1923 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1923 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1923 VFL 50px 8.15 (63) 50px 6.10 (46) ESS FIT 3.2 (20) 4.10 (34) 6.13 (49) 8.15 (63) 3.3 (21) 5.5 (35) 5.9 (39) 6.10 (46) 20 October 1923 46,566 Melbourne Cricket Ground Alec Mutch 1922 1925 The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1923 VFL season. The match, attended by 46,566 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory. The match was scheduled to take place a week earlier but was postponed because the ground had been flooded after heavy rain. As a result, this Grand Final coincided with the Caulfield Cup. Fitzroy were the reigning premiers, while Essendon had not won a premiership since 1912. Essendon were known at this time as the "Mosquito Fleet" due to their large number of small and pacey players such as Charlie Hardy and George Shorten. George Rawle made his VFL debut in the Grand Final. Score Team 1 2 3 Final Essendon 3.2 4.10 6.13 8.15 (63) Fitzroy 3.3 5.5 5.9 6.10 (46) Teams _redrightsash _hoops_black 000000 ffffff FB0000 Essendon _navy_v_top _navytop 860038 ffffff 860038 Fitzroy #CC2031 Essendon Essendon Football Club #000000 Vince Irwin Fred Baring Clyde Donaldson Joe Harrison Tom Fitzmaurice Roy Laing Jack Garden Charlie May Rowley Watt Tommy Jenkins Justin McCarthy George Shorten Syd Barker (c) Greg Stockdale Charlie Hardy Norm Beckton George Rawle Frank Maher Syd Barker#142855 Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club #860038 Jim Atkinson Horrie Jenkin Len Wigraft Jim Tarbotton Stan Molan Ern Elliot Arch Dickens Tommy Corrigan Clarrie Sherry Percy Parratt Norm Cockram Gordon Rattray (c) Les Bryant Jimmy Freake Harold Carter Gordon McCracken Goldie Collins Clive Fergie Vic Belcher Umpire – Alec Mutch Statistics thumb|right|300px|Essendon FC, Premier team Goalkickers Essendon: Maher 2 McCarthy 2 Stockdale 2 Jenkins 1 Shorten 1Fitzroy: Freake 4 Carter 1 Rattray 1 Attendance MCG crowd – 46,566 References 1923 VFL Grand Final statistics 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. 0-670-86814-0 See also 1923 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Essendon Football Club Category:Fitzroy Football Club Category:October 1923 in sports