Collingwood and Melbourne drew at Victoria Park after Ian Ridley snapped a goal in the dying seconds, and the final siren sparked a melee involving fans, players and police.
Don Williams and Ron Barassi were knocked to the ground and trainer Les Green was also attacked.
Oddities
Melbourne went into their match against Essendon at the MCG so short of fit players that captain Bill McClelland was heard shouting they were a sorry lot of cripples, then won by nine points.
Clubs
Melbourne's Harry Cope was suspended for six matches for striking after a Collingwood complaint, even though the field and boundary umpires said they had not seen the incident.
Collingwood won at the MCG by 15.11 to 2.10.
Umpires and tribunal
Richmond's old pavilion at Punt Road, built in 1865, burned down in the morning before a home match, and the water used on the blaze soddened the already heavy ground.
Grounds
The SANFL staged a Lightning Football Carnival at Adelaide Oval, an eight-team knock-out with matches of two 14 minute periods, drawing almost 17,500 people, and Sturt won.
Oddities
Lance Franklin signed a two-year deal to stay at Hawthorn after being linked with Essendon, Fremantle and West Coast.
Drafts and trades
Draw
VFL · Round 13 · Victoria Park · crowd 24,216
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 2 · Subiaco Oval · crowd 29,182
Essendon v St Kilda, first of 378 VFL/AFL games
St Kilda v Adelaide, first of 336 VFL/AFL games
Geelong v Melbourne, first of 220 VFL/AFL games
Port Adelaide v West Coast, first of 206 VFL/AFL games
Adelaide v St Kilda, first of 203 VFL/AFL games
Carlton v Adelaide, first of 190 VFL/AFL games
Essendon v Melbourne, first of 178 VFL/AFL games
Richmond v University, first of 150 VFL/AFL games
Sydney, 216 games (2016-2026)
Essendon, 30 games (2022-2024)
Richmond, 197 games (1999-2010)
Essendon, 307 games (1977-1994)
South Melbourne, 222 games (1934-1948)
