1937 VFL Premiership season Geelong captain-coach Reg Hickey
Teams 12 Premiers Geelong (3rd premiership)Minor premiers Geelong (5th minor premiership)Matches played 112 Highest attendance 88,540 Leading Goalkicker Medallist Dick Harris (Carlton ) Brownlow Medallist Dick Reynolds (Essendon )
The 1937 Victorian Football League season was the 41st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
Premiership season [ ]
In 1937, 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 1937 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page–McIntyre system .
Round 1 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
14.8 (92)
Richmond
9.12 (66)
MCG
19,726
24 April 1937
Collingwood
15.16 (106)
Geelong
13.12 (90)
Victoria Park
21,000
24 April 1937
Carlton
18.21 (129)
South Melbourne
7.17 (59)
Princes Park
33,000
24 April 1937
North Melbourne
9.22 (76)
Hawthorn
11.12 (78)
Arden Street Oval
11,000
24 April 1937
St Kilda
12.16 (88)
Fitzroy
10.21 (81)
Junction Oval
23,000
24 April 1937
Footscray
9.17 (71)
Essendon
9.13 (67)
Western Oval
18,000
24 April 1937
Round 2 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
14.15 (99)
St Kilda
15.22 (112)
Glenferrie Oval
16,000
1 May 1937
Fitzroy
9.11 (65)
North Melbourne
10.7 (67)
Brunswick Street Oval
16,000
1 May 1937
Essendon
13.7 (85)
Melbourne
25.20 (170)
Windy Hill
14,000
1 May 1937
Richmond
17.15 (117)
Footscray
12.11 (83)
Punt Road Oval
16,000
1 May 1937
South Melbourne
11.19 (85)
Collingwood
20.20 (140)
Lake Oval
25,000
1 May 1937
Geelong
8.12 (60)
Carlton
6.13 (49)
Corio Oval
13,600
1 May 1937
Round 3 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Footscray
6.10 (46)
St Kilda
7.9 (51)
Western Oval
13,000
8 May 1937
Fitzroy
15.15 (105)
Hawthorn
9.15 (69)
Brunswick Street Oval
9,000
8 May 1937
Essendon
18.13 (121)
Geelong
14.20 (104)
Windy Hill
11,000
8 May 1937
South Melbourne
11.15 (81)
Richmond
11.15 (81)
Lake Oval
16,000
8 May 1937
North Melbourne
3.16 (34)
Collingwood
9.14 (68)
Arden Street Oval
11,000
8 May 1937
Melbourne
15.17 (107)
Carlton
10.11 (71)
MCG
31,831
8 May 1937
Round 4 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
12.20 (92)
South Melbourne
7.11 (53)
Corio Oval
11,500
15 May 1937
Collingwood
16.14 (110)
Footscray
11.11 (77)
Victoria Park
14,500
15 May 1937
Carlton
10.12 (72)
North Melbourne
10.14 (74)
Princes Park
14,000
15 May 1937
St Kilda
12.18 (90)
Melbourne
12.23 (95)
Junction Oval
25,000
15 May 1937
Richmond
17.10 (112)
Fitzroy
12.12 (84)
Punt Road Oval
18,000
15 May 1937
Hawthorn
11.15 (81)
Essendon
16.13 (109)
Glenferrie Oval
10,000
15 May 1937
Round 5 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
21.23 (149)
Hawthorn
7.11 (53)
Corio Oval
7,300
22 May 1937
Footscray
18.23 (131)
North Melbourne
14.4 (88)
Western Oval
14,000
22 May 1937
Fitzroy
11.16 (82)
South Melbourne
7.18 (60)
Brunswick Street Oval
14,000
22 May 1937
Essendon
8.15 (63)
Richmond
17.13 (115)
Windy Hill
15,000
22 May 1937
Melbourne
13.23 (101)
Collingwood
11.10 (76)
MCG
44,623
22 May 1937
St Kilda
12.19 (91)
Carlton
13.16 (94)
Junction Oval
18,000
22 May 1937
Round 6 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
13.8 (86)
St Kilda
15.13 (103)
Arden Street Oval
15,000
29 May 1937
Footscray
8.8 (56)
Melbourne
11.12 (78)
Western Oval
17,000
29 May 1937
South Melbourne
15.11 (101)
Hawthorn
13.20 (98)
Lake Oval
10,000
29 May 1937
Richmond
15.19 (109)
Geelong
12.6 (78)
Punt Road Oval
17,000
29 May 1937
Fitzroy
11.9 (75)
Essendon
8.18 (66)
Brunswick Street Oval
14,000
29 May 1937
Collingwood
11.16 (82)
Carlton
8.7 (55)
Victoria Park
24,000
29 May 1937
Round 7 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
25.16 (166)
North Melbourne
5.14 (44)
MCG
12,906
5 June 1937
Hawthorn
9.6 (60)
Richmond
8.10 (58)
Glenferrie Oval
10,000
5 June 1937
Essendon
16.12 (108)
South Melbourne
11.10 (76)
Windy Hill
12,000
5 June 1937
Carlton
19.12 (126)
Footscray
9.10 (64)
Princes Park
12,500
5 June 1937
Geelong
16.19 (115)
Fitzroy
10.10 (70)
Corio Oval
8,000
5 June 1937
St Kilda
12.15 (87)
Collingwood
9.15 (69)
Junction Oval
28,000
5 June 1937
Round 8 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
16.13 (109)
St Kilda
11.15 (81)
Corio Oval
12,600
12 June 1937
Essendon
13.11 (89)
Collingwood
19.14 (128)
Windy Hill
13,000
12 June 1937
Richmond
14.24 (108)
Carlton
13.19 (97)
Punt Road Oval
27,000
12 June 1937
Hawthorn
12.10 (82)
Melbourne
15.15 (105)
Glenferrie Oval
18,000
14 June 1937
Fitzroy
14.15 (99)
Footscray
8.14 (62)
Brunswick Street Oval
20,000
14 June 1937
South Melbourne
16.18 (114)
North Melbourne
10.10 (70)
Lake Oval
16,000
14 June 1937
Round 9 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
12.16 (88)
Richmond
11.11 (77)
Arden Street Oval
10,000
19 June 1937
Footscray
10.8 (68)
South Melbourne
18.11 (119)
Western Oval
12,000
19 June 1937
Collingwood
16.9 (105)
Fitzroy
12.12 (84)
Victoria Park
18,000
19 June 1937
Carlton
15.24 (114)
Hawthorn
8.11 (59)
Princes Park
11,000
19 June 1937
Melbourne
9.17 (71)
Geelong
15.14 (104)
MCG
29,376
19 June 1937
St Kilda
13.19 (97)
Essendon
11.14 (80)
Junction Oval
14,000
19 June 1937
Round 10 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Geelong
18.16 (124)
North Melbourne
4.14 (38)
Corio Oval
9,000
26 June 1937
Fitzroy
7.8 (50)
Melbourne
11.23 (89)
Brunswick Street Oval
16,000
26 June 1937
South Melbourne
14.18 (102)
St Kilda
8.12 (60)
Lake Oval
22,000
26 June 1937
Hawthorn
15.16 (106)
Footscray
14.15 (99)
Glenferrie Oval
7,500
26 June 1937
Richmond
12.8 (80)
Collingwood
14.9 (93)
Punt Road Oval
22,000
26 June 1937
Essendon
13.18 (96)
Carlton
15.18 (108)
Windy Hill
14,000
26 June 1937
Round 11 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
13.10 (88)
South Melbourne
11.16 (82)
MCG
20,638
3 July 1937
Footscray
11.8 (74)
Geelong
13.15 (93)
Western Oval
5,500
3 July 1937
Collingwood
13.23 (101)
Hawthorn
6.13 (49)
Victoria Park
5,800
3 July 1937
Carlton
13.11 (89)
Fitzroy
8.19 (67)
Princes Park
8,000
3 July 1937
St Kilda
16.6 (102)
Richmond
10.13 (73)
Junction Oval
11,000
3 July 1937
North Melbourne
11.11 (77)
Essendon
11.22 (88)
Arden Street Oval
6,000
3 July 1937
Round 12 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
9.15 (69)
North Melbourne
6.15 (51)
Glenferrie Oval
5,000
10 July 1937
Fitzroy
10.19 (79)
St Kilda
5.11 (41)
Brunswick Street Oval
14,000
10 July 1937
Essendon
9.13 (67)
Footscray
11.11 (77)
Windy Hill
11,000
10 July 1937
Richmond
15.12 (102)
Melbourne
13.10 (88)
Punt Road Oval
16,000
10 July 1937
Geelong
13.16 (94)
Collingwood
10.11 (71)
Corio Oval
16,000
10 July 1937
South Melbourne
13.9 (87)
Carlton
7.14 (56)
Lake Oval
22,000
10 July 1937
Round 13 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Footscray
11.9 (75)
Richmond
12.6 (78)
Western Oval
10,000
17 July 1937
Collingwood
18.19 (127)
South Melbourne
15.14 (104)
Victoria Park
22,000
17 July 1937
Carlton
9.13 (67)
Geelong
13.14 (92)
Princes Park
15,000
17 July 1937
St Kilda
11.15 (81)
Hawthorn
9.8 (62)
Junction Oval
9,000
17 July 1937
North Melbourne
5.17 (47)
Fitzroy
9.14 (68)
Arden Street Oval
8,000
17 July 1937
Melbourne
11.13 (79)
Essendon
8.15 (63)
MCG
11,449
17 July 1937
Round 14 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Richmond
16.23 (119)
South Melbourne
13.11 (89)
Punt Road Oval
18,000
24 July 1937
Collingwood
24.20 (164)
North Melbourne
7.9 (51)
Victoria Park
9,000
24 July 1937
Carlton
16.24 (120)
Melbourne
16.8 (104)
Princes Park
16,000
24 July 1937
St Kilda
17.10 (112)
Footscray
13.15 (93)
Junction Oval
12,000
24 July 1937
Hawthorn
10.11 (71)
Fitzroy
6.13 (49)
Glenferrie Oval
7,500
24 July 1937
Geelong
13.22 (100)
Essendon
9.12 (66)
Corio Oval
8,000
24 July 1937
Round 15 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
18.16 (124)
St Kilda
11.18 (84)
MCG
25,904
31 July 1937
Fitzroy
11.13 (79)
Richmond
15.13 (103)
Brunswick Street Oval
14,000
31 July 1937
Essendon
11.13 (79)
Hawthorn
13.14 (92)
Windy Hill
6,000
31 July 1937
South Melbourne
13.10 (88)
Geelong
16.11 (107)
Lake Oval
12,000
31 July 1937
Footscray
10.14 (74)
Collingwood
19.12 (126)
Western Oval
10,000
31 July 1937
North Melbourne
10.11 (71)
Carlton
14.8 (92)
Arden Street Oval
11,000
31 July 1937
Round 16 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
North Melbourne
8.16 (64)
Footscray
13.13 (91)
Arden Street Oval
8,000
7 August 1937
South Melbourne
10.16 (76)
Fitzroy
15.8 (98)
Lake Oval
10,000
7 August 1937
Richmond
13.15 (93)
Essendon
12.19 (91)
Punt Road Oval
14,000
7 August 1937
Collingwood
21.16 (142)
Melbourne
22.21 (153)
Victoria Park
21,000
14 August 1937
Carlton
12.16 (88)
St Kilda
11.12 (78)
Princes Park
12,000
14 August 1937
Hawthorn
13.13 (91)
Geelong
17.12 (114)
Glenferrie Oval
6,000
14 August 1937
Round 17 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Hawthorn
15.12 (102)
South Melbourne
10.15 (75)
Glenferrie Oval
6,000
21 August 1937
Geelong
14.6 (90)
Richmond
8.11 (59)
Corio Oval
11,500
21 August 1937
Essendon
17.17 (119)
Fitzroy
10.10 (70)
Windy Hill
7,000
21 August 1937
Carlton
11.15 (81)
Collingwood
9.17 (71)
Princes Park
17,500
21 August 1937
St Kilda
22.19 (151)
North Melbourne
11.5 (71)
Junction Oval
6,000
21 August 1937
Melbourne
15.15 (105)
Footscray
10.14 (74)
MCG
9,553
21 August 1937
Round 18 [ ]
Home team
Home team score
Away team
Away team score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Fitzroy
12.9 (81)
Geelong
16.13 (109)
Brunswick Street Oval
10,000
28 August 1937
Collingwood
19.15 (129)
St Kilda
13.13 (91)
Victoria Park
11,500
28 August 1937
North Melbourne
13.13 (91)
Melbourne
19.16 (130)
Arden Street Oval
4,500
28 August 1937
Richmond
14.13 (97)
Hawthorn
13.14 (92)
Punt Road Oval
18,000
28 August 1937
South Melbourne
10.16 (76)
Essendon
11.7 (73)
Lake Oval
6,000
28 August 1937
Footscray
13.16 (94)
Carlton
17.14 (116)
Western Oval
8,000
28 August 1937
Ladder [ ]
1937 VFL ladder
Pos
Team
Pld
W
L
D
PF
PA
PP
Pts
1
Geelong (P)
18
15
3
0
1824
1348
135.3
60
Finals
2
Melbourne
18
15
3
0
1945
1482
131.2
60
3
Collingwood
18
13
5
0
1908
1479
129.0
52
4
Richmond
18
11
6
1
1647
1525
108.0
46
5
Carlton
18
11
7
0
1624
1464
110.9
44
6
St Kilda
18
10
8
0
1600
1580
101.3
40
7
Fitzroy
18
7
11
0
1386
1488
93.1
28
8
Hawthorn
18
7
11
0
1413
1675
84.4
28
9
South Melbourne
18
6
11
1
1527
1698
89.9
26
10
Essendon
18
5
13
0
1530
1689
90.6
20
11
Footscray
18
4
14
0
1409
1722
81.8
16
12
North Melbourne
18
3
15
0
1188
1851
64.2
12
Source:
VFL Ladder Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Finals [ ]
Semi finals [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Collingwood
18.12 (120)
Richmond
10.9 (69)
MCG
41,663
4 September
Geelong
19.11 (125)
Melbourne
16.17 (113)
MCG
47,730
11 September
Preliminary Final [ ]
Home team
Score
Away team
Score
Venue
Crowd
Date
Melbourne
7.10 (52)
Collingwood
16.11 (107)
MCG
55,615
18 September
Grand final [ ]
Geelong defeated Collingwood 18.14 (122) to 12.18 (90), in front of a crowd of 88,540 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football ).
Awards [ ]
The 1937 VFL Premiership team was Geelong .
The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Harris of Richmond with 64 goals.
The winner of The Argus ' "Player of the Year" was Dick Reynolds of Essendon .
The winner of the 1937 Brownlow Medal was Dick Reynolds of Essendon with 27 votes.
North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1937.
The seconds premiership was won by Geelong . Geelong 12.12 (84) defeated Collingwood 9.11 (65) in the Grand Final, played as a stand-alone game on Thursday 30 September (Show Day holiday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.[1]
Notable events [ ]
Still struggling to recover from the injury that kept him out of the 1936 Grand Final, Bob Pratt only played six matches (kicking 12 goals) for South Melbourne in the 1937 season.
Having kicked Collingwood's only goal in the last quarter of the Grand Final, Gordon Coventry retired having played 306 senior VFL games and having scored 1299 goals.
In Round 15, Coventry became the first player to play 300 VFL games
In Round 16, Collingwood and Melbourne set numerous records for high scoring:
a record match aggregate of 295 points, beating by two the record of Essendon and North Melbourne in 1934
highest losing score, beating Collingwood's own record against St. Kilda in 1931 and still a club record for Collingwood[2]
References [ ]
^ "New football record". The Argus . Melbourne. 1 October 1937. p. 20.
^ Atkinson, p. 20.
Sources [ ]
Atkinson, G. (1982) Everything you ever wanted to know about Australian rules football but couldn't be bothered asking , The Five Mile Press: Melbourne. ISBN 0 86788 009 0 .
Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported , Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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