VFL season
1917
Premiers
COLCollingwood
Grand final: 9.20 (74) d Fitzroy 5.9 (39) · M.C.G.
- Minor premiers
- Collingwood
- Wooden spoon
- Richmond
Ladder
After the home-and-away seasonTop four: the finals% = points for ÷ points against × 100
Finals week 1
FITFitzroy6.17 53CARCarlton6.8 441 Sept 1917 · M.C.G.
Semi-final
COLCollingwood13.17 95SYDSouth Melbourne3.17 358 Sept 1917 · M.C.G.
Preliminary final
FITFitzroy8.10 58COLCollingwood7.10 5215 Sept 1917 · M.C.G.
Grand Final
COLCollingwood9.20 74FITFitzroy5.9 3922 Sept 1917 · M.C.G.
- Games
- 49
- 6 clubs
- Average score
- 56.8
- points per club per game
- Highest score
- 14.17 (101)
- Collingwood v Fitzroy
- Biggest win
- 60 points
- Collingwood v South Melbourne
- Lowest score
- 2.9 (21)
- South Melbourne v Collingwood
Results by round
Home and awayRound 13 games
FITFitzroy6.9 45CARCarlton6.9 4512 May 1917 · Brunswick St · Draw
COLCollingwood11.11 77RICRichmond4.4 2812 May 1917 · Victoria Park
SYDSouth Melbourne9.18 72GEEGeelong Cats4.14 3812 May 1917 · Lake Oval
Round 23 games
CARCarlton13.7 85COLCollingwood8.6 5419 May 1917 · Princes Park
GEEGeelong Cats6.10 46FITFitzroy8.16 6419 May 1917 · Corio Oval
RICRichmond6.16 52SYDSouth Melbourne8.16 6419 May 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 33 games
SYDSouth Melbourne5.16 46CARCarlton3.13 3126 May 1917 · Lake Oval
FITFitzroy8.14 62COLCollingwood11.12 7826 May 1917 · Brunswick St
RICRichmond14.6 90GEEGeelong Cats6.16 5226 May 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 43 games
COLCollingwood8.18 66SYDSouth Melbourne6.9 452 June 1917 · Victoria Park
CARCarlton5.12 42GEEGeelong Cats6.7 434 June 1917 · Princes Park
FITFitzroy6.13 49RICRichmond5.8 384 June 1917 · Brunswick St
Round 53 games
CARCarlton14.13 97RICRichmond7.11 539 June 1917 · Princes Park
GEEGeelong Cats6.7 43COLCollingwood8.9 579 June 1917 · Corio Oval
SYDSouth Melbourne5.20 50FITFitzroy8.7 559 June 1917 · Lake Oval
Round 63 games
CARCarlton4.17 41FITFitzroy8.9 5716 June 1917 · Princes Park
RICRichmond7.8 50COLCollingwood6.14 5016 June 1917 · Punt Rd · Draw
GEEGeelong Cats6.14 50SYDSouth Melbourne6.11 4716 June 1917 · Corio Oval
Round 73 games
COLCollingwood13.14 92CARCarlton8.7 5523 June 1917 · Victoria Park
FITFitzroy8.4 52GEEGeelong Cats9.11 6523 June 1917 · Brunswick St
SYDSouth Melbourne9.17 71RICRichmond6.3 3923 June 1917 · Lake Oval
Round 83 games
CARCarlton9.11 65SYDSouth Melbourne7.12 5430 June 1917 · Princes Park
COLCollingwood11.11 77FITFitzroy10.14 7430 June 1917 · Victoria Park
GEEGeelong Cats11.15 81RICRichmond5.4 3430 June 1917 · Corio Oval
Round 93 games
GEEGeelong Cats3.11 29CARCarlton4.10 347 July 1917 · Corio Oval
SYDSouth Melbourne13.12 90COLCollingwood10.13 737 July 1917 · Lake Oval
RICRichmond13.9 87FITFitzroy5.8 387 July 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 103 games
RICRichmond6.10 46CARCarlton7.9 5114 July 1917 · Punt Rd
COLCollingwood10.19 79GEEGeelong Cats2.11 2314 July 1917 · Victoria Park
FITFitzroy9.10 64SYDSouth Melbourne8.9 5714 July 1917 · Brunswick St
Round 113 games
FITFitzroy5.15 45CARCarlton8.11 5921 July 1917 · Brunswick St
COLCollingwood11.19 85RICRichmond7.7 4921 July 1917 · Victoria Park
SYDSouth Melbourne14.14 98GEEGeelong Cats6.13 4921 July 1917 · Lake Oval
Round 123 games
CARCarlton4.13 37COLCollingwood3.8 2628 July 1917 · Princes Park
GEEGeelong Cats10.3 63FITFitzroy12.10 8228 July 1917 · Corio Oval
RICRichmond5.11 41SYDSouth Melbourne7.14 5628 July 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 133 games
SYDSouth Melbourne8.7 55CARCarlton6.14 5011 Aug 1917 · Lake Oval
FITFitzroy7.3 45COLCollingwood14.17 10111 Aug 1917 · Brunswick St
RICRichmond5.12 42GEEGeelong Cats7.8 5011 Aug 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 143 games
GEEGeelong Cats5.8 38CARCarlton10.11 7118 Aug 1917 · Corio Oval
COLCollingwood6.16 52SYDSouth Melbourne2.9 2118 Aug 1917 · Victoria Park
RICRichmond10.11 71FITFitzroy7.11 5318 Aug 1917 · Punt Rd
Round 153 games
CARCarlton12.8 80RICRichmond4.17 4125 Aug 1917 · Princes Park
GEEGeelong Cats8.17 65COLCollingwood9.9 6325 Aug 1917 · Corio Oval
SYDSouth Melbourne12.13 85FITFitzroy7.5 4725 Aug 1917 · Lake Oval
1917 season FAQ
+Who won the 1917 VFL premiership?
Collingwood won the 1917 premiership, beating Fitzroy in the grand final, 9.20 (74) to 5.9 (39) at M.C.G..
+Who finished top of the ladder in 1917?
Collingwood were minor premiers with 10 wins and 1 draw from 15 games.
+Who got the wooden spoon in 1917?
Richmond finished last with 3 wins and 1 draw.
Results before 2001 come from Squiggle (squiggle.com.au); match files with player stats start in 2001.