1941 VFL season - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

season of 1941.

Premiership season

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".

Round 1

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 15,000
| 26 April 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.15 (93)
|
| 7.10 (52)
| Western Oval
| 10,500
| 26 April 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.11 (77)
|
| 13.17 (95)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 17,500
| 26 April 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.12 (102)
|
| 15.9 (99)
| Princes Park
| 21,000
| 26 April 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.18 (108)
|
| 15.17 (107)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval is a sports oval based in Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of Australian rules team North Melbourne Football Club and up to the end of the 1985 season it was used for elite-level VFL/AFL matches.-History:The North Melbourne...

| 8,000
| 26 April 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 17.12 (114)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

| 14,750
| 26 April 1941

Round 2

Brunswick Street Oval

The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...

| 17,000
| 3 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 22.13 (145)
|
| 16.12 (108)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 13,000
| 3 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.15 (93)
|
| 14.17 (101)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...

| 12,000
| 3 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.17 (95)
|
| 17.16 (118)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.It is the historic home of and is synonymous with the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL club from 1925–1973, and retained the ground as an...

| 9,000
| 3 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 12.8 (80)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 28,000
| 3 May 1941

Round 3

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.19 (97)
|
| 16.12 (108)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 7,800
| 10 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.4 (100)
|
| 7.16 (58)
| Western Oval
| 15,000
| 10 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.12 (120)
|
| 10.13 (73)
| Princes Park
| 9,000
| 10 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.15 (123)
|
| 14.11 (95)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 13,000
| 10 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.16 (58)
|
| 16.7 (103)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 19,000
| 10 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.7 (97)
|
| 18.15 (123)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000
| 10 May 1941

Round 4

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 13,000
| 17 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 14.8 (92)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 20,000
| 17 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.11 (95)
|
| 14.10 (94)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 16,000
| 17 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.16 (94)
|
| 11.13 (79)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000
| 17 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.19 (109)
|
| 12.10 (82)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 10,500
| 17 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.15 (105)
|
| 16.23 (119)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 14,000
| 17 May 1941

Round 5

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Home team
| Home team score
| Away team
| Away team score
| Venue
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.12 (96)
|
| 13.25 (103)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 6,000
| 31 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.21 (105)
|
| 8.8 (56)
| Western Oval
| 12,000
| 31 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.13 (127)
|
| 26.11 (167)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 15,000
| 31 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.18 (120)
|
| 15.8 (98)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 13,000
| 31 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.12 (60)
|
| 23.18 (156)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 10,000
| 31 May 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 15.18 (108)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 15,000
| 31 May 1941

Round 6

Arden Street Oval

| 6,500
| 7 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.12 (132)
|
| 14.20 (104)
| Western Oval
| 16,000
| 7 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.14 (116)
|
| 10.15 (75)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 7,000
| 7 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.21 (99)
|
| 11.16 (82)
| Princes Park
| 18,500
| 7 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.15 (117)
|
| 8.14 (62)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 8,500
| 7 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.13 (61)
|
| 13.18 (96)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 15,000
| 7 June 1941

Round 7

Glenferrie Oval

| 7,000
| 14 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 10.15 (75)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 7,000
| 14 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 9.24 (78)
|
| 4.12 (36)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 14,000
| 14 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.19 (121)
|
| 16.15 (111)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 10,000
| 14 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 9.8 (62)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 20,000
| 14 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.13 (97)
|
| 19.10 (124)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 29,000
| 16 June 1941

Round 8

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 6,000
| 21 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 6.8 (44)
|
| 12.12 (84)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 2,000
| 21 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.12 (60)
|
| 7.10 (52)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 6,000
| 21 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.17 (77)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| Princes Park
| 4,000
| 21 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 8.16 (64)
|
| 6.6 (42)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 5,000
| 21 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.18 (78)
|
| 13.15 (93)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 5,000
| 21 June 1941

Round 9

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 15,000
| 28 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 21.19 (145)
|
| 10.20 (80)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 7,000
| 28 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.12 (120)
|
| 11.13 (79)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 10,000
| 28 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.14 (116)
|
| 20.9 (129)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 5,000
| 28 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 16.10 (106)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 16,000
| 28 June 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.14 (86)
|
| 15.11 (101)
| Western Oval
| 21,000
| 28 June 1941

Round 10

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 7,500
| 5 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.25 (97)
|
| 13.11 (89)
| Princes Park
| 7,000
| 5 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.20 (98)
|
| 6.14 (50)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 3,000
| 5 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.4 (76)
|
| 12.6 (78)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,000
| 5 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.17 (113)
|
| 9.11 (65)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 17,000
| 5 July 1941

Round 11

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 21,000
| 12 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.12 (90)
|
| 9.15 (69)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 4,000
| 12 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.15 (123)
|
| 18.16 (124)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000
| 12 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 9.11 (65)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 15,000
| 12 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.16 (58)
|
| 14.12 (96)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 7,500
| 12 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.13 (109)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 14,000
| 12 July 1941

Round 12

Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000
| 19 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.12 (96)
|
| 8.6 (54)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 10,000
| 19 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.14 (80)
|
| 15.12 (102)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000
| 19 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.14 (74)
|
| 13.14 (92)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 15,000
| 19 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 18.14 (122)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 14,000
| 19 July 1941

Round 13

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 23,000
| 26 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 22.20 (152)
|
| 12.13 (85)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 4,000
| 26 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.11 (83)
|
| 11.18 (84)
| Princes Park
| 27,000
| 26 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 18.14 (122)
|
| 11.15 (81)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 4,000
| 26 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.20 (110)
|
| 9.4 (58)
| Western Oval
| 10,000
| 26 July 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.14 (86)
|
| 17.8 (110)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 10,000
| 26 July 1941

Round 14

Arden Street Oval

| 10,000
| 2 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.17 (113)
|
| 6.13 (49)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 10,000
| 2 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.9 (75)
|
| 8.9 (57)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 9,000
| 2 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.14 (128)
|
| 9.18 (72)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 7,000
| 2 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.13 (55)
|
| 10.21 (81)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 20,000
| 2 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 11.15 (81)
|
| 16.25 (121)
| Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval

| 7,500
| 2 August 1941

Round 15

Brunswick Street Oval

| 8,000
| 9 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 25.19 (169)
|
| 17.15 (117)
| Princes Park
| 10,000
| 9 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.13 (85)
|
| 14.17 (101)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 7,000
| 9 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 14.11 (95)
|
| 12.16 (88)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 26,000
| 9 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 7.10 (52)
|
| 10.21 (81)
| Western Oval
| 16,000
| 9 August 1941

Round 16

Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000
| 16 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 19.17 (131)
|
| 14.9 (93)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 7,000
| 16 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.17 (137)
|
| 11.14 (80)
| Princes Park
| 8,000
| 16 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.10 (70)
|
| 10.9 (69)
| Lake Oval

Lake Oval

| 4,000
| 16 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.14 (104)
|
| 11.22 (88)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 8,000
| 16 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.8 (110)
|
| 11.21 (87)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 31,000
| 16 August 1941

Round 17

Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000
| 23 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.23 (95)
|
| 7.4 (46)
| Windy Hill

Windy Hill, Essendon

Windy Hill is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, a northwestern suburb of the Melbourne metropolitan area....

| 9,000
| 23 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 16.18 (114)
|
| 21.10 (136)
| Junction Oval

Junction Oval

The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...

| 6,000
| 23 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 17.20 (122)
|
| 16.9 (105)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 12,000
| 23 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 13.16 (94)
|
| 16.13 (109)
| Kardinia Park (Stadium)
| 4,500
| 23 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 10.21 (81)
|
| 11.17 (83)
| Victoria Park

Victoria Park, Melbourne

Victoria Park is a sports venue in Abbotsford a suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. Built for the purpose of both Australian rules football and cricket, the stadium is oval shaped....

| 30,000
| 23 August 1941

Round 18

Lake Oval

| 3,000
| 30 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 20.12 (132)
|
| 12.11 (83)
| Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval

Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....

| 9,000
| 30 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 15.16 (106)
|
| 18.14 (122)
| Brunswick Street Oval

Brunswick Street Oval

| 11,000
| 30 August 1941
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
|
| 12.8 (80)
|
| 13.20 (98)
| Arden Street Oval

Arden Street Oval

| 5,000
| 30 August 1941

Grand final

Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

defeated Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

19.13 (127) to 13.20 (98), in front of a crowd of 79,687 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

Awards

The 1941 VFL Premiership team was Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

.
The VFL's leading goalkicker
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was Sel Murray
Sel Murray
Norman Selwyn 'Sel' Murray was an Australian rules footballer. Mainly used as a full forward, he played with the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League from 1937 to 1944 and then for the Richmond Football Club in 1945 and 1946...

of North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

with 88 goals.
The winner of the 1941 Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal
The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

was Norman Ware
Norman Ware
Norman "Norm" Ware was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .A scrupulously fair, clever and unusually pacy ruckman for Footscray, Ware is the only captain-coach to have won the Brownlow Medal...

of Footscray
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

with 23 votes.
Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

took the "wooden spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

" in 1941.

Notable events

Owing to the military takeover of Corio Oval
Corio Oval
Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFL from 1897 to 1941. Located in the Eastern Gardens, the oval was served by trams from 1930 when the line was extended....

, Geelong
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

had to move its home games to Kardinia Park.
As it was in 1916, the VFL community was once again polarized over the question of whether or not the VFL competition should be suspended for the duration of the war.
- The VFL continues its competition uninterrupted, with the only concession being the suspension of the Brownlow Medal
  Brownlow Medal
  The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...
  
  (1942–1945) — Geelong
  Geelong Football Club
  The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
  
  did not play in 1942 and 1943, due to wartime rail and road transport restrictions.
- The Victorian Football Association
  Victorian Football League
  The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
  
  (VFA) abandoned its competition in 1942, 1943, and 1944. The Victorian Amateur Football Association
  Victorian Amateur Football Association
  The Victorian Amateur Football Association is an Australian rules football league in Victoria, Australia consisting purely of amateur players. Unlike the Victorian Football League and the VFL/AFL, the VAFA has always been strictly a purely amateur league and has affiliations with both AFL Victoria...
  
  (VAFA) abandoned its competition after the first round of the 1940 season, and did not resume until 1946. The South Australian National Football League
  South Australian National Football League
  The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....
  
  (SANFL) played a limited competition with four merged teams in 1942, 1943, and 1944. The Western Australian National Football League
  West Australian Football League
  The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...
  
  (WANFL) abandoned its senior competition in 1942, 1943, and 1944, playing an "under age" competition instead. The Tasmanian Australian National Football League
  Tasmanian Football League
  Tasmanian State League is the highest ranked Australian rules football league in Tasmania, Australia.The league has a long and convoluted history which dates back to its founding on 12 June 1879 Tasmanian State League (TSL) (formerly known as the Tasmanian Football League (TFL), Tasmanian...
  
  (TANFL) abandoned its competition in 1942, 1943, and 1944.
In the round 2 match between Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

and Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

11 players are injured. Highly talented Carlton rover Jack Hale
Jack Hale
Jack Hale is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1940s before becoming a coach....

broke his leg so badly in an accidental entanglement with Richmond centreman Bernie Waldron
Bernie Waldron
Bernie Waldron was an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Victorian Football League during the early 1940s....

that he never played again.
The VFL suspended its round 5 matches and conducted its second one-day "lightning" carnival at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

on Saturday 24 May 1941. Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

won the 1941 Victorian Football League Patriotic Match Cup, defeating Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

3.2 (20) to 3.1 (19). The carnival raised £1,526 for the war effort.
On 31 July 1941, Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

rover Ron Barassi, Sr.
Ron Barassi, Sr.
Ronald James Barassi was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the VFL. His grandfather came from Italy and Ron was the father of Hall of Famer Ron Barassi, Jr. who was signed to the club under the Father-Son rule.Originally from Castlemaine, Barassi was a rover and made his...

was killed in action at the Siege of Tobruk
Siege of Tobruk
The siege of Tobruk was a confrontation that lasted 240 days between Axis and Allied forces in North Africa during the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War...

. He was the first VFL player to be killed in the Second World War. On 16 August 1941, a brief, moving memorial tribute to Barassi was conducted (including a bugler playing "The Last Post") at the Melbourne Cricket Club
Melbourne Cricket Club
The Melbourne Cricket Club is a sporting club based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1838 and is regarded as the oldest sporting club in Australia....

by spectators, players, trainers, and officials of Melbourne
Melbourne Football Club
The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

and Collingwood
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

. Melbourne went on to beat Collingwood 17.8 (110) to 11.21 (87).
The Grand Final was played on a hot, overcast day, with a strong, hot north wind.
- In the last minutes of the last quarter of the Second Eighteens Grand Final, which Essendon
  Essendon Football Club
  The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
  
  won, beating Fitzroy
  Fitzroy Football Club
  The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...
  
  12.16 (88) to 9.17 (71), a Fitzroy player felled an Essendon player and fights broke out all over the ground. As the final bell was sounding a vicious brawl broke out in which almost every player was involved, with many players felled. Both teams were reported for "unseemly conduct".
- In a lop-sided senior Grand Final, Melbourne
  Melbourne Football Club
  The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....
  
  , missing at least 12 of its 1941 senior players through either injury or military service, was 47 points ahead at three quarter time, and went on to beat Essendon
  Essendon Football Club
  The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
  
  by 29 points: 19.13 (127) to 13.20 (98). Essendon received 52 free kicks during the match, to Melbourne's 20.

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