1941 VFL Lightning Premiership

1941 AFL Lightning Premiership
Teams 12
Winners Collingwood (1st title)
Matches played   11

The 1941 VFL Lightning Premiership was an Australian Football League knockout competition played entirely on Saturday 24, May. It was played during a weeks break of the Victorian Football Leagues's 1941 VFL season between rounds 4 and 5 with all games being played at the MCG. The competition was also played on the same day as an interstate match between New South Wales and Victoria in Sydney. This was the second time a lightning premiership had been contested in the VFL. It was contested by the 12 VFL teams who competed in the 1941 VFL season. A crowd of 19,572 attended the competition. Collingwood won the competition by 1 point, defeating Melbourne in the final.

Contents

Matches

Round 1

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Date
Fitzroy 4.0 (24) Hawthorn 3.1 (19) MCG Saturday, 24 May
North Melbourne 1.2 (8) St. Kilda 3.5 (23) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Essendon 3.4 (22) South Melbourne 1.3 (9) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Carlton 2.1 (13) Melbourne 2.6 (18) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Collingwood 4.1 (25) Richmond 1.1 (7) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Footscray 2.2 (14) Geelong 2.4 (16) MCG Saturday, 24 May

Quarter finals

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Date
Essendon 3.2 (20) Melbourne 4.3 (27) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Collingwood 2.7 (19) Geelong 0.0 (0) MCG Saturday, 24 May
Bye: Fitzroy, St. Kilda

Semi finals

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Date
Fitzroy 2.2 (14) Melbourne 2.5 (17) MCG Saturday, 24 May
St. Kilda 2.0 (12) Collingwood 3.2 (20) MCG Saturday, 24 May

Grand final

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Date
Melbourne 3.1 (19) Collingwood 3.2 (20) MCG Saturday, 24 May

See also