St Kilda beat Melbourne by a point at the Junction Oval when Bert Smedley goaled after a siren the umpire had not heard, and the umpire then ran to the centre to bounce the ball.
Spectators and mounted police dashed onto the field before he left.
Umpires and tribunal
St Kilda became the first interstate club to play at Adelaide Oval, beating the original Adelaide club by five goals to two.
Grounds
The VFA found two Brunswick players guilty of making a false charge against a boundary umpire who they had said swore at them, and deregistered both until May 1927.
Brunswick withdrew from the Association in protest two days later and was expelled.
Umpires and tribunal
James Hird resigned as Essendon coach after a 112-point loss to Adelaide in Round 20, with the Bombers sitting at 5-14 on a season that had unravelled.
Clubs
Caulfield Grammarians won the VAFA Women's B Section premiership by 2.2 to 0.0 over Old Xaverians at Mentone, in weather so poor that scoring was very difficult.
It was the club's first women's premiership, won in only its third year with a women's team.
Women's football
Semi Final
AFL · MCG · crowd 50,027
Draw
VFL · Round 16 · Brunswick Street Oval · crowd 17,500
Geelong won by 133 points
AFL · Round 22 · GMHBA Stadium · crowd 24,507
Draw
AFL · Round 20 · Gabba · crowd 33,077
300th AFL game, GWS v Melbourne
Sydney, 123 games (2019-2026)
St Kilda, 63 games (2024-2026)
Brisbane Lions, 45 games (2021-2026)
West Coast, 14 games (2024-2026)
Essendon, 207 games (1994-2004)
Port Adelaide, 206 games (1997-2009)
Carlton, 177 games (1989-2000)
St Kilda, 172 games (2014-2025)
