The 1939 VFL season was the 43rd 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 22 April until 30 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the third time, after it defeated by 53 points in the 1939 VFL Grand Final.

Premiership season

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 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 ...

Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.18 (84) , , 17.19 (121) ,

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 ...

, 21,840 , 22 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 14.7 (91) ,

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 ...

, 17,500 , 22 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.22 (142) , , 13.10 (88) , Princes Park , 25,000 , 22 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.20 (128) , , 9.13 (67) ,

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 ...

, 15,500 , 22 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.9 (75) , , 9.12 (66) , Arden Street Oval , 14,000 , 22 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 15.17 (107) ,

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 ...

, 23,000 , 22 April 1939

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.13 (115) , , 11.11 (77) ,

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 ...

, 11,000 , 29 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 20.14 (134) ,

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 ...

, 15,000 , 29 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.21 (135) , , 21.15 (141) , Windy Hill , 20,000 , 29 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.19 (139) , , 17.8 (110) ,

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 ...

, 26,000 , 29 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 21.20 (146) ,

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 ...

, 17,000 , 29 April 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.8 (92) , , 11.13 (79) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 15,000 , 29 April 1939

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 10.21 (81) ,

, 25,703 , 6 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 15.16 (106) , Windy Hill , 21,000 , 6 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.11 (113) , , 14.14 (98) ,

, 20,000 , 6 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.21 (123) , , 16.10 (106) , Princes Park , 18,000 , 6 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 8.18 (66) ,

, 12,000 , 6 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 10.17 (77) ,

, 15,000 , 6 May 1939

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.24 (108) , , 13.7 (85) ,

, 15,000 , 13 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.17 (77) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 12,000 , 13 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 15.20 (110) , Arden Street Oval , 10,500 , 13 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.15 (129) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 11,000 , 13 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.11 (131) , , 13.16 (94) ,

, 28,000 , 13 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.12 (42) , , 14.16 (100) ,

, 23,000 , 13 May 1939

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.18 (90) , , 15.16 (106) ,

, 12,000 , 20 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.21 (105) , , 8.18 (66) , Windy Hill , 18,000 , 20 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.22 (118) , , 13.11 (89) ,

, 11,000 , 20 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.12 (120) , , 16.6 (102) ,

, 14,000 , 20 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 17.14 (116) ,

, 15,000 , 20 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.8 (86) , , 11.17 (83) ,

, 20,000 , 20 May 1939

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.23 (137) , , 3.12 (30) ,

, 16,523 , 27 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 12.7 (79) ,

, 15,000 , 27 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.13 (61) , , 9.14 (68) , Princes Park , 34,000 , 27 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.18 (114) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 17,000 , 27 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 15.10 (100) ,

, 13,000 , 27 May 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 13.10 (88) , Arden Street Oval , 14,500 , 27 May 1939

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.13 (115) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 8,000 , 3 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 18.14 (122) ,

, 11,000 , 3 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 13.17 (95) ,

, 15,000 , 3 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.15 (87) , , 7.23 (65) ,

, 12,500 , 3 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.17 (53) , , 12.17 (89) ,

, 40,000 , 3 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.12 (72) , , 10.18 (78) , Windy Hill , 20,000 , 3 June 1939

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 12.21 (93) ,

, 21,000 , 10 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.12 (120) , , 16.10 (106) ,

, 17,000 , 10 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.15 (123) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 36,000 , 10 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.16 (70) , , 13.13 (91) , Windy Hill , 18,000 , 12 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 15.13 (103) ,

, 22,016 , 12 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.17 (143) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 9,000 , 12 June 1939

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 19.16 (130) ,

, 13,500 , 17 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.19 (133) , , 15.13 (103) , Princes Park , 20,000 , 17 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 12.14 (86) ,

, 9,000 , 17 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.22 (94) , , 9.15 (69) ,

, 17,000 , 17 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 10,000 , 17 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 14.21 (105) , Arden Street Oval , 14,000 , 17 June 1939

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 7.14 (56) ,

, 6,500 , 24 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.13 (115) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 11,000 , 24 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 16.19 (115) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 24 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 11.10 (76) , Arden Street Oval , 11,000 , 24 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.22 (154) , , 8.12 (60) ,

, 26,063 , 24 June 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 9.16 (70) ,

, 28,000 , 24 June 1939

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.9 (51) , , 9.12 (66) ,

, 17,000 , 1 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.4 (52) , , 7.12 (54) ,

, 8,000 , 1 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 5.10 (40) , , 3.7 (25) ,

, 6,000 , 1 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.9 (117) , , 7.18 (60) ,

, 10,500 , 1 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 7.18 (60) , Princes Park , 11,000 , 1 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.6 (48) , , 14.12 (96) ,

, 6,000 , 1 July 1939

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.18 (84) , , 15.17 (107) ,

, 18,000 , 8 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.20 (80) , , 9.16 (70) ,

, 12,000 , 8 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 18.15 (123) , Windy Hill , 13,000 , 8 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.21 (99) , , 15.16 (106) ,

, 22,000 , 8 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.12 (120) , , 16.13 (109) ,

, 10,500 , 8 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.16 (88) , , 16.17 (113) ,

, 14,000 , 8 July 1939

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.7 (49) , , 13.25 (103) ,

, 15,000 , 15 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 8.13 (61) ,

, 10,500 , 15 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 12.5 (77) , Princes Park , 19,000 , 15 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.11 (119) , , 11.16 (82) , Arden Street Oval , 8,000 , 15 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.19 (115) , , 13.6 (84) ,

, 16,500 , 15 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.18 (60) , , 10.17 (77) ,

, 16,247 , 15 July 1939

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.22 (112) , , 13.12 (90) ,

, 5,000 , 22 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.19 (109) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 10,000 , 22 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 15.12 (102) ,

, 28,000 , 22 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 10.8 (68) ,

, 17,000 , 22 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.14 (68) , , 13.7 (85) ,

, 11,000 , 22 July 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.13 (73) , , 11.13 (79) , Arden Street Oval , 16,500 , 22 July 1939

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 9.6 (60) ,

, 12,882 , 5 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.17 (107) , , 6.11 (47) , Windy Hill , 8,000 , 5 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.8 (116) , , 13.11 (89) ,

, 19,000 , 5 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 24.15 (159) , , 9.17 (71) , Princes Park , 12,000 , 5 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.6 (78) , , 18.15 (123) ,

, 10,000 , 5 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.20 (80) , , 12.7 (79) ,

, 6,000 , 5 August 1939

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 18.8 (116) , Arden Street Oval , 14,000 , 12 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.15 (129) , , 12.10 (82) ,

, 7,500 , 12 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.8 (104) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 14,000 , 12 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.16 (124) , , 7.20 (62) , Princes Park , 11,000 , 12 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.16 (148) , , 13.17 (95) ,

, 9,413 , 12 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 18.14 (122) ,

, 17,000 , 12 August 1939

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.17 (59) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 6,500 , 19 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 10.8 (68) ,

, 9,000 , 19 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 9.7 (61) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 19 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 5,000 , 19 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 7.17 (59) ,

, 7,500 , 19 August 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 6.13 (49) ,

, 40,000 , 19 August 1939

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 6.16 (52) ,

, 12,000 , 2 September 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.17 (83) , , 6.7 (43) ,

, 3,500 , 2 September 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 8.11 (59) ,

, 28,000 , 2 September 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.22 (118) , , 8.14 (62) , Princes Park , 10,000 , 2 September 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.10 (76) , , 9.11 (65) , Arden Street Oval , 3,500 , 2 September 1939 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 4.11 (35) ,

, 9,043 , 2 September 1939

Ladder

Finals

Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.6 (42) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 51,411 , 9 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 12.18 (90) ,

, 54,776 , 16 September

Preliminary Final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.14 (134) , , 15.15 (105) ,

, 66,848 , 23 September

Grand final

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defeated Collingwood 21.22 (148) to 14.11 (95), in front of a crowd of 78,110 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

Awards

* The 1939 VFL Premiership team was

. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ron Todd of Collingwood with 98 goals (121 after finals). * '' The Argus'' newspaper's "Player of the Year", was shared between

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of Richmond and

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. * The winner of the 1939

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was

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of Collingwood with 23 votes. *

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took the "wooden spoon" in 1939. * The seconds premiership was won by . Melbourne 22.12 (144) defeated 17.13 (115) in the Grand Final, played as a stand-alone game on Thursday 28 September (Show Day holiday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, before a crowd of 4,100.

Notable events

*Two key rule changes were made nationally in 1939. **The holding the ball rule was altered to eliminate the provision for a player to drop the ball when tackled, meaning that a player was forced to either kick or handpass the ball when tackled to avoid conceding a free kick. **The boundary throw-in was reintroduced whenever the ball went out of bounds, except when put out deliberately, instead of a free kick being awarded against the last player to touch the ball, as had been the case since 1925. * A record 91 scores of more than one hundred points were kicked during the year; this was a record until 1969. * Hawthorn's win over Carlton in Round 5 was its first as a member of the VFL. Carlton had won the first 25 meetings. * All round 18 matches were postponed for a week because all grounds were under water from constant rain. * North Melbourne's win over Geelong in Round 18 was the club's first since their initial meeting in Round 1 of the

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, North Melbourne's first match as a member of the VFL, breaking a streak of 23 consecutive wins by Geelong.

Footnotes

References

* 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

1939 Season - AFL Tables
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