1944 VFL grand final explained

Year:1944
Competition:VFL
Home:
Home Score:9.12 (66)
Away:
Away Score:7.9 (51)
Home Abbr:FIT
Away Abbr:RIC
Home Qtr1:1.2 (8)
Home Qtr2:4.8 (32)
Home Qtr3:6.10 (46)
Home Qtr4:9.12 (66)
Away Qtr1:2.2 (14)
Away Qtr2:3.2 (20)
Away Qtr3:5.5 (35)
Away Qtr4:7.9 (51)
Date:30 September 1944
Attendance:43,000
Stadium:Junction Oval
Last:1943
Next:1945

The 1944 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 46th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1944 VFL season.

The match was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's first premiership since 1922, and its eighth (and final) premiership and final grand final appearance. The match attracted 41,000 spectators, down on expectations owing in part to a one-day tram strike.[1]

This was Fitzroy's last VFL premiership before they merged with the Brisbane Bears in 1997 to become the Brisbane Lions. Fitzroy did not win another senior premiership or contest another grand final throughout its time in the VFL/AFL.

Teams

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Statistics

Goalkickers

Fitzroy:
  • K Sier 3
  • K Stackpole 2
  • B Calverley 1
  • A Ruthven 1
  • J Symons 1
  • S Wright 1
Richmond:
  • B Wilson 3
  • B Randall 2
  • F Burge 1
  • J Dyer 1

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. League to decide grounds for finals. 25 May 1945. 10. P. J. Millard.