essendon (13-1-7) vs footscray (5-1-15)
dons beat dogs by 3. essendon (14-1-7) play brisbane in the 2nd qual final. footscray (5-1-16) finish 15th.
collingwood (8-13) vs brisbane (15-1-5)
pies cost bears their only minor premership (and brisbane too date have never finished 1st (in the home and away season they have won 4 flags including this year in real terms 2024) even after the merge with fitzroy). by 49. collingwood (9-13) finish 11th. brisbane (15-1-6) host essendon in the 2nd qual final.
| Collingwood | 100 | |
| Brisbane | 51 |
geelong (13-1-7) vs carlton (14-7)
blues beat cats by 42. carlton (15-7) play west coast in 1st qual final. geelong (13-1-8) play north in the 3rd qual final.
st kilda (9-12) vs adeliade (8-13)
saints beat crows by 69. st kilda (10-12) finish 10th. adeliaed (8-14) finish 12th.
melbourne (7-14) vs hawthorn (10-1-10)
hawks get 8th beating dees by 1. hawthorn (11-1-10) play sydney in 4th qual final. melbourne (7-15) finish 14th.
sydney (15-1-5) vs west coast (15-6)
swans finish on top for the first time in 51 years (since they were south) beating eagles by 35. sydney (16-1-5) host hawthorn in 4th qual final. west coast (15-7) host carlton in 1st qual final.
| Sydney | 85 | |
| West Coast | 50 |
richmond (11-10) vs north (15-6)
roos cost tigers finals by 32. north (16-6) host geelong in 3rd qual final. richmond (11-11) finish 9th.
| Richmond | 109 | |
| North Melbourne | 141 |
freemantle (6-15) vs fitzroy (1-20)
in a sad day for lions finals there last game is a 86 point loss to freo. freemantle (7-15) finish 13th. fitzroy (1-21) finish last .
ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | For | Agn | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2152 | 1737 | 123.89 | 66 |
| 2 | North Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2526 | 1982 | 127.45 | 64 |
| 3 | Brisbane | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2174 | 1731 | 125.59 | 62 |
| 4 | West Coast | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2201 | 1758 | 125.20 | 60 |
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2116 | 1909 | 110.84 | 60 |
| 6 | Essendon | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2209 | 2023 | 109.19 | 58 |
| 7 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2353 | 2047 | 114.95 | 54 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1893 | 1921 | 98.54 | 46 |
| 9 | Richmond | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2282 | 1944 | 117.39 | 44 |
| 10 | St. Kilda | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2053 | 2033 | 100.98 | 40 |
| 11 | Collingwood | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2203 | 2142 | 102.85 | 36 |
| 12 | Adelaide | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2233 | 2327 | 95.96 | 32 |
| 13 | Fremantle | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1830 | 1983 | 92.28 | 28 |
| 14 | Melbourne | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1743 | 2463 | 70.77 | 28 |
| 15 | Footscray | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1654 | 2139 | 77.33 | 22 |
| 16 | Fitzroy | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1452 | 2935 | 49.47 | 4 |
finals week 1
west coast v carlton
brisbane v esssendon
north v geelong
sydney v hawthorn
now i will note that the only teams who have never finished 1st other than brisbane are bulldogs, gold coast and gws (as well as the defunct university). fitzroy now merge with brisbane bears to become the brisbane lions the merge isn’t fair on fitzroy fans in a lot of ways due to losing the abillity to see thier team a lot the better option would have been a merger with north which was likely till the last minute.
Harrison’s world 