carlton (14-7) vs melbourne (7-14)
blues smash dees by 86. carlton (15-7) play sydney in the qual final. melbourne (7-15) finish 11th.
essendon (12-9) vs north (11-10)
roos beat dons by 22 leaving the dons almost out of the finals. north (12-10) finish 7th. essendon (12-10) play fiztroy in elim final.
fitzroy (12-9) vs sydney (16-5) uor
lions stun swans by 10. fitzroy (13-9) host essendon in elim final. sydney (16-6) host carlton in qual final but not in sydney (interstate teams played home finals in melbourne until 1991 and then until 2005 weren’t gurranteed home finals in their state and the grand has always been in melbourne *except during covid also in 2013 there was one final in geelong).
richmond (7-14) vs geelong (6-15)
cats beat tigers by 32. geelong (7-15) finish 9th. richmond (7-15) finish 10th.
st kilda (2-19) vs collingwood (11-10)
pies smash saints by 52 but no where near enough to make finals. collingwood (12-10) finish 6th. st kilda (2-20) finish last for the 4th year running.
| St. Kilda | 73 | |
| Collingwood | 125 |
footscray (11-10) vs hawhtorn (17-4)
hawks smash dogs by 70. hawthorn (18-4) have the bye for finishing 1st. footscray (11-11) finish 8th.
ladder
| Team | GP | PTS | % |
| HAW | 22 | 72 | 141.55 |
| SYD | 22 | 64 | 118.35 |
| CARL | 22 | 60 | 141.85 |
| FITZ | 22 | 52 | 100.24 |
| ESS | 22 | 48 | 120.27 |
| COLL | 22 | 48 | 109.23 |
| NM | 22 | 48 | 98.64 |
| FOOTS | 22 | 44 | 97.66 |
| GEEL | 22 | 28 | 82.07 |
| RICH | 22 | 28 | 78.36 |
| MELB | 22 | 28 | 74.93 |
| STK | 22 | 8 | 71.94 |
finals week 1
elim final
fitzroy v essendon
qual final
sydney v carlton