1918 VFL grand final
{{Short description|Grand final of the 1918 Victorian Football League season}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox Australian rules football grand final
| year = 1918
| competition = VFL
| image =
| home = 50px
{{AFL Col}}
| home_score = 7.15 (57)
| away = 50px
{{AFL SM}}
| away_score = 9.8 (62)
| home_abbr = COL
| away_abbr = SM
| home_qtr1 = 3.3 (21)
| home_qtr2 = 4.9 (33)
| home_qtr3 = 7.12 (54)
| home_qtr4 = 7.15 (57)
| away_qtr1 = 2.5 (17)
| away_qtr2 = 2.5 (17)
| away_qtr3 = 6.6 (42)
| away_qtr4 = 9.8 (62)
| date = 7 September 1918
| attendance = 39,262
| stadium = Melbourne Cricket Ground
| last = 1917
| next = 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.{{citation|first=Stephen|last=Rodgers|title=Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991|publisher=Viking O'Neil|publication-place=Ringwood, VIC|edition=3rd|date=1992}}
Teams
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| {{Australian rules football kit
| pattern_b = _redrightsash | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = _hoops_red | body = ffffff | shorts = 002d62 | socks = ffffff | title = S. Melbourne }} |{{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _blackstripes4_2 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | body = ffffff | shorts =000000 | socks =000000 | title = Collingwood }} |
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{{Aussie rules team| title = {{font color|#FFFFFF|South Melbourne|link=Sydney Swans}} | color = #ED171F | backpocket1 = Jim Graham | fullback = Chip Turner | backpocket2 = Vic Belcher | halfbackflank1 = Arthur Rademacher | centrehalfback = Alan O'Donoghue | halfbackflank2 = Bill Daly | wing1 = Mark Tandy | centre = Tammy Hynes | wing2 = Artie Wood | halfforwardflank1 = Jim Caldwell (c) | centrehalfforward = Tom O'Halloran | halfforwardflank2 = Harold Robertson | forwardpocket1 = Ernie Barber | fullforward = Gerald Ryan | forwardpocket2 = Chris Laird | ruck = Jack Howell | ruckrover = Phil Skehan | rover = Jock Doherty | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Henry Elms/Herb Howson }} |valign=top| {{Aussie rules team| title = {{font color|#FFFFFF|Collingwood|link=Collingwood Football Club}} | color = #000000 | backpocket1 = Maurie Sheehy | fullback = Harry Saunders | backpocket2 = Alec Mutch | halfbackflank1 = Bert Colechin | centrehalfback = Con McCarthy | halfbackflank2 = Charlie Brown | wing1 = Charlie Pannam | centre = Percy Wilson (c) | wing2 = Bill Twomey | halfforwardflank1 = Tom Wraith | centrehalfforward = Bill Walton | halfforwardflank2 = Jack Green | forwardpocket1 = Ernie Lumsden | fullforward = Dick Lee | forwardpocket2 = Gus Dobrigh | ruck = Les Hughes | ruckrover = Pen Reynolds | rover = Charlie Laxton | reserve1 = | reserve2 = | coach = Jock McHale }} |
- Umpire – Jack Elder
Statistics
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| valign="top" width="30%" | Collingwood:
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See also
References
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External links
- [http://afltables.com/afl/stats/games/1918/041619180907.html AFL Tables: 1918 Grand Final]
{{1918 South Melbourne premiership players}}
{{Collingwood Football Club}}
{{Sydney Swans}}
{{Australian Football League}}
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Category:Collingwood Football Club
Category:September 1918 in sports
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