1941 VFL Premiership season | |
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Teams | 12 |
Premiers |
Melbourne (5th premiership) |
Minor premiers |
Carlton (10th minor premiership) |
Matches played | 112 |
Highest attendance | 79,687 |
Leading Goalkicker Medallist | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) |
Brownlow Medallist | Norman Ware (Footscray) |
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The 1941 Victorian Football League season was the 45th season of the elite Australian rules football competition.
In 1941, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th 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 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1941 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the Page-McIntyre System.
Melbourne defeated Essendon 19.13 (127) to 13.20 (98), in front of a crowd of 79,687 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).