1938 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Carlton 6th premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 9th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Dick Reynolds (Essendon) |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Ron Todd (Collingwood) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest | 96,486 |
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The 1938 VFL season was the 42nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 April until 24 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The premiership was won by the Carlton Football Club for the sixth time, after it defeated Collingwood by 15 points in the 1938 VFL Grand Final.
In 1938, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1938 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 17.13 (115) | Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | Corio Oval | 16,000 | 23 April 1938 |
Essendon | 17.17 (119) | St Kilda | 12.13 (85) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 23 April 1938 |
Richmond | 19.26 (140) | North Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 23 April 1938 |
South Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Footscray | 9.14 (68) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 23 April 1938 |
Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Collingwood | 14.21 (105) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22,000 | 23 April 1938 |
Hawthorn | 11.10 (76) | Carlton | 14.8 (92) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 23 April 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | South Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 30 April 1938 |
Collingwood | 18.19 (127) | Essendon | 9.20 (74) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 30 April 1938 |
Carlton | 12.23 (95) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Princes Park | 32,000 | 30 April 1938 |
Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Hawthorn | 16.15 (111) | MCG | 11,327 | 30 April 1938 |
St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Geelong | 8.17 (65) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 30 April 1938 |
Footscray | 13.17 (95) | Fitzroy | 10.5 (65) | Western Oval | 15,000 | 30 April 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 20.16 (136) | North Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 7 May 1938 |
Fitzroy | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,000 | 7 May 1938 |
South Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 7 May 1938 |
Hawthorn | 8.14 (62) | Footscray | 9.16 (70) | Glenferrie Oval | 14,500 | 7 May 1938 |
Richmond | 15.12 (102) | Collingwood | 11.26 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 30,000 | 7 May 1938 |
Essendon | 14.17 (101) | Carlton | 15.12 (102) | Windy Hill | 17,000 | 7 May 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 23.15 (153) | South Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 14,569 | 14 May 1938 |
Footscray | 8.17 (65) | Geelong | 10.12 (72) | Western Oval | 16,000 | 14 May 1938 |
Collingwood | 21.15 (141) | Hawthorn | 14.16 (100) | Victoria Park | 14,000 | 14 May 1938 |
Carlton | 17.19 (121) | Fitzroy | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 16,000 | 14 May 1938 |
St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | Junction Oval | 25,000 | 14 May 1938 |
North Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Essendon | 19.11 (125) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 14 May 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 13.9 (87) | Richmond | 12.12 (84) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 21 May 1938 |
Essendon | 15.15 (105) | South Melbourne | 11.19 (85) | Windy Hill | 14,000 | 21 May 1938 |
St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | North Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Junction Oval | 14,000 | 21 May 1938 |
Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Footscray | 10.16 (76) | MCG | 14,979 | 21 May 1938 |
Geelong | 21.21 (147) | Fitzroy | 11.9 (75) | Corio Oval | 10,000 | 21 May 1938 |
Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | Carlton | 19.16 (130) | Victoria Park | 38,000 | 21 May 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 17.19 (121) | St Kilda | 7.13 (55) | Western Oval | 21,000 | 28 May 1938 |
Carlton | 14.18 (102) | Melbourne | 16.11 (107) | Princes Park | 20,000 | 28 May 1938 |
South Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Hawthorn | 18.12 (120) | Lake Oval | 11,000 | 28 May 1938 |
Richmond | 18.9 (117) | Geelong | 12.16 (88) | Punt Road Oval | 22,000 | 28 May 1938 |
Fitzroy | 14.9 (93) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | Brunswick Street Oval | 13,000 | 28 May 1938 |
North Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | Collingwood | 23.11 (149) | Arden Street Oval | 12,000 | 28 May 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 19.32 (146) | South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 8,000 | 4 June 1938 |
Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 4 June 1938 |
Essendon | 16.20 (116) | Hawthorn | 16.7 (103) | Windy Hill | 12,000 | 4 June 1938 |
North Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Footscray | 9.16 (70) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 4 June 1938 |
Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 30,877 | 4 June 1938 |
St Kilda | 6.15 (51) | Carlton | 12.18 (90) | Junction Oval | 24,000 | 4 June 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 18.14 (122) | North Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 12,808 | 11 June 1938 |
Essendon | 12.12 (84) | Geelong | 14.23 (107) | Windy Hill | 19,000 | 11 June 1938 |
Collingwood | 16.23 (119) | St Kilda | 14.9 (93) | Victoria Park | 17,500 | 11 June 1938 |
Carlton | 15.20 (110) | Footscray | 12.11 (83) | Princes Park | 43,000 | 13 June 1938 |
South Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | Richmond | 20.15 (135) | Lake Oval | 19,000 | 13 June 1938 |
Hawthorn | 7.11 (53) | Fitzroy | 12.22 (94) | Glenferrie Oval | 16,000 | 13 June 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 11.23 (89) | Hawthorn | 6.13 (49) | Corio Oval | 7,000 | 18 June 1938 |
Fitzroy | 16.12 (108) | South Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 18 June 1938 |
St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | Melbourne | 16.16 (112) | Junction Oval | 14,000 | 18 June 1938 |
Richmond | 15.14 (104) | Essendon | 15.9 (99) | Punt Road Oval | 20,000 | 18 June 1938 |
Footscray | 13.9 (87) | Collingwood | 10.5 (65) | Western Oval | 18,000 | 18 June 1938 |
North Melbourne | 11.5 (71) | Carlton | 16.25 (121) | Arden Street Oval | 13,000 | 18 June 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | St Kilda | 9.10 (64) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 25 June 1938 |
Fitzroy | 12.16 (88) | North Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 25 June 1938 |
Essendon | 14.16 (100) | Footscray | 17.9 (111) | Windy Hill | 18,000 | 25 June 1938 |
Richmond | 12.17 (89) | Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | Punt Road Oval | 23,000 | 25 June 1938 |
Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Collingwood | 13.17 (95) | Corio Oval | 13,000 | 25 June 1938 |
South Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Carlton | 16.13 (109) | Lake Oval | 14,000 | 25 June 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 13.20 (98) | Richmond | 7.4 (46) | Western Oval | 20,000 | 2 July 1938 |
Collingwood | 12.17 (89) | South Melbourne | 12.5 (77) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 2 July 1938 |
Carlton | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 12.10 (82) | Princes Park | 19,500 | 2 July 1938 |
North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Hawthorn | 12.6 (78) | Arden Street Oval | 4,000 | 2 July 1938 |
St Kilda | 11.8 (74) | Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 2 July 1938 |
Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Essendon | 13.7 (85) | MCG | 12,054 | 2 July 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | Essendon | 22.17 (149) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 13 June 1938 |
North Melbourne | 14.3 (87) | Richmond | 12.11 (83) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 9 July 1938 |
Footscray | 19.19 (133) | South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Western Oval | 16,000 | 9 July 1938 |
Collingwood | 10.19 (79) | Fitzroy | 10.13 (73) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 9 July 1938 |
Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Hawthorn | 8.15 (63) | Princes Park | 14,000 | 9 July 1938 |
Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Geelong | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 20,185 | 9 July 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 23 July 1938 |
Geelong | 14.20 (104) | St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | Corio Oval | 7,000 | 23 July 1938 |
Fitzroy | 13.8 (86) | Footscray | 18.21 (129) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 23 July 1938 |
South Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | North Melbourne | 13.18 (96) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 23 July 1938 |
Essendon | 17.17 (119) | Collingwood | 17.16 (118) | Windy Hill | 13,000 | 23 July 1938 |
Richmond | 20.12 (132) | Carlton | 12.19 (91) | Punt Road Oval | 28,000 | 23 July 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 10.12 (72) | South Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 30 July 1938 |
Footscray | 17.14 (116) | Hawthorn | 4.7 (31) | Western Oval | 11,000 | 30 July 1938 |
Collingwood | 9.9 (63) | Richmond | 11.10 (76) | Victoria Park | 22,000 | 30 July 1938 |
Carlton | 11.16 (82) | Essendon | 10.16 (76) | Princes Park | 18,000 | 30 July 1938 |
North Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Geelong | 15.16 (106) | Arden Street Oval | 8,000 | 30 July 1938 |
Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Fitzroy | 14.9 (93) | MCG | 9,060 | 30 July 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 7.11 (53) | St Kilda | 7.14 (56) | Punt Road Oval | 15,000 | 6 August 1938 |
Essendon | 13.9 (87) | North Melbourne | 16.8 (104) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 6 August 1938 |
South Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 6 August 1938 |
Geelong | 13.15 (93) | Footscray | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 18,500 | 6 August 1938 |
Hawthorn | 12.11 (83) | Collingwood | 18.15 (123) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 6 August 1938 |
Fitzroy | 11.10 (76) | Carlton | 19.12 (126) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17,000 | 6 August 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Arden Street Oval | 9,000 | 13 August 1938 |
Footscray | 19.17 (131) | Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Western Oval | 19,000 | 13 August 1938 |
Fitzroy | 13.12 (90) | Geelong | 19.12 (126) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 13 August 1938 |
Carlton | 14.17 (101) | Collingwood | 19.7 (121) | Princes Park | 37,000 | 13 August 1938 |
Richmond | 19.18 (132) | Hawthorn | 12.11 (83) | Punt Road Oval | 9,000 | 13 August 1938 |
South Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Essendon | 12.14 (86) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 13 August 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 17.15 (117) | South Melbourne | 9.20 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 20 August 1938 |
Geelong | 20.17 (137) | Richmond | 12.12 (84) | Corio Oval | 19,500 | 20 August 1938 |
Essendon | 15.17 (107) | Fitzroy | 15.6 (96) | Windy Hill | 9,000 | 20 August 1938 |
Collingwood | 22.18 (150) | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Victoria Park | 14,000 | 20 August 1938 |
St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | Footscray | 12.9 (81) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 20 August 1938 |
Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Carlton | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 25,241 | 20 August 1938 |
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 18.11 (119) | North Melbourne | 11.18 (84) | Western Oval | 13,000 | 27 August 1938 |
Collingwood | 12.19 (91) | Melbourne | 11.16 (82) | Victoria Park | 30,000 | 27 August 1938 |
Carlton | 15.14 (104) | St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Princes Park | 16,000 | 27 August 1938 |
South Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | Geelong | 15.12 (102) | Lake Oval | 6,000 | 27 August 1938 |
Richmond | 13.15 (93) | Fitzroy | 15.18 (108) | Punt Road Oval | 7,000 | 27 August 1938 |
Hawthorn | 9.15 (69) | Essendon | 12.18 (90) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,500 | 27 August 1938 |
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Carlton (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1827 | 1574 | 116.1 | 56 |
2 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1897 | 1468 | 129.2 | 52 |
3 | Footscray | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1723 | 1386 | 124.3 | 52 |
4 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1942 | 1652 | 117.6 | 48 |
5 | Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1776 | 1676 | 106.0 | 44 |
6 | Richmond | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1747 | 1563 | 111.8 | 40 |
7 | Essendon | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1801 | 1760 | 102.3 | 36 |
8 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1474 | 1606 | 91.8 | 36 |
9 | North Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1384 | 1852 | 74.7 | 24 |
10 | Fitzroy | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1543 | 1742 | 88.6 | 20 |
11 | Hawthorn | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1414 | 1717 | 82.4 | 16 |
12 | South Melbourne | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1353 | 1885 | 71.8 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.0
Source: AFL Tables
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 10.16 (76) | Collingwood | 18.9 (117) | MCG | 68,556 | 3 September |
Carlton | 16.17 (113) | Geelong | 10.21 (81) | MCG | 65,332 | 10 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 14.14 (98) | Collingwood | 21.9 (135) | MCG | 60,956 | 17 September |
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Carlton | 15.10 (100) | Collingwood | 13.7 (85) | MCG | 96,486 | 24 September |