1908 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1908 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 AFL Grand Final 50px CAR 50px ESS 2.3 (15) 5.4 (34) 5.5 (35) 5.5 (35) 1.1 (7) 2.4 (16) 3.5 (23) 3.8 (26) 5.5 (35) 3.8 (26) 26 September 1908 Melbourne Cricket Ground 50,261 Jack Elder 1907 1909 The 1908 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 26 September 1908. It was the 11th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1908 VFL season. The match, attended by 50,261 spectators, was won by reigning premiers Carlton by a margin of 9 points, marking that club's third premiership victory and third in succession. Right to challenge This season was played under the amended Argus system. Carlton was the minor premier, and Essendon had finished second. The teams both qualified for this match by winning their semi-finals matches. If Essendon had won this match, Carlton would have had the right to challenge Essendon to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because Carlton was the minor premier. The winner of that match would then have won the premiership.Stephen Rodgers Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 Viking O'Neil Ringwood, VIC 3rd 1992 Teams 0E1E2D ffffff 0E1E2D Carlton _redrightsash _hoops_black 000000 ffffff FB0000 Essendon #FFFFFF Carlton Carlton Football Club #0E1E2D Norm Clark Les Beck Arthur Ford Jim Flynn Billy Payne Fred Jinks George Bruce Rod McGregor Ted Kennedy Alex Lang Jim Marchbank Martin Gotz Harvey Kelly Vin Gardiner George Topping George Johnson Charlie Hammond Fred Elliott (c) Jack Worrall #CC2031 Essendon Essendon Football Club #000000 Len Bowe Billy Griffith (c) Bert Daykin Mark Shea Bill Busbridge Bill Johnson Bill Davies Bill Sewart Les Minto Paddy Shea Dave Smith Harry Prout Bill Heaphy Harry Farnsworth Arthur Legge Allan Belcher Jim Martin Ernie Cameron Dave Smith Umpire – Jack Elder Statistics Goalkickers thumb|right|300px|Carlton FC, 1908 Premier team Carlton: Elliott 1 Gotz 1 Kelly 1 Kennedy 1 Marchbank 1Essendon: Legge 1 Martin 1 P.Shea 1 Attendance MCG crowd – 50,261 See also 1908 VFL season References AFL Tables: 1908 Grand Final 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 Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Carlton Football Club Category:Essendon Football Club Category:September 1908 in sports