1950 VFL thirds season

1950 VFL thirds season
Date	22 April – September
Teams	12
Premiers	Essendon 1st premiership
Minor premiers	Essendon 2nd minor premiership

The 1950 VFL thirds season was the 5th season of the VFL thirds, the Australian rules football competition operating as the junior competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Essendon won their first thirds premiership, defeating reigning premiers Carlton by 1 point.

Following the demise of TAA after four rounds in the previous season, Richmond chose to enter a second team into the competition − known as Richmond Juniors. It lasted for one season, and was replaced by Collingwood in 1951.

Ladder

A round 8 game between Richmond Juniors and Melbourne, scheduled to be held on 10 June, was postponed (and later cancelled) due to the condition of the respective grounds. Both teams were awarded two points each.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Essendon (P)	15	15	0	0	1079	462	233.5	60
2	Carlton	15	12	3	0	1191	463	257.2	48
3	South Melbourne	15	12	3	0	1051	554	189.7	48
4	North Melbourne	15	9	5	1	754	658	114.6	38
5	Richmond	15	9	6	0	751	668	112.4	36
6	Footscray	15	9	6	0	723	694	104.2	36
7	Melbourne	14	6	7	1	598	793	75.4	28
8	Geelong	15	5	10	0	693	795	87.2	20
9	Hawthorn	15	4	11	0	529	890	59.4	16
10	Fitzroy	15	3	11	1	576	956	60.3	14
11	Richmond Juniors	14	2	12	0	458	1032	44.4	10
12	St Kilda	15	1	13	1	465	903	51.5	6

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for

Finals series

Grand Final

Five minutes before the end of the match, scores were level. It was not until the last minute that Essendon, with a behind that almost missed, won the game.

	1950 VFL thirds Grand Final
Saturday, 6 September	Essendon 6.5 (41)	def.	Carlton 5.10 (40)