1931 VFL Grand Final

1931 VFL Grand Final
1931 VFL Grand Final
9.14 (68)	7.6 (48)
Date	10 October 1931
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	60,712

The 1931 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 10 October 1931. It was the 33rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1931 VFL season. The match, attended by 60,712 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 20 points, marking that club's second premiership victory. It was also the first - and only - season of Charlie Clymo, a legend who only coached one season, but won the honours in that season.

Score[]

Team	1	2	3	Final
Geelong	2.3	5.6	8.11	9.14 (68)
Richmond	1.2	4.5	5.5	7.6 (48)

Teams[]

Geelong

Richmond

Geelong
B:	Milton Lamb	George Todd	Peter Hardiman
HB:	Rupe McDonald	Reg Hickey	Jack Williams
C:	Jack Carney	Edward Greeves	Jack Walker
HF:	Les Hardiman	Jack Collins	Bob Troughton
F:	Jack Evans	George Moloney	Tommy Quinn
Foll:	Arthur Coghlan	Len Metherell	Ted Baker (c)
Res:	Frank Mockridge
Coach:	Charlie Clymo

Richmond
B:	Kevin O'Neill	Joe Murdoch	Fred Heifner
HB:	Martin Bolger	Tom Dunne	Basil McCormack
C:	Stan Judkins	Eric Zschech	Alan Geddes
HF:	Jack Titus	Gordon Strang	Jack Twyford
F:	Jack Dyer	Doug Strang	Frank Ford
Foll:	Jack Bisset	Bert Foster	Maurie Hunter (c)
Res:	Thomas O'Halloran
Coach:	'Checker' Hughes

Umpire - Bob Scott

Statistics[]

Centreman Edward Greeves

Goalkickers[]

Geelong:

Baker 2
L.Hardiman 2
Metherell 2
Collins 1
Moloney 1
Troughton 1

Richmond:

D.Strang 3
Titus 2
Ford 1
Twyford 1

References[]

AFL Tables: 1931 Grand Final
The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004
Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0

v t Geelong Football Club 1931 VFL premiers
Geelong 9.14 (68) defeated Richmond 7.6 (48), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Baker (c) 3. Metherell 5. Evans 6. McDonald 7. Lamb 10. Collins 11. Troughton 12. Carney 13. Coghlan 14. Moloney 15. Walker 16. Quinn 17. Mockridge 18. Hickey 19. Todd 20. Greeves 24. Williams 25. L. Hardiman 27. P. Hardiman
Coach: Clymo

v t Geelong Football Club
Nickname: Cats History Draft and trade history Records Players (V/AFL) Players (AFLW) Captains Coaches Awards Carji Greeves Medal AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Chris Scott AFL captain: Joel Selwood AFLW coach: Daniel Lowther AFLW captain: Meg McDonald
VFL/AFL home grounds	Corio Oval (1897–1940) Kardinia Park (1941–)
AFLW home grounds	Kardinia Park (2019–)
VFL/AFL premierships (9)	1925 1931 1937 1951 1952 1963 2007 2009 2011
Seasons (158)	1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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v t Richmond Football Club
Nickname: Tigers History Seasons Records Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards Jack Dyer Medal Michael Roach Medal AFL coach: Damien Hardwick AFL captain: Trent Cotchin AFLW coach: Tom Hunter AFLW captain: Katie Brennan
VFL/AFL home grounds	Punt Road Oval (1908–1964) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1964–)
AFLW home grounds	Princes Park (2020–) Punt Road Oval (2021–)
VFA premierships (2)	1902 1905
VFL/AFL premierships (13)	1920 1921 1932 1934 1943 1967 1969 1973 1974 1980 2017 2019 2020
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v t Australian Football League
Clubs	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Gold Coast Greater Western Sydney Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
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Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924