1948 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1948 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Williamstown were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1948 VFA Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 124

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Brighton Elsternwick Park
Brunswick Brunswick Park
Camberwell Camberwell Sportsground Roy Williams
Coburg Coburg City Oval
Northcote Northcote Park Bill Faul
Oakleigh Warrawee Park George Smeaton
Port Melbourne North Port Oval Bill Findlay
Prahran Elsternwick Park
Preston Preston City Oval Jack Blackman
Sandringham Beach Road Oval Len Toyne
Williamstown WCG
Yarraville Yarraville Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Brighton
Runners-Up: Williamstown
Minor Premiers: Williamstown

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 4 64 138.2% 2,133 1,543 299 339 216 247
Brunswick 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 129.5% 2,218 1,713 311 352 240 273
Brighton 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 113.5% 2,313 2,037 325 363 291 291
Northcote 4th 12 -0- 8 48 111.7% 1,925 1,724 271 299 245 254
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 8 48 109.9% 2,167 1,972 299 373 283 274
Preston 6th 12 -0- 8 48 108.9% 2,146 1,971 311 280 281 285
Camberwell 7th 10 -0- 10 40 95.5% 1,958 2,051 281 272 285 341
Sandringham 8th 7 -1- 12 28 85.4% 1,977 2,314 285 267 328 346
Coburg 9th 6 -1- 13 24 91.2% 2,012 2,205 281 326 314 321
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 14 24 85.7% 2,005 2,339 284 301 329 365
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 81.5% 1,967 2,413 284 263 346 337
Yarraville 12th 4 -0- 16 16 77.4% 1,851 2,390 265 261 338 362

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Brighton 1st Premiers
Williamstown 2nd Runners-Up
Brunswick 3rd Defeated by Brighton (Preliminary Final)
Northcote 4th Defeated by Brighton (Semi Final)
Oakleigh 5th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 6th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 7th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 8th Did not qualify for finals
Coburg 9th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 10th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 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 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 90 - 114
SAT 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 99 - 100
SAT 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 103 - 115
SAT 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 157 - 131
SAT 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 133 - 154
SAT 17/04/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 132 - 76

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 1 -0- 0 4 173.7% 132 76
Brunswick 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 126.7% 114 90
Prahran 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 119.8% 157 131
Preston 4th 1 -0- 0 4 115.8% 154 133
Camberwell 5th 1 -0- 0 4 111.7% 115 103
Brighton 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.0% 100 99
Northcote 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.0% 99 100
Oakleigh 8th 0 -0- 1 0 89.6% 103 115
Sandringham 9th 0 -0- 1 0 86.4% 133 154
Port Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 83.4% 131 157
Coburg 11th 0 -0- 1 0 78.9% 90 114
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 1 0 57.6% 76 132

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 115 - 100
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 109 - 116
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 61 - 97
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 85 - 98
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 93 - 96
SAT 24/04/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 64 - 106

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 2 -0- 0 8 134.1% 248 185
Prahran 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 132.3% 254 192
Brighton 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 108.0% 215 199
Northcote 4th 1 -0- 1 4 125.0% 205 164
Brunswick 5th 1 -0- 1 4 108.3% 223 206
Preston 6th 1 -0- 1 4 107.9% 247 229
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 1 4 96.7% 231 239
Oakleigh 8th 1 -0- 1 4 95.7% 199 208
Camberwell 9th 1 -0- 1 4 88.0% 176 200
Port Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 84.7% 216 255
Coburg 11th 0 -0- 2 0 83.0% 190 229
Yarraville 12th 0 -0- 2 0 58.8% 140 238

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 87 - 124
SAT 01/05/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 113 - 131
SAT 08/05/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 75 - 107
SAT 15/05/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 98 - 78
SAT 15/05/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Elsternwick Park 88 - 98
SAT 15/05/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 87 - 67

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 118.5% 339 286
Northcote 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 120.2% 303 252
Prahran 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 117.9% 342 290
Brunswick 4th 2 -0- 1 8 117.4% 330 281
Williamstown 5th 2 -0- 1 8 115.2% 326 283
Camberwell 6th 2 -0- 1 8 98.1% 307 313
Preston 7th 1 -0- 2 4 95.8% 322 336
Port Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 94.3% 314 333
Sandringham 9th 1 -0- 2 4 93.0% 344 370
Oakleigh 10th 1 -0- 2 4 86.1% 286 332
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 2 4 74.4% 227 305
Coburg 12th 0 -0- 3 0 81.3% 257 316

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 126 - 108
SAT 01/05/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Elsternwick Park 109 - 146
SAT 08/05/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 121 - 46
SAT 08/05/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 128 - 62
SAT 08/05/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 67 - 70
SAT 15/05/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 75 - 63

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 138.6% 460 332
Northcote 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 137.3% 431 314
Brunswick 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 117.7% 405 344
Williamstown 4th 2 -0- 2 8 111.3% 393 353
Preston 5th 2 -0- 2 8 105.2% 468 445
Prahran 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.4% 451 436
Camberwell 7th 2 -0- 2 8 95.4% 370 388
Oakleigh 8th 2 -0- 2 8 89.2% 356 399
Port Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 91.9% 422 459
Coburg 10th 1 -0- 3 4 90.3% 383 424
Sandringham 11th 1 -0- 3 4 81.5% 406 498
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 3 4 64.1% 273 426

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 100 - 74
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 126 - 89
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 121 - 81
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 74 - 63
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 88 - 133
SAT 22/05/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 91 - 129

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 137.9% 560 406
Brunswick 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 124.5% 538 432
Northcote 3rd 3 -0- 2 12 127.3% 494 388
Preston 4th 3 -0- 2 12 106.7% 542 508
Camberwell 5th 3 -0- 2 12 104.0% 496 477
Oakleigh 6th 3 -0- 2 12 99.0% 485 490
Williamstown 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.1% 467 453
Coburg 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.8% 504 505
Prahran 9th 2 -0- 3 8 95.5% 532 557
Port Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 87.4% 511 585
Sandringham 11th 1 -0- 4 4 78.3% 494 631
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 4 4 65.6% 364 555

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 119 - 106
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 68 - 115
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Coburg Warrawee Park 140 - 109
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 120 - 110
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 138 - 119
SAT 05/06/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 113 - 84

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 5 -0- 1 20 130.6% 653 500
Brighton 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 127.4% 670 526
Camberwell 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 105.5% 615 583
Oakleigh 4th 4 -0- 2 16 104.3% 625 599
Northcote 5th 3 -0- 3 12 111.7% 562 503
Williamstown 6th 3 -0- 3 12 108.0% 580 537
Preston 7th 3 -0- 3 12 103.3% 648 627
Prahran 8th 3 -0- 3 12 99.1% 670 676
Coburg 9th 2 -0- 4 8 95.0% 613 645
Port Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 90.8% 631 695
Sandringham 11th 1 -0- 5 4 77.7% 578 744
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 5 4 69.7% 483 693

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 124 - 79
SAT 12/06/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 127 - 99
SAT 12/06/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 99 - 106
MON 14/06/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 129 - 53
MON 14/06/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 61 - 60
MON 14/06/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 141 - 95

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 138.0% 799 579
Brunswick 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 134.2% 777 579
Oakleigh 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 110.4% 766 694
Camberwell 4th 5 -0- 2 20 105.7% 721 682
Northcote 5th 4 -0- 3 16 110.7% 623 563
Preston 6th 4 -0- 3 16 106.7% 775 726
Williamstown 7th 3 -0- 4 12 107.0% 640 598
Prahran 8th 3 -0- 4 12 93.6% 749 800
Coburg 9th 2 -0- 5 8 92.2% 712 772
Port Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 86.8% 726 836
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 6 4 72.8% 582 799
Sandringham 12th 1 -0- 6 4 72.3% 631 873

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 116 - 130
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 91 - 73
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 124 - 137
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 159 - 97
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 159 - 58
SAT 19/06/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 91 - 118

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 7 -0- 1 28 133.6% 895 670
Brighton 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 129.1% 915 709
Camberwell 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 106.6% 851 798
Preston 4th 5 -0- 3 20 107.3% 912 850
Oakleigh 5th 5 -0- 3 20 101.2% 863 853
Williamstown 6th 4 -0- 4 16 121.8% 799 656
Northcote 7th 4 -0- 4 16 106.4% 696 654
Coburg 8th 3 -0- 5 12 95.0% 803 845
Prahran 9th 3 -0- 5 12 84.2% 807 959
Port Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 87.4% 850 973
Sandringham 11th 2 -0- 6 8 81.4% 790 970
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 7 4 73.4% 673 917

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 78 - 99
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 77 - 89
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 79 - 116
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Elsternwick Park 115 - 89
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 140 - 82
SAT 26/06/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 77 - 74

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 8 -0- 1 32 131.7% 984 747
Brighton 2nd 6 -0- 3 24 121.8% 1,004 824
Preston 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 112.9% 1,052 932
Camberwell 4th 6 -0- 3 24 103.6% 929 897
Williamstown 5th 5 -0- 4 20 122.3% 898 734
Northcote 6th 5 -0- 4 20 110.8% 812 733
Oakleigh 7th 5 -0- 4 20 99.8% 940 942
Prahran 8th 4 -0- 5 16 88.0% 922 1,048
Coburg 9th 3 -1- 5 12 95.1% 877 922
Port Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 7 8 85.3% 929 1,089
Sandringham 11th 2 -1- 6 8 83.0% 867 1,044
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 8 4 71.4% 755 1,057

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Port Melbourne Brunswick Park 123 - 88
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 106 - 130
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 109 - 81
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 105 - 114
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 145 - 86
SAT 03/07/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Sandringham Yarraville Oval 113 - 124

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 9 -0- 1 36 132.6% 1,107 835
Preston 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 117.6% 1,197 1,018
Williamstown 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 122.4% 1,028 840
Northcote 4th 6 -0- 4 24 113.1% 921 814
Brighton 5th 6 -0- 4 24 112.5% 1,090 969
Oakleigh 6th 6 -0- 4 24 100.7% 1,054 1,047
Camberwell 7th 6 -0- 4 24 100.4% 1,010 1,006
Prahran 8th 4 -0- 6 16 88.4% 1,027 1,162
Coburg 9th 3 -1- 6 12 93.4% 983 1,052
Sandringham 10th 3 -1- 6 12 85.7% 991 1,157
Port Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 83.9% 1,017 1,212
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 9 4 73.5% 868 1,181

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 131 - 103
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 103 - 101
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 103 - 69
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 114 - 81
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 98 - 83
SAT 10/07/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 106 - 65

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 9 -0- 2 36 125.3% 1,210 966
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 125.3% 1,134 905
Brighton 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 113.9% 1,221 1,072
Preston 4th 7 -0- 4 28 112.3% 1,262 1,124
Oakleigh 5th 7 -0- 4 28 103.7% 1,157 1,116
Camberwell 6th 7 -0- 4 28 100.5% 1,113 1,107
Northcote 7th 6 -0- 5 24 108.0% 990 917
Prahran 8th 4 -0- 7 16 88.1% 1,110 1,260
Sandringham 9th 4 -1- 6 16 87.8% 1,089 1,240
Coburg 10th 3 -1- 7 12 93.9% 1,084 1,155
Port Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 87.5% 1,131 1,293
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 10 4 73.3% 949 1,295

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 92 - 98
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 171 - 63
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 125 - 79
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 105 - 117
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 108 - 82
SAT 17/07/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 76 - 134

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 10 -0- 2 40 134.2% 1,381 1,029
Williamstown 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 129.3% 1,268 981
Preston 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 113.6% 1,370 1,206
Camberwell 4th 8 -0- 4 32 104.4% 1,238 1,186
Brighton 5th 7 -0- 5 28 112.2% 1,313 1,170
Northcote 6th 7 -0- 5 28 107.8% 1,088 1,009
Oakleigh 7th 7 -0- 5 28 99.6% 1,236 1,241
Prahran 8th 5 -0- 7 20 89.9% 1,227 1,365
Sandringham 9th 4 -1- 7 16 86.9% 1,171 1,348
Port Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 9 12 87.7% 1,236 1,410
Coburg 11th 3 -1- 8 12 86.5% 1,147 1,326
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 11 4 71.7% 1,025 1,429

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 105 - 135
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 146 - 89
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 127 - 92
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 145 - 111
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 123 - 148
SAT 24/07/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 103 - 81

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 10 -0- 3 40 129.2% 1,462 1,132
Williamstown 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 129.1% 1,371 1,062
Brighton 3rd 8 -0- 5 32 113.6% 1,448 1,275
Northcote 4th 8 -0- 5 32 112.4% 1,234 1,098
Preston 5th 8 -0- 5 32 109.7% 1,462 1,333
Oakleigh 6th 8 -0- 5 32 102.3% 1,363 1,333
Camberwell 7th 8 -0- 5 32 101.4% 1,349 1,331
Prahran 8th 6 -0- 7 24 93.0% 1,372 1,476
Port Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 9 16 90.3% 1,384 1,533
Sandringham 10th 4 -1- 8 16 86.5% 1,294 1,496
Coburg 11th 3 -1- 9 12 85.7% 1,252 1,461
Yarraville 12th 1 -0- 12 4 70.7% 1,114 1,575

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 159 - 121
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 86 - 70
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 90 - 119
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 107 - 114
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 134 - 90
SAT 31/07/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 142 - 63

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 11 -0- 3 44 128.8% 1,548 1,202
Williamstown 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 134.5% 1,513 1,125
Northcote 3rd 9 -0- 5 36 115.2% 1,368 1,188
Brighton 4th 9 -0- 5 36 115.1% 1,607 1,396
Preston 5th 8 -0- 6 32 108.0% 1,532 1,419
Oakleigh 6th 8 -0- 6 32 99.5% 1,484 1,492
Camberwell 7th 8 -0- 6 32 99.2% 1,439 1,450
Prahran 8th 6 -0- 8 24 90.8% 1,462 1,610
Sandringham 9th 5 -1- 8 20 89.1% 1,413 1,586
Port Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 10 16 86.4% 1,447 1,675
Coburg 11th 3 -1- 10 12 86.3% 1,359 1,575
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 12 8 73.0% 1,228 1,682

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 100 - 117
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 92 - 101
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 103 - 85
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Prahran Preston City Oval 111 - 71
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 123 - 117
SAT 07/08/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 126 - 129

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 12 -0- 3 48 127.9% 1,665 1,302
Williamstown 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 132.6% 1,614 1,217
Brighton 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 114.1% 1,736 1,522
Northcote 4th 9 -0- 6 36 113.3% 1,485 1,311
Preston 5th 9 -0- 6 36 110.3% 1,643 1,490
Oakleigh 6th 8 -0- 7 32 98.9% 1,576 1,593
Camberwell 7th 8 -0- 7 32 98.2% 1,539 1,567
Sandringham 8th 6 -1- 8 24 90.2% 1,536 1,703
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 9 24 89.1% 1,533 1,721
Port Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 88.1% 1,550 1,760
Coburg 11th 3 -1- 11 12 86.1% 1,444 1,678
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 13 8 74.8% 1,354 1,811

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 80 - 46
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 63 - 24
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 85 - 48
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 40 - 57
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Elsternwick Park 90 - 112
SAT 14/08/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 64 - 45

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 13 -0- 3 52 129.5% 1,745 1,348
Williamstown 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 133.0% 1,678 1,262
Northcote 3rd 10 -0- 6 40 116.0% 1,548 1,335
Brighton 4th 10 -0- 6 40 112.3% 1,781 1,586
Preston 5th 9 -0- 7 36 107.3% 1,667 1,553
Oakleigh 6th 9 -0- 7 36 101.2% 1,661 1,641
Camberwell 7th 9 -0- 7 36 99.3% 1,596 1,607
Sandringham 8th 6 -1- 9 24 88.7% 1,582 1,783
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 10 24 88.5% 1,623 1,833
Port Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 87.5% 1,590 1,817
Coburg 11th 4 -1- 11 16 88.0% 1,556 1,768
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 14 8 73.9% 1,402 1,896

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 143 - 117
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 124 - 80
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 121 - 102
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 93 - 91
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 98 - 113
SAT 21/08/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 153 - 95

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 14 -0- 3 56 130.9% 1,869 1,428
Williamstown 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 131.7% 1,791 1,360
Brighton 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 113.0% 1,924 1,703
Northcote 4th 10 -0- 7 40 111.6% 1,628 1,459
Preston 5th 10 -0- 7 40 107.1% 1,760 1,644
Oakleigh 6th 9 -0- 8 36 100.1% 1,763 1,762
Camberwell 7th 9 -0- 8 36 99.2% 1,687 1,700
Sandringham 8th 6 -1- 10 24 88.6% 1,680 1,896
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 11 24 86.5% 1,718 1,986
Coburg 10th 5 -1- 11 20 89.7% 1,677 1,870
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 12 20 87.1% 1,707 1,960
Yarraville 12th 3 -0- 14 12 78.1% 1,555 1,991

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 120 - 98
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 116 - 137
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 78 - 170
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 106 - 115
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 138 - 130
SAT 28/08/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 110 - 47

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 15 -0- 3 60 129.3% 1,984 1,534
Williamstown 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 135.1% 1,901 1,407
Brighton 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 111.6% 2,054 1,841
Preston 4th 11 -0- 7 44 107.8% 1,897 1,760
Northcote 5th 10 -0- 8 40 106.8% 1,675 1,569
Oakleigh 6th 10 -0- 8 40 105.1% 1,933 1,840
Camberwell 7th 10 -0- 8 40 100.5% 1,807 1,798
Sandringham 8th 7 -1- 10 28 89.7% 1,818 2,026
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 12 24 86.8% 1,824 2,101
Coburg 10th 5 -1- 12 20 89.3% 1,793 2,007
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 83.8% 1,785 2,130
Yarraville 12th 3 -0- 15 12 78.3% 1,653 2,111

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 173 - 91
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 98 - 108
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 110 - 77
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 146 - 71
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Elsternwick Park 83 - 87
SAT 04/09/1948 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 143 - 104

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brunswick 1st 16 -0- 3 64 132.7% 2,157 1,625
Williamstown 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 133.4% 1,988 1,490
Brighton 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 111.5% 2,162 1,939
Preston 4th 12 -0- 7 48 109.4% 2,040 1,864
Oakleigh 5th 11 -0- 8 44 108.8% 2,079 1,911
Northcote 6th 11 -0- 8 44 108.4% 1,785 1,646
Camberwell 7th 10 -0- 9 40 99.9% 1,905 1,906
Sandringham 8th 7 -1- 11 28 87.0% 1,889 2,172
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 13 24 87.2% 1,907 2,188
Coburg 10th 5 -1- 13 20 88.3% 1,870 2,117
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 14 20 83.1% 1,889 2,273
Yarraville 12th 3 -0- 16 12 76.4% 1,744 2,284

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 151 - 98
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 61 - 88
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 142 - 88
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 140 - 78
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 145 - 53
SAT 11/09/1948 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 107 - 106

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 4 64 138.2% 2,133 1,543
Brunswick 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 129.5% 2,218 1,713
Brighton 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 113.5% 2,313 2,037
Northcote 4th 12 -0- 8 48 111.7% 1,925 1,724
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 8 48 109.9% 2,167 1,972
Preston 6th 12 -0- 8 48 108.9% 2,146 1,971
Camberwell 7th 10 -0- 10 40 95.5% 1,958 2,051
Sandringham 8th 7 -1- 12 28 85.4% 1,977 2,314
Coburg 9th 6 -1- 13 24 91.2% 2,012 2,205
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 14 24 85.7% 2,005 2,339
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 81.5% 1,967 2,413
Yarraville 12th 4 -0- 16 16 77.4% 1,851 2,390

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 4 64 138.2% 2,133 1,543 299 339 216 247
Brunswick 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 129.5% 2,218 1,713 311 352 240 273
Brighton 3rd 13 -0- 7 52 113.5% 2,313 2,037 325 363 291 291
Northcote 4th 12 -0- 8 48 111.7% 1,925 1,724 271 299 245 254
Oakleigh 5th 12 -0- 8 48 109.9% 2,167 1,972 299 373 283 274
Preston 6th 12 -0- 8 48 108.9% 2,146 1,971 311 280 281 285
Camberwell 7th 10 -0- 10 40 95.5% 1,958 2,051 281 272 285 341
Sandringham 8th 7 -1- 12 28 85.4% 1,977 2,314 285 267 328 346
Coburg 9th 6 -1- 13 24 91.2% 2,012 2,205 281 326 314 321
Prahran 10th 6 -0- 14 24 85.7% 2,005 2,339 284 301 329 365
Port Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 15 20 81.5% 1,967 2,413 284 263 346 337
Yarraville 12th 4 -0- 16 16 77.4% 1,851 2,390 265 261 338 362

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1948 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Junction Oval 125 - 85 12,000
SAT 25/09/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick Junction Oval 115 - 74 15,000

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Brunswick 2nd
Brighton 3rd
Northcote 4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1948 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Junction Oval 86 - 100 11,000

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
Williamstown 1st
Brighton 2nd
Brunswick 3rd
Northcote 4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/10/1948 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton Junction Oval 85 - 94 18,000

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
Brighton 1st
Williamstown 2nd
Brunswick 3rd
Northcote 4th