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43rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1939 VFL season was the 43rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 22 April until 30 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1939 VFL premiership season | |
---|---|
Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Melbourne 3rd premiership |
Minor premiers | Melbourne 1st minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Marcus Whelan (Collingwood) |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Ron Todd (Collingwood) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest | 78,110 |
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the third time, after it defeated Collingwood by 53 points in the 1939 VFL Grand Final.
In 1939, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1939 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1928 | 1502 | 128.4 | 60 |
2 | Collingwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1872 | 1535 | 122.0 | 60 |
3 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1734 | 1469 | 118.0 | 52 |
4 | St Kilda | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1806 | 1550 | 116.5 | 52 |
5 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1796 | 1459 | 123.1 | 48 |
6 | Essendon | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1696 | 1749 | 97.0 | 32 |
7 | Geelong | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1582 | 1713 | 92.4 | 28 |
8 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1482 | 1661 | 89.2 | 26 |
9 | North Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1561 | 1709 | 91.3 | 24 |
10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1427 | 1657 | 86.1 | 22 |
11 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1494 | 1809 | 82.6 | 16 |
12 | South Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1367 | 1932 | 70.8 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 91.4
Source: AFL Tables
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