1919 VFL grand final explained

Year:1919
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:11.12 (78)
Away:
Away Score:7.11 (53)
Home Abbr:COLL
Away Abbr:RICH
Home Qtr1:1.5 (11)
Home Qtr2:5.5 (35)
Home Qtr3:8.8 (56)
Home Qtr4:11.12 (78)
Away Qtr1:1.2 (8)
Away Qtr2:4.7 (31)
Away Qtr3:5.10 (40)
Away Qtr4:7.11 (53)
Date:11 October 1919
Attendance:45,413
Stadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last:1918
Next:1920

The 1919 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 11 October 1919. It was the 22nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1919 VFL season. The match, attended by 45,413 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 25 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

Collingwood:
  • D Lee 3
  • M Seddon 2
  • H Curtis 1
  • L Hughes 1
  • C Laxton 1
  • E Lumsden 1
  • B Twomey 1
  • B Walton 1
Richmond:
  • G Bayliss 2
  • D Don 2
  • H James 2
  • F Harley 1

References

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