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 98.7% 294 298
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 2 4 125.0% 280 224
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 2 4 73.9% 258 349
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 85.5% 248 290
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 65.5% 235 359
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 54.4% 198 364

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 52 - 114 30,000
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 133 - 112 27,000
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 84 - 126 11,500
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 54 - 157 10,000
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 87 - 74 18,000
SAT 11/05/1946 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 85 - 104 15,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 138.8% 386 278
Footscray 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 123.8% 452 365
Essendon 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 159.9% 467 292
North Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 133.9% 470 351
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 1 12 102.4% 381 372
Fitzroy 6th 2 -0- 2 8 142.8% 394 276
Richmond 7th 2 -0- 2 8 103.5% 414 400
Carlton 8th 2 -0- 2 8 92.4% 366 396
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 3 4 72.0% 342 475
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 4 0 85.4% 322 377
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 4 0 60.5% 283 468
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 56.0% 289 516

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 81 - 65 19,000
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 28 - 94 24,000
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 79 - 39 17,000
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 74 - 95 9,000
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray Punt Road Oval 85 - 146 18,000
SAT 18/05/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Junction Oval 87 - 53 10,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 5 -0- 0 20 132.9% 598 450
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 165.0% 546 331
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 111.3% 414 372
North Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 2 12 123.8% 535 432
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 2 12 118.7% 508 428
Carlton 6th 3 -0- 2 12 97.0% 447 461
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 2 12 90.0% 466 518
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 3 8 122.0% 433 355
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 95.1% 409 430
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 4 4 73.0% 416 570
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 4 4 69.7% 378 542
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 5 0 56.7% 342 603

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 72 18,000
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 72 - 69 29,000
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 106 - 91 8,000
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 43 - 83 18,000
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 149 - 87 15,000
SAT 25/05/1946 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 72 - 149 19,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 6 -0- 0 24 129.1% 670 519
Essendon 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 168.2% 629 374
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 127.6% 657 515
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 111.8% 596 533
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 108.8% 483 444
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 112.2% 578 515
Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 89.3% 557 624
Fitzroy 8th 2 -0- 4 8 116.2% 496 427
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 97.6% 481 493
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 5 4 70.0% 503 719
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 5 4 65.1% 450 691
Hawthorn 12th 1 -0- 5 4 64.6% 448 694

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 103 - 76 42,000
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 140 - 58 11,000
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 68 - 132 10,000
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 90 - 99 13,000
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 41 - 97 12,000
SAT 01/06/1946 2:30 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Junction Oval 76 - 70 17,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 7 -0- 0 28 126.3% 769 609
Essendon 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 178.0% 769 432
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 120.1% 615 512
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 114.8% 699 609
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 3 16 118.6% 733 618
Fitzroy 6th 3 -0- 4 12 126.7% 593 468
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 109.6% 648 591
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 98.9% 557 563
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 82.9% 598 721
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 6 4 67.8% 538 793
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 6 4 67.1% 571 851
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 6 4 61.1% 508 831

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1946 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 98 - 64 12,000
SAT 08/06/1946 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 56 - 27 8,000
SAT 08/06/1946 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 70 - 107 38,000
MON 10/06/1946 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 112 - 56 40,000
MON 10/06/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 118 - 55 15,000
MON 10/06/1946 2:30 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 47 - 112 17,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 8 -0- 0 32 133.6% 887 664
Essendon 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 174.5% 876 502
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 128.0% 727 568
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 3 20 104.7% 755 721
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 4 16 129.9% 691 532
North Melbourne 6th 4 -0- 4 16 113.9% 704 618
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 4 16 110.8% 803 725
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 109.7% 669 610
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 80.4% 625 777
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 7 4 67.6% 602 891
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 7 4 64.6% 626 969
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 7 4 58.9% 555 943

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 118 - 76 32,000
SAT 15/06/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 106 - 99 22,000
SAT 15/06/1946 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 96 - 57 11,000
MON 17/06/1946 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 128 - 89 17,000
MON 17/06/1946 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 122 - 97 14,000
MON 17/06/1946 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Junction Oval 124 - 110 38,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 9 -0- 0 36 130.1% 993 763
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 172.0% 994 578
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 117.1% 803 686
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 109.0% 883 810
South Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 4 20 110.1% 793 720
Fitzroy 6th 4 -0- 5 16 123.8% 790 638
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 108.2% 801 740
Richmond 8th 4 -0- 5 16 107.5% 913 849
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 5 16 86.5% 721 834
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 7 8 73.3% 724 988
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 8 4 65.2% 715 1,097
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 8 4 58.9% 612 1,039

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 92 - 88 39,000
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 84 26,000
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 126 - 87 11,500
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 98 - 88 12,000
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 70 - 86 18,000
SAT 22/06/1946 2:30 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 84 - 66 8,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 9 -0- 1 36 126.4% 1,081 855
Essendon 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 153.6% 1,081 704
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 120.5% 928 770
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 3 28 108.6% 975 898
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 5 20 108.6% 899 828
South Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 5 20 103.8% 877 845
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 89.3% 807 904
Fitzroy 8th 4 -0- 6 16 119.3% 878 736
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 6 16 105.1% 983 935
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 8 8 73.7% 790 1,072
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 8 8 71.0% 841 1,184
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 8 8 63.0% 696 1,105

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 84 - 63 29,000
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 53 7,000
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 117 - 66 18,000
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 60 - 98 11,000
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM Melbourne v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 91 - 69 17,000
SAT 06/07/1946 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Junction Oval 91 - 54 9,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 10 -0- 1 40 130.1% 1,198 921
Essendon 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 151.9% 1,165 767
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 115.8% 997 861
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 4 28 105.7% 1,038 982
South Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 5 24 107.7% 968 899
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 92.3% 898 973
Fitzroy 7th 5 -0- 6 20 122.2% 964 789
Richmond 8th 5 -0- 6 20 108.6% 1,081 995
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 102.1% 965 945
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 9 8 72.6% 850 1,170
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 9 8 70.2% 895 1,275
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 9 8 62.9% 749 1,191

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 85 - 84 26,000
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 113 - 80 11,000
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 120 - 92 29,000
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 97 - 140 11,500
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 98 - 72 19,000
SAT 13/07/1946 2:30 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 74 - 83 7,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 10 -0- 2 40 149.6% 1,285 859
Footscray 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 123.9% 1,290 1,041
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 118.0% 1,110 941
Carlton 4th 8 -0- 4 32 105.3% 1,123 1,066
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 97.0% 1,038 1,070
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 6 24 110.5% 1,179 1,067
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 6 24 106.9% 1,052 984
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 6 24 102.8% 1,048 1,019
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 7 20 116.8% 1,036 887
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 10 8 72.5% 930 1,283
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 10 8 70.1% 992 1,415
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 10 8 64.6% 823 1,274

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 56 - 61 15,000
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 41 - 46 10,000
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 112 - 81 5,000
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton Punt Road Oval 72 - 55 26,000
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 47 - 75 10,000
SAT 20/07/1946 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Junction Oval 67 - 68 23,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 11 -0- 2 44 146.1% 1,353 926
Footscray 2nd 10 -0- 3 40 122.4% 1,331 1,087
Collingwood 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 117.5% 1,171 997
Carlton 4th 8 -0- 5 32 103.5% 1,178 1,138
Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 5 32 98.7% 1,110 1,125
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 6 28 112.6% 1,254 1,114
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 106.4% 1,119 1,052
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 7 24 100.1% 1,095 1,094
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 8 20 115.2% 1,092 948
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 10 12 76.4% 1,042 1,364
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 10 12 66.1% 869 1,315
Geelong 12th 2 -0- 11 8 70.3% 1,073 1,527

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 108 - 71 17,000
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 121 - 70 14,000
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 84 - 31 21,000
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 63 - 55 10,000
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM Melbourne v Essendon Punt Road Oval 78 - 73 30,000
SAT 27/07/1946 2:30 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 63 - 112 12,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 11 -0- 3 44 142.0% 1,426 1,004
Footscray 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 126.6% 1,415 1,118
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 121.1% 1,292 1,067
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 5 36 106.4% 1,286 1,209
Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 5 36 99.2% 1,188 1,198
Richmond 6th 8 -0- 6 32 116.1% 1,366 1,177
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 8 24 101.2% 1,150 1,136
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 8 24 95.9% 1,165 1,215
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 9 20 113.5% 1,147 1,011
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 11 12 75.6% 1,113 1,472
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 11 12 71.8% 1,136 1,582
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 11 12 65.3% 932 1,427

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 114 - 69 12,000
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 144 - 79 12,000
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 94 - 74 21,000
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 100 - 48 7,500
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 93 - 99 31,000
SAT 03/08/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Junction Oval 106 - 95 22,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 12 -0- 3 48 145.0% 1,570 1,083
Footscray 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 125.0% 1,514 1,211
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 123.8% 1,406 1,136
Carlton 4th 9 -0- 6 36 104.4% 1,360 1,303
Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 6 36 98.4% 1,283 1,304
Richmond 6th 8 -0- 7 32 114.3% 1,459 1,276
South Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 8 28 102.0% 1,256 1,231
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 100.2% 1,265 1,263
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 9 24 114.4% 1,241 1,085
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 12 12 73.8% 1,192 1,616
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 12 12 70.4% 1,184 1,682
St Kilda 12th 3 -0- 12 12 65.0% 1,001 1,541

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 102 - 58 16,000
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 112 23,000
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 87 - 110 13,000
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 87 - 78 16,000
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 117 - 87 32,000
SAT 10/08/1946 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 130 - 59 6,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 12 -0- 4 48 137.4% 1,628 1,185
Footscray 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 121.3% 1,605 1,323
Collingwood 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 119.2% 1,493 1,253
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 6 40 100.0% 1,395 1,395
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 7 36 115.6% 1,576 1,363
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 7 36 103.5% 1,438 1,390
South Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 103.6% 1,366 1,318
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 8 32 100.8% 1,352 1,341
Fitzroy 9th 7 -0- 9 28 117.5% 1,343 1,143
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 12 16 70.7% 1,131 1,600
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 13 12 74.1% 1,279 1,726
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 13 12 68.6% 1,243 1,812

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 92 - 77 13,000
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 132 - 70 25,000
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 122 - 34 16,000
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 89 - 107 11,000
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 123 - 86 15,601
SAT 17/08/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Junction Oval 58 - 87 18,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 13 -0- 4 52 143.6% 1,750 1,219
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 122.8% 1,625 1,323
Footscray 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 115.1% 1,675 1,455
Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 6 44 102.5% 1,518 1,481
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 7 40 115.9% 1,683 1,452
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 7 40 104.3% 1,530 1,467
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 9 32 119.1% 1,430 1,201
South Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 101.4% 1,424 1,405
North Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 9 32 94.7% 1,386 1,463
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 13 16 71.4% 1,208 1,692
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 14 12 73.8% 1,365 1,849
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 14 12 69.4% 1,332 1,919

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 128 - 53 11,000
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 69 19,000
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 165 - 53 12,000
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 74 - 109 7,000
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 125 - 93 38,000
SAT 24/08/1946 2:45 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 75 - 116 9,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -0- 4 56 144.2% 1,866 1,294
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 127.4% 1,753 1,376
Footscray 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 122.0% 1,840 1,508
Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 6 48 102.7% 1,587 1,546
Richmond 5th 11 -0- 7 44 117.0% 1,808 1,545
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 8 40 101.9% 1,623 1,592
South Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 103.7% 1,533 1,479
Fitzroy 8th 8 -0- 10 32 117.7% 1,495 1,270
North Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 10 32 92.9% 1,460 1,572
St Kilda 10th 4 -0- 14 16 71.0% 1,283 1,808
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 15 12 70.4% 1,418 2,014
Geelong 12th 3 -0- 15 12 67.7% 1,385 2,047

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 101 - 96 27,000
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 114 - 113 23,000
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 120 - 77 12,000
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 69 - 94 6,000
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 113 - 76 18,527
SAT 31/08/1946 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Junction Oval 94 - 49 10,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -0- 4 60 140.7% 1,980 1,407
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 125.2% 1,849 1,477
Footscray 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 117.8% 1,917 1,628
Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 104.8% 1,700 1,622
Richmond 5th 11 -0- 8 44 115.8% 1,921 1,659
Carlton 6th 11 -0- 8 44 102.1% 1,724 1,688
South Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 9 40 106.5% 1,627 1,528
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 10 36 118.7% 1,589 1,339
North Melbourne 9th 8 -0- 11 32 91.2% 1,536 1,685
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 15 16 70.9% 1,505 2,124
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 15 16 70.0% 1,332 1,902
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 16 12 70.5% 1,487 2,108

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1946 2:30 PM Footscray v Melbourne MCG 102 - 120 61,277
SAT 14/09/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 100 - 100 77,370
SAT 21/09/1946 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood MCG 76 - 57 64,400

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1946 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 100 - 113 59,444

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1946 2:50 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 150 - 87 73,743