1900 VFL grand final explained

Year:1900
Competition:VFL
Match Type:Grand Final
Home:
Home Abbr:MEL
Away:
Away Abbr:FIT
Home Qtr1:2.3 (15)
Home Qtr2:2.5 (17)
Home Qtr3:4.8 (32)
Home Qtr4:4.10 (34)
Away Qtr1:1.4 (10)
Away Qtr2:2.7 (19)
Away Qtr3:2.7 (19)
Away Qtr4:3.12 (30)
Home Score:4.10 (34)
Away Score:3.12 (30)
Date:22 September 1900
Stadium:East Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance:20,181
Hall Of Fame:1. Vic Cumberland (1996)
Last:1899
Next:1901

The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1900 VFL season. The match, attended by 20,181 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 4 points.

Lead-up

Although Melbourne only won six of its fourteen home-and-away fixtures to finish sixth on the ladder, it won its sectional round-robin and defeated the other sectional winner,, in the semi-final for the right to face the minor premiers, Fitzroy, in the Grand Final; Fitzroy had won the previous two premierships and was aiming for a third premiership in a row.

The winner of this match would win the premiership.

Teams

Arthur Sowden, and Bill Bowe were unable to play for the Melbourne team, due to injury, and Eric Gardner was unavailable.[1] [2]

Statistics

Goalkickers

Melbourne:

Fitzroy:

Attendance

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://demonwiki.org/Grand+Final+1900 Grand Final 1900, Demonwiki.
  2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9557130 Football, The Argus, (Monday, 24 September 1900), p.7.