carlton (3-10) vs fitzroy (10-3) princess park
fitzroy win the minor premership with a 23 point win over carlton. fitzroy (11-3) and carlton (3-11) play each other again at fitzroy this time.
| Carlton | 0.2 1.3 2.4 2.4 | 16 | Sat 12-Aug-1899 3:00 PM Venue: Princes Park |
| Fitzroy | 2.3 2.5 3.7 5.9 | 39 | Fitzroy won by 23 pts |
geelong (9-4) vs st kilda (0-13) corio oval
geelong held st kilda to the lowest score ever 2 behinds in a 117 point demolition. geelong (10-4) host south. st kilda (0-14) play essendon.
south (4-9) Vs melbourne (8-5) lake oval
south stun melbourne by 7 points. south (5-9) play geelong. melbourne (8-6) host collingwood.
| South Melbourne | 3.4 4.7 5.13 6.13 | 49 | Sat 12-Aug-1899 3:00 PM Venue: Lake Oval |
| Melbourne | 0.3 4.4 4.4 6.6 | 42 | South Melbourne won by 7 pts |
essendon (9-4) vs collingwood (9-4) east melbourne
collingwood beat essendon by 22 points. collingwood (10-4) play melbourne. essendon (9-5) host st kilda.
| Essendon | 0.0 4.2 4.5 4.7 | 31 | Sat 12-Aug-1899 3:00 PM Venue: East Melbourne |
| Collingwood | 2.1 4.2 4.3 8.5 | 53 | Collingwood won by 22 pts |
ladder
| 1899 Ladder | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Home | Away | GF-BF | For | GA-BA | Agn | % | Pts |
| 1 | Fitzroy | 14 | 11 | 3 | 5-0-2 | 6-0-1 | 84.114 (42%) | 618 | 49.109 (31%) | 403 | 153.3 | 44 | |
| 2 | Geelong | 14 | 10 | 4 | 6-0-1 | 4-0-3 | 95.114 (45%) | 684 | 48.98 (33%) | 386 | 177.2 | 40 | |
| 3 | Collingwood | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4-0-3 | 6-0-1 | 78.122 (39%) | 590 | 59.82 (42%) | 436 | 135.3 | 40 | |
| 4 | Essendon | 14 | 9 | 5 | 5-0-2 | 4-0-3 | 77.138 (36%) | 600 | 56.92 (38%) | 428 | 140.2 | 36 | |
| 5 | Melbourne | 14 | 8 | 6 | 5-0-2 | 3-0-4 | 73.136 (35%) | 574 | 57.78 (42%) | 420 | 136.7 | 32 | |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4-0-3 | 1-0-6 | 70.108 (39%) | 528 | 66.106 (38%) | 502 | 105.2 | 20 | |
| 7 | Carlton | 14 | 3 | 11 | 2-0-5 | 1-0-6 | 41.71 (37%) | 317 | 78.129 (38%) | 597 | 53.1 | 12 | |
| 8 | St Kilda | 14 | 14 | 0-0-7 | 0-0-7 | 36.72 (33%) | 288 | 141.181 (44%) | 1027 | 28.0 | 0 | ||
round 15 section round 1 matches
fitzroy v carlton BS
melbourne v collingwood MCG
geelong v south CO
essendon v st kilda EM