1900 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1900 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1900 VFL Grand Final 50px MEL 50px FIT 2.3 (15) 2.5 (17) 4.8 (32) 4.10 (34) 1.4 (10) 2.7 (19) 2.7 (19) 3.12 (30) 4.10 (34) 3.12 (30) 22 September 1900 East Melbourne Cricket Ground 20,181 1. Vic Cumberland (1996) 1899 1901 The 1900 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 22 September 1900. It was the 3rd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1900 VFL season. The match, attended by 20,181 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 4 points. Lead-up Although Melbourne only won six of its fourteen home-and-away fixtures to finish sixth on the ladder, it won its sectional round-robin and defeated the other sectional winner, , in the semi-final for the right to face the minor premiers, Fitzroy, in the Grand Final; Fitzroy had won the previous two premierships and was aiming for a third premiership in a row. The winner of this match would win the premiership. Teams Arthur Sowden, and Bill Bowe were unable to play for the Melbourne team, due to injury, and Eric Gardner was unavailable.Grand Final 1900, Demonwiki.Football, The Argus, (Monday, 24 September 1900), p.7. _thinredvertical 0F1131 002D62 ff0000 Melbourne _gold_v_top 860038 002D62 860038 Fitzroy #CC2031 Melbourne Melbourne Football Club #061A33 Maurie Herring Eddie Sholl Les Rippon Harry Parkin Jack Purse Bill McClelland Corrie Gardner Charlie Young Harold Hay Austin Lewis Jack Leith Frank Langley Dick Wardill (c) Stewart Geddes Tommy Ryan George Moodie Vic Cumberland Fred McGinis #FED102 Fitzroy Fitzroy Football Club #860038 Hugh McEwen Geoff Moriarty Ern Jenkins Bert Sharpe Alec Sloan (c) Pat Hickey Eddie Drohan Harry Clarke Kelly Robinson Tammy Beauchamp Alf McDougall Lou Barker Pat Descrimes Gerald Brosnan Chris Kiernan Mick Grace Bill Potter Bill McSpeerin Umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp Statistics Goalkickers thumb|right|250px|Melbourne team, premiers Melbourne: Geddes 1 Leith 1 Ryan 1 Wardill 1 Fitzroy: Grace 2 Barker 1 Attendance Crowd – 20,181 See also 1900 VFL season Footnotes References 1900 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 Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Melbourne Football Club Category:Fitzroy Football Club Category:September 1900 in sports