1969 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1969 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty rounds. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Richmond were the premiers, with Roger Dean as the premiership captain and Tom Hafey as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1969 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 124

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ron Barassi
Collingwood Victoria Park Bob Rose
Essendon Windy Hill Jack Clarke
Fitzroy Princes Park Bill Stephen
Footscray Western Oval Ted Whitten
Geelong Kardinia Park Peter Pianto
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG John Beckwith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Keith McKenzie
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Norm Smith
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: Richmond
Runners-Up: Carlton
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 5 60 129.0% 2,129 1,651 299 335 234 247
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 120.5% 2,260 1,875 329 286 271 249
Geelong 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 119.9% 2,092 1,745 304 268 246 269
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 7 52 124.6% 2,060 1,653 293 302 232 261
Hawthorn 5th 13 -0- 7 52 98.8% 2,025 2,050 298 237 287 328
Essendon 6th 10 -1- 9 42 102.5% 1,941 1,893 272 309 272 261
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 11 36 103.2% 1,803 1,747 257 261 250 247
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 12 32 87.5% 1,859 2,125 265 269 304 301
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 13 28 82.5% 1,803 2,186 257 261 314 302
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 13 28 82.4% 1,745 2,118 251 239 306 282
Footscray 11th 6 -0- 14 24 85.5% 1,778 2,079 249 284 304 255
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 17 12 83.1% 1,838 2,211 262 266 316 315

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Richmond 1st Premiers
Carlton 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood 3rd Defeated by Richmond (Preliminary Final)
Geelong 4th Defeated by Richmond (Semi Final)
Hawthorn 5th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon 6th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 7th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 8th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 9th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 10th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 11th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne 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 Attendance
SAT 05/04/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 111 - 89 28,802
SAT 05/04/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 110 - 101 14,016
SAT 05/04/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 79 - 82 37,767
MON 07/04/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Princes Park 103 - 159 20,284
MON 07/04/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 118 - 91 23,571
MON 07/04/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 111 - 82 62,152

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray 1st 1 -0- 0 4 154.4% 159 103
Richmond 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 135.4% 111 82
Geelong 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 129.7% 118 91
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 0 4 124.7% 111 89
North Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 108.9% 110 101
Carlton 6th 1 -0- 0 4 103.8% 82 79
St Kilda 7th 0 -0- 1 0 96.3% 79 82
South Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 1 0 91.8% 101 110
Collingwood 9th 0 -0- 1 0 80.2% 89 111
Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 1 0 77.1% 91 118
Essendon 11th 0 -0- 1 0 73.9% 82 111
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 1 0 64.8% 103 159

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 210 - 82 25,894
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 82 - 99 27,388
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 91 - 91 18,664
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 65 - 98 21,352
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 79 - 107 16,379
SAT 12/04/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 98 - 100 12,314

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 181.4% 292 161
Richmond 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 128.0% 210 164
North Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 120.6% 217 180
Geelong 4th 1 -1- 0 6 114.8% 209 182
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 1 4 120.4% 177 147
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 111.4% 224 201
Fitzroy 7th 1 -0- 1 4 79.0% 203 257
Hawthorn 8th 1 -0- 1 4 64.5% 193 299
Essendon 9th 0 -1- 1 2 85.6% 173 202
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 94.8% 199 210
Collingwood 11th 0 -0- 2 0 81.4% 171 210
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 2 0 75.6% 170 225

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 130 - 62 18,729
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 85 - 98 15,770
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Princes Park 91 - 132 11,712
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 52 - 81 20,250
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 134 - 74 15,068
SAT 19/04/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 106 - 111 26,884

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 175.1% 373 213
North Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 114.7% 328 286
Geelong 3rd 2 -1- 0 10 134.0% 343 256
St Kilda 4th 2 -0- 1 8 129.8% 309 238
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 114.9% 316 275
Hawthorn 6th 2 -0- 1 8 75.8% 291 384
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 2 4 110.7% 301 272
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 2 4 97.9% 276 282
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 2 4 75.6% 294 389
Essendon 10th 0 -1- 2 2 86.0% 258 300
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 79.4% 273 344
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.4% 232 355

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 79 - 97 38,327
FRI 25/04/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong Moorabbin Oval 69 - 92 42,954
SAT 26/04/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 89 - 153 39,212
SAT 26/04/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 130 - 85 15,622
SAT 26/04/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 129 - 96 13,224
SAT 26/04/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 91 - 136 16,663

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Melbourne 1st 4 -0- 0 16 119.6% 457 382
Geelong 2nd 3 -1- 0 14 133.8% 435 325
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 126.2% 462 366
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 1 12 123.5% 452 366
Hawthorn 5th 3 -0- 1 12 89.8% 421 469
Collingwood 6th 2 -0- 2 8 125.8% 454 361
St Kilda 7th 2 -0- 2 8 114.5% 378 330
Essendon 8th 1 -1- 2 6 93.7% 355 379
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 3 4 87.6% 361 412
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 3 4 75.3% 390 518
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 75.8% 364 480
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 68.8% 311 452

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 137 - 112 18,489
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 113 - 83 23,236
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 84 - 144 17,522
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 136 - 104 13,288
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 120 - 55 22,991
SAT 03/05/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 120 - 114 34,959

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 4 -1- 0 18 141.6% 579 409
Richmond 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 135.9% 572 421
Carlton 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 125.3% 599 478
North Melbourne 4th 4 -0- 1 16 109.1% 540 495
Hawthorn 5th 4 -0- 1 16 97.2% 557 573
St Kilda 6th 3 -0- 2 12 112.2% 498 444
Essendon 7th 2 -1- 2 10 101.3% 468 462
Collingwood 8th 2 -0- 3 8 118.1% 568 481
Footscray 9th 1 -0- 4 4 80.0% 445 556
Fitzroy 10th 1 -0- 4 4 69.7% 445 638
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 5 0 77.1% 476 617
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 70.6% 415 588

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 115 - 62 19,025
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Princes Park 90 - 115 12,872
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 124 - 85 32,025
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 93 - 121 26,848
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 87 - 96 15,338
SAT 10/05/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 93 - 56 17,490

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong 1st 5 -1- 0 22 142.3% 703 494
Richmond 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 134.8% 693 514
Hawthorn 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 98.9% 653 660
Carlton 4th 4 -0- 2 16 113.6% 684 602
North Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 106.1% 627 591
Essendon 6th 3 -1- 2 14 105.6% 583 552
Collingwood 7th 3 -0- 3 12 125.8% 683 543
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 3 12 103.2% 554 537
South Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 5 4 84.5% 569 673
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 5 4 75.6% 507 671
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 5 4 71.0% 535 753
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 71.7% 508 709

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 108 - 78 15,150
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 98 - 85 14,614
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 58 - 66 11,462
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 99 - 107 17,102
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn MCG 52 - 61 35,933
SAT 17/05/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 106 - 80 19,008

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 6 -0- 1 24 100.3% 714 712
Geelong 2nd 5 -1- 1 22 133.4% 802 601
Richmond 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 129.6% 745 575
Carlton 4th 5 -0- 2 20 116.5% 792 680
North Melbourne 5th 5 -0- 2 20 106.4% 734 690
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 3 16 124.4% 781 628
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 3 16 107.0% 660 617
Essendon 8th 3 -1- 3 14 100.8% 663 658
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 86.9% 635 731
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 6 4 76.7% 565 737
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 6 4 72.9% 620 851
Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 71.7% 586 817

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 105 - 90 15,424
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Princes Park 81 - 102 9,367
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Glenferrie Oval 94 - 90 21,888
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 103 - 94 16,602
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 86 - 115 48,656
SAT 24/05/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 74 - 130 21,128

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 7 -0- 1 28 100.7% 808 802
Carlton 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 118.4% 907 766
North Melbourne 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 106.8% 837 784
Geelong 4th 5 -1- 2 22 128.3% 892 695
Collingwood 5th 5 -0- 3 20 129.8% 911 702
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 120.4% 831 690
Essendon 7th 4 -1- 3 18 102.7% 768 748
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 4 16 104.7% 754 720
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 6 8 82.3% 709 861
Footscray 10th 1 -0- 7 4 77.8% 655 842
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 7 4 76.6% 688 898
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 7 4 73.6% 701 953

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon Princes Park 103 - 45 16,266
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 118 - 58 21,254
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 61 - 50 8,529
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 107 - 45 8,923
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 69 - 94 13,765
SAT 31/05/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 95 - 49 15,168

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 2 28 124.5% 1,010 811
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 95.5% 857 897
Geelong 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 135.0% 999 740
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 3 24 135.4% 1,029 760
North Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 3 24 99.2% 895 902
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 4 20 117.3% 881 751
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 4 20 110.4% 849 769
Essendon 8th 4 -1- 4 18 95.5% 813 851
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 86.3% 803 930
Footscray 10th 2 -0- 7 8 80.3% 716 892
Melbourne 11th 1 -0- 8 4 76.3% 757 992
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 8 4 70.4% 746 1,060

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Princes Park 81 - 105 10,526
SAT 07/06/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 94 - 80 44,710
SAT 14/06/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 106 - 59 38,437
SAT 14/06/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 103 - 123 18,409
MON 16/06/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 120 - 95 27,330
MON 16/06/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 57 - 78 27,039

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 8 -0- 2 32 125.3% 1,088 868
Hawthorn 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 98.4% 962 978
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 138.6% 1,135 819
Geelong 4th 6 -1- 3 26 125.1% 1,058 846
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.3% 975 831
North Melbourne 6th 6 -0- 4 24 97.1% 952 980
Essendon 7th 5 -1- 4 22 98.1% 936 954
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 5 20 107.6% 929 863
South Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 86.0% 906 1,053
Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 8 8 80.7% 877 1,087
Footscray 11th 2 -0- 8 8 80.1% 811 1,012
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 9 4 71.0% 827 1,165

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 158 - 98 16,400
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 97 - 108 28,893
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 143 - 97 12,893
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 113 - 86 24,278
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 163 - 105 13,721
SAT 21/06/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 120 - 94 19,491

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 9 -0- 2 36 129.0% 1,246 966
Hawthorn 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 103.9% 1,125 1,083
Collingwood 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 135.7% 1,243 916
Geelong 4th 7 -1- 3 30 125.6% 1,171 932
Richmond 5th 6 -0- 5 24 112.4% 1,061 944
St Kilda 6th 6 -0- 5 24 109.6% 1,049 957
North Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 5 24 93.4% 1,049 1,123
Essendon 8th 5 -1- 5 22 97.3% 1,033 1,062
Footscray 9th 3 -0- 8 12 86.0% 954 1,109
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 83.1% 1,011 1,216
Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 9 8 80.4% 971 1,207
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 10 4 69.9% 925 1,323

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 66 - 54 22,164
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 78 - 47 31,923
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 63 - 54 17,020
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 115 - 68 11,603
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 78 - 99 23,557
SAT 28/06/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 83 - 80 9,359

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 10 -0- 2 40 128.6% 1,312 1,020
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 36 137.2% 1,321 963
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 100.9% 1,172 1,161
Geelong 4th 8 -1- 3 34 125.7% 1,270 1,010
Essendon 5th 6 -1- 5 26 98.2% 1,096 1,116
Richmond 6th 6 -0- 6 24 110.7% 1,115 1,007
St Kilda 7th 6 -0- 6 24 107.8% 1,103 1,023
North Melbourne 8th 6 -0- 6 24 93.6% 1,129 1,206
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 8 16 90.8% 1,069 1,177
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 8 16 84.4% 1,094 1,296
Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 10 8 80.3% 1,049 1,306
Fitzroy 12th 1 -0- 11 4 69.1% 993 1,438

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Princes Park 129 - 80 7,682
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 74 - 94 20,247
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 80 - 149 19,480
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 130 - 127 6,470
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 93 - 91 45,546
SAT 05/07/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 87 - 77 14,975

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 11 -0- 2 44 132.8% 1,461 1,100
Collingwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 133.7% 1,412 1,056
Hawthorn 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 95.6% 1,252 1,310
Geelong 4th 8 -1- 4 34 121.7% 1,344 1,104
Essendon 5th 7 -1- 5 30 100.0% 1,190 1,190
Richmond 6th 7 -0- 6 28 110.0% 1,208 1,098
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 6 28 108.2% 1,190 1,100
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 6 28 94.4% 1,259 1,333
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 9 16 90.7% 1,146 1,264
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 82.4% 1,174 1,425
Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 11 8 81.9% 1,176 1,436
Fitzroy 12th 2 -0- 11 8 73.9% 1,122 1,518

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 114 - 112 15,350
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 121 - 114 17,605
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 107 - 109 32,485
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 48 - 117 10,597
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 87 - 113 9,486
SAT 12/07/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 58 - 74 11,874

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 12 -0- 2 48 130.0% 1,575 1,212
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 130.8% 1,521 1,163
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 96.4% 1,373 1,424
Geelong 4th 9 -1- 4 38 122.3% 1,457 1,191
Richmond 5th 8 -0- 6 32 115.6% 1,325 1,146
Essendon 6th 7 -1- 6 30 99.5% 1,304 1,311
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 7 28 106.3% 1,248 1,174
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 7 28 90.1% 1,307 1,450
Footscray 9th 4 -0- 10 16 91.3% 1,258 1,378
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 10 16 82.0% 1,261 1,538
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 11 12 75.9% 1,196 1,576
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 12 8 83.0% 1,283 1,545

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 106 - 116 43,610
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 99 - 94 15,112
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Princes Park 126 - 96 9,684
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 106 - 93 15,955
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 92 - 104 19,522
SAT 19/07/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 144 - 77 21,959

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 13 -0- 2 52 128.3% 1,691 1,318
Collingwood 2nd 10 -0- 5 40 127.2% 1,627 1,279
Hawthorn 3rd 10 -0- 5 40 95.8% 1,466 1,530
Geelong 4th 9 -1- 5 38 119.6% 1,549 1,295
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 6 36 120.1% 1,469 1,223
Essendon 6th 8 -1- 6 34 99.9% 1,403 1,405
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 7 32 106.8% 1,352 1,266
North Melbourne 8th 7 -0- 8 28 89.0% 1,403 1,576
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 10 20 92.7% 1,364 1,471
South Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 11 16 79.5% 1,338 1,682
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 11 16 79.1% 1,322 1,672
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 13 8 83.8% 1,377 1,644

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 95 - 131 32,527
SAT 26/07/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 94 - 67 14,103
SAT 26/07/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 74 - 126 15,030
SAT 02/08/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 83 - 73 29,759
SAT 02/08/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Princes Park 66 - 57 16,720
SAT 02/08/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 155 - 78 22,025

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 2 56 130.5% 1,817 1,392
Collingwood 2nd 11 -0- 5 44 126.5% 1,710 1,352
Hawthorn 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 98.3% 1,597 1,625
Geelong 4th 10 -1- 5 42 124.1% 1,704 1,373
Richmond 5th 9 -0- 7 36 118.4% 1,526 1,289
Essendon 6th 8 -1- 7 34 98.1% 1,470 1,499
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 8 32 105.6% 1,425 1,349
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 8 32 91.1% 1,497 1,643
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 11 20 88.7% 1,442 1,626
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 11 20 80.3% 1,388 1,729
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 12 16 78.1% 1,412 1,808
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 14 8 82.9% 1,472 1,775

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 95 - 110 27,656
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 132 - 95 15,554
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 82 - 104 21,201
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 144 - 126 13,504
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 125 - 85 23,519
SAT 09/08/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 68 - 100 13,400

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 3 56 127.3% 1,912 1,502
Collingwood 2nd 12 -0- 5 48 126.5% 1,814 1,434
Hawthorn 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 99.4% 1,741 1,751
Geelong 4th 11 -1- 5 46 123.6% 1,814 1,468
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 7 40 120.2% 1,651 1,374
Essendon 6th 9 -1- 7 38 100.5% 1,602 1,594
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 9 32 103.0% 1,493 1,449
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 9 32 90.8% 1,623 1,787
Footscray 9th 5 -0- 12 20 88.1% 1,524 1,730
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 80.6% 1,512 1,876
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 12 20 79.7% 1,483 1,861
Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 15 8 81.9% 1,557 1,900

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 139 - 76 15,239
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Princes Park 70 - 90 18,342
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Glenferrie Oval 88 - 99 19,480
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 99 - 92 27,029
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 89 - 98 12,836
SAT 16/08/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 113 - 96 11,303

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 14 -0- 4 56 125.2% 2,004 1,601
Collingwood 2nd 13 -0- 5 52 126.6% 1,904 1,504
Geelong 3rd 12 -1- 5 50 122.8% 1,912 1,557
Hawthorn 4th 12 -0- 6 48 98.9% 1,829 1,850
Richmond 5th 11 -0- 7 44 119.7% 1,750 1,462
Essendon 6th 10 -1- 7 42 104.3% 1,741 1,670
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 10 32 98.8% 1,569 1,588
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 90.8% 1,712 1,885
South Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 12 24 82.4% 1,625 1,972
Footscray 10th 5 -0- 13 20 87.9% 1,620 1,843
Fitzroy 11th 5 -0- 13 20 79.6% 1,553 1,951
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 15 12 83.1% 1,656 1,992

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 127 - 156 27,661
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 129 - 58 19,428
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 94 - 82 16,043
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Kardinia Park 110 - 95 31,569
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 97 - 99 17,790
SAT 23/08/1969 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 144 - 58 11,109

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 5 56 130.2% 2,033 1,562
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 5 56 121.3% 2,131 1,757
Geelong 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 122.4% 2,022 1,652
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 7 48 119.9% 1,906 1,589
Hawthorn 5th 12 -0- 7 48 98.2% 1,924 1,960
Essendon 6th 10 -1- 8 42 103.3% 1,823 1,764
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 10 36 104.1% 1,713 1,646
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 11 32 87.2% 1,770 2,029
Footscray 9th 6 -0- 13 24 89.0% 1,714 1,925
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 13 24 80.7% 1,652 2,048
South Melbourne 11th 6 -0- 13 24 80.1% 1,683 2,101
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 16 12 83.8% 1,753 2,091

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 118 - 129 23,622
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Princes Park 93 - 70 13,246
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 101 - 90 13,539
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 89 - 96 17,504
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 154 - 64 33,591
SAT 30/08/1969 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 120 - 85 9,754

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 5 60 129.0% 2,129 1,651
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 120.5% 2,260 1,875
Geelong 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 119.9% 2,092 1,745
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 7 52 124.6% 2,060 1,653
Hawthorn 5th 13 -0- 7 52 98.8% 2,025 2,050
Essendon 6th 10 -1- 9 42 102.5% 1,941 1,893
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 11 36 103.2% 1,803 1,747
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 12 32 87.5% 1,859 2,125
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 13 28 82.5% 1,803 2,186
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 13 28 82.4% 1,745 2,118
Footscray 11th 6 -0- 14 24 85.5% 1,778 2,079
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 17 12 83.1% 1,838 2,211

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 5 60 129.0% 2,129 1,651 299 335 234 247
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 120.5% 2,260 1,875 329 286 271 249
Geelong 3rd 13 -1- 6 54 119.9% 2,092 1,745 304 268 246 269
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 7 52 124.6% 2,060 1,653 293 302 232 261
Hawthorn 5th 13 -0- 7 52 98.8% 2,025 2,050 298 237 287 328
Essendon 6th 10 -1- 9 42 102.5% 1,941 1,893 272 309 272 261
St Kilda 7th 9 -0- 11 36 103.2% 1,803 1,747 257 261 250 247
North Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 12 32 87.5% 1,859 2,125 265 269 304 301
South Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 13 28 82.5% 1,803 2,186 257 261 314 302
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 13 28 82.4% 1,745 2,118 251 239 306 282
Footscray 11th 6 -0- 14 24 85.5% 1,778 2,079 249 284 304 255
Melbourne 12th 3 -0- 17 12 83.1% 1,838 2,211 262 266 316 315

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1969 2:30 PM Geelong v Richmond MCG 49 - 167 101,233
SAT 13/09/1969 2:30 PM Collingwood v Carlton MCG 71 - 107 108,544

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1969 2:30 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 81 - 107 107,279

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1969 2:50 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 60 - 85 119,165

Final Round 3 Ladder

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