1944 VFL Season
The complete 1944 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Fitzroydef. Richmond
Fitzroy won the 1944 VFL premiership, defeating Richmond in the Grand Final. Richmond had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent Richmond, Fitzroy, Essendon and Footscray into the finals. Geelong finished last with 1 win. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1886 | 1438 | 131.2 | 54 |
| 2 | Fitzroy | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1678 | 1280 | 131.1 | 54 |
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1887 | 1408 | 134.0 | 52 |
| 4 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1529 | 1430 | 106.9 | 50 |
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1656 | 1259 | 131.5 | 48 |
| 6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1619 | 1614 | 100.3 | 40 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1358 | 1402 | 96.9 | 36 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1521 | 1481 | 102.7 | 28 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1358 | 1502 | 90.4 | 28 |
| 10 | Collingwood | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1452 | 1629 | 89.1 | 28 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1268 | 1914 | 66.2 | 10 |
| 12 | Geelong | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1210 | 2065 | 58.6 | 4 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
112 matches