1920 VFL grand final explained

Year:1920
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:7.10 (52)
Away:
Away Score:5.5 (35)
Home Abbr:RICH
Away Abbr:COLL
Home Qtr1:1.2 (8)
Home Qtr2:2.5 (17)
Home Qtr3:4.7 (31)
Home Qtr4:7.10 (52)
Away Qtr1:1.2 (8)
Away Qtr2:1.2 (8)
Away Qtr3:3.4 (22)
Away Qtr4:5.5 (35)
Date:2 October 1920
Attendance:53,908
Stadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Last:1919
Next:1921

The 1920 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 2 October 1920. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1920 VFL season. The match, attended by 53,908 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's first VFL/AFL premiership victory.

Score

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Team 1 2 3 Final
Richmond 1.2 2.54.7 7.10 (52)
1.2 1.2 3.4 5.5 (35)

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

Richmond:
  • D Don 2
  • C Hall 1
  • F Harley 1
  • B James 1
  • H James 1
  • B Weatherill 1
Runners Up:
  • G Coventry 3
  • E Lumsden 1
  • M Sheehy 1

References

See also