1948 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1948 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. Melbourne were the premiers, with Don Cordner as the premiership captain and Frank Hughes as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1948 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
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Charlie Cameron
Footscray Western Oval Arthur Olliver
Geelong Kardinia Park Tommy Quinn
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Alec Albiston
Melbourne MCG Frank Hughes
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Bill Adams Jack Hale
St Kilda Junction Oval Fred Froude

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Essendon 1st 16 -1- 2 66 137.2% 1,838 1,340 262 266 191 194
Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 124.9% 1,682 1,347 242 230 187 225
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 118.3% 1,775 1,500 247 293 214 216
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 7 48 103.2% 1,499 1,453 207 257 206 217
Richmond 5th 11 -1- 7 46 125.6% 1,895 1,509 275 245 208 261
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 9 40 113.1% 1,769 1,564 249 275 222 232
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 10 36 112.8% 1,529 1,355 213 251 191 209
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 11 32 83.6% 1,328 1,589 185 218 217 287
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 12 28 89.7% 1,558 1,737 219 244 249 243
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 12 28 82.8% 1,512 1,826 212 240 262 254
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 20 75.7% 1,280 1,690 180 200 237 268
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 59.8% 1,124 1,879 156 188 263 301

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 92 - 70 17,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 145 - 65 14,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 76 - 117 16,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 77 - 96 28,664
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 66 - 86 20,000
SAT 17/04/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 123 - 108 28,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 223.1% 145 65
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 153.9% 117 76
Fitzroy 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 131.4% 92 70
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 130.3% 86 66
Essendon 5th 1 -0- 0 4 124.7% 96 77
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 113.9% 123 108
Richmond 7th 0 -0- 1 0 87.8% 108 123
Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 80.2% 77 96
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 76.7% 66 86
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 76.1% 70 92
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 1 0 65.0% 76 117
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 1 0 44.8% 65 145

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 58 - 78 32,000
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 107 - 68 17,500
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 132 - 57 29,000
SAT 24/04/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 48 - 79 9,000
MON 26/04/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 125 - 72 47,000
MON 26/04/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 82 - 59 16,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 2 -0- 0 8 152.9% 211 138
Fitzroy 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 132.8% 170 128
Essendon 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 130.9% 178 136
Richmond 4th 1 -0- 1 4 133.3% 240 180
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 113.6% 175 154
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 110.6% 177 160
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 1 4 108.3% 156 144
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 1 4 102.5% 202 197
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 1 4 83.7% 195 233
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 69.4% 134 193
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 67.8% 135 199
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 50.4% 113 224

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 108 - 93 30,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 84 - 45 13,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 87 - 89 23,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 48 - 86 31,057
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 71 - 94 19,000
SAT 01/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 78 - 106 14,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 3 -0- 0 12 145.5% 256 176
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 124.9% 286 229
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 134.1% 346 258
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 1 8 123.6% 304 246
Footscray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 118.2% 286 242
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 1 8 109.5% 264 241
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 95.1% 289 304
Geelong 8th 1 -0- 2 4 106.0% 264 249
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 88.7% 204 230
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 71.4% 205 287
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 63.6% 180 283
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 3 0 57.9% 191 330

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 96 - 98 19,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 121 - 88 18,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 128 - 44 10,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 105 - 81 9,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 84 - 89 19,000
SAT 08/05/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 78 - 140 20,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 4 -0- 0 16 174.5% 384 220
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 138.8% 426 307
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 127.2% 425 334
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 1 12 113.6% 384 338
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 2 8 123.9% 430 347
Carlton 6th 2 -0- 2 8 106.2% 360 339
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 93.3% 293 314
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 82.7% 367 444
Geelong 9th 1 -0- 3 4 95.1% 352 370
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 3 4 78.3% 285 364
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 73.0% 286 392
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 4 0 51.3% 235 458

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 65 - 63 31,000
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 95 - 95 23,000
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 109 - 47 8,500
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 79 - 58 17,500
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 95 - 50 12,831
SAT 15/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 84 - 107 10,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 5 -0- 0 20 184.6% 493 267
Essendon 2nd 4 -1- 0 18 129.6% 521 402
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 123.4% 490 397
Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 2 12 106.6% 388 364
Footscray 5th 3 -0- 2 12 106.0% 442 417
South Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 89.8% 474 528
Richmond 7th 2 -1- 2 10 118.8% 525 442
Carlton 8th 2 -0- 3 8 104.7% 423 404
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 3 8 100.7% 431 428
Hawthorn 10th 1 -0- 4 4 70.2% 332 473
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 5 0 69.0% 336 487
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 5 0 56.5% 319 565

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 93 - 121 25,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 71 - 64 18,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 112 - 75 9,500
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 88 - 64 7,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 140 - 75 33,000
SAT 22/05/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 59 - 105 17,500

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 5 -1- 0 22 129.7% 642 495
Fitzroy 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 164.8% 557 338
Melbourne 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 116.5% 493 423
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 106.7% 513 481
Collingwood 5th 4 -0- 2 16 105.2% 565 537
Richmond 6th 3 -1- 2 14 128.6% 665 517
South Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 84.2% 533 633
Carlton 8th 2 -0- 4 8 98.3% 516 525
Geelong 9th 2 -0- 4 8 93.7% 506 540
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 4 8 81.0% 444 548
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 5 4 77.0% 424 551
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 6 0 58.7% 383 653

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 83 - 99 13,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 74 - 50 12,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 60 - 28 17,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 65 - 86 17,000
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 102 - 51 34,864
SAT 29/05/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 36 - 78 11,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 6 -0- 1 24 162.6% 631 388
Essendon 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 122.1% 725 594
Melbourne 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 125.5% 595 474
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 2 20 112.6% 573 509
Collingwood 5th 5 -0- 2 20 112.2% 643 573
Richmond 6th 4 -1- 2 18 129.0% 751 582
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 4 12 97.1% 605 623
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 81.0% 561 693
Carlton 9th 2 -0- 5 8 90.4% 567 627
Hawthorn 10th 2 -0- 5 8 80.3% 509 634
North Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 6 4 75.8% 474 625
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 7 0 57.3% 419 731

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 83 - 76 20,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 80 - 64 25,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 106 - 126 19,500
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 72 - 57 12,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 88 - 75 33,000
SAT 05/06/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 54 - 72 7,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 7 -0- 1 28 157.3% 711 452
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 111.9% 726 649
Richmond 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 127.7% 839 657
Essendon 4th 5 -1- 2 22 117.1% 789 674
Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 3 20 120.5% 671 557
Footscray 6th 5 -0- 3 20 108.4% 630 581
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 86.0% 687 799
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 5 12 94.9% 711 749
Hawthorn 9th 3 -0- 5 12 84.4% 581 688
Carlton 10th 2 -0- 6 8 89.8% 642 715
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 6 8 80.1% 546 682
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 8 0 58.9% 473 803

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 86 - 32 17,000
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 56 - 99 18,000
SAT 12/06/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 66 - 101 33,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 84 - 60 11,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 75 - 68 20,000
MON 14/06/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 104 - 103 28,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 8 -0- 1 32 156.8% 812 518
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 117.0% 825 705
Richmond 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 124.1% 943 760
Essendon 4th 6 -1- 2 26 123.9% 875 706
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 3 24 108.6% 705 649
Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 4 20 116.9% 739 632
South Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 5 16 83.7% 753 900
Geelong 8th 3 -0- 6 12 95.4% 814 853
Carlton 9th 3 -0- 6 12 93.7% 726 775
Hawthorn 10th 3 -0- 6 12 80.9% 637 787
North Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 75.3% 578 768
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 9 0 60.1% 533 887

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 102 - 85 38,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 120 - 38 22,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 139 - 63 12,300
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 120 - 79 12,157
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 90 - 70 12,000
SAT 19/06/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 87 - 149 24,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 8 -0- 2 32 144.7% 897 620
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 117.3% 927 790
Essendon 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 133.7% 995 744
Richmond 4th 6 -1- 3 26 119.2% 1,013 850
Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 4 24 120.8% 859 711
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 4 24 96.6% 743 769
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 6 16 104.0% 953 916
Carlton 8th 4 -0- 6 16 101.5% 875 862
South Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 80.1% 840 1,049
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 7 12 79.7% 668 838
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 7 12 78.9% 716 907
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 10 0 58.1% 596 1,026

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 83 - 94 13,500
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 134 - 95 25,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 71 - 123 19,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 61 - 87 8,000
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 71 - 57 15,586
SAT 03/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 72 - 124 6,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy 1st 9 -0- 2 36 144.2% 1,031 715
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 122.0% 1,050 861
Essendon 3rd 8 -1- 2 34 137.1% 1,119 816
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 121.1% 930 768
Richmond 5th 6 -1- 4 26 112.6% 1,108 984
Footscray 6th 6 -0- 5 24 91.3% 814 892
South Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 6 20 83.5% 927 1,110
Geelong 8th 4 -0- 7 16 102.3% 1,010 987
Carlton 9th 4 -0- 7 16 100.2% 958 956
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 7 16 82.7% 762 921
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 8 12 78.2% 777 994
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 11 0 58.1% 668 1,150

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 112 - 69 9,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 71 19,500
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 91 - 65 17,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 87 - 71 18,500
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 144 - 67 21,000
SAT 10/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 53 - 91 7,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 126.3% 1,177 932
Essendon 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 137.3% 1,210 881
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 137.4% 1,102 802
Richmond 4th 7 -1- 4 30 119.1% 1,252 1,051
Melbourne 5th 7 -0- 5 28 115.8% 995 859
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 5 28 95.8% 905 945
Carlton 7th 5 -0- 7 20 104.4% 1,070 1,025
Geelong 8th 5 -0- 7 20 103.7% 1,097 1,058
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 79.3% 994 1,254
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 79.5% 833 1,048
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 9 12 76.5% 846 1,106
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 12 0 58.1% 721 1,241

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 113 27,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 74 - 81 20,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 66 - 122 12,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 163 - 58 10,056
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 68 - 75 12,000
SAT 17/07/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 72 - 94 22,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 126.6% 1,271 1,004
Essendon 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 140.7% 1,332 947
Fitzroy 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 129.6% 1,186 915
Richmond 4th 8 -1- 4 34 118.5% 1,333 1,125
Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 5 32 126.3% 1,158 917
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 6 28 95.4% 979 1,026
Carlton 7th 6 -0- 7 24 106.7% 1,183 1,109
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 7 24 104.1% 1,172 1,126
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 79.1% 1,066 1,348
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 80.2% 901 1,123
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 10 12 74.3% 912 1,228
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 13 0 55.5% 779 1,404

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 153 - 62 17,500
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 85 - 107 35,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 77 - 113 17,500
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 73 - 78 8,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 146 - 39 11,000
SAT 24/07/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 102 - 104 12,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 11 -1- 2 46 139.4% 1,439 1,032
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 122.1% 1,356 1,111
Richmond 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 127.1% 1,479 1,164
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 127.9% 1,271 994
Fitzroy 5th 9 -0- 5 36 122.9% 1,263 1,028
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 6 32 96.2% 1,057 1,099
Carlton 7th 7 -0- 7 28 114.1% 1,336 1,171
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 8 24 96.5% 1,234 1,279
North Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 82.0% 1,005 1,225
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 9 20 80.4% 1,168 1,452
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 11 12 75.4% 985 1,306
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 14 0 52.8% 818 1,550

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 78 - 73 19,000
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 84 - 57 9,000
SAT 31/07/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 72 - 64 12,000
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 87 - 59 14,000
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 41 - 109 17,500
SAT 07/08/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 44 - 106 40,692

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 12 -1- 2 50 139.9% 1,526 1,091
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 120.2% 1,429 1,189
Richmond 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 131.2% 1,585 1,208
Fitzroy 4th 9 -0- 6 36 120.6% 1,327 1,100
Melbourne 5th 9 -0- 6 36 119.5% 1,315 1,100
Carlton 6th 8 -0- 7 32 119.2% 1,445 1,212
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 7 32 90.9% 1,098 1,208
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 8 28 97.0% 1,312 1,352
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 9 24 84.9% 1,089 1,282
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 79.7% 1,227 1,539
Hawthorn 11th 3 -0- 12 12 75.0% 1,042 1,390
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 14 4 55.1% 890 1,614

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 80 - 70 31,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 91 - 57 8,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 43 - 40 8,500
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 42 - 74 6,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 55 - 58 29,000
SAT 14/08/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 41 - 39 5,500

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 13 -1- 2 54 138.2% 1,584 1,146
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 118.1% 1,499 1,269
Richmond 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 129.5% 1,640 1,266
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 6 40 121.6% 1,389 1,142
Fitzroy 5th 9 -0- 7 36 119.6% 1,367 1,143
Carlton 6th 9 -0- 7 36 119.0% 1,525 1,282
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 7 36 94.0% 1,189 1,265
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 9 28 94.9% 1,369 1,443
North Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 83.4% 1,131 1,356
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 10 24 80.4% 1,268 1,578
Hawthorn 11th 4 -0- 12 16 75.9% 1,085 1,430
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 15 4 56.1% 929 1,655

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 108 - 72 28,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 111 - 77 28,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 63 - 81 12,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 80 - 81 10,000
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 103 - 54 13,196
SAT 21/08/1948 2:15 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 58 - 61 5,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 14 -1- 2 58 138.6% 1,695 1,223
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 119.8% 1,607 1,341
Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 6 44 124.7% 1,492 1,196
Richmond 4th 10 -1- 6 42 124.6% 1,712 1,374
Footscray 5th 10 -0- 7 40 95.6% 1,270 1,328
Fitzroy 6th 9 -0- 8 36 116.8% 1,430 1,224
Carlton 7th 9 -0- 8 36 115.0% 1,602 1,393
Geelong 8th 7 -0- 10 28 95.1% 1,449 1,524
North Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 84.3% 1,192 1,414
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 11 24 78.6% 1,322 1,681
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 12 20 77.2% 1,166 1,510
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 16 4 57.5% 987 1,716

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 92 - 101 27,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 109 - 70 11,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 64 - 72 18,500
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 60 - 46 8,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 113 - 60 16,000
SAT 28/08/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 49 - 100 10,500

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 15 -1- 2 62 137.3% 1,767 1,287
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 121.6% 1,716 1,411
Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 6 48 123.7% 1,593 1,288
Richmond 4th 11 -1- 6 46 127.3% 1,825 1,434
Footscray 5th 11 -0- 7 44 99.5% 1,370 1,377
Fitzroy 6th 9 -0- 9 36 115.0% 1,476 1,284
Carlton 7th 9 -0- 9 36 113.4% 1,694 1,494
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 85.8% 1,252 1,460
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 11 28 94.8% 1,513 1,596
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 12 24 77.0% 1,371 1,781
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 13 20 75.5% 1,226 1,623
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 17 4 57.9% 1,057 1,825

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 75 - 70 24,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 71 - 53 14,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 129 - 76 12,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 54 - 67 5,000
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 89 - 59 42,110
SAT 04/09/1948 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 141 - 45 8,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 16 -1- 2 66 137.2% 1,838 1,340
Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 124.9% 1,682 1,347
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 118.3% 1,775 1,500
Footscray 4th 12 -0- 7 48 103.2% 1,499 1,453
Richmond 5th 11 -1- 7 46 125.6% 1,895 1,509
Carlton 6th 10 -0- 9 40 113.1% 1,769 1,564
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 10 36 112.8% 1,529 1,355
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 11 32 83.6% 1,328 1,589
Geelong 9th 7 -0- 12 28 89.7% 1,558 1,737
South Melbourne 10th 7 -0- 12 28 82.8% 1,512 1,826
Hawthorn 11th 5 -0- 14 20 75.7% 1,280 1,690
St Kilda 12th 2 -0- 17 8 59.8% 1,124 1,879

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1948 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray MCG 119 - 84 71,514
SAT 18/09/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 94 - 58 72,394

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1948 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 166 - 101 63,501

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1948 2:50 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 69 - 69 86,198
SAT 09/10/1948 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne MCG 50 - 89 52,226