1917 VFL Season Grand Final: Fitzroy v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1917 between Fitzroy and Collingwood in the challenge final of the 1917 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Collingwood at the MCG. George Holden captained the hosts. Percy Wilson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by George Holden and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Fitzroy (5.9.39) were defeated by Collingwood (9.20.74).

Match Details

Season: 1917 VFL Season
Round: Challenge Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Fitzroy v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 22 September 1917
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 28,512

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Collingwood
Score: 5.9.39 - 9.20.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 1 . 0 2 . 2 3 . 4 5 . 9 5 . 9 (39)
Collingwood 2 . 6 3 . 8 6 . 14 9 . 20 9 . 20 (74)
Margin COLL by 12 COLL by 12 COLL by 28 COLL by 35 COLL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: George Holden
Coach: George Holden

Collingwood

Captain: Percy Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Norden

Goal Umpires

W. Lindsey
W. Miller

Boundary Umpires

F. Dainty
R. Smithwick

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Bamford, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Byrne, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Freake, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Heaney, Tom ? ? 0 ?
30 Holden, George (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Keller, Carl ? ? 0 ?
16 King, Bob ? ? 0 ?
11 Lenne, Bert ? ? 0 ?
12 Lethbridge, Chris ? ? 0 ?
28 Lowrie, Tom ? ? 0 ?
23 McDonald, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Millen, Roy ? ? 0 ?
15 Moore, Fred ? ? 0 ?
22 Norris, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Parratt, Percy ? ? 1 ?
27 Rattray, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
3 Toohey, Jim ? ? 1 ?
27 Wigraft, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 9

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Anderson, George ? ? 0 ?
2 Brown, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Curtis, Harry ? ? 3 ?
7 Dobrigh, Gus ? ? 1 ?
8 Drummond, Tom ? ? 0 ?
9 Green, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Hughes, Les ? ? 1 ?
14 Laxton, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Lee, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
13 Lee, Dick ? ? 4 ?
26 Lumsden, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
18 McCarthy, Con ? ? 0 ?
17 McHale, Jock ? ? 0 ?
27 Mutch, Alec ? ? 0 ?
19 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Reynolds, Pen ? ? 0 ?
23 Saunders, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Wilson, Percy (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 20

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s