1923 VFL grand final

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1923 VFL Grand Final
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Essendon
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8.15 (63)6.10 (46)
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ESS3.2 (20)4.10 (34)6.13 (49)8.15 (63)
FIT3.3 (21)5.5 (35)5.9 (39)6.10 (46)
Date20 October 1923
Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance46,566
Umpires Alec Mutch
  1922 VFL Grand Final 1925  

The 1923 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 October 1923. It was the 26th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1923 VFL season. The match, attended by 46,566 spectators, was won by Essendon by a margin of 17 points, marking that club's fifth premiership victory.

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The match was scheduled to take place a week earlier but was postponed because the ground had been flooded after heavy rain. As a result, this Grand Final coincided with the Caulfield Cup.

Fitzroy were the reigning premiers, while Essendon had not won a premiership since 1912. Essendon were known at this time as the "Mosquito Fleet" due to their large number of small and pacey players such as Charlie Hardy and George Shorten.

George Rawle made his VFL debut in the Grand Final.

Score

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Essendon 3.24.106.138.15 (63)
Fitzroy 3.35.55.96.10 (46)

Teams

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Essendon
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Fitzroy
Essendon
B: Vince Irwin Fred Baring Clyde Donaldson
HB: Joe Harrison Tom Fitzmaurice Roy Laing
C: Jack Garden Charlie May Rowley Watt
HF: Tommy Jenkins Justin McCarthy George Shorten
F: Syd Barker (c) Greg Stockdale Charlie Hardy
Foll: Norm Beckton George Rawle Frank Maher
Coach: Syd Barker
Fitzroy
B: Jim Atkinson Horrie Jenkin Len Wigraft
HB: Jim Tarbotton Stan Molan Ern Elliot
C: Arch Dickens Tommy Corrigan Clarrie Sherry
HF: Percy Parratt Norm Cockram Gordon Rattray (c)
F: Les Bryant Jimmy Freake Harold Carter
Foll: Gordon McCracken Goldie Collins Clive Fergie
Coach: Vic Belcher

Statistics

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Essendon FC, Premier team

Goalkickers

Essendon:

  • Maher 2
  • McCarthy 2
  • Stockdale 2
  • Jenkins 1
  • Shorten 1

Fitzroy:

  • Freake 4
  • Carter 1
  • Rattray 1

Attendance

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