1947 VFL season
Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Venue Crowd Date
Hawthorn 16.11 ( 107 ) Richmond 10.9 ( 69 ) Glenferrie Oval 13,000 17 May 1947
Footscray 17.18 ( 120 ) North Melbourne 11.13 ( 79 ) Western Oval 13,000 17 May 1947
Fitzroy 19.18 ( 132 ) St Kilda 7.14 ( 56 ) Brunswick Street Oval 10,000 17 May 1947
South Melbourne 13.9 ( 87 ) Geelong 15.16 ( 106 ) Lake Oval 12,000 17 May 1947
Melbourne 15.5 ( 95 ) Collingwood 9.16 ( 70 ) MCG 33,500 17 May 1947
Essendon 8.16 ( 64 ) Carlton 14.7 ( 91 ) Windy Hill 32,000 17 May 1947
Premiership season -- Round 5
The 1947 Victorian Football League season was the 51st season of the elite Australian rules football competition.