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)
1 2 3 4 COLL 1.5 (11) 5.5 (35) 8.8 (56) 11.12 (78) RICH 1.2 (8) 4.7 (31) 5.10 (40) 7.11 (53)
Date	11 October 1919
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	45,413
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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 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 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

See also

• 1919 VFL season