1922 VFL grand final

The 1922 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Fitzroy Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 14 October 1922. It was the 25th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1922 VFL season.

1922 VFL Grand Final
Collingwood Fitzroy 9.14 (68) 11.13 (79)
1 2 3 4 COLL 2.3 (15) 4.5 (29) 7.7 (49) 9.14 (68) FIT 2.5 (17) 3.6 (24) 9.10 (64) 11.13 (79)
Date	21 October 1922
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	50,064
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The half-time break was more than thirty minutes.

The match, attended by 50,064 spectators, was won by Fitzroy by a margin of 11 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory.

Score

Team	1	2	3	Final
Fitzroy	2.5	3.6	9.10	11.13 (79)
Collingwood	2.3	4.5	7.7	9.14 (68)

Teams

Fitzroy

Collingwood

Fitzroy B: Jim Atkinson Horrie Jenkin Bert Taylor HB: Chris Lethbridge (c) Stan Molan Ern Elliot C: Clarrie Sherry Tommy Corrigan Fred Williams HF: Percy Parratt Steve Donnellan Gordon Rattray F: Len Wigraft Jimmy Freake Len Gale Foll: Gordon McCracken Goldie Collins Clive Fergie Coach: Vic Belcher

Collingwood B: Ernie Wilson Harry Saunders Laurie Murphy HB: Charlie Tyson Charlie Brown Bill Twomey C: Tom Drummond (c) Charlie Pannam Leo Wescott HF: Harry Chesswas Syd Coventry Gordon Coventry F: Eric Cock Dick Lee Ted Baker Foll: Percy Rowe Maurie Sheehy Reynolds Webb Coach: Jock McHale

• Umpire – Jack Elder

Statistics

Fitzroy FC, Premiers

Goalkickers

Fitzroy: J Freake 4 P Parratt 3 C Fergie 1 G McCracken 1 L Wigraft 1 F Williams 1

Collingwood: G Coventry 3 S Coventry 2 D Lee 2 T Baker 1 T Drummond 1

References

• AFL Tables: 1922 Grand Final
• Football: Fitzroy First: A Dazzling Six Minutes, The Argus, (Monday, 16 October 1922), p.3.
• Fitzroy Premiers: Keen, Strong Game, The Age, (Monday, 16 October 1922), p.11.

See also

• 1922 VFL season