1920 VFA Season Grand Final: Footscray v Brunswick

This is the match report for the match played on 9 October 1920 between Footscray and Brunswick in the final of the 1920 season of the Victorian Football Association. Footscray hosted Brunswick at East Melbourne. Johnny Craddock captained the hosts.

Footscray (10.9.69) defeated Brunswick (8.18.66).

Match Details

Season: 1920 VFA Season
Round: Final (Grand Final)
Teams: Footscray v Brunswick
Date: Saturday 9 October 1920
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: East Melbourne
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Brunswick
Score: 10.9.69 - 8.18.66

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Brunswick 1 . 5 3 . 12 6 . 15 8 . 18 8 . 18 (66)
Margin FOOT by 10 FOOT by 4 BRNW by 8 FOOT by 3 FOOT by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Johnny Craddock

Brunswick

Captain: unknown

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

L. Hurley

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Banbury, Vern ? ? ? ?
Craddock, Johnny (c) ? ? ? ?
Grierson, Charlie ? ? ? ?
Howell, Jack ? ? ? ?
Martin, Jack ? ? ? ?
Maybury, Percy ? ? ? ?
Meuleman, Jack ? ? ? ?
Samson, Vic ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (8 players) 10 9

Brunswick

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Goonan, Jimmy ? ? ? ?
Sullivan, Leo ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (2 players) 8 18

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