14 August

North Melbourne played the employees of Messrs Walker, May and Co. at Princes Bridge, with a second twenty also fielded, in a match recorded in the club's earliest history.

Clubs

North Melbourne beat St Kilda 8.9 to 4.7 in the first League versus Association match, a charity brawl at which a boxing referee in the crowd reportedly wondered if he was at the stadium.

Oddities

Claremont-Cottesloe won its first WAFL match by a single point over South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval, after the home side attacked for ten minutes but scored only 0.3.

Clubs

Melbourne beat Collingwood by 54 points at Victoria Park and reportedly bet on themselves at 10 to 1, boosting the club's end of season trip fund.

Oddities

A parachutist delivered the Commonwealth Games baton to Ron Clarke at the MCG before more than 71,000 people watched Carlton beat Richmond by 28 points.

Oddities

The first Australian Football International Cup began, a tournament for amateur and national sides from eleven countries that ran until 23 August.

Overseas

The AFLW season opener between West Coast and Gold Coast was moved from Sullivan Logistics Stadium to Mineral Resources Park in Perth because the first ground's playing surface was unsafe after frequent use and persistent rain.

Women's football

Geelong won by 101 points

AFL · Round 20 · Etihad Stadium · crowd 42,199

North Melbourne won by 104 points

AFL · Round 20 · MCG · crowd 19,429

Draw

VFL · Round 16 · Arden Street Oval · crowd 22,000