carlton (0-2) vs geelong (2-0) princess park
geelong beat carlton by 29 points to stay unbeaten. geelong (3-0) host essendon. carlton (0-3) host south.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Carlton | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 26 | Sat 11-May-1901 3:00 pm | Princes Park | ||
| Geelong | 1.2 | 2.5 | 5.12 | 7.13 | 55 | Geelong won by 29 points | |||
south (2-0) vs collingwood (2-0) lake oval
what a game collingwood were goalless at 3/4 time but nearly overrun south falling 11 points short of the biggest comeback at 3/4 time (which would have still been the record today). south (3-0) play carlton. collingwood (2-1) host melbourne.
| South Melbourne | 5.4 | 7.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 58 | Sat 11-May-1901 3:00 pm | Lake Oval | |
| Collingwood | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 6.11 | 47 | South Melbourne won by 11 points | ||
melbourne (0-2) vs st kilda (0-2) mcg
poor kicking didn’t hurt melbourne in a 37 opint win over st kilda. melbourne (1-2) play collingwood. st kilda (0-3) play fitzroy.
| Melbourne | 2.7 | 4.9 | 6.16 | 7.16 | 58 | Sat 11-May-1901 3:00 pm | M.C.G. | |
| St. Kilda | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 21 | Melbourne won by 37 points | ||
essendon (1-1) vs fitzroy (1-1) east melbourne
fitzroy comeback against essendon by 3 points. fitzroy (2-1) host st kilda. essendon (1-2) play geelong.
| Essendon | 3.2 | 4.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 44 | Sat 11-May-1901 3:00 pm | East Melbourne | |
| Fitzroy | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 7.5 | 47 | Fitzroy won by 3 points | ||
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| GEEL | 3 | 12 | 148.24 |
| STH | 3 | 12 | 118.55 |
| COLL | 3 | 8 | 238.37 |
| FITZ | 3 | 8 | 131.53 |
| MELB | 3 | 4 | 136.90 |
| ESS | 3 | 4 | 102.31 |
| STK | 3 | 0 | 46.29 |
| CARL | 3 | 0 | 24.76 |
round 4 matches
geelong v essendon CO
fitzory v st kilda BS
carlton v south PP
collingwood v melbourne VP
Harrison’s world 