1939 REP Interstate
Until fairly recently elite level Australian football meant interstate football. Moreover, it was primarily, indeed almost exclusively, in the interstate arena that football could in any serious way be argued to be a genuinely national sport. Since the transmutation of the VFL into the AFL, however, the overwhelming majority of Australia's elite footballers have participated in a single, national (or near-national) club competition, and the importance of senior interstate footy has diminished. Nevertheless, its overall significance in terms of the sport's development - and, indeed, arguably its very survival - cannot be over-stressed.
1939 Round by Round
Round
OOM
One-off Matches
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | Gate | |
| Western Australia | 0.1 | 4.10 | 6.10 | 7.13 | 55 | Sat 24-Jun-1939 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | 10,311 | |
| Victoria | 6.6 | 6.6 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 75 | Victoria won by 20 points | |||
| Australian Capital Territory | 4.4 | 5.8 | 11.9 | 14.10 | 94 | Sat 24-Jun-1939 2:10 pm | Manuka Oval | ||
| New South Wales | 4.4 | 7.6 | 9.11 | 10.15 | 75 | Australian Capital Territory won by 19 points | |||
| Western Australia | 0.3 | 2.8 | 8.18 | 11.21 | 87 | Mon 26-Jun-1939 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | 9,000 | |
| Victoria | 3.5 | 4.10 | 6.13 | 10.15 | 75 | Western Australia won by 12 points | |||
| South Australia | 3.2 | 7.14 | 10.17 | 15.19 | 109 | Sat 1-Jul-1939 2:10 pm | Adelaide Oval | 26,558 | £1,232 |
| Victoria | 8.3 | 11.5 | 17.11 | 21.13 | 139 | Victoria won by 30 points | |||
| Queensland | 2.1 | 8.4 | 12.9 | 14.13 | 97 | Sat 8-Jul-1939 2:10 pm | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | ||
| New South Wales | 2.4 | 6.7 | 9.10 | 12.12 | 84 | Queensland won by 13 points | |||
| Victoria | 5.5 | 11.8 | 18.12 | 27.18 | 180 | Sat 29-Jul-1939 2:10 pm | M.C.G. | 23,250 | £1,037 |
| South Australia | 5.1 | 11.8 | 12.16 | 15.19 | 109 | Victoria won by 71 points | |||
| New South Wales (B) | 3.3 | 4.9 | 8.11 | 10.13 | 73 | Sat 29-Jul-1939 2:10 pm | S.C.G. | ||
| Australian Capital Territory | 1.4 | 2.7 | 9.8 | 10.8 | 68 | New South Wales (B) won by 5 points | |||