1922 VFL Grand Final

Grand final of the 1922 Victorian Football League season

1922 VFL Grand Final

Collingwood |
Fitzroy

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9.14 (68) | 11.13 (79)
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COLL | 2.3 (15) | 4.5 (29) | 7.7 (49) | 9.14 (68)
FIT | 2.5 (17) | 3.6 (24) | 9.10 (64) | 11.13 (79)
Date| 21 October 1922
Stadium| Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance| 50,064
| <- 1921 | VFL Grand Final | 1923 ->

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The 1922 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 14 October 1922. It was the 25th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1922 VFL season.

The half-time break was more than thirty minutes.[1]

The match, attended by 50,064 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 11 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.

## Contents

* 1 Score
* 2 Teams
* 3 Statistics
* 3.1 Goalkickers
* 4 Footnotes
* 5 References
* 6 See also

## Score[edit]

Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final

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Fitzroy | 2.5 | 3.6 | 9.10 | 11.13 (79)
Collingwood | 2.3 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 9.14 (68)

## Teams[edit]

Fitzroy

Collingwood

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| Fitzroy

B: | Jim Atkinson | Horrie Jenkin | Bert Taylor
HB: | Chris Lethbridge (c)  | Stan Molan | Ern Elliot
C: | Clarrie Sherry | Tommy Corrigan | Fred Williams
HF: | Percy Parratt | Steve Donnellan | Gordon Rattray
F: | Len Wigraft | Jimmy Freake | Len Gale
Foll: | Gordon McCracken | Goldie Collins | Clive Fergie
Res: |  |
Coach: | Vic Belcher
| Collingwood

B: | Ernie Wilson | Harry Saunders | Laurie Murphy
HB: | Charlie Tyson | Charlie Brown | Bill Twomey
C: | Tom Drummond (c)  | Charlie Pannam | Leo Wescott
HF: | Harry Chesswas | Syd Coventry | Gordon Coventry
F: | Eric Cock | Dick Lee | Ted Baker
Foll: | Percy Rowe | Maurie Sheehy | Reynolds Webb
Res: |  |
Coach: | Jock McHale

* Umpire - Jack Elder

## Statistics[edit]

Fitzroy FC, Premiers

### Goalkickers[edit]

Fitzroy:

* J Freake 4
* P Parratt 3
* C Fergie 1
* G McCracken 1
* L Wigraft 1
* F Williams 1

Collingwood:

* G Coventry 3
* S Coventry 2
* D Lee 2
* T Baker 1
* T Drummond 1

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ The Argus, 16 October 1922.

## References[edit]

* AFL Tables: 1922 Grand Final
* Football: Fitzroy First: A Dazzling Six Minutes, The Argus, (Monday, 16 October 1922), p.3.
* Fitzroy Premiers: Keen, Strong Game, The Age, (Monday, 16 October 1922), p.11.

## See also[edit]

* 1922 VFL season

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Fitzroy Football Club 1922 VFL premiers

Fitzroy 11.13 (79) defeated Collingwood 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

* 2\. Molan
* 3\. Fergie
* 4\. Jenkin
* 5\. Elliott
* 6\. Gale
* 7\. Rattray
* 8\. Taylor
* 9\. Freake
* 10\. Wigraft
* 12\. Lethbridge (c)
* 16\. Williams
* 17\. Atkinson
* 18\. Sherry
* 24\. McCracken
* 27\. Corrigan
* 28\. Donnellan
* 29\. Collins
* 30\. Parratt

Coach: Belcher

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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: Scott Pendlebury

* AFLW coach: Stephen Symonds
* AFLW captains: Steph Chiocci & Brianna Davey

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* Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)

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* Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018)
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VFL/AFL premierships (15)|

* 1902
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