1900 VFL grand final
{{Short description|Grand final of the 1900 Victorian Football League season}}
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{{Infobox Australian rules football match
| year = 1900
| competition = VFL
| match_type = Grand Final
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| home = 50px
{{AFL Mel}}
| home_abbr = MEL
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| away = 50px
{{AFL Fit}}
| away_abbr = FIT
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| home_qtr1 = 2.3 (15)
| home_qtr2 = 2.5 (17)
| home_qtr3 = 4.8 (32)
| home_qtr4 = 4.10 (34)
| away_qtr1 = 1.4 (10)
| away_qtr2 = 2.7 (19)
| away_qtr3 = 2.7 (19)
| away_qtr4 = 3.12 (30)
| home_score = 4.10 (34)
| away_score = 3.12 (30)
| date = 22 September 1900
| stadium = East Melbourne Cricket Ground
| attendance = 20,181
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| hall_of_fame = 1. Vic Cumberland (1996)
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| last = 1899
| next = 1901
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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, {{AFL Ess}}, 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.[http://demonwiki.org/Grand+Final+1900 Grand Final 1900, Demonwiki.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9557130 Football, The Argus, (Monday, 24 September 1900), p.7.]
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{{Aussie rules team| title ={{font color|#CC2031|Melbourne|link=Melbourne Football Club}} | color = #061A33 | backpocket1 = Maurie Herring | fullback = Eddie Sholl | backpocket2 = Les Rippon | halfbackflank1 = Harry Parkin | centrehalfback = Jack Purse | halfbackflank2 = Bill McClelland | wing1 = Corrie Gardner | centre = Charlie Young | wing2 = Harold Hay | halfforwardflank1 = Austin Lewis | centrehalfforward = Jack Leith | halfforwardflank2 = Frank Langley | forwardpocket1 = Dick Wardill (c) | fullforward = Stewart Geddes | forwardpocket2 = Tommy Ryan | ruck = George Moodie | ruckrover = Vic Cumberland | rover = Fred McGinis | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = }} |valign="top"| {{Aussie rules team| title = {{font color|#FED102|Fitzroy|link=Fitzroy Football Club}} | color = #860038 | backpocket1 = Hugh McEwen | fullback = Geoff Moriarty | backpocket2 = Ern Jenkins | halfbackflank1 = Bert Sharpe | centrehalfback = Alec Sloan (c) | halfbackflank2 = Pat Hickey | wing1 = Eddie Drohan | centre = Harry Clarke | wing2 = Kelly Robinson | halfforwardflank1 = Tammy Beauchamp | centrehalfforward = Alf McDougall | halfforwardflank2 = Lou Barker | forwardpocket1 = Pat Descrimes | fullforward = Gerald Brosnan | forwardpocket2 = Chris Kiernan | ruck = Mick Grace | ruckrover = Bill Potter | rover = Bill McSpeerin | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = }} |valign="top"| |
- Umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp
Statistics
=Goalkickers=
=Attendance=
- Crowd – 20,181
See also
Footnotes
{{Reflist}}
References
- [http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1900/061119000922.html 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. {{ISBN|0-670-86814-0}}
{{1900 Melbourne premiership players}}
{{Melbourne Football Club}}
{{Fitzroy Football Club}}
{{Australian Football League}}
Category:Melbourne Football Club