1919 VFL grand final

1919 VFL Grand Final
1919 VFL Grand Final
11.12 (78)	7.11 (53)
Date	11 October 1919
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	45,413

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

Collingwood

Richmond

Collingwood
B:	Wally Haysom	Harry Saunders	Maurie Sheehy
HB:	Alec Mutch	Bill Walton	Bert Colechin
C:	Tom Drummond	Charlie Pannam	Bill Twomey
HF:	Ernie Wilson	Harry Curtis	Mal Seddon
F:	Pen Reynolds	Dick Lee	Ernie Lumsden
Foll:	Les Hughes	Con McCarthy (c)	Charlie Laxton
Res:
Coach:	Jock McHale

Richmond
B:	Artie Bettles	Vic Thorp	Paddy Abbott
HB:	Frank Huggard	Max Hislop	George Parkinson
C:	Stan Morris	Checker Hughes	Reg Hede
HF:	George Bayliss	Percy Maybury (c)	Frank Harley
F:	James Smith	Hugh James	Donald Don
Foll:	Barney Herbert	David Moffatt	Clarrie Hall
Res:
Coach:	Norm Clark

Umpire - Jack Elder

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

AFL Tables: 1919 Grand Final

v t e Collingwood Football Club 1919 VFL premiers
Collingwood 11.12 (78) defeated Richmond 7.11 (53), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Curtis 4. Colechin 5. Drummond 6. Hughes 7. Haysom 10. Lumsden 11. Laxton 12. Mutch 13. Lee 14. McCarthy (c) 15. Pannam 16. Reynolds 17. Sheehy 18. Saunders 19. Wilson 21. Walton 24. Twomey 26. Seddon
Coach: McHale

v t e Collingwood Football Club
Nickname: Magpies History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Craig McRae AFL captain: Darcy Moore AFLW coach: Sam Wright AFLW captains: Brianna Davey
VFL/AFL home grounds	Victoria Park (1897–1999) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)
AFLW home grounds	Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018) Victoria Park (2019–)
VFA premierships (1)	1896
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010 2023
Runner-up (27)	1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011 2018
Seasons (133)	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
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v t e Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Adam Yze AFL captain: Toby Nankervis AFLW coach: Ryan Ferguson AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
VFL/AFL home grounds	Punt Road Oval (1908–1964) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–) Punt Road Oval (2021–)
VFA premierships (2)	1902 1905
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020
Runner-up (12)	1919 1924 1927 1928 1929 1931 1933 1940 1942 1944 1972 1982
Seasons (136) (non-club articles in italics)	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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