collingwood (1-0 section) vs carlton (0-1 section) victoria park
collingwood end carltons hopes by 21 points. collingwood (2-0 section) host fitzroy. carlton (0-2 section) host melbourne.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Collingwood | 1.0 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 38 | Sat 2-Sep-1899 2:30 pm | Victoria Park | ||
| Carlton | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 17 | Collingwood won by 21 points | |||
fitzroy (1-0 section) vs melbourne (0-1 section) brunsiwck st
melbourne were held to the lowest non-st kilda score of all time in a 38 point loss to fitzroy. fitzroy (2-0 section) play collingwood. melbourne (0-2 section) play carlton.
| Fitzroy | 0.4 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.10 | 40 | Sat 2-Sep-1899 2:30 pm | Brunswick Street | |
| Melbourne | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2 | Fitzroy won by 38 points | ||
st kilda (0-1 sectioin) vs south (1-0 section) junction oval
south smash st kilda by 70 points. south (2-0 section) host essendon. st kilda (0-2 section) travel to geelong.
| St. Kilda | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 12 | Sat 2-Sep-1899 2:30 pm | Junction Oval | |
| South Melbourne | 2.2 | 8.5 | 9.6 | 12.10 | 82 | South Melbourne won by 70 points | ||
essendon (1-0 section) vs geelong (0-1section) east melbourne
geelong stay alive beating essendon by 8 points. geelong (1-1 section) host st kilda. essendon (1-1 sectino) play south.
| Essendon | 1.4 | 2.6 | 4.12 | 4.15 | 39 | Sat 2-Sep-1899 2:30 pm | East Melbourne | |
| Geelong | 0.4 | 3.8 | 5.10 | 6.11 | 47 | Geelong won by 8 points | ||
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| FITZ | 16 | 52 | 157.08 |
| COLL | 16 | 48 | 140.79 |
| GEEL | 16 | 44 | 165.02 |
| ESS | 16 | 40 | 152.72 |
| MELB | 16 | 32 | 119.01 |
| STH | 16 | 28 | 117.93 |
| CARL | 16 | 12 | 55.33 |
| STK | 16 | 0 | 26.20 |
round 17 matches
carlton v melbourne PP
collingwood v fitzroy VP
geelong v st kilda CO
south v essendon LO