1925 VFL Grand Final

The 1925 VFL Grand Final took place on October 10, 1925 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between VFL clubs Geelong and Collingwood.

Geelong, competing in their first ever VFL Grand Final, had been the best side all season. They had lost just two games on their way to the minor premiership and at one stage put together a sequence of 12 successive wins. Collingwood on the other hand had only made the finals on percentage, a spot only cemented when they defeated South Melbourne by 65 points in the final round.

The Grand Final was won by Geelong, who outscored Collingwood in each of the first three quarters to open up a 25 point lead going into the final term. Collingwood finished strongly but Geelong held on to claim to first VFL premiership. Captain-coach Cliff Rankin starred with five goals.

Tom Fitzmaurice had extra reason to celebrate, it was his 100th VFL match and his third successive premiership, having won flags in the previous two seasons at Essendon.

Teams

Aussie rules team old| title = Geelong
backpocket1 = Les Smith
fullback = Keith Johns
backpocket2 = Dave Ferguson
halfbackflank1 = Bill Hudd
centrehalfback = Tom Fitzmaurice
halfbackflank2 = Ken Leahy
wing1 = Edward Stevenson
centre = Edward Greeves
wing2 = Jack Williams
halfforwardflank1 = Arthur Rayson
centrehalfforward = George Todd
halfforwardflank2 = Jack Chambers
forwardpocket1 = Cliff Rankin (c)
fullforward = Lloyd Hagger
forwardpocket2 = Sid Hall
ruck = Eric Fleming
ruckrover = Denis Heagney
rover = Jim Warren
reserve1 =
reserve2 =
coach = Cliff Rankin

Aussie rules team old| title = Collingwood
backpocket1 = George Beasley
fullback = Charlie Dibbs
backpocket2 = Jim Shanahan
halfbackflank1 = Charlie Tyson (c)
centrehalfback = Bob Makeham
halfbackflank2 = Ernie Wilson
wing1 = Charlie Milburn
centre = Harry Chesswas
wing2 = Leo Wescott
halfforwardflank1 = John Harris
centrehalfforward = Frank Murphy
halfforwardflank2 = Jim Lawn
forwardpocket1 = Les Stainsby
fullforward = Gordon Coventry
forwardpocket2 = Reg Baker
ruck = Syd Coventry
ruckrover = Laurie Murphy
rover = Reynolds Webb
reserve1 =
reserve2 =
coach = Jock McHale

* Umpire - Jack McMurray, Sr.

tatistics

Goalkickers

Attendance

* MCG crowd - 64,288

References

* [http://stats.rleague.com/afl/stats/games/1925/040919251010.html 1925 VFL Grand Final statistics from the AFL Tables]
* "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

ee also

* 1925 VFL season