Round 16, 1943
Melbourne vs Collingwood
Saturday 28 August
Venue: Punt Road
Attendance: 5,000
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | |
| Melbourne | 6.4 | 7.9 | 11.16 | 16.17.113 |
| Collingwood | 1.4 | 6.11 | 8.13 | 14.17.101 |
Melbourne win by 12 points
Goalkickers: Fred Fanning 7, Bob Herbert 3, Bill Scanlan 2, George Archibald 1, Billy Deans 1, Tom Ferguson 1, Norm Smith 1
Milestones:
First game and First goal
Bill Scanlan
Last Game
Tom Ferguson
Ken Shadbolt
Two teams who had nothing to play for came together in the last round of the regular season, and it was Melbourne who closed their season with a victory.
The Demons won by virtue of a six goal to one blast with use of the wind in the opening term. Collingwood might have taken the lead back at half time, but they were woefully inaccurate and kicked 5.7 in the second term. It wasn't all their poor kicking, the determined defence led by Beames pushed them to have their shots from difficult positions. The lead shrunk at the end of the quarter when the Pies kicked three goals in a row to reduce the gap to four.
Despite Fanning missing a shot at the end of the third quarter, Melbourne extended their lead to 21 at the last chance. Fanning made amends with the first goal of the last quarter, and only a three goal comeback by the visitors when the game was already lost help keep the margin respectable.
Collingwood's loss dropped them into last place amongst teams who had played the full season, but the wooden spoon had already been won by St Kilda who were excluded from the second part of the season after being last after Round 11.
Best were D. Cordner, Beames and Fanning. Shadbolt was unused 19th man.
Seconds
North Melbourne 11.9 d. Melbourne 6.15
Lists
Last game of the season debuts
Notes
Sporting Globe gives the crowd as 4000.
Media
Sporting Globe - 28/08/1943
Football Record 1943 Finals