1918 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1918 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1918 VFL 50px 7.15 (57) 50px 9.8 (62) COL SM 3.3 (21) 4.9 (33) 7.12 (54) 7.15 (57) 2.5 (17) 2.5 (17) 6.6 (42) 9.8 (62) 7 September 1918 39,262 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1917 1919 The 1918 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the South Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 7 September 1918. It was the 21st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1918 VFL season. The match, attended by 39,262 spectators, was won by South Melbourne by a margin of 5 points, marking that club's second premiership victory. Right to challenge This season was played under the amended Argus system. South Melbourne was the minor premier, and Collingwood had finished second. The teams both qualified for this match by winning their semi-finals matches. If Collingwood had won this match, South Melbourne would have had the right to challenge Collingwood to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because South 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 _redrightsash _hoops_red ffffff 002d62 ffffff S. Melbourne _blackstripes4_2 ffffff 000000 000000 Collingwood #FFFFFF South Melbourne Sydney Swans #ED171F Jim Graham Chip Turner Vic Belcher Arthur Rademacher Alan O'Donoghue Bill Daly Mark Tandy Tammy Hynes Artie Wood Jim Caldwell (c) Tom O'Halloran Harold Robertson Ernie Barber Gerald Ryan Chris Laird Jack Howell Phil Skehan Jock Doherty Henry Elms/Herb Howson #FFFFFF Collingwood Collingwood Football Club #000000 Maurie Sheehy Harry Saunders Alec Mutch Bert Colechin Con McCarthy Charlie Brown Charlie Pannam Percy Wilson (c) Bill Twomey Tom Wraith Bill Walton Jack Green Ernie Lumsden Dick Lee Gus Dobrigh Les Hughes Pen Reynolds Charlie Laxton Jock McHale Umpire – Jack Elder Statistics thumb|right|300px|South Melbourne, Premiers Goalkickers South Melbourne: C Laird 3 G Ryan 3 H Robertson 2 E Barber 1Collingwood: D Lee 3 E Lumsden 2 L Hughes 1 C Laxton 1 See also 1918 VFL season References External links AFL Tables: 1918 Grand Final Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Sydney Swans Category:Collingwood Football Club Category:September 1918 in sports