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Encyclopedia > 1939 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1939. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ...


See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list. AFL Logo This page is a chronological listing of Australian Football League premiers. ...

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Grand Final

Melbourne defeated Collingwood 21.22 (148) to 14.11 (95), in front of a crowd of 78110 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... High marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Aussie Rules Football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of football...


Ladder

Team Won Lost Draw For Against % Points
1 Melbourne 15 3 0 1928 1502 128.4 60
2 Collingwood 15 3 0 1872 1535 122.0 60
3 Richmond 13 5 0 1734 1469 118.0 52
4 St Kilda 13 5 0 1806 1550 116.5 52
5 Carlton 12 6 0 1796 1459 123.1 48
6 Essendon 8 10 0 1696 1749 97.0 32
7 Geelong 7 11 0 1582 11713 92.4 28
8 Fitzroy 6 11 1 1482 1661 89.2 26
9 North Melbourne 6 12 0 1561 1709 91.3 24
10 Hawthorn 5 12 1 1472 1657 86.1 22
11 Footscray 4 14 0 1494 1809 82.6 16
12 South Melbourne 3 15 0 1367 1932 70.8 12

The Melbourne Football Club (MFC), nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Melbourne, Victoria. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed The Saints, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League. ... The Carlton Football Club is the sixth oldest Australian rules football club and the third oldest club in the Australian Football League. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ... The Fitzroy Football Club, latterly known as the Lions, was formed in 1883 and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897. ... The North Melbourne Football Club, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League. ... The Hawthorn Hawks known formally as the Tassie Hawks from 07 onwards, are an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Western Bulldogs, formerly known, and occasionally still referred to, as the Footscray Football Club, is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based at the Whitten Oval in Footscray, an inner western suburb of Melbourne. ... The Sydney Swans is an Australian Football League (AFL) club based in Sydney, New South Wales. ...

Notes

Ronald Todd, (March 11, 1927 – April 30, 2005), was the general secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), the largest general trade union in the United Kingdom, from 1985 until 1992. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ... The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal and colloquially as Charlie, is the medal awarded to the best and fairest player in the Australian Football League during the regular season (ie not including finals matches) as decided upon by umpires. ... The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies after the black and white striped guernseys worn by the players, is an Australian rules football club, playing in the elite Australian Football League. ...

References

  • Stephen Rogers and Ashley Brown (1998). Every Game Ever Played. 6th ed. Victoria: Penguin Books.
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