1948 VFLS Season

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

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

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

Season Details

Name: 1948 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 Jack Mueller
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: Geelong Seconds
Runners-Up: Richmond Seconds
Minor Premiers: Collingwood Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 16 -0- 3 64 130.1% 1,662 1,277 232 270 180 197
Richmond Seconds 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 151.4% 1,992 1,316 288 264 181 230
Geelong Seconds 3rd 12 -1- 6 50 135.2% 1,772 1,311 248 284 181 225
Essendon Seconds 4th 12 -0- 7 48 134.0% 1,642 1,225 228 274 170 205
Melbourne Seconds 5th 11 -1- 7 46 108.1% 1,529 1,415 212 257 198 227
Carlton Seconds 6th 11 -0- 8 44 103.9% 1,588 1,529 225 238 214 245
Footscray Seconds 7th 9 -1- 9 38 118.4% 1,718 1,451 240 278 200 251
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 12 28 83.9% 1,499 1,787 213 221 251 281
St Kilda Seconds 9th 6 -0- 13 24 84.0% 1,482 1,764 203 264 251 258
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 13 24 79.1% 1,376 1,739 188 248 248 251
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 5 -1- 13 22 77.1% 1,323 1,716 189 189 240 276
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -0- 17 8 53.9% 1,232 2,285 173 194 325 335

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong Seconds 1st Premiers
Richmond Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood Seconds 3rd Defeated by Geelong Seconds (Preliminary Final)
Essendon Seconds 4th Defeated by Geelong Seconds (Semi Final)
Melbourne Seconds 5th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Seconds 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Seconds 7th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Seconds 10th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 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 17/04/1948 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 128 - 55
SAT 17/04/1948 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 83 - 71
SAT 17/04/1948 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 81 - 40
SAT 17/04/1948 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Kardinia Park 139 - 83
SAT 17/04/1948 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 136 - 77
SAT 17/04/1948 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 116 - 65

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 232.7% 128 55
Essendon Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 202.5% 81 40
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 178.5% 116 65
Richmond Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 176.6% 136 77
Geelong Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 167.5% 139 83
Collingwood Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 116.9% 83 71
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 85.5% 71 83
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 59.7% 83 139
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 56.6% 77 136
Footscray Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 56.0% 65 116
Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 49.4% 40 81
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 43.0% 55 128

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1948 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 104 - 65
SAT 24/04/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 51 - 119
SAT 24/04/1948 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 95 - 93
SAT 24/04/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Lakeside Oval 60 - 88
MON 26/04/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 93
MON 26/04/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 79 - 66

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 219.8% 200 91
Carlton Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 151.4% 221 146
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 130.5% 171 131
St Kilda Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 130.6% 209 160
Geelong Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 126.5% 205 162
Richmond Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 111.0% 201 181
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 100.7% 150 149
Footscray Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 93.4% 169 181
Melbourne Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 77.6% 135 174
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 75.0% 174 232
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 61.2% 137 224
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 42.9% 106 247

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1948 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 108 - 86
SAT 01/05/1948 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 112 - 109
SAT 01/05/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 147
SAT 01/05/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 60 - 216
SAT 01/05/1948 Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S) Punt Road Oval 120 - 77
SAT 01/05/1948 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 86 - 122

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 141.8% 329 232
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 117.9% 283 240
Footscray Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 159.8% 385 241
Essendon Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 152.2% 309 203
Richmond Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 124.4% 321 258
Melbourne Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 116.0% 282 243
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 2 -0- 1 8 115.7% 272 235
Geelong Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 107.8% 291 270
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 102.1% 286 280
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 3 0 64.5% 223 346
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 64.1% 243 379
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 35.9% 166 463

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1948 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 96 - 79
SAT 08/05/1948 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 65 - 70
SAT 08/05/1948 Geelong (S) v Collingwood (S) Kardinia Park 60 - 68
SAT 08/05/1948 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 120 - 93
SAT 08/05/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 123 - 45
SAT 08/05/1948 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 74 - 66

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 134.3% 399 297
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 117.0% 351 300
Essendon Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 143.6% 405 282
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 3 -0- 1 12 141.1% 395 280
Melbourne Seconds 5th 3 -0- 1 12 119.6% 402 336
Footscray Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 144.7% 450 311
Richmond Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 109.5% 414 378
St Kilda Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 104.0% 360 346
Geelong Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 103.8% 351 338
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 4 0 68.3% 302 442
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 0 -0- 4 0 68.2% 309 453
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 36.0% 211 586

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1948 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 60 - 61
SAT 15/05/1948 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 55 - 55
SAT 15/05/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Fitzroy (S) Glenferrie Oval 79 - 87
SAT 15/05/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 59 - 66
SAT 15/05/1948 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 70 - 59
SAT 15/05/1948 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 84 - 83

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 114.4% 412 360
Carlton Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 128.2% 459 358
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 118.5% 468 395
Essendon Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 131.8% 464 352
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 131.2% 454 346
Richmond Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 110.8% 484 437
Footscray Seconds 7th 2 -1- 2 10 138.0% 505 366
St Kilda Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 103.0% 443 430
Geelong Seconds 9th 1 -1- 3 6 103.3% 406 393
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 1 -0- 4 4 74.4% 396 532
South Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 4 4 73.5% 386 525
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 43.1% 290 673

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1948 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 108 - 87
SAT 22/05/1948 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 72 - 84
SAT 22/05/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 94 - 85
SAT 22/05/1948 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Kardinia Park 138 - 90
SAT 22/05/1948 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 113 - 128
SAT 22/05/1948 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 100 - 85

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 116.3% 520 447
Carlton Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 126.3% 543 430
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 111.1% 581 523
Essendon Seconds 4th 3 -0- 3 12 122.9% 536 436
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 3 -0- 3 12 120.9% 539 446
St Kilda Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 105.4% 543 515
Richmond Seconds 7th 3 -0- 3 12 104.8% 571 545
Footscray Seconds 8th 2 -1- 3 10 128.3% 590 460
Geelong Seconds 9th 2 -1- 3 10 112.6% 544 483
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 4 8 80.6% 514 638
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 2 -0- 4 8 79.4% 490 617
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 6 0 46.9% 380 811

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1948 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 96 - 69
SAT 29/05/1948 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 84 - 78
SAT 29/05/1948 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Kardinia Park 78 - 71
SAT 29/05/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 67 - 34
SAT 29/05/1948 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 126 - 32
SAT 29/05/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 80 - 88

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 7 -0- 0 28 115.0% 604 525
Carlton Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 128.1% 639 499
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 3 16 126.3% 606 480
Richmond Seconds 4th 4 -0- 3 16 120.8% 697 577
Melbourne Seconds 5th 4 -0- 3 16 105.0% 650 619
Footscray Seconds 6th 3 -1- 3 14 125.6% 678 540
Geelong Seconds 7th 3 -1- 3 14 112.3% 622 554
Essendon Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 118.1% 607 514
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -0- 4 12 103.7% 621 599
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 81.8% 594 726
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 2 -0- 5 8 76.6% 524 684
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 7 0 44.0% 412 937

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1948 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 84 - 92
SAT 05/06/1948 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 95 - 45
SAT 05/06/1948 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 105 - 41
SAT 05/06/1948 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 86 - 71
SAT 05/06/1948 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) MCG 78 - 75
SAT 05/06/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 99 - 68

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 7 -0- 1 28 112.6% 679 603
Carlton Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 122.3% 723 591
Richmond Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 119.4% 789 661
Melbourne Seconds 4th 5 -0- 3 20 104.9% 728 694
Footscray Seconds 5th 4 -1- 3 18 134.8% 783 581
Essendon Seconds 6th 4 -0- 4 16 125.6% 702 559
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 4 16 110.6% 647 585
Geelong Seconds 8th 3 -1- 4 14 105.7% 690 653
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -0- 5 12 101.0% 692 685
South Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -0- 5 12 87.3% 693 794
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 2 -0- 6 8 73.0% 569 779
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 7 4 49.4% 498 1,008

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1948 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 75
SAT 12/06/1948 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Kardinia Park 64 - 42
SAT 12/06/1948 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) MCG 85 - 83
SAT 12/06/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 64 - 110
SAT 12/06/1948 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 78 - 141
MON 14/06/1948 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 139 - 48

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 8 -0- 1 32 125.7% 818 651
Carlton Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 129.1% 864 669
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 104.6% 813 777
Essendon Seconds 4th 5 -0- 4 20 130.3% 812 623
Richmond Seconds 5th 5 -0- 4 20 114.6% 831 725
Footscray Seconds 6th 4 -1- 4 18 130.0% 866 666
Geelong Seconds 7th 4 -1- 4 18 108.5% 754 695
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 4 -0- 5 16 102.3% 711 695
South Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 5 16 89.2% 768 861
St Kilda Seconds 10th 3 -0- 6 12 93.2% 770 826
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 2 -0- 7 8 74.5% 636 854
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 8 4 47.6% 546 1,147

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1948 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 94 - 96
SAT 19/06/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 73
SAT 19/06/1948 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 73 - 82
SAT 19/06/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 49 - 110
SAT 19/06/1948 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 215 - 80
SAT 19/06/1948 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 66 - 91

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 8 -0- 2 32 122.6% 891 727
Carlton Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 3 28 125.2% 958 765
Melbourne Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 111.7% 923 826
Richmond Seconds 4th 6 -0- 4 24 129.9% 1,046 805
Essendon Seconds 5th 6 -0- 4 24 128.4% 894 696
Geelong Seconds 6th 5 -1- 4 22 111.0% 845 761
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 5 -0- 5 20 90.5% 864 955
Footscray Seconds 8th 4 -1- 5 18 125.5% 939 748
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 4 -0- 6 16 86.9% 791 910
St Kilda Seconds 10th 3 -0- 7 12 91.2% 836 917
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 3 -0- 7 12 76.8% 712 927
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 9 4 47.3% 595 1,257

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1948 Collingwood (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 90 - 75
SAT 03/07/1948 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 128 - 77
SAT 03/07/1948 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 99 - 52
SAT 03/07/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Arden Street Oval 115 - 76
SAT 03/07/1948 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 143 - 50
SAT 03/07/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Lakeside Oval 152 - 100

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 122.3% 981 802
Richmond Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 4 28 139.1% 1,189 855
Essendon Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 4 28 132.2% 1,022 773
Carlton Seconds 4th 7 -0- 4 28 117.5% 1,034 880
Melbourne Seconds 5th 7 -0- 4 28 105.4% 975 925
Geelong Seconds 6th 6 -1- 4 26 116.1% 944 813
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 5 24 96.3% 1,016 1,055
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 5 -0- 6 20 91.9% 906 986
Footscray Seconds 9th 4 -1- 6 18 121.0% 1,014 838
St Kilda Seconds 10th 3 -0- 8 12 87.4% 913 1,045
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 3 -0- 8 12 71.2% 762 1,070
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 10 4 49.3% 695 1,409

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 73 - 86
SAT 10/07/1948 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 119 - 57
SAT 10/07/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 93 - 135
SAT 10/07/1948 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 52 - 57
SAT 10/07/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 73 - 122
SAT 10/07/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 56 - 84

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 126.1% 1,103 875
Richmond Seconds 2nd 8 -0- 4 32 139.7% 1,273 911
Essendon Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 130.8% 1,079 825
Carlton Seconds 4th 8 -0- 4 32 120.1% 1,169 973
Geelong Seconds 5th 7 -1- 4 30 116.3% 1,030 886
Melbourne Seconds 6th 7 -0- 5 28 104.6% 1,027 982
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 6 24 94.1% 1,072 1,139
Footscray Seconds 8th 5 -1- 6 22 126.6% 1,133 895
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 7 20 88.4% 979 1,108
St Kilda Seconds 10th 3 -0- 9 12 83.3% 970 1,164
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 3 -0- 9 12 72.2% 835 1,156
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 11 4 51.0% 788 1,544

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1948 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 74 - 48
SAT 17/07/1948 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 117 - 70
SAT 17/07/1948 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 137 - 20
SAT 17/07/1948 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 131 - 52
SAT 17/07/1948 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 81 - 67
SAT 17/07/1948 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 66 - 71

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 11 -0- 2 44 129.1% 1,220 945
Essendon Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 143.9% 1,216 845
Richmond Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 138.4% 1,354 978
Carlton Seconds 4th 9 -0- 4 36 121.7% 1,243 1,021
Geelong Seconds 5th 8 -1- 4 34 123.8% 1,161 938
Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 5 32 104.8% 1,098 1,048
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 7 24 90.9% 1,142 1,256
Footscray Seconds 8th 5 -1- 7 22 123.0% 1,200 976
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 8 20 83.2% 1,031 1,239
St Kilda Seconds 10th 3 -0- 10 12 83.9% 1,036 1,235
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 3 -0- 10 12 71.8% 883 1,230
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 12 4 48.1% 808 1,681

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1948 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 84 - 93
SAT 24/07/1948 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 101 - 77
SAT 24/07/1948 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 69 - 58
SAT 24/07/1948 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 65 - 65
SAT 24/07/1948 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 73 - 75
SAT 24/07/1948 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 61 - 142

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 12 -0- 2 48 127.6% 1,313 1,029
Richmond Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 144.0% 1,496 1,039
Geelong Seconds 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 123.5% 1,230 996
Essendon Seconds 4th 9 -0- 5 36 138.6% 1,300 938
Carlton Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 119.4% 1,301 1,090
Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -1- 5 34 104.5% 1,163 1,113
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 7 28 91.6% 1,217 1,329
Footscray Seconds 8th 6 -1- 7 26 123.6% 1,301 1,053
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 5 -0- 9 20 84.0% 1,104 1,314
Fitzroy Seconds 10th 3 -1- 10 14 73.2% 948 1,295
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 11 12 79.7% 1,097 1,377
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 13 4 49.7% 885 1,782

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1948 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 96 - 118
SAT 31/07/1948 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 88 - 99
SAT 07/08/1948 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 109 - 100
SAT 07/08/1948 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 74 - 56
SAT 07/08/1948 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 73 - 63
SAT 07/08/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 52 - 82

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 13 -0- 2 52 127.8% 1,387 1,085
Richmond Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 142.4% 1,569 1,102
Essendon Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 139.6% 1,382 990
Carlton Seconds 4th 10 -0- 5 40 118.5% 1,410 1,190
Geelong Seconds 5th 9 -1- 5 38 120.2% 1,286 1,070
Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -1- 6 34 103.4% 1,226 1,186
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 8 28 89.9% 1,269 1,411
Footscray Seconds 8th 6 -1- 8 26 120.6% 1,401 1,162
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 9 24 85.8% 1,203 1,402
St Kilda Seconds 10th 4 -0- 11 16 82.5% 1,215 1,473
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 3 -1- 11 14 73.9% 1,044 1,413
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 14 4 51.7% 973 1,881

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1948 Collingwood (S) v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 61 - 24
SAT 14/08/1948 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 49 - 50
SAT 14/08/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 50 - 23
SAT 14/08/1948 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Kardinia Park 117 - 59
SAT 14/08/1948 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 78 - 18
SAT 14/08/1948 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 75 - 71

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 14 -0- 2 56 130.6% 1,448 1,109
Richmond Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 140.7% 1,619 1,151
Geelong Seconds 3rd 10 -1- 5 42 124.3% 1,403 1,129
Essendon Seconds 4th 10 -0- 6 40 137.6% 1,431 1,040
Carlton Seconds 5th 10 -0- 6 40 114.6% 1,434 1,251
Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -1- 6 38 108.3% 1,304 1,204
South Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 9 28 90.2% 1,340 1,486
Footscray Seconds 8th 6 -1- 9 26 114.2% 1,460 1,279
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 10 24 82.5% 1,221 1,480
St Kilda Seconds 10th 5 -0- 11 20 83.5% 1,290 1,544
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 4 -1- 11 18 76.2% 1,094 1,436
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 15 4 51.6% 996 1,931

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1948 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 54 - 44
SAT 21/08/1948 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 121 - 78
SAT 21/08/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 71 - 131
SAT 21/08/1948 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 47 - 87
SAT 21/08/1948 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) Punt Road Oval 56 - 49
SAT 21/08/1948 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 70 - 78

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 14 -0- 3 56 128.5% 1,497 1,165
Richmond Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 139.6% 1,675 1,200
Geelong Seconds 3rd 11 -1- 5 46 127.8% 1,534 1,200
Carlton Seconds 4th 11 -0- 6 44 114.9% 1,488 1,295
Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -1- 6 42 108.5% 1,382 1,274
Essendon Seconds 6th 10 -0- 7 40 134.8% 1,475 1,094
Footscray Seconds 7th 7 -1- 9 30 116.5% 1,581 1,357
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 10 28 90.2% 1,410 1,564
St Kilda Seconds 9th 6 -0- 11 24 86.5% 1,377 1,591
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 11 24 80.9% 1,268 1,567
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 4 -1- 12 18 75.3% 1,172 1,557
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 16 4 51.7% 1,067 2,062

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1948 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 82 - 77
SAT 28/08/1948 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 97 - 74
SAT 28/08/1948 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 62 - 60
SAT 28/08/1948 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 77 - 163
SAT 28/08/1948 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) MCG 80 - 61
SAT 28/08/1948 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood (S) Junction Oval 45 - 85

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 15 -0- 3 60 130.7% 1,582 1,210
Richmond Seconds 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 143.9% 1,838 1,277
Geelong Seconds 3rd 11 -1- 6 46 125.7% 1,611 1,282
Melbourne Seconds 4th 11 -1- 6 46 109.5% 1,462 1,335
Essendon Seconds 5th 11 -0- 7 44 133.0% 1,557 1,171
Carlton Seconds 6th 11 -0- 7 44 112.7% 1,549 1,375
Footscray Seconds 7th 8 -1- 9 34 115.9% 1,643 1,417
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 11 28 90.4% 1,470 1,626
St Kilda Seconds 9th 6 -0- 12 24 84.8% 1,422 1,676
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 12 24 80.6% 1,342 1,664
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 5 -1- 12 22 77.8% 1,269 1,631
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 1 -0- 17 4 51.4% 1,144 2,225

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1948 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 80 - 67
SAT 04/09/1948 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 54 - 85
SAT 04/09/1948 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 161 - 29
SAT 04/09/1948 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 34 - 75
SAT 04/09/1948 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 154 - 39
SAT 04/09/1948 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 60 - 88

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood Seconds 1st 16 -0- 3 64 130.1% 1,662 1,277
Richmond Seconds 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 151.4% 1,992 1,316
Geelong Seconds 3rd 12 -1- 6 50 135.2% 1,772 1,311
Essendon Seconds 4th 12 -0- 7 48 134.0% 1,642 1,225
Melbourne Seconds 5th 11 -1- 7 46 108.1% 1,529 1,415
Carlton Seconds 6th 11 -0- 8 44 103.9% 1,588 1,529
Footscray Seconds 7th 9 -1- 9 38 118.4% 1,718 1,451
South Melbourne Seconds 8th 7 -0- 12 28 83.9% 1,499 1,787
St Kilda Seconds 9th 6 -0- 13 24 84.0% 1,482 1,764
North Melbourne Seconds 10th 6 -0- 13 24 79.1% 1,376 1,739
Fitzroy Seconds 11th 5 -1- 13 22 77.1% 1,323 1,716
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 2 -0- 17 8 53.9% 1,232 2,285

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1948 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 63 - 52
SAT 18/09/1948 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 95 - 134

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1948 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 72 - 108

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1948 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 81 - 114