1975 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1975 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured twenty-two rounds in a double round-robin format. Hawthorn were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. North Melbourne were the premiers, with Barry Davis as the premiership captain and Ron Barassi as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1975 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 138

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park John Nicholls Keith McKenzie
Collingwood Victoria Park Murray Weideman
Essendon Windy Hill Des Tuddenham
Fitzroy Junction Oval Kevin Rose
Footscray Western Oval Bob Rose
Geelong Kardinia Park Graham Farmer
Hawthorn Princes Park John Kennedy
Melbourne MCG Bob Skilton
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Ron Barassi
Richmond MCG Tom Hafey
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Graeme John
St Kilda Moorabbin Oval Allan Jeans

Season Results

Premiers: North Melbourne
Runners-Up: Hawthorn
Minor Premiers: Hawthorn

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 5 68 137.3% 2,383 1,735 338 355 240 295
Carlton 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 129.2% 2,360 1,827 341 314 253 309
North Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 115.1% 2,096 1,821 294 332 257 279
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 9 52 113.5% 2,269 1,999 318 361 282 307
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 52 93.9% 1,983 2,112 280 303 308 264
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 11 44 101.4% 1,982 1,954 270 362 274 310
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 94.8% 1,968 2,076 284 264 294 312
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.7% 2,222 2,451 323 284 355 321
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 36 97.1% 2,079 2,142 295 309 301 336
Melbourne 10th 9 -0- 13 36 93.6% 2,092 2,234 299 298 317 332
Geelong 11th 7 -0- 15 28 78.2% 1,735 2,218 242 283 311 352
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 20 8 75.0% 1,798 2,398 250 298 342 346

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v South Melbourne Victoria Park 91 - 55 21,203
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 136 - 67 19,165
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Junction Oval 98 - 103 14,442
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Carlton Kardinia Park 62 - 94 22,573
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Princes Park 105 - 76 14,978
SAT 05/04/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 111 - 100 23,422

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon 1st 1 -0- 0 4 203.0% 136 67
Collingwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 165.5% 91 55
Carlton 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 151.6% 94 62
Hawthorn 4th 1 -0- 0 4 138.2% 105 76
Melbourne 5th 1 -0- 0 4 111.0% 111 100
Richmond 6th 1 -0- 0 4 105.1% 103 98
Fitzroy 7th 0 -0- 1 0 95.1% 98 103
Footscray 8th 0 -0- 1 0 90.1% 100 111
North Melbourne 9th 0 -0- 1 0 72.4% 76 105
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 1 0 66.0% 62 94
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 1 0 60.4% 55 91
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 1 0 49.3% 67 136

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 172 - 79 38,083
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 116 - 83 17,700
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 103 - 105 14,325
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Geelong MCG 112 - 72 33,600
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 102 - 131 18,356
SAT 12/04/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Moorabbin Oval 81 - 121 18,465

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 188.7% 266 141
Essendon 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 158.0% 267 169
Hawthorn 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 143.9% 226 157
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 0 8 126.5% 215 170
Melbourne 5th 2 -0- 0 8 106.4% 216 203
Footscray 6th 1 -0- 1 4 111.3% 216 194
Collingwood 7th 1 -0- 1 4 74.9% 170 227
North Melbourne 8th 0 -0- 2 0 85.2% 179 210
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.6% 181 219
South Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 2 0 70.7% 157 222
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 2 0 65.0% 134 206
St Kilda 12th 0 -0- 2 0 57.6% 148 257

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 102 - 66 24,024
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 117 - 100 22,207
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Junction Oval 85 - 87 17,626
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Footscray Kardinia Park 90 - 98 17,158
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Hawthorn VFL Park 87 - 116 39,496
SAT 19/04/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 87 - 71 15,736

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 177.8% 368 207
Essendon 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 142.8% 384 269
Hawthorn 3rd 3 -0- 0 12 140.2% 342 244
Footscray 4th 2 -0- 1 8 110.6% 314 284
Richmond 5th 2 -0- 1 8 105.6% 302 286
Melbourne 6th 2 -0- 1 8 98.8% 316 320
Collingwood 7th 2 -0- 1 8 82.4% 257 312
St Kilda 8th 1 -0- 2 4 71.6% 235 328
Fitzroy 9th 0 -0- 3 0 86.9% 266 306
North Melbourne 10th 0 -0- 3 0 78.5% 245 312
South Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 3 0 73.8% 228 309
Geelong 12th 0 -0- 3 0 73.7% 224 304

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Essendon VFL Park 87 - 104 77,770
FRI 25/04/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 80 - 133 35,328
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 112 - 99 24,296
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 109 - 43 25,388
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 85 - 115 12,707
SAT 26/04/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Hawthorn Lakeside Oval 69 - 99 12,708

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 4 -0- 0 16 140.9% 441 313
Essendon 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 137.1% 488 356
Carlton 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 146.3% 455 311
Footscray 4th 3 -0- 1 12 129.4% 423 327
Collingwood 5th 3 -0- 1 12 89.8% 369 411
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 2 8 90.2% 368 408
Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 87.4% 396 453
Richmond 8th 2 -0- 2 8 87.3% 345 395
Fitzroy 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.4% 381 391
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 4 0 77.6% 323 416
North Melbourne 11th 0 -0- 4 0 77.3% 330 427
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 4 0 72.8% 297 408

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Junction Oval 125 - 107 20,349
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Collingwood VFL Park 81 - 70 36,638
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Kardinia Park 71 - 87 17,442
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Princes Park 136 - 81 11,198
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v South Melbourne MCG 137 - 86 25,296
SAT 03/05/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Carlton Moorabbin Oval 58 - 91 24,275

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 5 -0- 0 20 146.4% 577 394
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 148.0% 546 369
Footscray 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 127.0% 504 397
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 1 16 123.7% 595 481
Richmond 5th 3 -0- 2 12 100.2% 482 481
Collingwood 6th 3 -0- 2 12 89.2% 439 492
Fitzroy 7th 2 -0- 3 8 101.6% 506 498
St Kilda 8th 2 -0- 3 8 85.4% 426 499
Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 81.0% 477 589
North Melbourne 10th 1 -0- 4 4 83.7% 417 498
Geelong 11th 0 -0- 5 0 78.3% 394 503
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 5 0 70.3% 383 545

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 111 - 85 28,532
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 96 - 146 27,729
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 93 - 104 17,225
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda VFL Park 74 - 82 18,229
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v South Melbourne MCG 155 - 90 15,503
SAT 10/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Footscray Arden Street Oval 119 - 66 18,875

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 5 -0- 1 20 144.7% 657 454
Hawthorn 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 131.1% 662 505
Essendon 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 117.6% 688 585
Footscray 4th 4 -0- 2 16 110.5% 570 516
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 2 16 108.8% 628 577
Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 3 12 93.1% 632 679
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 3 12 88.7% 508 573
Collingwood 8th 3 -0- 3 12 83.9% 535 638
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 4 8 100.0% 580 580
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 4 8 95.0% 536 564
Geelong 11th 1 -0- 5 4 83.6% 498 596
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 6 0 67.6% 473 700

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne VFL Park 90 - 81 29,354
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 60 - 101 26,204
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v St Kilda Kardinia Park 88 - 80 13,733
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Princes Park 130 - 90 10,940
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Melbourne MCG 132 - 78 29,131
SAT 17/05/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 77 - 128 13,742

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 6 -0- 1 24 147.8% 785 531
Hawthorn 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 133.1% 792 595
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 122.3% 789 645
Richmond 4th 5 -0- 2 20 116.0% 760 655
Footscray 5th 4 -0- 3 16 102.1% 630 617
Collingwood 6th 4 -0- 3 16 86.9% 625 719
St Kilda 7th 3 -0- 4 12 89.0% 588 661
Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 87.5% 710 811
Fitzroy 9th 2 -0- 5 8 94.4% 670 710
North Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 5 8 94.3% 617 654
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 5 8 86.7% 586 676
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 7 0 66.4% 550 828

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Melbourne Princes Park 110 - 81 19,188
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Collingwood Windy Hill 55 - 81 31,986
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Junction Oval 91 - 78 12,010
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Hawthorn VFL Park 40 - 113 23,466
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 74 - 66 20,257
SAT 24/05/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Footscray Moorabbin Oval 65 - 54 16,838

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 7 -0- 1 28 146.2% 895 612
Hawthorn 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 142.5% 905 635
Essendon 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 116.3% 844 726
Richmond 4th 5 -0- 3 20 113.3% 826 729
Collingwood 5th 5 -0- 3 20 91.2% 706 774
Footscray 6th 4 -0- 4 16 100.3% 684 682
St Kilda 7th 4 -0- 4 16 91.3% 653 715
Fitzroy 8th 3 -0- 5 12 96.6% 761 788
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 96.0% 691 720
Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 5 12 85.9% 791 921
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 6 8 79.3% 626 789
South Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 8 0 68.3% 628 919

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 115 - 67 33,006
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 98 - 89 22,695
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 58 - 134 15,933
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 123 - 112 16,244
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Essendon VFL Park 83 - 98 28,936
SAT 31/05/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 92 - 55 9,883

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 8 -0- 1 32 149.9% 1,039 693
Carlton 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 148.7% 1,010 679
Essendon 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 116.4% 942 809
Collingwood 4th 6 -0- 3 24 93.2% 804 863
Richmond 5th 5 -0- 4 20 105.8% 893 844
St Kilda 6th 4 -0- 5 16 91.3% 742 813
Footscray 7th 4 -0- 5 16 90.9% 742 816
Melbourne 8th 4 -0- 5 16 88.5% 914 1,033
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 6 12 95.8% 873 911
North Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 6 12 94.6% 774 818
Geelong 11th 2 -0- 7 8 77.3% 681 881
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 8 4 73.9% 720 974

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Junction Oval 97 - 106 16,249
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v South Melbourne VFL Park 89 - 87 14,056
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Melbourne Kardinia Park 104 - 98 13,488
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Princes Park 138 - 89 24,061
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Essendon MCG 128 - 81 49,469
SAT 07/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 99 - 121 17,811

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 9 -0- 1 36 150.5% 1,177 782
Carlton 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 143.8% 1,116 776
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 4 24 110.4% 1,021 925
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 4 24 109.2% 1,023 937
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 4 24 89.2% 893 1,001
Footscray 6th 5 -0- 5 20 92.0% 831 903
North Melbourne 7th 4 -0- 6 16 97.6% 895 917
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 6 16 90.0% 841 934
Melbourne 9th 4 -0- 6 16 89.0% 1,012 1,137
Fitzroy 10th 3 -0- 7 12 95.4% 970 1,017
Geelong 11th 3 -0- 7 12 80.2% 785 979
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 9 4 75.9% 807 1,063

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 127 - 115 25,364
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 90 - 146 23,244
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Kardinia Park 97 - 95 19,030
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Collingwood MCG 95 - 73 42,803
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 88 - 108 16,379
MON 16/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Richmond VFL Park 102 - 90 33,653

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 10 -0- 1 40 151.7% 1,323 872
Carlton 2nd 10 -0- 1 40 139.5% 1,243 891
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 5 24 108.2% 1,111 1,027
Essendon 4th 6 -0- 5 24 102.8% 1,113 1,083
Collingwood 5th 6 -0- 5 24 88.1% 966 1,096
North Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 6 20 99.8% 1,003 1,005
St Kilda 7th 5 -0- 6 20 92.1% 943 1,024
Footscray 8th 5 -0- 6 20 91.8% 946 1,030
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 6 20 91.5% 1,107 1,210
Geelong 10th 4 -0- 7 16 82.1% 882 1,074
Fitzroy 11th 3 -0- 8 12 95.6% 1,065 1,114
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 10 4 76.4% 895 1,171

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 157 - 86 17,248
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Melbourne Western Oval 131 - 92 14,204
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 95 - 120 15,478
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Fitzroy MCG 96 - 98 21,049
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood VFL Park 77 - 85 21,154
SAT 21/06/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Essendon Moorabbin Oval 141 - 73 18,987

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 11 -0- 1 44 149.2% 1,443 967
Carlton 2nd 11 -0- 1 44 143.3% 1,400 977
Collingwood 3rd 7 -0- 5 28 89.6% 1,051 1,173
Richmond 4th 6 -0- 6 24 107.3% 1,207 1,125
St Kilda 5th 6 -0- 6 24 98.8% 1,084 1,097
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 6 24 96.9% 1,186 1,224
Footscray 7th 6 -0- 6 24 96.0% 1,077 1,122
North Melbourne 8th 5 -0- 7 20 97.6% 1,098 1,125
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 7 20 89.4% 1,199 1,341
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 8 16 96.1% 1,163 1,210
Geelong 11th 4 -0- 8 16 78.6% 968 1,231
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 11 4 77.4% 972 1,256

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 66 - 82 28,235
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 132 - 114 13,117
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Junction Oval 76 - 89 11,832
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Richmond Kardinia Park 61 - 92 14,747
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Princes Park 85 - 61 15,553
SAT 28/06/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne VFL Park 46 - 80 12,631

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 12 -0- 1 48 148.6% 1,528 1,028
Carlton 2nd 12 -0- 1 48 142.1% 1,482 1,043
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 6 28 109.5% 1,299 1,186
Essendon 4th 7 -0- 6 28 98.5% 1,318 1,338
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 6 28 97.3% 1,166 1,198
Collingwood 6th 7 -0- 6 28 89.0% 1,117 1,255
North Melbourne 7th 6 -0- 7 24 100.6% 1,178 1,171
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 7 24 96.9% 1,145 1,182
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 8 20 87.6% 1,245 1,421
Fitzroy 10th 4 -0- 9 16 95.4% 1,239 1,299
Geelong 11th 4 -0- 9 16 77.8% 1,029 1,323
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 12 4 78.2% 1,086 1,388

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 95 - 175 22,632
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v North Melbourne Junction Oval 96 - 105 10,034
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Collingwood Kardinia Park 96 - 65 16,759
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne VFL Park 64 - 39 14,008
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Footscray MCG 120 - 82 29,501
SAT 05/07/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 101 - 49 14,584

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 13 -0- 1 52 149.2% 1,592 1,067
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 1 52 145.6% 1,657 1,138
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 6 32 111.9% 1,419 1,268
North Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 7 28 101.3% 1,283 1,267
St Kilda 5th 7 -0- 7 28 101.2% 1,246 1,231
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 7 28 94.7% 1,248 1,318
Essendon 7th 7 -0- 7 28 93.4% 1,413 1,513
Collingwood 8th 7 -0- 7 28 87.5% 1,182 1,351
Melbourne 9th 5 -0- 9 20 85.0% 1,294 1,522
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 9 20 81.1% 1,125 1,388
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 10 16 95.1% 1,335 1,404
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 13 4 77.5% 1,125 1,452

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 115 - 73 17,129
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 93 - 49 12,449
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Richmond Princes Park 94 - 32 17,276
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 134 - 109 16,040
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 65 - 44 26,389
SAT 12/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 70 - 130 11,502

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 14 -0- 1 56 153.4% 1,686 1,099
Carlton 2nd 13 -0- 2 52 141.4% 1,701 1,203
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 7 32 106.5% 1,451 1,362
St Kilda 4th 8 -0- 7 32 105.8% 1,376 1,301
North Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 7 32 102.8% 1,348 1,311
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 7 32 98.1% 1,341 1,367
Collingwood 7th 8 -0- 7 32 91.1% 1,297 1,424
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 8 28 92.4% 1,522 1,647
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 9 24 87.6% 1,428 1,631
Geelong 10th 5 -0- 10 20 79.3% 1,174 1,481
Fitzroy 11th 4 -0- 11 16 92.7% 1,408 1,519
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 14 4 75.5% 1,195 1,582

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 88 - 75 21,970
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Footscray Victoria Park 110 - 103 21,746
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Fitzroy VFL Park 77 - 115 13,582
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 107 - 119 18,829
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Geelong Arden Street Oval 109 - 55 11,002
SAT 19/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Richmond Lakeside Oval 60 - 167 13,411

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 15 -0- 1 60 149.7% 1,805 1,206
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 2 56 140.0% 1,789 1,278
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 7 36 113.8% 1,618 1,422
North Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 7 36 106.7% 1,457 1,366
Collingwood 5th 9 -0- 7 36 92.1% 1,407 1,527
St Kilda 6th 8 -0- 8 32 104.5% 1,451 1,389
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 8 32 97.8% 1,444 1,477
Essendon 8th 7 -0- 9 28 90.7% 1,599 1,762
Melbourne 9th 6 -0- 10 24 87.7% 1,535 1,750
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 11 20 95.4% 1,523 1,596
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 11 20 77.3% 1,229 1,590
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 15 4 71.8% 1,255 1,749

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 68 - 117 19,639
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v Essendon Kardinia Park 94 - 109 15,012
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Princes Park 105 - 101 31,253
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Collingwood MCG 115 - 69 56,846
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne VFL Park 75 - 91 11,427
SAT 26/07/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Fitzroy Moorabbin Oval 87 - 56 15,259

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 1 64 146.1% 1,910 1,307
Carlton 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 136.7% 1,890 1,383
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 7 40 116.2% 1,733 1,491
North Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 7 40 109.8% 1,574 1,434
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 8 36 106.4% 1,538 1,445
Collingwood 6th 9 -0- 8 36 89.9% 1,476 1,642
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 9 32 94.9% 1,512 1,594
Essendon 8th 8 -0- 9 32 92.0% 1,708 1,856
Melbourne 9th 7 -0- 10 28 89.1% 1,626 1,825
Fitzroy 10th 5 -0- 12 20 93.8% 1,579 1,683
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 12 20 77.9% 1,323 1,699
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 16 4 72.3% 1,330 1,840

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 131 - 103 14,220
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 83 - 127 15,227
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Hawthorn Junction Oval 113 - 79 9,139
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 127 - 90 25,211
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 110 - 58 20,589
SAT 02/08/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Geelong VFL Park 84 - 80 16,706

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 16 -0- 2 64 140.1% 1,989 1,420
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 136.0% 2,021 1,486
North Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 7 44 112.9% 1,684 1,492
Richmond 4th 10 -0- 8 40 112.7% 1,823 1,618
St Kilda 5th 10 -0- 8 40 106.4% 1,622 1,525
Footscray 6th 9 -0- 9 36 97.7% 1,639 1,677
Collingwood 7th 9 -0- 9 36 87.6% 1,534 1,752
Melbourne 8th 8 -0- 10 32 91.5% 1,753 1,915
Essendon 9th 8 -0- 10 32 90.3% 1,791 1,983
Fitzroy 10th 6 -0- 12 24 96.0% 1,692 1,762
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 13 20 78.7% 1,403 1,783
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 17 4 72.7% 1,433 1,971

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 138 - 99 18,664
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 46 - 114 18,107
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Geelong Princes Park 173 - 55 8,417
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Carlton VFL Park 89 - 51 30,328
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v North Melbourne MCG 96 - 101 39,672
SAT 09/08/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 98 - 115 9,048

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 2 68 146.6% 2,162 1,475
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 131.6% 2,072 1,575
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 7 48 112.4% 1,785 1,588
St Kilda 4th 11 -0- 8 44 110.5% 1,736 1,571
Richmond 5th 10 -0- 9 40 111.6% 1,919 1,719
Collingwood 6th 10 -0- 9 40 90.3% 1,672 1,851
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 10 36 94.1% 1,685 1,791
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 10 36 93.7% 1,842 1,966
Essendon 9th 8 -0- 11 32 89.1% 1,890 2,121
Fitzroy 10th 7 -0- 12 28 97.2% 1,807 1,860
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 14 20 74.5% 1,458 1,956
South Melbourne 12th 1 -0- 18 4 73.4% 1,531 2,086

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v North Melbourne Windy Hill 105 - 91 16,545
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Junction Oval 100 - 89 13,181
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Kardinia Park 88 - 105 10,973
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Footscray VFL Park 91 - 93 15,601
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 98 - 95 49,756
SAT 16/08/1975 2:10 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Moorabbin Oval 137 - 156 29,359

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 3 68 143.7% 2,253 1,568
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 5 60 129.5% 2,167 1,673
North Melbourne 3rd 12 -0- 8 48 110.8% 1,876 1,693
Richmond 4th 11 -0- 9 44 111.2% 2,017 1,814
St Kilda 5th 11 -0- 9 44 108.5% 1,873 1,727
Collingwood 6th 11 -0- 9 44 92.0% 1,828 1,988
Footscray 7th 10 -0- 10 40 94.5% 1,778 1,882
Melbourne 8th 9 -0- 11 36 93.5% 1,931 2,066
Essendon 9th 9 -0- 11 36 90.2% 1,995 2,212
Fitzroy 10th 8 -0- 12 32 97.8% 1,907 1,949
Geelong 11th 5 -0- 15 20 75.0% 1,546 2,061
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 18 8 75.3% 1,636 2,174

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 74 - 79 14,799
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 57 - 27 26,303
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Essendon v Richmond VFL Park 117 - 136 23,601
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 64 - 70 11,022
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 111 - 41 14,917
SAT 23/08/1975 2:10 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 75 - 115 8,759

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 4 68 140.3% 2,280 1,625
Carlton 2nd 15 -0- 6 60 127.9% 2,241 1,752
North Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 8 52 114.6% 1,987 1,734
Richmond 4th 12 -0- 9 48 111.5% 2,153 1,931
Collingwood 5th 12 -0- 9 48 93.5% 1,885 2,015
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 10 44 104.1% 1,914 1,838
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 10 44 96.7% 1,893 1,957
Fitzroy 8th 9 -0- 12 36 98.2% 1,986 2,023
Melbourne 9th 9 -0- 12 36 93.4% 1,995 2,136
Essendon 10th 9 -0- 12 36 89.9% 2,112 2,348
Geelong 11th 6 -0- 15 24 76.0% 1,616 2,125
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 19 8 74.7% 1,711 2,289

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 98 - 97 26,940
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Fitzroy v Geelong VFL Park 93 - 119 11,095
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Footscray v Carlton Western Oval 75 - 119 21,060
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Princes Park 103 - 110 12,236
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 109 - 87 11,301
SAT 30/08/1975 2:10 PM Richmond v St Kilda MCG 116 - 68 39,275

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Hawthorn 1st 17 -0- 5 68 137.3% 2,383 1,735
Carlton 2nd 16 -0- 6 64 129.2% 2,360 1,827
North Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 8 56 115.1% 2,096 1,821
Richmond 4th 13 -0- 9 52 113.5% 2,269 1,999
Collingwood 5th 13 -0- 9 52 93.9% 1,983 2,112
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 11 44 101.4% 1,982 1,954
Footscray 7th 11 -0- 11 44 94.8% 1,968 2,076
Essendon 8th 10 -0- 12 40 90.7% 2,222 2,451
Fitzroy 9th 9 -0- 13 36 97.1% 2,079 2,142
Melbourne 10th 9 -0- 13 36 93.6% 2,092 2,234
Geelong 11th 7 -0- 15 28 78.2% 1,735 2,218
South Melbourne 12th 2 -0- 20 8 75.0% 1,798 2,398

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1975 2:30 PM Richmond v Collingwood VFL Park 77 - 73 65,512

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1975 2:30 PM Carlton v North Melbourne MCG 76 - 96 74,015

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1975 2:30 PM Carlton v Richmond MCG 62 - 71 76,967
SAT 13/09/1975 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne VFL Park 82 - 71 52,076

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1975 2:30 PM North Melbourne v Richmond VFL Park 76 - 59 71,130

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1975 2:30 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne MCG 67 - 122 110,551