| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 16.11 (107) | | 6.8 (44) | Punt Road Oval | 5 September 1908 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 11.18 (84) | | 1.4 (10) | Brunswick Street Oval | 5 September 1908 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 13.20 (98) | | 3.9 (27) | EMCG | 5 September 1908 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.16 (88) | | 3.4 (22) | Victoria Park | 5 September 1908 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 10.7 (67) | | 4.4 (28) | Princes Park | 5 September 1908 Ladder Semi finals First Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 9.14 (68) | | 5.3 (33) | MCG | 12 September 1908 | Attendance: 24,700 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Second Semi Final |- bgcolor="#CCCCFF" | Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date | |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" | | 12.12 (84) | | 3.8 (26) | MCG | 19 September 1908 | Attendance: 26,100 |- bgcolor="#FFFFFF" Grand final Carlton defeated Essendon 5.5 (35) to 3.8 (26). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football). Awards The 1908 VFL Premiership team was Carlton. The VFL's leading goalkicker was Dick Lee of Collingwood with 54 goals. Geelong took the "wooden spoon" in 1908. Notable events Richmond Football Club and University Football Club were admitted to the VFL competition. With fiery former Collingwood coach Dick Condon as playing coach and former Collingwood champion Charlie Pannam as captain, Richmond won its first VFL match against Melbourne, 8.14 (62) to 7.9 (51). University had its first VFL victory in the second round of the season, beating Richmond 14.10 (94) to 12.4 (76). In the first round match between Fitzroy and South Melbourne at the Brunswick Street Oval, an umpire was hit by a stone thrown by a spectator. The sixth round match between Fitzroy and Essendon, also at the Brunswick Street Oval, was a fiery affair that resulted in a number of suspensions. A horde of Fitzroy supporters invaded the ground immediately the final bell had rung, kicking, punching and otherwise assaulting Essendon players as they tried to leave the playing field. Essendon fans also jumped the fence, in order to protect their