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1937 VFL season#Round 5

{{Short description|41st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Infobox Australian rules football season

| competition = vfl_premiership

| year = 1937

| image = Reg Hickey1.jpg

| imagesize = 120px

| caption = Geelong captain-coach Reg Hickey

| teams = 12

| premiers ={{AFL Gee}}

| count = 3

| minor premiers ={{AFL Gee}}

| mpcount = 5

| pre-season name =

| pre-season cup =

| pscount =

| matches = 112

| attendance =

| highattend = 88,540

| leading goal medal =Dick Harris ({{AFL Car}})

| brownlow medal =Dick Reynolds ({{AFL Ess}})

| prevseason = 1936

| nextseason = 1938

}}

The 1937 VFL season was the 41st season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 24 April until 25 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 Geelong Football Club for the third time, after it defeated {{AFL Col}} by 32 points in the 1937 VFL Grand Final.

Background

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.

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}}

| 14.8 (92)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.12 (66)

| MCG

| 19,726

| 24 April 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.12 (90)

| Victoria Park

| 21,000

| 24 April 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 18.21 (129)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.17 (59)

| Princes Park

| 33,000

| 24 April 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 9.22 (76)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 24 April 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.21 (81)

| Junction Oval

| 23,000

| 24 April 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.13 (67)

| Western Oval

| 18,000

| 24 April 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.22 (112)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 16,000

| 1 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.7 (67)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 16,000

| 1 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.7 (85)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 25.20 (170)

| Windy Hill

| 14,000

| 1 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.15 (117)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.11 (83)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 1 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.19 (85)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 20.20 (140)

| Lake Oval

| 25,000

| 1 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.12 (60)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Corio Oval

| 13,600

| 1 May 1937

{{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}}

| 6.10 (46)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Western Oval

| 13,000

| 8 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.15 (105)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,000

| 8 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 18.13 (121)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.20 (104)

| Windy Hill

| 11,000

| 8 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Lake Oval

| 16,000

| 8 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 3.16 (34)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.14 (68)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 8 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.17 (107)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.11 (71)

| MCG

| 31,831

| 8 May 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.20 (92)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Corio Oval

| 11,500

| 15 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.14 (110)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Victoria Park

| 14,500

| 15 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.12 (72)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.14 (74)

| Princes Park

| 14,000

| 15 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.18 (90)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.23 (95)

| Junction Oval

| 25,000

| 15 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.10 (112)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 15 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.13 (109)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000

| 15 May 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 21.23 (149)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.11 (53)

| Corio Oval

| 7,300

| 22 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 18.23 (131)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 14.4 (88)

| Western Oval

| 14,000

| 22 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 7.18 (60)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 22 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 17.13 (115)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 22 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.23 (101)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.10 (76)

| MCG

| 44,623

| 22 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.19 (91)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.16 (94)

| Junction Oval

| 18,000

| 22 May 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 13.8 (86)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.13 (103)

| Arden Street Oval

| 15,000

| 29 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Western Oval

| 17,000

| 29 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.11 (101)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.20 (98)

| Lake Oval

| 10,000

| 29 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.19 (109)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.6 (78)

| Punt Road Oval

| 17,000

| 29 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.9 (75)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.18 (66)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 29 May 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 8.7 (55)

| Victoria Park

| 24,000

| 29 May 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 25.16 (166)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.14 (44)

| MCG

| 12,906

| 5 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.6 (60)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.10 (58)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000

| 5 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.10 (76)

| Windy Hill

| 12,000

| 5 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 19.12 (126)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.10 (64)

| Princes Park

| 12,500

| 5 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.19 (115)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Corio Oval

| 8,000

| 5 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.15 (87)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Junction Oval

| 28,000

| 5 June 1937

{{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}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Corio Oval

| 12,600

| 12 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.14 (128)

| Windy Hill

| 13,000

| 12 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.24 (108)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.19 (97)

| Punt Road Oval

| 27,000

| 12 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.10 (82)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.15 (105)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 18,000

| 14 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 8.14 (62)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 20,000

| 14 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Lake Oval

| 16,000

| 14 June 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Arden Street Oval

| 10,000

| 19 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.8 (68)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 18.11 (119)

| Western Oval

| 12,000

| 19 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.9 (105)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Victoria Park

| 18,000

| 19 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.24 (114)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 8.11 (59)

| Princes Park

| 11,000

| 19 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.14 (104)

| MCG

| 29,376

| 19 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.14 (80)

| Junction Oval

| 14,000

| 19 June 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.16 (124)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 4.14 (38)

| Corio Oval

| 9,000

| 26 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 7.8 (50)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.23 (89)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 16,000

| 26 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 14.18 (102)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Lake Oval

| 22,000

| 26 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.15 (99)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,500

| 26 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 14.9 (93)

| Punt Road Oval

| 22,000

| 26 June 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.18 (96)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.18 (108)

| Windy Hill

| 14,000

| 26 June 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.16 (82)

| MCG

| 20,638

| 3 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.8 (74)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Western Oval

| 5,500

| 3 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.23 (101)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Victoria Park

| 5,800

| 3 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.19 (67)

| Princes Park

| 8,000

| 3 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.6 (102)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.13 (73)

| Junction Oval

| 11,000

| 3 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.22 (88)

| Arden Street Oval

| 6,000

| 3 July 1937

{{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}}

| 9.15 (69)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.15 (51)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 10 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.19 (79)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.11 (41)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 10 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Windy Hill

| 11,000

| 10 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.10 (88)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 10 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Corio Oval

| 16,000

| 10 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.9 (87)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.14 (56)

| Lake Oval

| 22,000

| 10 July 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.9 (75)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.6 (78)

| Western Oval

| 10,000

| 17 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.19 (127)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.14 (104)

| Victoria Park

| 22,000

| 17 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.13 (67)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Princes Park

| 15,000

| 17 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.8 (62)

| Junction Oval

| 9,000

| 17 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.17 (47)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.14 (68)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 17 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.15 (63)

| MCG

| 11,449

| 17 July 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.23 (119)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 24 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 24.20 (164)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.9 (51)

| Victoria Park

| 9,000

| 24 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.24 (120)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.8 (104)

| Princes Park

| 16,000

| 24 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 17.10 (112)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Junction Oval

| 12,000

| 24 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 6.13 (49)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 7,500

| 24 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.22 (100)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.12 (66)

| Corio Oval

| 8,000

| 24 July 1937

{{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}}

| 18.16 (124)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.18 (84)

| MCG

| 25,904

| 31 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.13 (103)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 31 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Windy Hill

| 6,000

| 31 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.11 (107)

| Lake Oval

| 12,000

| 31 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.14 (74)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.12 (126)

| Western Oval

| 10,000

| 31 July 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.8 (92)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 31 July 1937

{{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}}

| 8.16 (64)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 7 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.16 (76)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.8 (98)

| Lake Oval

| 10,000

| 7 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 13.15 (93)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.19 (91)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14,000

| 7 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 21.16 (142)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 22.21 (153)

| Victoria Park

| 21,000

| 14 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.16 (88)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.12 (78)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 14 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 17.12 (114)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 14 August 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 21 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.6 (90)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 8.11 (59)

| Corio Oval

| 11,500

| 21 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 17.17 (119)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Windy Hill

| 7,000

| 21 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 9.17 (71)

| Princes Park

| 17,500

| 21 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 22.19 (151)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.5 (71)

| Junction Oval

| 6,000

| 21 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.15 (105)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.14 (74)

| MCG

| 9,553

| 21 August 1937

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.9 (81)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.13 (109)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 10,000

| 28 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.15 (129)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Victoria Park

| 11,500

| 28 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 19.16 (130)

| Arden Street Oval

| 4,500

| 28 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.13 (97)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Punt Road Oval

| 18,000

| 28 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 10.16 (76)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.7 (73)

| Lake Oval

| 6,000

| 28 August 1937

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.16 (94)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.14 (116)

| Western Oval

| 8,000

| 28 August 1937

{{s-end}}

Ladder

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| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

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| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} (P) || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1824 || 1348 || 135.3 || 60

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| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1945 || 1482 || 131.2 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 18 || 13 || 5 || 0 || 1908 || 1479 || 129.0 || 52

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} || 18 || 11 || 6 || 1 || 1647 || 1525 || 108.0 || 46

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| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 11 || 7 || 0 || 1624 || 1464 || 110.9 || 44

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| 6 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 10 || 8 || 0 || 1600 || 1580 || 101.3 || 40

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| 7 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1386 || 1488 || 93.1 || 28

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| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1413 || 1675 || 84.4 || 28

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| 9 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 1527 || 1698 || 89.9 || 26

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| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1530 || 1689 || 90.6 || 20

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| 11 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 4 || 14 || 0 || 1409 || 1722 || 81.8 || 16

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| 12 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1188 || 1851 || 64.2 || 12

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Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.0
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1937.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

=Semi-finals=

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|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

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| {{AFL Col}}

| 18.12 (120)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.9 (69)

| MCG

| 41,663

| 4 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 19.11 (125)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.17 (113)

| MCG

| 47,730

| 11 September

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=Preliminary final=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 7.10 (52)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.11 (107)

| MCG

| 55,615

| 18 September

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=Grand final=

{{Main|1937 VFL Grand Final}}

Season notes

  • Still struggling to recover from the injury that kept him out of the 1936 grand final, Bob Pratt played only 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 CollingwoodAtkinson, p. 20.

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 {{AFL Gee}}. Geelong 12.12 (84) defeated {{AFL Col}} 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.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=20|title=New football record|publication-place=Melbourne|date=1 October 1937}}

References

{{Reflist}}

  • 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}}

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1937.html 1937 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1937 1937 VFL season] at Australian Football

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