At the conclusion of the game, one goal umpire had State Savings Bank winning by a point, while the other had the teams drawn.

[15] Given the importance of the match's points allocation (two for a draw, four for a win) in determining which teams were eligible to compete for the 1929 season's premiership, the MAFA authorities met on 22 August 1938, considered the matter at considerable length, and ordered that the match be replayed on 31 August;[16] which, of course, meant that the A Section semi-finals were postponed for a week.

[17] The replay match was played in a fierce wind, and Old Meburnians were soundly defeated by State Savings Bank, 18.19 (127) to 9.17 (71).

Although, perhaps, the far better team on the day, due to its atrociously inaccurate kicking, with 31 scoring shots to 19, Old Melburnians lost the match by 8 points: 5.26 (56) to 9.10 (64).

[4] The VAFA competition was suspended after the first home-and-away round of the 1940 season,[20] due to World War II, and resumed in 1946.