1917 VFL grand final explained

Year:1917
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:9.20 (74)
Away:
Away Score:5.9 (39)
Home Abbr:COLL
Away Abbr:FIT
Home Qtr1:2.6 (18)
Home Qtr2:3.8 (26)
Home Qtr3:6.14 (50)
Home Qtr4:9.20 (74)
Away Qtr1:1.0 (6)
Away Qtr2:2.2 (14)
Away Qtr3:3.4 (22)
Away Qtr4:5.9 (39)
Date:22 September 1917
Attendance:28,512
Stadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last:1916
Next:1918

The 1917 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1917. It was the 20th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1917 VFL season. The match, attended by 28,512 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 35 points, marking that club's fourth premiership victory.

War had restricted the competition to just six clubs during the home and away season and Fitzroy, despite winning just six of their 15 games, qualified for the final by finishing fourth.

Fitzroy made it into the Grand Final by defeating minor premiers Collingwood by a goal a week earlier but Collingwood this time won comfortably, dominating from the opening quarter.

Alec Mutch of Collingwood was playing his 100th VFL game.

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

Collingwood:
  • D.Lee 4
  • Curtis 3
  • Dobrigh 1
  • Hughes 1
Fitzroy:
  • Freake 1
  • Norris 1
  • Parratt 1
  • Rattray 1
  • Toohey 1

Attendance

References

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