1950 VFL thirds season
Date22 April – September
Teams12
PremiersEssendon
1st premiership
Minor premiersEssendon
2nd minor premiership

The 1950 VFL thirds season was the 5th season of the VFL thirds, the Australian rules football competition operating as the junior competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Essendon won their first thirds premiership, defeating reigning premiers Carlton by 1 point.[1]

Following the demise of TAA after four rounds in the previous season, Richmond chose to enter a second team into the competition − known as Richmond Juniors. It lasted for one season, and was replaced by Collingwood in 1951.[2]

Ladder

A round 8 game between Richmond Juniors and Melbourne, scheduled to be held on 10 June, was postponed (and later cancelled) due to the condition of the respective grounds. Both teams were awarded two points each.[2]

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Essendon (P) 15 15 0 0 1079 462 233.5 60
2 Carlton 15 12 3 0 1191 463 257.2 48
3 South Melbourne 15 12 3 0 1051 554 189.7 48
4 North Melbourne 15 9 5 1 754 658 114.6 38
5 Richmond 15 9 6 0 751 668 112.4 36
6 Footscray 15 9 6 0 723 694 104.2 36
7 Melbourne 14 6 7 1 598 793 75.4 28
8 Geelong 15 5 10 0 693 795 87.2 20
9 Hawthorn 15 4 11 0 529 890 59.4 16
10 Fitzroy 15 3 11 1 576 956 60.3 14
11 Richmond Juniors 14 2 12 0 458 1032 44.4 10
12 St Kilda 15 1 13 1 465 903 51.5 6
Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Finals series

Grand final

Five minutes before the end of the match, scores were level. It was not until the last minute that Essendon, with a behind that almost missed, won the game.[1]

Grand final
Saturday, 6 September Essendon 6.5 (41) def. Carlton 5.10 (40) [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "1950 U19s". Blueseum.
  2. 1 2 Rhett Barlett; Trevor Ruddell. "1950 Richmond Thirds". Tigerland Archive.
  3. ↑ "1950 Thirds Season". Demonwiki.
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