The 1941 VFL season was the 45th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 26 April until 27 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs.
1941 VFL premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Melbourne 5th premiership |
Minor premiers | Carlton 10th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Norman Ware (Footscray) |
Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest | 79,687 |
The premiership was won by the Melbourne Football Club for the fifth time and third time consecutively, after it defeated Essendon by 29 points in the 1941 VFL Grand Final.
In 1941, 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 1941 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system.
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Carlton | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1948 | 1619 | 120.3 | 56 |
2 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1993 | 1701 | 117.2 | 56 |
3 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1714 | 1469 | 116.7 | 56 |
4 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1864 | 1431 | 130.3 | 52 |
5 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1743 | 1571 | 110.9 | 48 |
6 | Footscray | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1676 | 1517 | 110.5 | 40 |
7 | Fitzroy | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1695 | 1760 | 96.3 | 32 |
8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1397 | 1552 | 90.0 | 32 |
9 | North Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1759 | 1893 | 92.9 | 24 |
10 | Geelong | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1561 | 1880 | 83.0 | 12 |
11 | St Kilda | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1454 | 1775 | 81.9 | 12 |
12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1367 | 2003 | 68.2 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.4
Source: AFL Tables