collingwood (0-1) vs essendon (1-0) victoria park
essendon beat collingwood by 17 in gf rematch. essendon (2-0) host carlton. collingwood (0-2) play st kilda.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Collingwood | 4.3 | 5.8 | 6.15 | 6.17 | 53 | Sat 4-May-1912 3:00 pm | Victoria Park | ||
| Essendon | 1.1 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 10.10 | 70 | Essendon won by 17 points | |||
fitzroy (0-1) vs carlton (1-0) brunswick st
carlton beat fitzroy by 23 points. carlton (2-0) play essendon. fitzroy (0-2) host geelong.
| Fitzroy | 1.1 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.11 | 41 | Sat 4-May-1912 3:00 pm | Brunswick Street | |
| Carlton | 1.4 | 4.6 | 8.9 | 9.10 | 64 | Carlton won by 23 points | ||
richmond (1-0) vs south (1-0) punt rd
south kicked terribly losing by 3 point sto richmond. richmond (2-0) play university. south (1-1) host melbourne.
| Richmond | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 38 | Sat 4-May-1912 3:00 pm | Punt Road | |
| South Melbourne | 1.6 | 2.13 | 2.17 | 2.23 | 35 | Richmond won by 3 points | ||
university (0-1) vs melbourne (1-0) mcg
melbourne beat univrsity by 8 points. melbounre (2-0) play south. university (0-2) host richmond.
| University | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 8.12 | 60 | Sat 4-May-1912 3:00 pm | M.C.G. | 3,708 |
| Melbourne | 4.1 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 68 | Melbourne won by 8 points | ||
geelong (0-1) vs st kilda (0-1) corio oval
geelong smash st kilda by 46 points. geelong (1-1) play fitzroy. st kilda (0-2) host collingwood.
| Geelong | 2.2 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 13.15 | 93 | Sat 4-May-1912 3:23 pm | Corio Oval | |
| St. Kilda | 0.5 | 2.7 | 6.9 | 6.11 | 47 | Geelong won by 46 points | ||
ladder
| Rd 2 Ladder | |||
| ES | 2 | 8 | 195.8 |
| CA | 2 | 8 | 186.1 |
| ME | 2 | 8 | 137.4 |
| RI | 2 | 8 | 112.3 |
| SM | 2 | 4 | 113.9 |
| GE | 2 | 4 | 106.0 |
| FI | 2 | 0 | 67.6 |
| CW | 2 | 0 | 66.7 |
| SK | 2 | 0 | 63.7 |
| UN | 2 | 0 | 55.4 |
round 3 matches
essendon v carlton EM
st kilda v collingwood JO
fitzroy v geelong BS
south v melbourne LO
university v richmond MCG