1906 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1906 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 AFL Grand Final 50px CAR 50px FIT 3.2 (20) 7.4 (46) 9.4 (58) 15.4 (94) 1.6 (12) 1.7 (13) 6.8 (44) 6.9 (45) 15.4 (94) 6.9 (45) 22 September 1906 Melbourne Cricket Ground 44,437 Bert Wregg 1905 1907 The 1906 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1906. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1906 VFL season. The match, attended by 44,437 spectators, was won by Carlton by a margin of 49 points, marking that club's first VFL premiership victory. Lead-up thumb|right|250px|Carlton FC team, premiers After the home-and-away season (which lasted for seventeen matches, including the "first round" of fourteen matches and a "second round" of three matches), Carlton was top of the ladder with a record of 14–3 and a percentage of 153.5; Fitzroy finished second with a record of 13–4 and a percentage of 153.3. The finals were contested using the variation of the amended Argus system seen between 1902 and 1906. Fitzroy faced fourth-placed in the First Semi-Final, and won by 36 points, and Carlton faced third-placed in the Second Semi-Final and won by ten points. Carlton (now 15–3) and Fitzroy (now 14–4) then faced off in the final. By virtue of their records, neither club could lose the match and still finish with a better win–loss record than the other; and therefore under the first amended Argus system, there was no chance for a challenge grand final and it was known from the opening bounce that this match would be decisive for the premiership.The Age 9 September 1906 The Football Season Follower 9 Teams _upper_white1 0E1E2D ffffff 0E1E2D Carlton _gold_v_top 860038 002d62 860038 Fitzroy #FFFFFF Carlton Carlton Football Club #0E1E2D Norm Clark Doug Gillespie Les Beck Billy Payne George Johnson Charlie Hammond George Bruce Rod McGregor Ted Kennedy Frank Caine Jim Marchbank Mick Grace Alex Lang George Topping Ike Little Jim Flynn (c) Fred Jinks Fred Elliott Jack Worrall #FED102 Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club #860038 Stewart 'Frank' Abbott Geoff Moriarty Joe Johnson Gilbert Barker Jim Sharp Percy Sheehan Barclay Bailes Tammy Beauchamp Edgar Kneen Fred Fontaine Gerald Brosnan Bob Smith Les Millis Charlie Naismith Ern Jenkins (c) Bill Walker Herbert Milne Percy Trotter Umpire – Bert Wregg Statistics Goalkickers Carlton: F Caine 3 M Grace 3 G Topping 3 L Beck 1 F Elliott 1 C Hammond 1 F Jinks 1 I Little 1 J Marchbank 1Fitzroy: G Brosnan 1 F Fontaine 1 L Millis 1 C Naismith 1 P Trotter 1 B Walker 1 References See also 1906 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Carlton Football Club Category:Fitzroy Football Club Category:September 1906 in sports