afl 1912 round 5 record and guide

continuing my look at afl history.

the record starts with trying to say footy is not just for men. the recrowd was 1908 final 50,261 at this point in footy as an interesting fact between carlton and essendon. freake still leads the goalkicking with 13.

round 4 results

essendon kept their unbeaten start going with a 6 point win over south melbourne 9.8 (62) to 8.8 (56) essendon (4-0) south (2-2)

fitzroy beat richmond by 26 points 13.8 86 (2-2) to 9.6 60 (2-2)

st kilda beat university by 25 points starting the universitys long losing streak 7.14 56 (2-2) to 3.13 31 (1-3)

geelong beat melbourne by 43 points 11.12 78 (2-2) to 5.5 35 (2-2)

collingwood beat carlton by 1 point 6.10 46 (1-3) to 6.9 45 (2-2) for their first win of the season.

round 5 matches

collingwood v richmond at collingwood tip collingwood.

melbourne v carlton at mcg tip melbourne.

essendon v geelong at east melbourne tip essendon

st kilda vs south at st kilda tip st kilda.

fitzroy v university at fitzroy tip fitzroy.

look up the records on the state library website sign up and you can get old newspapers as well.