South Melbourne staged a women's lightning premiership at Lake Oval that drew an estimated 25,000, with a side event asking League players to kick a football into a baby's bathtub from 45 metres.
The closest anyone came to the tub was 1.5 metres, perhaps because of the heavy conditions.
Women's football
Ken Farmer kicked 23 goals for North Adelaide against West Torrens at Prospect, still the most goals in a single SANFL match.
Records
Melbourne's Allan La Fontaine was unavailable for the match against South Melbourne at the Lake Oval on 6 July 1940 because it was his wedding day.
People
The women's final at South Melbourne's Lake Oval ended in a 2.4 (16) apiece draw between South Melbourne and Footscray, with players at times kicking the wrong way or missing the ball altogether.
Spectators swarmed the ground at the final siren, and the day raised £650 for the Red Cross Food for Britain appeal.
Women's football
Bill 'Bull' Adams, coach of South Melbourne's men, was so impressed by the women's training form that he joked he would recruit some for the League team, then umpired their lightning premiership.
Women's football
Hawthorn announced Sam Mitchell would succeed Alastair Clarkson as head coach from 2023, a plan overtaken within weeks when Clarkson announced his departure.
Clubs
Draw
AFL · Round 14 · Colonial Stadium · crowd 44,864
Footscray won by 120 points
VFL · Round 15 · Western Oval · crowd 15,328
Draw
VFL · Round 11 · Western Oval · crowd 11,000
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 2 · Gabba · crowd 16,000
State of Origin
State of Origin · Round 3 · Manuka Oval · crowd 10,600
Port Adelaide v Fremantle, first of 228 VFL/AFL games
Fitzroy v Footscray, first of 222 VFL/AFL games
Adelaide v Brisbane Bears, first of 220 VFL/AFL games
Richmond v Hawthorn, first of 170 VFL/AFL games
Melbourne v Fitzroy, first of 170 VFL/AFL games
Geelong v Port Adelaide, first of 166 VFL/AFL games
Fremantle, 9 games (2026)
Fremantle
Hawthorn, 7 games (2025)
Collingwood, 79 games (2019-2026)
Melbourne, 157 games (2002-2012)
Carlton, 158 games (1979-1988)
