1937 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1937 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1937 VFL 50px 18.14 (122) 50px 12.18 (90) GEE COLL 3.3 (21) 8.5 (53) 12.8 (80) 18.14 (122) 6.3 (39) 8.10 (58) 11.14 (80) 12.18 (90) 25 September 1937 88,540 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1936 1938 The 1937 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Geelong Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 25 September 1937. It was the 39th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1937 VFL season. The match, attended by a then-record crowd of 88,540 spectators, was won by Geelong by a margin of 32 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and first since winning the 1931 VFL Grand Final. Due to the excellent display of skills, as well as the vigorous but fair play, and the closeness of the contest that was not decided until late in the last quarter, this Grand Final was regarded by many contemporaries as the greatest ever played to that point.Atkinson & Atkinson (2009), p. 143 Background Geelong took out the minor premiership by finishing with 15 wins from 18 games. A 12-point win over Melbourne saw Geelong advance to the grand final against reigning premiers Collingwood. Collingwood were backed as "hot favourites".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3LyNaGOdc0 1937 Grand Final.VOB 2012-04-26 Rob M 2024-09-20 YouTube Teams _thinwhitehoops _3whitehoops 1C3C63 000000 1C3C63 Geelong _blackstripes ffffff ffffff 000000 Collingwood #FFFFFF Geelong Geelong Football Club #1C3C63 Bernie Hore Reg Hickey (c) Allan Everett Jack Grant Joe Sellwood Tom Arklay Laurie Slack Fred Hawking Angie Muller Jim Wills Gordon Abbott Clive Coles Jack Metherell Les Hardiman Jack Evans Peter Hardiman George Dougherty Tommy Quinn (vc) Geoff Mahon Reg Hickey #FFFFFF Collingwood Collingwood Football Club #000000 Harold Rumney Jack Regan Bervyn Woods Jack Ross Marcus Boyall Fred Froude Jack Carmody Marcus Whelan Ron Dowling Des Fothergill Ron Todd Vin Doherty Phonse Kyne Gordon Coventry Alby Pannam Albert Collier Percy Bowyer Harry Collier (c) Len Murphy Jock McHale Match Summary Game Summary Collingwood captain Harry Collier won the toss and the Magpies kicked with a slight breeze. The Magpies raced to an early three-goal lead before Geelong cut the deficit to five points at the main break. Scores were level at three-quarter time before a six-goal to one final term saw the Cats take the flag. Critical Reviews The game was universally praised by the football media. In his match report for The Argus, former Melbourne star and Brownlow medallist Ivor Warne-Smith was particularly effusive about the fair nature of the spectacle: It was all clean, open football that was a delight to watch and by giving such an exhibition of manly, fair play Geelong and Collingwood have set an example of the way to play the game which should be followed by other teams for all time.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11082487 Warne-Smith Ivor HOW GEELONG WON SPLENDID GAME The Argus (Melbourne) 28,424 Victoria, Australia 27 September 1937 12 May 2021 18 National Library of Australia Scorecard Team 1 2 3 4 Total Geelong 3.3 8.5 12.8 18.14 18.14 (122) Collingwood 6.3 8.10 11.14 12.18 12.18 (90) Goal kickers Geelong: Evans 6 Coles 4 Metherell 4 Abbott 2 Sellwood 1 Wills 1Collingwood: Todd 4 Coventry 3 Pannam 2 Doherty 1 Fothergill 1 Kyne 1 Aftermath According to the Geelong Advertiser, the Geelong players were accorded a rousing public reception when they returned via a special evening train. However, two players were unable to board and had to wait at Spencer Street for the ordinary train back to Geelong.geelongadvertiser.com.au https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/sport/afl/geelong-cats-premiership-years/1937-geelong-cats-premiership-decisive-victory-over-collingwood/news-story/fed66f6ac6400850d79d93c0773f596c 27 August 2014 1937 Geelong Cats premiership: Decisive victory over Collingwood See also 1937 VFL season References Bibliography Atkinson Graeme Brant Atkinson 2009 The Complete Book of AFL Finals 4th The Five Mile Press 9781742112756 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 External links AFL Tables: 1937 Grand Final 1937 (Archived 2009-09-24) Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Geelong Football Club Category:Collingwood Football Club Category:September 1937 in sports