essendon (2-1-8) vs footscray (4-7) windy hill
dons beat bulldogs by 34 points. essendon (3-1-8) play north. footscray (4-8) host geelong.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Essendon | 2.8 | 4.11 | 8.16 | 12.19 | 91 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Windy Hill | 18,000 | |
| Footscray | 2.1 | 6.6 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 57 | Essendon won by 34 points | |||
fitzroy (3-1-7) vs north (3-8) brunswick st
roos lose 8 straight going down to fitzroy by 15 points. fitzroy (4-1-7) play carlton. north (3-9) host essendon.
| Fitzroy | 3.2 | 8.3 | 13.4 | 14.5 | 89 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Brunswick Street | 8,000 |
| North Melbourne | 0.2 | 3.9 | 6.12 | 10.14 | 74 | Fitzroy won by 15 points | ||
geelong (9-2) vs collingwood (9-2) corio oval
collingwood beat cats by 16 points. collingwood (10-2) host hawthorn. geelong (9-3) play footscray.
| Geelong | 1.1 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 7.7 | 49 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Corio Oval | 21,500 |
| Collingwood | 2.2 | 5.5 | 7.9 | 9.11 | 65 | Collingwood won by 16 points | ||
hawthorn (0-11) vs st kilda (5-6) glenferie oval
saints keep hawks winless by 5 points. st kilda (6-6) host richmond. hawthorn (0-12) play collingwood.
| Hawthorn | 1.1 | 1.5 | 6.10 | 7.12 | 54 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Glenferrie Oval | 5,000 |
| St. Kilda | 0.3 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 8.11 | 59 | St. Kilda won by 5 points | ||
richmond (9-2) vs melbourne (8-3) punt rd
richmond beat melbourne by 31 points. richmond (10-2) play st kilda. melbourne (8-4) host south.
| Richmond | 4.2 | 5.7 | 6.13 | 10.15 | 75 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Punt Road | 35,000 |
| Melbourne | 0.2 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 44 | Richmond won by 31 points | ||
south (5-6) vs carlton (8-3) lake oval
blues kick themselves out of the 4 in a 11 point loss to south. south (6-6) play melbourne. carlton (8-4) host fitzroy.
| South Melbourne | 2.1 | 5.4 | 8.6 | 12.8 | 80 | Sat 16-Jul-1927 2:45 pm | Lake Oval | 28,000 |
| Carlton | 4.10 | 6.15 | 6.19 | 8.21 | 69 | South Melbourne won by 11 points | ||
ladder
| Rd 12 Ladder | |||
| CW | 12 | 40 | 146.7 |
| RI | 12 | 40 | 131.6 |
| GE | 12 | 36 | 125.2 |
| ME | 12 | 32 | 127.1 |
| CA | 12 | 32 | 122.9 |
| SM | 12 | 24 | 104.2 |
| SK | 12 | 24 | 77.0 |
| FI | 12 | 18 | 85.6 |
| FO | 12 | 16 | 79.5 |
| ES | 12 | 14 | 97.8 |
| NM | 12 | 12 | 79.9 |
| HW | 12 | 0 | 62.4 |
round 13 matches
carlton v fitzroy PP
collingwood v hawthorn VP
north v essendon AS
footscray v geelong WO
melbourne v south MCG
st kilda v richmond JO