the finals system changed for that year to 1 v 2 and 3 v 4 semis a prelim between the loser of 1 v 2 and winner of 3 of 4 winner plays the other semi winner.
season summary
after a poor 1930 finals the tigers looked dominant beating hte roos (who got another wooden spoon) by 168 early on but somehow at the end the cats finished 1st on percentage 15 wins each. the blues and pies rounded out the 4 edging the dogs who in only their 7th year won 12 games and just missed out.
hawthorn summary
a few close loses to start had them 0-6 before beating the dons and lions their biggest win margin wise in round 10 over the roos 12 goals was their last win finishing 11th with 3 wins (Which is 3 more than the last place roos)
interesting season footscray
a better percentage was all they needed for finals losing by 7 goals to the tigers in round 3 didn’t help dees and blues beat them in round 5 and 6 before a costly 4 point loss to the pies in round 9 had them 2 games out of the 4 and lost to the cats the next week and then the dons before not putting a foot wrong in the last 7 weeks to get within percentage of 4th but not enough.
finals summary
blues knocked pies out while tigers beat cats the cats knocked the blues out than got revenge on richmond for their 2nd flag.
premiers geelong
losing the gf rematch in round 1 wasn’t too bad but a close loss to the dees in round 3 made their run remarkable winning 11 straight to lead after ronud 14 but a low scoring loss to the blues had them briefly 2nd but regained it with a 27 point win over the tigers in the last round (who then got revenge in the semi) but a win over the blues and then the tigers in the grand got them their 2nd flag.
Harrison’s world 