| 1938 VFL Premiership Season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 12 |
| Premiers | Carlton (6th premiership) |
| Minor Premiers | Carlton (9th minor premiership) |
| Leading Goalkicker | Ron Todd (Collingwood) |
| Brownlow Medalist | Dick Reynolds (Essendon) |
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1938.
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In 1938, 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 1938 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 17.13 (115) | Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | Corio Oval | 16,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| Essendon | 17.17 (119) | St Kilda | 12.13 (85) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| Richmond | 19.26 (140) | North Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | Footscray | 9.14 (68) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Collingwood | 14.21 (105) | Brunswick Street Oval | 22,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| Hawthorn | 11.10 (76) | Carlton | 14.8 (92) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 23 April 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | South Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 30 April 1938 |
| Collingwood | 18.19 (127) | Essendon | 9.20 (74) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 30 April 1938 |
| Carlton | 12.23 (95) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Princes Park | 32,000 | 30 April 1938 |
| Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Hawthorn | 16.15 (111) | MCG | 11,327 | 30 April 1938 |
| St Kilda | 13.16 (94) | Geelong | 8.17 (65) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 30 April 1938 |
| Footscray | 13.17 (95) | Fitzroy | 10.5 (65) | Western Oval | 15,000 | 30 April 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 20.16 (136) | North Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 7 May 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,000 | 7 May 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | St Kilda | 11.17 (83) | Lake Oval | 18,000 | 7 May 1938 |
| Hawthorn | 8.14 (62) | Footscray | 9.16 (70) | Glenferrie Oval | 14,500 | 7 May 1938 |
| Richmond | 15.12 (102) | Collingwood | 11.26 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 30,000 | 7 May 1938 |
| Essendon | 14.17 (101) | Carlton | 15.12 (102) | Windy Hill | 17,000 | 7 May 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 23.15 (153) | South Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 14,569 | 14 May 1938 |
| Footscray | 8.17 (65) | Geelong | 10.12 (72) | Western Oval | 16,000 | 14 May 1938 |
| Collingwood | 21.15 (141) | Hawthorn | 14.16 (100) | Victoria Park | 14,000 | 14 May 1938 |
| Carlton | 17.19 (121) | Fitzroy | 10.10 (70) | Princes Park | 16,000 | 14 May 1938 |
| St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | Junction Oval | 25,000 | 14 May 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | Essendon | 19.11 (125) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 14 May 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 13.9 (87) | Richmond | 12.12 (84) | Glenferrie Oval | 18,000 | 21 May 1938 |
| Essendon | 15.15 (105) | South Melbourne | 11.19 (85) | Windy Hill | 14,000 | 21 May 1938 |
| St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | North Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Junction Oval | 14,000 | 21 May 1938 |
| Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | Footscray | 10.16 (76) | MCG | 14,979 | 21 May 1938 |
| Geelong | 21.21 (147) | Fitzroy | 11.9 (75) | Corio Oval | 10,000 | 21 May 1938 |
| Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | Carlton | 19.16 (130) | Victoria Park | 38,000 | 21 May 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 17.19 (121) | St Kilda | 7.13 (55) | Western Oval | 21,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| Carlton | 14.18 (102) | Melbourne | 16.11 (107) | Princes Park | 20,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 13.16 (94) | Hawthorn | 18.12 (120) | Lake Oval | 11,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| Richmond | 18.9 (117) | Geelong | 12.16 (88) | Punt Road Oval | 22,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 14.9 (93) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | Brunswick Street Oval | 13,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 10.7 (67) | Collingwood | 23.11 (149) | Arden Street Oval | 12,000 | 28 May 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 19.32 (146) | South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 8,000 | 4 June 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 12.15 (87) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 4 June 1938 |
| Essendon | 16.20 (116) | Hawthorn | 16.7 (103) | Windy Hill | 12,000 | 4 June 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | Footscray | 9.16 (70) | Arden Street Oval | 15,000 | 4 June 1938 |
| Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | MCG | 30,877 | 4 June 1938 |
| St Kilda | 6.15 (51) | Carlton | 12.18 (90) | Junction Oval | 24,000 | 4 June 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 18.14 (122) | North Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | MCG | 12,808 | 11 June 1938 |
| Essendon | 12.12 (84) | Geelong | 14.23 (107) | Windy Hill | 19,000 | 11 June 1938 |
| Collingwood | 16.23 (119) | St Kilda | 14.9 (93) | Victoria Park | 17,500 | 11 June 1938 |
| Carlton | 15.20 (110) | Footscray | 12.11 (83) | Princes Park | 43,000 | 13 June 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | Richmond | 20.15 (135) | Lake Oval | 19,000 | 13 June 1938 |
| Hawthorn | 7.11 (53) | Fitzroy | 12.22 (94) | Glenferrie Oval | 16,000 | 13 June 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 11.23 (89) | Hawthorn | 6.13 (49) | Corio Oval | 7,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 16.12 (108) | South Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| St Kilda | 14.12 (96) | Melbourne | 16.16 (112) | Junction Oval | 14,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| Richmond | 15.14 (104) | Essendon | 15.9 (99) | Punt Road Oval | 20,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| Footscray | 13.9 (87) | Collingwood | 10.5 (65) | Western Oval | 18,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 11.5 (71) | Carlton | 16.25 (121) | Arden Street Oval | 13,000 | 18 June 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 8.12 (60) | St Kilda | 9.10 (64) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 12.16 (88) | North Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| Essendon | 14.16 (100) | Footscray | 17.9 (111) | Windy Hill | 18,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| Richmond | 12.17 (89) | Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | Punt Road Oval | 23,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Collingwood | 13.17 (95) | Corio Oval | 13,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | Carlton | 16.13 (109) | Lake Oval | 14,000 | 25 June 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 13.20 (98) | Richmond | 7.4 (46) | Western Oval | 20,000 | 2 July 1938 |
| Collingwood | 12.17 (89) | South Melbourne | 12.5 (77) | Victoria Park | 10,000 | 2 July 1938 |
| Carlton | 12.16 (88) | Geelong | 12.10 (82) | Princes Park | 19,500 | 2 July 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Hawthorn | 12.6 (78) | Arden Street Oval | 4,000 | 2 July 1938 |
| St Kilda | 11.8 (74) | Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 2 July 1938 |
| Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | Essendon | 13.7 (85) | MCG | 12,054 | 2 July 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | Essendon | 22.17 (149) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 13 June 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 14.3 (87) | Richmond | 12.11 (83) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 9 July 1938 |
| Footscray | 19.19 (133) | South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Western Oval | 16,000 | 9 July 1938 |
| Collingwood | 10.19 (79) | Fitzroy | 10.13 (73) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 9 July 1938 |
| Carlton | 12.12 (84) | Hawthorn | 8.15 (63) | Princes Park | 14,000 | 9 July 1938 |
| Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Geelong | 13.14 (92) | MCG | 20,185 | 9 July 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 10.9 (69) | Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| Geelong | 14.20 (104) | St Kilda | 15.13 (103) | Corio Oval | 7,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 13.8 (86) | Footscray | 18.21 (129) | Brunswick Street Oval | 16,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | North Melbourne | 13.18 (96) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| Essendon | 17.17 (119) | Collingwood | 17.16 (118) | Windy Hill | 13,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| Richmond | 20.12 (132) | Carlton | 12.19 (91) | Punt Road Oval | 28,000 | 23 July 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| St Kilda | 10.12 (72) | South Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 30 July 1938 |
| Footscray | 17.14 (116) | Hawthorn | 4.7 (31) | Western Oval | 11,000 | 30 July 1938 |
| Collingwood | 9.9 (63) | Richmond | 11.10 (76) | Victoria Park | 22,000 | 30 July 1938 |
| Carlton | 11.16 (82) | Essendon | 10.16 (76) | Princes Park | 18,000 | 30 July 1938 |
| North Melbourne | 7.9 (51) | Geelong | 15.16 (106) | Arden Street Oval | 8,000 | 30 July 1938 |
| Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Fitzroy | 14.9 (93) | MCG | 9,060 | 30 July 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 7.11 (53) | St Kilda | 7.14 (56) | Punt Road Oval | 15,000 | 6 August 1938 |
| Essendon | 13.9 (87) | North Melbourne | 16.8 (104) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 6 August 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 9.16 (70) | Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 6 August 1938 |
| Geelong | 13.15 (93) | Footscray | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 18,500 | 6 August 1938 |
| Hawthorn | 12.11 (83) | Collingwood | 18.15 (123) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 6 August 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 11.10 (76) | Carlton | 19.12 (126) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17,000 | 6 August 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | St Kilda | 7.15 (57) | Arden Street Oval | 9,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| Footscray | 19.17 (131) | Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Western Oval | 19,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| Fitzroy | 13.12 (90) | Geelong | 19.12 (126) | Brunswick Street Oval | 8,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| Carlton | 14.17 (101) | Collingwood | 19.7 (121) | Princes Park | 37,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| Richmond | 19.18 (132) | Hawthorn | 12.11 (83) | Punt Road Oval | 9,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Essendon | 12.14 (86) | Lake Oval | 8,000 | 13 August 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 17.15 (117) | South Melbourne | 9.20 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,000 | 20 August 1938 |
| Geelong | 20.17 (137) | Richmond | 12.12 (84) | Corio Oval | 19,500 | 20 August 1938 |
| Essendon | 15.17 (107) | Fitzroy | 15.6 (96) | Windy Hill | 9,000 | 20 August 1938 |
| Collingwood | 22.18 (150) | North Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Victoria Park | 14,000 | 20 August 1938 |
| St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | Footscray | 12.9 (81) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 20 August 1938 |
| Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | Carlton | 11.13 (79) | MCG | 25,241 | 20 August 1938 |
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 18.11 (119) | North Melbourne | 11.18 (84) | Western Oval | 13,000 | 27 August 1938 |
| Collingwood | 12.19 (91) | Melbourne | 11.16 (82) | Victoria Park | 30,000 | 27 August 1938 |
| Carlton | 15.14 (104) | St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Princes Park | 16,000 | 27 August 1938 |
| South Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | Geelong | 15.12 (102) | Lake Oval | 6,000 | 27 August 1938 |
| Richmond | 13.15 (93) | Fitzroy | 15.18 (108) | Punt Road Oval | 7,000 | 27 August 1938 |
| Hawthorn | 9.15 (69) | Essendon | 12.18 (90) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,500 | 27 August 1938 |
Carlton defeated Collingwood 15.10 (100) to 13.7 (85), in front of a crowd of 96,834 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1827 | 1574 | 116.1 | 56 |
| 2 | Geelong | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1897 | 1468 | 129.2 | 52 |
| 3 | Footscray | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1723 | 1386 | 124.3 | 52 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1942 | 1652 | 117.6 | 48 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1776 | 1676 | 106.0 | 44 |
| 6 | Richmond | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1747 | 1563 | 111.8 | 40 |
| 7 | Essendon | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1801 | 1760 | 102.3 | 36 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1474 | 1606 | 91.8 | 36 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1384 | 1852 | 74.7 | 24 |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1543 | 1742 | 88.6 | 20 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1414 | 1717 | 82.4 | 16 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1353 | 1885 | 71.8 | 8 |
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