| home team | home team score | away team | away team score | venue | crowd | date |
| geelong | 15.7 (97) | melbourne | 21.14 (140) | kardinia park | 11500 | 13 july 1946 |
| essendon | 16.24 (120) | footscray | 14.8 (92) | windy hill | 29000 | 13 july 1946 |
| collingwood | 15.23 (113) | hawthorn | 11.14 (80) | victoria park | 11000 | 13 july 1946 |
| carlton | 12.13 (85) | south melbourne | 11.18 (84) | princes park | 26000 | 13 july 1946 |
| st kilda | 10.14 (74) | north melbourne | 12.11 (83) | junction oval | 7000 | 13 july 1946 |
| richmond | 14.14 (98) | fitzroy | 10.12 (72) | punt road oval | 19000 | 13 july 1946 |