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)
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

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

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 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Richmond Seconds	1st
Collingwood Seconds	2nd
Geelong Seconds	3rd
Essendon Seconds	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

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

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Richmond Seconds	1st
Geelong Seconds	2nd
Collingwood Seconds	3rd
Essendon Seconds	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Geelong Seconds	1st
Richmond Seconds	2nd
Collingwood Seconds	3rd
Essendon Seconds	4th

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