1911 VFL Grand Final
Essendon
Collingwood
5.11 (41)
4.11 (35)
1
2
3
4
ESS
2.4 (16)
3.9 (27)
3.11 (29)
5.11 (41)
COLL
1.1 (7)
1.5 (11)
3.8 (26)
4.11 (35)
Date 23 September 1911 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 43,905 Umpires Jack Elder
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The 1911 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1911. It was the 14th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League , staged to determine the premiers for the 1911 VFL season . The match, attended by 43,905 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 6 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.
Right to challenge [ ]
This season was played under the amended Argus system . Essendon was the minor premier, and Collingwood had finished fourth. The teams both qualified for this match by winning their semi-finals matches.
If Collingwood had won this match, Essendon would have had the right to challenge Collingwood to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because Essendon was the minor premier. The winner of that match would then have won the premiership.[1]
Teams [ ]
Essendon
B :
Vernon Hazel
Billy Griffith
Dan Hanley
HB :
Dick Monteith
Bill Busbridge
Len Bowe
C :
Wally Chalmers
Bill Sewart
Fred O'Shea
HF :
Paddy Shea
Lou Armstrong
Percy Ogden
F :
Jack Kirby
Dave Smith (c)
Bill Walker
Foll :
Fred Baring
George McLeod
Ernie Cameron
Res :
Coach :
Jack Worrall
Collingwood
B :
Eddie Thomas
Ted Rowell
Paddy Rowan
HB :
Jack Green
Jim Sharp
Duncan McIvor
C :
Jim Sadler
Jock McHale
Percy Gibb
HF :
George Anderson
Dan Minogue
Percy Wilson
F :
Paddy Gilchrist
Dick Lee (c)
Dick Vernon
Foll :
Les Hughes
Dave Ryan
Tom Baxter
Res :
Coach :
George Angus
Statistics [ ]
Goalkickers [ ]
Essendon FC, Premier team
Essendon :
F Baring 1
J Kirby 1
G McLeod 1
P Shea 1
B Walker 1
Collingwood :
T Baxter 1
D Lee 1
D Minogue 1
T Rowell 1
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil
Essendon 5.11 (41) defeated Collingwood 4.11 (35), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Armstrong
2. Busbridge
3. Bowe
5. Baring
6. Cameron
7. Chalmers
8. Griffith
9. Hanley
10. Kirby
11. Ogden
12. O'Shea
13. Smith (c)
14. Shea
15. Sewart
16. Walker
18. McLeod
19. Monteith
21. Hazel
Coach: Worrall
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