Australian Rules Football
- Victorian Football League
- Carlton win the 85th VFL Premiership (Carlton 12.20 (92) d Collingwood 10.12 (72))
- Brownlow Medal awarded to Barry Round (South Melbourne) and Bernie Quinlan (Fitzroy)
- At the end of the season, South Melbourne relocate to Sydney and are renamed the Sydney Swans.
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