vfl 1977 round 22

collingwood (17-4) vs melbourne (5-16)

pies go from first time wooden spooners to minor premiers in a year beating dees by 14. collingwood (18-4) have the bye for finishing 1st. melbourne (5-17) finish 11th.

Collingwood	115
Melbourne	101

essendon (7-1-13) vs hawthorn (16-5)
hawks beat dons by 38. hawthorn (17-5) are 2nd and will host north in qual final. essendon (7-1-14) finish 9th.

Essendon	130
Hawthorn	168

fitzroy (5-16) vs geelong (8-13)

lions stun cats by 41. fitzroy (6-16) finish 10th. geelong (8-14) finish 8th.

Fitzroy	141
Geelong	100

north (15-6) vs south (12-1-8)

swans make finals for just the 2nd time in 32 years stunning roos by 10. south (13-1-8) play richmon din elim final. north (15-7) play hawthorn in qual final.

North Melbourne	93
South Melbourne	103

richmond (13-1-7) vs st kilda (3-2-16)

tigers beat saints by 59. richmond (14-1-7) host south in elim final. st kilda (3-2-17) finish last.

Richmond	171
St. Kilda	112

footscray (8-1-12) vs carlton (13-8) uor

dogs stun blues by 18. footscray (9-1-12) finish 7th. carlton (13-9) finish 6th.

Footscray	103
Carlton	85

ladder

LP	Club	P	W	L	D	For	Agn	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	22	18	4	0	2560	1959	130.68	72
2	Hawthorn	22	17	5	0	2618	1959	133.64	68
3	North Melbourne	22	15	7	0	2124	1803	117.80	60
4	Richmond	22	14	7	1	2370	2085	113.67	58
5	South Melbourne	22	13	8	1	2148	1942	110.61	54
6	Carlton	22	13	9	0	2081	1859	111.94	52
7	Footscray	22	10	11	1	2170	2141	101.36	42
8	Geelong	22	8	14	0	1930	2333	82.73	32
9	Essendon	22	7	14	1	2085	2518	82.80	30
10	Fitzroy	22	6	16	0	2072	2474	83.75	24
11	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	2117	2492	84.95	20
12	St. Kilda	22	3	17	2	1966	2676	73.47	16

this is souths last finals appearence as south as well as the only time the wooden spooner from the previous year (collingwood) have ended up on top of the ladder.

elim final

richmond v south

qual final

hawthorn v north