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1920 VFL grand final

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1920 VFL Grand Final

Richmond	Collingwood
7.10 (52)	5.5 (35)

	1	2	3	4
RICH	1.2 (8)	2.5 (17)	4.7 (31)	7.10 (52)
COLL	1.2 (8)	1.2 (8)	3.4 (22)	5.5 (35)

Date

2 October 1920

Stadium

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Attendance

53,908

← 1919

VFL Grand Final

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 GroundinMelbourne 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[edit]

Team	1	2	3	Final
Richmond	1.2	2.5	4.7	7.10 (52)
Collingwood	1.2	1.2	3.4	5.5 (35)

Teams[edit]

Richmond

Collingwood

Richmond
B:	Reg Hede	Vic Thorp	Ernest Taylor
HB:	George Parkinson	Max Hislop	James Smith
C:	Stan Morris	Checker Hughes	Robert Carew
HF:	Donald Don	Bob Weatherill	Frank Harley
F:	Hugh James	Dan Minogue (c)	Billy James
Foll:	Barney Herbert	David Moffatt	Clarrie Hall
Res:
Coach:	Dan Minogue

Collingwood
B:	Gus Dobrigh	Harry Saunders	Bert Colechin
HB:	Charlie Brown	Percy Rowe	Charlie Tyson
C:	Tom Drummond	Charlie Pannam	Bill Twomey
HF:	Ernie Wilson	Gordon Coventry	Maurie Sheehy
F:	Ernie Lumsden (c)	Harry Curtis	Percy Wilson
Foll:	Les Hughes	Con McCarthy	Charlie Laxton
Res:
Coach:	Jock McHale

Umpire - Jack Elder

Statistics[edit]

Goalkickers[edit]

Richmond FC, premiers

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[edit]

AFL Tables: 1920 Grand Final

See also[edit]

1920 VFL season

Richmond Football Club 1920 VFL premiers

Richmond 7.10 (52) defeated Collingwood 5.5 (35), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

1. Herbert
4. H. James
5. Thorp
6. Hede
7. Taylor
8. Carew
9. Morris
10. Smith
11. B. James
12. Minogue (c)
14. Moffatt
15. Weatherill
17. Don
22. Hall
23. Parkinson
29. Hislop
32. Hughes
33. Harley

Coach: Minogue

v t e Richmond Football Club
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