| Competition: | VFL_thirds |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Date: | May – 11 September |
| Teams: | 11 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Mpcount: | 1 |
| Prevseason: | 1947 |
| Nextseason: | 1949 |
The 1948 VFL thirds season was the 3rd season of the VFL thirds, the Australian rules football competition operating as the junior competition to the Victorian Football League (VFL).
won their first thirds premiership, defeating minor premiers by 10 points.[1]
This was the first season contested by . At the end of the season, left the competition and were replaced by, a team representing Trans Australia Airlines.[2] [3]
| Team | ||||||||
| 1 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 229.8 | 66 | ||
| 2 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 207.3 | 60 | ||
| 3 | (P) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 230.4 | 56 | |
| 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 155.6 | 48 | ||
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 154.9 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 81.4 | 36 | ||
| 7 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 94.9 | 28 | ||
| 8 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 73.2 | 28 | ||
| 9 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 72.2 | 22 | ||
| 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |||
| 11 | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 28.6 | 8 | ||
| 12 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 29.6 | 4 |