1929 VFL season#Round 6
{{Short description|33rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox VFL season
| year = 1929
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| date = 27 April—28 September 1929
| teams = 12
| premiers = {{AFL Col}}
| premcount = 8
| runnersup = {{AFL Ric}}
| rucount = 5
| minorpremiers = {{AFL Col}}
| mpcount = 11
| brownlowmedal = Albert Collier ({{AFL Col}})
| votes = 6
| leadinggoalkicker = Gordon Coventry ({{AFL Col}})
| goals = 118
| matches = 112
| attendance = 1,911,541
| highattendha = 41,316 (round 18, {{AFL Mel}} v {{AFL Col}})
| highattendfinals = 63,336 (grand final, {{AFL Col}} v {{AFL Ric}})
| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1928 VFL season|1928}}
| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1930 VFL season|1930}}
}}
The 1929 VFL season was the 33rd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 27 April to 28 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
{{AFL Col}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL Ric}} by 29 points in the 1929 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's third consecutive premiership and eighth VFL premiership overall. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with an 18–0 win–loss record, the only time in the league's history that a team has gone through a home-and-away season undefeated, however its loss to Richmond in the semi-finals prevented the club from achieving a perfect season. Collingwood's Albert Collier won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and teammate Gordon Coventry won his fourth consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker, becoming the first player to kick over 100 goals in a season.
Background
In 1929, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-away reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1929 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended "Argus system".
Home-and-away season
=Round 1=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 12.8 (80)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 7.16 (58)
| MCG
| 16,843
| 27 April 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 15.2 (92)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 11.9 (75)
| 25,000
| 27 April 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 19.17 (131)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 8.10 (58)
| 7,000
| 27 April 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 12.10 (82)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 8.10 (58)
| 13,000
| 27 April 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.6 (54)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 12.20 (92)
| 7,000
| 27 April 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.18 (78)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.9 (69)
| 17,000
| 27 April 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 2=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 12.15 (87)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 3.10 (28)
| 11,000
| 4 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 14.23 (107)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.7 (55)
| 13,000
| 4 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 17.10 (112)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 16.8 (104)
| 20,000
| 4 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 12.17 (89)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 9.9 (63)
| 21,270
| 4 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 11.7 (73)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 18.18 (126)
| 12,000
| 4 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 16.23 (119)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 16.13 (109)
| 36,000
| 4 May 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 3=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 8.16 (64)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 7.11 (53)
| 15,000
| 11 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 9.9 (63)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 15.17 (107)
| 25,000
| 11 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 19.20 (134)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 4.14 (38)
| 18,000
| 11 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 13.28 (106)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 9.14 (68)
| 17,000
| 11 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 8.9 (57)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.12 (60)
| 21,000
| 11 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 15.17 (107)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.4 (76)
| MCG
| 18,920
| 11 May 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 4=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.8 (80)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 16.21 (117)
| 14,000
| 18 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 6.5 (41)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 14.15 (99)
| 9,000
| 18 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 14.19 (103)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.19 (85)
| 22,000
| 18 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 10.10 (70)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.15 (75)
| 12,000
| 18 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.13 (49)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.13 (85)
| 20,499
| 18 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 9.19 (73)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 10.19 (79)
| 25,000
| 18 May 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 5=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 10.15 (75)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 11.9 (75)
| 15,500
| 25 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.18 (78)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 7.10 (52)
| 15,000
| 25 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 16.19 (115)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 8.11 (59)
| 18,000
| 25 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.7 (55)
| 30,000
| 25 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 18.13 (121)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 7.13 (55)
| 15,000
| 25 May 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 16.22 (118)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 12.5 (77)
| 14,000
| 25 May 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 6=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 11.14 (80)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 10.17 (77)
| 24,000
| 1 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 11.15 (81)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 20.12 (132)
| 10,000
| 1 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 20.12 (132)
| 25,000
| 1 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 8.13 (61)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 8.11 (59)
| MCG
| 38,104
| 3 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 16.24 (120)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.15 (57)
| 14,000
| 3 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 7.13 (55)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 8.12 (60)
| 13,250
| 3 June 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 7=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 15.8 (98)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 11.13 (79)
| 10,000
| 15 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 18.25 (133)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.8 (80)
| 15,000
| 15 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 12.11 (83)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 9.5 (59)
| 22,000
| 15 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 15.17 (107)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 7.10 (52)
| 18,000
| 15 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 13.15 (93)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 12.13 (85)
| 19,000
| 15 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 13.14 (92)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 8.13 (61)
| 20,000
| 15 June 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 8=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.8 (56)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 2.13 (25)
| 4,000
| 22 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.9 (75)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.13 (61)
| 11,000
| 22 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 13.8 (86)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 19.13 (127)
| 14,000
| 22 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 4.14 (38)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.12 (72)
| 9,000
| 22 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 7.8 (50)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 7.12 (54)
| 27,000
| 22 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 5.12 (42)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 10.17 (77)
| MCG
| 26,591
| 22 June 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 9=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 11.10 (76)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 12.10 (82)
| 15,000
| 29 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 20.19 (139)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 14.10 (94)
| 18,000
| 29 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 12.22 (94)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 7.15 (57)
| 32,000
| 29 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 19.15 (129)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 11.10 (76)
| 11,000
| 29 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.13 (73)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 10.15 (75)
| 12,000
| 29 June 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 13.15 (93)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 8.10 (58)
| 10,000
| 29 June 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 10=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 10.8 (68)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 9.11 (65)
| MCG
| 18,048
| 6 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 9.13 (67)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 9.5 (59)
| 9,000
| 6 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.14 (86)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 17.8 (110)
| 6,000
| 6 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.6 (54)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 8.18 (66)
| 4,500
| 6 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 9.9 (63)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 7.6 (48)
| 12,500
| 6 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 15.15 (105)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 11.10 (76)
| 33,000
| 6 July 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 11=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 13.13 (91)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 7.11 (53)
| 20,000
| 13 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 5.13 (43)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 7.11 (53)
| 8,000
| 13 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 15.20 (110)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 6.7 (43)
| 20,000
| 13 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 17.14 (116)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 12.9 (81)
| 8,000
| 13 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 15.6 (96)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.11 (71)
| 7,500
| 13 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 11.7 (73)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 13.14 (92)
| 17,000
| 13 July 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 12=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.9 (51)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 15.12 (102)
| 12,000
| 20 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.14 (80)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.6 (54)
| 7,000
| 20 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 9.15 (69)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 12.16 (88)
| 10,000
| 20 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 12.10 (82)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 9.15 (69)
| 15,000
| 20 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 11.9 (75)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 16.21 (117)
| 33,000
| 20 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 8.7 (55)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 7.17 (59)
| 22,000
| 20 July 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 13=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 15.9 (99)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.8 (56)
| 18,500
| 27 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 22.10 (142)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.14 (56)
| 7,000
| 27 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 8.9 (57)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 13.15 (93)
| 27,000
| 27 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 6.14 (50)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.12 (48)
| MCG
| 12,834
| 27 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 12.13 (85)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 15.12 (102)
| 5,000
| 27 July 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.11 (77)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.18 (78)
| 14,000
| 27 July 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 14=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 9.6 (60)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 11.5 (71)
| 10,500
| 3 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 5.11 (41)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 11.11 (77)
| 8,000
| 3 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 9.8 (62)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 7.7 (49)
| 7,000
| 3 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 10.14 (74)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 10.14 (74)
| 22,000
| 3 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 6.7 (43)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 10.10 (70)
| 20,000
| 3 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 5.7 (37)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 7.8 (50)
| 6,000
| 3 August 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 15=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 15.17 (107)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 6.14 (50)
| MCG
| 8,421
| 10 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.6 (72)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 14.15 (99)
| 13,000
| 10 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 15.10 (100)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 13.14 (92)
| 11,000
| 10 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 13.9 (87)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.12 (60)
| 14,000
| 10 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 17.17 (119)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 11.15 (81)
| 20,000
| 10 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 21.16 (142)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 10.15 (75)
| 14,500
| 10 August 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 16=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 9.8 (62)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 20.12 (132)
| 9,000
| 17 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 8.10 (58)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 11.14 (80)
| 12,500
| 17 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 11.16 (82)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 6.5 (41)
| MCG
| 13,891
| 17 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 14.10 (94)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 13.10 (88)
| 15,000
| 17 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 8.7 (55)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 16.15 (111)
| 13,000
| 17 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 2.13 (25)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 5.9 (39)
| 10,000
| 17 August 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 17=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 18.28 (136)
| {{AFL SM}}
| 10.5 (65)
| 12,000
| 24 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 7.11 (53)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 6.15 (51)
| 9,000
| 24 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Col}}
| 21.12 (138)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.13 (61)
| 6,000
| 24 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Car}}
| 15.18 (108)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 9.15 (69)
| 13,000
| 24 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 9.12 (66)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 6.13 (49)
| 35,000
| 24 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 10.17 (77)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 5.3 (33)
| 4,000
| 24 August 1929
{{s-end}}
=Round 18=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 12.10 (82)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 5.12 (42)
| 6,500
| 31 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 4.18 (42)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 9.13 (67)
| 10,000
| 31 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 13.10 (88)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 11.5 (71)
| 8,000
| 31 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 11.18 (84)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 7.11 (53)
| 8,500
| 31 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 5.10 (40)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 14.12 (96)
| MCG
| 41,316
| 31 August 1929
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 8.8 (56)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 8.15 (63)
| 8,000
| 31 August 1929
{{s-end}}
Ladder
| class=wikitable
| (P) | Premiers |
| bgcolor=FFFFBB | | Qualified for finals |
{{Australian rules football ladder start}}
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} (P) || 18 || 18 || 0 || 0 || 1918 || 1117 || 171.7 || 72
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1589 || 1161 || 136.9 || 60
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 12 || 5 || 1 || 1703 || 1399 || 121.7 || 50
|- style=background:#FFFFBB
| 4 || align=left | {{AFL|StK}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1493 || 1146 || 130.3 || 48
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 11 || 6 || 1 || 1228 || 1164 || 105.5 || 46
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 9 || 8 || 1 || 1349 || 1405 || 96.0 || 38
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1175 || 1082 || 108.6 || 32
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1338 || 1578 || 84.8 || 28
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 1268 || 1464 || 86.6 || 26
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 1170 || 1522 || 76.9 || 16
|-
| 11 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1340 || 1827 || 73.3 || 12
|-
| 12 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 1 || 17 || 0 || 1070 || 1776 || 60.2 || 4
|}
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 77.0
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1929.html#lad AFL Tables]
Finals series
All of the 1929 finals were played at the MCG so the home team in the semi-finals and Preliminary Final is purely the higher ranked team from the ladder but in the Grand Final the home team was the team that won the Preliminary Final.
=Semi-finals=
=Preliminary final=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Score
| Away team
| Score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 15.7 (97)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 14.7 (91)
| MCG
| 60,653
| 21 September
{{s-end}}
=Grand final=
{{Main|1929 VFL Grand Final}}
Season notes
- {{AFL Col}} set many records during the 1929 season, including:
- First team to remain undefeated through an entire home-and away season. However, given that they lost the second semi-final to Richmond, they were not undefeated for the entire season.
- In three seasons, 1927, 1928, and 1929, the team had played 61 matches, for 53 wins, 1 draw, and 7 losses.
- First team to score more than 2,000 points in a single season.
- First team to have a full-forward scoring more than 100 goals in a single season.
- First team to have a player kick 16 goals in a single match.
- First team to be VFL premiers on eight occasions.
- On 18 June 1929 the VFL was incorporated as a public company, and it purchased a three-storey building (later named Harrison House after Henry Harrison who died later that year, on 2 September) on the corner of Spring Street and Flinders Lane.
- Clarrie Hearn of Essendon won the 1929 130-yard Stawell Gift in eleven and fifteen sixteenths of a second (approx. 11.94 seconds), off a handicap of 10 yards.
- Footscray's 23 effective scoring shots (7 goals and 16 behinds) against Hawthorn in the third quarter of their Round 6 match remains the most scoring shots by a team in one quarter.
- Footscray's 16 behinds in that quarter has been equalled only by Collingwood against North Melbourne in the third quarter in Round 6, 1970.
Awards
- The 1929 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Gordon Coventry of Collingwood with 124 goals.
- The winner of the 1929 Brownlow Medal was Albert "Leeter" Collier of Collingwood with 6 votes.
- North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1929.
- The seconds premiership was won by {{AFL Ric}}. Richmond 12.8 (80) defeated {{AFL Gee}} 7.15 (57) in the challenge Grand Final, played as a stand-alone game on Thursday 26 September (Show Day holiday) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before a crowd of 6,544.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=15|title=League Second Eighteens|publication-place=Melbourne|date=27 September 1929}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}
- 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}}
Sources
- [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1929.html 1929 VFL season] at AFL Tables
- [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1929 1929 VFL season] at Australian Football
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