1944 VFL Grand Final

1944 VFL Grand Final
1944 VFL Grand Final
9.12 (66)	7.9 (51)
Date	30 September 1944
Stadium	Junction Oval
Attendance	43,000

The 1944 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Junction Oval in Melbourne on 30 September 1944. It was the 48th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1944 VFL season. The match was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 15 points, marking that club's first premiership since 1922, and its eighth (and final) premiership and final grand final appearance. The match attracted 41,000 spectators, down on expectations owing in part to a one-day tram strike.^[1]

This was the last grand final to have two captain-coaches playing against each other.^{[citation needed]}. The 1944 Grand Final was Fitzroy's last ever premiership.

Teams[]

Fitzroy

Richmond

Fitzroy
B:	Clen Denning	Fred Hughson (c)	Alan Fields
HB:	Laurie Bickerton	Norm Hillard	Arthur O'Bryan
C:	Bruce Calverley	George Hoskins	Noel Jarvis
HF:	Stan Dawson	Stan Wright	Noel Price
F:	Maurie Hearn	Ken Sier	Keith Stackpole
Foll:	Bert Clay	Jack Symons	Allan Ruthven
Res:	Dan Murray
Coach:	Fred Hughson

Richmond
B:	Max Oppy	George Smeaton	Charlie Priestley
HB:	Bernie Waldron	Leo Maguire	Bill Perkins
C:	Leo Merrett	Fred Cook	Bert Edwards
HF:	Arthur Mooney	Brian Randall	Les Jones
F:	Bob Bawden	Jack Scott	Fred Burge
Foll:	Jack Dyer (c)	Bill Morris	Bill Wilson
Res:	Keith Cook
Coach:	Jack Dyer

Umpire - Eric Hawkins

Statistics[]

Goalkickers[]

Fitzroy FC team, premiers

Fitzroy:

K Sier 3
K Stackpole 2
B Calverley 1
A Ruthven 1
J Symons 1
S Wright 1

Richmond:

B Wilson 3
B Randall 2
F Burge 1
J Dyer 1

References[]

^ P. J. Millard (25 May 1945). "League to decide grounds for finals". The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. p. 10.

AFL Tables: 1944 Grand Final

External links[]

Games you may have missed: State Library of Victoria Australian Rules research guide

[1] P. J. Millard (25 May 1945). "League to decide grounds for finals". The Herald. Melbourne, VIC. p. 10.

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show v t Fitzroy Football Club 1944 VFL premiers
Fitzroy 9.12 (66) defeated Richmond 7.9 (51), at the Junction Oval
5. Dawson 6. Hughson (c) 7. Murray 8. Hillard 14. Hoskins 17. Sier 18. Bickerton 19. Symons 20. Calverley 22. Price 23. Hearn 24. O'Bryan 26. Stackpole 27. Jarvis 30. Ruthven 31. Clay 32. Denning 33. Fields 35. Wright
Coach: Hughson

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