1919 VFL grand final

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.

1919 VFL Grand Final

Collingwood

Richmond
11.12 (78)7.11 (53)
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COLL1.5 (11)5.5 (35)8.8 (56)11.12 (78)
RICH1.2 (8)4.7 (31)5.10 (40)7.11 (53)
Date11 October 1919
StadiumMelbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance45,413
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Teams

Collingwood
Richmond
Collingwood
B:Wally HaysomHarry SaundersMaurie Sheehy
HB:Alec MutchBill WaltonBert Colechin
C:Tom DrummondCharlie PannamBill Twomey
HF:Ernie WilsonHarry CurtisMal Seddon
F:Pen ReynoldsDick LeeErnie Lumsden
Foll:Les HughesCon McCarthy (c)Charlie Laxton
Res:
Coach:Jock McHale
Richmond
B:Artie BettlesVic ThorpPaddy Abbott
HB:Frank HuggardMax HislopGeorge Parkinson
C:Stan MorrisChecker HughesReg Hede
HF:George BaylissPercy Maybury (c)Frank Harley
F:James SmithHugh JamesDonald Don
Foll:Barney HerbertDavid MoffattClarrie Hall
Res:
Coach:Norm Clark

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

See also