1911 VFL grand final

1911 VFL Grand Final
1911 VFL Grand Final
5.11 (41)	4.11 (35)
Date	23 September 1911
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	43,905
Umpires	Jack Elder

Last updated April 02, 2025

The 1911 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1911. It was the 14th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1911 VFL season. The match, attended by 43,905 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 6 points, marking that club's second premiership victory.

Right to challenge

This season was played under the amended Argus system. Essendon was the minor premier, and Collingwood had finished fourth. The teams both qualified for this match by winning their semi-finals matches.

If Collingwood had won this match, Essendon would have had the right to challenge Collingwood to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because Essendon was the minor premier. The winner of that match would then have won the premiership.^[1]

Teams

Essendon

Collingwood

Umpire – Jack Elder

Statistics

Goalkickers

Essendon:

F Baring 1
J Kirby 1
G McLeod 1
P Shea 1
B Walker 1

Collingwood:

T Baxter 1
D Lee 1
D Minogue 1
T Rowell 1

References

↑ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil

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[egep-1] Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil

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v t e Essendon Football Club 1911 VFL premiers
Essendon 5.11 (41) defeated Collingwood 4.11 (35), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Armstrong 2. Busbridge 3. Bowe 5. Baring 6. Cameron 7. Chalmers 8. Griffith 9. Hanley 10. Kirby 11. Ogden 12. O'Shea 13. Smith (c) 14. Shea 15. Sewart 16. Walker 18. McLeod 19. Monteith 21. Hazel
Coach: Worrall

v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal AFLW best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Zach Merrett AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Steph Cain & Bonnie Toogood
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VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
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v t e Collingwood Football Club
Nickname: Magpies History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Craig McRae AFL captain: Darcy Moore AFLW coach: Sam Wright AFLW captains: Brianna Davey
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Runner-up (27)	1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011 2018
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