richmond (5-16) vs brisbane (5-16)
bears avoid the wooden spoon in their debut year giving it to the tigers beating them by 56. brisbane (6-16) finish 13th. richmond (5-17) finish 14th last.
carlton (17-4) vs north (13-1-7)
blues beat roos by 4. carlton (18-4) have the bye for finishing 1st. north (13-1-8) host melbourne in the elim final.
| Carlton | 129 | |
| North Melbourne | 125 |
fitzroy (8-13) vs sydney (14-7)
swans beat lions by 8. sydney (15-7) play hawthorn in qual final. fitzroy (8-14) finish 11th.
geelong (11-1-9) vs hawthorn (16-5)
hawks end cats hopes by 3. hawthorn (17-5) host sydney in qual final. geelong (11-1-10) finish 6th.
footscray (11-1-9) vs melbourne (11-10)
dees have done it breaking a 23 year finals drought sneaking into the 5 for the first time (it was a final 4 when they last made finals and won a flag).beating dogs by 15. melbourne (12-10) play north in elim final. footscray (11-1-10) finish 7th.
essendon (9-1-11) vs collingwood (6-15) uor
pies stun dons by 5. collingwood (7-15) finish 12th. essendon (9-1-12) finish 9th.
| Essendon | 139 | |
| Collingwood | 144 |
west coast (10-11) vs st kilda (9-12)
eagles become the only team to win half their games in their first year (a record that still stands the adelaide sides came close). beating saints by 88. west coast (11-11) finish 8th. st kilda (9-13) finish 10th.
| West Coast | 175 | |
| St. Kilda | 87 |
ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2599 | 1883 | 138.02 | 72 |
| 2 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2781 | 1891 | 147.07 | 68 |
| 3 | Sydney | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2846 | 2197 | 129.54 | 60 |
| 4 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2402 | 2417 | 99.38 | 54 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2189 | 2026 | 108.05 | 48 |
| 6 | Geelong | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2355 | 2348 | 100.30 | 46 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1959 | 2046 | 95.75 | 46 |
| 8 | West Coast | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2386 | 2438 | 97.87 | 44 |
| 9 | Essendon | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 2075 | 2318 | 89.52 | 38 |
| 10 | St. Kilda | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2150 | 2369 | 90.76 | 36 |
| 11 | Fitzroy | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2328 | 2544 | 91.51 | 32 |
| 12 | Collingwood | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1853 | 2425 | 76.41 | 28 |
| 13 | Brisbane | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 2113 | 2666 | 79.26 | 24 |
| 14 | Richmond | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2199 | 2667 | 82.45 | 20 |
finals week 1
elim final
north v melbourne
qual final
hawthorn v sydney