1946 VFL Season
The complete 1946 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Essendondef. Melbourne
Essendon won the 1946 VFL premiership, defeating Melbourne in the Grand Final. Essendon also finished the home-and-away season on top of the ladder.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent Essendon, Collingwood, Footscray and Melbourne into the finals. Hawthorn finished last with 3 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1980 | 1407 | 140.7 | 60 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1849 | 1477 | 125.2 | 52 |
| 3 | Footscray | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1917 | 1628 | 117.8 | 52 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1700 | 1622 | 104.8 | 52 |
| 5 | Richmond | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1921 | 1659 | 115.8 | 44 |
| 6 | Carlton | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1724 | 1688 | 102.1 | 44 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1627 | 1528 | 106.5 | 40 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1589 | 1339 | 118.7 | 36 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1536 | 1685 | 91.2 | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1505 | 2124 | 70.9 | 16 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1332 | 1902 | 70.0 | 16 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1487 | 2108 | 70.5 | 12 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
119 matches