1949 VFL Season

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

It featured nineteen rounds. North Melbourne were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Essendon were the premiers, with Dick Reynolds as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1949 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 118

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 Norm Smith
Footscray Western Oval Arthur Olliver
Geelong Kardinia Park Reg Hickey
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Alec Albiston
Melbourne MCG Allan La Fontaine
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Wally Carter
Richmond Punt Road Oval Jack Dyer
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Jack Hale
St Kilda Junction Oval Fred Froude

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
North Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 5 56 119.1% 1,471 1,235 204 247 167 233
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 126.4% 1,679 1,328 232 287 185 218
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 123.5% 1,616 1,308 222 284 183 210
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 6 52 120.7% 1,649 1,366 232 257 187 244
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 7 48 113.0% 1,516 1,341 212 244 187 219
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 9 40 116.7% 1,733 1,485 246 257 207 243
Fitzroy 7th 10 -0- 9 40 97.8% 1,488 1,521 208 240 209 267
Geelong 8th 9 -0- 10 36 111.8% 1,722 1,540 246 246 218 232
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 12 28 83.9% 1,211 1,444 163 233 199 250
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 13 24 80.5% 1,343 1,669 185 233 235 259
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 15 16 73.5% 1,272 1,730 174 228 245 260
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 16 12 61.1% 1,153 1,886 161 187 263 308

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/04/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 127 - 77 21,500
SAT 16/04/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 120 - 57 13,500
SAT 16/04/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 145 - 83 25,000
SAT 16/04/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Junction Oval 76 - 98 18,000
MON 18/04/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 112 - 48 29,000
MON 18/04/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 127 - 58 30,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 1 -0- 0 4 233.3% 112 48
Richmond 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 219.0% 127 58
Essendon 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 210.5% 120 57
Geelong 4th 1 -0- 0 4 174.7% 145 83
Collingwood 5th 1 -0- 0 4 164.9% 127 77
Fitzroy 6th 1 -0- 0 4 128.9% 98 76
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 77.6% 76 98
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 60.6% 77 127
Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 57.2% 83 145
Hawthorn 10th 0 -0- 1 0 47.5% 57 120
Footscray 11th 0 -0- 1 0 45.7% 58 127
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 42.9% 48 112

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 106 - 105 25,000
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 79 - 68 15,500
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 43 - 132 13,000
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 80 - 82 28,116
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 56 - 75 20,000
SAT 23/04/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 85 - 82 9,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 2 -0- 0 8 256.4% 259 101
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 172.6% 195 113
Collingwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 133.1% 209 157
Fitzroy 4th 2 -0- 0 8 112.7% 204 181
Carlton 5th 1 -0- 1 4 140.9% 217 154
Geelong 6th 1 -0- 1 4 131.5% 213 162
Footscray 7th 1 -0- 1 4 70.3% 137 195
South Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 68.6% 133 194
St Kilda 9th 0 -0- 2 0 86.3% 158 183
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 71.8% 163 227
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 2 0 65.8% 133 202
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 2 0 39.7% 100 252

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 153 - 48 9,250
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 56 - 57 30,000
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 98 - 75 19,000
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 100 - 48 23,810
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 92 - 59 15,000
SAT 30/04/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Essendon Junction Oval 45 - 94 13,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 3 -0- 0 12 182.9% 289 158
Fitzroy 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 110.1% 261 237
Carlton 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 183.2% 370 202
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 1 8 164.8% 318 193
Geelong 5th 2 -0- 1 8 131.2% 311 237
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 1 8 123.8% 265 214
Melbourne 7th 1 -0- 2 4 95.6% 263 275
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 2 4 86.2% 225 261
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 71.2% 208 292
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 2 4 62.7% 185 295
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 3 0 73.3% 203 277
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 3 0 36.5% 148 405

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 45 - 64 29,000
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 93 - 105 17,500
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 39 - 75 12,000
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 40 - 65 11,500
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v St Kilda Punt Road Oval 113 - 80 12,000
SAT 07/05/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 59 - 51 12,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 1 12 175.7% 434 247
Richmond 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 157.9% 431 273
Essendon 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 150.5% 334 222
Collingwood 4th 3 -0- 1 12 129.9% 330 254
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 1 12 126.1% 416 330
Fitzroy 6th 3 -0- 1 12 103.5% 354 342
North Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 100.0% 300 300
South Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 77.8% 267 343
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 3 4 94.0% 314 334
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 3 4 60.5% 224 370
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 4 0 72.6% 283 390
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 40.0% 188 470

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 104 - 74 33,000
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 84 - 69 21,000
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 103 - 71 15,500
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 67 - 105 7,500
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 46 - 48 19,338
SAT 14/05/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 68 - 50 11,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 1 16 167.6% 538 321
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 143.6% 418 291
Geelong 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 129.4% 519 401
Fitzroy 4th 4 -0- 1 16 112.2% 459 409
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 2 12 140.1% 500 357
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 112.8% 404 358
North Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 2 12 100.6% 348 346
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 2 12 85.2% 335 393
Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 4 4 94.2% 360 382
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 4 4 62.6% 274 438
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 5 0 71.8% 354 493
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 5 0 44.3% 255 575

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 121 - 82 28,500
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 82 - 81 23,000
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 82 10,500
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 101 - 79 9,000
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 103 - 60 21,000
SAT 21/05/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 37 - 61 7,500

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 163.5% 659 403
Fitzroy 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 111.0% 545 491
Richmond 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 144.6% 603 417
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 2 16 133.8% 499 373
Geelong 5th 4 -0- 2 16 115.1% 601 522
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 2 16 110.7% 486 439
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 2 16 105.6% 449 425
South Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 79.6% 395 496
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 100.5% 421 419
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 5 4 67.9% 356 524
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 6 0 70.6% 391 554
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 6 0 49.4% 334 676

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 75 - 90 15,000
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 58 - 87 17,000
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 48 - 87 10,000
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 61 - 55 17,000
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Fitzroy Punt Road Oval 147 - 66 28,000
SAT 28/05/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 62 - 95 13,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 162.2% 754 465
Richmond 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 155.3% 750 483
Collingwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 115.3% 573 497
North Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 106.3% 510 480
Fitzroy 5th 5 -0- 2 20 95.8% 611 638
Essendon 6th 4 -0- 3 16 124.0% 574 463
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 3 16 112.5% 656 583
South Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 3 16 88.6% 482 544
Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 4 12 103.4% 511 494
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 6 4 67.8% 414 611
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 7 0 69.8% 453 649
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 7 0 50.1% 382 763

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 97 - 67 29,500
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 148 - 36 12,000
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 59 - 72 12,500
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 75 - 79 22,500
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 77 - 66 10,779
SAT 04/06/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 79 - 98 12,500

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 160.0% 851 532
Richmond 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 148.6% 829 558
Collingwood 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 135.3% 721 533
Fitzroy 4th 6 -0- 2 24 98.9% 709 717
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 3 20 123.8% 646 522
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 100.0% 577 577
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 110.4% 731 662
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 4 16 105.0% 588 560
South Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 4 16 87.4% 561 642
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 7 4 69.3% 473 683
St Kilda 11th 0 -0- 8 0 61.4% 489 797
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 8 0 53.3% 448 840

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/06/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 116 - 79 27,500
SAT 11/06/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 73 - 63 10,000
SAT 11/06/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 106 - 81 19,500
MON 13/06/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 52 - 74 16,000
MON 13/06/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 78 - 49 10,000
MON 13/06/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 84 - 99 46,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 1 32 154.2% 950 616
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 136.8% 837 612
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 139.0% 913 657
North Melbourne 4th 6 -0- 3 24 104.6% 655 626
Fitzroy 5th 6 -0- 3 24 96.2% 761 791
Essendon 6th 5 -0- 4 20 115.8% 727 628
Melbourne 7th 5 -0- 4 20 108.2% 662 612
South Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 4 20 92.3% 667 723
Geelong 9th 4 -0- 5 16 104.1% 810 778
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 8 4 70.9% 536 756
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 8 4 57.7% 521 903
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 9 0 61.5% 538 875

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 78 - 86 26,500
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 67 - 70 15,000
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 132 - 46 12,000
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 133 - 45 16,000
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 101 - 104 29,000
SAT 18/06/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 56 - 77 8,500

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 2 32 146.4% 1,028 702
Collingwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 132.0% 941 713
North Melbourne 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 117.4% 788 671
Fitzroy 4th 7 -0- 3 28 96.9% 831 858
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 4 24 133.2% 1,014 761
Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 108.4% 748 690
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 5 20 114.3% 942 824
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 5 20 113.8% 794 698
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 5 20 83.2% 712 856
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 8 8 75.5% 613 812
Hawthorn 11th 1 -0- 9 4 54.8% 567 1,035
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 10 0 62.4% 594 952

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 106 - 52 12,000
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 72 - 81 14,000
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 63 - 58 13,000
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 167 - 72 18,000
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 101 - 63 23,934
SAT 02/07/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 89 - 97 7,000

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 2 36 136.9% 1,047 765
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 3 32 142.0% 1,086 765
North Melbourne 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 117.0% 869 743
Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 4 28 112.7% 849 753
Fitzroy 5th 7 -0- 4 28 96.2% 903 939
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 5 24 124.9% 1,077 862
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 5 24 123.8% 1,109 896
Essendon 8th 5 -0- 6 20 100.1% 866 865
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 79.4% 764 962
Footscray 10th 3 -0- 8 12 77.7% 676 870
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 9 8 59.1% 664 1,124
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 11 0 65.1% 683 1,049

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 94 - 49 7,000
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 83 - 60 14,000
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 42 - 112 7,000
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 101 - 98 19,512
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 54 - 37 21,000
SAT 09/07/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 48 - 81 15,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 3 36 143.5% 1,167 813
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 132.4% 1,084 819
North Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 118.3% 923 780
Melbourne 4th 8 -0- 4 32 111.6% 950 851
Fitzroy 5th 8 -0- 4 32 100.9% 997 988
Geelong 6th 6 -0- 6 24 121.1% 1,207 997
Richmond 7th 6 -0- 6 24 120.3% 1,137 945
Essendon 8th 6 -0- 6 24 107.8% 978 907
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 77.9% 812 1,043
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 8 16 81.6% 759 930
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 10 8 57.1% 706 1,236
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 12 0 64.0% 732 1,143

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 67 - 62 17,500
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 58 - 73 22,000
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 70 - 49 16,000
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 93 - 34 15,000
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 117 - 67 7,000
SAT 16/07/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 111 - 91 6,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 3 40 141.0% 1,234 875
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 128.0% 1,142 892
North Melbourne 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 114.4% 972 850
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 112.5% 1,023 909
Fitzroy 5th 8 -0- 5 32 100.4% 1,059 1,055
Geelong 6th 7 -0- 6 28 126.1% 1,300 1,031
Richmond 7th 7 -0- 6 28 123.9% 1,254 1,012
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 6 28 109.6% 1,048 956
South Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 78.2% 903 1,154
Footscray 10th 4 -0- 9 16 77.5% 793 1,023
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 11 8 57.1% 773 1,353
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 12 4 68.3% 843 1,234

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 95 - 64 9,500
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 81 21,000
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 74 - 72 13,000
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 53 - 71 9,000
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 72 - 113 19,000
SAT 23/07/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 81 - 97 7,500

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 3 44 140.6% 1,305 928
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 127.0% 1,223 963
North Melbourne 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 117.7% 1,085 922
Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 5 36 111.4% 1,095 983
Geelong 5th 8 -0- 6 32 125.6% 1,397 1,112
Essendon 6th 8 -0- 6 32 112.1% 1,143 1,020
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 6 32 99.5% 1,130 1,136
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 7 28 117.9% 1,326 1,125
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 9 20 79.2% 867 1,095
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 9 20 78.7% 984 1,251
Hawthorn 11th 2 -0- 12 8 58.0% 826 1,424
St Kilda 12th 1 -0- 13 4 68.2% 907 1,329

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 82 - 113 26,500
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 119 - 36 9,500
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 87 - 43 17,500
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 79 - 65 14,410
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 62 - 59 14,000
SAT 30/07/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 89 - 68 10,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 4 44 134.3% 1,342 999
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 133.2% 1,387 1,041
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 116.9% 1,147 981
Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 5 40 112.0% 1,174 1,048
Geelong 5th 9 -0- 6 36 128.5% 1,484 1,155
Essendon 6th 9 -0- 6 36 114.0% 1,256 1,102
Fitzroy 7th 8 -0- 7 32 95.9% 1,173 1,223
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 8 28 114.8% 1,394 1,214
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 10 20 80.0% 926 1,157
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 78.9% 1,049 1,330
St Kilda 11th 2 -0- 13 8 71.3% 996 1,397
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 13 8 55.9% 862 1,543

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 58 - 55 28,000
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 65 4,000
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 74 - 58 10,000
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 64 - 58 20,000
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 56 - 78 16,000
SAT 06/08/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 69 - 60 12,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 4 48 132.8% 1,400 1,054
North Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 116.6% 1,211 1,039
Carlton 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 131.2% 1,442 1,099
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 115.2% 1,334 1,158
Melbourne 5th 10 -0- 6 40 110.8% 1,232 1,112
Geelong 6th 9 -0- 7 36 126.1% 1,544 1,224
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 7 36 97.2% 1,252 1,288
Richmond 8th 7 -0- 9 28 112.2% 1,450 1,292
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 10 24 82.3% 1,000 1,215
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 78.8% 1,107 1,404
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 13 12 73.1% 1,065 1,457
Hawthorn 12th 2 -0- 14 8 57.2% 927 1,622

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 117 - 71 29,000
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 94 - 59 12,000
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 47 - 90 24,500
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 88 - 70 9,000
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 106 - 52 17,612
SAT 13/08/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 67 - 77 10,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 5 48 133.7% 1,532 1,146
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 125.6% 1,471 1,171
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 113.7% 1,281 1,127
Essendon 4th 11 -0- 6 44 118.1% 1,451 1,229
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 6 44 114.9% 1,338 1,164
Geelong 6th 9 -0- 8 36 121.1% 1,591 1,314
Fitzroy 7th 9 -0- 8 36 94.9% 1,311 1,382
Richmond 8th 8 -0- 9 32 112.4% 1,527 1,359
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 10 28 85.9% 1,094 1,274
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 79.3% 1,174 1,481
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 14 12 71.5% 1,117 1,563
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 14 12 60.0% 1,015 1,692

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 95 - 74 10,000
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 73 - 56 13,500
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 51 - 62 6,000
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 56 - 82 14,500
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 76 - 101 58,436
SAT 20/08/1949 2:15 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 92 - 62 4,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 5 52 133.4% 1,627 1,220
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 125.8% 1,544 1,227
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 115.2% 1,363 1,183
Essendon 4th 12 -0- 6 48 118.9% 1,552 1,305
Melbourne 5th 11 -0- 7 44 111.8% 1,414 1,265
Geelong 6th 9 -0- 9 36 118.0% 1,647 1,396
Richmond 7th 9 -0- 9 36 112.7% 1,589 1,410
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 9 36 94.3% 1,362 1,444
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 11 28 85.4% 1,150 1,347
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 12 24 82.0% 1,266 1,543
St Kilda 11th 3 -0- 15 12 71.8% 1,191 1,658
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 15 12 60.4% 1,077 1,784

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 97 - 61 20,000
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 126 - 77 7,000
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 76 - 102 9,000
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 108 - 52 35,000
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 144 - 75 11,000
SAT 27/08/1949 2:15 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 81 - 72 17,000

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 14 -0- 5 56 119.1% 1,471 1,235
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 6 52 126.4% 1,679 1,328
Collingwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 52 123.5% 1,616 1,308
Essendon 4th 13 -0- 6 52 120.7% 1,649 1,366
Melbourne 5th 12 -0- 7 48 113.0% 1,516 1,341
Richmond 6th 10 -0- 9 40 116.7% 1,733 1,485
Fitzroy 7th 10 -0- 9 40 97.8% 1,488 1,521
Geelong 8th 9 -0- 10 36 111.8% 1,722 1,540
Footscray 9th 7 -0- 12 28 83.9% 1,211 1,444
South Melbourne 10th 6 -0- 13 24 80.5% 1,343 1,669
St Kilda 11th 4 -0- 15 16 73.5% 1,272 1,730
Hawthorn 12th 3 -0- 16 12 61.1% 1,153 1,886

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/09/1949 2:15 PM Collingwood v Essendon MCG 54 - 136 67,702
SAT 10/09/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Carlton MCG 91 - 103 70,856

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/09/1949 2:15 PM North Melbourne v Essendon MCG 61 - 78 69,281

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/09/1949 2:50 PM Carlton v Essendon MCG 52 - 125 88,718