melbourne (3-13) vs carlton (10-6) mcg
carlton give melbourne the wooden spoon by 87 points. carlton (11-6) play collingwood in the semi final. melbuorne (3-14) finish last (8th) first wooden spoon.
| Melbourne | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5.8 | 38 | Sat 9-Sep-1905 2:30 pm | M.C.G. | |
| Carlton | 4.3 | 9.9 | 16.13 | 18.17 | 125 | Carlton won by 87 points | ||
collingwood (14-2) vs south (7-1-8) victoria park
collingwood smash south by 13 goals. collingwood (15-2) host carlton in a semi final. south (7-1-9) finish 5th.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Collingwood | 4.9 | 6.10 | 9.12 | 17.16 | 118 | Sat 9-Sep-1905 2:30 pm | Victoria Park | ||
| South Melbourne | 1.2 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.10 | 40 | Collingwood won by 78 points | |||
essendon (9-7) vs fitzroy (11-1-4) east melbourne
fitzroy beat essendon by 43 points. fitzroy (12-1-4) and essendon (9-8) play a semi against each other.
| Essendon | 0.2 | 1.9 | 3.12 | 4.13 | 37 | Sat 9-Sep-1905 2:30 pm | East Melbourne | |
| Fitzroy | 4.5 | 5.7 | 9.11 | 11.14 | 80 | Fitzroy won by 43 points | ||
st kilda (3-13) vs geelong (6-10) junction oval
st kilda save themselves from their 8th wooden spoon by 10 goals over geelong. st kilda (4-13) finish 7th. geelong (6-11) finish 6th.
| St. Kilda | 2.4 | 6.8 | 9.10 | 12.15 | 87 | Sat 9-Sep-1905 2:30 pm | Junction Oval | |
| Geelong | 0.0 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 27 | St. Kilda won by 60 points | ||
ladder
| 1905 Final Ladder | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Home | Away | GF-BF | For | GA-BA | Agn | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood | 17 | 15 | 2 | 8-0-1 | 7-0-1 | 150.211 (42%) | 1111 | 83.137 (38%) | 635 | 175.0 | 60 | |
| 2 | Fitzroy | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7-0-1 | 5-1-3 | 119.170 (41%) | 884 | 84.149 (36%) | 653 | 135.4 | 50 |
| 3 | Carlton | 17 | 11 | 6 | 5-0-3 | 6-0-3 | 133.207 (39%) | 1005 | 104.165 (39%) | 789 | 127.4 | 44 | |
| 4 | Essendon | 17 | 9 | 8 | 6-0-3 | 3-0-5 | 129.202 (39%) | 976 | 114.169 (40%) | 853 | 114.4 | 36 | |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4-1-3 | 3-0-6 | 110.156 (41%) | 816 | 132.183 (42%) | 975 | 83.7 | 30 |
| 6 | Geelong | 17 | 6 | 11 | 4-0-4 | 2-0-7 | 99.153 (39%) | 747 | 127.184 (41%) | 946 | 79.0 | 24 | |
| 7 | St Kilda | 17 | 4 | 13 | 3-0-6 | 1-0-7 | 93.132 (41%) | 690 | 146.200 (42%) | 1076 | 64.1 | 16 | |
| 8 | Melbourne | 17 | 3 | 14 | 3-0-6 | 0-0-8 | 97.154 (39%) | 736 | 140.198 (41%) | 1038 | 70.9 | 12 | |
semi final matches
fitzroy v essendon PP
collingwood v carlton MCG