Grand final of the 1938 Victorian Football League season
1938 VFL Grand Final
Carlton
Collingwood
15.10 (100)
13.7 (85)
1
2
3
4
CARL
3.2 (20)
7.6 (48)
11.9 (75)
15.10 (100)
COLL
3.1 (19)
4.4 (28)
8.5 (53)
13.7 (85)
Date
24 September 1938
Stadium
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance
96,486
← 1937
VFL Grand Final
1939 →
The 1938 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1938. It was the 40th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1938 VFL season. The match was won by Carlton by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's sixth premiership victory and first since winning the 1915 VFL Grand Final.
This Grand Final was attended by 96,486 spectators, setting a new record as the largest crowd to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history, and breaking the previous year's record by eight thousand. The ground was not large enough to accommodate the crowd comfortably – the Health Department had previously advised 84,000 as a maximum capacity – and the fence in front of the scoreboard collapsed under the strain before the game, resulting in some spectators watching the game from between the fence and the boundary line.[1] The record crowd stood for 18 years and remained the record for the MCG under its configuration at the time; the record was broken by the attendance at the 1956 VFL Grand Final after the construction of the Olympic Stand that year.
^"96,834 at football – new records". The Argus. Melbourne, VIC. 26 September 1938. p. 22.
and 29 Related for: 1938 VFL grand final information
The 1938VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1983 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1989 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Geelong Football Club, held at the...
The 1975 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club, held...
The 1966 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the...
premiership decider in VFLGrandFinal history, breaking the record of 96,486 spectators who witnessed the 1938VFLGrandFinal. The capacity of the ground...
The 1985 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1980 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the...
The 1986 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Carlton Football Club. The game was...
The 1988 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and the Melbourne Football Club, held at the...
The 1968 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1978 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne...
The 1974 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club, held at...
The 1984 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1936 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club at the...
The 1987 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1971 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1982 VFLgrandfinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1969 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne...
The 1939 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the...
The 1976 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club at the Melbourne...
time, after it defeated Collingwood by 15 points in the 1938VFLGrandFinal. In 1938, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field...
The 1944 VFLGrandFinal was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction...
The 1948 VFLgrandfinal and grandfinal replay were a pair of Australian rules football games contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Essendon...
Global Information
