1947 VFLS Season

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

It featured nineteen rounds. Richmond Seconds were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

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

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 MCG
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Alby Pannam
South Melbourne Seconds Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne Seconds
Runners-Up: Richmond Seconds
Minor Premiers: Richmond Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Richmond Seconds 1st 14 -0- 5 56 180.7% 2,286 1,265 328 318 172 233
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 13 -1- 5 54 108.6% 1,616 1,488 230 236 210 228
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 140.9% 1,816 1,289 252 304 179 215
Essendon Seconds 4th 13 -0- 6 52 120.6% 1,594 1,322 225 244 181 236
Carlton Seconds 5th 11 -1- 7 46 111.9% 1,685 1,506 238 257 210 246
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 10 -0- 9 40 100.1% 1,508 1,507 212 236 209 253
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 9 -0- 10 36 107.2% 1,460 1,362 201 254 193 204
St Kilda Seconds 8th 8 -2- 9 36 89.0% 1,491 1,675 207 249 237 253
Geelong Seconds 9th 8 -1- 10 34 81.9% 1,313 1,603 182 221 219 289
Melbourne Seconds 10th 7 -1- 11 30 90.8% 1,626 1,791 232 234 255 261
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 16 10 71.0% 1,342 1,889 185 232 273 251
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 16 10 51.5% 1,103 2,143 150 203 304 319

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 134
SAT 19/04/1947 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 66 - 102
SAT 19/04/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 103 - 54
SAT 19/04/1947 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 77 - 153
SAT 19/04/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 129 - 97
SAT 19/04/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 74 - 77

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 219.7% 134 61
Carlton Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 198.7% 153 77
Hawthorn Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 190.7% 103 54
St Kilda Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 154.5% 102 66
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 133.0% 129 97
Essendon Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 104.1% 77 74
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 96.1% 74 77
Richmond Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 75.2% 97 129
Footscray Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 64.7% 66 102
Geelong Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 52.4% 54 103
Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 50.3% 77 153
Fitzroy Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 45.5% 61 134

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/04/1947 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 64 - 57
SAT 26/04/1947 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 172 - 41
SAT 26/04/1947 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 92 - 98
SAT 26/04/1947 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 130 - 60
SAT 26/04/1947 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 71 - 56
SAT 26/04/1947 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 63 - 74

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 300.0% 306 102
Carlton Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 161.9% 217 134
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 126.9% 203 160
St Kilda Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 117.9% 165 140
Geelong Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 112.9% 184 163
Essendon Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 98.3% 169 172
Richmond Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 90.8% 168 185
Footscray Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 84.5% 164 194
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 63.7% 144 226
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 92.9% 131 141
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 57.1% 117 205
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 48.4% 137 283

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1947 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 141 - 122
SAT 03/05/1947 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 157 - 59
SAT 03/05/1947 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 139 - 78
SAT 03/05/1947 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 87 - 111
SAT 03/05/1947 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 93 - 43
SAT 03/05/1947 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 95 - 129

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 287.6% 463 161
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 145.8% 296 203
Carlton Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 139.8% 358 256
Essendon Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 111.6% 298 267
Footscray Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 111.4% 303 272
St Kilda Seconds 6th 1 -0- 2 4 96.7% 260 269
Richmond Seconds 7th 1 -0- 2 4 89.0% 290 326
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 78.1% 228 292
Geelong Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 75.9% 243 320
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 60.8% 222 365
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 74.4% 174 234
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 56.9% 224 394

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1947 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 48 - 82
SAT 10/05/1947 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 81 - 47
SAT 10/05/1947 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 74 - 74
SAT 10/05/1947 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 79 - 79
SAT 10/05/1947 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 76 - 122
SAT 10/05/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Lakeside Oval 68 - 85

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 239.3% 548 229
Carlton Seconds 2nd 3 -1- 0 14 130.9% 432 330
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 120.8% 343 284
Footscray Seconds 4th 2 -1- 1 10 109.0% 377 346
Richmond Seconds 5th 2 -0- 2 8 102.5% 412 402
Essendon Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 99.1% 346 349
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 91.2% 309 339
Geelong Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 88.3% 325 368
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -1- 2 6 97.4% 339 348
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 1 -1- 2 6 67.8% 301 444
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 4 0 75.9% 242 319
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 58.1% 300 516

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1947 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 90 - 89
SAT 17/05/1947 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 121 - 76
SAT 17/05/1947 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 56 - 43
SAT 17/05/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 118 - 67
SAT 17/05/1947 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 120 - 18
SAT 17/05/1947 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 119 - 90

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 219.3% 669 305
Carlton Seconds 2nd 4 -1- 0 18 124.6% 522 419
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 131.3% 461 351
Richmond Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 126.7% 532 420
Geelong Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 92.7% 381 411
St Kilda Seconds 6th 2 -1- 2 10 104.6% 458 438
Footscray Seconds 7th 2 -1- 2 10 95.7% 444 464
Essendon Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.1% 435 439
Fitzroy Seconds 9th 2 -0- 3 8 87.1% 399 458
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 1 -1- 3 6 56.6% 319 564
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 5 0 76.0% 285 375
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 59.0% 376 637

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1947 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 88 - 62
SAT 24/05/1947 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 84 - 59
SAT 24/05/1947 Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 108 - 61
SAT 24/05/1947 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Kardinia Park 59 - 33
SAT 24/05/1947 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) MCG 106 - 79
SAT 24/05/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 107 - 77

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 206.9% 753 364
Carlton Seconds 2nd 5 -1- 0 22 126.8% 610 481
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 113.7% 522 459
Geelong Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 99.1% 440 444
Richmond Seconds 5th 3 -0- 3 12 118.0% 565 479
Essendon Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 108.6% 543 500
St Kilda Seconds 7th 2 -1- 3 10 98.9% 520 526
Footscray Seconds 8th 2 -1- 3 10 91.8% 503 548
Fitzroy Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 84.2% 476 565
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 1 -1- 4 6 59.4% 398 670
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 5 4 86.7% 392 452
Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 5 4 67.3% 482 716

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 102 - 73
SAT 31/05/1947 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 68 - 98
SAT 31/05/1947 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 64 - 105
SAT 31/05/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Arden Street Oval 70 - 65
SAT 31/05/1947 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) Punt Road Oval 113 - 48
SAT 31/05/1947 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 73 - 53

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 6 -0- 1 24 167.9% 801 477
Carlton Seconds 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 122.5% 675 551
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 113.0% 592 524
Richmond Seconds 4th 4 -0- 3 16 128.7% 678 527
Geelong Seconds 5th 4 -0- 3 16 95.4% 493 517
St Kilda Seconds 6th 3 -1- 3 14 102.4% 593 579
Essendon Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 102.3% 616 602
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 90.6% 578 638
Footscray Seconds 9th 2 -1- 4 10 88.4% 571 646
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 96.3% 497 516
Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 5 8 74.0% 580 784
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 5 6 59.6% 462 775

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1947 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 54 - 55
SAT 07/06/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 100 - 48
SAT 07/06/1947 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 59 - 80
SAT 07/06/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 120 - 71
SAT 07/06/1947 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 79 - 77
SAT 07/06/1947 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 95 - 95

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 6 -1- 1 26 123.8% 755 610
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 160.7% 855 532
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 119.7% 712 595
Richmond Seconds 4th 5 -0- 3 20 125.3% 757 604
Essendon Seconds 5th 4 -0- 4 16 102.3% 671 656
St Kilda Seconds 6th 3 -2- 3 16 102.1% 688 674
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 4 -0- 4 16 98.8% 678 686
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -0- 4 16 92.5% 552 597
Footscray Seconds 9th 2 -1- 5 10 83.0% 619 746
Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -1- 5 10 76.8% 675 879
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 6 8 96.5% 574 595
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 6 6 59.6% 533 895

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1947 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 66 - 69
SAT 14/06/1947 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 81 - 63
SAT 14/06/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Fitzroy (S) Glenferrie Oval 74 - 130
SAT 14/06/1947 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 50 - 54
SAT 14/06/1947 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 116 - 59
MON 16/06/1947 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 48 - 108

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 7 -0- 2 28 154.5% 924 598
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 118.8% 766 645
Carlton Seconds 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 120.9% 821 679
Richmond Seconds 4th 5 -0- 4 20 119.7% 820 685
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 5 -0- 4 20 106.3% 808 760
Essendon Seconds 6th 5 -0- 4 20 104.6% 752 719
Geelong Seconds 7th 5 -0- 4 20 102.3% 660 645
St Kilda Seconds 8th 3 -2- 4 16 94.6% 747 790
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 3 -0- 6 12 105.5% 690 654
Footscray Seconds 10th 2 -1- 6 10 78.1% 667 854
Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -1- 6 10 77.7% 725 933
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 7 6 59.2% 607 1,025

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1947 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 90 - 38
SAT 21/06/1947 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 60 - 70
SAT 21/06/1947 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 114 - 46
SAT 21/06/1947 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 98 - 98
SAT 21/06/1947 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 121 - 51
SAT 21/06/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 50 - 32

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 7 -1- 2 30 127.1% 911 717
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 7 -1- 2 30 116.3% 864 743
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 147.3% 984 668
Richmond Seconds 4th 6 -0- 4 24 127.9% 941 736
Essendon Seconds 5th 6 -0- 4 24 113.2% 866 765
Geelong Seconds 6th 5 -1- 4 22 102.0% 758 743
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 5 -0- 5 20 99.5% 846 850
St Kilda Seconds 8th 4 -2- 4 20 96.1% 817 850
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 6 16 107.9% 740 686
Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -1- 7 10 77.0% 757 983
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 7 10 73.6% 718 975
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 8 6 57.3% 653 1,139

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 61
SAT 28/06/1947 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 59 - 62
SAT 28/06/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 50 - 114
SAT 28/06/1947 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 112 - 108
SAT 28/06/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 95 - 78
SAT 28/06/1947 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 69 - 184

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 8 -1- 2 34 133.6% 1,025 767
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 116.8% 959 821
Richmond Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 139.8% 1,125 805
Collingwood Seconds 4th 7 -0- 4 28 139.2% 1,062 763
Essendon Seconds 5th 6 -0- 5 24 111.1% 974 877
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -0- 5 24 103.0% 938 911
Geelong Seconds 7th 5 -1- 5 22 98.1% 819 835
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 5 -0- 6 20 107.7% 802 745
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -2- 5 20 85.7% 886 1,034
Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -1- 7 14 79.7% 869 1,091
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 8 10 74.9% 777 1,037
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 9 6 56.1% 703 1,253

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1947 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 121 - 88
SAT 05/07/1947 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 97 - 63
SAT 05/07/1947 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 74 - 66
SAT 05/07/1947 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Kardinia Park 100 - 32
SAT 05/07/1947 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 142 - 63
SAT 05/07/1947 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 75 - 37

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 9 -1- 2 38 134.0% 1,146 855
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 106.1% 1,022 963
Richmond Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 146.0% 1,267 868
Collingwood Seconds 4th 8 -0- 4 32 140.3% 1,159 826
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -0- 5 28 111.1% 1,048 943
Geelong Seconds 6th 6 -1- 5 26 106.0% 919 867
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -0- 6 24 99.3% 1,001 1,008
St Kilda Seconds 8th 5 -2- 5 24 89.7% 961 1,071
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 7 20 106.0% 868 819
Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -1- 8 14 79.0% 957 1,212
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 9 10 73.2% 814 1,112
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 10 6 54.3% 735 1,353

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Richmond (S) Brunswick Street Oval 42 - 63
SAT 12/07/1947 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 53 - 72
SAT 12/07/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood (S) Glenferrie Oval 48 - 85
SAT 12/07/1947 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 100 - 61
SAT 12/07/1947 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 41 - 52
SAT 12/07/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 86 - 51

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 9 -1- 3 38 127.2% 1,197 941
Richmond Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 146.2% 1,330 910
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 142.3% 1,244 874
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 8 -1- 4 34 104.7% 1,063 1,015
Essendon Seconds 5th 8 -0- 5 32 112.4% 1,120 996
St Kilda Seconds 6th 6 -2- 5 28 91.1% 1,013 1,112
Geelong Seconds 7th 6 -1- 6 26 101.3% 980 967
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 7 24 109.7% 954 870
Fitzroy Seconds 9th 6 -0- 7 24 97.4% 1,043 1,071
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -1- 8 18 83.0% 1,057 1,273
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 10 10 73.2% 867 1,184
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -1- 11 6 54.5% 783 1,438

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1947 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 95 - 49
SAT 19/07/1947 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 60 - 34
SAT 19/07/1947 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Kardinia Park 30 - 81
SAT 19/07/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 71 - 70
SAT 19/07/1947 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 157 - 77
SAT 19/07/1947 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 59 - 72

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 10 -0- 4 40 150.7% 1,487 987
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 146.6% 1,325 904
Carlton Seconds 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 116.0% 1,274 1,098
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 9 -1- 4 38 105.7% 1,135 1,074
Essendon Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 116.3% 1,215 1,045
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 7 -0- 7 28 99.8% 1,103 1,105
St Kilda Seconds 7th 6 -2- 6 28 88.0% 1,062 1,207
Geelong Seconds 8th 6 -1- 7 26 96.4% 1,010 1,048
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 8 24 107.5% 1,013 942
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -1- 9 18 81.8% 1,091 1,333
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 11 10 74.7% 937 1,255
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 11 10 56.6% 854 1,508

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1947 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 98 - 77
SAT 26/07/1947 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 50 - 73
SAT 26/07/1947 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Kardinia Park 61 - 97
SAT 26/07/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 84 - 76
SAT 26/07/1947 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 150 - 56
SAT 26/07/1947 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 135 - 49

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 11 -0- 4 44 157.0% 1,637 1,043
Carlton Seconds 2nd 10 -1- 4 42 116.8% 1,372 1,175
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 106.0% 1,219 1,150
Collingwood Seconds 4th 10 -0- 5 40 140.7% 1,375 977
Essendon Seconds 5th 10 -0- 5 40 118.6% 1,312 1,106
St Kilda Seconds 6th 7 -2- 6 32 95.3% 1,197 1,256
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 8 28 109.5% 1,086 992
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 7 -0- 8 28 99.2% 1,179 1,189
Geelong Seconds 9th 6 -1- 8 26 93.5% 1,071 1,145
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -1- 10 18 77.3% 1,147 1,483
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 12 10 74.9% 1,014 1,353
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 12 10 55.0% 903 1,643

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1947 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 16 - 34
SAT 02/08/1947 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 65
SAT 02/08/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 38 - 122
SAT 09/08/1947 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 93 - 123
SAT 09/08/1947 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) MCG 86 - 109
SAT 09/08/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 72 - 40

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 12 -0- 4 48 162.7% 1,759 1,081
Carlton Seconds 2nd 11 -1- 4 46 118.1% 1,406 1,191
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 11 -1- 4 46 108.0% 1,342 1,243
Collingwood Seconds 4th 11 -0- 5 44 139.6% 1,484 1,063
Essendon Seconds 5th 10 -0- 6 40 116.5% 1,328 1,140
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 8 32 112.2% 1,158 1,032
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 8 -0- 8 32 99.8% 1,252 1,254
St Kilda Seconds 8th 7 -2- 7 32 95.0% 1,262 1,329
Geelong Seconds 9th 6 -1- 9 26 91.3% 1,111 1,217
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -1- 11 18 77.4% 1,233 1,592
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 13 10 75.0% 1,107 1,476
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 13 10 53.3% 941 1,765

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1947 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 102 - 71
SAT 16/08/1947 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Western Oval 56 - 180
SAT 16/08/1947 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 47 - 109
SAT 16/08/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 72 - 88
SAT 16/08/1947 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 252 - 11
SAT 16/08/1947 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 129 - 103

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 13 -0- 4 52 184.2% 2,011 1,092
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 148.7% 1,664 1,119
Carlton Seconds 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 114.3% 1,509 1,320
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 11 -1- 5 46 106.2% 1,414 1,331
Essendon Seconds 5th 11 -0- 6 44 116.8% 1,416 1,212
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 9 -0- 8 36 102.2% 1,354 1,325
St Kilda Seconds 7th 8 -2- 7 36 97.1% 1,391 1,432
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 8 -0- 9 32 108.4% 1,229 1,134
Geelong Seconds 9th 6 -1- 10 26 76.4% 1,122 1,469
Melbourne Seconds 10th 5 -1- 11 22 81.9% 1,342 1,639
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 14 10 70.2% 1,163 1,656
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 14 10 52.7% 988 1,874

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1947 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 92 - 98
SAT 23/08/1947 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 107 - 97
SAT 23/08/1947 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 105 - 65
SAT 23/08/1947 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Kardinia Park 103 - 50
SAT 23/08/1947 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 144 - 102
SAT 23/08/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Lakeside Oval 165 - 50

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 13 -0- 5 52 175.8% 2,108 1,199
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 145.6% 1,771 1,216
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 106.3% 1,512 1,423
Essendon Seconds 4th 12 -0- 6 48 119.1% 1,521 1,277
Carlton Seconds 5th 11 -1- 6 46 112.9% 1,601 1,418
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 9 36 117.7% 1,394 1,184
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 9 -0- 9 36 99.2% 1,419 1,430
St Kilda Seconds 8th 8 -2- 8 36 93.9% 1,441 1,535
Geelong Seconds 9th 7 -1- 10 30 80.6% 1,225 1,519
Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -1- 11 26 85.4% 1,486 1,741
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 15 10 70.3% 1,265 1,800
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 15 10 50.9% 1,038 2,039

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1947 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 84 - 88
SAT 30/08/1947 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 73 - 45
SAT 30/08/1947 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 77 - 89
SAT 30/08/1947 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 65 - 104
SAT 30/08/1947 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 140 - 50
SAT 30/08/1947 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 66 - 178

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond Seconds 1st 14 -0- 5 56 180.7% 2,286 1,265
North Melbourne Seconds 2nd 13 -1- 5 54 108.6% 1,616 1,488
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 140.9% 1,816 1,289
Essendon Seconds 4th 13 -0- 6 52 120.6% 1,594 1,322
Carlton Seconds 5th 11 -1- 7 46 111.9% 1,685 1,506
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 10 -0- 9 40 100.1% 1,508 1,507
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 9 -0- 10 36 107.2% 1,460 1,362
St Kilda Seconds 8th 8 -2- 9 36 89.0% 1,491 1,675
Geelong Seconds 9th 8 -1- 10 34 81.9% 1,313 1,603
Melbourne Seconds 10th 7 -1- 11 30 90.8% 1,626 1,791
Footscray Seconds 11th 2 -1- 16 10 71.0% 1,342 1,889
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -1- 16 10 51.5% 1,103 2,143

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1947 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 81 - 87
SAT 13/09/1947 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 141 - 85

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1947 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 115 - 69

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1947 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 94 - 109