The 1975 Victorian Football League season was the 79th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
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12 |
North Melbourne (1st premiership) |
Hawthorn (4th minor premiership) |
138 |
3,206,016 (23,232 per match) |
77,770 (regular season) 110,551 (finals) |
Leigh Matthews (Hawthorn) |
Gary Dempsey (Footscray) |
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In 1975, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th 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 22 rounds; matches 12 to 22 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 11 (except that rounds 14 and 15 were the reverse of 4 and 3 respectively).
Once the 22 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1975 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "McIntyre Final Five system".
Round 1
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 15.15 (105) | North Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | Princes Park | 14,417 | 5 April 1975 |
Fitzroy | 14.14 (98) | Richmond | 15.13 (103) | Junction Oval | 14,442 | 5 April 1975 |
Essendon | 21.10 (136) | St Kilda | 9.13 (67) | Windy Hill | 19,165 | 5 April 1975 |
Collingwood | 12.19 (91) | South Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Victoria Park | 19,000 | 5 April 1975 |
Melbourne | 17.9 (111) | Footscray | 15.10 (100) | MCG | 23,422 | 5 April 1975 |
Geelong | 8.14 (62) | Carlton | 13.16 (94) | Kardinia Park | 22,573 | 5 April 1975 |
Round 2
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Carlton | 27.10 (172) | Collingwood | 10.19 (79) | Princes Park | 38,000 | 12 April 1975 |
North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Melbourne | 16.9 (105) | Arden Street Oval | 14,235 | 12 April 1975 |
St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | Hawthorn | 17.19 (121) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,465 | 12 April 1975 |
Richmond | 15.22 (112) | Geelong | 10.12 (72) | MCG | 33,600 | 12 April 1975 |
Footscray | 17.14 (116) | Fitzroy | 11.17 (83) | Western Oval | 17,700 | 12 April 1975 |
South Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | Essendon | 19.17 (131) | Lake Oval | 17,466 | 12 April 1975 |
Round 3
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
St Kilda | 11.21 (87) | South Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,736 | 19 April 1975 |
Essendon | 16.21 (117) | Melbourne | 15.10 (100) | Windy Hill | 22,824 | 19 April 1975 |
Carlton | 14.18 (102) | North Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Princes Park | 23,824 | 19 April 1975 |
Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Footscray | 14.14 (98) | Kardinia Park | 17,158 | 19 April 1975 |
Fitzroy | 12.13 (85) | Collingwood | 12.15 (87) | Junction Oval | 17,626 | 19 April 1975 |
Hawthorn | 17.14 (116) | Richmond | 12.15 (87) | VFL Park | 39,496 | 19 April 1975 |
Round 4
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | St Kilda | 18.25 (133) | MCG | 35,328 | 25 April 1975 |
Essendon | 16.8 (104) | Carlton | 12.15 (87) | VFL Park | 77,770 | 25 April 1975 |
Footscray | 16.13 (109) | Richmond | 4.19 (43) | Western Oval | 25,388 | 26 April 1975 |
Collingwood | 17.10 (112) | Geelong | 14.15 (99) | Victoria Park | 24,296 | 26 April 1975 |
South Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | Hawthorn | 13.21 (99) | Lake Oval | 12,666 | 26 April 1975 |
North Melbourne | 11.19 (85) | Fitzroy | 17.13 (115) | Arden Street Oval | 12,707 | 26 April 1975 |
Round 5
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 19.23 (137) | South Melbourne | 12.14 (86) | MCG | 25,296 | 3 May 1975 |
Hawthorn | 19.22 (136) | Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | Princes Park | 10,622 | 3 May 1975 |
Geelong | 11.5 (71) | North Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | Kardinia Park | 17,042 | 3 May 1975 |
Fitzroy | 19.11 (125) | Essendon | 16.17 (113) | Junction Oval | 20,350 | 3 May 1975 |
St Kilda | 7.16 (58) | Carlton | 12.19 (91) | Moorabbin Oval | 24,275 | 3 May 1975 |
Footscray | 12.9 (81) | Collingwood | 9.16 (70) | VFL Park | 36,638 | 3 May 1975 |
Round 6
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 22.23 (155) | South Melbourne | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 15,503 | 10 May 1975 |
Essendon | 12.21 (93) | Geelong | 15.14 (104) | Windy Hill | 17,225 | 10 May 1975 |
Collingwood | 14.12 (96) | Richmond | 22.14 (146) | Victoria Park | 27,729 | 10 May 1975 |
Carlton | 16.15 (111) | Hawthorn | 12.13 (85) | Princes Park | 27,907 | 10 May 1975 |
North Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | Footscray | 9.12 (66) | Arden Street Oval | 18,875 | 10 May 1975 |
St Kilda | 11.16 (82) | Fitzroy | 9.20 (74) | VFL Park | 18,229 | 10 May 1975 |
Round 7
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 13.10 (88) | St Kilda | 11.14 (80) | Kardinia Park | 13,733 | 17 May 1975 |
Richmond | 19.18 (132) | Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | MCG | 29,131 | 17 May 1975 |
Hawthorn | 19.16 (130) | Fitzroy | 13.12 (90) | Princes Park | 10,389 | 17 May 1975 |
Footscray | 8.12 (60) | Essendon | 14.17 (101) | Western Oval | 26,204 | 17 May 1975 |
South Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | Carlton | 19.14 (128) | Lake Oval | 14,142 | 17 May 1975 |
Collingwood | 12.18 (90) | North Melbourne | 12.9 (81) | VFL Park | 29,354 | 17 May 1975 |
Round 8
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 11.8 (74) | Richmond | 9.12 (66) | Arden Street Oval | 20,257 | 24 May 1975 |
Fitzroy | 13.13 (91) | South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Junction Oval | 12,010 | 24 May 1975 |
Carlton | 16.14 (110) | Melbourne | 11.15 (81) | Princes Park | 18,788 | 24 May 1975 |
St Kilda | 7.23 (65) | Footscray | 7.12 (54) | Moorabbin Oval | 16,838 | 24 May 1975 |
Essendon | 7.13 (55) | Collingwood | 12.9 (81) | Windy Hill | 31,986 | 24 May 1975 |
Hawthorn | 17.11 (113) | Geelong | 5.10 (40) | VFL Park | 23,466 | 24 May 1975 |
Round 9
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 8.10 (58) | Hawthorn | 20.14 (134) | Western Oval | 15,933 | 31 May 1975 |
Collingwood | 15.8 (98) | St Kilda | 13.11 (89) | Victoria Park | 22,695 | 31 May 1975 |
Carlton | 16.19 (115) | Richmond | 9.13 (67) | Princes Park | 32,576 | 31 May 1975 |
South Melbourne | 11.26 (92) | Geelong | 7.13 (55) | Lake Oval | 9,880 | 31 May 1975 |
Melbourne | 18.15 (123) | Fitzroy | 17.10 (112) | MCG | 16,244 | 31 May 1975 |
Essendon | 15.8 (98) | North Melbourne | 11.17 (83) | VFL Park | 28,936 | 31 May 1975 |
Round 10
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 14.20 (104) | Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | Kardinia Park | 13,328 | 7 June 1975 |
St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | North Melbourne | 17.19 (121) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,811 | 7 June 1975 |
Richmond | 19.14 (128) | Essendon | 12.9 (81) | MCG | 49,469 | 7 June 1975 |
Hawthorn | 19.24 (138) | Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | Princes Park | 23,830 | 7 June 1975 |
Fitzroy | 15.7 (97) | Carlton | 16.10 (106) | Junction Oval | 16,249 | 7 June 1975 |
Footscray | 13.11 (89) | South Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | VFL Park | 14,056 | 7 June 1975 |
Round 11
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 13.12 (90) | Hawthorn | 21.20 (146) | Windy Hill | 23,244 | 16 June 1975 |
Carlton | 19.13 (127) | Footscray | 17.13 (115) | Princes Park | 25,147 | 16 June 1975 |
South Melbourne | 12.16 (88) | North Melbourne | 16.12 (108) | Lake Oval | 16,037 | 16 June 1975 |
Geelong | 13.19 (97) | Fitzroy | 14.11 (95) | Kardinia Park | 19,030 | 16 June 1975 |
Melbourne | 14.11 (95) | Collingwood | 9.19 (73) | MCG | 42,803 | 16 June 1975 |
St Kilda | 14.18 (102) | Richmond | 13.12 (90) | VFL Park | 33,653 | 16 June 1975 |
Round 12
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 20.11 (131) | Melbourne | 14.8 (92) | Western Oval | 14,204 | 21 June 1975 |
Carlton | 23.19 (157) | Geelong | 12.14 (86) | Princes Park | 16,983 | 21 June 1975 |
North Melbourne | 13.17 (95) | Hawthorn | 18.12 (120) | Arden Street Oval | 15,478 | 21 June 1975 |
Richmond | 13.18 (96) | Fitzroy | 13.20 (98) | MCG | 21,049 | 21 June 1975 |
St Kilda | 21.15 (141) | Essendon | 11.7 (73) | Moorabbin Oval | 18,987 | 21 June 1975 |
Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | South Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | VFL Park | 21,154 | 21 June 1975 |
Round 13
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 11.19 (85) | St Kilda | 7.19 (61) | Princes Park | 15,464 | 28 June 1975 |
Geelong | 8.13 (61) | Richmond | 13.14 (92) | Kardinia Park | 14,747 | 28 June 1975 |
Fitzroy | 11.10 (76) | Footscray | 12.17 (89) | Junction Oval | 11,832 | 28 June 1975 |
Essendon | 19.18 (132) | South Melbourne | 17.12 (114) | Windy Hill | 6,916 | 28 June 1975 |
Collingwood | 9.12 (66) | Carlton | 12.10 (82) | Victoria Park | 28,234 | 28 June 1975 |
North Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | VFL Park | 12,631 | 28 June 1975 |
Round 14
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 14.12 (96) | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Junction Oval | 10,034 | 5 July 1975 |
St Kilda | 15.11 (101) | Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | Moorabbin Oval | 14,584 | 5 July 1975 |
Richmond | 17.18 (120) | Footscray | 12.10 (82) | MCG | 29,501 | 5 July 1975 |
Geelong | 14.12 (96) | Collingwood | 9.11 (65) | Kardinia Park | 16,579 | 5 July 1975 |
Essendon | 15.5 (95) | Carlton | 27.13 (175) | Windy Hill | 22,632 | 5 July 1975 |
Hawthorn | 9.10 (64) | South Melbourne | 5.9 (39) | VFL Park | 14,008 | 5 July 1975 |
Round 15
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 14.10 (94) | Richmond | 2.20 (32) | Princes Park | 17,115 | 12 July 1975 |
Footscray | 13.15 (93) | Geelong | 7.7 (49) | Western Oval | 12,449 | 12 July 1975 |
Collingwood | 16.19 (115) | Fitzroy | 11.7 (73) | Victoria Park | 17,127 | 12 July 1975 |
South Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | St Kilda | 19.16 (130) | Lake Oval | 11,170 | 12 July 1975 |
Melbourne | 19.20 (134) | Essendon | 16.13 (109) | MCG | 16,040 | 12 July 1975 |
North Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | Carlton | 5.14 (44) | VFL Park | 26,389 | 12 July 1975 |
Round 16
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Collingwood | 16.14 (110) | Footscray | 16.7 (103) | Victoria Park | 21,746 | 19 July 1975 |
Carlton | 11.22 (88) | St Kilda | 8.27 (75) | Princes Park | 21,827 | 19 July 1975 |
South Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Richmond | 26.11 (167) | Lake Oval | 13,411 | 19 July 1975 |
Melbourne | 15.17 (107) | Hawthorn | 17.17 (119) | MCG | 18,829 | 19 July 1975 |
North Melbourne | 14.25 (109) | Geelong | 6.19 (55) | Arden Street Oval | 11,002 | 19 July 1975 |
Fitzroy | 16.19 (115) | Essendon | 11.11 (77) | VFL Park | 13,582 | 19 July 1975 |
Round 17
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 9.14 (68) | North Melbourne | 17.15 (117) | Western Oval | 19,639 | 26 July 1975 |
St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | Fitzroy | 7.14 (56) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,259 | 26 July 1975 |
Geelong | 13.16 (94) | Essendon | 16.13 (109) | Kardinia Park | 14,922 | 26 July 1975 |
Richmond | 16.19 (115) | Collingwood | 10.9 (69) | MCG | 56,846 | 26 July 1975 |
Hawthorn | 15.15 (105) | Carlton | 15.11 (101) | Princes Park | 31,104 | 26 July 1975 |
Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | South Melbourne | 11.9 (75) | VFL Park | 11,427 | 26 July 1975 |
Round 18
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 19.13 (127) | Richmond | 12.18 (90) | MCG | 25,211 | 2 August 1975 |
Fitzroy | 15.23 (113) | Hawthorn | 10.19 (79) | Junction Oval | 9,139 | 2 August 1975 |
Essendon | 11.17 (83) | Footscray | 19.13 (127) | Windy Hill | 15,227 | 2 August 1975 |
Carlton | 19.17 (131) | South Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Princes Park | 14,039 | 2 August 1975 |
North Melbourne | 15.20 (110) | Collingwood | 8.10 (58) | Arden Street Oval | 21,559 | 2 August 1975 |
St Kilda | 11.18 (84) | Geelong | 11.14 (80) | VFL Park | 16,706 | 2 August 1975 |
Round 19
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 5.16 (46) | St Kilda | 16.18 (114) | Western Oval | 18,107 | 9 August 1975 |
Collingwood | 20.18 (138) | Essendon | 15.9 (99) | Victoria Park | 18,664 | 9 August 1975 |
Richmond | 13.18 (96) | North Melbourne | 13.23 (101) | MCG | 39,664 | 9 August 1975 |
Hawthorn | 25.23 (173) | Geelong | 8.7 (55) | Princes Park | 8,123 | 9 August 1975 |
South Melbourne | 13.20 (98) | Fitzroy | 16.19 (115) | Lake Oval | 9,032 | 9 August 1975 |
Melbourne | 11.23 (89) | Carlton | 7.9 (51) | VFL Park | 30,328 | 9 August 1975 |
Round 20
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 12.16 (88) | South Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | Kardinia Park | 10,973 | 16 August 1975 |
Fitzroy | 13.22 (100) | Melbourne | 13.11 (89) | Junction Oval | 13,181 | 16 August 1975 |
Essendon | 15.15 (105) | North Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Windy Hill | 16,545 | 16 August 1975 |
St Kilda | 20.17 (137) | Collingwood | 24.12 (156) | Moorabbin Oval | 28,359 | 16 August 1975 |
Richmond | 13.20 (98) | Carlton | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 49,756 | 16 August 1975 |
Footscray | 14.9 (93) | Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | VFL Park | 15,601 | 16 August 1975 |
Round 21
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | St Kilda | 6.5 (41) | Arden Street Oval | 14,917 | 23 August 1975 |
Collingwood | 7.15 (57) | Hawthorn | 3.9 (27) | Victoria Park | 26,303 | 23 August 1975 |
Carlton | 10.14 (74) | Fitzroy | 11.13 (79) | Princes Park | 14,779 | 23 August 1975 |
Melbourne | 8.16 (64) | Geelong | 10.10 (70) | MCG | 11,022 | 23 August 1975 |
South Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | Footscray | 18.7 (115) | Lake Oval | 8,659 | 23 August 1975 |
Richmond | 20.16 (136) | Essendon | 17.15 (117) | VFL Park | 23,601 | 23 August 1975 |
Round 22
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 17.14 (116) | St Kilda | 8.20 (68) | MCG | 39,275 | 30 August 1975 |
North Melbourne | 15.19 (109) | South Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | Arden Street Oval | 17,031 | 30 August 1975 |
Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | Melbourne | 15.7 (97) | Victoria Park | 26,940 | 30 August 1975 |
Hawthorn | 14.19 (103) | Essendon | 17.8 (110) | Princes Park | 11,945 | 30 August 1975 |
Footscray | 10.15 (75) | Carlton | 18.11 (119) | Western Oval | 21,060 | 30 August 1975 |
Geelong | 18.11 (119) | Fitzroy | 14.9 (93) | VFL Park | 11,075 | 30 August 1975 |
1975 VFL ladder Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2383 | 1735 | 137.3 | 68 | Finals |
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2 | Carlton | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2360 | 1827 | 129.2 | 64 |
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3 | North Melbourne (P) | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2096 | 1821 | 115.1 | 56 |
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4 | Richmond | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2269 | 1999 | 113.5 | 52 |
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5 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1983 | 2112 | 93.9 | 52 |
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6 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1982 | 1954 | 101.4 | 44 | |
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7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1968 | 2076 | 94.8 | 44 |
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8 | Essendon | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2222 | 2451 | 90.7 | 40 |
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9 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2079 | 2142 | 97.1 | 36 |
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10 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2092 | 2234 | 93.6 | 36 |
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11 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1735 | 2218 | 78.2 | 28 |
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12 | South Melbourne | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1798 | 2398 | 75.0 | 8 |
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Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
North Melbourne defeated Hawthorn 19.8 (122) to 9.13 (67), in front of a crowd of 110,551 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
Home team | Score | Away team | Score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 9.13 (67) | North Melbourne | 19.8 (122) | MCG | 110,551 | 27 September 1975 |