collingwood (11-5) vs st kilda (1-15) victoria park
st kildas 5th straight wooden spoon was caused by a 128 point loss to collingwood. collingwood (12-5) play geelong in the semi final. st kilda (1-16) finish last.
| Collingwood | 3.3 | 8.13 | 13.18 | 20.23 | 143 | Sat 24-Aug-1901 2:30 pm | Victoria Park | |
| St. Kilda | 0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 15 | Collingwood won by 128 points | ||
fitzroy (8-1-7) vs melbourne (9-1-6) bruswick st
fitzroy take melbournes spot in the finals by 13 points passing them into 4th. fitzory (9-1-7) play essendon in the semi final. melbourne (9-1-7) Finish 5th.
| Fitzroy | 0.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 4.13 | 37 | Sat 24-Aug-1901 2:30 pm | Brunswick Street | |
| Melbourne | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 24 | Fitzroy won by 13 points | ||
geelong (14-2) vs essendon (11-5) corio oval
essendon beat geelong by 33 in the top of the table clash. essendon (12-5) host fitzroy. geelong (14-3) host collingwood.
| Geelong | 1.2 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 33 | Sat 24-Aug-1901 2:30 pm | Corio Oval | |
| Essendon | 1.2 | 4.7 | 7.10 | 9.12 | 66 | Essendon won by 33 points | ||
carlton (2-14) vs south (7-9) princess park
in a dead rubber south beat carlton by 13 points. south (8-9) finish 6th carlton (2-15) finish 7th.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Carlton | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 24 | Sat 24-Aug-1901 2:30 pm | Princes Park | ||
| South Melbourne | 2.4 | 3.8 | 4.10 | 4.13 | 37 | South Melbourne won by 13 points | |||
ladder
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Home | Away | GF-BF | For | GA-BA | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geelong | 17 | 14 | 3 | 7-0-2 | 7-0-1 | 111.187 (37%) | 853 | 81.111 (42%) | 597 | 142.9 | 56 | |
| 2 | Essendon | 17 | 12 | 5 | 6-0-2 | 6-0-3 | 145.215 (40%) | 1085 | 81.96 (46%) | 582 | 186.4 | 48 | |
| 3 | Collingwood | 17 | 12 | 5 | 7-0-2 | 5-0-3 | 124.173 (42%) | 917 | 77.117 (40%) | 579 | 158.4 | 48 | |
| 4 | Fitzroy | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 4-1-4 | 5-0-3 | 121.151 (44%) | 877 | 89.132 (40%) | 666 | 131.7 | 38 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 6-0-2 | 3-1-5 | 99.122 (45%) | 716 | 80.130 (38%) | 610 | 117.4 | 38 |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3-0-5 | 5-0-4 | 99.133 (43%) | 727 | 98.142 (41%) | 730 | 99.6 | 32 | |
| 7 | Carlton | 17 | 2 | 15 | 2-0-7 | 0-0-8 | 63.98 (39%) | 476 | 136.197 (41%) | 1013 | 47.0 | 8 | |
| 8 | St Kilda | 17 | 1 | 16 | 1-0-7 | 0-0-9 | 56.78 (42%) | 414 | 176.232 (43%) | 1288 | 32.1 | 4 |
finals week 1
geelong v collingwood EM
essendon v fitzroy VP
Harrison’s world 