1949 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.
1949 Round by Round
Round
OOM
One-off Matches
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | Gate | |
| Queensland | 3.8 | 6.12 | 9.18 | 14.23 | 107 | Sat 21-May-1949 2:10 pm | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | 5,000 | |
| New South Wales | 3.4 | 7.6 | 14.10 | 17.14 | 116 | New South Wales won by 9 points | |||
| Victoria | 3.6 | 6.7 | 13.12 | 21.18 | 144 | Sat 25-Jun-1949 2:10 pm | M.C.G. | 61,182 | |
| Western Australia | 1.5 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 57 | Victoria won by 87 points | |||
| New South Wales | 1.5 | 2.7 | 3.12 | 8.13 | 61 | Wed 29-Jun-1949 2:10 pm | S.C.G. | 6,104 | |
| Western Australia | 2.4 | 7.10 | 12.10 | 15.24 | 114 | Western Australia won by 53 points | |||
| South Australia | 5.4 | 9.6 | 15.16 | 16.20 | 116 | Sat 2-Jul-1949 2:10 pm | Adelaide Oval | 39,666 | |
| Western Australia | 3.6 | 7.11 | 11.11 | 16.12 | 108 | South Australia won by 8 points | |||
| New South Wales | 2.0 | 5.2 | 5.4 | 9.4 | 58 | Sat 16-Jul-1949 2:10 pm | S.C.G. | 11,301 | |
| Victoria (B) | 4.9 | 6.13 | 13.16 | 18.18 | 126 | Victoria (B) won by 68 points | |||
| South Australia | 4.1 | 10.6 | 13.8 | 15.10 | 100 | Sat 23-Jul-1949 2:10 pm | Adelaide Oval | 27,865 | |
| Victoria | 2.2 | 6.6 | 10.9 | 16.10 | 106 | Victoria won by 6 points | |||
| New South Wales | 0.3 | 5.6 | 9.12 | 16.14 | 110 | Sat 30-Jul-1949 2:10 pm | S.C.G. | 4,300 | |
| Queensland | 1.2 | 2.10 | 6.13 | 8.15 | 63 | New South Wales won by 47 points | |||
| Western Australia | 5.6 | 12.13 | 15.16 | 22.20 | 152 | Sat 13-Aug-1949 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | 24,217 | £1,779 |
| South Australia | 4.3 | 5.5 | 10.10 | 15.13 | 103 | Western Australia won by 49 points | |||
| Western Australia | 2.4 | 8.11 | 12.15 | 18.22 | 130 | Tue 16-Aug-1949 2:10 pm | Subiaco Oval | 9,508 | £677 |
| South Australia | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.5 | 8.7 | 55 | Western Australia won by 75 points | |||