essendon (9-5) vs footscray (3-11) windy hill
essendon smash footscray by 10 goals. essendon (10-5) play st kilda. footscray (3-12) host hawthorn.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Essendon | 3.4 | 10.8 | 14.10 | 18.15 | 123 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | Windy Hill | 8,000 | |
| Footscray | 0.2 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 63 | Essendon won by 60 points | |||
fitzroy (4-10) vs st kilda (4-10) brunswick st
fitzroy smash st kilda by 62 points. fitzroy (5-10) play carlton. st kilda (4-11) host essendon.
| Fitzroy | 2.6 | 8.11 | 11.14 | 18.18 | 126 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | Brunswick Street | 7,000 |
| St. Kilda | 3.0 | 3.6 | 6.8 | 9.10 | 64 | Fitzroy won by 62 points | ||
geelong (11-3) vs north (0-1-13) corio oval
geelong smash north by 64 points.g eelong (12-3) play collingwood. north (0-1-14) host south.
| Geelong | 2.6 | 4.10 | 12.15 | 15.22 | 112 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | Corio Oval | 10,000 |
| North Melbourne | 1.1 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 7.6 | 48 | Geelong won by 64 points | ||
hawthorn (2-1-11) vs richmond (8-6) glenferie oval
richmond stay alive with a 33 point win over hawthorn. richmond (9-6) host melbourne. hawthorn (2-1-12) play footscray.
| Hawthorn | 3.3 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 69 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | Glenferrie Oval | 5,000 |
| Richmond | 5.3 | 8.9 | 12.15 | 14.18 | 102 | Richmond won by 33 points | ||
melbourne (11-3) vs collingwood (12-2) mcg
collingwood smash melbourne by 50 points. collingwood (13-2) host geelong. melbourne (11-4) play richmond.
| Melbourne | 1.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.7 | 43 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | M.C.G. | 32,475 |
| Collingwood | 2.7 | 4.9 | 10.11 | 13.15 | 93 | Collingwood won by 50 points | ||
south (9-5) vs carlton (10-4) lake oval
south beat carlton by 23 points. south (10-5) play north. carlton (10-5) host fitzroy.
| South Melbourne | 5.5 | 7.8 | 11.10 | 12.13 | 85 | Sat 21-Aug-1926 2:45 pm | Lake Oval | 29,000 |
| Carlton | 3.1 | 7.5 | 8.7 | 9.8 | 62 | South Melbourne won by 23 points | ||
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| COLL | 15 | 52 | 158.19 |
| GEEL | 15 | 48 | 137.58 |
| MELB | 15 | 44 | 142.04 |
| ESS | 15 | 40 | 120.25 |
| STH | 15 | 40 | 119.49 |
| CARL | 15 | 40 | 112.24 |
| RICH | 15 | 36 | 101.27 |
| FITZ | 15 | 20 | 85.96 |
| STK | 15 | 16 | 74.06 |
| FOOTS | 15 | 12 | 66.62 |
| HAW | 15 | 10 | 63.30 |
| NTH | 15 | 2 | 74.24 |
round 16 matches
carlton v fitzroy PP
collingwood v geelong VP
north v south AS
richmond v melbourne MCG
st kilda v essendon JO
footscary v hawthorn WO
Harrison’s world 