1913 VFL Grand Final

Team 1 2 3 Final
Fitzroy 3.6 4.8 5.11 7.14 (56)
St Kilda 0.1 0.5 1.10 5.13 (43)

The 1913 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1913. It was the 16th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1913 VFL season. The match, attended by 59,556 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 13 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

It was St Kilda's first ever Grand Final appearance and they struggled early, not kicking a goal until the third quarter. A last quarter burst from St Kilda got them within two points when George Morrissey goaled. A mark to Des Baird looked like giving the Saints the lead but he handpassed it to Morrissey who was covered by his opponent and he could only snap a behind. Two late goals to Fitzroy sealed the game.

Teams

Wally Johnson
Fitzroy
B: Chris Lethbridge Bert Lenne Artie Harrison
HB: Charlie Wells Wally Johnson Jack Cooper
C: Teddy Buist Harold McLennan George Holden
HF: Percy Parratt Thomas Heaney Jim Toohey
F: Jim Martin Jimmy Freake George Shaw
Foll: Bill Walker (c) Charlie Norris Percy Heron
Reserve(s):
Coach: Percy Parratt
St Kilda
B: Harrie Hattam Harry Lever (c) Dick L. Harris
HB: Wels Eicke Gordon Dangerfield Reg Ellis
C: Ted Collins Billy Schmidt Bob Bowden
HF: Roy Cazaly Phil Lynch Percy Jory
F: Des Baird Ernie Sellars George Morrissey
Foll: Vic Cumberland Bill Woodcock Algy Millhouse
Reserve(s):
Coach: George Sparrow

Statistics

Goalkickers

Fitzroy:

  • Shaw 2
  • Freake 1
  • Heaney 1
  • Martin 1
  • Norris 1
  • Parratt 1

St Kilda:

  • Morrissey 2
  • Baird 1
  • Millhouse 1
  • Sellars 1

Attendance

References

See also

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