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The 1949 VFL season was the 53rd season of the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 16 April until 24 September, and comprised a 19-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the Essendon Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated by 73 points in the
1949 VFL Grand Final The 1949 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September 1949. It was the 52nd annual grand final of the Victoria ...
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Premiership season

In 1949, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th 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 19 rounds; matches 12 to 19 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 8. Once the 19 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1949 VFL ''Premiers'' were determined by the specific format and conventions of the
Page–McIntyre system The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...
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Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.19 (145) , , 12.11 (83) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 25,000 , 16 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.12 (120) , , 9.3 (57) , Windy Hill , 13,500 , 16 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.13 (127) , , 10.17 (77) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 21,500 , 16 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 14.14 (98) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 18,000 , 16 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 6.12 (48) , Princes Park , 29,000 , 18 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.13 (127) , , 8.10 (58) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 30,000 , 18 April 1949


Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.13 (43) , , 20.12 (132) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 13,000 , 23 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.7 (79) , , 9.14 (68) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 15,500 , 23 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.13 (85) , , 12.10 (82) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 9,000 , 23 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 10.15 (75) , Arden Street Oval , 20,000 , 23 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.8 (80) , , 11.16 (82) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 29,000 , 23 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 15.15 (105) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 25,000 , 23 April 1949


Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 9.5 (59) , Arden Street Oval , 15,000 , 30 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 10.15 (75) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 19,000 , 30 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 8.9 (57) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 30,000 , 30 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.27 (153) , , 7.6 (48) , Princes Park , 9,250 , 30 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.16 (100) , , 7.6 (48) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 24,000 , 30 April 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.15 (45) , , 13.16 (94) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 13,000 , 30 April 1949


Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 11.14 (80) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 12,000 , 7 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 4.15 (39) , , 12.3 (75) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 12,000 , 7 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 15.15 (105) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 17,500 , 7 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.11 (59) , , 7.9 (51) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 12,000 , 7 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.10 (40) , , 9.11 (65) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 11,500 , 7 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.9 (45) , , 7.22 (64) , Windy Hill , 29,000 , 7 May 1949


Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.16 (46) , , 6.12 (48) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 19,000 , 14 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 10.11 (71) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 15,500 , 14 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.18 (84) , , 9.15 (69) , Windy Hill , 21,000 , 14 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 10.14 (74) , Princes Park , 33,000 , 14 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.8 (68) , , 6.14 (50) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 11,000 , 14 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 14.21 (105) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 7,500 , 14 May 1949


Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 8.12 (60) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 21,000 , 21 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 10.22 (82) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 10,500 , 21 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 12.9 (81) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 23,000 , 21 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.13 (121) , , 12.10 (82) , Princes Park , 28,500 , 21 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 4.13 (37) , , 8.13 (61) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 7,500 , 21 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.23 (101) , , 12.7 (79) , Arden Street Oval , 9,000 , 21 May 1949


Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.12 (48) , , 12.15 (87) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 10,000 , 28 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 13.12 (90) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 28 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.13 (61) , , 8.7 (55) , Arden Street Oval , 17,000 , 28 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.21 (147) , , 9.12 (66) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 28,000 , 28 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.10 (58) , , 12.15 (87) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 17,000 , 28 May 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 14.11 (95) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 13,000 , 28 May 1949


Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.15 (75) , , 11.13 (79) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 22,500 , 4 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.22 (148) , , 4.12 (36) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 12,000 , 4 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 10.7 (67) , Princes Park , 29,500 , 4 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 10.6 (66) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 11,000 , 4 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.7 (79) , , 14.14 (98) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 12,500 , 4 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 10.12 (72) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 12,500 , 4 June 1949


Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 12.7 (79) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 27,500 , 11 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 8.15 (63) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 10,000 , 11 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 12.9 (81) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 19,500 , 11 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 7.7 (49) , Arden Street Oval , 10,000 , 13 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.10 (52) , , 10.14 (74) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 16,000 , 13 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 14.15 (99) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 46,000 , 13 June 1949


Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.25 (133) , , 6.9 (45) , Arden Street Oval , 16,000 , 18 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.12 (132) , , 6.10 (46) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 12,000 , 18 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.19 (67) , , 10.10 (70) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 18 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 12.14 (86) , Princes Park , 26,500 , 18 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 11.11 (77) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 8,500 , 18 June 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.5 (101) , , 16.8 (104) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 29,000 , 18 June 1949


Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 9.9 (63) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 24,000 , 2 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 12.9 (81) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 14,000 , 2 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 6.16 (52) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 12,000 , 2 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 14.13 (97) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 7,000 , 2 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 25.17 (167) , , 11.6 (72) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 18,000 , 2 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.9 (63) , , 7.16 (58) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 13,000 , 2 July 1949


Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 7.18 (60) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 14,000 , 9 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.10 (94) , , 6.13 (49) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 7,000 , 9 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 14.14 (98) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 20,000 , 9 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.0 (42) , , 16.16 (112) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 7,000 , 9 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.6 (54) , , 4.13 (37) , Arden Street Oval , 21,000 , 9 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.12 (48) , , 11.15 (81) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 15,000 , 9 July 1949


Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 13.13 (91) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 6,000 , 16 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.22 (70) , , 6.13 (49) , Windy Hill , 16,000 , 16 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.16 (58) , , 10.13 (73) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 22,000 , 16 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 9.8 (62) , Princes Park , 17,500 , 16 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.21 (117) , , 9.13 (67) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 7,000 , 16 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 4.10 (34) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 15,000 , 16 July 1949


Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 10.12 (72) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 13,000 , 23 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 9.10 (64) , Windy Hill , 9,500 , 23 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.24 (72) , , 17.11 (113) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 19,000 , 23 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 14.13 (97) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 7,500 , 23 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 11.15 (81) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 21,000 , 23 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.5 (53) , , 9.17 (71) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 9,000 , 23 July 1949


Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.7 (79) , , 9.11 (65) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 14,500 , 30 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.23 (119) , , 5.6 (36) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 9,500 , 30 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 17.11 (113) , Princes Park , 26,500 , 30 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 9.14 (68) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 10,000 , 30 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 8.11 (59) , Arden Street Oval , 14,000 , 30 July 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.9 (87) , , 6.7 (43) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 17,500 , 30 July 1949


Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.14 (74) , , 8.10 (58) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 10,000 , 6 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.19 (79) , , 8.17 (65) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 4,000 , 6 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 8.10 (58) , Arden Street Oval , 20,000 , 6 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.9 (69) , , 8.12 (60) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 12,000 , 6 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 11.12 (78) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 16,000 , 6 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.16 (58) , , 7.13 (55) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 28,000 , 6 August 1949


Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 7.10 (52) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 18,000 , 13 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 9.16 (70) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 9,000 , 13 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.13 (67) , , 10.17 (77) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 10,000 , 13 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.16 (94) , , 8.11 (59) ,
Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...
, 12,000 , 13 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.21 (117) , , 10.11 (71) , Windy Hill , 29,000 , 13 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.11 (47) , , 12.18 (90) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 24,500 , 13 August 1949


Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.14 (56) , , 11.16 (82) ,
Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, 14,500 , 20 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 9.8 (62) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 6,000 , 20 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.19 (73) , , 7.14 (56) ,
Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
, 13,500 , 20 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 10.14 (74) , Princes Park , 10,000 , 20 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 8.14 (62) ,
Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...
, 4,000 , 20 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 15.11 (101) ,
MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...
, 58,500 , 20 August 1949


Round 19

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 15.12 (102) ,
Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...
, 9,000 , 27 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.12 (126) , , 10.17 (77) ,
Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...
, 7,000 , 27 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.13 (97) , , 8.13 (61) , Windy Hill , 20,000 , 27 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.12 (144) , , 10.15 (75) ,
Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...
, 11,000 , 27 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 10.12 (72) ,
Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Jun ...
, 17,000 , 27 August 1949 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 7.10 (52) , Arden Street Oval , 35,116 , 27 August 1949


Ladder


Finals


First Semi-Final


Second Semi-Final


Preliminary Final


Grand final


Awards

* The 1949 VFL Premiership team was
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. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was John Coleman of
Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ...
with 100 goals (including 15 goals in the final series). * The winner of the 1949
Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by t ...
was Ron Clegg of
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with 23 votes on a countback from Colin Austen of Hawthorn (because Clegg had been best on the ground six times to Austen's five). **As a consequence of its 1981 decision to change its rules relating to tied Brownlow Medal contests, the AFL awarded a retrospective medal to Colin Austen in 1989. * Hawthorn took the "
wooden spoon Wooden Spoon may refer to: * Wooden spoon, implement * Wooden spoon (award) A wooden spoon is an award that is given to an individual or team that has come last in a competition. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous e ...
" in 1949. * The seconds premiership was won by . Melbourne 17.10 (112) defeated 9.14 (68) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the senior Grand Final on Saturday 24 September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.


Notable events

* In Round 1, John Coleman of
Essendon Essendon may refer to: Australia *Electoral district of Essendon *Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington * Essendon, Victoria **Essendon railway station **Essendon Airport * Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League United Ki ...
kicked 12 goals in his first VFL game; he was best on the ground. He kicked a goal with his first kick in VFL football, having taken a mark in the first seconds of the match; and he kicked a goal with his last kick of the 1949 season, in last minutes of the Grand Final, to bring his season's total to 100 goals. * In Round 12, Hawthorn scored seven goals and no behinds in its match against
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. This is the first time since Round 9, 1899 that a team did not score a single behind in a VFL match. * In Round 19, Richmond's captain-coach
Jack Dyer John Raymond Dyer Sr. OAM (15 November 1913 – 23 August 2003), nicknamed Captain Blood, was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) between 1931 and 1949. One of the ga ...
played his last VFL game, having played 16 games for Victoria, 312 senior games for Richmond, and 12 games in Richmond Seconds over 19 VFL seasons.


References

* Hogan, P., ''The Tigers of Old'', The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997'' (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.


External links


1949 Season – AFL Tables
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