1904 VFL Grand Final
Fitzroy
Carlton
9.7 (61)
5.7 (37)
1
2
3
4
FIT
3.1 (19)
3.2 (20)
5.2 (32)
9.7 (61)
CAR
1.1 (7)
3.3 (21)
3.7 (25)
5.7 (37)
Date 17 September 1904 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 32,688 Umpires Henry "Ivo" Crapp (field) Bert Wregg (boundary)
The 1904 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Carlton Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 17 September 1904. It was the seventh annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1904 VFL season . The match, attended by 32,688 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 24 points, marking that club's third premiership victory.
Right to challenge [ ]
This season was played under the amended Argus system . Fitzroy was the minor premier, and Carlton had finished second. The teams both qualified for this match by winning their semi-finals matches.
If Carlton had won this match, Fitzroy would have had the right to challenge Carlton to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because Fitzroy had the best record in the league. The winner of that match would then have won the premiership.[1]
Teams [ ]
Fitzroy
B :
Alf Sharp
Fred Fontaine
Wally Naismith
HB :
Ern Jenkins
Jim Sharp
Joe Johnson
C :
Alf Bartlett
Harry Clarke
Les Millis
HF :
Edgar Kneen
Gerald Brosnan (c)
Gilbert Barker
F :
Jack McDonough
Percy Sheehan
Percy Trotter
Foll :
Herbert Milne
Bill Walker
Bill McSpeerin
Res :
Coach :
Carlton
B :
Billy Payne
Frank Hince
Ernie Walton
HB :
Billy Leeds
Albert Trim
Charlie Roland
C :
George Bruce
Bob Boyle
Ted Kennedy
HF :
Henry McShane
Mick Grace
Joe McShane (c)
F :
Jim Marchbank
George Topping
Eddie Prescott
Foll :
Jim Flynn
Fred Elliott
Archie Snell
Res :
Coach :
Jack Worrall
Field umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp
Boundary umpire – Bert Wregg
Statistics [ ]
Goalkickers [ ]
Fitzroy
G Brosnan 2
E Kneen 2
J McDonough 1
L Millis 1
P Sheehan 1
P Trotter 1
B Walker 1
Carlton
G Bruce 1
M Grace 1
E Prescott 1
A Snell 1
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil
Fitzroy 9.7 (61) defeated Carlton 5.7 (37), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
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Bartlett
Brosnan (c)
Clarke
Fontaine
Jenkins
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Kneen
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Naismith
A. Sharp
J. Sharp
Sheehan
Trotter
Walker
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