1949 VFA Season

These are the results for the 1949 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League).

It featured twenty-one rounds. Williamstown were the minor premiers.

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

Season Details

Name: 1949 VFA Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 130

Team Details

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

Season Results

Premiers: Williamstown
Runners-Up: Oakleigh
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- 5 64 122.4% 2,037 1,664 288 309 233 266
Oakleigh 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 136.2% 2,320 1,703 319 406 235 293
Brighton 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 110.2% 2,116 1,920 298 328 271 294
Coburg 4th 13 -1- 7 54 105.8% 2,003 1,894 286 287 263 316
Brunswick 5th 12 -1- 8 50 115.5% 1,972 1,708 276 316 239 274
Camberwell 6th 12 -0- 9 48 98.9% 1,871 1,892 256 335 263 314
Port Melbourne 7th 11 -0- 10 44 104.8% 1,866 1,780 265 276 246 304
Prahran 8th 8 -0- 13 32 101.7% 2,111 2,076 305 281 296 300
Preston 9th 8 -0- 13 32 89.5% 1,904 2,128 271 278 303 310
Northcote 10th 6 -1- 14 26 86.4% 1,683 1,948 231 297 279 274
Sandringham 11th 6 -1- 14 26 78.5% 1,747 2,225 243 289 312 353
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 19 8 72.7% 1,840 2,532 259 286 357 390

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Williamstown 1st Premiers
Oakleigh 2nd Runners-Up
Brighton 3rd Defeated by Oakleigh (Preliminary Final)
Coburg 4th Defeated by Brighton (Semi Final)
Brunswick 5th Did not qualify for finals
Camberwell 6th Did not qualify for finals
Port Melbourne 7th Did not qualify for finals
Prahran 8th Did not qualify for finals
Preston 9th Did not qualify for finals
Northcote 10th Did not qualify for finals
Sandringham 11th Did not qualify for finals
Yarraville 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Prahran Brunswick Park 76 - 113
SAT 16/04/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg North Port Oval 82 - 83
SAT 16/04/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Northcote Yarraville Oval 113 - 108
MON 18/04/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Sandringham Elsternwick Park 113 - 66
MON 18/04/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Oakleigh Camberwell Sportsground 77 - 159
MON 18/04/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Williamstown Preston City Oval 79 - 92

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 1 -0- 0 4 206.5% 159 77
Brighton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 171.2% 113 66
Prahran 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 148.7% 113 76
Williamstown 4th 1 -0- 0 4 116.5% 92 79
Yarraville 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.6% 113 108
Coburg 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.2% 83 82
Port Melbourne 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.8% 82 83
Northcote 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.6% 108 113
Preston 9th 0 -0- 1 0 85.9% 79 92
Brunswick 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.3% 76 113
Sandringham 11th 0 -0- 1 0 58.4% 66 113
Camberwell 12th 0 -0- 1 0 48.4% 77 159

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Camberwell Coburg City Oval 83 - 86
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Brighton Northcote Park 100 - 122
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Yarraville Warrawee Park 161 - 43
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Port Melbourne Toorak Park 133 - 78
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Preston Beach Road Oval 128 - 86
SAT 23/04/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brunswick WCG 96 - 84

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 2 -0- 0 8 266.7% 320 120
Prahran 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 159.7% 246 154
Brighton 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 141.6% 235 166
Williamstown 4th 2 -0- 0 8 115.3% 188 163
Coburg 5th 1 -0- 1 4 98.8% 166 168
Sandringham 6th 1 -0- 1 4 97.5% 194 199
Camberwell 7th 1 -0- 1 4 67.4% 163 242
Yarraville 8th 1 -0- 1 4 58.0% 156 269
Northcote 9th 0 -0- 2 0 88.5% 208 235
Brunswick 10th 0 -0- 2 0 76.6% 160 209
Preston 11th 0 -0- 2 0 75.0% 165 220
Port Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 74.1% 160 216

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Oakleigh Elsternwick Park 91 - 78
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Sandringham Brunswick Park 75 - 63
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown North Port Oval 91 - 77
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Coburg Toorak Park 116 - 137
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Northcote Preston City Oval 103 - 89
SAT 30/04/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Camberwell Yarraville Oval 71 - 96

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 133.6% 326 244
Oakleigh 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 188.6% 398 211
Prahran 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 124.4% 362 291
Coburg 4th 2 -0- 1 8 106.7% 303 284
Williamstown 5th 2 -0- 1 8 104.3% 265 254
Camberwell 6th 2 -0- 1 8 82.7% 259 313
Sandringham 7th 1 -0- 2 4 93.8% 257 274
Preston 8th 1 -0- 2 4 86.7% 268 309
Brunswick 9th 1 -0- 2 4 86.4% 235 272
Port Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 2 4 85.7% 251 293
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 2 4 62.2% 227 365
Northcote 12th 0 -0- 3 0 87.9% 297 338

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brighton Camberwell Sportsground 82 - 87
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Yarraville Coburg City Oval 127 - 122
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Brunswick Northcote Park 57 - 64
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Preston Warrawee Park 108 - 87
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Beach Road Oval 92 - 78
SAT 07/05/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Prahran WCG 106 - 93

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 126.7% 413 326
Oakleigh 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 169.8% 506 298
Williamstown 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 106.9% 371 347
Coburg 4th 3 -0- 1 12 105.9% 430 406
Prahran 5th 2 -0- 2 8 114.6% 455 397
Sandringham 6th 2 -0- 2 8 99.1% 349 352
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 2 8 90.9% 299 329
Camberwell 8th 2 -0- 2 8 85.3% 341 400
Port Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 85.5% 329 385
Preston 10th 1 -0- 3 4 85.1% 355 417
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 3 4 70.9% 349 492
Northcote 12th 0 -0- 4 0 88.1% 354 402

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Yarraville Elsternwick Park 135 - 111
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Oakleigh Brunswick Park 84 - 91
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Northcote North Port Oval 82 - 77
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Sandringham Toorak Park 110 - 106
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Camberwell Preston City Oval 87 - 69
SAT 14/05/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Coburg WCG 95 - 87

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 5 -0- 0 20 125.4% 548 437
Oakleigh 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 156.3% 597 382
Williamstown 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 107.4% 466 434
Prahran 4th 3 -0- 2 12 112.3% 565 503
Coburg 5th 3 -0- 2 12 103.2% 517 501
Sandringham 6th 2 -0- 3 8 98.5% 455 462
Brunswick 7th 2 -0- 3 8 91.2% 383 420
Preston 8th 2 -0- 3 8 90.9% 442 486
Port Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 89.0% 411 462
Camberwell 10th 2 -0- 3 8 84.2% 410 487
Yarraville 11th 1 -0- 4 4 73.4% 460 627
Northcote 12th 0 -0- 5 0 89.0% 431 484

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Brunswick Camberwell Sportsground 56 - 78
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Brighton Coburg City Oval 82 - 110
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Prahran Northcote Park 122 - 79
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Port Melbourne Warrawee Park 86 - 91
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Williamstown Beach Road Oval 56 - 104
SAT 21/05/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Preston Yarraville Oval 105 - 81

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Brighton 1st 6 -0- 0 24 126.8% 658 519
Williamstown 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 116.3% 570 490
Oakleigh 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 144.4% 683 473
Prahran 4th 3 -0- 3 12 103.0% 644 625
Coburg 5th 3 -0- 3 12 98.0% 599 611
Brunswick 6th 3 -0- 3 12 96.8% 461 476
Port Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 3 12 91.6% 502 548
Sandringham 8th 2 -0- 4 8 90.3% 511 566
Preston 9th 2 -0- 4 8 88.5% 523 591
Camberwell 10th 2 -0- 4 8 82.5% 466 565
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 4 8 79.8% 565 708
Northcote 12th 1 -0- 5 4 98.2% 553 563

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Yarraville Brunswick Park 144 - 78
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Camberwell North Port Oval 54 - 90
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Oakleigh Toorak Park 110 - 119
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Brighton Preston City Oval 126 - 99
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Coburg Beach Road Oval 76 - 131
SAT 28/05/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Northcote WCG 130 - 64

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 6 -0- 1 24 126.4% 700 554
Brighton 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 117.4% 757 645
Oakleigh 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 137.6% 802 583
Brunswick 4th 4 -0- 3 16 109.2% 605 554
Coburg 5th 4 -0- 3 16 106.3% 730 687
Prahran 6th 3 -0- 4 12 101.3% 754 744
Preston 7th 3 -0- 4 12 94.1% 649 690
Camberwell 8th 3 -0- 4 12 89.8% 556 619
Port Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 87.1% 556 638
Sandringham 10th 2 -0- 5 8 84.2% 587 697
Yarraville 11th 2 -0- 5 8 75.5% 643 852
Northcote 12th 1 -0- 6 4 89.0% 617 693

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Brunswick Elsternwick Park 78 - 117
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Prahran Camberwell Sportsground 88 - 93
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Preston Coburg City Oval 103 - 65
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Sandringham Northcote Park 69 - 45
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Williamstown Warrawee Park 84 - 63
SAT 04/06/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Port Melbourne Yarraville Oval 100 - 139

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 6 -0- 2 24 137.2% 886 646
Williamstown 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 119.6% 763 638
Brighton 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 109.6% 835 762
Brunswick 4th 5 -0- 3 20 114.2% 722 632
Coburg 5th 5 -0- 3 20 110.8% 833 752
Prahran 6th 4 -0- 4 16 101.8% 847 832
Port Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 4 16 94.2% 695 738
Camberwell 8th 3 -0- 5 12 90.4% 644 712
Preston 9th 3 -0- 5 12 90.0% 714 793
Northcote 10th 2 -0- 6 8 93.0% 686 738
Sandringham 11th 2 -0- 6 8 82.5% 632 766
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 6 8 75.0% 743 991

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Preston Brunswick Park 118 - 103
SAT 11/06/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Coburg Northcote Park 73 - 73
SAT 11/06/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Oakleigh Beach Road Oval 89 - 94
MON 13/06/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brighton North Port Oval 66 - 58
MON 13/06/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Yarraville Toorak Park 132 - 119
MON 13/06/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Camberwell WCG 72 - 53

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 7 -0- 2 28 133.3% 980 735
Williamstown 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 120.8% 835 691
Brunswick 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 114.3% 840 735
Brighton 4th 6 -0- 3 24 107.9% 893 828
Coburg 5th 5 -1- 3 22 109.8% 906 825
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 4 20 102.9% 979 951
Port Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 4 20 95.6% 761 796
Preston 8th 3 -0- 6 12 89.7% 817 911
Camberwell 9th 3 -0- 6 12 88.9% 697 784
Northcote 10th 2 -1- 6 10 93.6% 759 811
Sandringham 11th 2 -0- 7 8 83.8% 721 860
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 7 8 76.8% 862 1,123

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Prahran Elsternwick Park 117 - 96
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Coburg Brunswick Park 95 - 103
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Sandringham Camberwell Sportsground 118 - 74
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Northcote Warrawee Park 133 - 69
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 100 - 99
SAT 18/06/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Williamstown Yarraville Oval 94 - 108

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 8 -0- 2 32 138.4% 1,113 804
Williamstown 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 120.1% 943 785
Brighton 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 109.3% 1,010 924
Coburg 4th 6 -1- 3 26 109.7% 1,009 920
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 4 24 111.6% 935 838
Prahran 6th 5 -0- 5 20 100.7% 1,075 1,068
Port Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 5 20 96.0% 860 896
Camberwell 8th 4 -0- 6 16 95.0% 815 858
Preston 9th 4 -0- 6 16 90.8% 917 1,010
Northcote 10th 2 -1- 7 10 87.7% 828 944
Sandringham 11th 2 -0- 8 8 81.3% 795 978
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 8 8 77.7% 956 1,231

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Oakleigh Coburg City Oval 87 - 77
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Camberwell Northcote Park 48 - 62
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Brunswick North Port Oval 95 - 53
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Preston Toorak Park 69 - 70
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Yarraville Beach Road Oval 129 - 75
SAT 25/06/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Brighton WCG 105 - 55

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 9 -0- 2 36 124.8% 1,048 840
Oakleigh 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 133.6% 1,190 891
Coburg 3rd 7 -1- 3 30 109.9% 1,096 997
Brighton 4th 7 -0- 4 28 103.5% 1,065 1,029
Brunswick 5th 6 -0- 5 24 105.9% 988 933
Port Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 5 24 100.6% 955 949
Prahran 7th 5 -0- 6 20 100.5% 1,144 1,138
Camberwell 8th 5 -0- 6 20 96.8% 877 906
Preston 9th 5 -0- 6 20 91.5% 987 1,079
Sandringham 10th 3 -0- 8 12 87.7% 924 1,053
Northcote 11th 2 -1- 8 10 87.1% 876 1,006
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 9 8 75.8% 1,031 1,360

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 86 - 67
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Yarraville Northcote Park 126 - 64
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Camberwell Warrawee Park 91 - 94
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Brunswick Toorak Park 89 - 114
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brighton Beach Road Oval 72 - 88
SAT 02/07/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Preston WCG 115 - 89

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 10 -0- 2 40 125.2% 1,163 929
Coburg 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 111.1% 1,182 1,064
Oakleigh 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 130.1% 1,281 985
Brighton 4th 8 -0- 4 32 104.7% 1,153 1,101
Brunswick 5th 7 -0- 5 28 107.8% 1,102 1,022
Port Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 6 24 98.7% 1,022 1,035
Camberwell 7th 6 -0- 6 24 97.4% 971 997
Prahran 8th 5 -0- 7 20 98.5% 1,233 1,252
Preston 9th 5 -0- 7 20 90.1% 1,076 1,194
Northcote 10th 3 -1- 8 14 93.6% 1,002 1,070
Sandringham 11th 3 -0- 9 12 87.3% 996 1,141
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 10 8 73.7% 1,095 1,486

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Northcote Elsternwick Park 136 - 80
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Williamstown Brunswick Park 59 - 40
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Coburg Camberwell Sportsground 86 - 85
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Prahran North Port Oval 76 - 65
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Sandringham Preston City Oval 124 - 64
SAT 09/07/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Oakleigh Yarraville Oval 73 - 80

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 10 -0- 3 40 121.8% 1,203 988
Oakleigh 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 128.6% 1,361 1,058
Brighton 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 109.1% 1,289 1,181
Coburg 4th 8 -1- 4 34 110.2% 1,267 1,150
Brunswick 5th 8 -0- 5 32 109.3% 1,161 1,062
Port Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 6 28 99.8% 1,098 1,100
Camberwell 7th 7 -0- 6 28 97.7% 1,057 1,082
Preston 8th 6 -0- 7 24 95.4% 1,200 1,258
Prahran 9th 5 -0- 8 20 97.7% 1,298 1,328
Northcote 10th 3 -1- 9 14 89.7% 1,082 1,206
Sandringham 11th 3 -0- 10 12 83.8% 1,060 1,265
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 11 8 74.6% 1,168 1,566

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Yarraville Camberwell Sportsground 178 - 123
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Prahran Coburg City Oval 96 - 86
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Preston Northcote Park 60 - 100
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Warrawee Park 90 - 95
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Brunswick Beach Road Oval 99 - 99
SAT 16/07/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Port Melbourne WCG 76 - 66

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 11 -0- 3 44 121.3% 1,279 1,054
Brighton 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 108.9% 1,384 1,271
Coburg 3rd 9 -1- 4 38 110.3% 1,363 1,236
Oakleigh 4th 9 -0- 5 36 125.8% 1,451 1,153
Brunswick 5th 8 -1- 5 34 108.5% 1,260 1,161
Camberwell 6th 8 -0- 6 32 102.5% 1,235 1,205
Port Melbourne 7th 7 -0- 7 28 99.0% 1,164 1,176
Preston 8th 7 -0- 7 28 98.6% 1,300 1,318
Prahran 9th 5 -0- 9 20 97.2% 1,384 1,424
Northcote 10th 3 -1- 10 14 87.4% 1,142 1,306
Sandringham 11th 3 -1- 10 14 85.0% 1,159 1,364
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 12 8 74.0% 1,291 1,744

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Camberwell Elsternwick Park 115 - 85
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Northcote Brunswick Park 113 - 38
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham North Port Oval 131 - 78
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Williamstown Toorak Park 126 - 100
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Oakleigh Preston City Oval 80 - 97
SAT 23/07/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Coburg Yarraville Oval 87 - 94

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 11 -0- 4 44 116.9% 1,379 1,180
Brighton 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 110.5% 1,499 1,356
Coburg 3rd 10 -1- 4 42 110.1% 1,457 1,323
Oakleigh 4th 10 -0- 5 40 125.5% 1,548 1,233
Brunswick 5th 9 -1- 5 38 114.5% 1,373 1,199
Port Melbourne 6th 8 -0- 7 32 103.3% 1,295 1,254
Camberwell 7th 8 -0- 7 32 100.0% 1,320 1,320
Preston 8th 7 -0- 8 28 97.5% 1,380 1,415
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 9 24 99.1% 1,510 1,524
Northcote 10th 3 -1- 11 14 83.2% 1,180 1,419
Sandringham 11th 3 -1- 11 14 82.7% 1,237 1,495
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 13 8 75.0% 1,378 1,838

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Preston Camberwell Sportsground 120 - 83
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 85 - 119
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Port Melbourne Northcote Park 66 - 113
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brunswick Warrawee Park 142 - 79
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Prahran Beach Road Oval 115 - 101
SAT 30/07/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brighton Yarraville Oval 94 - 106

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 12 -0- 4 48 118.4% 1,498 1,265
Brighton 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 110.7% 1,605 1,450
Oakleigh 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 128.8% 1,690 1,312
Coburg 4th 10 -1- 5 42 106.9% 1,542 1,442
Brunswick 5th 9 -1- 6 38 108.3% 1,452 1,341
Port Melbourne 6th 9 -0- 7 36 106.7% 1,408 1,320
Camberwell 7th 9 -0- 7 36 102.6% 1,440 1,403
Preston 8th 7 -0- 9 28 95.3% 1,463 1,535
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 10 24 98.3% 1,611 1,639
Sandringham 10th 4 -1- 11 18 84.7% 1,352 1,596
Northcote 11th 3 -1- 12 14 81.3% 1,246 1,532
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 14 8 75.7% 1,472 1,944

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Elsternwick Park 84 - 112
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Camberwell Brunswick Park 70 - 77
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Oakleigh North Port Oval 80 - 89
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Northcote Toorak Park 78 - 84
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Yarraville Preston City Oval 111 - 67
SAT 06/08/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Sandringham WCG 135 - 71

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 13 -0- 4 52 122.2% 1,633 1,336
Oakleigh 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 127.8% 1,779 1,392
Brighton 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 108.1% 1,689 1,562
Coburg 4th 11 -1- 5 46 108.4% 1,654 1,526
Camberwell 5th 10 -0- 7 40 103.0% 1,517 1,473
Brunswick 6th 9 -1- 7 38 107.3% 1,522 1,418
Port Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 8 36 105.6% 1,488 1,409
Preston 8th 8 -0- 9 32 98.3% 1,574 1,602
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 11 24 98.0% 1,689 1,723
Northcote 10th 4 -1- 12 18 82.6% 1,330 1,610
Sandringham 11th 4 -1- 12 18 82.2% 1,423 1,731
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 15 8 74.9% 1,539 2,055

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Preston Elsternwick Park 134 - 105
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Port Melbourne Camberwell Sportsground 100 - 84
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 105 - 79
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Williamstown Northcote Park 97 - 70
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Prahran Warrawee Park 130 - 100
SAT 13/08/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Brunswick Yarraville Oval 72 - 136

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Oakleigh 1st 13 -0- 5 52 127.9% 1,909 1,492
Williamstown 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 118.8% 1,703 1,433
Brighton 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 109.4% 1,823 1,667
Coburg 4th 12 -1- 5 50 109.6% 1,759 1,605
Camberwell 5th 11 -0- 7 44 103.9% 1,617 1,557
Brunswick 6th 10 -1- 7 42 111.3% 1,658 1,490
Port Melbourne 7th 9 -0- 9 36 104.2% 1,572 1,509
Preston 8th 8 -0- 10 32 96.7% 1,679 1,736
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 12 24 96.5% 1,789 1,853
Northcote 10th 5 -1- 12 22 84.9% 1,427 1,680
Sandringham 11th 4 -1- 13 18 81.8% 1,502 1,836
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 16 8 73.5% 1,611 2,191

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Brunswick v Brighton Brunswick Park 62 - 71
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Yarraville North Port Oval 106 - 68
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Camberwell Toorak Park 61 - 75
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Coburg Preston City Oval 84 - 111
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Northcote Beach Road Oval 81 - 58
SAT 20/08/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh WCG 77 - 70

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 14 -0- 5 56 118.4% 1,780 1,503
Brighton 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 109.5% 1,894 1,729
Coburg 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 110.7% 1,870 1,689
Oakleigh 4th 13 -0- 6 52 126.1% 1,979 1,569
Camberwell 5th 12 -0- 7 48 104.6% 1,692 1,618
Brunswick 6th 10 -1- 8 42 110.2% 1,720 1,561
Port Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 9 40 106.4% 1,678 1,577
Preston 8th 8 -0- 11 32 95.5% 1,763 1,847
Prahran 9th 6 -0- 13 24 96.0% 1,850 1,928
Northcote 10th 5 -1- 13 22 84.3% 1,485 1,761
Sandringham 11th 5 -1- 13 22 83.6% 1,583 1,894
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 17 8 73.1% 1,679 2,297

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Port Melbourne Elsternwick Park 141 - 63
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Camberwell v Williamstown Camberwell Sportsground 67 - 155
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Northcote Coburg City Oval 65 - 109
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Sandringham Warrawee Park 219 - 45
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Preston v Brunswick Preston City Oval 79 - 156
SAT 27/08/1949 2:10 PM Yarraville v Prahran Yarraville Oval 67 - 133

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 15 -0- 5 60 123.2% 1,935 1,570
Brighton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 113.6% 2,035 1,792
Oakleigh 3rd 14 -0- 6 56 136.2% 2,198 1,614
Coburg 4th 13 -1- 6 54 107.6% 1,935 1,798
Camberwell 5th 12 -0- 8 48 99.2% 1,759 1,773
Brunswick 6th 11 -1- 8 46 114.4% 1,876 1,640
Port Melbourne 7th 10 -0- 10 40 101.3% 1,741 1,718
Preston 8th 8 -0- 12 32 92.0% 1,842 2,003
Prahran 9th 7 -0- 13 28 99.4% 1,983 1,995
Northcote 10th 6 -1- 13 26 87.3% 1,594 1,826
Sandringham 11th 5 -1- 14 22 77.0% 1,628 2,113
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 18 8 71.9% 1,746 2,430

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Coburg v Brunswick Coburg City Oval 68 - 96
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Northcote v Oakleigh Northcote Park 89 - 122
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Preston North Port Oval 125 - 62
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Prahran v Brighton Toorak Park 128 - 81
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Sandringham v Camberwell Beach Road Oval 119 - 112
SAT 03/09/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Yarraville WCG 102 - 94

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Williamstown 1st 16 -0- 5 64 122.4% 2,037 1,664
Oakleigh 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 136.2% 2,320 1,703
Brighton 3rd 15 -0- 6 60 110.2% 2,116 1,920
Coburg 4th 13 -1- 7 54 105.8% 2,003 1,894
Brunswick 5th 12 -1- 8 50 115.5% 1,972 1,708
Camberwell 6th 12 -0- 9 48 98.9% 1,871 1,892
Port Melbourne 7th 11 -0- 10 44 104.8% 1,866 1,780
Prahran 8th 8 -0- 13 32 101.7% 2,111 2,076
Preston 9th 8 -0- 13 32 89.5% 1,904 2,128
Northcote 10th 6 -1- 14 26 86.4% 1,683 1,948
Sandringham 11th 6 -1- 14 26 78.5% 1,747 2,225
Yarraville 12th 2 -0- 19 8 72.7% 1,840 2,532

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/09/1949 2:10 PM Brighton v Coburg Junction Oval 99 - 74 14,000
SAT 17/09/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh Junction Oval 97 - 92 22,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1949 2:10 PM Oakleigh v Brighton Junction Oval 100 - 85 22,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/10/1949 2:10 PM Williamstown v Oakleigh Junction Oval 65 - 62 40,000