1947 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured nineteen rounds. Carlton were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Carlton were the premiers, with Ern Henfry as the premiership captain and Perce Bentley as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1947 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 118

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton
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 15 -0- 4 60 134.0% 1,833 1,368 261 267 188 240
Essendon 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 122.8% 1,876 1,528 263 298 214 244
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 126.7% 1,736 1,370 244 272 190 230
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 7 48 109.1% 1,726 1,582 243 268 222 250
Collingwood 5th 11 -1- 7 46 112.4% 1,738 1,546 239 304 219 232
Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 8 44 117.1% 1,742 1,488 250 242 208 240
Geelong 7th 11 -0- 8 44 103.3% 1,761 1,705 253 243 235 295
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 10 34 97.0% 1,602 1,652 225 252 228 284
Footscray 9th 8 -1- 10 34 96.1% 1,646 1,713 231 260 250 213
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 15 16 77.7% 1,390 1,789 191 244 250 289
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 15 16 76.4% 1,456 1,907 206 220 269 293
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 17 6 58.7% 1,221 2,079 164 237 297 297

Overall Premiership Results

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

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 122 - 109 24,000
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 138 - 92 24,000
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 119 - 68 19,000
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 129 - 84 13,000
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 135 - 104 20,000
SAT 19/04/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 88 - 149 14,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 175.0% 119 68
Footscray 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 169.3% 149 88
Geelong 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 153.6% 129 84
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 150.0% 138 92
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 0 4 129.8% 135 104
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 0 4 111.9% 122 109
Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 89.3% 109 122
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 77.0% 104 135
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 1 0 66.7% 92 138
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 65.1% 84 129
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 1 0 59.1% 88 149
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 57.1% 68 119

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 100 - 77 22,000
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 103 - 89 22,000
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 87 - 134 15,000
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 109 - 73 11,792
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 59 - 61 8,000
SAT 26/04/1947 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 84 - 70 30,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 152.0% 272 179
Footscray 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 142.4% 252 177
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 1 4 121.6% 208 171
Melbourne 4th 1 -0- 1 4 111.8% 218 195
Geelong 5th 1 -0- 1 4 104.7% 202 193
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 1 4 103.9% 212 204
Carlton 7th 1 -0- 1 4 99.5% 192 193
Fitzroy 8th 1 -0- 1 4 89.3% 192 215
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 1 4 80.4% 152 189
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 1 4 71.6% 149 208
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 83.2% 163 196
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 2 0 65.0% 171 263

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 136 - 125 13,000
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 83 18,000
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 89 - 108 14,600
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 82 - 134 11,000
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 48 - 121 32,000
SAT 03/05/1947 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 78 - 82 18,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 3 -0- 0 12 149.0% 386 259
Collingwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 141.8% 380 268
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 129.9% 313 241
Essendon 4th 2 -0- 1 8 116.2% 344 296
Fitzroy 5th 2 -0- 1 8 95.3% 284 298
Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 2 4 104.9% 301 287
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 2 4 96.7% 291 301
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 89.4% 245 274
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 84.9% 230 271
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 2 4 80.0% 260 325
St Kilda 11th 1 -0- 2 4 79.7% 274 344
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 3 0 63.7% 253 397

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 112 - 58 37,000
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 138 - 86 25,000
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 83 - 115 14,500
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 39 - 140 12,000
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 72 - 120 16,000
SAT 10/05/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 77 - 84 10,500

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 4 -0- 0 16 146.3% 518 354
Carlton 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 142.1% 425 299
Fitzroy 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 125.8% 424 337
Essendon 4th 3 -0- 1 12 121.1% 459 379
Footscray 5th 3 -0- 1 12 119.7% 444 371
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 2 8 117.3% 421 359
Geelong 7th 1 -0- 3 4 89.9% 374 416
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 3 4 82.0% 351 428
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 77.3% 316 409
Richmond 10th 1 -0- 3 4 74.6% 332 445
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 3 4 71.1% 337 474
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 3 4 68.6% 284 414

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 64 - 91 32,000
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 132 - 56 10,000
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 120 - 79 13,000
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 107 - 69 13,000
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 95 - 70 33,192
SAT 17/05/1947 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 87 - 106 12,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 1 16 142.1% 516 363
Fitzroy 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 141.5% 556 393
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 131.0% 588 449
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 1 16 125.3% 564 450
Melbourne 5th 3 -0- 2 12 120.3% 516 429
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 2 12 111.3% 523 470
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 3 8 95.4% 480 503
Hawthorn 8th 2 -0- 3 8 81.8% 444 543
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 78.3% 403 515
St Kilda 10th 1 -0- 4 4 72.7% 407 560
Richmond 11th 1 -0- 4 4 72.6% 401 552
North Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 4 4 68.0% 363 534

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 101 16,000
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 90 - 76 26,000
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 66 - 81 16,000
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 102 - 94 12,000
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 126 - 77 14,500
SAT 24/05/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 53 - 155 18,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 161.3% 671 416
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 124.3% 654 526
Fitzroy 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 125.3% 619 494
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 2 16 123.2% 664 539
Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 120.6% 597 495
Essendon 6th 3 -0- 3 12 107.9% 617 572
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 4 8 88.6% 557 629
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 4 8 87.2% 504 578
Richmond 9th 2 -0- 4 8 83.8% 527 629
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 4 8 81.7% 510 624
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 4 8 74.0% 465 628
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 5 4 64.3% 460 715

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 99 - 80 25,000
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 73 - 74 27,500
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 83 - 74 17,500
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 54 - 49 13,500
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 105 - 98 34,107
SAT 31/05/1947 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 104 - 92 15,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 155.2% 770 496
Footscray 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 119.2% 752 631
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 118.4% 702 593
Collingwood 4th 4 -0- 3 16 120.2% 737 613
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 3 16 120.1% 693 577
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 108.4% 700 646
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 4 12 90.7% 608 670
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 4 12 90.1% 611 678
Richmond 9th 3 -0- 4 12 85.6% 601 702
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 5 8 82.7% 602 728
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 5 8 75.0% 545 727
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 6 4 66.2% 509 769

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 117 - 52 16,000
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 68 - 82 22,000
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 83 - 49 20,000
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 75 - 71 12,000
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 105 - 43 12,046
SAT 07/06/1947 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 99 - 103 24,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 161.9% 887 548
Melbourne 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 126.9% 807 636
Footscray 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 122.8% 835 680
Collingwood 4th 5 -0- 3 20 120.3% 819 681
Fitzroy 5th 4 -0- 4 16 112.4% 742 660
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 4 16 105.5% 768 728
Richmond 7th 4 -0- 4 16 87.9% 704 801
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 5 12 91.5% 707 773
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 5 12 84.7% 677 799
Geelong 10th 3 -0- 5 12 83.4% 663 795
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 76.8% 616 802
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 7 4 63.2% 552 874

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1947 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 111 - 62 13,000
SAT 14/06/1947 2:30 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 103 - 86 14,500
SAT 14/06/1947 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 60 - 81 14,000
SAT 14/06/1947 2:30 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 56 - 125 34,000
MON 16/06/1947 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 112 - 86 43,500
MON 16/06/1947 2:30 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 75 - 121 12,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 2 28 147.4% 973 660
Melbourne 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 127.6% 888 696
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 121.4% 931 767
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 117.6% 921 783
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 4 20 118.1% 853 722
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 4 20 113.9% 893 784
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 97.6% 828 848
Geelong 8th 4 -0- 5 16 86.9% 766 881
Richmond 9th 4 -0- 5 16 82.1% 760 926
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 6 12 81.2% 739 910
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 76.6% 676 883
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 8 4 63.0% 627 995

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 68 29,000
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 41 - 72 20,000
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 45 - 128 14,000
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 59 - 69 27,996
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 86 - 119 8,000
SAT 21/06/1947 2:30 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 67 - 110 11,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 2 32 145.6% 1,041 715
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 124.8% 1,041 834
Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 123.8% 947 765
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 4 24 123.2% 1,021 829
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 4 24 112.5% 962 855
Fitzroy 6th 5 -0- 5 20 114.9% 908 790
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 98.9% 897 907
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 5 20 91.5% 885 967
Richmond 9th 5 -0- 5 20 86.0% 832 967
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.5% 784 1,038
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 76.0% 762 1,002
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 9 4 62.8% 694 1,105

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 125 - 62 14,000
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 103 - 69 15,000
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 85 - 75 21,000
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 70 - 81 16,000
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 153 - 52 13,000
SAT 28/06/1947 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 99 - 82 25,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 2 36 150.1% 1,166 777
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 126.7% 1,144 903
Essendon 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 122.3% 1,106 904
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 120.2% 1,022 850
Fitzroy 5th 6 -0- 5 24 115.0% 989 860
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 5 24 109.4% 1,044 954
South Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 100.7% 996 989
Richmond 8th 6 -0- 5 24 96.7% 985 1,019
Geelong 9th 5 -0- 6 20 91.1% 955 1,048
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 8 12 72.7% 846 1,163
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 75.2% 831 1,105
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 10 4 59.3% 746 1,258

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 65 - 48 18,000
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 44 - 44 10,000
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 83 - 117 5,500
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 64 - 69 37,806
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 34 - 83 7,500
SAT 05/07/1947 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 62 - 83 18,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 2 40 146.8% 1,235 841
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 123.1% 1,192 968
Essendon 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 123.1% 1,189 966
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 5 28 118.2% 1,086 919
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 5 28 116.1% 1,054 908
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 5 28 101.4% 1,068 1,053
Footscray 7th 6 -1- 5 26 109.0% 1,088 998
South Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 6 24 98.7% 1,058 1,072
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 6 24 94.8% 1,072 1,131
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 9 12 72.6% 929 1,280
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 72.8% 865 1,188
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 10 6 60.7% 790 1,302

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 74 - 70 28,000
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 65 - 45 12,000
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 78 - 59 20,000
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 107 - 46 15,000
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 84 - 78 28,000
SAT 12/07/1947 2:30 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 63 - 103 6,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 2 44 143.7% 1,309 911
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 124.1% 1,257 1,013
Essendon 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 123.6% 1,267 1,025
Richmond 4th 8 -0- 5 32 101.9% 1,152 1,131
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 6 28 114.1% 1,132 992
Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 110.3% 1,132 1,026
Geelong 7th 7 -0- 6 28 100.2% 1,179 1,177
Footscray 8th 6 -1- 6 26 106.6% 1,147 1,076
South Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 7 24 98.4% 1,128 1,146
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 10 12 77.4% 968 1,251
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 10 12 72.4% 974 1,345
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 11 6 60.7% 853 1,405

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 70 - 63 26,000
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 83 - 77 15,000
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 96 - 67 10,000
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 52 - 74 23,307
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 62 - 66 8,000
SAT 19/07/1947 2:30 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 55 - 102 7,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 2 48 141.6% 1,379 974
Essendon 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 126.8% 1,369 1,080
Collingwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 122.9% 1,340 1,090
Fitzroy 4th 8 -0- 6 32 115.5% 1,206 1,044
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 6 32 101.2% 1,215 1,201
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 6 30 108.7% 1,243 1,143
Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 107.6% 1,184 1,100
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 7 28 99.7% 1,256 1,260
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 7 28 98.8% 1,194 1,208
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 11 12 78.2% 1,030 1,317
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 11 12 72.2% 1,041 1,441
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 12 6 60.3% 908 1,507

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 117 - 77 16,000
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 103 - 56 11,000
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 89 - 93 25,000
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 114 - 69 5,000
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 72 - 81 31,574
SAT 26/07/1947 2:30 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 69 - 69 25,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 2 52 138.5% 1,472 1,063
Essendon 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 128.4% 1,486 1,157
Collingwood 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 121.6% 1,409 1,159
Fitzroy 4th 9 -0- 6 36 119.0% 1,309 1,100
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 6 36 101.8% 1,296 1,273
Footscray 6th 7 -1- 7 30 107.8% 1,332 1,236
South Melbourne 7th 7 -1- 7 30 98.9% 1,263 1,277
Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 106.4% 1,256 1,181
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 8 28 96.8% 1,333 1,377
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 11 16 76.5% 1,155 1,510
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 12 12 76.5% 1,086 1,420
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 13 6 60.3% 977 1,621

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1947 2:45 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 54 - 94 38,000
SAT 02/08/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 96 - 55 12,000
SAT 02/08/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 63 - 77 8,000
SAT 09/08/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 56 - 61 25,000
SAT 09/08/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 97 - 61 15,500
SAT 09/08/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 72 - 76 12,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 3 52 131.9% 1,526 1,157
Essendon 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 130.5% 1,580 1,211
Collingwood 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 120.1% 1,465 1,220
Fitzroy 4th 10 -0- 6 40 119.2% 1,386 1,163
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 6 40 104.8% 1,392 1,328
Footscray 6th 8 -1- 7 34 107.6% 1,408 1,308
Melbourne 7th 8 -0- 8 32 106.5% 1,317 1,237
Geelong 8th 8 -0- 8 32 99.4% 1,430 1,438
South Melbourne 9th 7 -1- 8 30 96.4% 1,324 1,374
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 12 16 75.3% 1,210 1,606
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 13 12 77.4% 1,158 1,496
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 14 6 61.2% 1,040 1,698

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 103 - 30 11,000
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 112 - 84 25,000
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 126 - 86 13,000
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 115 - 87 18,500
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 99 - 93 11,134
SAT 16/08/1947 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 71 - 82 20,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 3 56 137.2% 1,629 1,187
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 131.5% 1,706 1,297
Collingwood 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 120.9% 1,577 1,304
Fitzroy 4th 11 -0- 6 44 119.0% 1,468 1,234
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 7 40 102.5% 1,479 1,443
Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 8 36 106.5% 1,416 1,330
Geelong 7th 9 -0- 8 36 101.3% 1,545 1,525
Footscray 8th 8 -1- 8 34 105.1% 1,492 1,420
South Melbourne 9th 7 -1- 9 30 95.8% 1,395 1,456
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 13 16 76.4% 1,303 1,705
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 14 12 76.7% 1,244 1,622
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 15 6 59.4% 1,070 1,801

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 130 - 62 18,000
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 80 - 155 11,000
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 83 - 128 8,000
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 72 - 97 12,000
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 134 - 60 31,000
SAT 23/08/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 73 - 107 7,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 3 60 137.1% 1,726 1,259
Essendon 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 123.9% 1,768 1,427
Fitzroy 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 123.3% 1,598 1,296
Collingwood 4th 11 -1- 6 46 113.8% 1,637 1,438
Richmond 5th 11 -0- 7 44 107.3% 1,613 1,503
Melbourne 6th 10 -0- 8 40 111.4% 1,571 1,410
Geelong 7th 10 -0- 8 40 103.4% 1,652 1,598
Footscray 8th 8 -1- 9 34 99.8% 1,572 1,575
South Melbourne 9th 8 -1- 9 34 99.0% 1,523 1,539
Hawthorn 10th 4 -0- 14 16 75.6% 1,386 1,833
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 15 12 76.6% 1,316 1,719
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 16 6 59.9% 1,143 1,908

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 101 - 108 33,000
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 138 - 74 13,000
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 109 - 107 21,500
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 74 - 70 4,000
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 113 - 79 22,000
SAT 30/08/1947 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 78 - 171 6,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 4 60 134.0% 1,833 1,368
Essendon 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 122.8% 1,876 1,528
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 126.7% 1,736 1,370
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 7 48 109.1% 1,726 1,582
Collingwood 5th 11 -1- 7 46 112.4% 1,738 1,546
Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 8 44 117.1% 1,742 1,488
Geelong 7th 11 -0- 8 44 103.3% 1,761 1,705
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 10 34 97.0% 1,602 1,652
Footscray 9th 8 -1- 10 34 96.1% 1,646 1,713
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 15 16 77.7% 1,390 1,789
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 15 16 76.4% 1,456 1,907
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 17 6 58.7% 1,221 2,079

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton 1st 15 -0- 4 60 134.0% 1,833 1,368 261 267 188 240
Essendon 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 122.8% 1,876 1,528 263 298 214 244
Fitzroy 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 126.7% 1,736 1,370 244 272 190 230
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 7 48 109.1% 1,726 1,582 243 268 222 250
Collingwood 5th 11 -1- 7 46 112.4% 1,738 1,546 239 304 219 232
Melbourne 6th 11 -0- 8 44 117.1% 1,742 1,488 250 242 208 240
Geelong 7th 11 -0- 8 44 103.3% 1,761 1,705 253 243 235 295
South Melbourne 8th 8 -1- 10 34 97.0% 1,602 1,652 225 252 228 284
Footscray 9th 8 -1- 10 34 96.1% 1,646 1,713 231 260 250 213
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 15 16 77.7% 1,390 1,789 191 244 250 289
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 15 16 76.4% 1,456 1,907 206 220 269 293
St Kilda 12th 1 -1- 17 6 58.7% 1,221 2,079 164 237 297 297

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1947 2:30 PM Fitzroy v Richmond MCG 103 - 75 82,570
SAT 13/09/1947 2:30 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 99 - 83 75,475

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Carlton 1st
Essendon 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Richmond 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1947 2:30 PM Essendon v Fitzroy MCG 109 - 96 55,648

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Carlton 1st
Essendon 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Richmond 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1947 2:50 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 86 - 85 85,793

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Carlton 1st
Essendon 2nd
Fitzroy 3rd
Richmond 4th